Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 69, 31 January 1920 — Page 13

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1920

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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM The Junior Palladium Is the children's section of the Richmond Palladium, founded May 6, 1916, and issued -each Saturday afternoon. AH 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 nd age signed. Aunt Polly is always glad to meet the children peronally as they bring their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to the Junior EdUor. This is your little newspaper and we hope each boy and girl, will use it thoroughly.

Query Corner

The editor will try to answer questions readers of tho 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 Polly: How many yards of string are there in a pound of string? Please answer. Mischief. Dear Mischief: The string makers always wind their string in balls because it is more convenient, but they sell it by weight, by the pound or the hundreds of pounds, and so they do not really know just how many yards are in the balls. Besides, there are so many different sizes of string made that if the balls were the same size there would be a different number of yards in each ball of string. You said something about wanting it to .niake a little rug. I would suggest that you find the size of string you want and roll it into a ball until you have one that when you weigh it by correct scales weighs one ounce. Then unwind it counting the number of yards in that ball and multiply that number by sixteen to find how many yards of the size string you wish to use, there are in a pound. Aunt Tolly.

Dear Aunt Polly: Why were the Germans so cruel? C. C. Dear C. C: Usually the mind of the person who does cruel things is full of selfishness, or perhaps it has become bitter and unkind enough to think cruel thoughts because he does not understand the real truth about things. Perhaps the rulers of Germany were selfish and wanted for themselves

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neighbors in the countries near to them until the German people believed that their neighbors did not want to see them succeed as a nation and perhaps wanted to kill them, and they made up their minds that they would kill their neighbors first rather than be killed themselves. So the war came, with all its cruelty. Some day a time will come when people will never make wars any more, because they will understand that people of other nations are very much like themselves, and would much prefer to live as friends with everyone else than to endure all the suffering of war. There is probably no special race or nation that may be called cruel. Anyone or any nation is apt to be cruel if he is always thinking hateful thoughts of the folks around him and if he wants to see himself more important than any one else. When people get to know other folks, no matter in what country they may happen to live and understand them and like them they do not want to be cruej to them because they are friends, and people do not like to see their friends suffer. Do they? Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: How old am I? I was born July 19, 1908. A. B. Dear A. B.: Now let me see, I will guess that by the night of January 31, 1920, which is the night when you will receive your Junior, you will be eleven years, six months and twelve days old. Aunt Polly.

123 North Street, Richmond, Ind. January 21st, 1920. Dear Aunt Polly: As I have nothing else to do I thought I would write these things to you. I hope to see some of them in this week. I am in the 6A grade and expect to pass to Garfield. I am now at present in Warner. My name ends in .W so I belong down

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letter will be signed, "Floyd Williams, Garfield." Don't you think that will look fine? Not that this letter really belongs in the Query Corner, but I just thought I wouia put It there. Aunt Polly.

A STORY YOU MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD. A doctor gazing out of a window one hot summer day, saw a negro trying to make his mule go. The doctor went out to see what was the matter. "Doctor, Pve tried everything. I beat him with this club till it broke, I kicks him till my foot's sore, and I've done tried everything. Can you give me anything to make him go?" "I can," said the doctor. "How much will it cost?" "We'll say about fifteen cents." He fumbled in his pockets and pulled out some coins. The doctor went back to his office, and soon reappeared with some medicine and shot some of it in the mule's ear. Away the mule went like a flash. The darkey bent his head down and said, "Quick boss, give me a quarter's worth. I gotta catch that mule." Chester Collins.

AY YYS 1 Thair woz Anne ohld Purseon ov Hove, Hoo freekwented the deppths ov a grohve, Whair hee studdeed hiz Buks. With the Wrenns anned the Ruks, Thatt trannkwil Ould Peminne ov Hove. This is a limerick from Edward Lear's "Book of Nonsense" with the words spelled differently from the way you probably have been accustomed to seeing them. Can you figure out what the verse is supposed to be? If you can not, look in next week's Junior and you will find out.

and more land and power, and per

haps they told their people things that were not true about their

EXCHANGE COLUMN Open to All Boys and Girls. Theae Adt Cost You Nothing;

Send In Your "Wants" to The

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FOR SALE High grade violin, three-quarter size; Heberlin make; 326 Pearl St., or phone 3133. 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 Bantams. Call at 524 So. West A Street.

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. 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.

We have a new flag which cost over $4 in our room. I bought a pedestal for it to stand on. I remain, Floyd Williams, age 11. Dear Floyd: We were glad to receive your letter and to hear that you will soon be in Junior high school. Sorry, though, that we did not receive it In time for it to appear in last week's Junior, for by now, you have already spent a week in Garfield. Glad to receive all the bits of knowledge you sent in. It reminded me strangely of the almanac, which is always full of things we ought .to know and usually do not. Better look closely, for them for some may be published without titles which is news that newspaper folks . call "fillers." Some other time when you "nave nothing else to do," please write to us again. Just think, your next

ALL THAT WAS LEFT. A coroner went to investigate the cause of the death of a colored mau wno had died from an unknown

disease. . . He knocked on the door and said "Does Sam Williams live here? I'd like to see the remains." . A colored lady said between sobs, "I'se is all that remains." Chester Collins. '

1 A Story in Sonnets Robert Carton,' R. H. S. One day when riding 'long a country road. Enjoying scenery as I went along, My eye befell upon a rural 'bode, That stood a pretty grove of trees among. For want of water I did surely thirst, And thought then that a cold drink I might find, That me might satisfy or at the worst Help stop my burning thirst. They would not mind, I thought, if I asked for a single draught - From out that cool, deep well. Already could I see the watre gurgling with a laugh, And sparkling, just as real cold water should. So I left my wheel a lying in the grass, Beside the gate, and walked straight up the pasa. The path was bordered by rich verdure green, And led around the house back to the pump. I hurried onward very fast I ween, 'Till sudden foot falls 'hind me

made me jump!

I quickly turned and faced an an

gry cur,

With dripping jaws and fiery

bloodshot eyes,

And shaggy coat of tangled dirty

fur.

He seemed a demon from that

place which lies Beneath us. Neither stumbled nor tript,

But cleared the fence on a running

bound, and sailed

Straight down the road so fast the

wind I ript;

For at sight of brutish beast my

heart had quailed.

Resolved I then when next I forth

would ride,

A Thermos bottle I'd carry by my

side.

HE WAS A WISE OLD MAN One time there was an old man from the country who was visiting his brother in town. . As they were strolling down the street one Friday ,the old man spied an advertisement of a circus show which was to come off on the next day, Saturday. He said: "Say, John, I've got to go home tomorrow by daybreak." "Why so?" asked his brother. "Well, you see the pictures of those tigers and lions; it says right over them, 'To be released Saturday.' I'm leaving."

Pat "Mike the show that was to be here tomorrow is not coming." Mike "Not coming! Why, what's the matter?" Pat "The elephant stepped on the coffee pot and they can't find the grounds." LONE SCOUT.

What profession is a postman? He is a man of letters.

THE AMERICAN FLAG. Oh. beautiful flag,

I long to see

Your, stars and stripes float over

me. Upon our school With roof so brown, I like to see you go up and down. You float and swing As to the .American soil Your freedom you bring. - (Mary Adams, 4B Joseph Moore) THE LITTLE FLOWER I am a little flower; I sit in my bed of brown And spread my. wings of white, , And gaily sing my song of love To make the world so ..sweet, And make the rain come down To kiss my face so white. (Eleanor Daggett, 4A, Joseph Moore).

ALL FROM HEAVEN HIGH - Just a little drop of rain ' AH from Heaven high, Just a little ray of sun All from Heaven high ; Just a little flower -All from Heaven high ; It means a lot to see it All from Heaven high. (Alice Stephens, 4A, Joseph

Moore.) " -

What Do Yoa Know? Always there are many kinds of tests which act like mirrors and show us how much we really know about things. Sometimes these tests show us that we know very little. Your" editor can very easily remember several tests thought up by the teacher and which, breaking out at the end of each semester made one feel about a happy as being quarantined during an unusual' rine coasting season; and which, sad to relate, found said editor at the end of the test period with more blank spaces than written ones on the examination paper and the dull ache of even blanker spaces in the topmost regions of the same editor's head. All of which resulted very pathetically for your editor. Some of the most interesting and soldiers of Uncle Sam in the tests were given to all the sailora Great War to see how much they knew about various lines of service, how well they could think, how quickly they could act, how well they could keep their equilibrium (this was especially for aviators) and in general, what sort of a position each one could master. Some of the tests were very severe, for instance, the subjection to different kinds of powerful gases of those men who desired to be connected with active bombing and gassing squads. Wherever it was shown that a man did not understand what was told him, that man was not allowed to bear arms, but was given work to do around the camps. Tests are given to air Lone and Boy Scouts so that it can be decided whether the Scout shall be rated as a higher or lower class Scout. Recently a test .was completed which it is thought by many authorities that a boy of fourteen years of age should be able to pass. Among other things there was a. list of one hundred words which he should understand and be able to nearly tell the meaning of, to

WANTED To buy a 3 quarter size

violin. Call or write Paul Bat tenberg, 101 South Ninth street.

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LOST Pair child's tan mittens on street. Return 927 Main street. LOST Fur neck piece at the Washington Theatre. If found, return to 103 North 16th st., or Phone 1981.

The British submersible K-22 with a German U-boat chained to her side. One of the greatest war engines evolved during the world conflict is the new K type of submarine designed by British experts. The first K boat was finished several month after the war ended, so that there was no chance to use it against an enemy. But to show the world what the last word In under-sea boat construction In England is, the British government Is sending the K-22,. the greatest of the boats, on a trip around thn world. Unless an accident happens, the K 22 will make the entire trip under her own power. Above watr ht travels from 20 to 30 knots an hour on steam. Under water she makes from 15 to. 20 knots on electricity. She carries two 3-inch guns, dep'h charge projector aud eight torpedo tubes.

someone 'else. Here are the words: How many do you know?; orange " forfeit bonfire peculiarity roar mosaic gown ' ' bewail tap dilapidated scorch ' "" charter' puddle . conscientious envelop ' avarice " straw . artlese rule ' priceless haste swaddle afloat ' tolerate - eye-lash' - .gelatinous . ; ' copper . depredation ' health promontory curse frustrate guitar ' milksop mellow "philanthropy -' pork irony impolite lotus ' plumbing drabble outward harpy southern .. embody noticeable infuse muzzle flaunt quake declivity civil fen treasury ochre . reception exaltation ramble incrustation skill , laity misuse selectman lecture sapient , ' dungeon retroactive Insure achromatic stave ambergris regard : casuistry . nerve . . . paleology Juggler perfunctory " crunch precipitancy majesty theosophy brunette piscatorial snip sudorific apish partere sportive homunculus hysterics cameo Mars shagreen repose limpet shrewd com plot coinage Spring the words on some of

your friends or your family and see how many of them they understand correctly. It will be fun; even if big brother or haughty sister do get embarrassed when they discover they cannot give you a really sensible answer, even tho they may know what the word means.

The greatest amount of pieces of mail letters, cards, etc., ever touched in the postoffice in one day was 246,697. This was during the war when the number of pieces a day rose to an average of 85,691 in comparison with 3,026 pieces which was the average a day ia pre-war days.

The greatest known depth of the ocean ia 25,700 feet.