Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 214, 20 July 1918 — Page 11

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RICHMOND, INDIANA, JULY 20. 1918

I'll Never Cease to Do My Bit for Uncle Sam. j By Julia R. Burr. It was a bright, sunshiny afternoon, and a boy of about twelve years could be seen walking down the street. You could tell by the way he was dressed that he was poor. He were a very much patched waist and a very ragged pair of trousers. But there was one thins about the boy that any one could see. He was clean. His father had died when he was two years old and his mother was taken when he was about seven. Ever since he had had to shift for himself. His mother had taught him to keep himself neat and clean. She had also taught him the -teachings of God and whenever he was tempted to do wrong he always remembered the teachings of his mother. Almost every window he chanced to see had a sign which read, "Buy War and Thrift Stamps." He would often mutter. "Oh! I wish I could lend Uncle Sam some money, but I haven't a cent." Finally a happy thought struck him. Why not sell papers? He seemed almost another boy at the thought. He jumped up from the curbstone and made a short cut down an alley to the newspaper office. When he got there he found that he would have to pay for the papers before he could sell them He left the office the front way this time feeling very miserable. Just as he got a square from the office he fell flat on the sidewalk, making his nose bleed and causing a few bumps to rise on his forehead. He looked to see what he had stumbled over. It was a lady's purse. Then he was tempted. Why not buy War Savings Stamps with the money in the purse? There was mere than thirty dollars in it It see. ed that all of his mother's teachl gs would be forgotten this time., 1 But he was saved, for just then an old preacher started preaching on the street corner. As Ihe boy was still thinking about keeping the money, the preacher's words same to him. The words were "Thou shalt not steal." Then he said to himself, "What a dunce I've been. Now I know what I'll do." He ran to the newspaper office and said tn tho

ager, "Put an ad in the paper tqj

...". Da...iifi mill mis pocKet book will be restored to the owner if they will describe it. The owner will have to pay for the ad. She lnust leave her address with you. I will be in again in the morning." The next morning he was down to the office just as they were opening. He found that the owner had left her name and address. He started for the place. The number was 244 Eeechwood Ave., and was in a wealthy part of town. He knocked at the door and was admitted to an elegantly furnished parlor. Presently the owner of the purse came in and said, "Good morning." He replied the some. Then she continued, "So you found my pocket book did you? I never expected to see it again. What is your name and weren't you tempted to keep it?" "My name is Albert Hoile," he replied, "and I was tempted to keep it." She gave him live dollars and told him that she would always be his friend. Albert bought some papers and soon sold all of them. He continued to do this every day until he had twelve War Savings Stamps and twelve Thrift Stamps. One day as he was walking through the park he noticed a little child about three years old patting a huge bulldog. The dog did not like it and started to bite the child. Albert picked her up and started to run The dog followed him. Albert ran up to his friends' house and went in.lle set the little girl down and asked his friend if she knew the child. She told him that the girl lived about three doors from there. She had a servant shoot the dog. Albert took the child home and told her mother about it The mother said, "I'll have to discharge that nurse because this shows that she does not take care of my little girl. As for you, I'm going to adopt you. You will be my little boy and ehall have all the money for stamps that you want. You may take care

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The Life of a Sweet Pea.

Once there was a little seed in a sack at the grocery. One day a little girl came in and bought the seed and took it home. She then went to the flower bed and dug up some ground. She planted the seed. In a few weeks a little green sprout was peeping up through the ground. When three weeks more had passed the green thing had stretched out on the ground. Elma (which was the little girl's name) took it and tied it up tothe fence. In another week there were a lot of pretty and different flowers flowers on it. Elma took the flowers and put them in a vase in the house. They were dead in a week. That was the end of the sweetpea. Lula Huddelson, Dublin, Ind.

Bay Thrift Stamps and Bonds. Everybody ought to have Thrift Stamps if he can not buy Liberty Bonds. Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps are helping Uncle Sam every day, and if you conserve you will have that much saved for Uncle Sam. We need so much money to carry on this war. Every bond and thrift stamp you buy, will hit the kaiser in the eye. So please everybody remember and help to win this war.Florence Harris, Sevastopol school.

of the child and earn money that way." Now Albert has 100 War Savings Stamps. And he also has sixteen Liberty Bonds. One day a boy said to him, "Albert you sure have done your bit for Uncle Sam." Albert answered, Til never cease to do my bit for Uncle Sam."

Buy Forget-Me-Nots Saturday and Help the Little Babies of Belgium Forget-me-nots always have had a deeper meaning than the simple loveliness of the flower, but they never have meant so much as now when the Queen of Belgium has adopted them as her flower and as the symbol of remembering the Belgian babies. All through America the forget-me-nots are being sold to raise funds for the Belgian children, and when American children everywhere are doing their bit in this way to show their friendship for our little allied brothers who have suffered most of all, we are sure Richmond boys and girls will be as loyal. Next Saturday, July 27, is the day set for selling the 0 an's flower here in Richmond, and every boy and girl 'ould save their pennies and nickels so that they may ouy the flowers and wear the Belgian symbol. These flowers will be sold on the streets and in many places over the city, and will be ten cents or as much more as anyone wishes to give to the fund. This movement is being conducted by the Commercial club, assisted by. the Camp Fire Girls and their friends, and it is hoped that a large sum of money will be raised.

THE CUCKOO. Of all American birds the cuckoo Is perhaps the least known. This is because it is very retiring in its habits. It hides in the foliage and shrubbery. The cuckoo is a very noticeable bird, not because of its color, but because of its shape. It is so narrow in proportion to its length that some writers have compared it to an arrow. The flight of the cuckoo is another marked characteristic and will serve as an identification mark when once well known. Its voice is nard to locate. The bird is only with us during the breeding season as it flys south

ward in the autumn. The cuckoo of the old world presents a striking contrast to the North American cuckoo. The old world bird does not care for its own young, but trusts them to the care of foster parents. The nest of the North American bird is ery fragile. The bottom of the nest is often so thin that the egg; can be sen through it. The North American bird is often called the rain dove' and the rain crow. The cuckoo must be placed in the class of birds that do the most good for man.

Contrast of This War with Former Wars. Never before in the history of mankind has a war been fought which could be compared with the present conflict in' the number of nations engaged, size of armies, amount of money spent, engines of destruction or the purposo for which it is being founght. In the present struggle practic

ally every nation of importance in

the globe is fighting. Among the allies are the United States, England, France and Italy fighting side by side, along with sixteen other

nations who wish to destroy the

military power of Germany and her allies. In olden times an army of one hundred thousand men was considered a large army, but today is seems but a handful of men when we look at the German army of four million men, while England, and France and their European allies have a total of about six million men. Up to date the United States has about three million men scattered throughout the training camps in America and in Europe. Besides the men who will do the actual fighting in the trenches there are vast armies of civilian who are putting their fcest efforts forth at home to help the boys "over there" succeed. In order to equip such large

armies, and to keep them in sup

plies and food, large sums of money are being spent. In order to secure the money every nation has issued bonds and levied special war taxes. The German nation alone has had eight great war loans which have netted that country billions of dollars. The United States loaned r.even billions of dollars to England, France and their allies before we entered the war, but since we ourselves are in it we need billions of dollars for our own use, consequently, there have been three great Liberty Loan campaigns which have netted about three billions of dollars each. The money eecured by Liberty Loans and War Savings Stamps is used to support the army, but large sums are needed by the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. to carry on their work. One of the outstanding features of this war is the number, variety, and size of the machine guns or death dealing devices. The submaines are probably the greatest invention of the war for warfare on the seas. But the air too, has a large part to play with air planes, dirigibles and observation balloons which are called the "eyes of the army." The method of fighting on land has greatly changed since the appearance of the huge British tanks, which crush everything that may be in their , path. Their guns are working at 1 the same time. The lead spitting machine gun, which fires six hundred shots a minute, is just like a powerful stream of water. The liquid fire burns a man and makes horrible wounds. The most terrible is the gas which floats on the breeze and catches a man who is unprepared. In a few minutes he dies with no wounds or scars whatever. To use the words of our President, the war is being fought to make the world safe for democracy, that is the people of all nations shall be allowed to choose their own form of government and after choosing their own leader they shall be allowed to give their opinions concerning government affairs.

CAUSE OF MEXICAN PEON'S DISLIKE FOR UNITED STATES. I lived In southern Texas about two years ago, on a farm which was six miles from town. One day as I was riding along I fell in with a Mexican, who had lived in Mexico not. very long before. Upon asking him why a Mexican did not like the United States he said that in Mexico the land was hardly anything but mountains and the mines were owned by a few rich Americans and Mexicans, and that there was no farm land that could be farmed by the Mexican peon. Ia Texas the land was not hilly and rocky and could be farmed. Homer Winntr, Sevastopol schooL