Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 95, 1 March 1919 — Page 21

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM; MARCH 1. 1919

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THE JUNIOR

The Junior Palladium1 Is 'the children's section .of the Richmond: lillndlum.'founded'MayC.'lSie, and Issued each Saturday afternoon. 'Alloys and girls are invited to be reporters and contributors. ,News.j Items, social "events, '"want" -advertisements, stories, local . jokes and ; original poems are acceptable and will be: published. . Articles should le written plainly and on one side otthe paper, with the author's name i atid-aga Bisned. Aunt Folly' Is always. glad to meet; the children per-! BonaDy aa they bring their articles to. The Palladium office, or to receive j lstlprs addressed to' the Junior' Editor. (This is-your, little newspaper j and we hope each boy and girl will use it thoroughly. ;

COURSE OF It was just ; last week that w heard the story of the plucky Belgians, who did everything thetf t could ; think . .of and odared .. everj4 thing to keep the Germansout iii i the late summer of, 1914. -But thei number was eo muck smaller thai ; the great, number of Germans; that were pouring in. upon them that dt s.was impossible: for .them to.keep the enemy from over running their country, and so they were . made prisoners ; and ithe German army continued to advance ' toward i France, which was the place it was . aiming i for. You , see, Germany's well laid, plan was to crush, France, and then . Russia .and then .Great i Britain, and j eo it was France where sheAvasgoing first. j England Comes to Rescue. ; Five armies, thousands of . men i began marching, through the . wonderfulcountry;of France. I France i had . immediately . called out : her . army,, when the, Gennansihad. fu-st stepped into Belgium and Englan4 had begun to summon her men to ,-defend. herself .and her allies. :She ) hurried, ' too, and , in the ... second tweek of- Augusts 100,000 of her men i-arived under the command of Genf -eral : French. Sir ;. John, now . Visjk count French, commanded the Engr ilish forces welh.until. in'.1915," the i man we have, heard, so muchu.abou if or over two .years, . Sir ; Douglas iHaig was given the command. . Sir John is known as Viscount French i.of .Ypres,. because, heilielped win t that ..battle , which . turned the Gei t mans ; back from t the . French sear iport town of Calais. J "Papa .Joffre". at the Marne. s : Did ; you . see him,i that splendid 5 looking . general with his whitehair and navy-blue uniform with its red :and gold .trimmings and ..his mili i taryv cape of the., same. blue,, as he . passed t through i here about v two ;years ..ago? .Yes.vyou- have, probf ;ably remembered his name already. . It " is 1 General f Jdffre, the ..famous ; generaluof j France, whom his peo- . pie loving call; ".Kapa.1 docrc-May? .be you gave-some ofyour pennies : and nickles and idime to the larg SBum ofr money that Richmond gave i into! hiss :care-atthat,time,ito.take ihome to our ,Mtle:friends;.the'or- ; phans ;Of France. IMy.l but:Jie was irladcto. receiveMhat Jnoneyr and to f take; itr back homei toOthose -brave i'littles children; overseas. AAndithey vwereiprObably soi happy, to receive i Jt .and especially to receive, at forrn I him, one. of ; thei-heroes 1 of i Trance; i tinder -whom t their c daddies tlaught t and -.; died, rand whom ithey s admir and love very, much. k fHe'iwas in;BUpreme command of Uhei French, armies from: thei. begin)ining ; 6f i the vwar ituHtil 11916, whei iGeneral 1 Nivelle, aahd tthen soon IGeneTallPetainf succeeded him. ; it f was1 he that wast leader in that; iajiinou3 !.battlp,:he i battle; 6f tlh 1 Marne, v where i the f forces o6f tth I French, the BOlglansandllhei Eng i lish.l b v brilliantnd darinsr imBvef ments sent - the (Germans .an ( th 'run. '-The armies Of theallies had bei t retreatingbbeiore the German3ani Austrian -armiesi until f that enemy, '.army !.had ccomo vwithln ttwehty, rmiles i of ; Paris, vtheni the f aliiei ? turned. arid faced the enemy at th4 .? Marne' river oaSeptember;6,l14 - and ' the severe . fightingt that tiook ? place there ithernetti fivedays,. 1 - called' the .battle bt the' Marne. iYou've read . abouU battle t fields -and perhaps -you siiave?8eem;Bom$ t f our wn,( GBttyBbuTg- and others' that our government J has r-pre served and-you i probably' thought A Field fcfBeatrty that they r'dida't -amount : to muchi i Just a long Btretcb'Of.'grass with a i monument i here s arid tthere. Well - they don't , '-amount t to .much nuntil we think that on-arcertoinr part Ot . this - field raome ; children's " rPar d,7 (their father) or Uncle.' Jim, .wajf back, in' 1862 or 1864c saldUo: himl ; eelf, "My country mu6C be a united country and revcryone:in;lt;mu8t be free,", and tbinkingt these things fought very, very hard untir he was

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THE WAR t wounded or , perhaps killed right there on that ..field. Then we understand . that there is something sacked about that ground since human .popple just like. you andm gladly . gave their lives; there, be lieving that : the cause for .which they, fought. was. right. ! That's, the ..way it Js . now witti the battle, field of ithe. Marne. .It was a very beautiful, place.i before the big ( guns came, a ..great big place with little woody groves and long - green '. level stretches, ;;an4 cool,s shady riverBides.t-ands rolling hill and everyukind of interesting and attractive - scenery ' that i ther is- almost,-?-a lovely1 inviting! place History ; had made , it ? sacred to France, long before there-was .any, thought of another war in 1914 fofrom . the southern part t of tthat giKUL inuiu, OUU11 Ul A1U UUU UUlUCj bringing i heroic s inspiration Ao her people. : It is a real old field; too,? forsin one part Ot it is an: immense ovat mound, where 'huiroreds c of i years ago, as the. old legend t goes, : the great' hordes Of - savages, . iheooriginal Huns, nnder their, leader Atttla,! had built themselves a iortification, in i their attempt to conquer Europe. : On this' beautiful field on a very warm Sunday morning,' the 6thof September,' the battle commenced which the Germans hopod -would be a battle wfthout a morrov,'whioh means that they hoped to conquer the 1 French and the English and kilU so many Of 1 them that I there wouldn't be anything left' for them to do there the next day.T But thafs where they were ' f ooled.i for 'after five "days 1 6f daring 1 fighting pand the brilliant: leadership of General ' Joffre,- arid' General' Foch- and General. French,' the'Germans twerei In most given up the idea of a' trip' to Paris in: the-near future. j ' A Little Trumpeter. J Thero is a. story, told aboflt-a little French .trumpeter!1 at this! battle. J He ; galloped toward i the -enem trenches, with his '. officer. a ser-geant-major, r and ,ftbottt i tenr other men, intent on capturing. a certain machinegun. . -'After a ; while they : came back; victorious,) arKf-the little5 trumpeter swept a German 1 helmet v off hi$ head, .and waved It triumphantly dn the Air shoutinfir, rrvegot Itr" J :.The soldier vwbo ;:lold 'the s storyj said, "He is an v extraordinarily brave, boy." t AiGreat Battle." ' They, tell us that itwas. this1 battle that, turned the tide Of the Gen man .invasion, and, it its (ranked as Mone mora decieive battle OC the world -and -the greatest BincoW &U erloo, .as 'far aas Eurppe ids cont cerned. .The: iollowing vereef:;ded cated . to ? Joseph Jacques c Cesaire Joffre, ;.the V Victor t of i the Marne.l expresses, tha feeJing.of . one Ameri loan about this battle. "Give us the spirit's, wine to pledge .Toiihim,tlhe BOUl0f France, Who stood Lbef ore ..disaster's edge Master of circumstnee, And faced,-unfaltering, and. won, f 'That' hour's : portentuos chance. XING! SING! I i ) High, school; pupils .are going to aingiinorei than ever from, now on, and it's going to be a good sing: too; according to; Mr.CSlaane. He: has selected a picked chorus Ot seven; ty voices. ) It has just been organ ized, ' bat It will i be r a i permanent thing. Evan ; the xst week, ' they have started to sing' such importr ant things f as ?Be ?Not i Afraid fromf Elijjahaad- Italia; Beloved, from; Locrezia, Borgia. TIf they progress i at t this r rate, vwh&t can t we not expect id hear, sometime ! (Behearsals are' held every Tues day evening. ; llt's ea ' Bpleildldf thing i anyway, and : Bichmond always -welcomes good choral Biaging. Keep on with the good work.

Animals Do -Red

'Cross -Work' O . course you will say they do not know they are doing Red Cross work. Well maybe that is so, and then again maybe they do know it Anyway they , are helping,.' and be cause they are alive, more soldiers are helped : in lrance .-and ? Russia and more hungry children are fed in Roumania. I Here are:: a' few Of the animals that .are helping to .do J Red Cross work. In the first) place, there -are lots of ducks, chickens rand rabbits that are in: Red Cross service! in the region of ; Chateaux-Thierry, l They ; are j marching i in l to f reconstruef't the barn .'-yards 1 that have been . almost r empty ffor "several years. "They are 'being -sent there by the" Red Cross. " ;Then ; there . are ; some: pigs, t too, that sell i themselves and rmake money for the Red Cross. "That is, a club in' Missisippi sfell3 them," and last week .lhey t sold t twenty-four cars- ot hogs this way to a; place in Stj Louis and made a great dekl of money t to -givel. to ' the i Bod "Cross; "VVasn't!.that;patriatic ;0f vthe; pigst ( Out in' Colorado,' the prairie dogs f-worb too,'3and the way they; work it this : IThey, get themselves caught in traps eetby twoi little girls,-and then- they are killed, and sold' for quite a little money, and this money all goes to the' Red Cross. ! 1 In Porto? Rico, the children didnH find any. valuable animals,-so they raise ' peanuts and of course they sell' them,, and then they: give"thQ money to' the5 Bed Cross. J Do you ; know Of any . other anlr mals that are .helping their coun try? .. I Come In, Birds! Birds make mighty good" friends. "W hy not become. better acquainted with them? i : If. you can make friends, with the early, birds-they will da away . with the-worms and insect pests thatde stroy your gardens and orchards, i Cut vworms, s bar I borers, c caner forms, plant lice, grasshoppers, rose bugs and rroot worms : are only; a few of the many kinU.Of, pests eaten by ' rbbins, 'wrens, bluebirds', woodpeckers, flickers and thrushes. and other; birds - who nest' in gai dens and near houses. Whyrnot.Jiave ia; house-building contest in, your schools? j iThevWarrert (Q.)echooIs conducted a . bird .house contest j for t tha manual, training classea of the. 6tht 7th ; and 1 8th , grades. Jlnterested merchants ' Offered ."prizes t for '.th4 beeti.deBigned: and i.besti builtf.bird houses. jOverii 4,000 1 houses were built .iand j put t up ; to aattract tth birds and protect then gardens. NWhenj you. build, you must first def cide what .bird; y ou want for -a; tenf ant. VWoodpeckersftaket3flpilOdgj ingv ati .the. bottomr,Of .a: deep, 1 dark hole and r robins like nestf. shelter iwith one. side. open. VWrens prtfet a house.,withia.gablef entrance, j Books t and; magazine articles oq bird house building can r. be 'found at almost every publici libraryuand thei iakei Divisioa Junior t Membersship Bureau, of.lhe,1 Bed Cross wilj gladlyj gi? e directions and; suggestions. I ! TheBeginning and the End When therwar first started, The 'Huns 'were1 cruel1 hearted. They murdered and plundered, Till peaceful heavens! thundered, j 1 Butwhen TJ.i S.vwent" into"war, j She vowed.Bhe'd made them sore, For all the mean' thing theyd donej Waff juEfj likd the treacherous' Hun; i Wef fought" in air,- on land ani sea "With' the allies for Democracy, ,: Andvwhen-we did fight, j We foughtswlth-all ounmight ; Till af lasturefwon' the war, f And; you can bet those- Huns 'wer -sore, Fordld they not ast for peace, And.' f op the war to cease ? fAnd now'the'Hnns' no" longer cad ..say, Well get to Paris" the 1st Of May;'' The W. S. S. that-were so slitk, i Helped the' Huns' to get licked. , Here ray tale ends. And back-well send The boys so' brave, The world's 'democracy They' have caved. .T Julia BBarr.

Query -Gorneii

The editor will try to answer questions readers of the Junior submit i to her. She will not promise, to answer all of them. The questions will be answered in rotation, so do not expect the answer to be printed in the iame'week. in which ; you send it in. Dear Auht Polly: (Can. you. speak' French? x ' (Charles S. f Dear Charles S.: j Well, r 1 1 spent i two j- years ; going batk and' forth to French class four times a week, and lf I were to speat a little! Of i this ; French : to nothet person: like myself who has. neve? been; to) France, orrpreferably; one who -has: never .had -any: French .at all,1 he might say; ?Well;,you speak French!" iButlfi I wwere' to try to talk !Wlth ; a t real I Frenbhman, f.h would orabably say; r.Qu' est-ce que c'st t-que cela? J Je r ne tcomprend pas,"? and then would go off talking so fast l that" I could not' "compre--hend' him either. j ; New. if-a Frenchman -would talk very '.'.slowly i to me,-j-but then rnq Frenhhrnanndoes' lalk. slowly,. any wy! I was; going to say,: IE he did then: L might understandLhim. ":Sd, Bince I 'would probably notr be able to talk even a- minutev with ta rea) Frenchman and- keep up a real conl versation, j 1 1 could scarcely rgay spokeFFrench; could I? Anyway it's lots ot fun to read iti which! I ido: sometimes,! but! then! usually .have;a rather large dictioni aryat my side. ! How r much t can j you i say 1 14 French? Aunt Polly. . ( Dear Aunt Polly: I ln ourgeography lesson in studyj ing "Spain,: it .said clhat Malaga, a city tin fSpain was r noted i for its grapes. 'Our' teacher asked us St we knew a grape something : like that name. -1 don't, do you? Thank you, Dorothy J. Dear Dorothy: t DMiumh ! lYesthereis'a' rathe small 'greenf grape called a: Malag: grape, and itVreat godd too. ?But this .lime of year, 'they Jaste.;mor4 like r silver .than ; grapes, tbecausa theyco8feso":much. nThe reason fo this is that in. this month, theyiare scarcer than any other time. "The ' city sis f felose to Gibraltet isn't it ? vWouldif t it be? f nnf to, gd intoaar real-for-sure vineyardoonee especially Mf i the master f of tth4 vineyard wwould'!. saysaswwe? go into it, Just txoake -yourself ,iAt fchoma there. lYoursmay eat All the graoes you.iwantt" iAuntiPoUy. Dear Aunt Polly: VWhen: do! locusts rcome? KSomfl people-say. they come every.eighti een years. In. what month? I m;h. I "v'Yes, ' therej isaar verytdnteresrJn'i insect t known eas flhe uueventeeii year locust.' It really; isn'tia locust, Science l (tells wus, i but LthaU is j jut t the ;.name that r-people irgive i to i "it; like vwe call cal: levereren f.trees; pine trees,7 -when- some of .them, are spruce and some are -fir .arid other kinds, so we call tlhese ilittle iinsects all. locusts anyway. J inr-North America, i.his Insect; 14 aldlfferent form from the one it has when it is grown.np.idigs.'its'way underground rwhen; It isr real-young and .makes a; littlei room: for. itself nearr some;: rootlet, .and; Btaysf there seventeen years. '.Then at burrows up to .the tpp of the ground, climbs up a.' tree ; then itsr skini splits and thei insect -flies out. Itcomes;out in the spring vwhen ni 1 1 is --warm enough though: -there is 4ao special month. I 1 la 18S5 there were a great many Of themand in 1902 and now they are due again. There are always a, great many of' them' in Indiana, Illinoi s and all the (states Of the Middle West. "TThe r sparrows ! like to eat ' them and .lalways have : a feast w Of ' them . every meventeeii years. Aunt Polly. "' s S DearAunt i Polly: j J I ama little, gftl five, years- old, and twill t be ; six years old - next month. l -go-to. Warner school and like my teachers-very much. Uaam inf 1A' and- hppe to get- along- well ta-my school. tMy namels 1 Cathrine i Hartman. Dear Aunt Polly: I : am f a ' little i girl r seven r years 3ld. XMyname' is:Thirza Hartman. i gof to Warner school And love ay

Eresh JFrehies By:Butch. arid. Buzz TBobl McLear. seems . very fond of going out. through closed doors in Study! Hall. . Please . don't do that

Whyiait that.Toay Hoff is . fond of her seat in commercial arithmetic? tThelma ? Ryan is said s to ; have played peek-a-boo with.. Kitty D. Emraett Sieweke ' just delights ; in teasing - girls. '. Certain cones -of course. TBhea Crandla and Harriett Krull always come in Sunday school late. Why is. it,-girls? Russell Turner and .his f friends admire playing imiberxnud. Children don't muss vyoar; clothes. Dot Hart ia fond ofnmaking pretty faces through: the -window. Everyone should know that Buss Turner's new name is'Teeny Bricker. Some name. Ralph B. and' Teddy CO.-seemed to have declared ? war lately. Who was Harry Es friend at the basket-ball bgame ebruary 21? Jeannett .Thomas . delights" in taking , silk handkerchiefs. iDo : you blame .her? WeoIon't. Binsy Leonard anchors' hpr1 handkerchief s ..deep in school so . the bpy3owon't take" them. The Girl :Bcootsseem- to be out lateat.night;why, is it? '-Why. is it thatiButzWcidner is always -talking about Lewis's new automobile? . Let ua. see JLLewy. Everett "Philips twas very much disappointed t about the rgame ' the other, night. TWhy didn't -you spare yourself ' that disappointment, Everett? Russ - Turner I is '.known as the bhby of his' bunch. 3 Isn't he cute? ' Cot Hart wishes I her -soat r reserved, on thef floor .in;English. (ChemngihetSkk '-Miss ?Test?who Reaches' the " first rade:f .Warner sfchoOLisEiek; in the hospital. ; She was out there about two -weeks. TThe ishildrpn nf Warner school, brought .money . and we c oougnt -some ...pink iand white carnations and r sweet t peas. SWe chose a commltteejAnd.took-lhem out. iWeccheeredt heraand? brightened 1 her- room. SShe twas' pleased and isent-her, love' to the children. '.TiUie Abbott. English, Warner'SchooI. EdJ. I Note We i want tto thank OUve Beesling aUcTElizabeth Dodd ior.aisa writing; stories 6f ','Cheering i Miss Test." k which '-ro-fi r onulH not; print: because; or laclcot space. We hope.'to"Jiear;from:.lhem soon, again. 5 MY, PETS. Deat'Annt Polly: 1 1 anr al little gilcU eight yeara old. I.-am inthe3B. !I like to,. go to school. 1 1 am very f odd Of pets. 'I wilt tell you what r have: dog, a eat two canary birds. and fourfold fish. 1 1 love? to1 hear .my birds sing. I fourid-my catln' the alley when It was a little" baby kitten almost starved, to .death. 1 1 took it in;- and fed' Jt vwarm Lmllk .and made , it a nicebed int.a.iittleibox. Iti is a big cat - now and: fat as a '.-butter-ball, -and i plays all . the .time. ; He likes to, get after- my-feet vwhen' I get' ready: fori bed. i. Mildred i Bromley, Warner" school. teacher so much. -I have one "sister that goes to school with me. Dear "Aunt Polly: f Once upon - a : trme,t there -vas -a little boy. He " asked his 'mother if he could, bo out In the wood to play. .' His : mother r said,' "No, i you might get-hurt." "Oh; I on't. ? I -will come, home-at Beo'cloek." ' He went: on. .When - he' came to the woods it was getting:dark. : He got afraid and he eame home. ; Elizabeth Hair, Warner SchooL