Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 142, 24 April 1920 — Page 15
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1920
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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM The Junior Palladium is the children's' section of ths Richmond Palladium, founded May C, 1916, and issued each Saturday afternoon. All boys and girls are invited lo be report era and contributors New Items, social events, "want" advertisements, s'ories, loal jokes and original poerns are acceptable and will be published Articles should be written plainly and on one. side of the papei, with the author's narao Jtnd age sjgiied. Aunt Polly is always glad to meet the children pertonally they bring their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addresifS to the Junior KM or. This is your little newspaper and we hope each boy am" ;!:'J v, ill usre U iho'oughly.
AUNT POLLY'S LETTER.
Dear Juniors: Wouldn't you like to see a real fur sure fairy? I would. I have always wanted to. Hut we are told we can nee results of fairy visits, at least. And the first of May is just the time for fairies! For a long tin: even way back to the time of the fine old Rmians, May Day or something like it was celebrated as a feast to flowers and sunshine and all the other happy things that return in especially gay mood in the springtime. Thenglish people of all the little town:-! and villages made merry on the first of May for many years, dancing gayly around May Poles decorated with flowers and ribbons and having a splendid holiday. The fairest maid of the village was named Queen of the May. Then the stern old Puritans got an idea it was a very wrong thing to be so gay and happy and beautiful and ordered all the May Poles taken down. Since then, though, the people have set them up again in many places. Usually just the ordinary folks like you and me took part in these merry village celebrations, paying their glad homage to Queen Spring, but one time at least, we learn that even the court dared to leave it3 royal halls and go .i-Maying early in the morning, too! Yes, Henry VIII and his queen, Catharine of Aragon, and all the rest of the court of England at that time went early in the morning to gather hawthorn branches and new spring flowers. The story goes that fairies like to be out real, real early in the morning of the first day of May and weave charms for all who seek them with happy hearts. One charm is that whoever bathes her (boys never do, I guess) face in the clear dew on May Day will be beautiful ever after. And here I'll tell you a secret. One May day several years ago some of us got up at four o'clock in the morning and covered our faces with dew -but alas, for some reason or other the charm failed. Here is an old song written before the year 1635 which Queen Mab of the fairies probably sings to all her loyal fairy subjects early on May Day morning: "Come follow, follow me, You fairy elves that be; Which circle on the greene, Come follow Mab, your queene. Hand In hand let's dance around, For this place is fairy ground. "On tops of dewie grasse So nimbly do we passe; The young and tender sta'k Ne'er bends when we do walk; Yet in the morning may be seen Where we the night before have been.'' If any of you happen to see fairies next Saturday morning, write me aboil it. AUNT POLLY.
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WANT ADS WANTED To buy a girl's bicycle. Must be in good repair and cheap. Call at Hawekotte's grocery, 1611 Main street. LOST Child's pocket book con
taining black beads. Phone 1366. j
LOST Cray cap on Main street, between Third and Eighth. Return to John Denn, 422 Tearl street.
Who's the Best Fish? The program for the Internation- .! Tournament of Swimming which vill be held at the local Y buildng from April 15 to 30 includes m interesting variety of ways in .vhich the Juniors of the Y will be ested for their ability in this sport. All boys under eighteen years of .ige who are members of the Y. M. C. A. may take part. The results of this local contest are sent to New York city to the Y headquarters there, where they are compared with results on the same vents sent in from other assoeiaions all over the United States tnd the winners of these events vill thus be judged. The program is as follows: 20-yard towing Towing a boy vithin 10 pounds of your own weight 25 yard On back using frog kick only, no assistance from hands or arms. 40 yard Any stroke. 200 yard Any stroke. Under water swim Swim 10 yards, pick up ten pound sack, lift sack above surface, drop sack and return to starting point. Ability will be recorded in the usual way of counting points. Contestants for this tourney swam Thursday evening from 6 to
10 o'clock. The next date set for
swimming in this contest is Mon day afternoon at 3:30.
You'll never have dollars if ou lose sight of the dimes.
"ALICE" THE FAVORITE IN NEW YORK "Alice in Wonderland" in her theatre dress (the piay arrange
ment of the popular book) was pre
sented several afternoons last Little Theatre in New
York city. Professionals now apnoarinp nn Broadway made up the
cast. The proceeds from the play were given to the New York Kindergarten association.
This is the first of a season oi
plays to be presented in New York's Little Theatre for the children of that city.
My Exciting Trip Down To Florida I went to Hamillou on the tractior. car and took the Overland to Indiana and the train stopped at Indianapolis and I got off and ate dinner at the Palace hotel, then I got me a goad pair of rubber boots and put them in my grip and got on the train. The next stop was Owensboro, Ky., and I got off and walked around a little bit, then I went into a store and bought a tooth brush and enough tooth paste to last me and thf'i I got on the train and bought a magazine and read about fifteen minutes. Then we came into Tennessee and 1 got off at Knoxville and bought a light duck hat and a suit of the same material that would be fit for hot weather. Then I caught the train just as it was starting and went back to the back part of the car and brushed my teeth and sat down and read another story in my book and by that time the train had stopped at Macon, (la., and as I did not want lo purchase anvthing I did not get off. In about half an hour the train started and I went back through a couple of ears and came to a dining car and I sat down and ate supper. Then I went to bed and when I awoke I asked the porter where I was and he said, "We ah in Olando, Floadah." Then 1 hopped out of Ivd and dressed and washed. Just then there was a loud explosion. Then I became unconscious. When I gained consciousness, my nurse was standing by my bedside and my head was wrapped up in a cloth bandage. My nurse said that they found me in a ditch with my head lying against a telephone pole. I asked what the noise was and she said that the boiler in the engine had exploded. Well I stayed in Orlando about three days, till I got well, then I got on another train and went to Fort Meyers. I stayed there a couple of days, then I went on to the end of the train route which was five miles from the everglades. One day I met a man who had Just come out of the everglades and he had a rifle and a thirty-two revolver he wanted to sell, so I bought them and went on into the everglades. After I got there I thought I would explore an old swamp I had seen the day before. I walked about half a mile and
then I came to it. I saw a vine which I grabbed and walked half way across on a log, when suddenly the vine broke and I slipped off the log and down, down I went into the slimy water. All at once I saw a rope made of vines and down through the water and on the end of it was a steel dagger which was used to make the rope sink. I grabbed the rope and felt my
self being hauled up through the
water out on the bank and some
one handed me a broad leaf to wipe I
the water out of my eyes. When I opened my eyes there stood a big stalwart Indian and by his side was a little pack donkey and he said, "Me guide through swamp." I agreed and we started out together and he stayed with me. till wo were about half way through the everglades, then he took a different trail. It seemed pretty lonely without a companion and so I decided to go back. I had bought a compass in Orlando for that purpose and after three days, tired, with torn clothes, weary and foot sore, I arrived in Fort Meyers. Then with what money I had left I bought a good suit. Then I took the same route I took when I came and in four days I arrived in Hamilton, then I went from there to Dayton, then to Lewisburg and everybody was so glad to see me that about all I did the first couple of days was to tell the people about my trip. Then the first of the week I started back to work and I said my next trip would be to California Dick Kast, age 10 years, grade 5. Honorable mention in the Junior Palladium Story Contest
MY VISIT TO THE SUGAR CAMP One day I went to a sugar camp to visit. I went around with them to gather up sugar water several times. Then I watched them boil it. After it was molasses 1 bought some. I bought two gallons and a half. It was about three o'clock then. I went through town and got some pancake flour. Then I went home. It was dark when I got home. I ate supper and after a while I went to bed. For breakfast I had pancakes and maple molasses. Willard Hatfield, age 11 years, grade 5, Fountain City school. Honorable mention in the Junior Palladium Story Contest.
"BIG BEN" IS BUSY BOY "Big Hen" is a little distant toward folks for they have to climb 360 steps to get to him. He has been working for 60 year3 in his home in the House of Commons tower in London and is still thought of as one of the best workers in his vocation in the world. One of his hands is 14 feet long and weights 224 pounds. Perhaps you have guessed what he is by now "Rig Ren" Is a giant clock. The pendulum, which requires two seconds to complete each swing, weighs 700 pounds. The bell which sounds the hours has a diameter of nine feet and weights 14 tons, the weight of the striking hammers being 766 pounds An electric motor now winds the clock in 20 minutes. Formerly it took two men working three afternoons a week to complete the task.
The Panama Canal The Panama Canal is through the Isthmus of Panama. The French started the building of the Panama, but it was so hot that they went off
and left it. Before the United States started the building it had! to hnild houses for the workmen '
and to make hospitals. They had'
to destroy all the disease germs by clearing the swamps, and to get good workmen to do the work well. There was a big cut called the Culebra cut and a big dam was made that was called the Gatun Dam. The canal was completed in 1905. It is of great use to the United States. Everett W. Lemon, Jr., grade 6, school No. 9.
WE EXPECT TO GROW! Watch Us Grow! Lone Scouts of America! 412,227 members. This is an increase of 1,231 members over the previous week. Changed every week by Karl Meyer. South Ninth and M streets.
ABSENCE IN SCHOOLS GREAT Seventy-three out of two hundred and seventy pupils were absent from Finley school Monday. Long absence lists in the schools are common things these days. We would be glad if those bad fairies measles, mumps and flu would leave Richmond tonight and never, never come back.
A silk flag was recently presented to Troop 29 of Indianapolis for the victory of that troop in the Harrison district efficiency contest. This troop won first place with a total of 643 points.
"All Aboard for Toy town!"
"All aboard for Toytown! Right about face!" called the stern looking soldier man with the great gun on his shoulder. He was lining up his company for its last review before its embarkation. A strange company it was too, but what a jolly one! The captain was a bit cross with them and perhaps it is no wonder considering the fact that some members of his company would not and in fact, could not be stiff and serious and straight as soldiers ought to be, especially when on review, to save their necks and some of the company had very long necks indeed especially the giraffe.
for a while and probably would have been a model elephant during the whole review if Tumbling Tommy had not started to turn over on his parallel bars and then found he could not stop turning. This finished Tiny J and he broke into a loud laugh and started rocking dangerously fast on his two gray rockers. The general called: "Order" in a terrific voice which brought Tiny J's merriment to an abrupt end and we went on reviewing the company. There were yellow chickens picking at each other, and lovely white horses, and monkeys on sticks. A big yellow tiger and two large brown bears frightened us and
captain never called to them to stop. Two Billy Goats were butting each other, too, but they were such popular officers they were corporals, that the captain never said a word. To one side we noticed an airplane, a boat, a sled, a table and many nice smooth ironing boards, "Supplies," the general called them. Then he suddenly turned to his company again and called "Break Ranks" and the review was ended. What had we seen? We had reviewed the toys, fifty splendid ones of them which the boys of the sixth and seventh grades in all of Richmond's public schools had made in
"Even though Mr. Hoover has resigned, we still have brainless days," says the Atchison Globe Does that refer to ur school?
We will try to soften the cap
tain's anger and pass on to review the lively company. We see jumping jacks with broad grinning faces and gayly colored suits who much prefer being acrobats in a circus to being soldiers. The owl pleases the captain better for he stands stiffly erect, eyeing his reviewers with a cold stare. He is mounted too no not on a horse but on two very smooth, round wheels. The elephants seemed to feel the occasion was a serious one and for the most part, stood as quiet as could be under their pretty blue blankets. Even tiny Jumbo kept
his mischievous self very serious
when we saw a gray wild boar headed right toward us and a big brown buffalo lowering his head we were so terrified we would have left then and there if the captain had not said he knew they would not harm us and pointed out two nice big fat pigs with curly tails which made us laugh and then we were not scared any more. The giraffe looked very important and even Mrs. Hen had on her most solemn expression. The football player looked as if he intended to bolt out for a touch down as soon as the review was over and the bunny looked very wise and funny. Gayly painted red men were turning red windmills and to our surprise the
their wood work classes for the unfortunate little children of Roumania, Syria, Armenia and other countries of the Near East. Certain members of the company have been on review in the Starr Piano display window during the past week. This company of toys will leave Richmond the first of the week for the east where its members will join hundreds of other companies of toys made by members of the Junior Red Cross all over the United States, and will be formed into regiments and divisions and will embark with courageous ami eager hearts for their new homei across the sea.