Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, 20 December 1919 — Page 16

V1 faob roca THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY; DECEMBER 20, 1919

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v Jack and Jane -' bad dating tho first two day (bey vert held prisoner! at tho, little old woman's house ay the kidaappera, that Captain Brave, Ladydear and the police womld And them almost any minute, take them heck to the hotel In safety and pnniih the kidnappers. But -when those two days went by and two more came and went and they had not been rescued, they almost gate up hope. Jane was a very brave girl the first few days, v She had fought back the tears lots of times. Jack, too, had tried to act bravely. r w -mm isin Brave wou,dJKme and so he naBESSfrt to keep from "busting out and crying for all be wai worth." But neither of the children ever had been away from mother or someone they loved, like) Ladydear, overnight, and at last both of them gave in to the homesickness which had been getting in in spite of their efforts. So, when the little old woman went to their room to tall tham out for break fast the fifth morning they had been in thd house, she found them curled up together in bed, crying in each other5! ami as If their heart would break. 1 hope you've never been real homesick. If you haven't been tod can't realise how awful Jack and Jane felt. It would have helped very much If the little old woman had been a kind old lady Who would have given them a couple of big huge and talked to them me mother or utayaear would. But the little old woman, as you already know, wasn't a bit kind. She just went up to the bed and shook them as bard ad she could, "Now you kids stop that crying and hustle out of bed," she said ronahlv. I'm aetin tired of tak ing care of you and won't stand for any trodbie. I tnougnt you'o ne gone long before" this." " Aren't we eve going to sea Ladydear and Captain Brave and mother and father again? sobbed Jane. "I guess you will some lay, but I wouldn't plan on seeing them for a dav or two." she reutted. the fact, though, thai ah said they'd see Ladydear and Captain Brave smetime cheered the children a bit and bv the tlmo they bad climbeM Into their ragged clothes and were Bitting at the tabid Wait Query Corner The editor will trjr to answer question readers of thd Junior submit W her. She will not promisd to answer all of them. The qnesttonM will be answered la rotation, so do not expect the inswe to be printed In the lame woek In which yon aead rt fn. Dear Aunt Polly; Is there a real Santa Clans? I Virginia Rhodes. Dear Virginia: ' Now I : have, never really seen any Jolly little man dressed in red coming down my chimney) or ny driven "by reindeer,, but there miisf. be a merry sp:m somewnero tnai c6mes around Just 7 41 Christmas time, or at least Is aeon more thert than at mosl pthef times, that huts it in tne minus, pi peopie everywhere f6 grVehresenrr to each other ' and to people who do hot usually receive man of (he happy things of life. He brings With him toy and1 presents, 'kindness and1 happiness, and- people nave' given to him the haW Of Si nta Clans: He may M dressed fb a stilt of red all trimmed lh red and ride Id rerai deer, only 1 lUve never 'seen hid, m i cut not ' teany ' scyiAuu Polly. li a ',' ' Dear Aunt Polly. ' Wbattf Santa Claus'a wife's - Betty Brtelje. r have lever heard her called anything eeepf Iffs? Bhntk Chins; bkt - her name Is Brotwbiy Merry and spelled tit way; too. bechuM rte mast Be a' very JOB person,' As IT she cotiM hei be$k when abr ThS fttt5 tfei Oidlganta Clan. my he wtmld;ilATlto he vhiegar to be anything' um nut Kerry when belttaind. - ' ' w fcv-w -

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Ing .for breakfast they had dried their tears. After breakfast the little old woman' allowed them to play out in the. little yard back of the house and so the morning, the afternoon and In fact another whole day pas sed at last They didn't see any of tne kidnappers except the one man who helped the little old woman watch them, until the whole band come again ror supper. Annj. L1ain.tteTTte fS - ZVenTIaren were sent to bimi wsiB irMig w Bivvy, wueu e talking suddenly stopped and the Utile old wawa opened the ooor and said: "Hurry up and com out here. Don't atop to dress." Both children climbed out of bed and walked timidly Into the room where the men were, bydeed aldom-wo -aPsthreh hstr BubtictNo9toHue Ckritttsss Party Ice cream and candy and a Christmas tree with presents on it and recitations and music will make up the Christmas entertainment for the children of District No. 9 School next Tuesday afternono. Each child will take a present which is numbered. Then slips of paper are drawn by the children which are numbered, and the child receives the present which has the same number as the slip he holds in hla hand. This la a Jolly way of giving the presents and It makes it all the funnier when some receive presents that Were meant for Some one else instead of them. For instance, last year one boy received 4 tea set in this way which he tried to trade off with some of the glrla for their presents, but he, did hot succeed in trading sd he took It home, and we guess his sister was happy anyway. A CHRISTMAS SONG 1 am a little girl, twelve years old. And I am going to make up a And pray a gladsome Christmas ' For all your fellowwemen, Carol, brothers, caret, Christmas day again I And I am going to make a story, And scorn but this to say, While still to Thee I tend, In an I do be Thou the way. in all, be Thou the end. Grade 4B Nameless.

A VISIT WITH THE SAIJTA CLAUS DWARFS

To o Aarir urtnftfr flight tYtlll thd tree had been trimmed and John and Melissa had gone to eeo and so had my father and mother, expecting that I would soot fol low. nn t wan wid awake and held In the spell of a snow white Christ maa it. td no I remained downn atnn In fhfl rrat lotla liv ing room whose only light was tnc vatfAiialv cfAareA liehtd of tne rjiriRtmis tree. Such a festive cheery room it wag with holly here and there, especially on the greaj hriolr firantiLca aitilrrh nfirtOKi tirtatled with the glossy green leaves ana tne ongni uern;. I was ' louDging comfortably in fi Mr lanfhor fha'r ihlnHnflr ahmit all the other happy phristrr&sV 1 ha4 bad and -Joyfully w6hdriftg wnat wuuia mvvKu on me ujuiivw, wheh- ' " ; 0 vr 7K-plunkt" aroused myself from my dream, startled, pometbing bad fallen down the chimney and was unrolling Itself into 'lU natural "appeal ance igiihv K-pluifk;1 K-ftuhk, Kplunk.'Kplunkt five'; small 'Bomethihgn had come Into the' t oom by W the chimney. ' ' t v Before"! kheW what had happened, fivd Uhy, 'merry' men, dreiiA l vdd trim thfi M"tiVi. Mad jlUBHdl wi auu (mwuuu uij infill One swung his1 tiny "impudent fed Emieq taovm TrouHiy uyuii me or of my chair ffon his comdhair. Another jhrnped u oi) the kuk at tan Ahmr: ana ae&Tea nimlf danereronslv MeAr Wv lelt tiaf: distance from my rignt eaf; a totirth W mt right snbuideY, and the fitth" end onmBest' of them ''jumped right P Into iajMv,1 smiled; ban-' pifcWd! rogulsllry.' V ' fc veH,twli! :Aad what do yoo

The Junior Book Shelf

Dear Juniors: Here I am the Junior Book Shelf! I am only of paper not of wood at all as people think book shelves ought to be but 1 can hold a great deal, as much as many old wooden shelves in fact, for I am going to hold your friends your little book friends for you funny, interesting, happy, exciting ones (oh, some real exciting ones) new friends and old friends. Sometimes these friends will speak for themselves, and some times they will ask Aunt rony to speak for them, and sometimes, too, you Juniors can speak for them or about them and tell Just what you think about them and why you like eome little book friends more than others. That is all 1 have to say. I ought not say much anyway I will let the Book People talk themselvesfor after all 1 am not very important for 1 am just Tour humble friend, The Junior Bookshelf. If you want to read about dead people-real dead people that turn Into speohs-and people that ard almost dead id fact wbed you meet Scrooge, yoo think be is dead, dead to everything except the sight of a pile of gleaming gold, and if you want to redd about sour people (the real eour pickle kind of people) and happy people, and gloomy people that turn into happy people, read a Christmas Carol by our friend. Charles Diekens. la he your friendt Yes, indeed, call yonnselves, little guests?" 1 said, though I smiled a4 I called them guests considering the way they had come. "We are some of the Sant Claus dwarfs," the exclaimed, all together and they laughed joillly. Then t looked closer and saw that theyjwero dressed just like dear old Santa himself red pointed cap with the hand of white, white hair, great white beard, ancj such kind merry faces-afl snnles and laugh wrinkles, rosy cheeks, and most of all, such twfntfy bltie eyes, eyes that seem to have taken intd themselves all the brightness of sunlight, and kindnegs an happiness and loye. "To. bo sure,!' 1 said, "but where do you live and bow many . are there of you?'! I asked, feeling Very much at home with therp sow. f "We live way up north where" began the: one fry my left &T' "WB snow anj ice a) the time," continued the. one on the arm of the chair.1 ' ; ' ' "And we keep all the stores of toys and trees and sugar plums In 0 great big house," continued the Voice rather near my left. ear. "And every year we deliver mil lions, and miUioiis of bagtnli Is of everything to the real, fyi iaua wno oeiivera i w child; children and then,", spoke up the small sue In mr labs we really came for." said tne m ntU rogue who waa. seated on my fight shoulder, drainn$ Wm Continually against tny long' ktifrerta Cojr bone, "w eamo - to 'i'lt you wouldn't Ilka to, come andlee, the hb8.lwheri Hecnvrf and an the t(s and'togsFttey U finished It togftlftrr1' ' - "How many are there of yottf laskod;' . ' w VlV '"We'll bring yob; sack lit an hour," this from -Oe dae who wtt

he is the merry, big-hearted friend of all boys and girls". If you have read it once, or even many times, read it again, you will not get tired of It, and especially at Christmas tlme.-for it Is very exciting especially when old Marley appears. In the story as we read it, we understand its glad Christmas message which tells us that kindness and friendship are better builders of happiness than piece aftef piece of valuable gold. Dickens Is a real story teller and tells stories in a way that juniors like, for instance it takes him three paragraphs to tell us just how dead Marley was, which many people who write stories for grownups would never do, but that is what makca Dickens' stories 0 funny, he fills them so full of jolly I and talkative little words. Some people who write stories might have called Old Scrooge just a miser, btit is that the way Dickens doest Oh. llo! He says, "Seraofie! A ilieeJng, wrenching, grasping,! scraping, clutching, covetous old; sinner!" and then he Calls him ai thousand more names than that : before he finishes the story. ! But the Bookshelf can not held I nearly all tho things in this story i of Dickens that stir op your gray matter (which is in the top of youri head) and tickle your funny bono (which tuo8t people have, but noma, do not). Get the, story yourself, and ffad it and d not niiss the ' endina or tiny Tim and happy lit-1 lie Tim's message, which is known in many countries, "God bless us every one." accenting each word with a kick against ray anatomy. "An hour?" I said, plainly showing that I did not believe at all that sne'i a thing was poifiihle, as making that long trip in sixty minutes. Then all five threw back their round heads and laughed in high glee. "You see we go by airplane, and we have brother Kringle's cap which will make you as small as we are so (hat you can get into our airplane. Will you go?'? "Will 1?' said 1 rushing eagerly out in Search of an airplane, and feeling all of a sudden as if I had bceoirio very tiny.' "In, the twinkling of an eyelash, we were! in a tjnjf 'airplane, way up in tanks' of beautiful ' clouds and flying very fast, and the air kept gfowfn colder" and colder all the time. "There, it Is J" but looking down I could hot see a thing hut a great stretch of glHterla,g whiteness. Skillfully they made the landing and then saV where IlTwaaV fpf r found mysetf itist "outside h great Immense bqiJng all made of ice and very round and smooth, and it looked exftCflt lfke ' in immense Eskimo hut t "tintart." ihov al1 nil tnveiher such - a uere. ia cvwi Mime wo put TnW freeafatitt oh" suich tenaia imtrine ttesnf of thirty: na ana ookb It 00U8 da fruit are your brotterit? WL ec do not know how I hapi

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think that, considering how the first five had made their appear ance. Ho, ho," they laughed, "you'll see them by and by," said Puckle In a very teasing and (rra$hvijo sort of way. Por wa tiia one who had kj a aent m my collar ''come on, let us show you our palace!" bo v started in to explore that wonderful northern palace and had just come to a nook that was lull of drums big drums and little draws, Un drums and. bass drums. 'men came a great loud pop iollowed by a terrible ripping sound and two tiny voices tailed out as tuey stepped out of tlieir hiding place inside of two of the big basa aruuis, and bowed solemnly, iiuw do you do'.' So glad to meet you I vvereut you surprised though? Hue, Lee. we are numbers six and seven, only those are not our real names." "Oh," said I laughing and breath' ing fieely again, "You all have such a sudden way of appearing." Then we went on exploring all the fascinating corners of this store house of Santa's and saw thousands of the most human looking 'l eudy Hears we had ever seen, and tnouaunda of toy pianos and vioiius, and then we came to a corner that was filled with airplanes, gray and brown, little and big, all complete witn tiny motors and leather seats just inviting you to take a ride. Then we came to the doll section, and oh, I never had imagined there were so many dolls in ali the world, or out of it eiUier, for I was very uncertain now whether we were in tne world or out of it, but wherever it was I liked it very much. One big one started to come toward me and speak in strange low

tones. "UdodneBB gracious!" I paid, "I didn't know that dolly walked and' "Not usually, but sometime," interrupted a roguish voice, "But pleased I am to meet you' and saying this there came out from his place inside the doll another tiny dwarf, as gay lookiag u-t the rest. Scarcely had we started to turn away from the dolls then we wero pelted by a perfect stcrm of immense linrd something that proved to be the most delicious of tugar plums, and then there was a gay laugh and a quick (sliding Bound, and two more little men came wnizaing down on long chiite the chutes. "iNow isn't that sadcholic?" inyou're here. We're the rest of the family, isn't it a wonderful place to live? Ho, bo, we love to make and take core of all there things for Santa. They must make tho little boys and girls of earth very happy. We play with all these, things, too. Maybe sometime we will have a big party up here and invite all the little boys and girls. Of earth. "Now isn't that sadsholic?" interrnpted the tiniest one in very mournful tones," the hour is almost up ond If Margey (for that's my name) isn't back within ail hour feho will never bable to get to earth for the next fifty years, Coioe!" And we ran tot the airplane, for.though 1 liked my little friends very much, I did not want to wait for fifty years to see my parents again, then we all jumped into tha plane and were off, calling all kinds of goodbyes as we started away. "Come again I? called the little dwarf3 who were left "Come again, Qh, I do wish ypu . wpulqV' 1 called back. Ahq then" all of a sudden I found myself at home again, in the long living room and in tpy big lAinglng Chair' all alone: But I did not Care, foV 1. hal.' had BAcn a wPDde ml, wonderful trip. A. jymPB. RKADflB, AChrUtcsiStory There was once a poor little girl, "went CTrlstmAk Eve came she . tn ner stockings' back of the stove for fun. ' An4 wjen ahe went W bed- in tb6 mdnitng she came down and peeped in her titti stocking, and what do you think Via there In her title Blocking? There waa a little M and down 6q the floor there was I gocart. $bJ Sail Try eap She did not let ie little doll out of- the1 gocart. She ed nappy ever after. She beett In Santa Claus ever after t-2-LonlSd ' " Weaver. ' aee li earn, grade 4B, ' Warner SchooV