Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 136, 17 April 1920 — Page 14

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i i THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, ArRlL 17, 1020

nTHE'WlSHINGlSIlM I J. B M Willi s Winter SjtSCv;lJ3

You remember, one of the roa dona why Jack and Jane and their friends hurried to Peking was because they wanted to get the mall from mother and father back home in Make Believe town and from the other folks who had been writ ing to them during the trip. So as Boon as he could after the airplane, landed them in Peking, Cantaln Brave left tho children .and Laclydear long enough to go fir the U. S. consul s office, where lieTsau io'i ?ve.ryone to send their letters. .. Had Jack and Jane Swn- hat news one of those letters carrltf r the one from mother and father they wouldn't have been quite bo content to spend their time watching the Chinese folk on the street and visiting the Chinese stores while the captain went for the mail. As it was, Jack and Jane were very much interested in the Chinese stores, the storekeepers and their money. Such queer money. The coins, which are used like our pennies and nickels, were round like our money, but la the center of each was a square hole. The Chinese merchants kept their mon ey on strings. And then when

Ladydear bought some trinkets, j ter from the war department which the children found that ten cents i tells me I must be home inside of of our money was equal to a whole - two weeks to take charge of the pocketful of the Chinese coins. flying school. We would have had Jack and Jane and Ladydear to have started home in a few were waiting in their room at the days, anyhow." hotel when Captain Brave returned I This drove away the last cloud with the letters and handed them of disappointment that still linsrerto Ladydear to read Of course. led with Jack and Jane, and the Ladydear opened tirst the one from ! next thine Larlv,w un

mother and father. And what do you suppose It said? Mother had wuucu ji auu ik Bdtu Dumciu.Ua like this: "My Own Dear Little Children: "I just know you are still having the grandest time In the world. You couldn't help having a good time with such wonderful friends as Ladydear and Captain Brave. 1 know, too, that you are dreading the time when you -have to come back to Make Believe town where ! you had such a hard time trying to play because there wasn't anyone to play with. But mother thinks you had better come home now. "And mother and father have such a wonderful surprise for you, when you do arrive, that you'll forYoung Citizens Adventures HUNTING EYE MEETS COASTGUARD Francis Rolt-WTieeler Seeing everyone running. Hunting Eye ran, too, and came to the beach. The wind was blowing in strong gusts, whipping up the spray, bo that it was hard to see S clearly. A little way from shore a ship was stranded, heeling over. Hunting Eye, with his keen sight, could see people on the ship's decks. "If we conld only get a line to them!" said a bystander. "What's a line?" asked Hunting Eye, "Why, Bhoot a thick string over the ship, keeping one end here. They would pull the string, then we could tie a thick string on the end of that, then a fhin rope" find at last a big rope. With that we can fix a way to pull the people ashore." "I can shoot the string," said Hunting Eye. He stepped forward to the very edge of the surf, fastened the end of a piece of twine to his arrow, and shot. The arrow went bravely, but dropped in the sea not even an eighth of the way to the vessel. "You need something stronger than that, my boy," said the bystander. "Here comes the Lyle gun, now!" As he spoke the Coast Guard crew came running up with the ap-1 Daratus cart The short heavy eunl was put on the sand and aimed. Another coast guardsman saw that! the line was clear in the faking box. "Fire!" The shot with the line attached shot clear over the ship, a heavy line was attached, and everybody cheered. There was still to be done the dangerous work of getting them ashore. ,

get all about the rest of the trip you may have missed." At first Jack and Jane were so startled at mother's letter that they couldn't speak. And then as you probably have surmised, both of them felt the big tears filling their eyes and then dropping down their cheeks. Next they just naturally burst right out crying and had what mother would call a "good cry." I know you won't blame them, either. I've cried like that, too, when I was a little tot, and so have you when something has disappointed you. Cut they didn't cry long. Tretty soon Stopped and said: "What in the world CuZ e surprise be, Ladydear?" - "Can't you tell us?" asked JaclT. "If I told you I'm afraid it would not be a surprise for you when you got home. So you must wait. I'm sure that mother knows the

surprise will more than make up for your tears now and we wouldn't want to spoil the pleasure she has j had in arranging the surprise for you. "And I wouldn't feel badly because your trip has been short ened oy tne letter, either," said ! t aptain Brave. "For I hav a lot ' were telling her as fast as thev could all the things they were goiuS 10 uii motner the first minute they arrived in Make Believe town. (Copyright, 1920). What the Birds Do For Us The bird3 help us bv eatinir iho insects and worms that eat th trees and gardens. They eat the insects and worms off of the cherries and sometimes they eat tome c-nerries, Dut they do not mi vp, many. I think we ought to let the ! uirus nave all the cherries want. Mildred Fox, 3A. they The birds eat the insects and worms out of the gardens, if Wp didn't have the birds the things couldn't grow very long because the worms and insects wouJd eat big holes in the things in the garden. So since the birds help us, I think It is time I was helping the birds. We should put strings and crumbs cut for the birds Ruth Allen, 4A. How We Can Help the Birds We can feed the birds bread crumbs. They like corn and wheat, too. Do not let the cats climb th trees. I like the robins. They do not harm me. They like the worms. Ethel Phillips, 4A. We can put some crumbs out on the porch and watch to keep the cats away. Put some tin around the tree and that will keep the cats down. Louis Schwab, 3A. We can help the birds by throwing out crumbs for them. Keep the boys from shooting them. Put a bell around the cat's neck, and keep the cat in until after break- ... r,... .: .... ium. rui iiu uruuuu uie iree trunk, not down at the foot, but just below the branches. Myrtle Wharf, 4A. If the little baby birds fall out of the nest, put them back. You must put a piece of tin around the tree so the cats cannot climb up the tree and get the little birds. Watch the cats. If the robins eat some cherries, don't shoot them lf a bird j3 nurt care of it Last winter we found a robin and a blue bird with a broken wing. We took them in the house and took care of them till they could fly. Beverly Ford, 4B. To protect the birds, we must put a piece of tin around the tree so that the cat cannot climb it. ir the nest is on a pole you should do the same as if it was in a tree. - T T, .. . 111 Early in the season put up a bird

house. Do not make the hole too!ran toward us, shouting. As they

big or the big birds will get in and!

kill the little ones. As soon as!weaDOns- Tney also wore great

the birds come put out food for them. Out of a big blank of tin cut a round circle. Tack it around I

the tree to keep -the cats away. , aether. We had a battle and were Do not let your cat out before : defeated. We tried again and capbreakfast or while it is hungry. tured some of them and also got Dale WiUiams, 4A, Jo:-eph Mooro tne bracelets you see me wearing, school. i As we were not strong enough to

The Story Of the Golden San Crown This story won third prize in contest B of the Junior Palladium Story Writing Contest. Once three brothers were traveling along a dusty road. They had very funny names. One was named Grosele, another Grorane, and sliil another Grote. These brothers were seeking for the Island with the golden sun crown in the middle. After much traveling they came to a fork in the road. Three roads turned out of this fork. Grosele took tiio road that led away to tho east. Grote took the road leading west. Gro rane took the road leading south. They did not know that all three roads met again at a certain place. They each traveled their way and ail soon met again. Then they went on together. Ait?' talking a very long way Grote and GroT found ut tliat their brother had disapT?41 from. sight. They went on talking of

how they would divide the crown ! in halfs Instead of thirds and of how much richer they would be. At last they came to the end of the road, for the road suddenly ran off into the ocean. This was the ocean on which an island was once located by a very bad person. W'hen Grosele ran away from his brothers he was trying to find the Sun crown on a different road. He saw an Island and had rowed over to it in a small boat. He saw a cave on the Island and went in. He found a pearl as large as his arm but not as long. He took it out and was going to start back with it when he found that his boat had floated away. He did not know that the real cause was the pearls. After roaming about for three hours he found a piece of gold that glittered like the sun itself. He had found it by a high pointed golden wall. j He tried to think of what the wall j could be. He remembered then I what ho had been hunting for and realized that he had found the Sun crown on the lost island. He lived on the Island until he died, but never heard of his brothers again. The two brothers had thought that they would find the Sun crown and have it all to themselves. Instead they found nothing and Grosele found all. His house was made out of the golden crown. His furniture was made of the same gold. He lived a quiet but happy life in his golden crown house. Hilda Marie Ashley, Grade 5-A. In the Heart of the Jangle This story won second place in Contest B of the Junior Palladium. Story Writing Contest. Long ago in Africa, lived a little boy. His name wa3 Jumbo. His father was th chief of the tribe. He lived in a hut made of branches with a thatched roof. For a bed, he had skins of animals. There was a very old man in the tribe whose name was Wazari. This old men would tell Jumbo the stories and legends of the tribe. One day Jumbo went to Wazari's hut to hear a story. This is the way it ran: Many, many years ago. when I was a young man, we went on a hunting trip. We traveled for r,'D V,T I mountain. We wanted to know rv n n ri n ito till mmm i j. .uof . . , . , . r,LM !? 2lh" slde A .we went higher it got colder. Finally we ran out of food and had to U3e the snow to drink. At last we came to the top. We looked about for a place to spend the night. As we were walking around a large pillar of rock, we saw a cave. We passed into it and found it to be very large. We laid down and slept until morning. In the morning we came out of the cave and looked across the plain. There we saw a great city, built of stone. It had massive waus around it. As we went down the mountain, we found food, so we stopped at a spring of fresh water and ate. After we had eaten we went on down the mountain to the plain. We went on toward the .city. As we came near, we saw a gate open and out marched great numbers of men. They came on, we saw they carried bands of the yellow metal upon their arms and legs. They came on and on and finally we came to-

take the city we came back to our own village, and never returned. Jumbo went out of the hut wishing that he could go to the ruined city. Ho went home and told his father about it and asked if he could go there. His father laughed at him and said ho was not old enough. lie told. Jumbo to wait till he was a man then he could take some varriors and go. Several years passed, and Jumbo became a big strong man. His father said he could go in a few days. Jumbo went to Wazari to learn the way. Wazari told him, and Jumbo went, to his hut (for he had one of his own now.) The next day was spent in choosing the warriors for the trip. He chose about fifty very strong oner In two days they started. They went through the jungle for about five days. Then they came to a wide, muddy river. , They fol

lowed the river for about twenty days. The farther they went the srilaller it got. Finally they came to the creat mountain. They climbed it aim sbou.t-.ha1f t,ie wny up they found the source of the river In a little spring. They went on and finally crossed it. As they stood on the other side, they saw the city across the plains. They marched toward it. There was no sign of life about. They walked around the wall to find an opening to go through. They walked almost around the wall without seeing an entrance. Then they came to a hole about two feet square. Jumbo and his warriors crawled through it and found themselves in a large open court. They walked across it, still seeing no signs of life. They came to a passage. They passed through this into a covered room. All tho time they heard strange unearthly sounds around them. Finally the warriors got so frightened that they would go no farther. So Jumbo sent them back and proceeded alone. He passed through many rooms. Finally he came to a closed door. He opened it but it was so dark inside that he could see nothing. He wanted to run but his curiosity overcame him and he went in. In stantly he was seized from all! j sides. He was powerless in the dark, and was soon made prisoner He was dragged off and put in another dark room. Then they un bound him, and locked the door. He knew that he could not break down the door they had brought him in by, so he started to feel for another one. In a little while, his search was rewarded, and he came to a door. He pushed on it, and it opened. He found himself in a small passage. He saw a faint light far off and hastened toward it. In a few minutes he came to it and found it opened onto the plain. He went out and found it was night but the moon was shining. Far away he saw a fire. He ran toward it and reached it in about an hour. He found it was his warriors. They welcomed him joyously. The next morning they set out for the village. They reached there in about a month. They never returned to the city and it has long since been forgottenMaurice Krahl, 6A grade, Cambridge City, Ind., age 11 years. WHY WE SHOULD NOT DISTURB BIRDS' NESTS We should not disturb birds' nests because sometimes there are mother birds in it with their little ones. The little birds are so small that when they fall they are sure to die. Once there were two birds that came from the south to build their nest here. They built their nest in our tree. The nest was made of string and hair. The mother bird sat in the nest all the time. She was setting on some eggs. One day we heard the birds just singing. Then we saw some little birds in the nest. They had not learned to fly when some boy looked in the nest and saw them. Then one day when no one was around he climbed the tree and took the nest down. The mother and father birds were not there, so he killed the little birds and took the nest away. When the mother and father bird found it out they were very sad. Lorraine Clark, 6-B Grade, gtarr School. It is always a characteristic of a lazy chap that he can plan a busy tomorrow. Youth's Companion,

Wild tire of Forest and Field

TADPOLES WITH WINGS Francis Holt-Wheeler "Ever see a tadpole with w ings?" Hugh looked suspiciously at his chum, expecting a catch. "No, honest," Jack assented, "I found one here this morning, just a little bit of a one. But he had .sure-enough wings sticking out just behind his head." "Aw! Where iV, you find him?" This, increduously. "Right here! In this pond!" "Find another, if you can," chaffed Hugh. "First thing you know, you'll be talking about a sparrow with fins!" Jack was nettled at his chum's tone, but he didn't want to argue about it, so he stooped down and rummaged among the weeds at the edge of the pond, scanning closely tne scummy water he scooped up. Presently he gave a shout: "I've got another!" And, in his hand, Jack triumphantly showed a tiny tadpole, not more than half an inch long, but with four feather-like extensions slicking out just as Jack had said behind his head. "Those aren't wings, they're gifls, and gills are the lungs of fishes," laughed Hugh. "I know 'cause when I was down in Mexico ! with Uncle Harry I saw lots of beg gars like that, only they were six to eight inches long. They call them axolotls down there. I didn't know frogs had them, thou.gh." "Let's see if I call tind another," suggested Jack. And, more used to looking for them, the two boys found that every single one of the very young tadpoles had these external gills, though they lost them when they got io the big-headed, flat-tailed stage. "Imagine having one's lungs sticking out like that!" commented Jack. "It would be queer," Hugh agreed. The unsightly ruins left after a big fire in Catskill, N. Y., were such an eyesore that the Boy Scouts of Troop No. 1 cleaned up the place as a "good turn" for their city. Little Fred When Miss Nexdor got married her mother threw an old slipper after her. Wot was that for? Little Ethel Oh, they always do that. It means her mamma isn't never goin' to spank her any more. Sopha "How many subjects are you carrying:" Fresh "I'm carrying one and dragging three." In Wooster, O., some high school irls organized a mysterious secret society known as "D. L. T. L." What did those letters mean? One mother guessed "Do Little, Talk lots." She was right. The result of the examinations conducted by Uncle Sam to see what men were physically fit for his service was that the number of registrants from the country that were rejected was almost exactly equal to the number of registrants rejected who lived in the city. "Girls of the Victory school Club have a slogan 'no slang." I wonder if any of the girls have said anything," says a young contributor of the School British Whig, Kingstown, Ontario. FOR SALE A good, gentle pony, harness and saddle; will sell reasonable if sold soon. Inquire of Clarence Jones, 1 mile south, 1 mile west of Crete, Indiana, or write same person, addressed to Lynn, Ind., R. R. No. 4.

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