Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 197, 31 May 1919 — Page 15

PAOB THREE THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM Movie Actors Have New Flivver A Bojnr And A Fox A wild boar was sharpening his tusks, when a fox came along. -I "Why re you sharpening your tusks now? There is no danger that I Can see." "True," answered the boar. "There is no danger now. That is why, I am busy. When danger does arise, I shall be ready." Sent in by Byron Howclls. Baxter School. . The Junior Palladium is the children's section of the Richmond Paftadititn, fouaiidd Kay 8, ISIS, asd issued each Saturday afternoon. AHboys and girls are invited to be reporters and contributor. News items, social events, "want" advertisements, stories, local Jokes and original poems are acceptable and will be published. Articles should be written plainly and on one side of the paper, with the author's name and age signed. Aunt Polly la always glad to meat the children personally as they bring their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to the Junior Editor. This is your little newspaper and we hope each boy and girl will use it thoroughly.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, MAT 31, 1910

The Siege Perilous" Appears In Library There i3 a new picture In the Children's Room at the MorrisaonReeves library. It la a hand-colored Copley print of one of Abbey's King Arthur series, painted for the Boston Public Library. It Is called the "Siege Perilous." You may read all about it in the King Arthur legends at the Library, but we will give you an outline of the story up to the incident told by the picture. Long, long ago, when Uther Pendragon was ruler of Britain, Merlin, the magician, designed for him a magnificent "Round Table" to use at his feasts. The table was beautifully carved and furnished with chairs for one hundred and fifty knights, and a "Royal Seat" for the king. These seats were called "Sieges," and were inlaid with ivory and gold and studded with gems, one but the worthy could sit in them. When a knight who had proved himself fit to sit in one of the chairs entered the banquet hall, his name would he flashed in golden letters on the "Siege" he was to claim. If later he died in some adventure, his name would fade away and leave room for another. There was one chair that surpassed the others m elegance. No name had ever appeared on it, for no knight had been found worthy to sit in it. Many had tried to sit in it, not waiting for the letters of gold, but dire calamity or death immediately followed, so that it was called "The Siege Perilous," because one sat in it with peril to his life. As time went on the lords of the court of Uther Pendragon grew selfish and treacherous and his kingdom was filled with dissension. The King grew old and his strength failed and concern for his young eon Arthur disturbed him. Merlin the magician came to him and be sought him not to leave his heir unprotected, lest the wicked knights should kill him to secure the throne. So the king had Arthur secretly taken to one Sir Ector, who fancied the child and adopted him aa his own, not knowing he was the Bon of Uther Pendragon. The wonderful "Round Table" King Uther gave to his, friend King Leodegrance. Discord and tumult filled Britain after the king's death, until the people were so wearied of strife that they begged Merlin, the magician, to find them another king to sit upon the throne. Accordingly Merlin brought back the rightful heir, Arthur, who alone was able to pass the required testa for kingship. Arthur restored order in the realm and as time went on decided to choose a queen to share his throne. His choice fell upon Guinivere, the daughter of his father's friend, Leodegrance. When the bride's father tried to think of a present to Bend with hia daughter, he said: "Lands he has in abundance, and money more than enough; what then can I give him that he has not now?" Merlin said: "Give him the Round Table that Uther Pendragon gave you years ago, that King Arthur may place it again in tho banquet hall at Camelot." Thereupon, Leodegrance sent the Round Table with one hundred knights of hia court as a wedding gift with Guinivere, and the "Order of the Round Table" was established at King Arthur's court and the hundred knights sent by King Leodegrance found their names written in gold each at his own place. Then King Arthur summoned Merlin and bade him fill the other "sieges" from his own brave knights. After long search, but thirty-two could be found worthy to claim the honor. In the years that followed the letters of gold flashed again and again until all,

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Deen nuea. That "Siege" more to be desired than any other at the feast, the seat at the king's right hand remained vacant, awaiting the coming of the best and bravest knight in all the world. Now this is a mere skeleton of the story up to what happened as shown In the picture. But you will soon learn all about that in the books at the library. Ruth's Escape Once upon a time Ruth was out walking. She was picking some flowers. While she was picking flowers, she heard a voice calling her, but the first time she didn't mind it. But the second time she did. The voice was so sweet that she had to go and see what it was. She was only nine years old and of course she didn't know. She went to where the voice came from and she found a man there. He told her to come along with him and he would get her some candy. So she went along with him. The man took her to his home, and then he turned into an ugly goblin, and rushed at her, and said, "I got you now." Then he went out doors. Then she climbed out the window and went home. She was as safe as she was before. Catherine Dafler. 5B, Warner School. THE SOLDIER. The soldier is kissing the baby. He was in the war. He baa a knapsack and a sword. He has got some bullets, too. The soldier has a uniform on. The girl has a new hat on. He has a belt around his sword. The girl has short stockings on, and a pair of slipper on. The soldier has got his hand under her arm. He came home from the camp. He has brown uniform on. The bullets are around his belt His name is Jim Smith, and the girl s name is Rath Smith. Angelo Porfidlo. 5B, Whitewater School. In Spring Robins in the tree-top, Blossoms in the grass, Green things a growing Everywhere you pass; Sudden little breezes, Showers of silver dew, Black bough and bent twig Budding out anew; Pine-tree and willow-tree, Fringed elm, and larsh, Don't you think that May time's Pleasanter than March? Selected by Verona Austermann. Fountain City (School. The Eagle He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure . world he stands; The wrinkled sea beneath him . crawls, He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. Selected by Rosella Lunis. Whitewater School. My Two Birds. One day when it was raining I found two baby birds. They were cold and wet. So I picked them up and put them in a warm box, all fixed with covers and pillows. When they got warm I thought I would take one of them out The one I took out flew away. So I went and took the other one out and it flew away. So I had no birds. Catherine Dafler. BB, Warner School. POETRY AS IS. She frowned on him and called him Mr. Because in fun he merely Kr. So the following night Just out of spite The Naughty Mr. Kr. Sr.

Dovg and Charlie" taking a vacatio Doug Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin have been taking a little vacation and cutting up something terrible, so they say, witness the photograph, but soon they must get to work. Telegraph wires have been kept pretty hot between New York, Los Angeles and Cataline Island, where William G. McAdoo, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sit, sharpened pencils in hand, discussing the possibilities of producing a special film to stimulate constructive publicity for Boy Scout week, June 8 to 14. William G. McAdoo, chairman of the citizens' committee who is shouldering the responsibility of the campaign, assured James E. West, chief of the Boy Scouts, that he could secure the co-operative services of Fairbanks and Chaplin. This called for the exchanging of JUMBLE OF DID YOU SAY YOU HAD SPEED? Employer: "Are you energetic, ambitious and quick?" Johnny: "Yes, sir. I am very quick. When I go to bed at night and turn out the light I'm in bed before the room is dark. Oh, yes, I'm speedy." ART HA8 ITS WAYS, TOO. Pet: "Smell anything, Jake?" Jake (sniffing the air) : "No." Pet (later): "Smell anything now?" Jake: "No. Why?" Pet; "I'm drawing a skunk." Radowo: "Dad, you know you look bo much more youthful since you joined the Lone Scouts." Double L: "Yes, I feel so young my breath comes in short pants." TWAS A GREAT LOS8. Mr. Smith had just bought a new flivver and hired a chauffeur to teach him how to drive the car. It went along all right for a few miles, when she began to balk. The chauffeur got out and lifted the hood and remarked, "The engine is missing." "Great guns cried Smith, "she was there when we started!" RUSHIN' THE 8EA80N. All the little boys and girls who wish to go to heaven," said a Sun day school superintendent, "will please rise." Whereupon alL with the exception of Tommy Jones rose. "And doesn't this little boy want to go to heaven?" asked the super intendent in surprise. "Not yet," said Tommy. INTERNAL TROUBLES. Two men were discussing what they had eaten for dinner. "I'm sick, said one. "I had French fried potatoes, sour kraut and scone for dinner." i

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Doug and Charlie will stage a special movie of a comedy nature to include myriads of Boy Scouts. Both Doug and Charlie will take turns at directing each other. This marks the first time that a millionaire actor will be directed by a millionaire director. Fairbanks and Chaplin are to be enrolled as life members of the Boy Scout organization, which they have accepted as a tremendous compliment from "Young America." The weekbeginning June 8th and ending June 14th, according to Mr. McAdoo, has been set apart as Boy Scout week for the purpose of enlarging and strengthening the Boy Scout organization. Associate membership in the Boy Scout organization will be offered to the mothers and fathers of American boya and to other adult American citizens. JUNIOR JOKES "That didn't make you sick, did it?" , "Sure, what do you think my stomach is, a peace conference?" A NEW ONE TO TELL. - Teacher. "Johnny, why didn't you come to school" Johnny: "Because my cat was sick." Sambo: "Boy, If you tell me how many potatoes they is In this here sack I'll give you boff of 'em. Boy: "Two." Sambo: "Aw, somebody done told you that" Lone Scout. The Pond One day a little girl was going home from school. "I am going away to the woods Saturday," she said. Saturday came and she went into the wood. There she found a little pond with a circle of trees around it. Se got a lot of flowers in her basket and went borne. The next day after school, with a little girl she went into the woods again where the pond was. They took a lunch and ate it there. They came home with a great lot of flowers in their arms. The next day the two little girls went to school. The teacher asked them where they found tho flowers. The two girls told their story of what had happened. The teacher took the whole schoolroom out to tho pond and they picked a lot of flowers and had a happy time. Dorothy Scharold. Recruit: "Remember last night when the skipper ordered all hands on deck?" Old Sailor: "Teh." Recruit: "Well, I put my hands on deck and some roughneck stepped on 'em." John Newland.

Rain Brings Lack One evening a man was riding home from town. He carried a purse full of gold. The rain was pouring down and his clothes were wet. through. He was very uncomfortable so he began to complain. "What an awful day it has been. I hate rain! Why could I mot have had a pleasant day for my journey?" - He had to go through a thick wood. As he was riding along,' a robber sprang out. He pointed a gun at the man and pulled the trigger. But the gunpowder had become damp and the gun did not go off. The man put spurs to his horse and was off as quickly as he could go. "What a Btupld felow I was to grumble about a little rain. If the sky had been bright and the air clear and dry. I should be lying dead in the forest After this I shall take whatever weather comes, and make the best of it." Byron Howclls." Baxter Schol.

Disobedient Cora Cora was going to visit her friend and he mother told her not to wear her best hat, because it was raining, but she wore it any way. When she was turning a corner her hat flew oft into a muddy street and in ten minutes she was back - with dirty water dripping off of ft. The hat was entirely spoiled and she wore her old one and went but again and she said, "It serves me right, mother, for disobeying you and I lost my best hat, but it taught a lesson in obedience." This lesson teaches us to always obey your mother. ' Aloyslua Winters. St. Andrews School. June's Rival 0 sun and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of - June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour, October's bright blue weather. 0 son and skies and flowers of June, Count all your boasts together. Love loveth best of all the year, October's bright blue weather. Selected by Charles James. 4B, Warner School. "Marse Tom! Marse Tom! Oh, Marse Tom! Howse I gwin to go down dis ladder?" . "Come down the way you went up you blockhead!" replied the master, running up to see what was the matter. "Same way I come up, Marse Tom?" "Yes, confound you, and don't bother me any more." "Well. If I must, I must!" And down came the little darkey head foremost John Barker. 6B, Sevastopol School. THE CAMEL. The first man that ever saw a camel was frightened and ran away. The second man ran a little way then stood and looked at it The third man crept close up to it and looked It over carefully. The fourth man put a halter on it and made it his servant. Selected by Byron Howclls. Baxter School. THE DAFF0DLI8 I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'ed vales and hills; When all at once I saw a crowd A host of golden daffodils. Besido the lae, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinlke on the milky way, They stretched in never ending line Along the margin of a bay. Pansy Wilson, 4 A, Flnley SchooL