Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 75, 7 February 1920 — Page 14
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1920
GRANDMOTHER TELLS' A FAIRY STORY
"Please, oh, please. Grandmother,
tell as a story, won't you? You can
knit tomorrow, said little Mar
garet. Aft the drew her rocking chair
real close to the big comfortable
ana-chair where her grandmother
was sitting.
'Come on. Grandma," pleaded
Lloyd, "Gee, it's awful lonesome for a fellow to be shut In for the "flu"
and not go to school when he's not
sick a bit," he added a little disgustedly, (or he had had to miss
over a week of school just as the
new term was commencing because
the doctor said he had a very light
ca.se at the "flu." "Eft, do, Drandma," broke In baby Jean, for story telling hours were wonderful events to her even If she did not understand most of , what was said. "Well, now," laughed grandma, drawing little Jean to her and giving her a double big kiss, and taking her into her lap, laying aside the black socks she was knitting, and continued: "I know a brand new story. One you have never . heard. It's about the Snow Fairies. Did yon ever hear about the snow falriea?" "Oh, no. Grandmother, tell us about them," cried the children all together. "Way up north," began grandmother, "way up beyond the farthest point of the north star, live the little Snow Fairies, gay little artists are they with nothing in the world to do but dance gaily through the air and paint up or let's say, camouflage, every tree and old black fence and falling shed into pictures as weirdly magnificent as any picture that has ever been painted in oil or water colors. "How many are there of them?" asked Lloyd. r "Oh, there are more millions of them than there are downy feath
ers on all the little baby birds all over the earth," said grandmother, with a sweet smile. . "They live," she continued, "in palaces of crystal white, sparkling with myriads of diamonds and more gleaming in the slanting winter sunlight than ' the gold-spired temples of the Orient gleam under scorching tropic suns. Do you remember the little ships and flowers of spun glass which you saw at the exhibition?" "Yes," cried Margaret and Lloyd, and Margaret added, "They were so beautiful." " 'Es ," assented Baby Jean grave
ly, thinking that she was expected to say something too. "WelL" grandmother , went on, "these palaces of the Snow Fairies have carvings on them that look
something like that spun glass.
only they are much more finely
spun, finer than cobwebs, and very,
very white. In these palaces the
radiant little Snow Fairies live all
the year round. There is Crystal Jack, 8now White, Silver Foot, Joy of Winter, White Cap, Tumble Frost, and millions and millions of others, living busy little lives in
happiness, gently ruled over by
King Silverbell and his beautiful
wife, Queen Laetitia of the White
Soul.
"But aren't they very, very cold? They don't have furnaces up there,
do they, Grandmother? asked Mar
caret shivering a little as she
thought of It.
"No. they don't, dear," laughed
grandmother merrily, "but they do
not like furnaces: they do not
even like the sun when he gets
too close. They do not ever feel
the cold, and they like to live best
where it is very, very cold. They just cannot live at all where the
sun is right above the land and very, very hot. They, would lose
all their beautiful clothes and would soon die. That is the, reason the Snow Fairies only live where it is
very cold." "Oh, tell us about their dresses, Grandmother; what are they like?" asked Margaret eagerly. "Just like a girl! Come on Grandmother, tell us what they do all day," broke in Lloyd, a little grumpily, which, dear readers, please forgive and remember that he has been half sick and a shut-in for a whole week. "Oh, I believe even you will like to hear about these costumes, Lloyd; they are so magnificent and so very delicate," went on grandmother, gently. "They are as soft as the down on the wings of brighthued butterflies, as white as the threat of some white-eyed Vireo3,
radiant as thousands of newly cut I
there are no two dresses alike and even the fairymen are particular, it seems, for no twe of them wear
suits that are just alike." "You wanted to know, Lloyd, what they do?" asked grandmother. "Well, you remember that last snowfall we had? Remember how you laughed as you watched the snowflakes whisking and dancing in the air? Those snowflakes were the Snow Fairies carrying great, big balls (that is, real big balls for tiny Snow Fairies to carry) of snow. They brought it all the way from the northland where snow is made, dancing with it all the way until they landed right here in Richmond, where they gaily threw it down on the ground and skipped and danced and flew away again. "And do you remember that night as you looked out through the moonlight and saw all the branches of the trees, even the tiniest ones, and all the telephone wires and the clothesline wire and the slender branches of the barberry hedge all covered with ice until right hero in Richmond we could imagine'we lived in a fairyland?" "Yes, how pretty it looked with the light on it!" exclaimed Margaret "That was great," added Lloyd appreciatively. "Well, the little Snow Flake sculptors made all those wonderful figures out of ice and snow. And do you remember how the windows looked that next morning?" asked grandmother again. "Yes, was that the Snow Fairies, too?" asked Lloyd. "Too?" cooed Baby Jean, with
interest.
"Yes, the Snow Flake fairies painted those "wonderful pictures," said grandmother. "But what happened to the Snow
Fairies, Jrandma? The snow s melting now; did the fairies die?" and as Margaret asked this her
face grew very sorrowful. "No, no, dear," assured grandmother, softly patting Margaret's head. "No, indeed! As soon as they finish their work whatever it is, they whisk back again to the
Northland, where it is cold all the time, before Mr. Sun can get very
near them. Sometimes they catch up with the North Wind, too, and he carries them swiftly along. How gaily they laugh then! What sport
they have, coasting along so swift
ly through the winter air. "But, look, here it is five o'clock and fast getting dark," said grand-
f mother briskly. "I must give Jean
her supper and see that she gets started on the train for Dreamyland." i -."Oh. not yet," cried Margaret and Lloyd together, "tell us some more" "Not this time, dears," said
grandma, and then she added with a merry smile, "But I will tell you some more about the Snow Fairies some other time. I know them very well and they are very good friends of mine."
Abraham Lincoln
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LINCOLN the great-hearted who loved children and whom chil
dren love we are glad to give him honor We are happy to pay tribute
to one whose memory is ever dear to the minds of his countrymen.
Reading Course for Girls' The Books Recommended in This Course Are Chosen with a View to the Duties and Responsibilities That Most Girls Must Meet and Assume in Life, and with a Consideration for Their Practical Value in Helping Girls to Learn the Things They Need to Know.
(A certificate, bearing the seal of the United States Bureau of Education, signed by the Commissioner of Education, will be given to each girl who gives satisfactory evidence of having read all the books on the accompanying list.)
New Basket-Ball
Team-Shamrocks A new basket Ball team, Sham
rocks.: This team was organized early in the season but was not carried out until now. It was put in the Junior some time ago that St. Mary bad a team, but it was mistake, they have not as yet. This team is The Shamrock Basket Ball squad. There will be practice twice a week, but no games until regular goals can be supplied. This team will be in the best of
practice about March, says Coach
Gerard Harrington. Cook is re-
sumeing fast playing, it is a contest between who will play back
guard, Cook or Fred Barton. Rich? ard Harrington will play when he
recovers from the measles. The
line up is:
F. Cook, B. Guard; G. Harring
ton, Forward; R. Harrington, Center; J. Barton, Forward; F. Foley, F. Guard; B. Barton, Sub.
ORIGIN OF THE LEMON TREE.
The lemon tree is a native of In
dia and is said to have been brought
to England during the Crusades. It was at first carried to Florida, then
to California. On account of its need of much water, the lemon did
not flourish in California until sys
diamonds and of as delicate design I terns of irrigation began to be peras the almost invisible dainty wee J fected, but the industry has become leaves of a soft green moss. And 'very profitable. Lone Scout .
In our schools boys and girls
learn to read, and those who are fortunate enough to attend schools
of the best type form the habit of
reading, learn to distinguish good books from bad and worthless books, and acquire a taste for the best. Others are less fortunate and finish or quit school with little
knowledge of books, with no well-
established habits of reading, and without a sure and discriminating taste. For most American girls school life is short, school hours are few, and there is little time in school for general reading. At best, the Bchoola-ean give them only the ability to read to understand through the eye and to interpret the printed page. The actual reading, beyond the school lessons, must be done at home and most of it after school days are over; for this most American girls have much time. It is true also that reading is
most profitable to those who, at the same time, are gaining knowledge through the actual and ordinary experience of life and home and industrial occupations. We learn by doing. Experience is the great educator. We learn by doing only when the doing is intelligent. Experience educates only when it is understood, and it is most educative only when it becomes the means through which
we interpret tne experiences of others, adding them to our own and thus enriching our lives beyond the possibility of our own personal experiences. The learner must ever be a worker and the worker should ever be a learner. This leads to all-sided intelligence, fullness of life, happiness, and usefulness. The books recommended in this course are chosen with a view to
the duties and responsibilities that most girls must meet and assume in life, and with a consideration for their practical value in helping to learn the things they need to know which can be learned most easily through reading. A good book should be read more than once, and every girl should own some of the books that she reads. Books are cheap, and money paid for them is well invested and will pay large dividends in life and happiness and even in money. Most cities and towns in the United States and some country communities have good public libraries, and many public schools both in city and country have good collections. Every community in which boys and girls live should have a public library with all the books of this list and many others
in it. If there is no such a library in your community in the schools or elsewhere, then you should get all the girls to work with you and
not rest until there is one. Readers who wish to secure the bureau's certificate must notify the bureau at the time they begin to read each book, and when each book Is finished they must send a
summary consisting or a aesenption of the principal characters, the chief episodes, and their own impressions. Some of the books do not lend themselves to this form of summary. In these cases 6end a brief statement of the essential features of the book. By application to local or State libraries readers may be able to borrow these books. The Bureau of Education does not furnish them. To each person who gives satisfactory evidence of having read all the books in this list a certificate will be awarded bearing the seal of the United States Bureau of Educa-,
tion and signed by the Commissioner of Education. The Home Education Division of the Bureau of Education will, as fat as possible, answer questions about the subject matter of the books from those who are registered for this course. For admission to the circle of readers it is necessary only to write to the Home Education Division of the Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C, giving your name and post-office address, your age, and a brief statement of your education and occupation. It is not necessary that the books be read in the order given. They should all be read, however, within three years from tht time that you register. Reading Course No. 5. 1. Alice in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll (pseud.). 2. Birds' Christmas Carol. Kate Douglas Wiggin. 3. Little Women. Louisa M. Alcott. 4. Pride and Prejudice. Jane , Austen. 6. The Jungle Book. Rudyard Kip ling. 6. David Copperfleld. Charles Dickens. 7. Lorna Doone. R. H. Blackmore. 8. Mill On the Floss. George Eliot. 9. Ivanhoe. Sir Walter Scott. 10. Evangeline. Henry W. Long fellow. Poem. 11. Idylls of the King. Alfred Tennyson. 12. Merchant of Venice. William Shakespeare. 13. Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare. 14. Florence Nightingale. Laura E. Richards. 15. The Stofy of My Life. Helen Keller. 10. A Short History of the English People. J. R. Green. 17. Some Silent Teachers. Eliza beth Harrison. 18. Shelter and Clothing. ' Kinne and Cooley. 19. Foods and Household Manage ment. Kinne and Cooley. 20. The Furnishing of a Modest House. Fred Hamilton Daniels. 21. Girl and Woman. Caroline W. Latimer, M. D. 22. What Can Literature Do For Me? C. Alphonso Smith. Suggested Books for Girls. The Children's Hour. 10 volumes.
PERSONALS. Many of the Junior's friends are sick, we hear. Below we print the names of those boys and girls which have been reported as sick to the Junior office. The Junior editor wishe3 to send sympathy for the sick ones, and congratulations for the well ones and to say she hopes all Juniors will soon belong to the last-named class. Thomas Wilson, ill at his home on Southwest Fourth Street. Mary Shively returned to Vaile school Monday after being absent many days with the measles. Evelyn Carr, who has also been a sufferer from measles, returned to school this week. Anna Carson, who has been ill at her home, is reported to be improving. Marion Ohenoweth is absent from school on account of sickness. Walter Schattel has returned to
Vaile school after a serious illness of several months.
Jane Hawekotte, formerly of
Richmond, but who is now living
in Indianapolis, has been visiting
in Richmond and visited in Miss Woodward's room at the Vaile school Monday morning.
Miriam Dilks, of South West
Second street expects to return te; school next week after being absent
from school two weeks on account
of sickness. Alie Margaret Test, has been ill for1 several weeks at her home, South of the city.
TREASURES OF CARTHAGE Carthage, one of the most ancient cities known to man, has seen hordes of trophy hunters of all nationalities for the location has proved a most fruitful one in the discovery of rich treasures and jewels hidden beneath the soiL
OUR "THANK YOU" LIST We were unable to publish the contributions of the Juniors whose names we publish below because the stories were duplicates of stories we have printed, or were stories familiar to most of the boys and girls.: Theresa Davis, grade 2 B, Joseph Moore; Alice Moelk Baxter school; Junior Hodgin, 2B, Joseph Moore: Merritt Ashlev. 2A
Joseph Moore; Thelma Kerr, grade 6, District No. 6 school.