Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 238, 19 July 1919 — Page 15

THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM WEEKLY SECTION OF RICHMOND PALLADIUM

When People See With Tneir ringers Do you know how the blind people read? They have great big books with letters "that are dented in the paper. Sometimes a code is used because it is easier to read

than all the letters of the alphabet,

There is now a great big demand united btates anu was dedicated in for these books, as there are sol1906 whcn a monument was un-

rnany soldiers that have returned from the war that are well and strong only they do not have any eye sight. With the aid of books and training in some sort of work, they can easily become self supporting to a great degree. This art of reading for the blind did not come as a vision to people, but it came as an idea and then was slowly developed and made better through several centuries. The earliest known reading for the blind was engraved on block of wood, invented by a Spaniard in the sixteenth century. Blind Boy Could Read Valentin Ilauy is the name of the man who first used embossed paper as a means of reading for the blind, and he came across the idea by chance. One of Ilauy's pupils was a blind boy, named Francois Leseur, whom lie found one day, begging. . One day, as Leseur was sorting out papers on his teacher's desk, he found a card which was greatly indented by the letters of the printing press. The boy read many of the letters. Hiiuy at once traced Bomc more with the handle of his pen. The boy eagerly read them. rrinting with indented letters was i the result a great discovery. Printing slowly developed after that time, and, in 1834, a Scotchman published the Gospel of Saint John in embossed print. The rest folowed and the entire Bible was printed by 1840. Braille Brings Code Idea In 1834, Louis Braille, a Frenchman, perfected a system which is today known as the Braille system and which is used in many parts of the world as the best and easiest method of reading for blind people. His idea was to use embossed print just the same, only to use a number of dots (six dots are used) in code manner instead of the letters, of the alphabet, which take a much longer time to write and to read. The system is very exact and veryj simple. Different countries use the Braille system with a few changes, but for the most part it is just as Braille planned it. Braille himself was a blind man, but accom plished a great deal in his life. He was a great lover of music and played the organ very well. It takes a long time to print "Bailie" books, but the number of publications for the blind is in creasing daily, as the demand is greater right now than it has been at any time. David Copperfield in 23 Volumes - In New York there is published a magazine for the blind, and these magazines are in use all the time, the blinded soldiers are so anxious to read of the latest events. One of these magazines is also publish ed in Paris. There is a Bailie typewriter now, and blind people can become al most expert in its use. There is also the Bailie slate, on which the blind can learn to write easily and quickly. In France today, there are many blind men who are reg nlarly employed as typists. Of course such work goes slowly and is expensive. We can realize this more when we know that David Copperfield, which we who can see, can buy at a book store in one small volume and at a price a little less than a dollar and a half, when printed in Braille, runs into a set of twenty-three volumes and costs twenty-five dollars. Steel, a compound of iron and carbon, was used by the Egyptians, Assyrians and Greeks. The direct method of making steel by immersing malleable Iron in a bath of cast iron was first invented by Reamur in 1722. A perpetual camp site of 150 acres of land fronting Lake Michigan, nine miles from Benton Hartori has been bought recently for boy and girl scouts. '

Site of Indian Creek

BLOOM1NGTON, 111., July 14. Shabbona park, located in La Salle county, has been given to the state of Illinois and will, hereafter, be free to all the people of this state. The resort is one of the most picturesque of the kind in the I veile in memory of fifteen white sett'ers were slain Dv a Dant' of Black Hawk Indians, May 20, 1832. As La Salle county has been unable to give the park the improvements required, and the state legislature could not legally vote money for this purpone while the title remained with the county, it was decided by the board of supervisors to turn the property over to the state and thus enable it to receive the attention that the beauty of the spot and its historical associations warrant. Fifteen Were Killed Roplete with thrilling incidents of Indian warfare, the history of Illinois records few, if any, events of greater Importance, from the standpoint of the historian than the Indian creek massacre which occurred on May 20, 1832, on the present site of Shabbona park. In this attack, according to three survivors fifteen lives were sacrificed by the cruel scalping knife of the Indians of Black Hawk's blood thirsy band. Thirty years after the massacre, William Munson who married one of three women who escaped the wrath of the red men, erected a monument to the memory of the victims, which cost $700. This memorial still stands. In subse quent years, the patriotic residents of La Salle county launched a campaign in behalf of a larger monument. The legislature finally passed a bill appropriating $5,000 for thp purpose and the money set aside a tract of seven and one-half acres as a memorial park to be known as Shabbona. The monument is sixteen feet in height. It also commemorates the deeds ofj Shabbona, chief of the Pottowa-j tamies, who was a staunch friend j of the whites and, who was the ' Paul Revere of the Mississippi valley. Shabbona's Faithfulness After attending a war dance in Lee county in May 1832 called by Black Hawk to launch a campaign ' of extermination against the white settlers, Shabbona and his son, declining to participate, and warning Black Hawk of the consequences, stole away to sound the note of warning. They determined to save as many as possible from the torture and tragic death that would be the fate of all in the path of the avengers. Turning their back upon their own race forever, realizing that their act would be regarded as traitorous, Shabbona and his son went from log cabin to cabin, warnThe Wishing Plane By WILLIS WINTER Captain Brave untied the bundle of mail. And now for what it contained. First of all there was a letter to Jack and Jane from father and mother back home in Make-Believe Town. Captain Brave opened it and read it to the little folks. It told how the big box of beautiful flowers that Dr. Cheer promised to send from Beautiful Island had arrived, and that the whole village had cal led at the little folks' home to see the assortment or wonderful flowers to all of the sick folk in the village, had placed some in the church and had kept the others as long as they could at home. They were glad to hear that the children were having such a glorious time, was a warning to be sure and be good and take care of themselves. i True enough there was a letter from Captain Bold, who had sailed away from Beautiful Island in his submarine. He told them where his work had led him, and Captain Brave, who knew all of the places Captain Bold had visited, said that he had been practically around the world since they left him. Dr. Cheer wrote, too. He told

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Massacre is Given to Illinois for Public Park

U ing the settlers to flee for their lives. Many heeded the warning and hastened to the fort Dearborn, now the site of Chicago. Most of tin; scalers respectec the warning of the old chief and his son as they hastened down the Illinois valley, but a few laughed at his words and remained. In Kendall county, the horse ridden by Shabbona fell dead but he was given another by George Hollenback and the ride was continued. Thanks to the efforts of Shabbona, the vie- j lims of Black Hawk were not as I many as the murderous band ex-! pected. In addition to the fifteen A.i 1 1 1 . y seiners who were iuuruereu ai miian creek, two young women, Rachel and Sylvia Hall, sisters, were captured and carried into captivity and were never heard from igain. State Is Aroused The raid of Black Hawk aroused ; ;he entire state and a small army t?as organized to destroy the band. braham Lincoln was one of the volunteers. The Indians were Iriven across the Mississippi river them how the flowers on Beautiful Island were blooming prettier than ever, and how lonesome he was for the children. He had been over to the native village several times and the little brown folks, who had entertained the children so royally, often asked about them and wished they could see Jack and Jane again, Dr. Cheer asked them to be sure and visit him again on their way home, as he was so anxious to see them. There was another letter from mother to Ladydear. Of course she wanted to know if the children were behaving and doing exactly what Ladydear and Captain Brave told them to. Ladydear made the children very happy when she said, "I can just tell mother that I didn't know two children could be so good." Of course it takes a long time for letters to go back and forth across the ocean, and no mother and father hadn't heard yet about the more recent adventures of the children. By the time all of these letters bad been read, Jack's curiosity got the better of him, and he said, "What do you suppose that big letter Is?" Captain Brave purposely had saved this letter for the last, be cause he knew that the children '

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Into Iowa and returned to Illnois 10 more. Shabbona, who was born in 1775, ;rected a cabin near Seneca after Jie massacre and was given kindly treatment by the white men for his 'riendly warning. He died in 1859 and was burried in Evergreen cem etery at Morris in Grundy county In 1903, a huge granite boulder, was placed over thg grave. Many men, prominient in the public life of the state, attended the unveiling and delivered acdresses eulogizing the memory of the great chief who was willing to become the Benedict Arnold of his race to save the lives i- Y- . i a r .1 oi nis wime menus The cat of Shabbona was the more remarkable from the fact that he was in the war of 1812 and fought with the British troops against the American colonists. At the battle of the Thames when the great chief Tecumseh fell, Shab bona was second in command. When peace was declared, Shab bona vowed that he would never raise his tomahawk against the whites again and he kept his word. would be all excited when they knew what it was. So now he picked up the large letter with the gold seal on it, uplled the letter from the envelope and read it to the little folks. Now see If yon can figure out who wrote the letter and what it was about before I tell you tomorrow. Copyright, 1919. A Surprise In Japan The day unfolds like a. lotus bloom, Pink at the tip and gold at the core. Rising up swiftly through waters of gloom That lave night's shore. Down bamboo stalks the sunbeams slide, Darting like glittering elves at play, To thin arched grass where crick ets hide And sing all day. The old crow caws from the camphor boughs, They have builded there for a thousand years, Their nestlings stir in a huddled drowse To pipe shrill fears. (Selected by Thelma Mackev. Sevastopol School, 10 years old.)

U.S. Worker 1 Not A Citizen A native of Italy, who has never received naturalization papers, is employed in the city post office at Washington, D. C, and is a great favorite of Postmaster Merritt O. Chance. She is Victoria, the official N mouser, who had been abandoned by some member of a foreign mission in the capital and was picked up by .the Washington Animal Rescue League. Beautiful Victoria has had her picture taken many times and is now one of- the "sight" of

in which she'reigna supreme and where mice are less welcome than Germans in Paris. Marie, A Real Queen : You have all probably heard, and perhaps seenpictures of this queen, of the most noble women of tb war, and one who has come in close contact with its horror, and with the great souls of men that have taken part in the great conflict. Marie of Roumania, the friend of the people, she Is called and she is the idol of her kingdom. She hopes, to come to America soon and will probably bring one or more of her children with her. Marie is a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and is as simple in her ways and as warm hearted as she is talented and courageous. As a Red Cross worker she has been untiring, and turned the ball room of her palace into a workshop for making garments and hospital supplies for soldiers and orphans. " Nicholas Eager to See America Prince Nicholas, now sixteen years old is an active boy scou and as one said who spoke with Queen Marie in her palace at Jassy (moved there after Bucharest was threatened) has a very loving and manly attitude toward bis mother. He said he was very anxious to come to America. Air Pilots Guard Her There are other royal children, too. Princess Elizabeth, the oldest I is an artist and has done a great deal of war work among the childI ren of Roumania, who were suffer ers of the war. Then there are Crown Prince Carol, and Princes ses Marie and Ileane. Queen Marie loves dogs too, and has many of them. Her favorite ones are a superb Russian Wolfhound, and a very much pampered black spaniel. Whenever Queen Marie would go around to the different towns of her kingdom, to visit the -homes for orphans that had been started there, the children, those that could would run to meet her, and those that could not come to meat her just waited, because they knew that Queen Marie would never miss them, for she always ' saw each orphan and each soldier personally when she went to visit the orphan homes or the hospitals. - Often, as she rode In her automobile to these towns, ' airplanes would come out from their hangars and fly over the queen's automobile until she arrived at the town, accomplished her work and arrived home safely again. This Queen Likes Fairy Tales Queen Marie is a great reader, add even writes many little stories herself. In speaking of American authors, she said, that she did not know many of our writers, but that she liked Bret Hart, Mark Twain, and O. Henry very much. She also said she was very fond Of Kipling's writings. And what shows that she really is a very splendid person, she says she likes to read stories about nature, and fairy tales. Probably she reads them to little Princess Marie, and Princess Beano. Wouldit be fun to hear a real queen read fairy stories? MY DEAR LITTLE DOLL ' My dear little doll is all I have. I know you have a doll. I think you know my doll. I play with ' my doll. I think she is good and pretty. She Knows her name I ; think. Her name is Elizabeth. She has red hair ribbon. It is prett ! I think. Mildred Wickett, 2B, Sevasto-j pol, School.

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