Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 154, 8 May 1920 — Page 15
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1920
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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM The Junior Palladium ia the children's 6ec(ion ol the Richmond Palladium, founded May 6, 1916, and Issued each Saturday afternoon All boys and girls are invited to be reporters and contributors. News Items, social events, "want" advertisements, s'orics, local jokes and original poems are acceptable and will be published. Articles should be written plainly and on one side of the paper, with tho author's namo nd age signed. Aunt Polly is always glad to meet the children pertonally us they bring their articles to The Palladium office, or to rereive Utters addressed to the Junior Editor. This is your little newsTaper and we hope each boy and girl will use it thoroughly.
AUNT POLLY'S LETTER,
Dear Juniors: Tomorrow, people everywhere in the United States will give special tribute and honor to mothers all over our splendid big country. The object is "to honor the bebt mother in the world your mother." 1 hope you honor your mothers every minute and day of your whole life, but on this day people think of them very specially. When you are in a dark room or think you are alone and your mother comes in, you know how safe and happy you feel! That is because she is your mother and loves you. And as you grow up that will be the way you will want to make her feel, safe and happy, just because you love her. People send flowers to their mothers on this day, but flowers cost so much this year and besides there are many other things you can do for your mother which will make her just as happy as" if you gave her flowers. You think up something to do for her yourself. I will suggest a few things that olher juniors have done: Some girls plan to get supper one night a week, plan the meal, cook it and wash the dishes while their mother is in the living room leading, and some boys save their mother's time and strength by being very careful to put all their clothes and books and balls and bats in their places instead of leaving them for mother to pick up. Sometimes in nice weather, boys have invited the family to a nearby, spot to enjoy a picnic or camp supper that he plans and prepares all by himself. Would your mothers appreciate these things? Just try them and see. And, Juniors, show her you love her sometimes and tell her you do. A table or chair fits in its place, dots its duty and never says a word, but people can speak and act and that's what makes them different from just things. Watch your mother's face light up happily when you tell
her as the boy in a little poem does, ever was."
And here I remember little Tyltyl again and his search for the Bluebird. He is in The Kingdom of the Future and is talking with a little child that has not yet come to earth, and the child is asking Tyltyl to tell him some things about the earth and says: "They tell us that the mothers stand waiting at the door They are good, aren't they?" And Tyltyl answers very truthfully: "Oh, yes! They are better than anything in the world!" Aunt Polly.
Spring Sound the flute! Now it's mute; Birds' delight Day and night; Nightingale In the dale; Lark in sky. Merrily, Merrily, merily, to welcome in the year. . Utile boy. Full of joy ; . . Little girl Sweet and small; Cock does crow. So do you; Merry voice, Infant noise. Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year. Little lamb. Here I am; Come and lick My white neck; Let me pull Your soft wool; Let me kiss Your soft face; Merrily, merrily, we welcome in the year. William Blake. AT GARFIELD. The members of the 8-A class will have a party next Friday evening. Ninety-eight hoys signed up for the free swimming lessons offered to all boys of the city by the Y. M. C. A from Monday to Thursday of this week. Tuesday afternoon the girls of Miss Henley's 8-A Domestic Science Class prepared and served a luncheon in their rooms on the third floor. Tempting odors issued from that part of the building all afternoon. A picked team captained by John Farmer was handed the little end of iha cnni In a p-amA with Starr's ball team, Monday afternoon. Score j not given. WANT ADS FOR SALE Belgian Hares. All sizes and prices. Call County Jail, 32 South Second street, or phone '023. WANTED Fhone 4321. Doll baby cab. FOR SALE Girl's wheel. Call at 32 Westcott Bldg., after 4 p. m.
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" PLAY BALL ! " St. Mary's Hands Defeat to Warner St. Mary's baseball team defeated the Warner nine at the for mer s school yard by a score of T rv to 1. Mulligan and Harrington formed the Saints' batteries while Holtkamp and Stanton did their best for the losers. Lineup for St. Mary's follows: Ross Harrington, catcher; James Mulligan, pitcher; Frank Ryan, shortstop; Salvador Mercurio, first base; Julian Frame, second base; Paul Runnels, third base;. Richard Harrington, right field; Fred Foley, left field; Joseph Barton, center field. Contributed by Frank Ryan. The St. Mary's team again were triumphant Thursday afternoon ; over the Warner aggregation with a score of 18 to 7. The Saints' second beat Warn16
er's second team by an easy fight Thursday afternoon. Tho batteries for the Saints were Ryan and Barton and for Waruer, HoltkampElmy Stevens. Finley Has a Team Finley has organized a baseball team with Clayton as captain. The team is made up of: (iayton, catcher; Ather, pitcher; Dale Anderson, shortstop; Russell Green, first base; Clifford Burr, second base; Lester lliles, third l;aso; Chester Collins, left field; Theodore Channing, center field; Kenneth Farwlg, right field. Contributed by Chester Collins. Championship Teams Clssh in an Overtime Game Teams 14 and 3, each of which held lOuO per cent until Tuesday afternoon, came together after school that afternoon on the Junior High School grounds. At the end of the ninth inning the score was a tie, 11 to 11, and bo, for the first time this season, an overtime game was played. The end of the tenth inning gave victory to Team 3 with a final bcoro of 14 to 11. Mr. Lyboult was referee. Runs made for Team 14 were: Earl Thomas, 3;
Shroeder, 2; Sharpe, 2; Thayer, 2; Stevens, 1; and Harry Thomas, 1. Runs for Team 3 were: Cummings, C; Davenport, 4; De Frederico, 1; Chris, 1; IXavis, 1; Cunningham, 1; and Cox, 1. Room 3's team is: William Chris, pitch; Joe De Frederico, catch; Dudley Davenport, shortstop; George Cunningham, first base; Lennie Cook, second base; Raymond Conolly, third base; Harry Cox, left field; Frank Cunningham, right field; Jesse Dionissio, centeriield. (Dionissio substituted for George Davis). The team of Room 14 is made up of: Earl Thomas, pitch; Thompson, catch; Thayer, shortstop; Throckmorton, first base; Titus, second base; Harold Thomas, third base; Stevens, left field; Sharpe, right field; Shroeder, centerfield. The same evening Team 1 won from Team 5 with a score of 11 to 18. Evans secured the most runs for Team 1, while Macy, Mehl and Murray did the same for Team 5. Frederic Phillips acted as referee for most of this game and Norman Gilmer was score keeper. "PAL'S" WEEK week in the Boy's Division "Y" will be "Pals" week. Next of the During this week each boy who is a member of the association will be priviledged to bring his chum with him, who may enjoy all the opportunities of "Y" boys for one week. A banquet will be given for Mr. Wilson's Bible Class after the course is ended for the boys who have attended at least three meetings if membership by that time equals 40. WHAT REALLY COUNTS It is not what you make, It is not what you spend, It is what you save, That counts in the end. Howard Brown, Grade 5 A, Baxter School. In Berkeley California there ia a group of deef and dumb Boy Scouts. In spite of their handicap theso boys are carrying out the Scout program, and have everything interpreted to them by a teacher in sign language. Many of these Scouts have Liberty Loan ; Medals. '
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Study Problems Solved ZODIAC AND BIRTHDAYS By Shea Hogue . " U There's never any need to tackle a subject in an uninteresting way. Take Astronomy. Looked at as tt mathematical problem, it's a stiff grind. Even to learn solar, planetary and stellar motions Isn't easy. But, it you make it personal, there's a new Interest, and once one is interested in a subject, it never seems half as hard. Looked at from the Earth, the Sun seems to follow a regular trail among the stars. This Is called the Ecliptic. A broad belt, 8 de grees wide, on each side of this line is called the Zodiac. This is divided Into 12 parts for the 12 months and each part is named aft er the name of the constellation of stars through which the Sun seems to pass. In the three thousand years that have passed since this Zodiac was named, owing to "pre cession, the signs of the Zodiac and of the constellations have shifted one place. The sign has backed into the constellation west , of it. The ancients believed that the month In which a boy or girl was born determined character. - Thus from March 21 to April 20, the person born was under the Influence of the Ram, from April 21 to May 20 under the bull and so forth. There are many so-called interpretations. Here's a classic one: Born under the Ram (Jason's Golden Fleece), a love for adventure 7 StAlt 9 MMIIt (8 '. CAMlCOM u- rtH 1 and discovery; under the Bull (also Venus), fond of the opposite sex; under the Twins (Castor and Pollux), courage and helpfulness; under the Crab (Mercury), smartness in affairs; under the Lion (Jupiter) poor employe, but good boss; under the Virgin (Ceres), fond of gardening and agriculture, thrifty; under the Balance (Vulcan), good worker, just; under the Scorpion (Mars), fond of fighting; under the Archer (Diana), fond of hunting, aggressive; under Capricornus (Pan), fond of nature, fickle; under the Water-Bearer (Juno), good organizer, poor in uetan, wasieiui, jealous; under the Fishes (Nep tune), fond of travel and good Instinct for commerce. Which are you? The life of the elephant is said, to be between 100 and 200 years. The eagle, pike, parrot, raven, swan and tortoise all live to be 100 years old or over.
HAPPY DAYS
V w b m w i ana ricia THE . BUZZINQ BUMBLE BEE, Francis Rolt-Wheelef If there are plenty of old maids la a village the clover crop will be tood. This sounds like nonsense, but it's a real bit of science. One of the greatest naturalists in the world worked it out It acts this way: Where there are old maids, there are cats; where there are cats, there will be fewer field mice, because the cats will eat them; where there are fewer field mice, there will be more bumble-bee neBts, because the mice destroy them; where there are plenty of bumble-beeB, the clover will be better fertilized and thus make a better crop. Of all the examples showing the dependence of one thing on another in nature, there is none better than this, hut, unless one knew the steps, it would be mighty hard to figure out how an old maid could affect the clover crop. Try it on someone in your class and see. The bumble-bee, or humble-bee, is one of the very first of the summer workers. She makes a nest when few flowers are out, and there is so little honey that she has to re-open her nest and feed th? babies through a hole in the cell. Only the queens live through the winter. One of the most interesting things about the bumble-bee is that she is half-way between the solitary bee, where the worker and queen are one, and the hive-bee, where the worker never becomes a queen, nor the queen a worker. With the bumble-bees, if the queen dies, sometimes the workers can keep the community from dying out. This, of course, would be quite Impossible with the hive or honey bees. A keen observer- will often find, in a humble-bee's nest, cells made by another insect. There's an interesting field for discovery along this line. . .Caterpillars That Came to School We brought caterpillars to school last fall. We put them in boxes and jars. We kept them very nicely. So In the spring we were going to see if they would come and be nice. . After we got all that we could find we put them away where we thought they would be safe. It was very much fun to watch them spin the cocoons. We could hardly wait till spring for them to come out. We kept the small ones in a small box, and in the larger one we kept the larger ones, and In the largest box we kept the largest cocoons. When we looked in the box, guess what we saw. We saw a Jjfautiful butterfly and we looked and it had very pretty wings. We found the empty cocoon. In the afternoon we showed all the children in the school what we had found and they thought It was very beautiful. Now we are going to take the best of care of it that we can. By Alma Jack, age 11, 5B grade, Joseph Moore School. (Honorable mention in the story writing contest.) Elizabeth Fye. aged five years, had watched her mother very seriously as she was trimming Elizabeth's finger nails. Later as the mother was peeling an orange for Elizabeth to eat. that small philosopher said: "Why, that peels off just like 1 do!"