Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 185, 12 June 1920 — Page 13

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM. SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1920

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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM

The Junior Palladium is the children's section of (ho Richmond Palladium, founded May 6, 1916, and Issued each Saturday afternoon. All boys and girls are invited to be reporters and contributors News Items, social events, "want" advertisements, s'.ories, local Jokes and original poems are acceptable and will be published. Articles should be written plainly and on one side of the papei, with the author's narno nd 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 EdWor. This is your little newspaper and we hope each boy and girl will use it thoroughly.

AUNT POLLY'S LETTER.

Dear Juniors: Do you remember those first days when Heidi went up on the mountain with the goats and Peter, the goatherd? Was it strange that in just a little while the goats all lingered around Heidi, and did not care so much to be with Peter? I do not think it is so very strange, because Heidi liked the goats and was kind to them, all of them, Snow-

hopper, Thistlefinch, Big Turk and Barll and Schwanli and all the rest, qiiH Potor all Yte wanted wa In eft them driven nn the mountain and

then down again when evening came. He liked some of them, probab-l surprised she did not know what

ly Big Turk, but poor lonely little Snowhopper got no pity from him. l,f, lo " u,1 lo bianu aiw stare

The goats liked their walk up the mountain much more when they j "" " '"

went with Heidi than with Peter. Did they thank her for her kind-

The Story Of A Little Girl-Polly The next morning after breakfast, Polly went over to play with Dolly. It had rained that night and there were big mud puddles right in the middle of the road. As Polly was crossing the road she went to one side of the puddle, but the mud was slippery and she slipped right in. Her nice blue apron and stockings were all muddy and dirty. She got up just in time to see a carriage drive up at the door. She thought it might be her grandmother, so she ran in the house to tell her mother. Her mother was not in the sitting room or dining room or the nursery so she went straight to the parlor. She opened the door and stood right in front of whom do you suppose? not her grandmother, but the preature's (perhaps you readers would spell this word differently, but we thought we would leave it as the aufhor of this story left it Ed. Note) wife and her friend from Boston. Polly was so

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS BABY?

ness? Yes indeed, just as much as animals can and that is pretty

Polly's mother

what to do, either.

did not know

At first she

to her right away and were so glad to see her. It seems to me that

Heidi was kind to everyone, and that is why everyone was glad to see

herin a that

I like best about Heidi, she was always nice to Miss Rottenmeier, even

when that lady's disposition was like her name.

Do you know that people who do not speak English, or even ani

much sometimes. After Heidi's long visit in Frankfurt they came up 1 T,, e.6l)9 was.f 0,ng J., cr?

w " r jinn. X'lOJIl'l merry face, she laughed instead.

-everyone except Miss Rottenineier, and somehow she was built ; " 'ncmn factory where they left kindliness out of the hearts of people, but i .'a"K'ed vfrn i!y certainly did not make any difference to Heidi. 'That is one of the things Sir hane Zf I Vr .,.. k iii.n .u ui,o, r,;,.o tr, Miua nn(tnmjnr Dv.n T 1111 ner najr nAnS'nK down her

i back, very muddy indeed. Polly's

mother took her out of the room i and in ahnnt firt

mals who can not speak any language at all can understand you, if you i broUE,t hpr ,.

are kind? Watch a dog. A dog will go right up to some people and After a while the company went"! will slink away from others. That is because a dog can somehow- tell-; home and Pol,y had suppgr amJ '

wneiner inai person me&uK miiuih-ss tu mm m hui. niiiimu uauina Wgnj j0 jjed

usually begin to train an animal by patting it and being rnendly to it. This way has proved a better way than the great long whip. As someone said once, "Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak and iha (tpnf can understand .'

I read a book oace in which the girl (her name was Prudence) said friends?

that she knew people would like everyone else better if they would I 'Td like to have one just fine' just know each other better. Kindness is the little bridge that leads Sally Doan had one of dem things from one person to another, so that they may understand each other, once and I liked it awful much," Did you ever imagine what the world would be without kindness? answered Polly.

There would not. be any little kittens nor birds nor anything that etraldj "All right, let's write (he invita

not take care of itself. Children would have a hard time, 1 am sure, and really I think that the world would be a dark old cave without any end if there were no kind people in it. Don't you? "Kind hearts are more than coronets" Tennyson said. Do you think so? I have always thought I would like to wear a crown for a little while just to know how it feels, but I think that when I feel like a dark old day and when I have burned the toast for breakfast and when the rain got on my bestest hat and spotted it all up, and when everything seems upside down instead of right side up as it really is, right then I would rather meet a kind person than own ten golden coronets all gleaming with rubies and diamonds and pearls and emeralds. How do you feel about it? AUNT POLLY'.

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Blakelcy Coughlin. A dozen or more letters demanding ransoms of from $6,000 to $15,000 from persons who hope to profit by the kidnaping if they did nnt Ha thp HoaH hnvo nnlv cnrvArl f n nporun iha mvftfprv KiirrminHint7 thft

The next morning Polly's mother abduction of Bfakeley Couthiin from his crib June 2. The boy, Bon of

said: "Polly, your birthday is next Friday. How would you like to have a party and invite your little

Mr. and Mrs. George II. Coughlin. Norristown. Pa.

old. He has blue eyes and light hair.

is thirteen months

Tom and Jack On Willow Island

"Hullo!" he said. "Got done

camping?

Monkeys at the Zoo

this often happened, but I did not see it while I was there. 1 . 1 1 T V.

A row Hav ntrr. in article in The Aswinging uamooo poie t A feW ri5 an,irl.-Kl i been fixed up above the pond, and

, "7 Hon 7 . a couple of branches overhang it.

V".' '"V:;.; piv The monkeys greatly

r,'u":rr" ; r.i ing and larking about on

rl ,"7 , " ; I actually saw one hanging

line vviiai mvj v w

tion riht away. Here they are;

now wnom tio you want?' 'asked her mother. "Let's see, I wan't Sally Dean, Annabelle and Halburta Colfisher, and Polly and Alice Brown and Oh. yes. Carlot.ta Ulna

course, grandmother and Aunt "No" 851 id Tom "we came home Alice." said Polly I t0 set sorao things, and I think it's "All right, I've got Uiem all" mean of the folks ,0 g0 off" said her mother after a pause ' "They went risht af,er dinner-" "Now, come; we will deliver them "! sa'd Jimmy- "and 1 Suess they're So Polly and her mother were'goins t0 atay aI1 night " gone about an hour deliverinei After Jhinn.v v,'ent away the them. j boys climbed in at the kitchen winFriday came and so did thJdow' They found some co,d

guests. Polly had a fine partv 1 chlcken- and doughnuts, and a half They had fine things to eat andiof a pie' and ,hey a,e enough for

S1A UUS,

"we can get close under the wia dow and Just yell." They crept softly under the window and looked in. There sat their

CHAPTER VIII. . I mother, rocking the baby; the They found the house locked, j queer noise was made by the rockand, after trying all the doors they ing chair. Both boys rushed to the sat down on the steps, feeling very front door and rattled the latch, much abused. Jim Parker saw (Biddy screamed, and their father them and came across the road. i opened the door. He was very much

astonished, and so was their

mother, when they burst into the sitting room, dragging her best blankets after them. "Here are your tramps," said their father, laughing. "Here are your burglars," said Tom and Jack. Everybody laughed; and Biddy, who had not dared to go to bed, was very much relieved, and ran off to the kitchen. The boys sat

their native land, for these particular monkeys come from India. The monkeys sounded so jolly and happy and frisky that I determined I would visit the zoo and see them myself. I was not disappointed. About 50 or 60, as far as I could judge, are all together in a big aviary. It is like a very large open air cage, with, trees growing inside it, and a little pond at the bottom. In fact, it. is just about the nearest thing to their own jungle home that could be arranged for them in the heart of a big city. The hotter it is, the happier they seemed to be. Whilst I was there they were having a great time. Some were sitting quietly with their little arms around each other, under the wooden shelters that have been placed for them, high up on the sides of the aviary. Others were playing idly on the ground. Occasionally they would chase one another all around the

place, up the trees and poles that

support the roof, down again to earth, on to the wire walls, right across from one side to the otherall this to the accompaniment of a great deal of chattering and excitement. There would be a rough-and-tumble, and a loud squawking, when one caught another, but never any harm done . They are a mischievous lot, but quite goodtempered. It was great fun to watch them round the pond. I was most anxious to see them swimming (I am told monkeys can swim); but though one or two paddled in the shallow water, none seemed inclined for a swim. They played round the edge of the pond, dabbling their hands in the water and fishing out bits of stick and bark. Each one seemed expecting

that another monkey was coming

downward and having

I had an idea what they

like, so I look a cucumber with nie. It was the greatest success. They crowded around the wire for it, and it was very difficult to share it out equally. The only way was to attract the bigger ones with one hand, while giving a piece to a little one with the other. The little monkeys grasped the strategem at once, and after snatching their slice of cucumber, scampered away to enjoy it quietly, unmolested by their bigger friends. It is worth while remembering that monkeys juicy things apples, oranges, bananas, and cucumbers. Nearly every one takes them nuts, and they seem to get tired of them. In fact, I noticed them throwing away nuts and bits of biscuit, with the drollest expression of impatience, when they saw my cucumber. Before I left the zoo I paid a visit to the cat bears, the most fascinating furry little animals you can imagine, which, like the monkeys, come from India. Their keeper

told me a great secret one of the cat bears has two kittens. This is the first time baby cat bears have been born at the zoo, and the keeper was very proud of them. I was not allowed to look at them, as they are too young for that at present. But, later, I hope I shall see them; and if I do, I shall tell you about them. Christian Science Monitor.

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enjoy Bums- ha(1 p . - , -- -"- the house, and eft everv

these, and nsiP" ' ""ay -s'nose we ourht to

head lback." said Tom

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and will start to school next fall.'

-io oe continued.

upon the floor like Indians and told

Then they went all over, their adventure, while the baby put

door open, j his thumb in her mouth and stared be starting! at them. "Tell about your keg of gold,

the summer-. Tom," said Jack.

house, so's to take care of the "Ho, you were just about aa

i house," said Jack; it isn't safe' to much fooled as I."

Pencil Twister

Can You Change "Ignatz Mowf Into'Krazy Kat ? i

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Can You Change tms Lamp Shadz Into An Inpian Wigwam

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behind to push him In. Probably I of hi digging have vanished.

Men Have Been Digging Asphalt in the Asphalt Lake of Trinidad now for 43 years and, although billions of tons have been shipped all over the world, no man has ever succeeded in making a permanent hole in the lake. A man can dig asphalt all day, and the next morning the hole is filled and all traces

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Answer next week.

to last

Answers

week's.

leave it alone."

"That's so," said Tom; so they carried out some blankets and pil

lows, and fell asleep before it was

fairly dark, they were so tired. CHAPTER IX. Late in the evening their father and mother came back from the country, and Bidy, the girl, came home from her sister's house. "Someone has been in the house," said their mother, seeing the dining room door open. "If ye plaze, mum, there's been tramps in the pantry," said Biddy, running in from the kitchen. "The windy's open where they sneaked in, and it's a hape of vittles they've been ating." "They've stolen the blankets from my bed," said the mother, "and the pillows." "Oh, nonsense!" said the father; but when he found it was really so. he looked all over the house, and

men saia it was probably some hungry tramps. The boys slept soundly for some time, but at last Jack roused up. "Tom," said he, "I believe some one is in the house." Tom rubbed his eyes open, and they both listened. The summernouse was close by the porch, and they heard some one moving about and saw a light going upstairs, and through the rooms.

They wanted to go back to the summer-house, but their father sent them upstairs to bed. and the

J next day they decided not to tamp

any more until the mosquitoes were gone. The End. Ruth E. Smith, White School, grade 6.

CHAPTER X "Must be about midnight," said Tom, but Jack did not answer. They heard a noise in the sitting room, and Tom thought it was someone breaking open the cake closet. "It's burglars," he whispered. "What shall we do?" "Iet's put the blankets over our heads and scare 'em," said Jack;

VEGETABLE PUZZLE 1. What vegetable rhymes with parrot? 2. What vegetable has a bigger head than feet? 3. What vegetable reminds us of Ireland, the island so green. It has eyes on it's side, it's easily seen. 4. Whnt vegetable is green, then white, then brown? They have lots of them in Boston town. 5. What vegetable begins with "B" and ends with "S." Has three letters in between. I wonder, can you guess? 6. Vou'll find them in the alphabet. Quick, someone tell who sees. They only have four letters small and always rhyme with bees. 7. On Hallowe'en we call him

I "Jack." I 8. It has an "S" and a "Q" as I well; and ends with "ash." What is it, tell? 9. When popping comes you like

the job. But piggy likes it on the cob. 10. What vegetable do you expect to turn up here? 11. A bright green-head, a long white tail; On this red fellow, you cannot fail. 12. A long green tail, some whiskers white a coat upon coat, and a scent with might. 13. It has two "U'ss and two "C'ss" as well, and rhymes with with number. What is it. tellt Boys' and Girls' Farm Leader.