Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 179, 5 June 1920 — Page 14

PAGE FOCa TUB RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1920 THIS MINIATURE RAILROAD MAKES FARMING EASIER, MORE INTERESTING RIDDLES CLEVER YOUNG TEDQUERY CORNER

Tha edltnc will try to answer question rttaders- f tho Junior submit til' her. Slio will not promts to answer all of thum. Tho u-stlonH will' bo answerod In rotation, go do not PxpuvC the answer to bo printud in tha sam week la which you. sand it In.

. Dear Aunt Polly: Where'd the word "cowboy" come from? C. C; Dear C. C: Tho name was first used during tha American Revolution when the name was given to a band of American Tories who roved around neutral ground in Westchester county, New York, and robbed the people who belonged to another party, the Whigs and Loyalists, especially taking cattle. The name ia now used for the men who have charge of cattle on the west and southwest ranges of the United States. They are known to be well mounted,, bold and daring. Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly:- What is the fiercest snake in the world and how long is it? J. K. Dear J. K.: The largest living snakes known are of two kinds tho Boa (not the boa constrictor) and the Python of India. There are some snakes of each of these varieties that exceed 30' feet in length. The Water Boa, which, is the longest snake of the Boa family, is found in the Amazon river in South America. The natives fear the snake very much, it is so large; but it seems to be more afraid of people than they are of it. It ia said to be a very handsome snake. The Python is named the Ceylonese Python, probably after Ceylon, India There are several Pythons ih; different zoos in the United States. Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: yoa? C. Dear C: How old are I don't count i myself old! Aunts, especially aunts with whole cities full of nephews and nieces are never old. I am well, so many years young! But, of course, I cannot give the number because that Isn't in the question. Sorry not to tell you what yoa would like to know, but really, I am not "old" at all. Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: What am I thinking about? C. C. Dear C. C: The next question you may ask in the Query Corner! Anyway, whatever it is, send it in, and tho stars and I will answer you. Aunt'Polly. Sports that Make Men Athletics WALKING THE PLANK Francis Ilolt-Whoelor No, this isn't pirate stuff. This is a game to test your nerves, your balance, and your good temper. You'll be surprised to find who's the best in your class at it, may bej a fellow you didn't expect at all. j Get four 18-foot 2x4 planks. Nail i each two of them together at the I ends, by cleats, nailing the cleats j on the sides. That will make two long planks, 2 inches wide, and 86 feet long. Lay them on the

ground, edgewise, leveling the ground exactly as you go. If the ground is very uneven, find some old one-inch boards, cut them into pieces a foot long and spike the 2x4 on these pieces, at right angles to the length of the long plank.

Mr. Gage's train in action. On the estate of W. Cecil Gage near Syracuse, N. Y.. there is a most practical plaything in the way of a gasoline locomotive running on wooden tracks over the entire farm and pullm? at will freight cars of fruit, wood, ete., or observation cars with delighted passengers. Mr. Gage has made this entire outfit to amuse himself, as he found farming a bit slow after years of brokerage work. He has even constructed a very practical turntable near the "round house."

My First Hallowe'en When I was about seven years old I wondered what Halloween was, and when Halloween came, my mother and father took me uptown and I saw such funny things! I wondered what they were and my father told me they were people dressed in funny clothes, but they would not hurt me. I went on walking and some one came up and bumped me. I was so scared I cried until I found out it was my aunt. When we went home 1 sttid I was never going up town on another Halloween. Last Halloween was the first time I went out since that time I cried. Hut tho last time I did not cry and I had a very nice time. Bernice Simpson. Age 11; 5A Grade, Joseph Moure School. (Honorable mention in the StoryWriting Contest.) That will hold them solid, so I hey won't tipi Start two fellows at one end of i each plank at the same time. At the word "Go!" let each try and get to the end of the plank as quickly as he can, with the only con dition that he must not sot foot to the ground. He can wave his arms all he likes. For tho second stunt in these Olympic games, walk the plank, each heel as the foot is advanced touching the toe i of the other foot. A judge, on either I side, will see that this is fairly done. Tho sport can worst into a dozen events. Imagine hopping the entire 36-foot length of a 2x4? The fellow who does this, without toppling J over, is somo frog! Or, for the very skilful, leap-frog, landing fair and square on the 2x4, will catch the best of them. Low hurdles can be put up, with a jump to negotiate. A plank made this way will provide as much fun on the athletic field as it will on the playground,

"a TELL BIRDS BY

Francis Rolt-V.'hcclcr j Books will tell you a lot about The individual style of flight ofj the markings of birds, the exact a bird depends not a little on the differences between various kinds! shape of the wing, as well as its of hawks, for example. But, how, size and the weight of the body, often does one really get suftic- which has to be lifted.- The Ilumienily close to a bird to be sure?! ming-bird's flight is like that of an I A fellow who knows the woods insect, in sudden darts and poises,

ought to he able to tell most of the birds by the way they fly, for there is as much difference between the hurst of a partridge and tho slow flapping of a crow as there is !etwen the jump of a scared Jackrabbit and t!ie go-as-you-please; amble of a skunk. Some troops of birds are easy to tell. Swan-"? fly in the form of a V with the sides equal, Ducks in a V villi the sides unequal, Grey (leese in a series of small V's, Cranes in the shape of a W, Black Brant n a line side by side, Shags in a curving line like the letter S, and Flamingoes in a straight line, beak to beak. A Visit To the Zoo In Cincinnati While visiting my aunt and uncle in Hamilton, Ohio, last summer, they took some boys and me to the Cincinnati zoo in their machine. When we got there we stopped and a man asked us boys if we could climb. We said yes, and he said they were going to let the lions and tigers out, but he was just fooling. So we went in the zoo and we saw some bears and the keeper was just feeding them. He would make them jump for tho food. We then went on and saw little mice that onfy had two legs and there was a great big snake and lots of little snakes, too, and then we saw the monkeys. There was a mother money and she had a little baby who would go around on her mother's back. We gave them sJme

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t. Why do women like to look at the moon? Margaret Ruth Newman, liloomingport School. 2. What Island;) would be good for lunch?3. Here arc mi:;ed' trees: Ko.i, incl, euscrp, chip, yrtturelm, yrhecr, epuly, reap, dogdowo, yochrki, nmieomsn-p, komhele, has, ndicnl. Edith Smellier, age 1 1 years, New Paris. 4. Some cans: (For example, What can is in China? Canton.)

(a.) What can do. children like?! (b.) What can is a flower'.' (c.) What can is an old-fashioned method of light? (d.) What canj is a savage.' (e.) wnat can tio soldiers seek on their way home? (L) What can did many confront in Europe? Lillian Smclker, .New Paris, Ohio. Answers will appear in next week's Junior. ANSWERS 1. Your Mann. TO LAST WEEK'S RIDDLES mother. Elzina M. 2. Like to be drowned. 3v Because without a tail it is nothing. 4. Washington. Blole, Jr. 5. Texas. Allen David THEIR FLIGHT while the huge Albatross swings up and down like the waves of the sea. The Grous:e speeds like a bullet, the Swallow skims. At a distance, Swallow anil Martin might he L.stitken for each, oilier, but their flight is quite distinct. A flash of' red in the tree.-, may betoken either a Cardinal or a Tanager, but. the first klimpe of the flying bird tells the difference. The bumpy flight of the Finch family is quite characteiistic, as is also the snappy jerk of a Flycatcher going after an insect contrasted with the swoop of the Swallow. It is as important to know a bird by the way he flies as by the color of his feathers. them some chewing gum. The monkey sat there and looked at him so funny and then he put it in his mouth and chewed it. We then went on and we saw a lot of giraffes, and they would stick their long necks out of the top of the cage and the keeper would feed them. We also saw some seals that would swim for fish that the keeper would throw into the water for them. We then went to Chester Park and had a lot of fun and then we drove home. By Richard Summers, Yaile School, Grade 5B. Age 10. (Honorable mention in the. Storywriting contest.) COME AFTER YOUR SKATES I have a pair of skates which a boy told me to take home and bring them back again next week. The owner may have them if he will please call at 820 North I street, and describe them. Edwin May. j

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Felt an idea jump into his head; "I'll plant corn and beans, And heels, taters and groenn I'll go get my tools from the shed. "I'll get me a rako and a hoe, A trowel and a big sombrero A big sprinkling can To help out Lazy Rain, Then I'll raisi? 'em and stor-'cm-Ho! Ho!" For Girb to Make Y J Homecraft 4 PRETTIES FOR JUNE FROCK Carolyn Slnjrwin Biiili'y You want to look as flower-like and attractive as a Juno day, do you not, now that summer is here? Anil the charm and sweetness of girlhood lies in daintiness, which the girl herself can achieve. Here are some June hints for it: Crystal flowers will bloom quite as well on last year's figured organdy as on a new one, so get it out, press it, and go to work. You will need some very small crystal or white beads, fine strong sewing silk, and a bead needle slender enough to go easily through the beads. Holding your frock in sections in a large embroidery hoop, sew these :3t inm : - v ,.' i A H 1 -J" ! tr: 1 ! bends around the outlines of the taking printed roses and leaves, your stitches loosely so as not to draw the material. You will be surprised at the shining result. You will have a jewelled frock. Should you have a new frock, do get the printed net that comes this year in llower patterns like a garden. This is beautifully adapted to beading, and looks like the gown of a fairy when you finish. The new Handkerchiefs are of all the colors of the rainbow, and are intended to stick out of the pocket of your inidt'y blouse or of your sports skirt. Ti you buy them, you can have only a few, for they, are expensive. Bit you may make as many as you like. Buy a third of a yard of rather sheer linen in the colors you like. It will be a yard wide and will make three handkerchief?!. Roll a very narrow bent, and sew on a tiny edging of lace or tatting, over and over, with this hem. Or you can draw six threads one inch from the edge and, basting it carefully, make a. narrow hemstitched edge. Flower Scent Bags may be fastened in your frocks as they hang in the clothespress. Make small bags of ribbon, and fill them with cotton wadding dusted thickly with a good violet and orris sachet powder. Even better will it be to fill the bags with dried rose leaves. Pin these dainty scent packages in your best things, and the frocks will be as fragrant as flowers when you put them on.

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