Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 303, 4 October 1919 — Page 14
PAOE FOUR
RICHMOND PALLADIUM. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1919
School As a Jersey
City Junior Sees It At 9 o'clock the scITool bell rings, And then the whole ansembdy
sings.
Wo sadly then march to our room, For there we know we'll meet our
doom. The spelling lesson ends at last, We're glad when 'rithmetic is past. Geography and grammar, too, They both are tierce, they make you blue. When noontime comes we all are glad, For empty stomachs make ono sad. The school bell rings at 1 o'clock, We play no more upon the block. Sometimes we draw, sometimes we paint, My drawings all would make you faint. Then history comes, and other things, What's that! the 3 o'clock bell rings. We strap our books into a pile, And gladly out of school we file. We romp and play till tea time comes, And then we do our homo work sums. VIRGINIA II. CHAPMAN (age 12) of Jersey City, N. J., in Brooklyn Eagle Junior.
G. A. A, Girls Have Camp Sapper Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, saw 100 girls starting out from High School headed north. The girls were members of the G. A. A. and they wero bound for a camp supper at Thistlethwaite's Falls. The girls were thjr own "fire-builders" and made four large fires. Good eats and a fine time were enjoyed by the hikers. Plans are being made for a big Hallowe'en party to be held by the G. A. A. The exact date will be announced later. Great interest is being 8ho"n in the association and its newly elected officers are enthusiastic over the promising outlook for this coming year. These officers are: Miriam Jordan, president: Ruth Chrowe, vice-president; Katherine Binkley, secretary; and Wilma Sudhoff, treasurer.
WILL PLAY AS PENROD
Wesley The recent sale of Booth Tarkington's "Penrod" stories to Marshall Neilan presents, perhaps, the most interesting phase of this author'3 connection with photoplay.
Not that his first is now listed. Far from it. Some time since, "Cameo Kirby" was done. It was Dustin Farnum's first film, and it was made for Famous Players years ago. There were others, too but "Penrod" is the most recent of the Tarkington stories to be filmed and one of more than average appeal. The Penrod stories have for the last several years appeared in various national magazines, including Metropolitan, American, Everybody's, etc., and have become one of the foremost series of popular literature. Considerable rivalry has been ev-
ident among motion picture producers, for the screen rights to these famous stories. It was quite apparent that the motion picture possibilities of these human stories were exceptional. Mr. Neilan is therefore particularly gratified in being able to present on the screen the various characters and situations which have become so popular with the American public. Simultaneously with the Penrod announcement, Mr. Grainger stated that Wesley Barry, the frecklefaced youngster who has become one of the most popular child actors in the country and who was re
cently signed on a long term contract by Mr. Neilan, will play the part of Penrod. There is undoubtedly no child actor in the business who is better suited to the part.
France to Preserve to History Spot Where First American Forces Landed
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Sylvia and the Crow's Nest Once upon a time In the kingdom of the Good King lived Sylvia, the fame of whose beauty had spread far beyond the walls that marked the boundaries of the kingdom. Men of great strength and manly beauty had coiuo from four kingdoms to ask Sylvia's hand in marriage, but she refused them all. She wished to find a man whom she really loved and declared she would never marry un til she found such a man. In vain people told her to be
sensible and marry Prince Tawn, the handsome and only son of the beloved King. Prince Tawn was known far over seven hills for his deeds of strength and valor, and he was as kind as he was brave. Ixmg had the Prince wooed the beautiful Sylvia, but ever had she refused to marry him. Then war brought its dark shadow to the Kingdom of the Good King. Prince Tawn at the head of the mighty troops of his kingdom rode forth proud and splendid on his beautiful white horse, Straighteyes so called because its eyes
were almost straight across and very large rode forth clad in his clanging coat of mail, to wage wars
for his kingdom. "When the war is over, I will return to you and then you will be mine," he told Sylvia as he bade her farewell. Time went on and one day Sylvia
started on a journey which was , over two hills and a deep valley from the Kingdom of the Good King and that valley was black j with great tall forest trees. As she was going outW the gate'
! she met Wrinkly Hetty, an old, old ,
I lady who for years had served the j lovely Queen, and now lived com- , fortably in the castle taken care I of by those she had served so long.
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actly a witch she was too kind j for that but she had foretold ev-i or and ever so many things and j alter she said it, everything did .
happen just exactly as she said it would. So Betty was looked upon with great awe by many of the people of the kingdom. Well as we have said, it was Wrinkly Betty whom Sylvia met returning from the well as she was going through the big stone gateway which led out of the Good King's Kingdom. "How now, my pretty maid!
Riddles
Where aro you going so early this morning?" was the greeting given Sylvia by Betty In a high pitched thin voice. "Just on a little journey beyond second hill, Betty," answered Sylvia, "I will return by the third day if everything goes well." "Aye! aye! My dear, and that Is sad news. Beware the crow's nest, my dear! Beware the crow's nest! And the Prince Just coming home!" "The prince? When comes he home?" asked Sylvia quickly. "And haven't you heard, my beaut v? Well now!" and hero
she broke into a rickety little laugh, "well, and for that I just heard it myself at t lie well. On the day following tomorrow's moon returns the Prince and all our glorious men." "On the third day! Then perhaps I shall be back and see our warriors returning. But what mean you by telling me to beware of the crow's nest, Betty, why should a crow's nest hurt me or hurt anyone?" Wrinkly Betty's face grew even more wrinkly, and her eyes glowed from out her year worn face with a strange, brilliant light. With
one crooked, trembling finger she pointed to the woods which lay between the two hills. "Over there," she said in an odd, low voice, "over there in the woods is the nest of a wicked crow. Woe to your pretty head, my dear, if you stand beneath it. Here, take these glasses and look carefully over every trco and be sure there is no crow's nest there, before you pass underneath the tree," and she handed Sylvia a pair of glasses that looked like opera glasses only they were much longer and much more narrow and they are more beautiful than anything Sylvia had ever seen. They were made of soft gray shell, with little lights of rose color playing hide and seek with each other. "Oh, Betty, these are very wonderful! Thank you, oh thank you! I will watch carefully for the crow's nest and I'm sure no harm can come to me with these beautiful glasses!" and with that Sylvia tripped lightly out of the gate and past the well and was soon starting to climb the first hill, eager to do her errand and return to the Kingdom to see the glorious return of the Prince and his mighty warriors. (To be continued.)
In a league of eight baseball teams each team wishes to play each of the others four times. How many games will there be? HOMONYMS (This means that in these blanks belong words that are pro
nounced the same, but are spelled differently and mean entirely dif-j
1(1 CUt LlllllgO. 2. A King who will over his subjects with a tight deserves to be caught in the 3. If we not pay the rent when the landlord may put us out In the and the rain. American Boy. (Answers will appear in next week's Junior. Answers to Last Week's Riddles. 1. Wet. 2. Because the more you lick it, the more it sticks.
Eight Monthts Adrift on Ice Floe, is Experience of Storker Storkersen
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Junior Jokes Jake "Say, P. E. T.' there was a big hold up at the laundry today." P. E. T.-"IIoId up! Who was held up?" Jake "Two clothes pins held up a shirt." Lone Scout Magazine.
Troops of France and United States at the ceremony of the laying of the cornerstons of the big monument to be errected to immortalize the spot where the- first A. E. F. landed. President Folf42"2 f France may be seen leaning over, Just to the
left of the nillar. He is lav?- S Cornersic.no ci me oig monument iu
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sentative at the peace conference and Assistant Secretary of State Frank
L. Polk Is In the center of the picture and General Bliss is looking at him. Troops of both, countris were present at the ceremonies.
"A wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke, The less he spoke, the more he heard; Wliy can't we all be like that bird?" Mother had been in the habit of singing religious songs to her youngster, aged three. On one occasion she sang a song, one line of which was: "No matter how heavy the cross I bear." It seems the child had been listening very in
tently, for the next evening when his mother was putting him to bed he said: "Mother, sing me the song of 'the cross-eyed bear.'"
erected at Pointe de Graves, near BorSJ!. tC immortalize the spot Since Congress lengthened out the lere the first of the American Expeditionary Forces ll?n I0- !he j eground may be seen General Tasker H. Bliss, U. S. military repre-f tart in right and stay right, ntative at the peace conference and Assistant Secretary of State Frank It's just t thing for garden
work This extra hour of daylight.
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Storker Storkersen, at right, relating details of adventure to Vilhjalmur Stefannson, his chief, at Banff, Canada.
Storker Storkersen, Intrepid explorer, who was adrift for eight months on a huge ice floo to collect scientific data, has returned and made his report to Vilhjalmnr Stefannson, in camp on the banks of the Spray river, Banff, Canada. Stefannson, In charge of the Canadian National Arctic expedition, was taken ill before the trip and commissioned Storkersen to take charge of the fifth trip. The big floe was tho haunt
'of m? ame ana" Storkersen and his companions "lived on the land"
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