Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 291, 19 October 1918 — Page 9

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Home Guards" and "Regulars" to Fight for Most Y Members ' The Boy's division of the big Y. M. C. A. membership campaign to be conducted in Richmond, October 22 and 23, will be divided into the "Regulars" and the "Home Guards" under direct command of two . Lieutenant General. These Lieutenant Generals will work under the leadership of the two genfials of the men's divisions of the campaign in the work with the bovs of the city. The Y. M. C. A. is the home of the famous "Hy-Y" club and headq tarUrs for good times for the boys of Richmond with the big mnasium, swimming pool, boys incins and other features not to i.u-ntlon hikes and the summer amp plans. Mr. O. M. Brunson is 1 1 cretary of the boys' division of association and knows "Boys." . !;e Richmond boy, who is not a :; -inber of the "Y" and has opportunity to join next week and help to build up the finest boys' deal tment in Indiana, should count it an unusual opportunity. h ir staffs of captains and trained rAvates will launch the "speedies" campaign , the boys of Richmond have seen for some time and will bring in a big membership increase. Children's Pageant Will Be Given later , The Children's pageant, showing every phase of patriotio work the boys and girls in this city are doing, which was supposed to be given today has been indefinitely postponed on account of the Span-1 ian innuenza epidemic. Announcement will be made as soon as possible of the date when the entertainment can be given, and also of the time when practices can be resumed. How Helen Became a Fairy Once upon a time there was a poor little girl whe-se name was Helen. She had to go into the forest to gather wood. She wandered too far In the forest one day and lost her way. She sat down on a rock and began to cry. A fairy appeared before her and asked her why she was crying. Helen told her that she was very dinner or supper. The fairy told her to come with her. Helen obeyed and the fairy took her to a large tree. The fairy murmured a few words that Helen could not understand. The huge tree opened and Helen found herself with the fairy in a dark hall. Helen was very frightened at first but the fairy opened a door and there upon a large table was plenty of good food which pleased her very much. After Helen had eaten, the fairy told her to come. They entered a beautiful flower garden. Helen saw a. lot of little fairies dancing and soon found herself dancing v with them. The fairy asked Helen if she would like to live there. Helen was delighted to think the good fairy would keep here there if she wanted to stay. So she is now living with the fairies that love her a great deal and she is happier than she has ever been before. Vivian Igelman. Aged 11 years, -Hibberd school. Puppet Play Given as Red Cross Benefit A puppet play of Cinderella followed by war pictures is to be given at 218 North Eleventh street as soon as will be allowed. The committee in charge of arranging this is made up of Northrope Elmer, David Marvel and Betty Price. All the money which is taken in will be turned over to the Red Cross. The prices are 5 cents for children and 10 cents for adults. There are plenty of seats and all are reserved. Tickets on sale by Betty Price, David Marvel, Northrope Elmer, Maxine Jones and Jean Shiveley. Don't miss it

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Serbian Tots, Orphaned by Huns Get Good Homes on English Farms

" Serbian orphans arriving in London. One hundred Serbian children, made orphans by the war, will be given good homes, clothes and food by English farmers. The children have arrived in England and will be sent to the farms. The photo shows some of the little victims being welcomed at the Waterloo station, London, by Sir Charles Wakefield and the wife of the Serbian minister, who cared for them on their arrival.

Junior Marines Are Organized in City Junior Marines have been organized in Richmond and already many of the boys are entering into the work with great interest, says Gilbert Snider, who states that he is at the head of the organization. All boys who are eight years or older may join. The dues of the organization are 2 cents per week. Any boy wishing to join should see Gilbert Snider at 236 South Third street or William Gilmore at 229 South Second street. The following boys are members of the organization: Howard Hosbrook, Joe Retz, Glenn Kenney, William Gilmore, Louis Jelly, Harry Smithmeyer, Howard Jarrett and Gilbert Snider. Quarantine Brings Memories of Summer The past two weeks of enforced vacation because of the quarantine for Spanish Influenza, has made many boys and girls feel almost as though they were having summer vacation once more. As a result of this one of the. Junior readers has been thinking so much about last summer's good times, that she has told us. about a visit phe had. MY SUMMER'S VISIT. This summer I took a week's visit at my Aunt's home near Bos ton. They had fifty little chickens and ten old hens. My cousin Ger trude and I would feed them every day. I helped Aunt Gertrude clean the house, wash dishes and get the meals. On Wednesday morning, Uncle had to go to Boston, and my aunt said if I got Gertrude ready we could go to, so we went. Another one of my aunts lives in Boston, so my cousin Gertrude and I staid at her house while my uncle went up town. She played the Victor for us. I have a Victor at home, so she gave me some ten cent records. My uncle got us some candy, so my cousin Gertrude and I ate some on the way home, then Gertrude went to sleep. When we got back my aunt had dinner ready. I washed the dishes and my uncle went to work. We had company in the afternoon, and I did not get all the work done. Saturday evening we went to town and did not get home until twelve o'clock. Then Sunday they brought mo home.

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I CRUCIFIX UNHARMED BY ENEMY'S SHELLS per"-' Wbmm 9 1 Crucifix at Lucy-Le-Bocage. During the valiant fighting at ucy-Le-Bocage, a village on the Alsne, the American soldiers came to a beautiful crucifix hanging unharmed in the ruins of a cathedral. The building was a total wreck with the exception of the cross. An Ameircan soldier is seen standing reverently before the cross.

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Found in Old Ruins The first dolls of which there is any knowledge were found among the treasures unearthed from the ruins of Babylon. They are small figures of terra cotta and ivory and beautifully carved. They are fascinating objects and must have been highly prized by the little Assyrians. The children of ancient Lydia had mechanical dolls- that would move their hands and leg3 by pulling strings, somewhat after the way we work jumping jacks of today. The classic Greek children played with wax and clay dolls which were gayly decorated with bright colors. One kind of these dolls could move its limbs and the children could remove the hand-made clothes. But the majority of those dolls represented goddesses and gods or heroes and were made up with legendary clothes already on them. The mythological dolls were reverently cared for by their young owners, who were taualit to pray to the myths that were represented by the dolls. Just think of such idol worship in our enlightened days! These little girls played with their dolls until their wedding day, as they were married while still children and before they could understand what responsibilities marriage really brought or meant. That is another dreadful custom that has passed away with the worship of idols and false gods or goddesses. Brooklyn Eagle Junior.Even Eskimos Are Helping Red Cross SPOKANE, Wash. The world war has even extended to the polar regions and jarred the Eskimos into making some comforts for soldiers, it was learned through William T. Loop, chief of the Alaskan division of the burennxof education. "The Eskimos raise money by selling furs, cutting ivory and longshoring for ships that visit their Isolated homes," said lr. Loop, who has just reached Washington from Alaska. ',. "One village which has been saving up for years for a sawmill and had accumulated $130, gave $100 of its scanty hoard," he added, to indicate the way peaceful Eskimo is sacrificing for the savage white man.

Javier Jackies Do Patriotic Work Says Its Organizer Richmond ; boys have not responded to Gerard Harrington's call for Junior Jackies as he Lad hoped they would. Only one or two boys have signified their intention of joining. This promises to be one of the most patriotic organizations in Richmond, Gerard says, and he urges all boys to co-operate with him in hi3 attempt to organise the Jackies Any boy who Is over seven years of age wishing to join should' call at 36 S. Eighth street. The dues for the year are twenty-five cents.

Why Frank Did Not Become a Prince One day Gertrude and Frank were left to "keep house." Ger-. trude was six years old, and Frank was four. Their mother had gone to town. ; "Now," said Gertrude who loved fairy stories, "I will tell you something. I am a fairy. If you are a good child and will obey me, I shall 'tarn you Into a prince, and dress you in a coat trimmed with gold lace, and there will be a plume -In your hat, and you shall have a milk white horse with bells on his bridle." Pranlr r irrli f lia ohMild lilrn a milk-white horse, and he said, "How shall I be good?" The "fairy" thought for a moment. "I will set this pot of jam on the floor," said she, "and if you do not touch it, I shall know you are a good boy, and I will turn you into a Prince." Then she took her knitting nnd sat down with her back to Frank. Prank Innked nt Gertrude, and thought that she did not look like a fairy. Then he looked at the jam, and he was sure that it did look like jam. - , v . ' " With a soft step he went over to the jar and put his fingers in the jam'. Then he began eating it as fast as he could. ' In ten minutes Gertrude looked around. "Oh, Frank," she said.; "Now you cannot be a prince." "You couldn't make me a' prince i anyhow," taid Frank. But Gertrude told him he did not know, because he was naughty and did not wait, to see. So Frank never was a prince, and never had his milk white horse, By G. M. i No School Ordered for One Week More No Sunday school or day school for another week, is the decree. But the latest order says that al- , though it may be for ten days more, it almost certainly,wlll be lifted at the end of that time, so that perhaps Hallowe'en will be come a day of great rejoicing for two reasons this year. . While school is dismissed the boys and girls could be spending their time doing as many patriotic things as possible. The Junior Red Cross has asked that this section of the country be especially responsible for the large supplies of nut shells and fruit pita from which the carbon for the gas masks Is supplied. " " j Five hundred pounds of this material was shipped away from the city last Monday, and there still is more from several of the schols which has not yet been collected, said Mr. Giles. As soon as school begins once more, the teachers are hoping that all children will bring In large amounts which they have collected during this vocation. - Another patriotic piece of work which girls especially an do, is to knit squares for soldier comforts, and bring them to school as soon as it begins once more so that they can be sewed together, and the Afghans given to the Red Cross. Exhibits of children's work at the county fairs last fall showed many of these which had been made, and they all drew the great' est praises from the crowds.