Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 167, 22 May 1920 — Page 15
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, MAY 22. 1920
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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM The Junior Palladium ia the children's section of the Richmond Palladium founded May 6, 1916, and Issued each Saturday afternoon. All boys and (iris are invited to be reporters and contributors. News items, social events, "want" advertisements, stories, local Jokes and original poems are acceptable and will be published. Articles should be written plainly and on one side of the paper, with the author's name and age signed. Aunt Polly is always glad to meet the children pertonally 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.
AUNT POLLY'S LETTER.
Dear Junior-friends:, If any of you know anything better than a fat little wiener all sizzling hot held on the end of a stick in one hand and a bun split in two, waiting to enclose said wiener in the other, plus 1 or 2 or 5 or 25 of your friends doing the same thing on a clear, sunshiney day in a little woods close to a talkative little stream, I wish you would sit down and write to me and tell me about it right away. . If these days are not hiking days as well as las t-of -school and garden-making days then such things never existed. So many things our kindly old mother Nature is spreading out for us to see, and to hear, as we go walking through the woods, along country lanes or "cross country". And such fun! The warblers are returning, the prettiest little singers of all our feathered friends. You will have to have your eyes wide open to see these birds, for they are small and very quick in their movements. Last week I saw two different kinds of warblers, the rather plump little Maryland Yellowthroat and the pretty little black-poll warbler who Bings his song so softly and clearly. Last Saturday when I was walking along Clear Creek I saw a tree with about ten goldfinches in it sitting way on the ends of the branches and their brilliant yellow suits with the glossy black trimming made the tree look like a great plant full of bright, blooming flowers. Have you noticed how they fly? They seem to be too happy just being alive, to fly in a plain straight line so they bound along, now up and now down again, making a sort of wavy line. Can you skip flat stones over the water? I am sorry to say most of mine refuse to skip and land v.h a nice splash in the water instead. When you see 'a nice, smooth, grassy hill, not too steep, do you know the best way to get to the bottom? This is a puzzle for you to figure out. Several juniors and I solved the problem in one way Saturday, and we thought it splendid even though we did get a bit dizzy before we got to the bottom. And hungry! My. when you have been hiking several hours you feel as if you could eat the leaves off the trees! When did you go hiking and where? What did you see and hear? Who dropped his wiener in the fire and who slipped off the wiggly stone when "crossing the stream, and how many buns did you eat? Write stories of your hikes to be published in our little paper. What's more fun than hiking anyway? AUNT POLLY
A House UnderThe Lilac Bash
Little Hetty New was a little big i giil, that is, small for her age. She was a fat little girl six years of age. She lived out in the country, and j had a little twin brother, whose!
name was Bobby New, and both children were very sweet. Betty and Bobby had a little house under a lilac bush, where they played most of the time. The bush was a big wide spread-
id Kind Deed Done Is A Kind Deed Won Onco upon a time there stood on South L'dwards, Chicago, a largo building containing twelve apartments. In one lived the While family. Mr. Jack White, Mrs. Helen White, and little Margaret. Margaret yas ten years old. She had many friends and playmates and
parties and lot of fun.
One day Jack White came homo and Baid they were going to move. Margaret was very sorry to leavo her city friends and plays. But the idea of the suburban home. The making of gardens and keeping of her pets. So the next day was a busy one. Mrs. White was packing all the household goods and clothing. In the afternoon they went to call on some of their friends to say good-bye. The next day they moved to their new home, Ludlow street, at quiet the west end. The house was a queer Bungalow, on a very large lot. The next day was the 20th of May and school would be out on the 25th of May. Mrs. White was making a new dress for Margaret when a tap came at the door. Mrs. White hastened to answer it. She opened the door to find a pretty blue-eyed girl there. She said: Mrs. White, may Maggie come out to play. Mrs. White was glad to hear that Margaret had made friends with the children so quick. She told the child that Margaret had gone to the store to get some things, and would soon be back. Mrs. White said: "My dear" what is your name and where do you live." "My name is Eileen. I live across the street from here. I met Maggie going to school. "We became friends at once. I like her very much. I came to see if we could go walking together. We can get many nice flowers, specimens for our teacher, Miss Jeannette Brown." Margaret's mother said: "Yes, Margaret may go but please be careful, will you? I do not want you and Margaret to get hurt by aiiy means." Very soon after Margaret came home. Then the girls started and
were soon gathering flowers in the
As the girls were
A Fairy Godmother .
Once upon a time there, were threo sisters. Their names were Mary, who wa3 a selfish girl; Dorothy, who was very pretty, and Betty, who was the kindest and prettiest of all. They had a Fairy Godmother who was very kind to the girls. Mary was very selfish, Dorothy thought more of her preltinoss than being good and kind. One day the three sisters were sitting on the porch. Betty was sewing for her mother and thinking what she was doing; Dorothy was primping with a mirror in her hand; Mary was pouting because she wanted to go to her friends. The King's son came riding by and spoke to them. "Oh, isn't he handsome?"
"Oh yes". He stopped his horse and looked at Betty and said: "May I come tomorrow at 2:30?" "If you like," said Betty. So the next day he came. Betty met him at the gate and brought him up on the porch. He said: "Will you marry me?" Betty said: "You will have to ask my parents." So he asked them. They said: "Yes. you may have her." The sisters were in such a rage they said: "Let us kill her." But they were asked to come and live with them. One night when Bettywas getting ready for bed she remembered her Fairy Godmother. She gave her a fairy baby. Everybody loved her. She loved her father and mother dearly. After a few years a man met Mary and they were married happily. Betty's husband's name was Reginald. Betty and King Reginald lived happily ever after. JOSEPHINE THORN, age 9 years. 5B grade, Starr School. (Honorable mention in the story-writing contest)
Betty did not answer, but Mary said
ing bush and room enough for more than two children io play ujadec Now Betty and Bobby were not the only ones who stayed there.
tin above them in the bush lived i woods below
Mr and Mrs. Wren. The birds I walking along each straining to see
were not afraid of the children. One day Bobby went fishing and Betty sat down to read a book
Wealthy Man Gives Children's Stadium The great big playground called The Pershing Stadium which stands in France as a tribute to the play-loving American soldier, will soon not be the only big playground to be talked of and wriften about. A wealthy man who died recently in New York city, Mr. Isaac L. Rice, who liked children and the game of chess (in which he was a master), as well as business, left money for a big athletic stadium or playground for children. Wliere it will be is not yet decided but certain it is that the children in and around New York city are to have a $1,000,000 playground
sometime within the next few years.
ENGLISH SKIES MAY BE SCRAPED The people of London are seriously considering whether to build a skyscraper in their city or not. The building planned may be only 14 stories high which we here in America would not call a sky-scraper at all but which the English people call that, because it is much higher than most of their buildings. The name of the place where they are planning to build it has the interesting name of Piccadilly Circus but we fear it is not really a circus at all, but only the name of a part of London.
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called "Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue." When Bobby came home Betty said, "Oh. Bobby. I have the best plan. I was reading my book and I re.ad how Bunny and Sue sold lemonade. "loot's do that very thing." "You can think of just everyhing!" said Bobby. So next day the children put up n sign like this:
"Lemon Ade For Sale."
a strange flower or more so they
were looking for pussy willows. Then at last they came to an old oak tree. At the side of a deep brook. The girls stood wondering how to cross a twig broke beneath the weight of an old dog which had been turned out by a nearby farmer to starve and die. This frightened Margaret and she fell into the stream from her perch on the tree. Now Margaret could not swim and kept on struggling. Finally Eileen, who was very heavy, jumped into the stream and called the dog to
Trolley Car "Apartment" Helps Family Solve Housing Problems
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Then they got a box and covered ! I ' ' "e 'e ' "u it with i white cloth and then their ,,elped ,0 dra Margaret to shore. lUbe'made6 a n ieT pi tc her of J'f, ,rIf succeeded in getting their
lemonade
They put the box under the lilac hush and cried, "Lemon Ade For Sale, Lemon Ade For Sale!"
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The girls were very frightened by the accident. They started for home. They could not decide
which one should keen the eood
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children saw a big dog running toward them. "Get under the box", said Bobby to Bett- who was afraid of the dog. The dog came and upset the box lemonade and all and then Mrs. New came out and saw that the children were not hurt. Then she looked at the dog and saw that he had a tin can tied on his tail. She pulled out her scissors and cut it off, (I mean the string which held the can) and then she told him to go home. The children counted all the money they had in their little red banks and it came to five, dollars. Then they gave it to the Red Cross. Mildred Compton, Age 10, Dublin, Ind. Honorable Mention in Story Writing Contest
THE VACATION OF THE CROWN JEWELS IS ENDED The crown jewels which belong to the familv of the Kins of Eng
land have been away on a vacation. brought her sweets and daintys of
shall we name him? We will call
him "Bouser." The next days passed away pleasantly. With their new dog for a playmate. One day Margaret got an invitation from Eileen to her birthday party which was to be on the 25th of August. The 25th of August came at last and Margaret was ready long before the party and had her presents wrapped up and started off when the time came. The party went on nicely and just as Margaret expected it to. As all the children had gone but Margaret and Eileen, they decided to skate. As it was just nice weather for skating. They started down the street and started across the street a truck was coming, it struck Eileen, she fell to the side, it just happened that she was not hurt very seriously. But her wound was bad enough and it caused her to be laid up in bed for more than a month. During this time Margaret came over and stayed all her spare time. She read to Eileen and
They had always lived In the big
old Tower of London until a few months ago, when, because of burglar reports, they were taken to another place which was thought to be safer. They have now been returned to their old home in the Tower.
' all kinds and when Eileen got up
they said to each other: "A kind deed done is a kind deed won," and best of all they never forgot it. Ruth Bell, grade 6A, Cambridge City school. (Honorable mention in the Palladium story-writing contest.)
A view of the O'Mara family in their trolley car nome. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O'Mara, Staten Island, New York, solved th housing and the high rent bugbear for themselves and their family by purchasing an old trolley car and converting it Into a three-room apartment, containing bedroom, living room and kitchenette. It's a bit snug, perhaps, but real homey. . ... j