Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 160, 15 May 1920 — Page 13

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1920

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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM The Junior Palladium la the children's section of 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'ories, local jokes and original poems are acceptable and will be published. Articles should bo written plainly and on one side of the papei, with the author's name md age ijgned. Aunt Polly is always glad to meet the children perlona'.ly as they bring their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to ttae'Junior EdKor. This is your little newspaper and we hope each boy and girl will use it thoroughly.

AUNT POLLY'S LETTER.

Pear Juniors: Do you want anything, or have something you want to get rid of, or exchange for something rise? Of course you do. At least I think most everyone has. Now we have the very best place in the world to help, make these wants of yours come true.righi here in the Junior Palladium, in our Junior Exchange, Want Ad etc. column. You can say: "What will you exchange for" or "Position wanted" or "I want" or ' For Kale" or "I will exchange for ," putting in the blanks whatever you want. If you have outgrown some of your toys, why not advertise thi-m in the Junior either fur exchange or for sale? Are you collecting something? If you are, there is always something new you want. Why not advertise for what you want in the Junior's ad column or advertise your duplicates for sale? Are you raising rabbits or chickens or making things to sell, and will you have vegetables and flowers to sell later on in the summer? Try putting thorn in the little newspaper where hundreds of children read about it each week. Cameras, motors, transf owners, stamps, doll carriages, toys oh, there are so many things, juniors, that you can put in our little ad column and which will help you to get what, you want. The boys and girls who are readers of The Prooklyn Eagle Junior in New York advertise many, many things in their paper. 1 received a letter from one of my little junior friends the other day asking if we still ran a free Want Ad column in the Junior Palladium. Yes, indeed we do. It doesn't cost a cent to advertise in our little paper and I wanted to remind you of this and to urge you to use fT.is column for I feel sure it can help you to get what you want as it has helped the many boys and girls who have taken advantage of this column in the past. It is just heaps of fun to sell things and to exchange something you are tired of for something new that you want. There are probably many juniors who would like to have what you have, and then you can get something else. Why not. make money this way? Speaking of selling things to make money reminds me of a little old verse that men used to cry on the streets of London in tho eight

eenth century in much the same way as men call for old iron and rags, or call out apples and potatoes for sale. There is a picture of a funny little old man going down the street with a chair on his back, calling: "Old chairs to mend, old chairs to mend, If I had all the money that I could spend I'd leave off crying old chairs to mend!" When you want more money to save or spend, remember the Junior Palladium Want Ad column, write down your ad and come whizzing away as fast as you can to the Palladium office and give it to your agent, otherwise known as AUNT POLLY

Otoyo Wan Shew's House Party "Sing, is the carriage ready?" aski-d Otoyo Wan Shew from thej dooi s ay. The girl who spoke was a little girl, aged twelve. I "Yes, ma'am, it will be at the' door in a few minutes." answered: Sing, the cariae driver. j In a few minutes Otoyo, attired; in a pink and white frock, stepped' into the cariage and was off for thej depot, to meet her guest from Plainsville, Kansas. j This guest was the first of the, guests to arrive at the house party.! Otoyo arrived at the depot just as! the train was pulling in. The only passenger who descended the train was a rosy-cheeked girl of twelve. "Why, Elizabeth Sherlock, how you have grown! It seems only a day since you were that curlyheaded girl of eight running around the woods of your country home in Kansas," said the excited Otoyo as she gave Betty a little bear hug. "My, but it does seem good to see my dear little Otoyo again," said Petty in a tone of happiness. They stepped into the carriage while Sing attended to Betty's baggage. He soon came back and they started for home or "The Beeches," the name of Otoyo's home. As they turned in the avenue which led to Otoyo's home, Betty gave a cry of delight, "Oh! I never saw such a beautiful sight. My! won't we. have a splendid time?" The avenue was lined on both sides by large beech trees and the lawn which encircled the Wan Shew home was filled with small bech groves. After they arrived at the house, and Betty had been shown to her room, she dressed for luncheon. About an hour after luncheon the other two guests arrived, Harriett Harrell, or Hetty, Barbara Dodge or Babs. Bab's room was trimmed in robins; Hetty's room was trimmed canaries, and Otoyo's in red birds. Wan Shew's father had arranged the house party as he was to be gone on business for a week and wanted somebody to keep Otoyo company, besides Miss Williams, the housekeeper. Otoyo knewi

nothing of the house parly until a day before the guests arrived. After they had changed from their traveling suits to cool simple frocks, they lounged about in hammocks under the beech trees. After a long period of silence, Otoyo said, "Well, girls, what do you want to do tomorrow? I thought we might have a picnic in the afternoon. 1 want, to introduce you to some of my playmates, and I will invite, them to go with us it you wish." "That will be fine," chorused the girls.

"I hope it is not far to go, for it might ruin my complexion," said Babs. "It being so beautiful," said Betty under her breath, but loud enough that Babs heard her. "You haven't any to lend, have Pencil Twister Caw bu Change This Cup f Tea. Into a Chinaman? Can you Change This seal Into a dog? Answers next week. Answer to last week's.

you, Miss Smarty?" ppoke up Babs. "None to you, thank you," answered Betty. "Well, girls, if the plan suits you I will arrange with Peck to fix our dinner," said Otoyo. "Pe sure to have one of the maids to go along to carry my cushions and wraps," called Pabs, as Otoyo ran off to the house. "We have no maids for that purpose," Otoyo answered. "You will have to carry them yourself, as we are going on our ponies." The girls soon followed Otoyo to

the house. "1 think Otoyo might I have let her company have what. they wanted," said Pabs. That night at dinner Otoyo asked, "Girls, what kind of instruments do you play?" "My mother was a great pianist, so I took up with it," said Pabs. "When I was in Italy I played some on my uncle's violin, but have never been lucky enough to own one," said Hetty. "Now, Petty, what for you?' 'said Otoyo. "I have played some on a guitar, mandolin, and saxophone," answered Petty. "You girls go out on the porch i ana i will be there in a few mmI utes," said Otoyo. Otoyo played a harp. Tliey had some instruments they never used so she got them down from the attic and let servants polish them while she aranged three chairs around the piano. In front of one :hair was a harp; on one was ai saxophone, on one a violin and on till i the floor beside it was a guitar and' a mandolin. She called the girls in .i .i. ..... .... and they finished the evening with! music. The sun was bright the next) morning, and the morning was spent getting ready for the picnic, j "Come on, girls," cried Otoyo. ! They mounted their ponies and' rode a mile till they came to the old : mill. They played many games and at i last the maia caiieu mem 10 luncn. j "My, isn't this grand?" said Hetty; "I should like to camp here. The girls were eating when sud-i denly Hetly cried, "Oh, girls, did you hear that? "Yes," said Otoyo, "it was thunder." The thunder kept coining closer. The girls began preparing to go home. my silk dress will be said Babs. "Oh, ruined, i on should have taken our ad-' vice anu worn an oiu dress, said Otoyo. I ; The girls rode hard and were, , .just turning in the avenue when it began to rain, but they did not get 1 very wet. They rested the rest of i , the day as they were tired from rid-j j ing so hard. The next two days passed as; I happily as the first two days. I 1 his party was to last only a week. The next morning when at 'the breakfast table there were litj tie cards like this: A Japanese Spread Will be held on the Wan Shew Lawn At "The Beeches" Tonight 5:00 to 9:00 "We are to go home on the 5 j o'clock train. Otoyo. How can we1 be here?" said Petty. j "I have arranged that you shall

go on the 9.00 o'clock train," said: about it and then he said, "I must Otoyo. go and get that calf in." The other The morning and afternoon was fl.ve D0.vs saia they would help spent preparing for the evening, j nimThe lawn was transformed info a ' They got on raincoats or anyJajianese garden and the girls were thing that they could get and Iandressed as Japanese maidens. j lers and went out. After the guests arrived, the girls I They had quite a time getting iilaved manv beautiful nicrnu nf the calf in. When thev

music. During this the servants1"1 WP1P so wet that they had tocords in 11)0 bod' of lne handkerwere carrying tables out on the! Hidy in ,lie kitchen until thev got, cniof- This is the wa" il is doue: lawn. i dry. '. Draw a thread evenly around the They had evervthing from soup! Tommy and Elizabeth -thought it ' handkerchief. Then skip one to ice cream. All went well until would bo a good plan for all of thread and draw another. This the cake was passed. Hetty was:,,,em to ta' all night, but the lpiivps one thread, with an open the first to taste it. "Ugh! how 1 otllcr3 not know what to do, i space on either side. Take a awful! It tastes like red pepper. I but at Iat they consented and it ' double length of colored floss and Otoyo, come taste it." cried Hetty. I was a tire(1 bunch of children that' tie the end of this middle thread "I should say so," said Otoyo. went to be that night. I of the handkerchief to the loop of "I will call the cook and ask her! In the morning the sun came the floss. Then begin at the other what she put in it." 0llt an(1 the children's parents came1 Kile of the handkerchief, and pull "rtnlr u-lmt ,li,l ! ., 4 u : a f t CT til e m . Itliia mirlrlla hmnr nirofnlK'

.v . nuui JVU Ul III llli , cake?" asked Otovo. I "Laws, Honey, I never put nothmi: in it but what the cook bonk said," insisted the good old cook. I The truth was that Pabs had slipped into the kitchen and put red pepper in the cake while the cook1 was out. j The cake was taken from the' table and another put on instead.! At last the lime for the train came and the girls went to the depot.

"I will have you come to my house party next summer," said Hetty. "Oh, Otoyo, we have had a lovely time," said Hetty and Betty at the same time.

The train came puffing in and the girls were soon aboard and waving to Otoyo. Thus ended Otoyo's house party. Py Charlotte and Lula Huddleston. grade Eight, Dublin, Indiana. I Honorable Mention in the StoryWriting Contest. Elizabeth's Party Elizabeth awoke with a start. Tim rlofk in flif h:ill w:iw iiisl titilk. ing seven and the sun was begin - ning to come up. This was the day for the party and Elizabeth had been planning for Bevei al days about it. "Well," she said, "I might as well get up." When she went down stairs she saw only her mother. "Why where's father and Tommy,"she asked. "You know your father goes to his office at G:30 and Tommy not up yet." said her mother. "Well, I think that if Tommy wanted to get things ready for the party he would be up," she pouted. It was a busy forenoon for botli Elizabeth and her mother. There was the cake to make and the table and the room to decorate. It was to be Elizabeth's birtham! ,s 10 win,ed L""S.A hcJ ,he Was thir' :;"?L"a I th''Y ,u K , i the coal that his mother needed and he helped Elizabeth get the decorations ready. When , everything was ready it was about eleven-thirty and so they had their dinner and then they began to get ready to receive their guests. The first ones who came were Mary Barlow and her h rot her. j0hn. Then Jennie and Alice Maeburn. Ernest ami faH Camomr, and last Virginia Ralston Henrv 1 Wallace, Helen Thomas and Thilip Judson. Presents were piled upon Elizabeth and everybody was laughing and talking at the same time. What a time they had! They played Upset the Fruit Basket, musical chair, coductor and all kinds of games. Then came the luncheon. There was pink and white ice cream with i carmel sauce on it. Dink and white cake and pink and white fairy sticks, ana lemonade to drink. Everything went well until Tom ! my had his ice cream on the arm! of a rocking chair began to rock and spilled his ice cream on to the floor. Elizabeth .hurried out to tell her mother to come in and when her mother came in she cleaned it up. After lunch they played somoi - more games and then something ! happened. It began to rain. When the j children came there had been no sign of rain and they were all surprised. It was about time for them go hroS3.e thTrJfif U,ey C0U'd n0ti InTirtJlihwhS?-It was rainimr ' cn lr,l l.l v. .1 " ... .....w ...,, iiicj lliuiu lldlUI.V SLC. I It was also getting dark, The boys had been sitting around not knowing what to do. The girls were doing about the same wav All at once Tommy thought of his pet calf and that he had left it out. He told the other children "Well," said Elizabeth, as the ' last oru's went around the curve . ui i ne roau 'it was not such an un-! uick' birthday after all." Anna Krees- Middleboro school, seventh Prail(. 13 years old. (Honorable mention in storv-writ-ing contest.) Heading is a habit. It is best to rea(1 a something worth while C'v'ry day. The most successful m ?ri and women do it.

The Twins Get A Birthday Present Richmond. Ind., May 10, 1920. Pear Aunt Polly: I see nearly even-body else is

i writing for the Junior Palladium. So I believe I will too. So here Is a short story: Two Boys' Birthday. John and Frank were two little boys and these boys were twins. Their father's name was. Arthur Stevenson. Every day the boys' birthday grew nearer. At. last it was the next dav. These bovs al1 ways did like cats, dogs, ponies, 1 ?oa amJ rablits. That day the father went to town and when he got home the boys saw a box. He never got home until half past five that evening. Soon they had supper. The boys went to bed early that night because of a long day's play . They got up early because it was their birthday. When breakfast was over, their father said: "Open that box out there by the shed!" They onened it. and what jg i n, naa; 2 puny aim j cart. And now they could do er rands. Lyle Brumfield, age 7, Webster School, grade 3. HOME MADE HANDKERCHIEFS By Belle Case Harrington. There is a little girl In a town in Pennsylvania who is earning money for a trip next summer, by selling handkerchiefs. She began early last fall, with a few orders from friends, and now she has orders for all she can do until summer. One-third of a yard of linen makes three handkerchiefs. This. wl,h a skein of noHF, makes the ' . OI.ino material about twentyfive cents. "White now is the standard color, but people are going wild over handkerchiefs in bright-colored linen, for both men and women 1a,P Prpy' ,an and W !! me"' whe . i uriiBui luv "UU& " of blue, orange, purple and rose. There are several ways of raak1 "JV"-.. t"a" I"1 liiiirmiiiK in: iriige uu ii liny rolled hem held down by a line of single crochet with a picot every . half inch, is still popular. The newest fashion is a plain hem put in with very fine thread, or with the ravelings, if colored linen is used. Sometimes a very narrow hem is basted in, held in ' place by cross-stitching of colored j thread. ! In whatever way the edge is ' finished, fashion calls for colored this middle thread carefully through. The double colored thread will follow easily, if your linen is as loosely woven as it should be. All sorts of designs may be carried out, though a few simple ones are best for the men's handkerchiefs. Be sure to keep the work im maculately clean. Always have it folded in a towel, and, if possible, keep a sweet-scented sachet among your linens. Copyright, 1920. by J. H. Millar.

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