Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 22, 6 December 1919 — Page 12

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1919 Boys & Girls ! Read How to Make and Do Useful Things

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Learning By Collecting By Raymond W. Oaborne, Francis W.. Parker School ' Have you ever nude a collection? Of course you have.' But have you ever stopped to think what a fine way this la to study-to learn by handling and observing the actual things, not merely by reading about them in books? -. What Is the beat way to make a collection of woods or of stones, of bugs or of butterflies, of plants, flowers, seeds, shells, stamps, Indian arrow heads? - In the first J lace leant all you can about each pecimen you collect - . If it is a stone find out its name and how it has been formed in the ground, Does it contain fossils? Is it of volcanic origin? If it is a new Umi of wood don't be satisfied till you know its name and the region or country where it grows natural ly. ... Make your collection as com trtete as possible. , If it is butter flies, have a specimen of each of the - kinds that are abundant, ana . then add the rarer specimens as fast as they can be secured. If you are collecting flowers, don't be . satisfied till each flower of your lo cality has its place in your collec Uon. 1 Properly mount, label and pre serve all specimens. Have boxes with compartments for stones, Shallow boxes . lined with cotton " are best for butterflies and bugs. Perns and flowers can be fastened to nieces of card board with narrow strips of gummed, paper. . Don't try to make too many col lections. Decide on one that offers the best opportunity and make that one as complete as you can. , In identifying and classifying ywur specimens you will need to consult : books . on. botany, zoology, geology, etc. ' Many . facts and ideas will be fixed in your mind; you will be studying science at frst hand and the . .wonders of nature will be revealed to you in new ways.1 . . Boys' and "Girl a' Newspaper Service Copy riant. 191 , by J. II. Millar lifts, the Thrift Stamp Grew EI am a little Thrift Stamp, . I think I'm very brave. Because the people that buy me, ' Is the people I help save. I know a little girl, ' i Who thought that she would quit But the girl changed her mind all of s sudden. And she finally did her bit. SThe girl got 16 of me, . L A mil hit Ia mn think aha AtA9 phe traded me for a War Stamp, 'And made me feel rattier big. By Stella Bricker . - Warner School pur 1ad a grotty bird, Ftnthera fcrighx and yellow; Isadsr legs, upon my word, pbe sweetest notes he always sung, . TTUa much delight to Mary; psd assr the cage she'd ever sit; iXm sw ner own cannary. - -; i tfOdrsd Woods, v - - tirade 4A. 10 years old il c .Wansr School.

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Jfc Handicraft A Pea Croquet Set By Grant M. Hyde "Tell us a new rainy day game, Uncle Bob, that we can make all our selves." "Well, let's see. How about a game of croquet to play on the dining table. I saw one once in a toy shop, but I think we can make one of things lying around the house, Let's try it. "First we need nine arches. Get the largest wire hairpins you can find and bend them like this (see picture). .To make them stand up, mould some feet for them of putty or. gum. You can harden this quickly by placing the finished arches on the kitchen range, with In i mux aocn STAKE. the asbestos cover under them. "Or we might make the feet for the arches out of little pieces of cigarbox wood, with holes in them for the ends of the hairpins. You can't bore such a hole without splitting the wood but you can burn it with a nail heated red hot in the kitchen range. Handle the nail with pinchers or drive it through a piece .of wood to form A handle. "For tho two end posts, get a small spool, saw it in two across the middle to make two standards. The easiest way to saw the spool is to hold a fine crosscut saw be tween your knees, take the spool in both hands, and move it back and forth over the saw teeth. The posts should be made 2 in. high and whittled to fit into the spool bases. Whittle the heads of the mallets about 1-2 in. in diameter and 1 12 in. long. Fit long thin handles into them by burning or boring holes. For balls, we can use peas or small marbles. "Set the posts and arches as shown in the diagram and give each player a ball and mallet. Each player, in turn, places his ball back of arch No. 1 and, with his mallet, drives it through the arches shown by the numbers. One shot for each turn, but every time you succeed in driving the ball through the arch at which you are aiming you get an extra turn-go right on shooting until you miss. , The regular rules of lawn croquet might be followed. Boys' and Girls' Newspaper' Service Copyright. 199, by J. II. Millar FEELINGS "How are you feeling?" "Tacky," said the carpet. "Rotten." said the apple. "Punk," said the fireworks. "Out o' sight," said the invisible hairpin. "Bully," said the boarding house steak. "Tough," said the ditto chicken. "Fine," said the police judge. "Elegant,", said the dude. "Grand," said the anthracite. . "Tip-top," . said . the . church belfry. . ."In great 6hape,'.' said .the ballet girl. .."Never better," said the antigambling crusader, . "Fit,; said the tailor. "Like a fighting-cock," said the man who had run away from a hen party at hia house.. "First rate," ; said the freight magnate. . "Swimmingly," said the -fish. "Good," said the preacher. . "Well," said the artesian driller. ' "Rugged," : said the mountain. "With my fingers," aaid. the smart Aleck. Flora McNew, 6A grade, Sevastopol SchooL ,

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Woodcraft For Boy and Girl Scouts HOW ABOUT NUTS? By Adella Belle Beard Get your baskets or bags and let us go on the trail for nuts, now is the time. Better bring your beltaxe or a hatchet to cut a stout stick for beating the trees. The air is clear and lrosty, there is throbbing life within us, and there is a thrill, too. A good sized thrill always goes with the first nutting of the season. With baskets and bags full to the brim, we will march home again in triumph, but not before we have sampled our loads of toothsome wild meats and tested their sweetness. Is it fun? Is it? But stop a minute. Here is a new thought. There is something more than fun connected with nuts. To know the edible things that grow wild is an Important part of Woodcraft, as you would soon discover if you were lost in the wild country with nothing to eat hut Seen ro Be LOST mtnz arc fUTS HCWR CMNUtl THfl LARGEST Iwim wrt thi OMTTCKMUT THE WWlLLOT Tat aeecMMUr , what you could find growing there. Nuts are the most nourishing of all wild foods. You could live a long while on nuts. They take the place of meat for a time and satisfy your appetite while strengthening your body, but some of them are rather rich food. Our richest American nut is the Butternut. Do you know it; have you ever tasted it? The Butternut grows plentifully in Ohio and farther south. It has a wild flavor which Is not liked by every one and it is quite oily. Its shell is rough like the Walnut, hut longer, not round, and the outer husk is green and sticky. When you pound it the juice stains your hands brown. The small, three-sided Beechnut has a most delicate flavor. It takes a good many of these to Batisfy a hearty appetite. Between the Butternut and Beechnut, the largest and smallest of our native wild nuts, are the Walnut, Hickorynut, Chestnut, Hazelnut and Chinquapin. The Chinquapin grows only in the south. Boyg' and Girls' Newspaper Service Copyright, 1919, by J. II. Millar Is It Raining? It isn't raining rain to me, . It's raining daffodils; In every dimpled drop I see Wild flowers on the hills; The clouds of gray engulf the day, And overwhelm the town; It isn't raining rain to me. It's raining roses down. It isn't-raining rain to me, But fields of clover bloom, Where every bucaneerlng bee ' May have a bed and room. A health unto the happy! A fig for him who frets! It isn't raining rain to. me, It's raining violets. Sent in by Treva Mackey, grade, Sevastopol School. - 4A My Pet Kitty My pet kitty's name is Bob. He was a. playful kitty. He will play with everyone who comes near. Hy little brother -just- loves him. I never had such a nice kitty before. He is a sweet -kitty to me. I, just love him. Opal Snyder, Grade 5B, Baxter SchooL J

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Jy Adventutes By R. S. Alexander Hunting Eye Earns First Dollar "See that snake?" asked the farmer at whose well Hunting Eye had stopped for a drink. "He's a big dangerous one and I'd like to have him killed, but if I throw at him I'll miss him and he will get away." The Indian boy had often helped Swiftfoot hunt them with stones among the moss and leaves of the Great North Woods. He took a round stone and threw It at the big black snake sunning itself on the cement walk. "Good," yelled the farmer. You've broken his back. That is worth some money to me. Here's a dollar." "What is a dollar?" asked Hunt-

ing Eye. ' of hi8 tail and tnat is black It l3 People must have some thing itne weasel's white coat and the by which they can measure the biack ,ip of hia tan which gives us value of art icles so that they may j thP costiv Ermine Fur. buy and sell and exchange things j- Tne RED SQUIRREL, too changquickly and easily. Among youri es his co)ors where the winters are

peopie ims measure is caned wampum and is made of belts of beads. Anybody Is allowed to make it. With us it is called money. It is made of gold, silver and copper. three metals which are very' scan:!:. "The Government makes its It casts these metals into coins like the one I gave you. That is called minting money. No one but the Government is allowed to mint money. If everybody were allowed to mint money there would be a thousand different kinds of coins and no one would know the value of them. So the Government makes them according to a definite system. It makes a number of different kinds of coins but all the coins of the same kind are alike and contain the same amount of metal. "Each of these different kinds of coins has a different value. The one having the smallest value is a ! penny. Ten of these make a dime, j and one hundred of them make a dollar. That , is what you have. There are various other coins which you will 'find out about for yourself as you use the money." "What is that paper you have in your hand?" "That is paper money. The Government keeps some of the gold and silver itself and issues this paper money in its place. It also allows banks to issue paper money on certain conditions. This money does not have any gold and silver behind it. There is no paper money in amounts lower than one dollar." Boys' and, Girls' Newspaper Service uopyrignt, ms, by j. II. Millar A MISUNDERSTANDING. Once .upon a time a Dutchman tried to go from a certain place to Arkansas on a meal ticket. The conductor said he would have to pay his way right. The Dutchman asked how much it would be to the next town, and the conductor said thirty cents. I will give you twenty-five, and I'll get off and walk before I'll give you any .more. The conductor stopped the train ' and put him off. He got in front of the ' train and began to walk. 1 So the motorman blew his whistle. The Dutchman turned around and said, "Blow your fistle all you want to. Me no come back." Lloyd Yager, Grade 5A, Sevastopol School.

ature Study Outdoor Life Winter Coats By Adelia Belle Beard It is in the wintry North, and the States where the snow flies, that winter coats are most needed. Good, thick ones the wild creatures put on, too; all wool with no shoddy about them. Tremenduously expensive some of them are, or would be for us, but their rightful owners acquire them by the simple process of shedding their summer furs and, at the same time, growing new and thicker ones on their backs. The interesting, part of this change is that with some of the animals the winter coats are different from those worn during warm weather. Perhaps where you are winter and summer are the same to them, as far as looks are concerned, yet you will want to know what they are like where the weather is really cold. In Canada and in our North-eastern States, the big long - eared VARYING HARE wears a summer coat of dull brown, but when winter comes, he is clothed in pure white fur. This not only protects him from the cold, but makes him almost invisible when snow is on the ground. It is not easy to see white against white, you know. Another animal that wears white fur in winter is the LONG-TAILED WEASEL. If you have ever seen a weasel you will know that his summer coat is brown Like the Varying Hare, however, he sheds this r-rat and ronl9is it with nni aii annvv whit .w t tho tin

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' WHEN MY LADY WtAR IT cold. In summer he is brown on top, pure white underneath with a black stripe on each side between the brown and the white. With the coming of cold weather the black stripes disappear, his back and the upper side of his tail glow warmly red, his sides are olive-gray-hairs banded with black and the white on the under parts turns grayish. Boys' and Girls" Newspaper Service Copyrig-ht, 1919, by J. H. Millar RIDDLES 1. Why was Eve created? 2. What has an eye and can not see? 3. On what toe does a corn never, come? 4. What shape is a kiss? Madeline Branson. : Answers .will appear in next week's Junior. . ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S RIDDLES 1. Heat, because you can catch cold. . 2. Tulips (two lips) 3. Because' he shrinks from washing. ."" 4. The room for improvement. ' 5. Because the seeds are planted in the spring. Leora T. Noton. THE TRUE8T FRIEND Truth is your truest friend, no matter what the circumstances are. Abraham Lincoln.