Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 45, 3 January 1920 — Page 14

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1920

Query Corner

The editor will try to answer question readers of tho Junior submit to her. 8he will not promise to answer all of them. The questions will be answered In rotation, so do not expect the answer to be printed In the -tame week In which yon send It In. Dear Aunt Tolly: Are you good or bad? J. C. Dear Jay See: A little of both! And a great of the last! And this is why I know It Every body is good in their sleep, and I am a real good sleeper, In fact I would like to have at least eight hours of that good thing called sleep each night. Suppose I really had eight hours (which I am sorry to say I do not always have, especially this time of the year when the worn-out old year has to be ushered out and a; brand new one saluted), then you see I would be good at least a third of every day. so mat is noi reaily so bad, is it? You see I am some good and would be more good if people did not insist on my getting up in the mornings. How good are you. Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: What makes a tadpole turn into a frog? M. E. H. Dear M. E. H.: The fact that a frog does not look at all like a frog when it first comes into the world, is due to a natural law or a rule of growth. Frogs Just naturally have always looked like the cute little things we call tadpoles for years and' years, and so most of the new frogs that come into the world think that they ought to do the same thing. Many animals and Insects have this period in their lives when they look just about as different from the thing they look look like when they are grown, as a blade of crass looks like a camel s hump. Take for example, lie butterfly. At first it is Just a wiggly fat worm and then one day something wonderful Happens anu it leaves its worm house and flies out into the sunshine, a beautiful butterfly. Just why these animals do this, we do not know, but we know that the laws which say how a frog or any animal must grow are made In a large part by the place where an animal lives and by the neighbors witn wnicn u lives. In other words, an animal has to find out which is the best way for it to grow, and try to suit Its home conditions as nearly as possmie Perhaps the butterfly thought, or rather Its ancesters long ago thought that it was safer for it to live as a worm when it first came into the world and then when it had become stronger, to turn into a butterfly and so it kept changing a little, the great, great crandfather (and many 'greats' before that) butterfly a little and then the great grandfather a little more and so on, until it thoueht it had found the w owmoil host for a butter . fly to grow. Perhaps the ancestors of the frog used to bo more nfr ns livimr in the water and swimming around, and having long tails, and then perhaps there was not as much water as there once was. so the frog ancester decided nan Atuu - to change and so grew feet instead

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has found this much the better way, but when he is very, very young he may still have the appearance of his great grandfather which he outgrows as he grows Into a frog, and looks a much more sensible frog for a country where there Is very little water compared to what there used to be hundreds of years ago. My, but I have writen a great deal, but do you understand now that a frog is a tadpole first, because he is trying his best to live up to a law made by our dear friend Mother Nature? Aunt Poly. "Y" Celebrates Its Annual "Open House9' On New Year's Day the Y. M. C. A. was a lively place, stringed instruments, three of them, played a

delightful musical program, many people were coming and going and always there was an undercurrent of shouting and laughter escaping from the gym and the pool where games -were going on. This is one day of the year, when the Y. M. C. A. through its secretaries and directors receives its interested friends. Exhibitions of the work of the different classes of j O

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men and boys were given at differ ent times during the afternoon, in these, the Junior A's and B's who make up the boys' Division had their party under the direction of Russell Crabbe, assistant Physical Director. One of -the games played by the boys and which attracted much in terest was the final game of the eli mination contest of Pocket Billiar ds. The boys who were entered in this contest were: Wilmer Baby lon, John Mattox, Ralph Bentlage, Robert Powell, and Roland Alexander. Another game In which much interest was shown was the game in ping pong for which the following boys were signed up: Paul Weasel, Paumer Shayer, Raymond Luby, Robert Powell, Ralp Fitzgibbons, George Cummins. Posters Are Exhibited Several posters were on exhibit in the "Y" lobby during the Open House of January 1. The sketching was done by Oakley Rlchey, and Jo Stephens. Four of these belong to the Boys Division, and illustrate different facts In relation to the boys' part In the "Y" work and the "Y" play. These posters showed that 300 boys had been taught to swim in 1919, that 4,516 had attended gym class, that 456 had attended Bible class and that 56 boys had been in camp In the summer of 1919. Ac cording to the figures on these posters, there are now 290 boys in the Boys' Division of the Richmond "Y". This is the number of mem berships listed the first of January. The National Father and Son week is from the 16th to the 22nd of February, and plans are already started to make that week a BIG WEEK! PERSONALS. Miss Elizabeth King has been ill Everett William Lemon Jr. who has been very ill at his home, on National Road, East, for about two weeks, is improving steadily. Billy Burr and his brother Charles and his mother and daddy left Richmond Sunday evening after a two weeks visit with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Burr of South Tenth street. He was going to spend New Year's Day in Piqua and afterwards return to his home in Detroit,. Michigan. Tuesday evening a pleasant sur prise was given to Miss Carolyn Bradley, when the girls of her Sunday School class planned a lit tle party for her. The girls met at Lelah Hamilton's and then went to Miss Bradley's house wrere they completely surprised her, crying out, "Hurrah for Carolyn" as Miss Bradley came into the room. The girl3 carried with them the most acceptable gift which they had planned. to give to their teacher. A gay evening, was spent in games and having a good time generally, especially when pop corn, candy and apples appeared. The girls who planned this

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the sacrede bull. enjoyable surprise were: La, Verne Woods, Opal Pearson, Florence Falck, Lelah Hamilton. Dorothy Sherril, Beulah Sherril , Ruth Wells, Ethel Everett, Ruth Mullen, Julia Burr, Ruth Hamilton, Carolyn Bradley and Mrs. Bradley. Alice's Bright Idea Once upon a time there was a family of children, two girls and one boy. There names were Alice, Bertha and William Smith. Their father was dead and their mother had to work very hard to furnish the children and herself with food and clothing. It was almost Christmas and the mother felt very bad because she knew she would not be able to get any presents for the children. The children saw their mother's sad face and knew what was the matter One day when the mother was out working, Alice, the oldest child, thought of a plan, she said, "I think if we would all try we could do a little work for the neighbors and make a little money. Then we could get presents for mother." "That is a fine idea," said Bertha. "I am going to Mrs. Brown's, now," said William. Mrs. Brown was very rich and when William told her of his plan she had an idea, she gave William some work and told him to tell Alice and Bertha to come and help the cook. They came and worked until two days before Christmas, i

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You Bee some folks just naturally know what fairies are, and some folks just naturally do not. And Mr. Arthur Rackham is one of the ones who know. Perhaps he has soon them sometimes when he was in a dark lonely woodsy place or perhaps it was when he was all alone at home one night, or perhaps he saw them when he v.as lying on the grass one long wonderful summer day watching the white clouds go scampering past. We do not know exactly when he saw them, but at least he knows just what they look like or what is better yet, he can draw a picture of them so that we can recognize our tricksy little friends, the folk we call fairies. Whether he paints these funny little people in wonderful colors or whether he Just uses pen and Ink, he always draws a delightful picture. He is just like some fairy genius who carries a magic wand which he waves aud then lo! the wonderous pictures appear. Do' you know how he pictures these fairy friends of ours? If you do not, try to look up some of these well known stories in what is called the Rackham edition, and you will be delighted to find that somewhere there was a big grownup friend who liked fairies and knew just how they ought to look. He has drawn the illustrations for the King Arthur Stories and for Cinderella. This Christmas two new books of his were publish -I, that is, two new books whose pictures he drew (someone ti&e wrote the stories) were publiVd. One was the Allies' Fairy Book, Mrs. Brown gave each child a dollar. The next day the children got the presents for their mother. In the mean time, Mrs. Brown got a basket full of toys and clothing for the children. Early on Christmas morning she sent one of her servants to the Smith's with the basket. He put it on the front j door step. Christmas morning the i children got up early to fix their i mother's presents. William went to the door to look at the snow and saw the basket. The children were very happy when they saw their presents. Mrs. Brown was also happy because she had made someone else happy. Kathleen Lanier, District No. 9. How A Prince Slew A Terrible Dragon Once upon a time there was a dragon. Some people said it was an enchanted dracon. Manv voune I men have tried to kill it because it had carried many people away to its den and killed and eaten them. The King said he would give a big reward if some person would kill the dragon. Many people tried to kill it, but it was usless. At last, the King said he would give his daughter to the man who killed it. Now it hapencd in the country of Persia; tho King had a

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which is a group of fairy stories which have been told for many years to the children in other countries, such as France, England, Russia, Italy, Belgium and Spain; and the other was our well loved friend, "The Christmas Carol." Here is what one person who likes Mr. Raekham's fairy pictures said about them: "Never until the Three Wise Men cease drowning eels, shall we hope to see more ffcrfct picturs of scenes in childhood's histories than these of Mr. Rackham. Do you think that grown ups are mostly serious and sensible? Well we will tell you a secret,- they are not! Hundreds of them are not! One of them was Edward Lear, who wrote nonsense verse wheu he was completely grown up (if people ever are completely grown up) and is more famous for that very thing now than any other thing he did. Here is one verse that he especially liked, and because it is the special kind of verse it is,- it Is called a limerick. Mr. Lear did not write it but it was popular in the public schools of England, way back in the time of William IV and oh, how he liked it. We do not tell you exactly when this particular William reigned in England, but we do want to tell you tho limerick. Here it is: There was a young man at St. Kitts Who was very much troubled with fits, The eclipse of the moon. Threw him into a swoon, When he tumbled and broke into bits. son who heard of this terrible dragon and of the Kings daughter as a reward. On his way there he saw a witch. He went up to her and she gave him a magic sword and told him it had the power to kil the dragon. So he took the sword and when he arrived in the country, the King was very glad to see him and gave him some young men for guides and when he arrived in the woods they heard dreadful groans and then a deep growl and half snort. But they went on and pretty soon they saw the dragon. It was a terrible looking thing with red fangs, and people say its breath was deadly poison. It had large scales as big as a shark's. The men began to fight, but they were all killed but the Prince, and he killed it with his magic sword. Then he took the dragon to the King and the Psince and Princess were maried that day and they lived harpily ever after. . Frederich E., Joseph Moore school, 5A Grade. Framed Picture of Liberty Loan Bond She Sold Douglas Mary Virginia Burr who lives in Detroit, Michigan, but who has been spending the Christmas holidays with relatives in Richmond, is very proud of one thing that she possesses. And that one thing is a picture of a Fourth Liberty Ix)an Bond which Mary Virginia Bold in the spring of 1918. This ia the most important thing about her selling the bond and why she treasures the picture of this particular bond, she sold It to Mr. Douglas Fairbanks, the popular movie star usually called "Doug." On the day she sold It there were about fifteen thousand people gathered for a big loan meeting in Detroit, and a platform was built for the principal speaker, which in this case happened to be Douglas Fairbanks. The Board of Commerce had sold him a bond for one thousand dollars. If was then that Mary Virginia sold him her bond, the second one that he bought that day,- a bond for one hundred dollars. On the certificate for this bond the wll known movie actor signed his name. It is no wonder that Mary Virginia wanted a picture of this signature or that she had it fromed or that she thinks a very great deal of it? Riddles 1. What has traveled more than people? 2. A dime and a nickle were lying on a table and the nickle rolled off. Why didn't the dime? Helen Kenny, Grade 3A, Baxter School. 3. What goes around every house and peeps in every crack. Thelma Ellis, Milton, Indiana.