Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 63, 24 January 1920 — Page 13
THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM The Junior Palladium la the children's section of the Richmond Palladium, founded May 6, 1916, and Issued each Saturday afternoon. All boys and girls are invited to be reporters and contributors. News Items, social events, "want" advertisements, stories, local Jokes and original poems are acceptable and will be published. Articles should be written plainly and on one side of the paper, with the author's name and age signed. Aunt Polly is always glad to meet the children personally as they bring their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to the Junior Editor. This is your little newspaper and we hope each boy and girl will use it thoroughly.
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1920
FAQ1 TIIREB
Th&WlSHINGpLANK I I M WILLI S IWlNTER
When Ladydear had finished telling Jack and Jane about the goddesses Jane said: "Well, Ladydear,
were these real
they live right here in Greece?"
No," said Ladydear, laughing. 'The old Grecian folk thousands of years ago believed that the wind
and rain and sun and light and night and all things were each controlled by a god or goddess. These stories about the gods and goddesses grew out of that belief. So they're just fairy tales. But most of the stories about the beings on Olympus teach lessons for the god of lightning usually hurled shafts of lightning at gods or goddesses who were bad. And Venus, goddoss of love, favored only those who were really very, very good." "Where is Olympus, the mountain on which all the god and goddesses lived?" asked Jack. "Of course, Olympus was just a fairy mountain," said Ladydear, "but the Greeks refer to Mt. Olympus as the place peopled by the gods and goddesses. Mt. Olympus is in Ihe northern part of Greece in a section called Thesaly. Before we leave Greece Captain Brave will take us there in the plane." Then Ladydear told the children about the Greeks the real peopleof old. They were a wonderful, people. They were strong, a healthy race and very beautiful. There
were great artists and sculptors among them who carved out images of the great athletes and lovely women in marble. These statues are famous now. The different gcJs and goddesses were carved out of marble, too. In almost every school building nowadays you can see pictures of those statues and even small likenesses of the statues of "Apollo," "The Discus Thrower," "Venus" and others. Not all of the artists were sculptors either. There were famous poets and orators. The Greeks were very studious scholars, too, and their language was so beauti
ful that it is studied in our colleges now. Of course, when Cantain Brave
people and did returned to the hotel, Jack and Jane
had to tell him what Ladydear had been telling them about Greece. "Did Ladydear tell you about the great boats the old Greeks had," asked Captain Brave of Jack. . "No, sir," answered Jack. "Well what would you think of a rowboat big enough to cruise around the ocean and rowed along by three sets of oarsmen, ranged one above the other? That's what the Greek merchants and warriors had. The rowers who sat along the
lower part of the boat had short
Query Corner
The editor will try to answer Questions reader of the Junior submit to her. She 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 same week in which you send It in.
Dear Aunt roily: Why isn't the rainbow ever seen in the West? J. P. Dear J. F.: Sometimes it is, though western rainbows are very rare, as are northern rainbows, though one was seen a few months ago in Richmond straight north of us. My grandmother says she has seen a rainbow in the west and that people at that time remarked it as something that did not happen very often. Rainbows usually are seen in the east, perhaps because the conditions of the atmosphere, the sudden shower on one side of the heavens, and more especially the position of the sun in the other side, the western sky, Are more the kind of conditions a rainbow insists upon having before it is wil-
nrs Tho mon uhn eat In tho Ha, "B l" ayptJrti . iw uau, lain
of seats above them had longer ones bww ar,e Particular, isn't it? I
and the men on the upper deck of the boat had great, long sweeping oars that reached out beyond the other two seats. There were ever
so many rowers who Dulled the
would like to see them much often
er, wouldn't you? They are so beautiful. Have you ever seen a double rainbow? I think those are wonderful. Aunt Polly.
mat hnnt ainncr at k,- 1 Dear Aunt Polly :
engines would drive them. Somei Ho old. are you" Virgmia R' of the cruel commanders of ships ! De,ar irginia-, . , used to chain slaves to the sides of I 1 ama3 0,d.a9 the nmber ot the boats and make them row." 'ears Ulysses is supposed to have Captain Brave told them more in- been a wanderer, plus the number teresting facts about the Greece of of yea,rs ,asllinRton .was MaJr ages ago and by the time bedtime j General of the American Army came Jack and Jane were more mnus the number ofyr! on. l.he sure than ever that Greece was the term for which ur ,Umted Sttes mivfit wftTwtorfni an mkr.cHn. senate are elected, plus one. Tee,
country thev had visits n far iniaee, hee! Now do you know how
country they had
their trip.
old I am?.
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Our "Thank Yon" List We were unable to publish the contributions of the following Juniors, because of incompleteness, duplication or delay in receiving them: Alma Jack, 5B, Joseph Moore School; Catherine Rickels, 5B, Joseph Moore; Russel Richardson, Joseph Moore; Lola Marlow, Warner; Irene Beetem, 2B, Warner
Alma Bussen, 6B, Warner; Marjorie qq "awAY!
ouuicy, oa wuruer; Hiiizaoein Holt, 3 A grade; Dorothy Deiser, Warner; Tillie Abbott. 6B Warner; Ellen Morris. 2B Warner; Margaret McKay, 6B Warner; Marjorie Foreman, 2A Warner; Mildred Bromley, 3A Warner School; Mary Morgan; Maxine Barnett, 5B Warner; John Miles Kellam, 3B Straughn School; Roland Fulie, 4 A St. John's; Robert Shelley, 2A Starr; Marie Mackey, 5A, Warner; Ruth Burdsall, 4B Sevastopol.
Dear Aunt Polly: Do you believe in GHOSTS? (I don't), one Sunday I went to my Aunt's house. There's a grave yard across from their house and my cousin dared me to go over to it and say "Hello". I told her I was not afraid, so I went. There is an old church that. is not used. I threw a stone against it and I
magined I heard some one say
WHAT SHALL I BE) ANSWERED FOR GIRLS
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A PRIVATE SECRETARY By Elizabeth Matter "Some girls are just born lucky," said Fluff as she primped for the filth time that morning. "Look at Miss West. Remember when she came here? It took her all morning to type six letters. Now she is the boss' office giving dictation to the rest of us. Pure luck, that's all." "I'm not so sure about that, Fluff. You know we used to think she was a snob because she went straight to pounding in the morning and never took time to tell us about the
night before. "Well, I found out something else about her last week. We wondered why she didn't loaf around the lunch room at noon. She was off snooping around the factory picking
up pointers. One day the boss was stuck on some point in a letter and she offered a suggestion of her own that hit him right between the eyes. That was the beginning of her promotion." "Oh, yes," Fluff interrupted, "she's" crazy about manufacturing. I hate it. Yet I can beat anyone in the office for speed and accuracy." "That's Just It, Fluff. Skill isn't the only' thing in this job. 1 ou hear - so much about the need of loyalty, responsibility and originality in secretaries. Well, how are you going to come forward with brilliant suggestions for something you don't care a straw about? " Do you know what I've decided to do ? I've been looking up the opportunity for secretaries. Of course there are always openings in colleges, public schools, law offices, doctor's offices, and publishing houses. But I haven't had the education or special training for most of these. But I've always been crazy about business, so I'm looking for a job in a real estate or insurance office. "Why don't you go in for some hobby of yours, Fluff? That's the secret. There are plenty of openings for secretaries with banks, advertising offices, architects, engineers, and commercial houses. You've been a 'stenog' long enough.' "Maby I will," yawned Fluff. But she won't. Like many another woman in business she is content simply to hold down a job. Boys' and Girls' Newspaper Servica Copywright, 119, by J. II. Millar
STUDY PROBLEMS SOLVED
LOST One overshoe at St. Mary's School. Call at 35 So. 19th St. FOR SALE Rabbits. One buck,
two does. Call at once. Howard
Brooks, Roscoe Street.
FOR SALE Two pair of Cochin
Banfams. Call at 524 So. West A Street.
R. B.
FOR SALE One 110 volte alternative current motor, two speed, one Linael Battery motor, one telegraph sounder. Will sell cheap. Call at 26 South Eleventh street or phone 1510.
WANTED Seven boys to join an active hiking club, ten or eleven years of age. Training is to be LOST Silver barrett between 12th and 14th streets. If found, return to the Palladium office.
WANTED 32 boys Training is given too. 915 North G. Street.
for a club. Leoline K.
FOR SALE Rabbits, two bucks, two does and three young ones, mixed breeds. To be sold at once Call Earnest Cooper, 302 N 22nd st. LOST Pair child's tan mittens on Btreet. Return 927 Main street. LOST Fur neck piece at the Washington Theatre. If found, return to 103 North 16th St., or Phone 1984.
Harold and the Apple Barrel Harold had come to visit his grandmother on the farm. She was going to bake him an
apple pie that day, so he went to ' the shed to wait for grandma to!
come out and get some apples. He wondered where the apples
could be, but finally he saw them in the corner. He looked to see if grandma was coming but as she was not in he took an apple. He just took one bite out of the apple, but did not like the taste, so took another one and kept on in this manner till he had eaten several apples, just tak ing a bite out of each. He sat down on a bench near by feeling very uncomfortable indeed. Presently grandma came out to the shed to get the apples. When she saw that several of the apples had had a bite taken out of them she looked very much surprised, and said, "What little mouse has been eating my apples," then she turned to Harold, who looked quite guilty, "Harold, have you been eating my apples," Harold nodded. "How naughty you have been, Harold, I never thought you would do such a thing,' replied his grandma. "You will be forgiven this time, but don't let it happen again." Virginia Long, Sharonville, Ohio.
This is a ghost story
Dear R. B.: I have heard most Myst-er-i-ous sounds at night when everything is dark and still. Strange knockings and hair raising creaks have made me jump. All these things I would say were the revelries of of ghosts, if I believe in them. But I really do not, so I guess these sounds are just made by the wind and by the floors as they are being warmed or by an unlatched door, and things like these which my father tells me are the causes for such queer noises, and not really ghosts at all. Too bad, isn't it? It would be so thrilling to believe in ghosts. Aunt Polly
Lose no chance to give pleasure, for this is the ceaseless and anonymnua trinmnh nf a. tnilv Invinar
I spirit. Henry Drunuuond.
How Clarence Got His Sled Once upon a time there was a lit
tle boy whose name was Clarence. He wanted a sled, but his father didn't have enough money to buy him one. lie still wouldn't give up. One day he found some large boards in his father's workshop and he asked him if he might have them and his father said, "yes." He took the boards and made a sled out of them. He worked very hard at making the sled and it took him quite a few days. His mother wondered what he was making, but didn't ask him. for she thought he would tell her when he was ready and he did. After it was done he took it down to the hill to try it, and it worked!
fine and he was very glad, for he had coasted on other boys sleds, and it was great sport and now he had a sled of his own. He could coast whenever he wished. The best of it was that he made it himself. Mary Haas, Age 9, Joseph Moore school.
MAKING MAPS By Herman T. Lukens
Francis W. Parker School To learn to use maps you must make maps. Get a large map of your home town and redraw it making every measurement half the length it is in the original. This
reduces its size to one fourth. To simplify the measuring draw two straight lines at right angles, one at the left margin and one along the bottom. From these two lines measure out to any point you want to locate. It will be well to test
the accuracy of your work as you proceed by measuring from point
to point. Get a large map of the United States. With scissors cut it on the state boundary lines. It is great fun to learn to recognize the different states by their shapes and sizes. Also it helps when you come to recite that geography lesson. Get some string, some small wooden stakes, and a map of; your state. In your back yard or a field stake out your state on a large scale say an inch or a foot to a mile. Say the scale of your, map
is ruty miles to the inch. Thus if
map you will not go far wrong. Ask your teacher where to get a large blank . outline map of the United States. Get pictures from every state of the Union, number them on the back, locate on the map where they come from, and write the number at that nnint.
This will help you to get an idea of what the distant parts of the country look like. . Boys and Girls' Newspaper Service Oopywrigrht. 1919, by J. If. Millar . Winning A Sled Once upon a time ' there were some poor children. Their names were Bob and Mary. Their father was very ill and so the mother had to work very hard so as to have enough money to keep them. Bob and Mary couldn't have candy and things like we can. A penny a week was all .they were given. They happened, to go down town and a lady said, "I am going to give a sled away to any one that has a number like mine. The way you get to my house is down 23rd, the third house. -Here is a slip for both of you and it has a number on it. 1 am going to have it January 14,. 1920. The children went home very happy. At last the gread day. came. The children . were there on time. And who do you think got the sled? Well I will tell you. . Mary and Bob each had a number like the lady's and so they each got a sled. Tho. next day the children went coasting,, and just stopped to eat breakfast, dinner, and supper. Martha Hobson, Grade 5A, Age 10, Joseph Moore School.
Truth is a cave; to him who stands outside all is dark; but to him who enters in and looks out into the sunlight, all is clear. Duncan Mac gregor.
one boundary line ot your state measures four inches on the map that means that boundary line is 200 miles long. So if you adopt the scale of one mile per inch, when you stake down your string along that boundary line it would be 200 inches or 16 feet 8 inches long. You may have some troublo laying out the curving lines but if you are careful and frequently measure between different points already laid out and compare your measurements with the distances between the earn? points on your
WENT HIM ONE : BETTER The American who was touring England had been boasting again in the village inn. "Talking of
scarcecrows, he said, "why, my father once put one up, and it frightened the Crows so much that not one entered the fieldv again for more than a year." v He looked triumphantly round his audience. Surely that had settled these country bumpkins! But he was to meet his match. "That's nothing!" retorted a farmer. "A neighbor of mine once put a scarecrow into his potato patch, and it terrified the birds so much that one rascal of a crow that had stolen some potatoes cams next day and put them back." Ex.
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