Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 179, 5 June 1920 — Page 11

THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM WEEKLY SECTION OF RICHMOND PALLADIUM

RICHMOND,. INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1920

PLAYGROUNDS OPEN for sum TERM

mreo piaygrouniis wiii ut-iiin-iH-u tins summer for a period ot ten weeks. So says Coa li Ei hoi, who is to be general supervisor of Hie work or shall wo call it play? Two other supervisors will bo chosen. The three playgrounds to bo opened are the one on South Twenty second street, the Whitewater School grounds and the Baxter School grounds. The Whitewater and Baxter grounds will be open to children and juniors under sixteen years of age. There is no age limit set on the South Twenrytsecond street grounds. Tho term will be from June 7 to August 14. We are glad that there are to be at least three playgrounds open in the city this year! Lucih Moorman Receives Letters Miss Lucile Moorman, who lives at 412 South Thirteenth street, receives interesting letters from time to time from the little French girls who were the orphans adopted by Garfield School. The following card was received by Lucile in April: Montfrin, France, April 9, 1920. Dear Friend: I have received your pretty card, and it has given me great pleasure to hear the news. How I envy you having a garden. At my house 1 do not. have any, and I am especially fond of flowers. In Montfrin, we call t ho flower that blooms in your garuen the "muguet" (Lily of the Valley). In your next, letter tell me what they call it in your country. I close in wishing you a happy Faster. Your friend, MARIE NAVAL, The following letter also was received by Lucile Moorman lately: Galeria, April 4, 1920. Pear Friend: Please excuse my slowness in answering your letter. It was delivered by mistake to another person with tho same name that I have, and if. did not come to me until fifteen days ago . I am happy to i learn that we are almost the same: age. I am thirteen years old. I go to school and am preparing for the certificate of the primary studies which will be given out in the month of June. 1 am in the class of; the middle course. I have two! brothers and one little sister, six! years old. My birthday is November 25. I never play with the doll 1 because I help my mother and I go! to school. Take the best wishes from vour friend, LILLIAN LUCIAN1. Hungry Children in Germany Being Fed In a great big kindergarten in Schoenberg. Germany. 70 very, very hungry children are fed every day by the Service Committee of the American Friends, t here are big windows in this kindergarten and many other children who are probably very hungry, too, press their noses against the windows and watch theV children eat. It has been figured that there are 3,000,000 children in Germany who are not getting enough to eat. Of this number, the Friends are feeding 100,000. Joe Has His Finger Prints Made Too Joo is a chimpanzee that lives in Central Park, New York city. Recently his finger prints were taken just as so many peoples finger prints are taken nowadays. No, it was not to be able to identify him as a criminal,, or to be able to find him it he should get lost it was just to compare them with the fingerprints of a man. Chimpanzees finger prints are thought to be very much like man's. Maurice Fitzgerald, a Govern ment fingerprint expert, took Joe's i prints, and this should have been! thought of as a great honor by Joe, but perhaps he did not appreciate it.

U. 5. S. G. A. Badges Have Arrived--Still Time to Plant

The badges for th School Gar i tion Army an; lu re ami arc very good looking," Mr. Rice has announced. H wishes to tell all the soldiera to hail him whenever they see him on the. street because ho will always have some badges with him or iluy can go Lo his home, 101 South Ninth street. All members of tho army are urged to enter their produce in the exhibit which will be held the latter part of July, or when tho produce is at its best. The Generalissimo said, too, that it was not too late' to plant Niin;;s to store for next winter. Corn, beets, peas, tomatoes and potatoes may still be planted and he urges that the soldiers of the School Garden Army take advantage' of this way of securing food for winter. A meeting of the captains and lieutenants will be held some time next week. American Legion Favors Scouting At the national convention of the American Legion held in Minneapolis in November, 1919, the following resolution was passed: "Resolved, That tho American Legion heartily commends the principles and achievements of tho Boy Souts of America and rei omlTL.nds that each post assist the Boy Scout troops in its community in whatever manner practicable.'' This looks encouraging lo the many boys who would organize scout troops if they could only secure a good seoutma.dor. Two members of the Harry iUy Post are now masters of scout troops in this cit v.

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IT'S AWFULL

Now I've got a notion in my head That there's no use to try This here ton months of school, You could just as easy fly to the sky. 'Cause us kids ain't a-goin to study, Me and' Mary an' Buddy, Even though our grades ain't very high. Pa and Ma, they think it's awful, And they believe, I guess J They call it unlawful; and it's just too hot to work. But I know we oughtn't to shirk, And it's goin' to be outrageoi awful. Catherine Fye, Garfield School Margaret Nice Has Worthy Poem We think the following poem by Margaret Nice which wad published in the May number of The Headlight (Garfield) is so well created that we wish to print it in The Junior Palladium: THE SUNKEN VESSEL Oh, I have traveled far and wide, And 1 have ridden on many a tide; Many a crew has seen my hold, And many a man uo brave and bold Has looked for venture on my decks And seen with me the awful wrecks Which I have passed unharmed, unharmed, Though oft my crew was much alarmed. Many a cargo have I carried, In many a harbor have I tarried; But when I came this unknown way I struck a rock, and here to stay I lie beneath the rolling sea Oh, woo is me! Oh, woe is me! Margaret Nice.

DOWN ON THE FARM

Echoes From the "Y" Basement Two beautiful limp leather Bibles are an, exhibit in the Association lobby. They will be awarded to the two boys' of the Junior Bibl- class who receive the highest marks on their final examination papers. The examination was to have been held this morn-

ins, but because school made them miss their class this week, both the class and the examination had to be postponed one week. Swimming classes have been scheduled for Junior A's and B's for summer. Oh, Boy! The patrol leaders of the anticipated "Y" Boy Scout troop are: Leslie Hart, George Krueger, and Homer Weimer. They are studying the tenderfoot testa and selecting their associates. After they have passed these tests the troop will be organized. Membership in this troop is not limited to "Y" members. Flags, banners,, and a band, are only a fow of the tilings Mr. Wilson suggested which will belong to the troop.. Summer Bible classes will be organized by Boys' Secretary Wilson. Prizes will be awarded in this class, too, when the session is ended. A hike was scheduled to leave the "Y" at 1:30 today, headed south. The Best Studies Of all tho studies I like best. Gym is better than all the rest; And cooking is the next best, you know, 'Cause when you whip your egg and make it look white as snow, And then you put it in your custard And have salad with mustard, It makes you feel like you'd rather cook, Than sit down and keep your nose in a book. Catherine-Fye, Garfield school.

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FOUR BOYS CAMP

"We're off!" said four Junior , last Thursday morning. "What J weather to us? Our tent la good and strong!"- j Tht pnmnara ain Tai Tla ' 8on Francia RobinRon, Dudley, Woodman and Walter FulghumThe camp site is the Fulghura farm near which is a clear stream and 3 bubbling spring. When they left, they were planning to stay at least five or six days. Mr, Studebaker Sees Children of Serbia Is it not splendid to think there are many grownups who are real big brothers and big sisters to the children who live in many places?' One of such friends is Mr. Studebaker, who played such a big part in organizing the Junior Red Cross during war time. Then, when thei I war was ended, did he forget about children? Not he!' When the government wished to send someone to help the poor little unfortunate children of Serbia, Uncle Sam asked Mr. Studebaker to go,, and he went. He has just returned after being away several months. Last Saturday evening he was in Richmond visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter II. Bates, of South Thirteenth street. While there ho told a little about his work in forlorn Serbia, robbed of almost all itj possessions by the invading army. He says the children do not have clothes, nor enough food and many of them have not had a bath for a long time. Think of it! The people of that country have no clothes, to speak ofno soapin fact, not much of anything. This is the gloomy side of the story. We are saving the best to the last. And this is it: When these poor little children come to the Red Cross Relief Stations (and sometimes 100 of them come at a time) their pieces of clothes just sacks, sometimes are takan away and each child gets scrubbed until he is as shining and clean as can be, and then what does he, put on? Ha is dressed in clothes which are sent to him from boys and girls who are members of the American Junior Red Cross. And probably, if you Juniors could see anyway, you can imagine their clean, happy faces and their little stomachs that no longer ache with hunger, you would be so tickled that you had had a part in this work, l you would give three such big leaps into the air that Tom Beeson of Garfield School would have to "go some' 'to hold his pole vault record. Miss Marion Chenoweth left Monday for South Bend to visit her grandmother. She-will be gone several weeks. Misses Miriam and Marguerite Burbanck loft Friday, May 28, for Indianapolis, where they will enjoy a ten days' visit. Tho boys and girls of Miss Edmunds' room, in Baxter School, were very pleasantly entertained Friday afternoon at tho home of Mrs. Worley on their farm north of town. On the way home they visited the Wilson home on northwest Fifth street, where they saw several hundred rabbits that live there. Miss Alice Genevieve and Master Robert Ilorton, of Youngstown, Ohio, will arrive next week with their mother to spend several days with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Townsend, on South Twentyfirst street. I DO NOT LIKE IT! June 1, 19: 10.

Society '

Dear Aunt Foly: I w ill tell you what I think about ten months of school. I don't see why anyone wants it Nine months of school is enough for anybody. I don't think it is right. Mildred Bromley. el