Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 95, 1 March 1919 — Page 19

THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM WEEKLY SECTION OF RICHMOND PALLADIUM

RICHMOND, IND.. MARCH 1. 1919

More Boy Scouts For Richmond Within the next few months many more Boy Scouts Troops will come into existence. There may be a troop organized in almost every church in Richmond. And then won't there be something doing in Scoutdom! St. Andrews already have Cadets organized which is something similar to the Boy Scouts. On Wednesday evening, March 12, Troop 3 and St. Andrew's Cadet Troop will give an exhibition of their work in the gym. All boys and all men Interested In Boy Scouts are invited to attend. A committee of "Big Boys" as we call men who are friends of boys, and also one lady have been formed under the name of "The Boys' committee of Richmond," which will take special interest in all kinds of things that interest boys. The members of this comittee are: Mr. Brunson, executive secretary; Messrs. N. C. Heironimus, Benjamin Kelly, Harry Doan, Fren Beth-

ard, Samuel Hodgin. L. E. Murray, Edward Boiling and Miss Ethel Clark. One of the best Ideas has come Into the heads of the members of this committee, and that is the suggestion for a camp for all Boy Scouts this summer, the week after the Y. M. C. A. Boys have their regular summer camp. Sounds good, doesn't it? Honor the Flag Say Boy Scouts Every merchant who has a torn or very dirty United States flag hanging over his store will probably be visited by a Boy Scout some time in the near future, and if the flag isn't removed within two weeKS he may receive another visit from the same person. It is a disgrace to our beautiful flag to display it when it is whipped to pieces, or when it is so soil d that stars and stripes are entirely hidden. will meet at Fifth and Main streets tor a hike to inora bu.ua. A St. Patrick's social wil be given on March 17, at the home of William Marshall on South Thirteenth street A the next meting of the Boy Scouts, which will be held next Tuesday evening at 7:00 o"clock in the Council Chamber of the City Building, the revision of the Scout constitution will be discussed. Arrangements for selectiug the cast and giving the play, "The Making of Larry," will also form a part of the meting. Last Tuesday, three new members were taken in, Philip Unthank, Roy Hawekotte and Lewis Benge. Our Country OUR COUNTRY And for your country, boy, and for that flag, never dream a dream but of serving her as she bids you even though the service carry you through a thousand hells. No matter what happens to you, no mattre who flatters you or who abuses you, never look at another flag, novpr let a night nasa but vou Dray God to bless" that flag. Remember boy, that behind officers and government and people even there Is ihfi rountrv herself. Your country and you belong to her as you be long to your own motner. biana Dy her, boy, as you would stand by your mother. Edward Everett Hale. My Creed (Reprinted by request) I would be true, For there are those who trust me; I woold be pure, For there are those who care; 1 would be strong, For there Is much to suffer; I would be brave, For there is much to dare; I would be friend of all The foe the friendless; I would be giving, And forget the gift; I would be humble, For I know my weakness; I would look up And laugh and love and lift. Howard Arnald Walter. I like my country, good and true, Because it does what's right. So I am going to do my bit And save with all my might.

WAR-TIME ROMANCE OF PRINCESS PATRICIA AND ALEXANDER RAMSAY OF THE BRITISH NAVY

Beyond doubt, no princess is better known In Canada and the United States than Princess Patricia of Connaught (or Princess "Pat," as she is more popularly called), and her romance, culminating Feb. 27 in her marriage to Commander Hon. Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay, D. S. O., brother of the thirteenth Earl of Dalhousie, has attracted wide attention. Cousin of King George, daughter of the Duke of Connaught, and patroness of the famous Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ("Princess Pat's") to whom 6he gave the colors under which most of the regiment made the supreme sacrifice, The Little Russian Grandmother Comes To the United States "Just like a real grandmother!" you would say if you saw her. Always 6he i3 dressed in a plain a very plain black dress with a little white collar at the neck no other touch of white or color, and no ornament, but her large kindly face and white hair and the little bright gray eyes so full of fire and vision need no ornament This is the way the little woman looks whom the Russians fondly call, "The Little Grandmother of the Revolution." Her real name is Madame Catherine Breshkovsky. She Is In America now, but like most of our foreign visitors probably will not come west very far. She has visited the United States at least twice before and has hundreds of friends here who love and admire her very much. On the twelfth of February, Lincoln's birthday you know, this little grandmother spoke to a great crowd of people in the Lincoln Memorial hall In Washington, D. C A Prisoner and ExNe. Of course you think the name of Catherine Breshkovsky is enough of a tongue twister, but that isn't anything compared to her real name as it is in Russian, which is Ekatcrina Constantinovna Bresh-ko-Breshkovshaya. Now who can pronounce that? Aren't we glad that we live in a country where John Jones is enough of a name for anybody?

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her beauty, her gracious character and her cleverness have made her a world-wide celebrity. The romance began In Canada when the Commander Ramsey was an aide to the Duke of Connaught, then governor general. When the great war started. Commander Ramsey promptly returned to active service in the Royal Navy and won the Distinguished Service Order for valorous work at Gallipoli. The princess is domestic and a very clever needlewoman, making many of her own garments. She is fond of out-door sports and during her tour of Canada with her father, the governor general, she rode her But her name doesn't take anything away from the wonderful spirit of the little woman herself. She has spent most of her life in prison or in exile, yet she Is really, not a convict She, herself, Is the daughter of Russian aristocrats, who owned large estates In "Little Russia." But that didn't set her off one bit from the people who had less money and less opportunity for education and progress than she had. From her earliest childhood she took great interest in the serfs the servants of their estate and the peasants all around her. Poor, Ignorant people, the very soul of Russia, forced by the stern laws of an autocratlo government to remain In ignorance! For it was thought by the Tzar and the ruling party that the longer he kept his people Ignorant, the longer he could keep his power. But Catherine Breshkovsky didn't feel that way about it. She began to teach the peasants on their estate and to help them in many ways. In her teaching 6he spoke too of democracy where the people really make the laws, as we do here in our wonderful America. It was because of this teaching that Bhe was arrested and imprisoned snatched away from her home and two-year old son, whom, of course, she loved dearly. For twenty-two years she was an exile In Siberia that bleak and very, very cold country. After she was given her freedom, she began to teach again, and

spirited horse over the mountains at Banff Springs, Alberta, beat her father at golf on the local golf links and gave an exhibition of expert swimming in the big swimming pool of the hotel. The spirit of democracy now so conspicuous in Canada must have been breathed in with the bracing Canadian air by the princess, for she refused to wed at least two kings and chose instead an untitled but heroic member of the king's navy. She has asked for and received the consent of the king for the renunciation of all her titles, princess and royal highness, and she will hereafter be known as Lady Patricia Ramsey.

was again Imprisoned and exiled. She has beeu in many different prisons, and has suffered a great deal, but she is still full of spirt and of lively cheer. New Way of Telling Stories. Have you ever told a story by rapping on a pipe? Well that's what this Catherine did once when she was In prison in Petrograd. Many other very interesting people were Imprisoned too and by rapping on tho pipes which ran through the different rooms a certain number of raps for each letter of the Russian alphabet they told many, many stories of all kinds. She reads a great deal. She was delighted when she read "Ivanhoe," and thought it a wonderful book, though she didn't read it until she was quite old. She is a very happy woman and says over and over again In her speeches and her letters, "I am happy. I am always happy." Freedom and Honor at Last On March 4, 1917, she was finally given her freedom and taken by the Russian people who had gained 3. If the alphabet went out to she now. makes her home. In state, but still in simplicity, she lives there, except when she is traveling, beloved and honored alike by rich and poor, who have lovingly given her the name of "The Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution." Just before he died, Theodore Roosevelt requested the Red Cross to give his 6,90O share of the Nobel Prize to the French village whose residents have cared for bis son Quentln's grave.

Girl Scouts to Help The Roumanians One hundred invitations ought to mean a good time and if they want money it ought to mean quite a little of that The Girl Scouts hope and are expecting both of these things next Saturday afternon. The Invitations are attractive too, they say, "You are cordially invited to our Silver Tea on Saturday afternon March l.x Girl Scouts." And some other tilings about the time and place, which last will be the Odd Felows Hall. The money from this will go toward the sum of money that the girls are raising for tho relief of the Roumanians. Each Scout is making a girl's dress, too, which they will Bend to those same unfortunate people. They will pack their box on the evening of March 10. There Is a real Girl Scout film" coming, too, the only real Girl Scout film In existence. It is called "The Golden Eaglet," and will probably be here Friday, March 14. Tickets for this will be in the hands of the Girl Scouts next week. Another class of girls will meet with Captain Jones next wek, to" begin studying for the examinations which they have to take before they can become a Scout. Six new girls were made real Girl Scouts at the meting last Monday night Their names are: Marie Foulkner, Bertha Foulkner, Madge Whltesell, Clara Schneider, Marcella Smith and Merle Edwards. A suggestion box has been put on the steps of Captain Jones' apartment where scouts may put any ideas they may have for the next meeting.

Garfield Notes No chapel still! And there is not likely to be any for several weeks. Hard luck! But then when there aren't any chairs who would care to go to Chapel anyway? Even if there isn't any chapel, some of the improvements that have been eoine on all around the buildings are finished. All the shops are installed in the Annex on North Twelfth street, and even the gym classes will be held , there next week. r The Council has elected Its standing committees for the present semester, v The committees were chosen as follows:. Finance Roy Hawekotte, Earl Thomas, Martha Clarke, Berthat Fletcher. . Physical Training Roy Hawekotte, Maxwell Addleman, Kenneth Fuller, Clintoit Rees, Dudley Davenport, Ruth Critchet Grace Eggemeyer, Emelyn Land, Wanda Manan. . . .-M Social Martha Clark, Pauline Arnold, Ethel Lane, Mary Ullom, Lois Wlggans, Wilmer Babylon, George Cummins, Roland Kemper, Frederick ThisUethwaite. Decoration Bertha Fletcher, Elizabeth Dell, Virginia Hodgin, Martha Osborne, Esther Thomas, George Darnell, Philip Graffis, Bennett Johnson, Deem McGriff. General Exercises Earl Thomas, Neal Hill, Loring McFail, Harold Roberts, William Williams. Fred Philip was chosen financial secretary. A Story of a Girl Once upon a time there was a little girl, her name was Mary. Her mother told her to go Into the wood and get some wild flowers. She kept picking flowers on one side then the other. Finally she grew tired, and she , sat down to rest. A fairy came up to her and asked her what it was she cried about and she said she couldn't find her way home. The fairy said that she would give her three wishes. - Ruby Thomas. ; Warner SchooL GEORGE WASHINGTON. The great George Washington was a little child like me. He once played merrily and went to school you know, and worked with all hia might He did Just what the teachers wished. I know one day just as well as you, George Washington was bom In 1732. Vivian Klemann. Eth Grade, St Andrew's school.