Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 81, 14 February 1920 — Page 13

THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM WEEKLY SECTION OF RICHMOND PALLADIUM

RICHMOND, INDIANA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1920

Tells About Father and His Snowshoes One winter I and my brother were going to have some fun vriien the snow came. So we went to bed early one night when it was a snowing and were going to get up early the next morning. When there was about 4 feet of snow on the ground. It had no crust, so we were about tickled to death. There wa3 a pond about a mile away that was frozen over. The people went fishing there by cutting holes in the ice. So one morning we were out in an old house putting on our snow shoes. Our father told us to bring bis shoes in and put them on him. There is where we though we would nave some fun so we took our knives and cut holes right in the center so he would go through them when we put them on. So we took them In to him and started putting them on him. We asked him if we could go with him. He said no. We got his shoes on and he took his pole and basket and started out. When he got up and tried to walk the first thing he did was to falldown. Then he got up and tried it again. That time he went through the shoes and into the snow over his head. Then he was angry. He took thorn off and started after us. When he caught us he punished us. Harry Bussard, Dis. No. 7, Arcanum, Ohio.

Appropriate Greetings and Games For the St. Valentine's Day Hostess

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Lincoln Was Born on February 12th On the 12th day of February every year the people of the United States celebrate the birthday of our sixteenth President. He was born in a log cabin in Kentucky and lived there until he was 8 years old. The family then moved to Indiana. When he was 11 his mother died. Abraham inherited much of his good character from her. The Lincoln family moved to Illinois eight years after

Mrs. Lincoln's death.

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Some of the newest 1920 Valentines and place cards.

Many are the legends which clus

ter about St. Valentine's Day and

At different times Abraham was all of them explain in one way or

a flatboat hand, clerk, country ; mother why that day of all otners storekeeper and postmaster. Hes dedicated to the expression of was also captain of volunteers in 'love. Here are a few of the very the Black Hawk War. He learned ; modern ways of telling the "same some law by borrowing books at an -old story." Place cards and invitaoffice at night. He never failed to tions can be easily made by the return them in the morning. After prospective hpstess. Correspondhe was admitted to the bar he rose ence cards decorated gayly with rapidly. valentine symbols, hearts, arrows, He was tall and ungainly in ap- and cupids which may be obtained pearance and little versed in re- in gummed seals will do for the Infinement of society, but he was vitations and small plain white gifted with a great kindness of cards of the calling card size will bfcart. He was earnest, sympathetic i be suitable for place cards. An anf faithful. Surrounded by his original little verse may be written wile and friends he was assas-'by the clever hostess or any num-

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to put the pencil through it, all the time rigidly holding the position assumed when aim was taken. To the successful one, marriage within the year is promised. Then there is the heart stringing game, each guest being given a needle and thread. In the center of the table there is a pi'e of paper hearts, and three minutes are allowed, to see who can string the most hearts on the thread. Another stunt is to fill a glass jar full of candy hearts and have each guest guess the number it contains. Tha one who comes nearest the correct number wins the jar and its contents.

To secure supper partners, the

hostess may bring in two little bas

kets of candy hearts, the contents

of each baskot being connected with those of the other by a perfect tangle of baby ribbons. The girls each select a heart from one basket and each man one from the other. Lined up on opposite sides of the room the two groups are connected by the tangled ribbons. At a signal from the hostess they begin to unwind only to become more enmeshed and confused as the cords cross and recross. But at last the heart of the girl and the heart of the man are freed from the others and united.

Ford's Theatre, April, 1865. The

whole nation mourned his death Madeline Clayton.

Toy Industry Is Growing in U. S. Germany willyl-ve a hard struggle to get its toy industry back. For several Chtistmases the German manufacturers have not been able to enter the American maxket and other means of supplying the demand have been found. One of the results of the war is the teaching of toy-making in the manual training departments of the city schools. Starting with the simpler toys made from cigar-box material and decorated with brilliant paint, the children are being encouraged to develop originality of design and coloring and it is forecasted that this form of instruction will be extended. There is certainly no reason why toys which are fully as good as any produced in Europe should not be manufactured in this country.

RIDDLES, j A riddle, a riddle, as i suppose, a hundred eyes and never a nose. Auswer (A cinder sifter.) I went out In the yard to get something. Picked it up, and couldn't find it; oame in the house, put my foot down, picked it up again, looked for it and found it. What was it? Answer (It was a splinter.) Fern I. Via, Sixth Grade, Monroe school.

make appropriate invitations. These are effective if written in red ink. The time and the addres may be placed in the lower corners of the card, the signature just below the verse. The cards may be cut in heart shape if desired and may be of red or pink cardboard instead of white. As the guests arrive the hostess gives to each girl a key and to each man a heart, made of water color paper, the hearts red, the keys gold. The men are told to find the keys which fit their hearts. As each heart contains a keyhole of different size, cut in the center, and only one key will fit it, this causes a deal of merriment and serves to "start things going." The partners thus determined join in a "Heart Hunt," for which tiny baskets may be provided. The hostess has previously hidden about the rooms a large number of tiny, heart shaped candies or the old fashioned "conversation lozenges" To the couple finding the largest number of these a prize is awarded. Two kewpie dolls may serve as the point prize, or heart shaped pincushions or something of that sort. A FEW GOOD GAMES Wedding ring titling is a lot of

fun. Attach a plain band ring to a string and suspend it at a height of about 5 feet from the floor. Each guest In turn is asked to stand at a given place in the room, about 10 feet from the suspended ring, and point a pencil at the center of the ring. He is then told to walk rapidly toward the ring In an effort

Coach Hopes for Better Phying The Shamrock Basket ball squad

How to Make Solid Bicycle Tires Old bicycle tire3 can be rendered

got together for the first time Sat-; n)pe an"d ineip'ensive treatment. urday and showed some speedy pas-1 Scrap rubber of almost any descripsing and was fairly good at hitting! tion is cut into small pieces, none

the basket, but bad too much foot-! larger than one-half an inch square

ball spirit. Coach Harrington says that no practice will be held until suitable weather is here, becau.se it is not good for the leather. Richard Harrington leaves the team and Liniu3 Moore takes his place. Summary: Frank Cook, Guard; Coach Harrington, Forward; Linius Moore, Center; Joe Borton, Forward; Fred Faley, F. Guard; Subs, Ryan, Jenkins, Bud Borton.

Horses Still Used in Nation's Capital In these days of transatlantic airplane flights, automobiles, and other swift features of modern transportation, a horse-drawn vehicle for the conveyance of passengers is something to make the average person look twice. There are few hacks and cabs operating in the larger cities of the United States, but in Washington, D. C, it is not uncommon to see dozens of carriages, cabs and hacks drawn up at a railway station, waiting for passengers, in competition with the gasoline-propelled taxicabs. Sightseers quite frequently choose the slower vehicles for a leisurely tour of the nation's capital.

A slit, about four inches long, is made in the tire on the side which fits on the rim, and while this Is held open by a short length of stiff wire, the bits of rubber are forced through it into the casing, and pushed as far as possible away from the opening. The hole is then closed by tying a piece of string around the tire. Another slit Is cut about 10 inches from the first,

and the same operation performed again. This is continued until the entire casing is packed with the rubber chunks, when tho strings holding the edges of the slits together are removed, and the tire placed on the wheel rim. After the bicycle is ridden a short distance, more rubber can be placed in it. This makes it practically solid. It can then be cemented to the rim A tire treated in this manner will not ride quite as easily as a pneumatic tire,- but it protects the rim from injury at slight cost.

Mournful Mail From Room No. 20 Room 20, R. II. S. Deer Ant Policy I am a brand knew fresh ie at R. II. S. and of coarse I don't no much, cordin' to the other High School kids That's what they say. I don't .flTTbeTu called rresSrtTly the high school fellers, but when it comes to havin yer ole Garfield frends callin you that too, well, It's pretty hard on a poor fellow. So when one of thoso stale Garfield ginks said, "Hello freshie," why I Jest up and said, "Don't you wish you was one?" I guess that prit nigh cuts em off. as to the ole High school smarties at say "Freshio" I jest say "Sure, I'd rather be fresh any ole day than stale. But I guess they're prety fresh them selfs, especialy in tricks. Why, ant poly, they duck you in the fountins and evon tell a feller a wrong room sometimes. Sich is life, though. Me sweetheart Is a first term junior and she even silted me for a second term JuniorShe said I had ter wait til I were a junior for I'd git her back. She cin go to the dickens, now. Well, ant Polley, I want's to ask you a queiston. I want to no if ye don't simpthannizo with me? and by ther way, ant Poley, I's goin' advise you to quit school afore you come to R. II. S. as a freshie, but I'll jist add to that, that you will ave a fine, nice Joly time if you ever does gits here, cause you'll never be a freshie al yer life. Well, ant poley, I guess I bitter close and rite again. Please excuse my spellin an my writtim cause you no that Freshies don't know no better. I hope to reman e Yours in Simpethle, FRESHIE.

Tree Seeds Are Sent to Europe The American Forestry Association turned over to the foreign consuls of Belgium, France and England 35,000,000 tree seeds at a ceremony on the Boston Common, on Jan. 15. In a hundred years from now theBe trees will be full grown and will stand as monuments to those who fell in the great war. Names for Dolls. A doll or a fluffy cat for a child should have a real name. Dolly or kitty is not enough. Nor should a common name like John or Mary serve when Penelope or Sophronisba or Alcibiades is at hand for a mouth-filler. Of course, Jane and Pete are better than hosts of Dorothys and Geoffreys. Half the fun is in learning to pronounce something new. For this reason, perhaps it is well to change a doll's name, say, every month or bo. Benjamin, Alexander, and Abijah, Hepribah, or Christopher, and Millicent, any one of these would wear well for a doll of dignity and char acter. And no doll should be burdened with more than one name at a time. How much better to have one good name, remember It, and then change it later if necessary, than to dabble with a Mary Viola Elizabeth Genevieve, or a Hector Ferdinand La Rochefoucauld Jones.

HIS LOGIC Willie Pa, buy me a pair of skates. Pa But, Willie, you need shoes worse than you need roller skates. Willie I know, but when I have my roller skates on the people can't see the boles in my shoes Detroit Free Press.

CHILDREN'S LETTERS Any child, writing a letter, may easily illustrate it, by cutting out

small pictures from an old magazine, and pasting them in the proper places on the paper. Once such a letter is written, it deserves really to be mailed, without any just prentending, for any grown-up will be glad to get it, and to send an answer by the regular postman.

A SNAKE STORY Once when my little sister had a birthday, my mamma gave a party for her. While mamma was getting ready to serve lunch, of cake, ice cream, nuts and candies, we went to Ratliff's -woods to look for spring beauties. While we was there, a big snake came near falling on me out of a big tree; We didn't stay long after that. It gave us all a scare we won't soon forget. We didn't even haave the nerve to kill it. Well this is all for this time as I am a new Junior this is my first storie, next time maybe I will do better. Martin C. Bishop.