Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 244, 24 August 1918 — Page 12

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The Friends Continued From Page One. Sure enough, she was proud to come up from tbe south and take the Job. She was full of splendid ideas about gingerbread and Indian Pudding and Brown Betty and

made gome good suggestions which were used in the Candy Depart ment Miss Molasses' Scotch Kiss es were divine, so everybody said, and she and Peter Popcorn came to some kind of an understanding which was looked upon kindly by the general and was immensely en Joyed by the children. Of course everybody co-operated in the Candy Department, Mr. Corn through his Syrup Association, the Maple Brothers through their Syr up and Sugar Association, and Miss Honey in countless ingenious ways of her own. But still more aid was needed, so the General called for volun teers. Then came forward Mr Prune, Mr. Date, Mr. Figg, Mr. Nut and all his family, the pretty Fruit girls and even old lady Ginger "Grandmother Ginger," the rest called her. Madame Chocolate was director, and Mr. Nut made him self useful everywhere, lie and Mr. Prune, Mr. Date and Mr. Fig often got together for the benefit of the business. So well did these candy volun teers succeed that the keepers of all the candy shops begged them to take front seats in show windows, and little girls and boys going by would pull at their mothers' sleeves and say, "Please buy us some stuffed dates or peanut balls." And every young lady shopper with a sweet tooth would run into the candy shop and buy nut and fig caramels, stuffed prunes or choco late almonds. "Getting along without you fine ly," cabled General Food Resources to Captain Sugar, "so stick over there till the last eun is fired." , And. that's what Captain Sugar is doing! THE RIGHT IDEA. "I'm going to walk a lot and get great big legs," said Jack. "Then it will take more stuff to fill my stocking next Christmas." Ex change. WANTED TO GET IT. "Mama," said Tommy, does sugar ever cure anybody of any thing?" "Why do you ask, my boy." "I thought I would like to catch it" Exchange. EXCHANGE COLUMN Open to All Boys and Girls. These Adi Cost You Nothing; Send in .Your "Wants" to The Palladium Junior. FOR SALE Rabbits at 2210 N. E street WANTED Five boys to Join a woodworking craft club. They must be Interested in woodworking, and be able to draw plans desirable. Call at the Junior office for Information. WANTED A bicycle. See Nuncio Corel, C15 North Twelfth street. WANTED A book on aeroplanes. Call phone 1230. WANTED A small steel vise. See Frederick Weir, or call phone 1230. LOST A gold bracelet having a three-leaf clover with red, white and blue set in it. Elizabeth Estelle, 111 N. Third sereet. If found, please phone 1821. WANTED More girls to Join tho Girl Scouts. Inquire at 8 North Tenth street, or at the Junior office. FOR SALE Boys' books including the best of Juvenile literature. f cents to $1-00 books for 15 cents each. Call 114 Pearl street, West Side. WANTED More Lone Scouts for Rattle Snake Tribe. For further iniormauon see unaries popp, l. a. .., 319 South West Second street. LOST Red fiarol hair ribbon, Aug. 21, 1918, in gold bow fastener, on Smith Ninth at rest Ploaaa ra. turn to 302 S. Ninth street Mary Louise Torbeck.

HOW PARACHUTES WILL SAVE FLIERS' LIVES

Aviator diving to safety

Parachutes for use by aviators at the battle front are being developed to a successful degree. They are so situated in the plane and so fastened to the flier that if he is forced to leap from his plane when it is wrecked or his engine stalls, he is able to alight in safety with the aid of the parachute.

OUR PART IN FEEDING THE NATION 1

(Special Information Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture) WAR GARDENS MORE PRODUCTIVE

Vj - ' - Hoes and Rakes at Work Producing War Food in a Well Kept City School Garden. War gardens as a whole, including homa, children's, and community gardens, are more numerous and far more productive this year than last, according to the Department of Agriculture. This is the consensus of opinion of those who have been working on the garden problem, and is based on specific reports of the Department's agents, and upon the observations of its specialists throughout the country. While It is reported that seedsmen Bold less seed to home gardeners this year than they did last, this does not mean that there are lrR9 irnrrtpns nr cmallpr nlnntlnzs.f Amateurs learned last year that they bought too much seed. Some of this seed was undoubtedly kept over, and many gardeners saved seed from last year's crop for planting this season. A few gardeners going to work In 1917 with more enthusiasm than experience decided not to plant this year, but a great many more who did not

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when his plane Is wrecked make gardens last year made them this season. The City of Mobile has 4,000 war gardens. On many railroads, particularly in the South, the unused portion of the right-of-way has been given up to gardens made .productive by section hands and construction gangs. There has been a decided movement for fall gardens and even for year-round gardens where there Is a long growing season and the "fall food acre" of the South has been a direct result of the government's campaign for more home food production. Gardening Come to Stay. ( These facts are significant as showing a tendency, and are an Index of activities in every state of the union. The most hopeful as pect of the gardening situation, according to the department officials who are willing to venture an opinion, Is the unanimity of their belief that the home and community garden has come to stay, and that those who have undertaken the work as a war time measure will continue it after victory has been woo. I

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Their opinion is based, they say, upon the advantages which gardeners have found: cheaper vegetables, better quality and greater fresh-( ness, test wd healthfulness in gardening as recreative occupation, and the growth of community spirit( and action through a common ground of interest. BETTER MARKETING. Last year the production of perishables is estimated to have been 50 per cent, greater than normal. Notwithstanding the large output, the marketing difficulties were relatively less than in former years because of the effective efforts of the people throughout the country,

assisted by Federal and state agen-t cies, to conserve these products for future use by canning, preserving, ' pickling and drying. The department is again actively assisting the conservation of perishables, as it did last summer, and is able to render more effective assistance with its largely increased staff. More effective assistance also is being rendered in the marketing of perishable products through the greatly extended daily market news service of the Bureau of Markets and the weekly reports of truck crop production prepared by the Bureau of Crop Estimates. FARMING IS A BUSINESS. As one farmer so aptly expressed it. "I tried a few years ago to keep an accurate account of my busi ness, but was not able to continue it throughout the year owing to the rush of farm work. Since thi3 farm management demonstration work has been started by the the county agent I know that these records are of va'ue and just what an account should include to make them of value. I find it easy now to save my checks for money paid out and to list the things I have received money for. .Then, at tbe end of the year, I know if my business has been profitable and if not, why it was not so." At Agnes' s Party Continued From Page One. ing us to come to the party to be given at Agnes's house on Friday. The only trouble was, our mothers' got hold of them before us boys, so we couldn't crawl out of it or beg out of it or nothing. Of course my sister Elizabeth got an invitation to go for she always gets an invitation to go every place, that seemed to reconcile Tracey a little because he's stuck on my sister. My sister and I are twins, so wej always nave ii ciujim.t ngether. Well, Tracey and I went over to Uozzy's house Friday morning, but we couldn't get Rozzy to come near us or even to stick his head out of the window and what made matters worse neither Tracey or I had had a chance to swipe any matches, bo our smokin', Tracey just declared, wa3 going to waste. Tracey and I had it planned to stay avay until It was too late to go to the party, but at lunch time, both Tracey and I just had to go home or we would have starved to death. And before we could get away, our mothers had captured us and had our neck and ears washed, before we could even talk about it, and oh! if Tracey could have got a hold of Rozzy then I know they'd have been a death in the neighborhood, for I could hear him clear over at my house. (To be continued.) James and Dick. James had enlisted in the aviation corps when he was eighteen. He had been in the service one year. Th captain had decided to let him fly an airplane. He was also allowed to take one of his comrades with him. They started up into the air and were up ten thousand feet when James lost control of the machine. At first James was frightened, but he Boon grew calm, it was not long before he had the plane under control. They were soon on the ground. The captain gave each of the boys a medal. The boys were very proud. Long afterward the two boys succeeded in bringing down six German planes. They also received a medal for this and for their bravery. James and Richard were very proud. Ever after that they lived happy to-gether. William F. Gllmour.

A SENSIBLE FROCK FOR SCHOOL DAYS

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Here is a very sensible little dress for the first day of the school year. It is of Indian head linen in Belgian blue. JOHNNY'S NIGHTMARE. Johnny went to bed one night after he had eaten a great quantity of pickels and cake lie soon fell asleep and dreamed that he was going up in an airplane and he was so high that the buildings looked like toys. He was above the clouds. Soon he thought he saw a dark object against the sky. He decided that it was a German airplane. The airplane soon started after Johnny. John turned on the motor full speed. He lost control of his machine and dropped to the ground. Bang! John awoke and found that he had fallen out of ied. He had had an awful nightmare. He decided that nexer again would he eat cake and )lckels to-gether. IN THE WILD WEST. When I was in the wild west I rode on a wild horse and he kicked me off. I got my pony and gun and went hunting. All at once I heard a growl and a big bear came out of the bushes. I shot him. He was too heavy for my pony to carry so I tied a rope around his neck and dragged him to my ranch. I sold his skin for $15.00 cash. PUSHED RIGHT IN. A very small, but live boy applied to a great merchant for a job. The great man sized him up with twinkling eyes, for the one situation open needed a bigger parcel of human experience, and asked what position he wanted. "A chance to grow up in the business, Mieter." "Well, we are more or less being depopulated by the drafts. What is your siotto, my son?" "The same as yours," was the ready answer. "What do you mean," asked the puzzled merchant. "Why. on the door there, 'Push.' " He got the Job of keeper of that very door. Everybody's. PATRIOTIC. Little Dorothy's uncles are both at war, and she has a great admiration for soldiers. The other day in a crowded street car she was sitting on her mother's lap when a wounded soldier entered. Dorothy immediately slipped to the floor. "Here, soldy," she offered, "you can sit cu mamma's lap." Harper's Magazine.