Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 173, 29 May 1920 — Page 16

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY. MAY 2&, 192Q

QUERY CORNER

Th editor will try to answer questions readers of the Junior Submit to her. She will not promise to answer all of them. The questions will be answered In rotation, so do not rxptiut the answer to be printed In tho name week In which you send It In.

Dear Aunt Polly: Tell me If my girl likes me. F. D. Dear P. D.: That Is her place. This is Leap Year, you know. Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: Do you think I write good? C. Dear C.: Just at present I feel just like George Washington did when his 'father found his cherry tree amputated, "I cannot tell a lie," and, therefore, I roust say, no,

you really do not at least, not when I have seen your writing. It reems to have the same wandering spirit that mine has, also a desire

to go downhill. Hard luck! But perhaps, we can improve our handwriting in time. Here's hoping! Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: What Is meant by the Marathon? B. S. Dear B. S.: Now we go back and dig up the dusty old records of ancient history and we find that the Battle of the Marathon is thought of as one of the very most important battles of the world. It was fought on the Marathon plain in Greece and resulted in victory for Athenians over the Persians and sent the Persians back to Asia and put up the sign "No Admittance" on the doorway of Europe to tell the people of Asia that they were not exactlv wanted in this

newer continent. The word is I ,ftle of water where ho drank his ortcn used as the name of a race. fil1 an1 then giving him 6ome large Thia name is used because when blue berries watched him eat. He

The Tale Of the Whispering Cave

CHAPTER II

It was a huge"

switched her tail back and forth and uttered growls. It was hungry too, and Jack, knew his small rifle was useless against the huge beast. It would only enrage it the more. Then the lioness gave its freezing challenge and lay ready to spring, but just then Jack had the surprise of his life. A young creature slim and lithe with long black hair, hissed out a strange call and walked to the huge beast. Jack expected to see it tear this strange person to pieces, but no! Instead, the lioness slunk off into the high jungle grass. Jack was too surprised for words. Now the strange creature was looking at him ho saw by its face it was a very beautiful woman and had large, black eyes with a tiny red mouth, sparkling white teeth, with long black . eyelashes that shaded her black eyes. She was white like himself but was slightly tanned by the

tropical sun. There was- a long beaded panel that hung to her knees In front and one like it in the back and beaded breastplates that sparkled and glittered in the sun light. Her long, lovely, rippling haid hung a good way below her knees. She gazed at Jack In a puzzled way and then Jack finally

found his voice and said

"M-I thank you and will you tell me the way back to the Zamto's camp? I am lost, hungry and

thirsty." The strange woman

looked more puzzled and Jack

thinking she did not understand

made signs as if he were eating

and drinking. A smile on the girl's face told him she knew what he meant. Then she took him by the

hand and led the way to a small

John and Mary Go Fishing John- Ilai'tman 1'vmI in tow n In a large and beautiful house. He was

The Autobiography Of An Airplane

lionesa that . ,. .jn,..),i mu.

HO un uj ...... chlevous). For sometimes ho was a little bit mischievous. Across the street from John lived a little girl named Mary Hoover. She was a very attractive little girl. Her golden curls danced in the sunlight, her pretty blue eyes sparkled with joy, and her

plump red cheeks always weCi

RIDDLES

. If your uncle's sinter ia not

i your aunt, what relation ii t.lio to

you? Eizina M. Mann, hjju 11,

Tho last thing- -the men did to me befor3 I left the factory was to

paint me blue ana wnue, wnun gnulo 4 Antloch school, they said would camoullitgo .me 2 what is an old lady

very wen. io uays i.um viue- lni(ia0 of a ,ver jk0?

which I was one, to France. 1 was used lor dropping bombs on the enemy and had many exciting times.

Cfice I was dropping some shell;

in the

3. Why is the figure 9 like a peacock?-IJ. M. M. 4. State Italo: I wTfl com. posed of ten iters'. My eighth, niUt, Shd" tenth is what 2,000

pounds equals. My first, second,

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-i IZ a,l lAhJ p T vrv ; t , tC fti- "1"dne" third, fourth, fifth, 'sixth and sevfamily. She and John were very tacked me. They lireu some shells ' lh'la iha ' ' ,.,..;

good friends. at me but rone hit me. The pilot,; cothe3.AlIen r)avil, nolfi. j, aKa

tn .ti . flint I 1. n. ,1 fr.nnn Kit I

One day John came, over to

Mary's house, asking if she and her mother might go fishing with John and his mother. Mary Wa3 de

lighted with this plan and hurried

fast to tell her mother. Her mother consented. So in a while they were ready to start In the big car, which was a Cole Eight. They went In the country and went down to a large creek. Then they got their fishing implements out and began to start fishing. Soon Mary had a large fish. Then John caught one. The mother prepared the lunch and they all ate heartily. Soon it was growing dusk and they went home. This was a very happy day for the children. The End. Berenice Beeson, age 12, grade 8.

the Athenians heard that the Per

sians were coming to fight them, they sent one of their swiftest runners to beg aid of another strong city, Sparta. This runner ran a distance of a little over one hundred and thirty, miles and arrived In Sparta the next day after the day on which he had started. Do you think you could run that fast? Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: Most children are glad that school is closing, but I am not. Can you tell me why? D. H. Dear D. H.: The way you feel Is 1 unusual, but I think there is "prob-! ably a number Of boys and girls! who feel the way you do. I think the reason is that you really like

school; the work, your teacher, and 'Why?" said they. "Because she your playmates, and you feel that: is the spirit of a white princess

you are leaving it for a long time. ! that haunts the "Whispering Cave"

But even if you do not have soi Ah! thought Jack. Here is that many playmates with you, you can ! 'Whispering Cave" again, aloud he

think ap all sorts of games and; said: "What and where is this

things to do that will make your "Whispering Cave?" "That is where

vacation very happy. Besides, the spirit of departing souls are

mother wants some help very much I and Is quite two moons from here,

at times during the long days of! but no one ever comes out alive

Bummer. When you just can't think Do not wish to go there, white man,

of anything Interesting to do, come, or the White Spirit will claim your

and see me and I am sure that you soul as her own.' "Well I don t

and I together can think of some-; think I care to go now, but some

found the berries delicious and the water clear 1 and cold. Then she led him throu the jungle and in a very short time he saw the Zamtos' village. He was overjoyed. Then the strange woman-creature started to leave, but Jack caught her slim hand and said: "Your name?" She must at least have known what he meant for she said in a silvery low voice: "Armunta" and fled. Jack said slowly: "Armunta, Armunta!" "What a odd name." When the natives saw him they were too happy to speak. When Jack told the natives of Armunta they fell back and cried out: "The white spirit has saved you, beware lest some evil befall you." "Why do you call her

the White Spirit?" said Jack

Martha's Surprise One day It was raining and little Martha did not know what to do. She was sitting by the window wishing it would stop raining so she could go out doors and play. Just then Martha was surprised

to see her Uncle Ben drive up to

the gate in his big machine, stopped his machine and got and came up the walk into house, with a package under

arm.

pretending that I had been hit,

pressed a button, and I found myself falling towards the earth. When I had fallen about two hundred feet, I faced the enemy, and the gunner fired at them. To my surprise they burst into flame and fell to the ground. As soon as the war was over ,1 was taken back to America and now I am used for carrying mail, but I am content because I know 1 have done my duty. Ronald Macy, grade 7B, Garfield school.

10 years, Grade 7B, Garfield school.

5. I am composed of five letters. My first, second, fourth and second is the way a small boy treats a cat. My fifth, second, and third is a word which indicates gender. (Answers will appear in next week's Junior.) Answers to Last Week's Riddles 1. Indiana. Allen David Hole, Jr. 2. Yesterday. 3. Your promise. 4. When she lies at the wharf. 5. Helen, Martha, Ruth, Anna, Elizabeth, Lucilo Marie, Bertha, Ethel. Ruth Moorman. GUESS THESE! Dear Aunt Polly: I have some riddles, as follows: 1. Why does a miller wear a white hat? 2. What is it that grows shorter in summer and longer in winter? 3. What is the hardest key to turn? 4. What is

sculptor, has been chosen to be the sculptor of the statue. A recent picture of the sculptor anneared in an American raaga-

He zno recently, and the expression -on

out! the face of the artist is very the kindly, and his eyes look large and hisj dreamy as if he was in the habit

i of dreaming all sorts of beautiful

Martha wondered what it could dreams and then making his finbe. She jumped up and down when ' Eers express those dreams in bronze

he said it was a box full of paper dolls to paint and cut out. Oh, what fun Martha had the rest of the day playing with -the paper dolls. On every rainy day after that she played with her paper dolls. Kath-

ryn Kimmel, age 8 years, grade 4, Centerville, Ind.

thing to do that will

fun. Aunt Polly.

be lots of

Two Stories in One Once there was a girl whose name was Sarah. She was 10 years old. She was in the fifth grade at school. She had brown hair and blue eyes. She was more rich than poor. Her mother was dead. Her brother was at a large university studying and teaching. Her sister went

to Earlham. She and her sister! in

lived with their father. One evening her sister was frying some pork chops for their simple dinner. Sarah was busy writing a story. It ran as follows: Once a boy was always saying "I have went" The teacher did his utmost to correct him. One day his teacher told him if he said it again that day he would have to stay in after school and write it one hundred times correctly. In about an hour he said it again. So he had to stay in. When he got through the teacher was getting wood. Fred thought he had

better leave a note to tell the teacher he was going. The note was as follows: "Dear Teacher: I have finished

my tasK ana l nave weni. vii&ur Sarah sent it In. Do you think she won a prize? Ruth Smith, age . 10 years, School No. 2, fifth grade. (Honorable mention In story-

writing contest). 1 sleep.

day I will."

So no more was said on the sub

ject of the White Spirit until one day Armunta stepped out into

Jack's way while he was hunting

She smiled and talked quickly in

a oueer, very odd language of

hisses moans, and chuckles, as near as Jack could make it out. Jack shook his head, then she

broke into pearls of silvery lasrhter and seeing Jack's puzzled face her face grew serious. Then he got the greatest surprise of all, she said

perfectly good English: "I'm

sorry White God." Jack looked at her and grinned, then said: "Little White Spirit, I thought you could talk Uncle SamBile's language." But not another ycA would she say, only looked up at him with bright eyes. As they wandered thru the jungle the animals all slunk off at her approach but that afternoon as they were twining back Jack looked at something lie saw in the grass. When

he felt two soft lips on his cheeks and he looked around, but Armunta had gone. Jack wandered home and although he said nothing, the natives whispered among themselves: "White Man had again met White Spirit. She is luring him

to the 'Whispering Cave' where she will claim his spirit." But an angry scowl from young Jack soon made them hush. Jack could not sleep for thoughts of beautiful Armunta. Could she be false? He

would like to see the "Whispering

Cave"

American Flag In Gay Blanket Knit By Garfield Girl

Very bright and warm is the soldier blanket which Elizabeth Stevens, 711 West Main, knitted in

1918 for her uncle who was with the A. E. F. in France. Many bright colors are used red, green, blue and many others. Right in the center of the blanket is a large Red Cross and in one corner is an admirably knitted American flag which forms one block. There are sixty-three of these knitted blocks in the blan-

MacMonnies Chosen Sculptor of Statue Not long ago all the children of Richmond had the privilege of contributing some sum from a penny to a dime for the huge statue which America will give to France to be erected on the Battlefield of (ha Marno Mr lrfwloHrlr Man

Monnies, a distinguished American' Jh.e, newest thing in stockings?

"mm" oiucinui, dfce v jrtaia, new Paris, Ohio. , We will publish the answers to these riddles next week. Dear Lillian: Thank you, so very much, for your pretty card and your riddles. It tickled me pink, or, perhaps, I should say, purple, since the card had violets on it. When you conie to Richmond, some afternoon and come to North Ninth street, and up the stairs to the second floor of the Palladium building, you will find, waiting to receive you (doesn't this sound nice and formal?) anyway, you will find someone who will be very glad to see you, and that someone is your Aunt Polly.

or stone, or whichever material he chances to use. Just what the statue will be, has not been announced. Mr. Mac Monnies is working that out, but it is decided that it will be a very large statue, as largo as our Statue of Liberty, which France gave to us, and will have a group of people in it, in which the main figure will be a woman. The names of the Bchool children in the United States who contributed to this statue have been written in subscription books and will be sent across the ocean witrt the statue and will be kept with other records in the town of Meaux, in France.

NEWS OF CAPITAL An elaborate pageant in celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the founding of Indianapolis was given Tuesday afternoon by one of the large grade schools of Indianapolis. Eight hundred children were expected to take part in it.

ket, and almost all were made by I n0Unced the beginning of the pag

eant. The episodes presented in-

Elizabeth herself. It is well

made throughout. Elizabeth says she likes to knit . The blanket was finished too late and the war ended before it could be sent to the soldier-uncle overseas, which was a great disappointment to Elizabeth. She keeps the blanket very carefully. Elzabeth goes to Garfield and is in the 7B grade. The blanket was exhibited a short time ago in Miss Henley's room in the Domestic Art department.

of

OH, I LIKE SPRING! When the roses pipe up, They look like a cup, When they show their buds

gold. Then the curling leaves upfold Hark! I hear the birds sing, Then I know it is Spring.

The flowers bloom all day long, And the birds sing their best

songs. Mary Helen Fosler, grade

Baxter school.

4A,

THE RED BIRD

We love the pretty red bird That sits in the big cherry tree, That's in my yard, he sits there And sings and sings to me And you in the big cherry tree.

And with his bill of yellow, His suit of red that you can plainly see, Wherever he Is sitting and You can hear him singing

Then he fell in a troubled In tne bIS cherry tree.

Name not Given.!

eluded: The New Purchase, the Choosing of the Site for the NewCapitol, the Pioneers, the Civil War, Growth and Development of Indianapolis, The World War Trimph, and the Future of Indianapolis. All the children were in costume, and represented Indians, fairies, the living rainbow in colors and many other figures. Indianapolis school children contributed $415 to j). fund for the erection of a memorial to the landing of the Pilgrims. The quota for the whole state was only $500. The children of the Indianapolis orphans' home were the guests of the Federated Club women and the

theater management Thursday af

ternoon at a presentation of the

film, "The Bluebird."

THREE WHITE FEET ON GENERAL'S HORSE Jeff, the beautiful chestnut horse which was presented to General Pershing by a Virginia admirer, is the "pal" of the general every morning In his daily canter. Jeff has three white feet. An old superstition says of horses: "Three white feet, deny him; If four, take him by the nose And go and throw . I n to the crows." But Jeff is not superstitious, nor is his master, and proves by his beauty that the old saying is wrong. He won the first prize in

the "Be Kind to Animals Parade" held, recently.

Beeson Makes Old Pole Vault Record Look Pale and Sick Tom Beeson broke the Richmond Junior High School record in pole vaulting at the school meet Saturday, May 22. Beeson holds the record now with a 7 foot C inch vault. He not only made this record, but he made it in such beautiful form that he was cheered by the admiring spectators. The girls made a total of 80 points, of which the Purples won 48 and the Whites 32. Mildred Ware broke the girls' record in standing broad jump when she cleared a distance of 7 feet 3 inches. In the baseball game played by seventh grade girls the Whites showed up superior, and in that played by eighth grade girls the Purples came out victors. The Purple team captured first place in four of the seven races entered

Dy gins, u nose wno captured a notable number of first places are Berenice Richards, Mildred Ware, Marguerite Minix and Martha Perkins. The boys were entered in some 13 events, out of which Beeson easily emerged as victor with a total of 34 points and five first places to his credit. Kesler came next with a total of 29 points and four firsts. Martzell scored 28 points, with three firsts; Beck secured 25 points, including three firsts; Throckmorton and Kelley each are credited with 22 points, the former having two first places and the latter one.

MR. BROWN OFFERS CLASS Mr. Brown, for three years instructor of Art in the Richmond schools, has announced a special class for six weeks after school closes, for tho benefit of those who desire to continue and develop their work in art. ' He offers to teach a public school class which will fee made up entirely of school children. This course will consist of simple drawing from nature in pencil, crayon and pastel. The course will commence June 10 and close July 16, meeting every - week. On rainy afternoons the class will meet in his studio on the corner of Ninth and Main streets.

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