Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 315, 18 October 1919 — Page 16

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Query Corner!

The editor will try to answer questions readers ot tho Junior submit to her. Sho will not promise to answer all of thorn. Tho questions will bo answered In rotation, bo do not expect tho answer to bo printed In thai same week In which you send! It In. Dear Aunt Pollj Who is my Pear Fred: 1 low 'in I t' Tolly. best Kill? Kr. d I toll 'fu cant? Aim I ar Aunt Polly Who Invented tho first chew gum? - R. N. I ear K. N.: Tho first boy who "sniuk" into tho kitchen while his mother v imaking jelly, saw koiiid pa raff u which she was using to cover it, cooling on the tablo, stuck hid finge r in it, found it was such a nice softness that ho put it into his mouih and found it was fino to chew. It gets hard, pretty soon, though, I've found. Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt. Polly: Home people tell as simar. Am 1? mo I'm as sweet -lirown Eyes. Pear lirown I'yes: Can't say, Brow n Eyes, ever seen you as far as ( 'omo up and let mo see von are as sweet as sug Haven t 1 know you. ll , ir, you d ; better he can nil. Everyone might i want to steal you, since that popular food is so scarce right now. Aunt l'olly. Junior Jokes What constitutes recreation, do ponds, of course, upon the point of view. Here is that of a certain small citizen in a school for dependent children, lie wrote to his father thus: "We are having a good time here now. Mr. Jones broke his leg and can't work. Wc went to a picnic and it rained and we all got wet. Many children here are sick with mumps. Mr. Smith foil off of the wagon and broke his rib, but he can work a little. The man that is digging the deep well whipped us boys with a buggy whip because we threw sand in his machine, and made black and blue marks on it. Harry cut his finger badly. We are all very happy. I It appears that we are now to' have joke3 of the aircraft, aerial j humor, as it were. Take, for in - stance, this, picked up from an j English paper Small lioy (to pilot): "If you be a-goin' up, zur, would ye see if ye can find Billy's kite tlriftin' about, wot 'e lorst larst Toosday?" 1 saw a sign in "Cast Iron Sinks, didn't know it. store today: As though we Two boys, one short fellow and i. one tall fellow, both wore very fast runners. So at a school meet they were put up against each other to race. The race ended in a tie. "1 couldn't beat your long legs," said the short fat follow. "Yes, but you rolled all the way, and I was so long that I kept bumping my legs into the crowd. You have the advantage," returned the tall slim fellow. Riddles i. well. Name a suit that rarely fit' 2. Name a 3. Name a weak conclusion, great hardship. (Answers will week's Junior.) appear in next ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S RIDDLES. 1. One who draws his breath. 2. The evening sun. 3. The earth. THE WAGON They eay a wngon is quite dumb, I3ut some one for a joke, One day unloosed the wagon's tongue And then the wagon spoke. In hunting moose, a hunter who captures an animal whose horns have a spread of 50 inches is a proud man. A spread of CO inches is considered very large.

GROWN-UPS AT PLAY? YES, KIDDIES, TOO,

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A ii Play for everybody kiddies and grown-ups alike is a feature of the plan of the National Social Unit Organization for organizing neighborhoods to make a better democracy. The Social Unit has ihe idea that every city block should be a play center, and in its "demonstration community," which is situated in Cincinnati, there are block parties, block picnics, block sings, block dances and even blork journeys to the community health clinic. That the public schools should be open all the year round and used by everybody is another cause for which Henry, Mascot of the Australian Flying Corps When tho men of the fourth squadron of the Australian Flying Corps left Franco, they took with! thorn a sugar bag. Inside the bag! was tho mascot of tin? squadron, a curly-headed little boy. with a merry smile, wearing an Australian; uniform. Officially. "Henry" was a ! sugar bag; unollieially every ollieor, and airman was his friend. Henry! ts now in Australia, in ine cmirne; tP tl A lilli.t I'll ll'O ll' HI VI ' , : . , . ' ' , fiicli mm tit Im 't rti-Fiif-r VLIiril he loaves school. . . . When that day comes, he will find nearly loo in tho bank, and, if ho needs anything more, the ollieers of the fourth squadron will see thai he gels it. Moreover, u? is a close friend of tho Queensland Premier, who lirst made his acquaintance when lie crept out of a pile of football gu'n'iiI soys on the clock or tne troopship,; bound for Australia. j n.i. , II .1... .......... , : IIIU hlUiy Ul linil) IS cur mui y I of thousands of litllo French boys ' to a degree. Finding himself , quite alone in the world, Henry i

attached himsoll to a lMencn Um))M ,,il,,niK,,vS. battery of artillery. Tho French . ' . otr.oers placed him with kin.IU vi! -, Mov' "rres.st.ible to th.s Young lagers in the rear of the fighting Australian, line s. Henry b it his new home Henry was granted M days' leave promptly, and attached himself.: in London. A representative of the unotlicially, to a Ilritish living .Melbourne Ago, who intrviowod squadron. Hut the French and ; the fourth squadron win n it reach English vie wpoints, as represented , od Melbourne and obtained the by a stolid, unimaginative cook and . facts from which this story is an irrepressible Henry, soon j w ritten, describes Henry's visit to

clashed: and. when the cook threw i ... ' a jam tin at nun, the1 small soldier shrugged his shouhbTS and announced that ho was going away. So Henry departed from the? Hoyal Flying Corps. Tho place in which he sought new friends was called Eille. Henry Hides in Football Guernseys At this stage; in Henry's aelventures, a squadron of tall sun tanned laughing men oaum to Lille, and tho boy learned that they called themselves "Diggers." He made cautious overtures and found that those1 big soldiers were; airmen, that they, too, had trave led, and that they had a sense of humor. Promptly he adopted tliein. Amused mechanics bathed him, cut his hair, ami bought him a mw suit. Ho attoneled every parade, wheeled petrol to the aeroplanes in a little barrow, and twice he went up in the aeroplanes. Every man in the

URGED IN "BETTER

Rowland Haynes the Social Unit U enlisted. A smoker on the roof of one of the public schools, attended by two hundred and fifty men of the neighborhood, with a progrjm of amateur boxing, was a recent feature, and an average of a Australian squadron was Fven tho stern major in whose eve never missed Ihe smallest detail which might interfere with Ihe ellic ieney of his men, remained unollieially unaware of the now soldier and his litllo barrow. Then a wonderful thing befell Henry! Without know ing why, he invaded Cormany! With the armistice, the squadron nun oil forward to Col ogne and with iliem went their mascot. And then the time came for the i parting A little French boy could not go to England, much less to ; Australia no commanding otlieer I could allow if. So the Australians .paid Henry an odioial fan well, i and, when they came on the troopship, Hiey (lid not firing their mas1 cot. Vet, within an hour of the ! steamer leaving France, a curly , head crept out of a sugar bag, and i Henry was unollieially home again. The Diggers took the mascot ashore in England, and if you ask ,,n,.y ),mv j ,,,.(),ai,y u ,.;,mU;1ire ,,'., ,,s J. was done, he would tho French word W liieh ig and somet inn's somel imes Condon and it-; se quel thus: M em bers of the squadron clubbed tog ther and bought him an Australian uniform, with the gold wound stripe and the service chevrons. On his return ho w;ls promoted a lance corporal, and was math? to undergo all the rigor of military discipline. Ho was given pocket money each day, on condition that he accounted for every penny. The lure of the; cinema proved too strong for Henry; he became a regular patron." When the troopship, conveying Henry unollieially to Australia, came to Fort Melbourne, the newly made? Australian was not allowed to land. He was sorrowful, and put his case before his friend, the Queensland Fromier. Officially, Henry has never landed, and he has not reached Queensland, in charge of two soldier brothers who have to lurujsh a report each y3ar

WORLD iviOVEMENT

thousand people have attended tiie Wednesday evening community sings instituted in the? neighborhood . Plans for extending the Social Unit idea to other municipalities arc now being discussed by twelve committees of distinguished experts representing; many fields of social endeavor, win; will present recommendations to ilie country at a national conference to be held late in October. Rowland llayncs. Director of New York War Camp Community Service, heads a national ccnniiiltee of recreation experts who are helping to program wider uctixitics from this anub:.

his chum, to the ollieers of the fourth sqnadeoniinancl. ! rnn ; ollic ially, the men of that

squadron went ashore with his farewell message "You'll do mo. Diggers" as the last of Henry, the Mascot. lUit the head of a Queensland bank has an account in the name of Henry, and tho chief citizen of a largo slice of northern Australia has a small sc hoolboy friend of tho same name. - Christian Science Monitor. Finding A Brother Who Was A King Once upon a lime there1 lived a poor woman and her daughter. They had no homo; flmy traveled places irjing to get work. One day, limy went to a king's house to gel work. Win n the king saw how poorly they were dressed, h' took tin in in to live. Soon they found out the King was her brother. She had been stolen wiu n she was lit He. The lady lived with tho king till she died. The e,irl married a prince when sin1 grew up; and they lived happily ever after. Keiland Fuile. -tth grade, 9 years, St. John's Schoo l QUEER ADVERTISEMENTS By Betty Ectelle Wanted A surgeon by a man with a broken leg. Wanted -A conductor by a man full of elecesate. For Sale? A dog by a man that barks. For Sale? A dog by a woman with a white spot on her nose. For Sale A bookcase by a woman full of literature. For Sale A sewing machine by a woman that runs. Editor's Not? You will have to ask Hetty what "elecesate" it. We honestly don't know. A FILIPINO WATER-CARRIER The youthful water-carrier of the Fhillipines carries water tanks made of bamboo, which he hangs on each side of his horso when he starts his day's work. His method of getting n?ady for an arduous day is unique. Ho simply fastens all the tanks in place with a rope, and makes a bridle for his horse out of the left-over ends. Then he sallies forth into a world of mud and insects. The Fhillipines have a long way to travel before they cate'i up with their mother country.

"JV Venlhers" Witt Be Slogan for Girl Scout Week Tioops 1 and 2 of tho local !irl Seoul. t under the captain-hip of Mrs. Alva Jones and Miss Clara (ielz, v.ill be very bu. y next week, and all of the 111 will be clc-sCd ill their fu1! Iwialii unii'oi'ai. The

Weed; l'ejU! Octohel iional Cirl Seoul, the! troops of On I IS 2 is Hi'; Nawcek win n all Senilis a! I over Hie i oiiu'ry w .11 be leihini; i.iliics ami tolling new gins about what. Seoul .iin; leally means ai!:ound ll e ' ( 1 ; ) pill e 1 1 1 am! lots oi i;Ood times and forming iw, lm:;s in Richmond. I'o.-ti is w ill b pi. iced in many places in Kiehi io'id e .. 1 1 of wliieh a real gill scout v.ill be smiling at ev rybody. The- girls base been mpiosted by the National 1 leudepiarters in New Y iik t'ity to wear tla; full scout umlonii all Iloxt week. Troop No. 1 limits et:y oilier Monday evening at the First Christian Church at 7:."u o'clock. A social meeting and a business meeting is held each month. Troop No. 2 meets at the St. Paul's Lutheran church. Samh Seeman Heals Committee for Camp Fire Party Sin ( is and pol many very queer 1 iw case-; and ijiiking costumes will 'camouflage" tho girls of the atohekiva amp iro on tho e'vening of Sal unlay, Octolmr 2". For a masquerade; and Hallowe'en party will be held at that time at. the home of Sarah SeHunaiis on South Fourteenth street. The committoo that will have charge of the entertainment and the refrestiments is: Sarah Seetnans, chairman; Louise; lientley, Mary Sprung and Helen Rim-si1. A bike will be taken by the girls nexl Tuesday evening. New Camp Fire Enjoys Fudge Party I'm pmpm! So thought the girls of ('amp Fire1 No. 3 last Timsday evening when they were feasting on big chocolate square's at the home of their guardian, Miss Ruth Hieger, on South Fifteenth street. Thursday evening they hiked to Thistlethwaite's Falls where they cooked their supper. A Hallowe'en party is being planned by the girls for the evening of the twenty fifth of Oc tober. Louise Pierce is chairman of the entertainment, committee. All tho nu mbers of the camp will bo masked. THE END OF SUMMER And coreopsis goes to seed, When poppies in the1 garden bleed, And pansier, blossoming past their prime, lirnw small and smaller all tho t imo, When on the mown field, shrunk and dry, lirown dock and purple thistle lie, Anil smoke from forest fires at noon, Can make the sun appear the moon, When apple1 seels, all white before, Hog in to darken in the ceu'o, I know that .summer, scarcely here1, Is gone until another year. --Edna St. Vincent Millay. HOW FAST CAN YOU SAY THEM? Hero are some "Tongue1 twisters" discovered in Capper's Weekly: A glowing gleam growing green. The black breeze blighted the bright blossoms. Flesh of freshly flying fish. Six thick thistle sticks. Two toads tried to trot to Tedbury. Give Grimes Jim's great gilt gig whip. Slick, strong Stephen Stringer snared six slickly, sickly, silky snakes. She stood at the door of Mrs. Smith's fish Bauce shop welcoming him in. ANNOUNCEMENT! The local Camp Fire GiC.s wish to announce that girls and everybody that is interested in tho Camp-Fire Girls and their organization may receive the national magazine of the Camp Fire Girls for a year for one dollar. This price will be increased after the ium of November.