Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 69, 31 January 1920 — Page 14

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1920

The Junior Book Shelf

How would you like to live In a

house just full of old daggers and

swords and guns and shields and al sorts of things which had been

used by people who lived several

hundred and sometimes many hunks

red years ago; In a house where

old suits of armor stand like big

guards by the doorways which you can look inside of just to be sure no one Is hiding within those

mysterous looking metal suits?

How would you like to live in a

place that reminded you of the old

stone castles of which there were, and still are, so many In Scotland,

England and many parts of Europe; where hundreds of years ago lived

knights and ladies, where minstrels played on great gilded harps, and where gay dancing and great feasts

were ' enjoyed, and near whicn radiant tournaments were held and

terrific battles were fought by men

' wearing these same metal suits? Sir Walter Scott, who wrote Ivanhoe and Marmion and many other exciting stories and poems, thought he would like to live in just such a house. From the time when he was a very little boy he used, to love to be told stories of the Scottish chieftains and the brave clansmen who lived on the Scotch border ( where Scotlond joins England.) So fired was his imagination by the castles and historic woody glens where these people fought, that he dreamed a dream. And this was his dream. ' He wanted to be a Border Laird (Scotch for Lord) and have an ancestral home. His dream came true and the castle house, as we will call it, which he built, still exists in Selkirk, (a land division like our county,) in Scotland, near the ancient village of Melrose. The name that Sir Walter gave to his home is-Abbotsford, in mem

ory of the monks and Abbots who

lived near there la Melrose Abby

the ruins of which are some of the most beautiful abbey ruins left for

us to see. who live in tnis century,

Here he collected thousands of interesting things which are in the

house which is today, much the same as it was m Scott's time and is visited by hundreds of people who have read Scott's

stories and are interested both in them and the warm-hearted Scotch

writer who created them.

The castle house itself is made of dark grey stone, of which many of Scotland's castles are made and

in the stone wall around it he has

built the great doorway which he secured from the old Tolbooth of Edinburgh (a prison of the middle ages.) Inside, some of the floors are laid with marble brought from

the Hebrides, the heavy paneling

from dark oak brought from

Dumferllne, and some "of the richly carved ceilings, from cedar brought

from Jamaica.

A little writing desk of the wood from the Spanish Armada, Is in his study. The carved paneling in the

small tower room, which he called the "Speak-a-bit," is made from the bed which Mary, Queen of

Scotland (the beautiful lady whose

life was so romantic and yet so sad) occupied in the castle of Jedburgh, when she was sick there with fever after her unhappy visit to Hermi

tage Castle, where her lieutenant

and lover, the Earl of Boswell, lay

sick and wounded from a sword

thrust by the famous free-booter,

"Little Jack Elliott."

In the immense library are

Scott's 20,000 books and presents and relics of many kings and gen

erals and chieftains of earlier

years. Most interesting of all, perhaps, is the Armory. It is never daylight here, but always a sort of rich and red twilight from the colored glass windows emblazoned with the pictures of knightly deeds, which casts a strange light over the Innumerable relics and trophies. Here one sees Sir John Cheney's massive armour suit and Sir John was the biggest man who fought at Bosworth Field grasping a huge two handed sword, looking so fierce

we could easily imagrne him coming after us, the keys of the Edinburgh Tolbooth, and of Loch Leven Castle, the touting horn of Hermitage Castle, and relics from many famous battle-fields. Weapons and curious things of

every kind and from every country are hung on the walls. There's Rob Roy's gun, broad sword and dirk (a small dagger), Montrose's sword, given that great Marquis by Charles I, Napoleon's pistols, James VI's hunting flask and Sir Walter's own gun, sword and sabre worn by him, when a yeoman in the Edinburgh Light Dragoons, and battle-axes, shields, spear-heads, daggers, spurs pistols and guns galore. Here are many shields with the heraldic bearings of many of the border clans. By heraldic bearings we mean the designs and colorings on ancient shields which describe the family traits (usually what was called a noble family, in the middle ages), as courage, and,which tell some of the history, (usually connected with warfare)

and give the motto of that family or as it is called in Scotland, of that clan.

In black letters under these rows

of shields is written in the spelling of those' early days:

These be the Coat Armouris of

ye Clannis and men of name quha

keeplt the Scottish Marches in ye

days of Auld. They were worth in

thier tyme and in thier defens,

God tbaim defendid.

The arms of Scott's own families

occnpy sixteen shields. Three ol these he was unable to trace their

bearings, so he filled up the blanks with blue clouds and the motto,

Nox alta permit, "Oblivion has cov ered them.

So here in 6 tone and wood and

metal, we see the dream of Sir

Walter Scott, a dream triat "came

true," and this dream house was

the joy of his life, though he didn't live so many years after it was

completed to enjoy it.

We are told that it looks like a

real dream castle as one stands on

(Ae heights around Abbotsford and

looks down on the great, stone, turreted manor house, set in its thous

and acres of grass and woodland on which land the place is marked where the last great border battle

was fought and through which quietly runs the beautiful little River Tweed. It looks very like a baron's castle of several hundred years ago, and indeed it is a baron's castle, for in his life time,

Sir Walter Scott was just that very person, a real live baron, re

ceiving that title in London in 1820,

just one hundred years ago.

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For Boys to Make

Home-made Call Buzzer (By Grant M. Hyde) Every Boy's Mother would be

grateful for a signal or buzzer system leading from Boy's room or den to the kitchen, so that she

The boy who does not feel capable of making a buzzer can buy a cheap bell or buzzer at an electric shop. His Job then is merely to

string the line, and in most houses gas, water, or steam pipes will serve as one wire, llo will then

fasten the buzzer to the wall in his

room, run an Insulated copper wire

from one of its connections to a pair of dry cells, then to the nearest pipe. The main line wire he will string above picture mouldings, over casings by the shortest, least conspicuous route, to the downstairs button. From the button he will run another wire to the nearest pipe. Grounding on any pipes will complete the circuit and cause no danger. HOME-MADE BUZZER To make a buzzer, one must first make a pair of magnets. For cores (A and A), use two 3-ln. bolts; take

out temper by heating red hot and allowing to cool 6lowly. Fit them with round pasteboard end-pieces in (B, B, B, B.) to hold the wiring. Then wind them carefully like a spool of thread with very fine magnet wire, one clockwise and the other counter-clockwise, as Bhown.

Then put the core-bolts through a piece of wood 3x4x in., (C) and set up the nuts. The base (D) should be a heavier piece of wood. For a clapper (F), use spring steel, say, a heavy corset steel, fastened to D with screws, so that it stands -in. from the magnet core ends. For a circuit breaker (E) use heavy telephone wire bent as shown and fastened to C with staples so that it can be moved. Adjustments are provided by sliding E back or forth and by slipping a small wedge, whittled from a match, under F at W. In operation, F should touch E at G; when the current comes, the magnets draw F to them and break the circuit at G; then F flies back

again and re-makes the curcuit and so on. Careful adjustments may be needed. Copyright. 1920, by J. H. Millar

If It Rains. (By Adeila Belle Beard) It Is never safe to start on an allday hike when a storm is threatening, but often a gray day remains

only gray and nothing happens

then, again, it pours. In such weather take a rain-coat or a

poncho with you and unless your shoes are waterproof, oil the soles and the uppers, ankle high, with

Melted Mutton Tallow or other un-

salted grease. Thoroughly rubbed

in all crevices the grease makes

perfect waterproofing.

A FIRE IN THE RAIN If you are prepared, a light show-

er need not turn you back,, but if by dinner time, it still continues,

'mam you nM

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RED TAILED HAWK. By Ade;Ta"LeiIe Beard It was not until a Red-Tailed Hawk came into the family as a pet that I realized what the term "hawk-eyed" really meant. I had thought that to be "hawk-eyed" was to see and observe everything, even the minutest object, but when our untamed pet turned his wonderful, clear, far-seeing eyes in my direction, I felt that he did not look at me, but that his piercing gaze passed through and beyond my humble self. , Chained to his perch though he was, he made a haughty captive, and never lost his aloofness and

dignity except when, attempting to escape, he would fly. to the near-by high board fence and topple over into our neighbor's garden where he hung suspended by one log, and screamed his indignant protest. The rescue always fell to my lot,

but not until I had secured my brother's heavy fur gloves, would

answer his call for help. For

well I knew that Sir Hawk had a sharp beak and strong talons and

might use them ,for he resented being bandied even for his own comfort.

Hawks have been trained, but it

Is doubtful if they -ever become really tame, for their nature seems

to be too absolutely wild to allow of

companionship even with a boy.

Of the several species in the United states and Canada, the RedTailed Hawk is the most common. It is a fine looking bird with a wide

spread of wings on which it circles the upper air. Its color is dark brown, reddish on the tail, throat

white and breast light streaked with darker color. Its length is about twenty-one inches. Thoughjaften called Chicken and Hen Hawk, it seldom troubles the poultry yard, instead the RedTailed Hawk is the greatest of all destroyers of the small four-footed and insect pests of the farmer. It has been proved that most of its food consists of these enemies to growing crops. There are bloodthirsty villians in the Hawk family but the Red-Tall is not among them. Remember this and protect the big bird with rust-colored tail as you would a friend, ,

you will have to make your fire in

the rain and of wet wood. This will be a new experience and the

"know how" of great value when you are actually camping. PLACE TO BUILD IT Your first care must be to keep your matches dry, then select a protected place for the fire; in the lee of a bank, shelving rock or, if nothing better offers, a big tree or leaning log. After that collect your fuel. FUEL TO USE Never forget that birth bark will burn, wet or dry, and can always be depended on for tinder. The dry shredded, Inner bark of the dead Cedar lights easily and Pitch Pine knots burn like oil. You will find Pine knots on dead Pine trees and rotting stumps. One will start your fire, but in wet weather it is safer to have two or three. Shave the knot to a fringe at one end like a tassel and stand it fringed end up. The Inner part will be dry.

For the rest gather twigs and small branches from fallen trees, not wood that lies wet and sodden on the ground, then add larger sticks of soft wood, Balsam, fir, BasswooC (Linden) or White Pine. Black Birch is good, it burns easily in the rain. When you start home be sure to put out every spark of fire; do not depend on the rain to do it for

you. Copyright, 1920, by J. H. Millar

sometimes with comments, sometimes a quotation, sometimes merely a title, or a note naming other stories by tho same author for future reading. Discoveries: Where Made and by Whom Usually he noted tho magazine (year and month or volume and page) In which an article appeared bo that he could refer to It without difficulty. The Best Books I Have Read This Year and Why I Like Them Under this heading I found such notes as follows: a. "Good argument to use in debate. Ch. 4, p. ." b. "A good description of French airplanes, p. 26." c. "Good map of the Panama Canal Zone, p. 131." A Few Poems I Like In some cases under this heading Henry had copied a poem in full, particularly if it Tiappened to be modern verse which might prove difficult to find . The other six divisions show further the boy's particular interest In lines of study. You may not like Henry's topics, but perhaps you make like his idea and want to start a book using the plan. Writing and classifying your knowledge is an excellet way of

impressing it upon your mind. If

memory depends upon deep impressions, Henry's experiment- may

prove worth trying. Certainly, such a reference book would prove valuable to a student, even

if it did not improve his memory.

Copywrieht, 1920, by J. II. Millar

"Sports that Boys Likey

HENRY'S MEMORY NOTEBOOK Francis W. Parker School

By flora J. Cooke

Everyone, wants to have a good

memory. Henry, who is now a jun-

for in college, though he strength

lened his memory greatly by using the following device: When he was

ten years old, he made, at the suggestion of a teacher, what Is called

"A Literary Notebook." In it he

recorded his analyses and com

ments upon the stories studied in his literature class. He found this book so useful for reference that in high school he developed and enlarged the plan to suit his needs and gave it a more comprehensive title. He divided his book, which was merely a leather-covered loose-leaf notebook, into ten compartments, using cardboard divisions. Because the leaves were loose, each division could be made as full or meager as he desired, and if his tasto changed at any time, pages could be discarded without spoiling the book. His headings were: Then followed a list of stories, j

Basketball Team Play By It.' O. (Pat) Pagre Team work is the cornerstone of success in basketball as in every other game. It means the working out of the best system "of play for the whole team. It means that every man must fit himself into that system. The tsam must think and move as one man. Several systems of play have been worked out. The lone star system is built upon the speed, endurance, and all round brilliance of one man. He plays the floor and works the ball into his opponent's territory where either he or one of the forwards who stay near their opponent's basket can get a shot. To do this he must be very good at dribbling. The other four men play territory, two as stationary forwards, and two as

rough guards who lay back and fight all opposition. The drawback to this system is that, If the star is stopped the whole team is stopped. The two pivot man system uses three speedy floor men who play the ball rather than territory, two rangy, husky forwards and the other as a stationary guard. The stationary forward is fed the ball at every opportunity. This system of

play usually calls for a pretty extensive use of the long pass. In the short pass sjstem, four or five men play the ball. This system requires the quick, stocky, shifty type of player with tremendous endurance. One tall, rangy guard usually plays under the basket to break up opponent's play and dig out the ball. Then his four team mates by a series of short fast passes work it back up the floor. This short pass game must be fast -to be successful. The five men defense system uses the whole team as a defensive combination. It goes on the theory

that, if your opponents can't get any baskets, they can't win, while you may be able to put in a lucky baske or two. Men play territory. Quick moving and ability to intercept the ball without fouling is. necessary. The presence of five men in guard territory makes It necessary for the opponents to take long shots. The danger of this sort of game is the tendency to play the man and not the ball. This results in a great number of fouls. Copywright, 1920, by J. IL Millar

AND HE FLUNKED AGAIN Teacher "A fool can ask more questions than a wise man can an swer." Willie "That's why we all flunked!"

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