Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 111, 20 March 1920 — Page 15

tiif: Richmond ialladium, Saturday, march 20, 1920

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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM The Junior Palladium is the children's section of tho Richmond Palladium, founded May C, 191(1, and issued each Saturday afternoon. All boys and girls are invited to be reporters and contributors. News Items, Eonai tViX "wt" advertisements, s'oriea, local jokes and originai poems are acceptable aii Cll be tmUliih.ed. Articles should he written plainly and on one Bide of the paper, will the au!i!?r'A U2ra0 ind age ijgned. Aunt Polly is always glad to men the children perlonally as they bring their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to the Junior Editor. This is your little newspaper and we hope each boy and girl will use it thoroughly.

Young Citizens i rvf Adventures - r a 1 . r z j THE CONSTITUTION I!y U. S. Alexunilor "Are you thinking of making a new Constitution, Sonny?" asked the Professor as he came up where the little Indian boy was looking at a bit of sculpture chiseled in the wall. "No, sir, I don't know what a coast it ut ion is." "Well, jou know laws are rules for men to live by. You might Bay without stretching it that constitutions are rules for governments to live by. 'A constitution usually does three things. In the first place, it lays down the foundation or framework of the government. If you can think of the state as a body, you would not be far wrong in calling the constitution the skeleton. It sets up the legislature and the executive and perscribes the powers to each. "In the second place, it defines the powers of the government it has set up. It says what the government can and can not do. There are certain things which the people do not wish the government ever to do and there are certain other things they wish to be very sure that it can and will do. So they put these things into the constitution. Our federal constitution lays

"Trot Along" Aids Tinv Choppers

A juvenile shopper and her "trot along." This cute little shopping basket on wheels has made its appearance in London. It can be pulled along easily by a small child and will hold all that mother ordinarily wants from the store. A cover on the basket prevents the tiny shopper from losing any articles enroute home. It has been named, very appropriately, the "trot along."

down those powers that belong to the national government, those that belong to the state government, and those which neither can exercise. A law passed by the legislature which is contrary to the constitution or exceeds the power given the government by the constitution is not a law at all. It can not be enforced." "Who says whether a law is contrary to the constitution or not?' "The court decides that. You see the constitution is a form of law. It is the fundamental law and thus superior to ordinary laws. Hence it is the duly of the courts to say what the constitution means as well as the ordinary laws. "lu the third place, a constitution usually contains Borne laws which the people are afraid the legislature might repeal if they were only ordinary laws. "How are constitutions made?" "They are made by conventions the members of which are elected by the people." Copyright, 1!20. by J. II. Millar

BIRO CLUB IN WASHINGTON STATE A strong boys' bird club has been organized in Aberdeen, Washington, under the direction of Miss Hazel Benin, assistant librarian in the public library of that place, place. The boys call the club the "B. B. Club," the initials of a secret name, They also have a secret pass sign, and have as their symbol a bird with a human face. They meet at the library twice a month, every other meeting having a program, the other being for business. Papers are read in their study meetings. Hikes and the building of bild houses also forms part of the work of the club. All "Slackers" those who do not want to seriously study birds are dropped from the club. IT IS RUMORED We can't believe quite all we're told, But we have heard it said That sheep when sleeping in their fold Had the first folding bed.

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and Field EARLY BIRDS ry Ad'-lla Helle Heard There are always wide awake boys and girls who see the first "1"? early as the last week in February, but m CHr northern states this is not apt to happen and there is some doubt about February Robin having just arrived because he miiy have been here all winter. You never can tell. A few Robins do stay with us through the winter and they will show themselves the first warm, sunny day though snow may be on t lie ground. But they surely begin to come up from the south the first weeks in March. The Bluebirds come, too, close in the wake of the Robins and are sometimes given cold welcome by a March snowstorm and wintry winds. It is well to put out food for them, for they often starve because everything is snow and ice bound and they can find nothing to' eat. I After the Bluebird the Bronzed Crackle makes his appearance and. in the south the Purple Crackle. The Purple Crackles are found in some places in the north, too. They are plentiful on Long Island and appear in flocks walking about lawns and parks in a leisure fashion as though they owned it all. Look for the Song Sparrow next. He will come bringing all his happy-hearted cheerfulness with him singing his gay, little song. He is j not much to look at, but the bong Sparrow fills a big place in bird life because of his sweet song and never-failing cheerfullness. Then the Red -Winged Blackbird THE MEADOWLAKK ANNOUNCES YEArM" AND WE, BELIEVE. HIM' may be found down by the marshes, and a little later the Meadowlark. will pipe up to tell everyone the glad news that spring is here. The very welcome Phoebe and most unwelcome Cowbird will follow, and afterward the beautiful Cedar Waxwing, the Purple Finch, and the sweet voiced Vesper Sparrow will appear. These birds come in March; April brings many more; and by the end of May all the birds will have come back. If you will keep a Bird Calendar and write down the names of the birds as you see them, the dates and the localities, you will find it unusually interesting. Copyright. 1920, by J. II. Millar A SNOWMAN WHO WAS POLITE Once a little boy came from school with his (log. had snow on themselves. NOT home Thev They had to go to bed while their clothes were drying. The little bov did not want to. so he began to cry. When the! clothes got dry he put them on and went out again, he got a snow ball and made a snow man. That night some girls came and stumbled over the snow man. He never made any more snow men and set them in the street. -Virginia Long, 3A Grade, Baxter. . WORK HARD Jim and Ruth were lazy children. They wanted to play instead of working. Mother caid if Jim would clean off the sidewalk, bring in wood and coal and run errands, and if Ruth would set the table, do the dishes and help with the housework, she would give them a quarter a week. They said they would. So they worked hard and soon earned money. They were never lazy after that.-Agnes Huber, 6B Grade Age 1L

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Story of A Band Of Bad Boys There was once a band of bad boys that wandered about the streets at night. These boys' names are Floyd, Lester, Howard, Kenneth, Harry, Donald, and Wilber. They often got into mischief In the same city lived a good boy named Glen. He did not go out at night or evoning unless he vras scfii Tor an e.THUd, One day when Glen was going up town lor an errand. He met the bad boys. They wanted Glen to go with them but he didn't want to. So the bad boys begged him so hard that he wentwith them By this time Glen had forgotten he was going for an errand. The boys walked around until they could find some mischief. They found some pears that looked good. The bad boys did not want to go and get them. So they told Glen to get the pears. Glen got over the fence and when he was getting back over the fence the folks that owned the poars came out of doors and saw Glen. When he was getting back over the fence he fell back and the other boys ran away and left Glen there. When Glen fell back he broke his arm. He had to be carried home by the people who owned the pears. The people knew the boys and told the policeman. He punished the boys. When Glen was well enough to go out the policeman told him ho would have to be punished. One day the boys came back to see how Glen was getting along, lie was getting along all right. The Policeman's name is Mr. Marvin Rinehart. When Glen got well enough to go out the policeman punished Glen. He made Glen stay in a house and didn't get to do anything. He stayed in there for two weeks. When the two weeks was up Glen went out for

an errand. His mother gave him a nickle to get some candy if he wanted to. When he was going in to a store the boys called to him and said "Let's go out and see the dipper tonight." Glen said "all right." At milnight they got up and called to Glen. Glen got up and went down stairs easy, but his mother heard him and said, "What are you going to do." I am getting a drink. He got a drink and went out of doors. The boys saw the dipper and then were going to try to break in a store. They went out and got in a window and got some candy and some chewing gum. The next morning when the clerks went in they saw the window was open and some one got it. The clerks told the policeman and he saw some one in there and heard them talk. Ifr sounded like Glen and Wilbur. The policeman saw the boys oil the street all alone. The policeman talked to the

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boys and said. Which one got into the store?" Tho boys said that Glen got iu the store and got the things. "How did you get in Glen?" said the policeman. Glen said, "tho boys helped nie in." The boys said, "we did not get in we stayed outside. But you told Glen to go in and get the things, didn't you. "Yes," said the boys, "Well then" said the policeman, "you must be punished with Glen." And they , were punished hard. Ruth Nis- ; onger, age 11, Dist. No. 7, Butter Township, O. j

PERSONALS Edwin Taggart has been absent from Garfield School this week on account of illness. Miriam Dilks, of South West 2nd street, who suffered a broken arm about two weeks ago, is lmprovRobert Snyder has returned to Joseph Moore School after a weeks absence. He has been HI at his home, Girt National Road West. RIDDLES 1. I went over the bridge but yet went under. Betty Jane Haet Finley school. 2. What was Joan of Arc made of.? Ruth Smith, White School. 3. When is a baby not a baby? 4. Why is a mouse like grass. Note. Dear Ruth you say you have some more riddles. Send them in. We will be glad to get them. ED. Answers will appear In next week's Junior. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S RIDDLES 1. Childrens' names Ella, Blanche, Pauline, Dorothy, Mildred, Ellamay, Josephine, Robert, Mary, Ruth, Elizabeth, Helen, John Dora, Anna. Agnes Elliott. 2. A hedgehog. Fern Via. 3. Ice. 4. Head on one side and tail on the other. SITTING BULL HAD WONDERFUL TOUCH Two boys were discusing which had the noblest blood in him. First Boy "The King of England struck my grandfather on the shoulder with a scepter and made him a noble." Cecond Boy "That's nothing. Do you know about Sitting Bull?" First Boy 'yes, what about him ? Seconb Boy "Well, he struck my grandfather on the head with a tomahawk and made him an angel." Exchange OUGHT TO BE CAGED Teacher "Johnny, give a deflation for equator." Johnny "It's a managery lioi running around the earth." Exchange