Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 81, 14 February 1920 — Page 15

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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM The Junior Palladium is the children's section of th? Richmond Palladium, founded May 6, 1916, and issued each Saturday afternoon. ) Ucijo and Kirls are invited to be reporters and contributors. News J?T . ' -Maiij "want" advertisements, storie?, local joke3 and rigina. poem77r-e acrr be ""S1;, Mtl It be written plainly and on one side of i, with the author . name nd age signed. Aunt Polly is always glad to l""" tonally as ihey bring their articles f Tlie Palladium om. , ceive letters addressed to the Junior Editor. This is ycur little newspaper and we hope each boy and girl will use it thoroughly.

SKI JUMPING FURNISHES THRILLS AND A WONDERFUL VIEW OF WINTER SCENERY

The All Round Girl

Red Cheeks end Pep

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BOB SLEDS

AND HAY RACKS.

V.y Mollie I'rice Cook Grandmother looked out of the window at the heavily fallen snow. "It's a fine time for a bob sled ride," she said. ' When I was a girl we had sleighing parties all winter long.' The girls thought over grandmother's suggestion and decided to give an up-to-date, old-fashioned sleighing party. First they wont to a livery stable and hired a big bob sleigh with seats along both sides. The livery man said they could have two teams of horses. The girls figured that by taxing each guest and securing a small donation from their parents they could meet expenses. Three of the girls' mothers offered to furnish doughnuts, apples and cocoa. Everybody was warned to bundle up in the warmest dress to be found. They all met at one place

slrlghbells so the finding of the boils and the happy songs of the girls attracted the attention of everyone. They rode into the country and back, and just, a minute before they were all stiff with cold, they were deposited on Mable Lane's doorstep. Mable's mother received them and soon thawed thorn out with hot cocoa, fresh doufthnuts, and juicy apples. The girls said that Hip sleigh rido was the best sport of the whole year.

and piled into the waiting sleigh. The harness was covered with

EXCHANGE COLUMN Ooen to All Bov and ftlrla.

These Ada Cost You Nothing; 1 Send In Your "Wants" to The

Palladium Junior.

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.

A HAY RACK RIDE. Girls in warmer climates where

! there is no snow, will find it fun j to rent a hay rack instead of a i boh sled Thev all wear broad-

brimmed hats and gingham aprons to look like farmerettes, and one or two of the girls dress in overalls to play farmer The girls plan refreshments to suit the time and place. A "wiener roast" is always fun, if arrangements can be made at some picnic for a fire. A hay rack can be the source

of much merriment the amount or sport depending upon the ingeunity of the girls who lay the plans. Do not miss a sleigh ride this winter, you girls in the North, and don't forget the fun of a hay rack ride, you girls of the South or you'll go down in the history of girlhood as a never-did-it-wall flower!

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 SAI : - One 110 volte alternative i '.ac motor, two speed, one Linael Battery motor, one tel

egraph 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 for a club. Training is given too. Leoline K. 915 North G. Street.

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.

FOR TRADE One pair of ice ekates No. 6, for 2 White Leghorn hens. Call Howard Brooks, East Haven, Roscoe street.

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 Thone 1984.

GOOD ROADS AND MUD. By H. S. Alexander "Well boy, we're stuck." The farmer with whom Hunting Eye was riding climbed off his wagon, and took hold of a wheel. The Indian boy jumped down and, between the two of them, they helped the team pull the wagon out of the hole. "That's a rot ton road," said the farmer, as they started on, "the commissioners ought to see to fixing it." "Why are the commissioners supposed to take care of the road?" "Originally roads were private. Each person made and kept up his own just as he wanted them. But soon the state took over this work because it saw a better system of roads could be worked out that way than by allowing each person to make his own. i.vt firmntv uRiiallv takes

AUV lilt- v."--.? - care of the roads. The county com- ..! ,vonl'v rioririe when

missiouvio uouui. j new roads are to be laid out; old roads changed, or important lm-

provements maae m m-"' paving, etc. The ordinary upkeep and repair of the roads is usually under the control of Road Supervisors, one for each township, either elected by the people of the township or appointed by the township trustees or the county commissioners. . "These Supervisors either hue men to keep the roads in good repair, or require each man in the township to work on the roads for a Trta Z length of time each year. Of course this method of doing the work vSes in dWer Btates Jut Hailv it is done about as l nave

described." Q

"Why is uhs roitu B much bettor than the om where w?.i.0.1 ?"5kr... a. The state

sm'eZerhei; 'the Seir:s-M fhe money required to build this road on condition that the counties Y.ia ratcA the other half.

r, tio state bears all or

the expense of improving a road.

"Many roaas me ya wise improved by private organienma ctntn or COUntV

help The Lincoln Highway, the Dixie Highway, the Yellowstone Trail, and the Old National Pike hined work

wt-ie uuul j j of private persons and the govern

ment.

it iisp.i1 to he that vol could get

only books for good boys and girls; now you can get good books for boys and girls. ,

Ralph Whithall winning the jumprg contest at Saranac Lake.

The photo above gives some idea of the thrills that accompany the

winter sport of ski jumping. Ralph Whithall of Montreal is shown winning the ski jumping event at the recent carnival at Saranac Lake. His sensation is akin to that of flying as he leaves the "take off" on his jump down the hillside. The huge crowd can be seen at the sides of the runway below him watching his jump. In front of him lay Lake Pontiac,

the city, and, in the distance, the snow-clad Adirondacks.

Study Problems Jjjj Solved

y Ircnp Ctevt's Francis' W. XJarker School

A group of children wrote about vacation experiences. Henry described an unexpected night-out-of-doors. Do pictured some Indian guides whorae he watched packing

"duffle into canoes. neien reI membered a withered old woman, who peered from her door at their i noisy picnic party. Lois wrote 1 about a horseback ride at night. Every one, you see, selected an ex- ! perience that was vivid in his or j her mind. Here is part of Lois's story. You ' will find that in twelve places she tells you what reached her sense of sight: in seven places, what ap- : pealed to her hearing. She gives you the odor of the night the feel- ' ing of the cold air on her face. The more senses she could appeal to, she knew, the more successfully she I could make her reader feel that . night ride as she felt it. j When you have to write your next theme or story, remember ; these two principals that Lois apI plied. First, write about something you know, and second, appeal

to your readers senses. Lois's Story The cold, dewy grass looked strange in the faint starlight, as I crossed the meadows to the barn

to saddle my horse. I could hear the sounds of the night, indistince, indefinable; I could see the shadows; and both sounds and shadows set my pulse a-tingle. The pines stood dark and cold across the dreary river. The road stretched in silence before me. As I rode off into the darkness, the trees on either hand stood like great straight giants. The stars twinkled. There was a sweet smell of clover. Away I galloped, the cool night breeze blowine mv hair. The constant

roar and splash of the waterfall

came to my ears tnrougn me ueep, Kilent nicht Thft air felt crisn. the

black road gave back the solemn thud of my horse's hoofs. The absence of the moon gave every

thing a dreary, fearful look. I

raced with the wind. The cold

night air whistling past me. I saw the trees standing back against the sky ahead. The road flew underneath me. I heard the water rush past me. My pony galloped over the wooden bridge. A flickering candle light in a window told me somebody had heard me. Copywriglit. 1920, by J. H. Millar

ADELIA BELLE BEARD Miss Adelia Helle Beard, who writes the "Woodcraft" and "Nature Study" articles that you read here each week is National Secre

tary of the Girl Pioneers of America.. Miss Beard and her sister, Miss Lina Beard, have written a number of outdoor books known and re-ad by American girls everywhere. "On the trail," "The American Girls' Handy Book," "Mother Nature's Tov Shop," "Recreation for Gorls." "What a Girl Can Make and Do," "Things Worth Doing and How to Io Them" you have likely read some of these. Miss Beard is a sister of Dan Beard, the famous pioneer Boy Scout. f

For Girls to Make

Homecraft

STCCILlNG,YOUR CURTAINS I5y Carolyn Slicrwtn liallny Your own room, dainty and beautiful with the furniture you decorated, may have stenciled curtains to match. The same stencil design of flowers or fruits that you used for tiie chairs and table will be attractive for the curtains. Usa heavy, unbleached cotton, cheesecloth, or scrim. These materials "nl veil, and make good wear-

Miw- - ing eurtauia. . First Step - Lay a large piece of blotting paper on a board, and over this the edge or the corner of the curtain that you are going to stencil. The stencil pattern should then be pinned to these about half an inch from the hem. Then test your oil colors on an old piece of cloth. Tho paint should be as thin as possible to give the right color, so you may need to mix turpentine with it. An old cup may hold each color, end you should have short, bristle brushes, one for each color. Putting on the Colors Once you learn the process of si en ciling, you can do it very well. Use as little paint on the brush as possible and dab the brush on the cloth that shows through the hole3 of the pattern, working from the edge.i of the design toward the center As you remove the stencil to pin it farther along, hold the curtain up to tho light to see if the color is right. Wipe off the pins before using them aain, and be sure that

the edges of the stencil are clean of paint before you fasten it on for the next strip of the desig. Finishing Touches Be sure not to hold the curtains until the stenciling is thoroughly dry. If your colors are not too

thick, the curtains may be washed with the care given to ordinary colored ones. The hem3 may be done in hemstitching and a stenciled valance at the top o fthe window will add ever so much to them. If you did your furniture in yellow the curtains may be decorated with stenciled nasturtiumns in yellows and orange. A blue room needs roses on the curtains, and green painted furniture is attractive with a design of violets that is repeated in the hangings. Doesn't this sound like your best-of-all craft work? And the nicest part about it is that stenciling is so easy. Copywriglit, 1920. by J. II. Millar

TWO GIRLS AND HISTORY There were two little girls who studied history. Ono read each lesson out loud five times. She hated her history. The other read each lesson once, but she put her whole self into the work. She imagined she was living and doing the same thrilling things she read about. When she read about the fleet of ships that Columbus had she took her scissors and cut out boats that looked like his and laid them down where they could sail across her table just as if it were an ocean. When she read about the pilgrim fathers and their log cabins she built one of the cabins from the long blocks her brother had. This girl liked history very much indeed; and, was it strange that she got much better grades?

CAN WE MAKE IT BETTER This is your newspaper. The only thing that the Junior Editor cares about is to make this miniture newspaper exactly what all the boys and girls who read it think it should be. Write us your ideas. May be you

can tell us how to make this quar-j ter page still better. If so, we willj be ever so much obliged to you.

COUNTING THE PIGS A farmer who had twenty pigs, one day sent his little boy out to count them and see if they were ail there. The little boy came back slowly, with a puzzled look on his face. "Well," said his father, "are they all right?" "I counted nineteen; but there was one litU fellow that ran about so fast, I wasn't able to count him. .