Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 220, 27 July 1918 — Page 15

THE JUNIOR

The Junior Palladium Is the children' section of the Richmond Palladium, founded May 6, 1916. and Issued each Saturday afternoon. All boys and girls are Invited to be reporters .nd contributors. News Hems, social events, "want" advertisements, stories, local jokes and original poems are acceptable and wiil be published. Articles should be written plainly and on one side of the paper, with the author's name and ago signed. Aunt Molly Is always glad to meet the children personally at) they bring their articles to the Palladium office, or to receive letters addressee Ui the Junior Editor. This is your little newspaper and we hope each ooy and girl will use it thoroughly.

Dear Junior Folks: How many of you are willing to do your bit to help release stricken Belgians of their sufferings? If you are, boys and girls, take your pennies tonight and buy forget-nie-uots. They will be on sale on the streets by members of the Commercial club and the Camp Fire girls. Everywhere all over the United States these flowers are being sold today. They cost ten cents or as much more as anyone wants to give to the fund. The Queen of Belgium has adopted the forget-me-nots is her flower and as the symbol of remembering the Belgian Dabies. This ives the flower a deeper meaning than any we have ever attached to it. Don't forget to buy them Junior Polks because we don't wish the children of Richmond to be called slackers, do we? If the children all over America buy these flowers today surely the children of Richmond can show their patriotism in the same way. Let us again make Richmond go over the "top of the top." AUNT MOLLY.

The Death of Tags

By Claude G. Miller. Part II. We moved Tags into Tracey's ce'.lar risht next to the furnace, because light then it was getting chillier. We moved him, too, because there Miss Cook could 'tend to him whil? we were at school. After a few days Tags seemed to be better, bat he was still very weak. Rozzv and I spent most of our spare tine at Tracey's and Helen j wa3 still my girl. She was awful good to me too, because she had given .-ne two color pencils and a crayon say that makes a fellow feel fine towards his girl. Traccy walked home with Elizabeth almost every night from school like he usually did, and I nearly always walked home with Rozzy. Except a couple of nights I got to walk home with Helen and we stopped at Sayer's Confectionary and got sodas. Say, don't a fellow feel funny when he gets a soda with his girl? I never felt that way when I was with Rozy or Trace .v. While we were in Sayer's, Tracey and Elizabeth came in and then Helen and I got another soda with Tracey rnd Elizabeth, say I paid for them all and Helen noticed.

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Then we all went into the cellar to see how Tags was, but Tags was worse. Worse. Just think, Mrs. Johnson had had Dr. Pegg in two times that afterncon because she said he was a gQpd friend of ours and she thought he ought to have good treatment just' like one of us boys would need should we be sick. Say, but Mrs. Johnson is good. I always thought she was a society woman. The next day Tags took worse pnd that night the 'siety met at Tag's bedside and thought of what poor, sick Tags had done for us. Yes, Tags had been a real true friend to every one of us, and, as we thought of the times that Tags had helped us in baseball, how he had played fielder for us and always nad been on time with the ball and then lcoked down and raw him lying helpless at our feet, really sick and never to play again it was too much--even Miss Cook cried. We remembered how, one day before Rozzy and I knew how to swim, we used to go down to the river and take trips on our raft, how one day while on the middle and the dippest part Rozzy fell Into the water. Rozzy would have been drowned had it not been for the quick action of Tags who de gourd now'days, he sho' twins'

RICHMOND PALLADIUM. JULY 27. 1918.

WHAT BOY WOULDNT LIKE ONE?

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Making minature balloons at balloon school American soldiers at the United States balloon school of the Signal corps, located at Ft. Sill, Okla., spend their spare moments becoming more proficient in their line by manufacturing miniature balloons. These to yaffairs are perfect models of the real ones the soldiers learn to pilot.

tugged Rozzy out onto the bank just in time. Then we looked down at Tags who just lcoked up to us as though he wanted to be commanded to do something elce before he should go to his dogheaven oh, it was just awful! Our playmate was going to die we couldn't realize it we couldn't believe it, and to try, it hurt u3. We all just cried and cried and then looked at Tags and cried some more until Tracey told us to quJ it ! and pet Tags and make Tags oed ' softer instead of bawling over him. It was hard to do, but we managed to fomeiiow. We went to the stables and brought in new straw and padded Tags up so as to make his last days his best ones, at least. At nine o'clock, Rozzy and I left fcr home and when we parted we cried seme more. That night I couldn't sleep, because I kept remembering things that we three boys had done when Tags was with us. I remembered how we had gone out to our friend Jona-j than King's farm to help pick ap-j pies for the cider press, and how, on coming back, we had a great j load of apples and met some of the reiiows trom rairview wno was going to beat up on r.s if we would not give them apples and they would have beaten us black and blue if it hadn't of been for Tags who chased them clear up Fifth street half way to Linden avenue. I dosed off once In a sort of a nap but when I awoke I was scared because Tags had to die. (Continued next week.) HOW I EARNED MONEY FOR THRIFT STAMPS. Ail of the children at school were buying thrift stamps and so I wantid to hflp I'ncle Sam too. I had no money of my own and did not like to ask my father for some. I tried to think of some way to earn the money. At last I remembered hearing j; lady sc.y that she wished she could get some one to take care of her horse for her. I thought that I could do it. I decided to ask her. The next day I went to her house and she said that if I would feed and water the horse every night and morning she would give me one dollar and a quarter a week. Sho also said that If I would work in her yard on Saturdays she would give mo an extra dollar. I told her that I would do It. I now make two dollars and a quarter a week and spend it all for thrift stamps. I had enough money for a new suit, but decided that it would be more patriotic to buy war stvlngs stamps with that money. I will do all I can to help Uncle Sam win the war. Frederick G. Dutch farmers have found a way to treat heather so it can be used for cattlo fodder.

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A Mysterious Mansion. P.oderic Fitzenburg lived in a very large stone mansion in a quiet little village at the foot of a steep hill. Roderic was now a middle-aged man and had always lived in this mansion by himself since his mother's death. He was never seen off of his lot and was always thought of as a very mysterious man. There was never but one man, a very tall black-haired mysterious looking man, who went to visit him. He would always come and go without anyone seeing him, but he would be seen around the house sometimes. Befoie Roderlc's mother died, people would come to see them and it was taid that there were strange noises. They sounded like the screams of women which "seemed to come from between the walls, and it was for this reason people never liked to go there. But at the death of Roderic's mother's people considered it their duty to go. There was oni lady who was to sit up with his mother the night after her death. She said she heard screams all night, and Roderic went from room to room so mysteriously. But there was one room she noticed that he always closed the door quickly she could never see in. But one time as he was coming out, he caught his foot and fell, which caused the door to remain open for a second, the lady shrank back in horror and screaming, left" the house. She could never talk about this without screaming. On her death bed she kept saying. "Don't let them go in. It is terrible!" And after that there was a number of people went to find out what it was but nobody could bo made to tell what they saw. WHEN MOTHER WENT AWAY. Mother told me one night that the next day she was going away to stay all day. She said that I was not to go with her, but was to stay home and cook. I did not like this idea very well, but she told me if I would do it she would give me twenty-five cents. I said that I would. The nfxt morning after she had gone I cleaned up the house. Then I had nothing to do and decided to make some gooseberry pies. I did not know that it took very much sugar fcr them. I only put ono cup of Euzar in them. The pies looked very nice, but when we started to eat them they were very sour. Elizabeth Stanley. A member of tne rJngllsh parliament ha started a movement to prohibit smoking by girLj under 21 years of age.

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The First Year ol the War; What the United States Has Accomplished War was declared on April 6, 1917. By April 6, what seems an almost impossible amount of war had been accomplished. Soon after war was declared congress passed the draft law. This made all men between the ages of 21 and 31 liable to military service By use of this system millions of men have been put in the army. As a result, the national army has been greatly increased. Also an army was put in France by this system. Up to this time there arc about a half-million men in France from th American Army. The drafted men were arranged in classes to determine when they should bo called. Single men with no dependants were put in the first classes and married men in the last classes. Exemption could.be procured if the grounds for such were good. With the draft law came the question of housing and training the men. When war was declared there were only a few camps in the United States and these could not house and train all the mon needed. So congress immediately made large appropriations and soon great bodies of men were at work on the new camps. New camps were soon constructed and men were sent there to train. Great speed was developed in building the camps. As an example of sneed in vntructlon. th aviatWi firi-" j Dayton is a good one. The ground was laid off, houses and hangeis built, and soon men were there training to become aviators. This and many other examples show the speed and efficiency of the American government The training of the men who were drafted is an other thing that demands attention. The men were taken to the camps, given a uniform and necessary articles ard the next day started training. It took about six months to get the first soldiers trained and ready to go to France. This may seem a long time, but considering all that had to be done it is a short time. The United States by her efficiency put twice as many men in France as England In half the time that it took England. And also England had to send her men only across the channel which is thirty miles wide, while the United States bad to send her men over the ocean which is thousands of miles wide. ' With sending the men came another question. Where was the United Statea to get ships in which to send them? The output of ships war very meager. So congress made nore appropriations and Foon the shipyards were booming and men working day and night. By this means numbers of ships have been built and more coming all the time. The record in shipbiuldlng was set when a ship was launched twenty-seven days after the keel was laid. The food and coal supply of the United States had to be watched and conserved so the President appointed Mr. Garfield as coal administrator, and Mr. Hoover as food administrator. These men were sotm busy working to conserve. In order to conserve food, mectless and wheatless days were Inaugurated. These days permitted food that would have been eaten here to be sent to our soldiers and allies acrtss the ocean. Then Garfield introduced heatless days and lightless nights. There was a lack of coal due to congested railways and a great deal 'of suffering was caused, but this was righted by Garfield by his order that all factories and shops close for a certain period. Wilson has sent out an appeal to the people to raise all that they can for next year for there will be a great need of food both In the United State and In the countries of our allies. THE BEAR. Ono upon a time there were two boys. Their names were John and EJward One day they asked I heir mother if they could take a lunch and go out h inting. Their mother said ihat they could. When noon C'-me they went to the river side. They ate their dinner there. After dii.ner Edward ttKk a walk and wb:lc he was gone he saw a large bear. He went back and told John. They hurried home and told their mother. The boys never went hunting again. Helen Glaser, St. Andrews school.