Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 256, 9 August 1919 — Page 18

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, AUG. 9, 1919

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Ladydear and Captain Brave really were Interested when tlie children told them what they had seen In their pony ride through the park around the castle. Jack had seen half a dozen different kinds of animals trotting through the woods which surrounded the park. He recognized among them a gaunt-looking fox, soft eyed deer and a couple of bear cub. When Jack pointed these out to the girls on the trip they had been frightened, and trotted their ponies rapidly away from the woods. Ladydear set their fears at rest, though, by explaining that Queen May had told her how these were some of the many animals living in the forest who had been tamed by the guards and foresters at the castle. At one end of the park the children had seen a great fish pond, and In Its clear Water had made out many different kinds of fish in addition to several great turtles.

On the way back they had seen at a distance a little group of houses, before, which played a large number of children. When Jack and Jane and Jeanne told Queen May about these little folks she explained that they were the children of the men and women who worked at the castle or about the castle grounds. When she suggested that some day while the little folks were at the castle they give a party to these children, the trio clapped their hands In glee. "Jack can play king, Jane may be queen and Jeanne can be a princess for the afternoon," said Queen May. After lunch Queen May proposed that she and Ladydear take the children for a long ride through the country In the purple machine, and so, as soon as Ladydear could tidy up the children, they all started out. j . As any boy would like to do, Jack sat up in front with the ' driver. They whirled over , miles j and miles of territory. People in' the cottages along the road rushed ' to the roadside as they saw the i queen and her friends approaching In the car and waved to her. Many miles from the castle the big car stopped at one of the cottages and the driver was sent In to ask the peasant woman If she could bring out some refreshments for the children. A few minutes later the woman and her two little girls carried out to the car a big tray of cookies and pitchers of foamy milk. - The children ate and drank their fill, while Ladydear and the queen chatted with the lady of the cottage. Be tween bites Jack and Jane and Jeanne talked to the two girls and before the auto left, promised to drive out again some day and tell the girls all about their trip. The driver knew the folks at the cottage and said be would be glad to bring the children out whenever they told him to. On the way back home the queen told the children how she spent much of her time visiting people. ' The children were sure that while visiting with them, she became acquainted with their affairs and lent her aid wherever it was needed, for every one they met seemed to love her. By the time the children arrived at the castle the sun was setting. Ladydear EXCHANGE COLUMN Open to All Boys and Girls. These Ads Cost You Nothing; 8end In Your "Wants" to The Palladium Junior. FOR SALE Young bantam chickens. Call 524 South West A St. LOST Wreath artificials flowers, between Eleventh and Fifteenth streets on C. Phone 2366 or call at 206 N. Eleventh. FOUND A girl's bicycle in an alley near North G street. Call Junior Palladium office. FOR SALE History of the War Life of Theodore Roosevelt. Call 226 South Third. WANTED Boys to Join the Lone Scouts of America. Application free. Inquire, 1215 South C st i

told them that they would just have time to get dressed for dinner before it was time to dine with the

king and queen. When the big car stopped at the castle, the children piled out and hurried to their rooms. Part Two. Jack and Jane and Jeanne never will forget the first dinner they ate with the king and queen. It was dark dutside, of course, and the big dining room with its costly and rich hangings, was illuminated with what seemed to the children a thousand lights. The table, Jack thought, was awfully big for Just seven people. The children, Captain Brave and ladydear, and the king and queen were the only ones at dinner. The chairs at the table were dainty gold ones, with velvet coverings. The china was what folks call egg shell china, because it was thin as an egg shell. Each dish was ornamented with the royal crest of the king and queen, made in gold. The dishes in the center of the table and those on which the food was brought by the servants were of silver, and they, too, had the crest on them. The two men who waited on the little folks and their friends were dressed in silk suits with knee breeches. The suits were trimmed with yards and yards of bright braid. The king and queen wcre very plainly dressed, and this puzzled the children at first. Then they realized that it was because Captain Brave and Ladydear had not brought along clothing suitable to wear at state occasions and that their royal friends were kind enough to think of this. The dinner lasted a long, long time. The servants brought many many portions of various kinds of good things to eat. The king and queen kept the children interested , during the meal by telling them stories concerning the country and the people in it. The king told how the castle had been built centuries ago and how the king and his followers in those days wore heavy armor made out of metal and ! fought with long spears and great swords. Several suits of the armor had remained undisturbed in the castle since that time, the king said, and the children were told that they could Bee these when they explored the rest of the castle. Dinner over, the children were taken into the ballroom, and the queen taught them one of the quaint little native dances the children had seen some of the country children dancing that day. Booh decided it would be great fun to have a romp on the immense floor of the ballroom.. He started chasing about, but came to grief very soon. Whenever he tried to stop suddenly or turn a corner on the glassy floor, his feet slipped out from under him, and he landed; with a thump. If he hadn't been such a fluffy dog, I am sure hej would have broken some bones. Everyone enjoyed Booh's antics j and laughed, of course. Knowing1 he was exceedingly cute. Booh outdid himself to show how much more cute he could be and finally wound up by chasing his own tail around and around something he hadn't done since the children left Make-Believe Town. The children finally trotted off to bed with the promise that if the weather was fair in the morning they would visit the deserted ruins on the top of the mountain which they had noticed on their drive. SOCIETY NEWS Many boy3 and girls are expecting to camp at Chautaupua this year. Among those who are nlannine such a fine vacation are, I Alice Reid, Lucile Tauer, and Mary ! Louise Matthews. They will bo chaperoned by Miss Nellie Bois. Master Walter D. Ptevens has gone to Connersville, Indiana, to spend several weeks with his grandmother, Mrs. David Chrisman, and family. Miss Evelyn Can- has with her mother from weeks' visit in Chicago. returned a three

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Left to right, Miss Rose Stokes of New York and Miss Louise Lamed of West Point, N. Y., putting in details on specifications and charts for submarines.

There has been much talk about the new fields of work for women, but there are really so many things for women to do that it seems as though one can always find a dif ferent one to talk about. There is one particular field of work opened up to women by the war, of course, in which they have been found particularly efficient and successful. It is draughting. Until the war came there were few women anywhere who had ventured in to that work. In fact there were so few that most cities had newspaper stories about the first girl in their town to take up the drawing board, T-square and compass to relieve a man for service. Gradually the girls entered the work until towards the end of the war many of the largest engineering and construction companies in the country had girls in every position in their draughting departments. One well-known concern in the middle west offered a course in draughting to girls, with a salary of fifty dollars a month while learning. The man in charge said that he had more applicants than he t could take care of and that most of j the girls who applied were college graduates. He also found the girls ' more accurate and more careful of; details than he had found boys of j the same age and experience. The government discovered that girls could draw plans, too, and many of the yeomanites in the navy did that kind of work. Two young women who made good along that line are Miss Rose Stokes, of New York, and Miss Louise Larned, of West Point, N. Y. These girls who are both artists enlisted in the navy as yeomen and they were in Four Horses Snapped in 4 ' - , nftffl'rfWMrimrtmmirniiiMifcimurniMMti imiainiumg

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New York in the camouflage corps studying to go abroad when the ar- j mistice was signed. They have , spent most of their time while in the service putting in details on specifications and charts for submarines. The girls are so satis-j

factory at their work that they have been retained by the navy although many of the yeomen have been relieved of further duty. Miss Stokes is commander of the Betsey Ross chapter of the American Legion. ANIMAL SCRAP BOOKS. Many of our school boys and girls are making a collection of war facts and pictures as part of their work in civics and history. Children of primary schools will be interested in making a collection of animal pictures, Red Cross dogs, dispatch dogs, pigeons, horses, soldiers' pets, and sailors' mascots. Recent magazines contain pictures of camels carrying supplies for the army in Palestine. Oxen and donkeys and army mules have done their share of the work. Material ! of this character gathered now will not only be interesting now, but will be found useful in the future. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT, YOU BET Lieutenant (to rifle squad) "Did you have any accidents while on the rifle range?" Raw Rookie "Yes, sir, I hit the target." Man is like a violin. Somebody's always stringing him. And he's also like the string soon broke. Water-jump During the , ' v

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questions readers of tho Junior submit to her. She will not promise to answer all of them. The questions will bo answered In rotation, so do not expect the answer to be printed In the tame week in which you send it in. Dear Aunt Polly: When will the next war he? Nina Murray. Dear Nina: Bein's as there are fourteen or more wars going on now, in Europo and other continents, I take it you mean the next war in the United States. I wish I could say that there will not be any more, but that America would stand up splendid, honored by all her own people and other countries for hundreds of years to come. But that is a dream. Probably a dream that will come true some day, but not real soon. You know there are lots of dream, probably a dream that will a while, even ir Uiey do not come true right away. The next war will be when the people all over the country are aroused by misunderstanding, inJury, or insult, against the people of some other country to tho necessity of making war on that other country. When it will happen, or with what country it will be, would only be a guess, if 1 were to try to name any time or enemy, so I will not even suggest any. Anyway, we all hope that there will not be any more terrible wars, such as the one we have just finished, for a long, long, time, don't we? Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Tolly: What is my name? M. M. Dear M. M.: Ha! Ha! That's easy! Your last name has one letter less than your first name and your first name has one letter more than the word, "Fairyland," which has four letters more than the word of one syllable that is contained in your last name. In other words, your name is Marguerite Muckridge. Aunt Polly. Little David Oi Lockerbie Street The mother of the little boy that sleeps Has blest assurance, even as she weeps; She knows her little boy has now no painNo further ache, in body, heart or brain; All sorrow is lulled for him all distress Passed into utter peace and restfulnees. All health that heretofore has been denied All happiness, all hope, and all beside Of childish longing, now he clasps and keeps In voiceless joy the little boy that sleeps. James Whitcomb Riley. Saratoga Steeplechase , f