Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 167, 25 May 1918 — Page 11

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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM WEEKLY SECTION OF RICHMOND PALLADIUM

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RICHMOND. INDIANA, MAY 25, 1918

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THE BOYS OTP SIXTY-ONE (By HAL POD)

HarkJ . Don't you hear the tramp of feet Keeping time with measured beat To the tune of fife and drum ? Hark! Don't you hear the people cheer As the boys in blue draw near, Cheering each and every one ?

What I Am Going to Do This Summer I am going to work on a farm this summer and try to help this country during the war period. I am not old enough to join the "Boys Working Reserve," or would do so. Many of the boys from high- school are in this club. I am going to work on Mr. James' farm east of this city. I vorked for him last summer and found him a very good man. There are many farmers who want boys, but cannot get them because the boys are afraid to go and start with a farmer they do not know. This will be very healthy work for me because I will be in the open air and sun all day. If a boy does right and works his best lie will- make the most money where if a boy thinks that going to work on a farm is going to M. play and no work be will get very small pay and will not get to keep his job long. Elmer Hurrel. YOU SHOULD SAVE FOOD Since we are in war, one thing we mast do -is to save food. It has always been said that we are the most wasteful people in the world. We must try and change the world's idea. The way to do it is to save all we possibly can. We must save meat, wheat, sugar and corn. Our allies and our own soldiers will have to have food if they win the war. Think of the children of France and England that are starving. We must help them. Some of us say the rich people do not save why should we? That kind of a spirit is what the German people want us to have, but is is not good for an American. Some people say, why can our allies not eat corn? They cannot eat corn because they have no mills in which to grind it and also the French people do not bake their own bread and the bakers do not know how to bake corn bread. Therefore we must send them wheat. We can if we will save all we can. The soldiers must also have meat If they have to fight the battle. We can do without meat much better than our soldiers can, therefore, we must save meat. People say that food will win the war and we must win it so it means for everybody to save food. Helen Steard.

THE MAN AND THE RUG. Ouce upon a time there was a man whose wife told him. to beat the rug. While he was beating it the rug said, "If you will stop beating me I will give you three wishes." The man said, "Will you make the wishes come true?" "I will make them all come true," said the rug. "All right, said the man. My first wish is for a new house; second, I want a bank; and third, I want a new rug." The wishes were granted and the man and his wife lived happy ever after. Howard II. Hosbrook, Finley school.

Why Liberty Bonds Are Good Investments The government needs money to buy ammunition, guns, food and clothes for our soldiers, besides leaning money to our allies. Are you going to help supply this money? Tou can do so by buying Liberty Bonds. Many people are too old or either too young to go to the front and fight with a gun. But there are many other ways of showing your patriotism in this war. One way is to loan your money to the government by buying Liberty Bonds. Liberty Bonds are good Investments because all the time the United States is using your money to carry on this war you are draw- , ing interest on it. Very often you- will hear a remark like this, "Oh, I don't care to buy a Liberty Bond for I have bought other bonds and they are all fakes." But bonds issued, by the government itself are not-'akes. Sunshine Keyt A MOONLIGHT SCENE The scene occurs in about the middle of the month of July and just on an evening when there is a full moon, which makes everything look just right As you stand to look at the Imaginary picture you see something very beautiful. Far back are some trees that are just the exact height In front of it is a large fountain with the moon's rays dashing upon the water. It Joks as if some fairies with glittering dresses were dancing about in glee on the water. There are some mossy looking vines on the house that stands quite a distance away from the fountain, and beside the climbing vines on the house, there are a good many bushes in the front of the fountain that just suit the picture. The young couple in the picture adds to the attractiveness. It is a young girl"and her soldier brother. They are sitting on a bench among the bushes. We can imagine that they are talking of the past, when he was still at home. Rosa Radke.

MY HISTORY Ily history has two hundred and sixty-sis pages in it It has also two fly leaves. The title of this book is, "The Primary History of the United States." The author ia Thomas B. Lawler. Ginn & Co. are the publishers. On the front page is a picture of the capital of Washington. It is very large and pretty with many steps lending up to it The table of Contents show the subjects treated. I like history because it tells all about our country and about Geo. Washington. Dorothy McAvoy, St Mary's school.

THIS IS A DRY JOKE. "What did you think of Mr. Bryan's prohibition speech last night." "I thought Is was very dry."

Selling Thrift and War Saving Stamps in Stores There have been two men going around getting the merchants to buy thrift and war savings stamps to sell in their stores. These men sell about $905 each sale. Sometimes two merchants go together and each pays half and get half of the stamps. When customers buy something and give the clerk a bill to change he should ask them to take some of It in stamps. When they are asked to take stamps in this way the customers feel .more compelled to buy them than they do to go to a bank or postofflce to get them. Paul Lovrn.

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Look! Don't you see the flag unfurled, Fairest flag in all the world, As through the streets they come? Hats Off! As the line of march draws near Doff your cap and give a cheer, Tis the boys of sixty-one.

THE RECEIPT. A young Irishman had run up a smalt bill at the village store, and went in to pay it, but first asking for a receipt The proprietor, who was always grumbling, said it was too much trouble for him to give receipts for such small amounts. It was just as well to cross the account off and he drew a diagonal pencil line across the book. "Does that settle it?" asked Pat the Irishman. "Certainly," replied the store keeper. "And yell never ask me for it again?" "Certainly not" "Well, thin," said the Irishman coely, "an' I'll kape me money in me pocket for I bavn't paid" it yet." "Well," was the reply, "I can rub that mark out." "I thought bo," said the customer, dryly. "Maybe you'll give me a receipt now. Here's your money." Lucile S. Noble.

What I Am Going to Do This Summer I am going to work at KnoUenberg's store as long as my employer . and I are both satisfied. If we do not move, or if we move to a place whese there is any ground at all, I shall pot out a small garden and w.erk in it after the store closes at night When I am sixteen years old if I do not care to work at Knollenbergs any longer I shall try to get a job on alarm. If I am not able to get a job on a farm, 1 shall take a little vacation until I . find other work. Barnet Browne.

WHY ZEPPELINS FAILED When there was a Zeppelins raid over London or Paris the English or French aeroplanes drove them back and destroyed many of them, because they were so Flow and clumsy that they were easily overtaken aLd destroyed. Zeppelins are like a balloop. They have a gas bag that keeps them in the air. The English aviators shot flare bullets in these gas bags and the Zeppelin exploded. It took a great deal of metal to build a Zeppelin because they are so large. Germany had to have metal to make so many shells that they could not build the Zeppelins. The Zeppelin was not made to fight, but to scarp the people of England and to show them that their isolation did not protect them from Germany. Paul Blossom.

No Candy Since Christmas I haven't had any candy since Christmas and I don't get any candyor chewing gum only when some one gives it to me, and I save all the money I get. I have one war saving stamp. I got the money by working every Saturday. I mopped the kitchen, cleaned the yard and swept the walk. Clarence PuckeU, 4B, Hibberd.

Some Interesting Relics of Indiana One summer afternon as I was walking through a dense woods I came upon an old animal trail lead-' ing to a large stream. A long time ago this trail had been used by deer and other wild animals coming to the river to drink. ' There was a large stone by the trail that the deer had used te break their horns off on. Because when tier deer shed their bonis are loose and so they knock them off. I thought that if I could dig around the stone I might find a horn. I broke a stick off of a tree near by and tare the sod away from around the stone and there half decayed was a deer horn. The horn must have been lying there a hundred years. On a hill not far from the stream there is an old spring that was used by the Indiana. From the spring a path leads up a hill to where an Indian camp used to be. I had hunted on the hill and found some arrow heads and pieces of old pots and bracelets. The Indians had a battle there and there is an old Indian mound there new. Marston Hodgin.

GIRL HELPS MOTHER I earned my money by helping my mother work and she gives me money. I do not go to the movie3 only once in two or three weeks. I save my pennies and nickels to by thrift stamps and do not buy so much candy. I am going to make a garden and sell some vegetables and with the money I am going to buy thrift stamps. My father gives me quarters for helping my mother. And I run errands for neighbors. . Now I have eight thrift stamps. Luvera Ziegler, Hibberd school.

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