Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 327, 30 November 1918 — Page 9

THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM WEEKLY SECTION OF RICHMOND PALLADIUM THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, NOV. 30. 1918

Louise Follows Papa's Example Louise always runs to meet her papa, and flies to get his slippers when he is seated in his rocking chair. She loves dearly to wait upon him, and she thinks him the dearest para in the world, and everything he does is just right. If she only follows papa's example she is sure she shall do just right, too. She forgets sometimes that what is qnite right for papa to do may not be just right for his little daughter. Sometimes when papa comes home from business, he finds a window, or a door, which needs mending, or a bit of carpet to be tacked down. Perhaps while he is doing this the tea bell rings. But he keeps on with his task, and finishes before going to tea. Louise does not understand all hi: reasons for doing this. She only thinks it is a fine thing to do it because papa does it. So one day she did the same thing. She was making a pin-cushion, working very carefully, as Aunt Mary had taught her, when the tea-bell rang. She did not answer it, however, but worked right on till she had finished "the pin-cushion,' as she had seen papa do. Then she went to the diningroom. Eut asi Louise opened the door, papa sjrTd sternly, to her great astonishment, "Louise, go up stairs and stay until we are done, as you did not come when called." Louise turned quickly, went upstairs to the sittingroom and climbed up into a great rockingchair. Her feet did not reach very far over the edge of the Beat, but she rocked back and forth, back and forth, just as fast as she could make the chair go. "I will never eat anything again so long ar I live," she said to herself, and she rocked so far forward that she almost tumbled out on her nose. "Never! and then my papa will be sorry for treating his little daughter so, when she was only doing as he does. I will starve to death just as the Babes in the Wood did, and I guess my papa will feel bad then." , When Louise was thinking these hard thoughts of papa, he came in and said, "Louise, you may go down to your tea now." "I do not want any tea, papa," rocking violently. But papa put his hand upon the chair, and stopped the rocking and said again, "Louise, go at once to your supper." And Louise went. But she was so near crying, she could not eat a morsel. If she tried to swallow, up would come a big sob. And glad enough she was to go up stairs and cuddle down in j apa's arms and tell him all about it how she was ouly trying to follow his example. Contributed by Mary E. Pardieck. St. Andrew's school. Carrier Pigeon The courage of the carrier pigeon is worthy of the soldiers with whom it worked. It required a death wound to interrupt its mission. During the battle of the Marne, July 15, a pigeon arrived at its motor dove cote completely exhausted, bearing a message of the greatest importance. Its claws Lad been carried away by a shell splinter. The information it brought enabled the staff to parry an important attack. Many pigeons returned to their posts during the battle of Verdun wounded in the leg or head, some of them with their bodies torn by projectiles. Two pigeons during that period carried seven important messages in bombardments that men could not get through. THE WORST YET. First Scout Why is this cheese so full of holes? Second Scout That's all right. It needs all the fresh air it can get. Boy's Life for October. "Jail-Less Crimes." Killing lime, hanging pictures, stealing bases, shooting the chutes, choking off a speaker, running over a new song, smothering a laugh, murdering the English language. , Lone Scout.

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Miss Edith A. Winter of Minneap olis fitting shoes on French refugees in Ber's headquarters of Fund for French Wounded. Delegates to the Versailles conference have taken preliminary steps toward organizing the feeding and clothing of the real victims of the war the women and children of the devastated, battle-scarred territories until these people are able to take care of themselves. Obviously the United State must take the lead in this task. It will' be years before these people are established in -homes and ready to sustain themselves. The great war relief organization of the U. S., the American Fund for French wounded, and other bodies of its type, will keep up their work. Edith and Esther Aunt Edith Was only nine years old, while her niece Esther was nineteen. But Edith, being an aunt', felt she must keep up the dignity of one; and so she used to trat Esther as if Esther were a little girl. They had not seen each other for nearly a year: and when they met, Esther who was fond of mischief, acted as if she were really younger than Edith, .though' she well knew she was ten years older. "Aunt Edith," said Esther, "have you any objection to my gcing out in the grove to swing?" "None at - all. my dear," said Edith, "but I will go with you, lest you should get hurt." "Thank you aunty," replied Esther. "Now, let us see who can run the faster." Esther started off at a run towards the swing, but Edith called her back and said, "Stop, my dear, you will wet those new shoes in the damp grass and your mother will blame me for not taking better care of you. We will go by the gravel road to the grove." "Yes, aunty," answered Esther, turning her head to hide her smiles. And then seeing a flower, Esther cried, "Oh! aunty, what a 'beautiful flower. Tell me what it is." "Why, tbat is a fringed gentian," said Edith proudly. "Itvis indeed lovely," said Esther. "You must teach me all of these flowers, for we city girls have no opportunities of seeing them, to know what they are." "Yes, my dear niece, I will teach you," said Edith. "I want you to learn a lesson of some kind every day you are with me." Esther burst out into a laugh she could not control. "Why, what are you laughing about, my dear?" said Aunt Edith. But Esther went to the swing to escape from answering her Aunt Edith's question, and said, "Now, for it, aunty!" Esther eat in the swing and Aunt Edith pushed her. Then Aunt Edith took her to the barn. But here I regret to say, the sight of a pile of hay on the barn floor was too much for niece Esther. She jeemed to lose all of her reverence it once. Seizing Aunt Edith, she threw her on the hay covering her up and said, "My precious aunty, I must have a frolic or die. So forget that you are an aunt, and try to remember that you are nothing after all but a darling little girl." Edith was surprised. : J

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Papa came in and seizing Esther and Edith covered them up with the hay till they begged to be let out and promised to be good. He was just . from the garden and had thrown down his hoe, rake and bat. But the hat suddenly disappeared, and papa was wondering where it Was. ' '. - Niece Esther had slipped it tinder the hay. Dorcthy Johnson, WhiteSchool, Seventh Grade; age 12. How Pins Are Made Pins, as you all know, are made from wire. The wire is wound on a large reel, .which is hung over the pin-making machine. This machine cuts the pins from the wire, headed, pointed, sharpened and polished. , The machine is a combination of steel fingers, rollers, toggle joints, cams, headers, revolving files and belts. The Wire, ! caught by a pair of rollers, is i drawn forward into the machine, where it is cut into the right lengths; two raps from a cam and toggle form the head. The headed wire is put on a wheel under the heading dies by a steel finger, and the pointless pin is carried down between two revolving disks. One of the disks revolves faster than the other, so the pin is turned as it travels forward. Just at thi point it comes' into contact with four revolving files, which point it, and then an emery belt put3 the first polish on it The pins como out of the machine at the rate of 160 a minute and fall into a hopper, from which they are taken to the tinning room. In passing from the machine the pins become covered with oil and dirt, and this is removed by putting them in a revolving iron barrel, with sawdust. In the tinning process the pins are boiled for four hours in a preparation of pure tin. They are then washed in soapsuds, to give them a smooth surface. After having another whirl in sawdust they aro ready to be stuck in papers. A teacher asked her class to write down eleven animals. Johnny Jones quickly wrote down his answer and took his slate to the teacher's desk. This is what she read: "Six seals, four polar bears' and one walrus." Lone Scout. He comes, he comes, the Frost Spirit comes! Let us meet him as we may. And turn with the light of the par- . lor fire his evil power away. . J. G. Whittier

The Pipe of Peace in Indian Conferences When American Indians made treaties with other tribes of Indians or with the white people, they always brought into the group of those who drew up the peace treaty, the Calumet, or Peace Pipe. The Calumet is a I'ipe whose stem is arced, two and one-half feet long, and gaily decorated to suit the artistic task cf the Indian, with locks of women's hair and feathers. The bowl of the pipe was made of soft red sandstone. After the peace treaty has been signed, the Calumet is brought in, and given to the guests first afterwards to the Indians, themselves. To present It-to strangers, was a sign of friendliness, and ,to refuse it, was o:ctidered an act of hostility.

FORESTRY CONTEST OPEN. " A contest open to all school in the state doing the work equivalent to that of the grade and high schools for the purpose of stimulating interest in forests, has been announced by the state board of forestry. The prizes will be awarded for the best essays on "The Relation of Forests to National Defense." For the best essay from the seventh and eight grade . pupils a prize of $5 will be given. P"or the- best from each of the high school classes, the prize will be $7.50. The conditions announced by the board are that no essay must exceed 2,000 words, and must be mailed to the secretary of the State Board of Forestry, not later than May 15. 1919. Th manuscript must be written in ink by long hand. The term "relation" is to bo considered in a plural sense, th4 writer being requested to give as as many relations as he knows. What action the state and the United States should take in reference to the subject also must be discussed in the article. 7AR SAVINGS STAMPS ISSUED CY THE UNITED STATES, GOVERNMENT t .

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Dorothy and Her Basket Once there was a little girl whose name was Dorothy. She was about seven years old. One day her mother said, "You go to the grocery for me." So her mother gave her the basket and she went. When she got to the grocery, instead of taking her basket in with her, she left it outside the door. Some bad boy came along and saw the basket and ran away with it. When Dorothy came out to get her basket it w.as gone, of course, and she never saw it ary more. Ever after that, when she went to the grocery Bhe took her basket in with her. Mary Louise Snavely. Baxter School.

THE NAUGHTY BOY WITH THE BEARS. One day, a "little boy wanted to go to the woods. Ills mother would not let him go, so the bo v slipped away with his gun. When he came to the woods, he heard a deep growl; locking around, ho saw three bears coming toward him. Hf shot the little one and the mother bear but the father started after him. - He dropped his g'l'i. Th bear picked it up, and turned th? barrel toward himself and the butt of the gun toward the boy. Hp thought he would kill the boy, bui instead he killed himself. The lit tie boy ran home and told hir mother he would never raa away agaia. - Cletus Lake. NOVEMBER. November came from the Latin word novem meaning nhe, an; was the ninth month, among thr Romans when the year only ha'" nine months. It then containe' thirty day b which number waJ r?::. duced to twenty-nine, but soon in creased to thirty-one ' by Julius Ceasar. In the reign of Augustus it was restored to thirty. It wa ctie of the most important month to the Romans in connection wit', their form of religion, as it tg stil in the Roman Catholic , church Among the Saxons it wa 3 knows as the ' Blotmonath, or "bloo month," because at this time too. place tjie general slaughter of cat tie for winter provision . and foi sarciflce. CAMEL BORN UNDER THE BRITISH FLAG A British officer and the mascot ot hit regiment This quaint, ungainly little beast with a short wooly body on l rid leu lously long legs, was born in ativ service. His mother was on a British transport and so that account for his appearing at ease with the British officer who is assisting him to pose for the picture. - -

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