Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 179, 5 June 1920 — Page 13

THIS RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1920

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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM

The Junior ralladium is the children's section of tho Richmond Palladium, founded May C, 1916, and issued each Saturday afternoon. All boy and girls are invited to be reporters and contributors. News Items, social events, "want" advertisements, a'ories, local jokes and original poems are acceptable and will be published Articles should be written plainly and on one side of the pap t, with the author's name ind age signed. Aunt Polly is always glad to meet, the children perlonally as they bring their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to the Junior Editor. This is your little newsTaper and we hope each boy and girl will use it thoroughly.

AUNT POLLH LETTER.

Abracadabra, dear Junior-folks: Now, I have not any idea just what this long word means, but it is said to be an Arabian word that brings very good fortune, so now every one of you lias some good fortune coming to yon. You see, 1 heard some one say the olher day that he had good luck and must knock on wood to keep it, and so he knocked on a chair three times, and I began to wonder if those knocks would really help him keep his good luck. Do you think it will? This is what grownup people call superstition, which is a long word and we much prefer to call it fear of .something we do not know anything about something mysterious. Are we superstitious? Oh, no, most certainly not! And yet there are lots of folks right here in Richmond that will not sit down to a table where thirteen people are being served, or will be afraid if they break a mirror or a black cat runs across their path. You just listen and see how many things like this you hear. Do children ever do things like this? What about saying "Mississippi" and carrying a rabbit's foot in your pocket? Do children in other countries have good luck charms and sayings like these? I should say they do! Here are just a few of the ones I found that children of today are using in their work and games: The people of Scotland wear flint arrow-heads which were perhaps cut out of stone hundreds of years ago by the old people of the stone age. These have been mounted in silver, and are called "elf-arrows" and were supposed to have been shot from heaven by the fairies. The people of Albania say that if a child drops asleep just before a meal that good luck will come to the family. (I think it is all according to what they were going to have for dinner. If lie went to sleep just. be-, fore a dinner of ice cream. I would not call it good luck, would you?). In Japan a baby who does not sleep is said to be bewitched by the foxes. A boy who rests a gun on his head will grow no taller, say the Chinese. In Portugal, the children wear silver half moons for good luck, and

when Rome was a great old empire the boys of that city would wear! hollow golden balls around their necks, which were said to make them

want to siuny anu learn aooui tumgs. wonuer u u wouiu ueip some 10 import some golden balls into Richmond schools, especially after lunch time! Say, you boys, how would you like to live in Russia? They believe that a mother should not wash the child's hands on Sunday, for, if she would, they would always tremble.

In Belgium, the games played by the boys are watched. Why? Recause the Belgians believe they can tell what is going to happen in their country that way. If the boys play soldier and fighting, then they' will have a war; and if they play policeman or hide-and-seek, then every one locks his door especially carefully that night. j In Naples, Italy, (by the way, do you remember that is where Jaek and Jean were kidnapped in "The Wishing Plane"?) the children wear)

coral with silver bells to keep them from bad luck. It is said right here in some parts of our country that, if, in playing marbles one rests his hand on a moleskin, the shot will win. Try it! 'Way off in Malta the parents tell their children that if they throw stones into a well or sea, they will sometime have to lift them up again with their eyelashes! Did you ever play "Lady Bug. Lady Bug, fly away home"? Over in Asiatic Turkey the children have a game that is something like that. It is called bogharanga, which is their name for a black beetle. They hold this beetle between the thumb and a finger and say, "Boharanga, Bohar-

anga, hear me speaking and tell me the truth." Then they will ask it

what thev want to know, whether their father will let them wear a knift

to the next feast or when they may have a camel of their very own. Then they pinch poor Mr. Beetle, which makes him give a strange, clicking

noise and nod his head several times. '1 his means "yes. Are not these things queer? Do you do any of these things? I do

And yet, I do not really think they have any power at all to bring me

either good luck or had luck. Just the same, I would not go under a

ladder unless I just had to, and I would scare a cat nearly out of its wits

trv to shoo it out, of my path if its color happened to be black. Then

too. everv team and airplane must have its mascot. It's a funny old

world, isn't it?

From your aunt, who has broken two mirrors in her lifetime and

who is just as happy as if she had never done it, AUNT POLLY,

clown's suit of black and white. His tricks were old. Everyone had seen them before. While the clowns were parading, in the left ring a tiger was performing. He was a fierce tiger that had killed one man. They kept him In his cage for one year after the murder. For the last six months after his year's punishment he had be" trained, and tonight was his first performance since that dreadful night. Without a moment's notice the tiger gave a leap from the ring. The attendants did their best to stop it, but could not. He was going towards a toddling baby that was standing, laughing and clapping his little hands for joy, to see the tiger coming to him. The baby had wandered six feet from his mother. She was so startled that she could do nothing. The tiger, with one leap, would be on the baby, when the ragged man grabbed the child and threw it to the people on the seats. "Run!" tho people shouted; but it was of no use, for the tiger was upon the man and had knocked him dawn. By that time an attendant has secured a gun. In another minute the tiger was dead and the ragged man's wounds were being cared for by a doctor. The father of the baby offered to give him a reward but the ragged man said, "Give it to Mary, for I'll never need it." The next morning he was dead. Maude H. Chenoweth, age 14 years. High school.

Father's Mistake

A Young Hunter

Out in Eugene, Ore., there is a very proud boy. Blen A. Brooks, 15 years old, has just been hailed as the champion bear hunter for his age in that part of the country. On August 12 of last year Blen killed a big bear with one shot, bringing it out of a tree where it wa feeding on berries, and on Sept. 12 he killed another in a neighbor's fruit tree with two shots. All of his victories are not so easilv

won, however. In November he had an exciting adventure when he and two older brothers were hunting in ttie mountains not far froai their home. In a big patch of fern Blen saw the tracks of a bear leading to a hollow tree. When he and his dog reached the tree the bear came out, cuffed the dog witli one paw, sending him whirling through the air, and then climbed the tree. Blen shot it once, and the animal, getting angry, turned toward him to fight. The boy did not lose his nerve, but blazed away again, and then again, finishing Bruin as he advanced toward him. Keeping cool in emergencies is the secret of Blen's success as a

hunter, and it is a very good rule

to apply in all work and play. Brooklyn Eagle Junior

"Oh, Bell, tomorrow Father will visit school. Although 1 hate to say it, I Just dread when Father visits school because he mixes us so," said Bess, throwing herself on tho front Bteps of the school. Bess and Bell were twins whose father was supervisor of school. He was a little near sichted and so

he was always a source of embar- j rassment to the twins because he' couldn't tell them apart. I

I "I have told him over and over again that I sit behind the redI headed Ralston boy and you over

by the door," said Bell. "I have thought of a plan!

! Tomorrow, let's change seats. The

j teacher will never know the differ- ! ence. But, oh. Bell, bo sure to an- ! swer to my name." I Bell consented, and, entwining ' their arms, they walked home, i talking in low tones of their plan, j The next morning the girls were I on their way to school when Father whizzed by in a taxi, and thrusting i his head out, he cried, I "Now, it's Bess who sits behind ! the Ralston boy, isn't it?"

I "I knew he would get it wrong, 1 sighed Bess in despair, j They had carried out their plan j to perfection, but when their father came, trouble began. ! The children were reciting

"Mother Goose" rhymes from memory when the supervisor said, "Some of the 'Mother Goose' rhymes have been set to music. My girls can sing them. Bess, come up and sing," loking at Bell. "I can't father," said Bell. "Maybe you would like for your sister to accompany you." "I can't, father,' 'said poor Bess. "Go to the piano, my daughters," said the supervisor sternly.

The girls went to the piano and Bell struck a few ugly chords while Bess sang two notes off the pitch; then both broke down. "I think." said the teacher, "if

you would tell Bess to sing and Bell 1

to play, it will be all right." Bell took her place at the piano and the music rippled from her nimble fingers, while Bess lifted her clear soprano voice and sang, "The man in the moon Came down too soon," etc. After school, Bess said to Miss Eliman, "It's awful to be a twin." "I think It must be," laughed Miss Eliman. Cathryn Wellbaum, SA, Garfield.

School Portrays Games Of A Century The children of Franklin School, in Indianapolis, planned to present a unique program Friday afternoon as their part of the Centennial celebration being held in Indiana's capitol this week in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the founding of that city. They studied the games which have been played by all tho children lor the last 10rt voara.

The, minuet wns the typical game of the pioneer child, and "I See You" and "Go in and Out the Window" were given as games played by children of today.

ONE ATE ONE A man was riding down the road when he met a man suffering and in terrible pain. He went to tin man and said, "What is the matterl What can I do for you?" "One ate one," was all the man could say. The man in the machine said, "What did you eat?" "Oh, you bonehead!" said the

iuau who was sunering, one-eigni-one was the machine that hit me." Chester Collins, Finley School.

Young Citizens

fare Adventures

Peter Has A Muzzle Teter Rabbit loved to nibblethat is what got him in trouble and so do all of Peter Rabbit's brothers and sisters. One little brother is the pet of a large London office and he walks all over everyone. The only unfortunate thing about this particular Teter Rabbit was his love of nibbling. .He nibbled the ruffles off a

woman clerk's waist, and he chewed the bookkeeper's trousers. After that the chief bought him a muzzle and he wears it in business hours. The report is that he likes office life.

AN EYE FOR BUSINESS Charlie, aged 7, was a regular visitor to our home to see my young son Bob, and naturally was often asked to stay to supper. He knew every member of the family well except the oldest boy, who was out of town, and on whose homecoming Charlie's invitations to supper noticeably decreased. Some time after the oldest boy had arrived home Charlie was asked if

he liked him as well as the rest of the family. He replied, "Oh, he's all right, but he takes my place at the table." Illustrated News.

The Heroic Clown "Mister?" "What is it?"- a gruff voice ans wered. "A ragged man to see you, sir." "Send him in." A ragged, sickly-looking man en tered.

"Well," asked the man with the

gruff voice.

"Sir, I need work. I can't do

much, with this terrible cough; but

I'll do my best. "Have you been to a doctor?" "Yes. He gives it a big name, but Mary says its a bad sickness. The doctor says I must go to a warmer climate and this is the only way I know to get there. You see, Mary needs the money and I need a change of climate." "What can you do?"

"I used to be able to perform tricks but I haven't done them for years. I learned them in a Cincinnati school for magicians." "We can't afford to hire a man who can't do anything in our business, for he would be a burden.

You come tonight and we'll see about it." "Oh, thank you, and 111 assure you I'll do my best." That night, the people saw a slim, stoop-shouldered man in a

Pencil (Twigr

Can You Change Thij- Guinea Pig Into a Calf ?

IhN You Change ThixCat Into a Bulldog ?

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"ALICE" JOINS THE MOVIES The Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, Tweedlededum and Tweedledeedee, the Gryphon, the March Hare and all the rest of Alice's companions in wonderland, have come to life again on the movie stage. They have all been put in pictures and were shown in Indianapolis this past week. The motion picture of "The Bluebird" was also shown there this week. This shows that the motion picture companies have not forgotten the many children who help form audiences in the movie theaters.

ON A TORPEDO TUBE Francis Holt-Wheeler "Since you're here," said the Secret Service man, "and there isn't a war on now, or anything of that kind, I might take you over to see one of our destroyers 'heap big brave'. My brother's commander of one, in the harbor, now." "Could I?" He smiled at the boy's eagerness "I don't know why not. The Navy is there to protect the Indians just as much as it is the white men. And, since you're find-

INDIANAPOLIS SCOUTS The patrols of Troop 59 of Indianapolis Boy Scouts have provided themselves with canoes and hold novel meetings on White River, near there. Eleven Indianapolis Scouts have signed up as candidates for the trip to London where the international convention of Boy Scouts will be held during the summer.

LIKE TO HUNT SNAKES? The boys of the Bedford Y. M. C. A., in New York recently held a snake hunt and caught eight snakes and caught them alive, too! They have been studying poisonous and non-poisonous snakes. These live snakes were kept on exhibition for one week, then were taken back to the woods and given their freedom.

A man boasted that he had mas

tered the English language. Where

upon he was challenged to write the following from dictation: "As Hugh Hughes was hewing a yule log from

a yew tree, a man dressed in cloth

es of a dark hue came up to Hugh

and said: "Have you seen my ewes?' 'If you will wait until I hew this yew, I will go with you

anywhere in Europe to look for your

ewes, said Hugh."

The Junior Red Cross is serving

lunches in forty tiny villages in Belgium alone. This organization is also helping the American Red Cross to care for 800 homeless chil

dren in Western Russia.

ing out what this country' Is, you'd better find out what is helping to keep it so." So, telling Hunting Eye of all the deeds of the Allied Navy during the war, he lad the way down to tho wharf and, boarding the destroyer,

ho showed the lad all the marvelous mechanism of a modern fighting craft. "Here," he said to Hunting Eye, "jump up into the saddle of this torpedo tube. See that wheel? That turns the tube to aim. Out of that very torpedo tube you're sitting on, many a torpedo has been fired," and he explained to the Indian lad the workings of that modern missile of destruction the torpedo. "Are there any Indians in the Navy?" asked Hunting Eye "A few," said the commander of the destroyer, who wa3 standing by, listening, "but a good many more are in the army. Both in the United States and Canada, your red brothers came to the front promptly. They fought beside the whites in good shape. But as the sea-coast tribes get more in the way of civilized conditions, we reckon on getting some good sailors out. of them. There are some fine fellows in the British Columbia tribes. Do you want to join us?" "Not now," said Hunting Eyo, "But I will fight for my tribe and my country some day."