Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 214, 17 July 1920 — Page 14

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM. SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1920

QUERY CORNER

Tho editor will try to answer (iretUiofi reader 'f the Junior ubinit to her. She will not promise to answer all of them. Th .lucsUonn will bo answered In rotation, so do not expoct the answer to be printed In the eainii week in which you aend It la.

Dear Aunt Folly: How old la Washington theater? Nobody. Dear Nobody: It will bo 4 years old in November of this year. Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: How old is Washington, D. C? Nobody. Dear Nobody: Cities grow Just like w do, only they aro not like us in the way of having any definite birthday. First, there are a few houses in the country, then more come, then It becomes a little village, then a town, and after awhile it grows so big and important it is called a city. The city of Washington, long ago was a favorite camping ground for the Indians who lived on the shores of the Potomac river, which they called "The River of Swans." Here they held their counsels in

peace time and here they held their war dances with some other tribe. Then about 1660 came a man from England with lots of money and an idea. With the money he bought a tract of land where Washington City is today, and with the idea he named it Rome, called the river that ran beside it the Tiber, and the hill on which the capitol now stands, the Capitollne Hill after the great hill of that name in Rome. His name was Pope and after he had fixed up his little Rome on the Potomac, he called himself the "Pope of Rome." Then heV'lived happy ever after." Ffcom 1783 to 1791 the question was talked over of buying a district which would be a. part of no state at all but would be the seat of the government of the United States. This was done and the District of Columbia was pro

claimed by the President in 1846 to be the seat of the Federal govern

ment. By that time Washington -was a rather large city and was

known as the Federal City. Later

it became known as Washington Ctty. Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: Do I like the little leeches? Rowsmarrie. P. S. That isn't my real name. R. S. Dear Rowsmarie: You like them about as much as most children like crawdads when in wading. Aunt Tolly. Dear Aunt Tolly: Does my girl like me? J. E. Dear J. E.: Of course, only to be sure she keeps on liking you, do not forget

(hat the ice cream store is just two blocks away, and chocolate sodas taste awfully good in summer time. Aunt Tolly.

!a similar organization. The Inde

pendent camp was truly independent, based on the idea that some "boys and girls of high school age aro competent to form a summer community and govern it themselves. Tho Independent camp had been a topic of discussion all the proceeding winter. Some people wished it well, others had prophesied disaster; a few had cried out that it was radicalism and should bo put down, others declared that

PIT CAM Pf A

it was American democracy and should be helped up. Of the two leading papers in the town, one had been for the plan, the other against, and the contest had raged furiously. Now the controversy had reached the grimmer stage of the actual test. Only about one-third of the parents of high-school students had been willing that their sons and daughters should go, and of those students who had received permission, not all were able to pass the required physical test. The selected group, almost seventy in number, who were allowed and ready to go, did not regard the Independent camp as a summer vacation; no, nor yet as an experiment. In their hearts burned the same fire that had actuated the Tilgrims to settle in bleak New England; or, to put the matter in another way, which turns a British colonist into a Canadian faith in

themselves and in the guiding spirit of Liberty! Boys' and Girls' Newspaper Service.

city to discover something. Frank was walking and he stopped. He began looking. All of a sudden be found something yellow, and it was gold. Then Ben, John and Eugene began to dig. They had found what Eugene had expected to find. . They got twenty trillion pounds of gold. They went to the hotel, happy and tired, but that night they went to bed early and awoke the next morning very refreshed. When breakfast was called, the four boys went down and had chicken, ice cream, cake, bread and butter and water, for it was dinner cause it was dark and drizzly. So the boys did not go and get the gold that day. But the next day, it was fine and clear, so they had breakfast and John was the first one there. Ben had a wagon come take the gold to the train . The train that had the

I gold in was to go to America on the

boat. Eugene and Frank went to the hotel and packed their things. At 4 p. m., they caught a train at the station of Riveralta that reached

I Lima, Peru, at 1 p. m.

Then they took the boat that had

j their gold on it. Tho year of 1923,

Lugene, Ben and Frank arrived home. Ben and Frank got half and

; Eugene got one-fourth, and John

got one-fourth of it. They sold it to the government and had enough money to last all their lives. Frank Bcntley, Joseph Moore. Honorable mention in the StoryWriting contest.

HOW FOUR BOYS FOUND A GOLD MINEJN BOLIVIA Just lately thero has been a gold mine discovered in Bolivia. There were four boys, John, Eugene, Ben

and Frank.

Eugene said, "I know what to do, boys, let's get some money and find something out in South America."

Dear Nobody: "Say. that's dandy!" said the Do you think I love my fellow? other three boys. Just then EuN. ' gene said, "I -have to go home." Dear N.: J John, Ben and Frank talked for a 4 think yon LIKE him, as you little while. Then John had to go probably do many of your friends, ! home, so Frarfk and Ben went but "love" Is a big word and means ' home, too. a very great deal. I scarcely be-J The boys talked it over with lievo you love him. Wrhen you love ; their fathers and mothers. They

someone, you never turn up your ' said they might go,

nose at him and never want to go with any other fellow and never like any one else nearly so well. Do you feel like this? Aunt Folly.

I The Clan of I 1 North America 1

THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY Francis ItoK-Wheeler The picked girls and young fellows from the united high schools of Jnventon were settling down from the excitement and stress of bavins put up tents, built a log asembly hall, constructed outdoor kitchens, dug drainage ditches and done ell the necesary chores for the establishment of tne Juventon Independent Camp. Not a fellow or a girl over 20

So; all that

summer, those four boys got to work doing odd jobs, cutting grass,

carrying out ashes and other jobs.. When the summer was over they j had enough money to go. j The boys took a train to St. Louis, then took a boat down the! Misisippi to New Orleans. Then, ! they took an ocean steamer that' went to Lima, Tent. In about a week they were in Bolivia. They went through tho Panama canal.' When they got to Lima, Peru, they! caught the train i.iat goes to River-!

alta. Eugene said, "Where's our

hotel and our carriage?" When they got to their hotel, they went to bed and had a good sleep. The next morning, Eugene

woke up all of a sudden. He heard something strange. The noise was a call for breakfast For a breakfast call the servant would use a stick and a pan. Eugene woke John, Ben and Frank.

When Ben had finished his!

FRANCE MAY HAVE VOTES FOR CHILDREN

Why wait till you are grown up or at least that age when you are called "grown up," 21 yeKrs to vote? Perhaps tliis is what the member of the French Chamber of Deputies, which corresponds to our American House of Representatives, thought, when he suggested that the franchise laws be amended so that each child of tho nation be given a vote. The weighty question of deciding for whom to vote is not to be decided by tho child but by tho parents; in other words, the parents get an additional vote for every child they have until the child becomes 21 years of age, when he votes for himself. This measure was suggested bocause of the fact that so many thousands of fathers were killed in the war, that now, many families have no representation at all in tho government, and under this plan, if it were accepted, the mother could cast a vote for each of her children. It is also put forward with the idea of encouraging the raising of large families, and it is thought that such an amendment will increase the concern of the parents in the future welfare of France.

RIDDLES

voitre t' n or a wso In tha ramn nnr

any boy or girl under 14 years of breakfast, he went outdoors and!

age, unless officially qualified as a waited for the rest. When Eugene, 'First-Class" Boy or Girl Scout, or John and Frank came out they had he holder of corresponding rank injsome tools and went outside of the

THE DORAN BRIDGE

I stood on the Doran bridge at midnight, When St. Andrew's was striking the hour. And the moon rose over the city of Richmond Behind its dark church tower. The cooling breeze from the water deep, That swept its banks so high, The many little stars of light Kept shining in the sky. I crossed the bridge at sunrise, Not a cloud in the sky was seen ; The birds took on their song ofglee, Flying from hills and trees so green. I crossed the bridge at noon time, With a tired and unsteady step, The sun had shone hot upon my head, And my brow was moist with sweat. I crossed the bridge at even time, ' After the sun had set in the west ; The sky was red with its radiant light, All things seemed to be at rest. This dear old bridge is failing fast, Its frame, it shakes, that's true; But time will come that the man of skill Will rebuild it strong and new. How well do I remember In the days that have gone by, How I played beneath its lofty pier And climbed the hills so high. I fished beneath this rugged bridge Close beside the roaring dam ; I crossed the shallow sheen below And played in bans of sand. But time and seasons all have changed, Like the leaves upon the tree ; Though the One that made this man of skill Will live and never change. The Whitewater river, under the bridge, Its water so deep and blue, And the old mill dam as it sings its song, Has its daily work to do. It turns the wheel at the old grist mill, That grinds the corn and wheat, And feeds our stock from day to day, And gives us bread to eat. The blooming flowers grow on its side, v The grass on the banks keeps it green ; The weeping willow droops its head And drinks from the crystal stream. Betty Estell, North Third Street, Richmond, Ind.

1. Why is it that a laco shoe can talk and not a button shoe? Rosemary Sharkey, age 11 years, grade 7. 2. A pair of letters: These two letters when spoken together can climb a wall. When written tc gether they niako four. When added together they m, 'i six. Brooklyn Eagle Junior. - 3. Why are hay and straw like spectacles? Eloise Mills, West Main street. 4. What is it that goes through the woods, yet never touches the ground or trees? Eloise Mills. 5. Ten men's strength, Ten men's length, Yet one man can carry itMary Louise Bills. (Answers will appear in next week's Junior.) ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S RIDDLES 1. If it were twelve inches, it would be a foot instead of a hand. R. M. S. 2. Ho had a spring suit on. C. S. 3. (a.) Mucilage; (b.) sausage. L. W. 4. The others aro week (weak) days. M. L. B.

5. They are stationary. M. L. B. 6. Lady's slirper. E. M. 7. Heartsease.

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Can Yqv Change Thw Goat Into a Gears?. -

Can You Change THir Jmzd Into a Puppy Dog?

Answers next week..

Answers to last week's. A Good Detective CHAPTER I. Once upon a timo in 'Washington was a band of Bolsheviks. They

wero trying to blow up some public buildings near tho capitol. They were planning to blow'up the publio library that night. CHAPTER II. The Detective As they were talking, a detective heard them from under the window. He heard everything plainly. Ue went to court and told the judge. The judge sent policemen to the library. They hid in the basement. Soon the Bolsheviks came. The policemen arrested them all. Tboy had to stay in prison for thirty; years. Then they -sunt them Luck to Russia. The End. Note: A detective is a police spy. They are dressed like common men. Robert Feriing, age 8 years, Emerson school, grade 3A, Indianapolis, Ind.