Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 65, 25 January 1919 — Page 16

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RICHMOND PALLADIUM. SAT, JAN. 25. 1S19

Mascots of theU. S Jackie Every ship that sails the high aeaa has one or more mascots. On this score Great Lakes Natal trainlng station Is In no way lacking. , As a matter of (act this station harbors enough pets anil mascots to create a too ot no small dimensions. Goats, sheep, bears, dogs, cats, parrots and ducks constitute a portion of the dumb inhabitants and new members or "the happy family" are being added daily. Many are used in initiation "stunts" for instance the goat makes the phrase "Riding the Goat." a fact and not merely a whim. Two of the most interesting characters of the "zoo" are "John" and "Susie," big brown bears brought direct from the northern forests. They hold forth in one of the "Detention" camps and the lady visitors at the camp say "they are Just the sweetest things ever." Great Lakes Recruits.

INTERESTING ADVERTISMENTS Lost a little dog. by a gentleman with a muzzle, who answers to the name of "Fido." Lost A black goat by a lady with a broken horn. The tramp should never complain of hanger when he can always enjoy a loaf or a chop at any .farmer's woodpile. EXCHANGE COLUMN Open te All Beys and Girls. These Ads Cost You Nothing; 8nd In Your Wants" to The Palladium Junior. WANTED To buy two pair of good roller skates; sizes 10 and 14 inches. George Dietrick, 515 S. 10th. LOST A brown knitted mitten. ' Leave at Palladium office. FOR SALE Pigeons. Inquire of William Hoppe, 418 South Tenth street LOST Cuff button. See 610 So. E street. Phone 2110. WANTED To trade a pair ef ice skates for a pair of roller skates, phone 1580. LOST Green hat cord. If found, please return to Kenneth Moss, 800 north G. street WANTED Position of caring for babies and small children after school and on Saturday, by a girl age thirteen. Phone 2828 or call 206 North Ninth street LOST Green hat cord. Leoline Klus. Return to FOR SALE Mandolin and case. Will sell cheap. Inquire at 222 " North 5th street. - WANTED Boys to Join the Lone Scouts. Call at 229 South Second or see William F. Gilmore at once. LOST Receipt for 1.80 in envel ope. Also contained list of names. If found, return to 128 Richmond avenae. WANTED A white giant male rabbit Call at 1S3 South 5th street WANTED To buy green trading stamps at once. Please bring to the house. Charles Walsh, 303 South 4th St , ' FOR SALE OR TRADE Foreign stamps. George Whitesell, 1215 S. C. Street. FOR SALE Aeroplanes, made by A. William Winner. Call at 31 North Ninth street WANTED To trade a pair of Ice skates for a pair of roller skates. Phone 1580. LOST A girl's pocketbook with Mae Morris printed on it in gold letters. If found, please return to (17 N. W. let street or leave at the Junior Palladium office. WANTED Doll wigs to Call 111 North Third street, or phone 182L

ALLIED SOLDIERS IN ARCTIC REGIONS " ADAPT THEMSELVES TO

' British soldier and arctic team x The allied forces of occupation in Russia are fast adapting themselves to the severe wintery conditions In that country. Our photo shows the British army method of transportation at Alexandrovsk. This is the method employed by the American and other allied troops under similar conditions.

A Pageant (Continued from page one) The Little Citizen: "Oh. look! There aren't any worms on the cabbage now at all. There haven't been any since the day we sprayed. How much you know about the garden. Where did you learn it all" He looks up at her wonderingly. The Garden Supervisor "Oh, see who comes! They turn and look and an old man with white beard and snowy garments comes in. The Garden Supervisor: "Greeting to you Winter Days." Winter Days nods and slowly comes forward to the center ot the stage. "I thank you. Your work is going well this year and I am much pleased. I am making this journey today through many gardens of the country to Bee whether the people are remembering that before many months I will be here again for my long winter reign and see whether they are wisely storing away a generous supply from their gardens for winter use. How about my Little Citizen, have you remembered?" "Oh, yes! We planned for that when first we bought the seeds." Winter Days: "And what have you had that you have Btored away?" The Little Citizen: "We've had ever so many peas and beans. Some carrots and beets and just-a little corn, but more is coming on, and- some tomatoes too." Winter Days: "Good, you have done well. Have you helped your mother with the canning at home?" The Little Citizen: "No, my mother is busy and away all day and we have no place to do the work so we take the things to our canning center and the girls in the Canning Club there do them for us." Winter Days: "Yes, I sec, that makes it very nice. And when this garden here is covered deep with snow and my bitter winds sweep over it glad will you be that you did this work. Now I must hurry on for there are many other gardeners I must see today. I trust that all can give as welcome a report as you." Winter Days passes out . The Garden Supervisor: "And I must go also. I am well pleased with your garden and hope next time to se it as free of weeds and bugs as it is today. .It will not be long now before the final harvest comes and then we will reckon up all that your garden has borne this year. Come, bring that basket and we will take it over to the Canning Center. The two pass out as the curtain falls. Curtain rises upon the same gar den scene. In the center of the stage stands the Lord of the Har vest The Little Citizen stands near him and the Garden Super-.

visor stands a little in the rear. In a far corner skulk the King of the Weeds and the King of the Insect World. . , The Lord of the Harvest: "Come now, I, the Lord of the Harvest am here, and this is a time for revels. You have told what your garden has yielded this year and it has done well. And now methinks we must settle once and for all with those fellows there. Go bring them before me." The Little Citizen goes and brings forward the two kings and they stand dejected and disconsolate before the Lord of the Harvest. J The Lord of The Harvest: "How now, you vile plotters. You have seen all your evil schemes work to naught this season, here and in many another garden and so it will be for many times to come.- There is no chance for you to take heart again. Perhaps you will have a little showing hero or there, but you are doomed, doomed, doomed, I say! So begone both of you now, and never show your faces here again." (The steal off the stage.) "Come, our greatest enemies are gone, let us join In dance and be gay." The rows of vegetables dance forward and join hands with the others, and begin to dance. The Lord of the harvest suddenly holds up his hand in the-midst of it and cries: "Hold! I feel we owe our garden supervisor a vote of thanks. Three rousing cheers.-' They circle about the Supervisor "Hurray, hurray, hurray Our Garden Supervisor. "A song of thanks tor Mother Nature." They join in a chorus and sing. Then the sun

ana sunbeams, clouds and rain aance in and join the others. The Little Citizen runs forward crying: "Three cheers For the U. S. S. G. A." In chorus: "Hurray for the unuea states School Garden Army Xong may it flourish." As the dance begins again the Little Citizen calls out again: "Oh see who comes?" The dance ceases and the dancers part in the center forming a group on either side of a central aisle and the Nation's Needs comes slowly down from the rear. The Little Citizen watches her eagerly as she approaches and as she nears him he runs forward and takes her hand. She smiles down at him and moves forward to the front of the stage where she pauses. The Nation's Need: "Oh, my people it is with a glad and grateful heart that I come to you to offer my thanks. Nobly did you respond with one accord onto my plea and the burden that rested upon us has been greatly lightened by your labors. When the spirit of Destiny stood at our door saying "Arise, America and gird yourself for the service of human ity and dedicate every citizen In your land to the great cause of Democracy, yon listened and pledged I yourselves to do your share and J

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you have performed your service well. Therefore to you all and to the little citizens of the U. S. S. G. in particular I give my thanks." "She places her hand on the head of the Little Citizen and all on the stage join in singing "America." (THE END) Fresh Freshies By Butch and Butz Attention, please! Good authority says that a certain Jolly Six Group is very fond of being stuck

in the mud. They claim to have!08.1 SUccessful In war work are

been to a marshmallow bake. Norman Hoeffer is going to murder Butch Hodapp, that is if she and her assistant do not quit putting his name, in the paper. Friends will you prepare to come to the funeral next Sunday? I would like to know why it is that a Brownie and his friend admire standing room on Eleventh and Main, Alice McGrew and Dorothy Renk had a very pleasant afternoon at the Washington, Sunday. Charlotte Dingly weeps over the loss of a silk handkerchief. Mary Klinger Is fond of tearing photographs to pieces. Please be more polite. Ruth Fulle would make a wonderful overseer at a newspaper office. Please help find her a position. At last Lewis D has renewed his old friendships. Keep it up! Ruth Hart is very fond of the "Webster Dictionary" just of late! Please Mat. will you sing: "When Tony goes over the top?" We would like to find you a position as a prima donna. Kenneth Kartch la rated as a "chewing factory," that isv at the show. Mary Smith received a reserved seat at the Washington last Sunday. She and her friend sat on the Bteps. Cliff Turner made a great hit with his new suit It's a good way to make a hit boys. Why is it they call Shine McBride and his friends horse water carriers? Witchy Harris declares that there is to be a world war between Shine McBride and Pearl Birmingham. All we can say is "Let there' be peace." We would like to know where onr friend Longie has disappeared to. Please make thyself seen. Rex Laulter .seems to have a verr dear friend that waits for him at South Ninth and A streets. I don't blame Rex. Do you I

Army Dog Brings Reinforcements London .Correspondent of the Associated Press) England's dog army rendered gallant service in the war. Many a soldier owes hio life to some poor, uncared-for, stray dog. For nearly two years ' dogs were employed by the British as messengers, as sentries and as guards. Early In 1917, a. war dog school of instruction was established by the -British War Office, and Lieut. Col. Richardson, who has devoted his life to training dog3 for military and police purposes, was appointed commandant of the school. GamcN keepers, hunt servants and shepherds were called up from the army to assist in the work of instruction. After a thorough training in England, the dogs were sent to France, and on the battlefields their skill, courage and tenacity amazed the army. Often wounded in the performance of their duties, they never faltered while strength remained to carry on. The official record of their heroic work tells of successful message-carrying through darkness, mist, rain and shell-fire over the most difficult ground. In a few minutes' time dogs have brought messages over ground that would take a soldier runner hours to cross. During the great German advance last spring part of the British line in front of a famous French town was cut off by severe enemy barrage. A messenger dog was released with an urgent appeal for reinforcements. It ran two miles In ten minutes. The rescult was that a French colonial division was sent up and prevented a disaster. The messenger was a Highland sheep dog. Another dog with a message ran nearly four miles in twenty minutes, and still another in the same time carried back from the front a map of an important captured position, when a man would have taken an hour and a half to bring it in.

ihe dogs which have ben found comes, sneep aogs, lurchers and airdales, and crosses of these varieties, while In a number of cases Welsh and Irish terriers have given excellent results. The work of sentry dogs has been valuable, especially in the Balkans. One gave warning of an enemy scout 300 yards away. On many occasions dogs have given warning of enemy patrols long before the soldier sentries were aware of their presence. Large numbers of dogs have been used for guard duty, many on the Italian front

THE FAIRIES' FROLICS The world Is full of fairies, As all the children know; They patter in the raindrops; They float on flakes of snow. They blow the fickle bubbles That in your goblet gleam; They paint the lovely fancies That beautify your dream; They spin the cob-web curtains Across the summer grass. And fill the thirsty flower-cups With dew-drops as they pass. By day you cannot see them, But only what they do, Because they wear a magic cloak That hides them from your view. ( In winter, when the flowers And foliage are lost The fairies' own court-painter They've christened him Jack Frost. Then brings his crystal brushes, ' And on the window pane. He draws the ferns and mosses And leafy trees again. Romantic little fairies WU1 sit the whole night through. And watch the moombeams glisten Upon a drop of dew. , i At midnight in the forest. Beneath the quiet moon. They gather round the fairy queen And sing a merry tune. And all the bluebells tinkle. And all the harebells cbime. And columbines and violets They nod and sway in time, Oh, I often pause to listen 1 For the song the fairies sing; And I wish that I. could see them A-dancing In a ring. William R. Thayer.