Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 226, 31 July 1920 — Page 13

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1920

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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM The Junior Palladium Is the children's section of the 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" advertise meuts, stories, local Jokes and original poems are acceptable and will be published Articles should be written plainly and on one side of the paper, with the author's name ind age signed. Aunt Polly is always glad to meet the children per lonally as they bring their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to the Junior Edttor. This is your little new paper and we hope each boy and girl will use it thoroughly.

AUNT POLLY'S LETTER.

Wild Life of ForSft

ana i leia

Dear Junior-folks: I came across this verse while I was reading the other day (it was Bummer reading, the kind that gives your mind a vacation, for one doesn't have to have a mind to read it) Well, the verse I was reading went like this: MY FKUT. "M- fret, tlioy haul me Hound the Houso, They Hoist me up the Stairs, I only have to Steer them arid They Hide me Kvery wheres." Mr. Gelett Burgess, who wrote this, seemed to know a lot about feet. All we have to do with our feet is to steer them, to boss them, to tell them where to go. If everyone's feet had always been bossed the right way, there would not be as many wrong things happen as happen now and have happened for many years. If Wilkes Booth had known the right way to steer his feet, Abraham Lincoln would not have been killed that evening at the theater. If the Kaiser had not steered his feet out of Germany as soon as real defeat looked him in the face, he would not today be thought of as a coward. If teachers never directed their feet toward the schoolhouses, oh, my! what a long, long, holiday the children would have! But, oh, then their heads would be so empty that they could not balance their feet, and, perhaps, after awhile children would be walking around on their heads instead of on their feet. Or, perhaps, they would be flying, as we sometimes think light-headed people do. Anyway, it's quite a big proposition to boss your feet. You may not be the head of a big business, of a factory, or in a position to direct the running of a home or a government (both about equally important, it seems to me), but you and nobody else but you, will be the boss of your

feet. Most of us have only two feet to boss. What if we were centi

pedes! Here is what happened to ono poor centipede, so the goes, when she tried to steer her feet: "A centipede was happy quite, Until a frog in fun Said, 'Tray, which leg comes after which?' This raised her mind to such a pitch, She lay distracted In a ditch Considering how to run."

JIM CROW By Adelia Hello Heard Jim Crow is not black all the wav through, though most farmers and some writers seem to think be is. He has red blood in his veins and a warm heart, capable of affection, in his breast. You will find this out for yourself if you tame him when he is young and make a companion of him. As a pet he is always doing unexpected things and is so funny about it you forgive his mischief. Of all American birds he is the most intelligent and not only understands much that you say, but tries hard to answer, making noises in his throat that sound amazingly like words. There was a pet crow in my family who always grew very confidential when 1 dug worms for him. Closely following my trowel as it

story

HE 15 SO rUNNV ABOUT IT YOU

roncivc his niSCl-llEf

turned up the earth, he would chuckle genially as if at a joke he

was getting off. Jim Crow is funny in his wild state, too, but ho has his serious moments and, if you watch him closely, you will see that he uses his reason and memory. He is very clever and often outwits the farm boy whose duty it is to drive him out of the cornfield. To be sure, he takes his toll of corn but be pays for it. Without his vigilant eye and strong.snapping beak, the coin would often be entirely destroyed by its more serious enemies, the cutworm, grasshopper, and May beetle. The crows are with us winter and summer; it is only when thoy are starving that they "seek fields and pastures new," and then they do

A NEWSBOY PATRIOT

Feet show character, too. Have you ever Ihought of that? No. I do not moan to say that people who have big feet have big characters, and that people with little Teet are small in their natures; but in almost every book that you read you will find that some place or other, or in many places, something will be said about a person's feet which tells us about him. For instance, a porson may be "on tiptoe with delight." People on tiptoes, or " on their toes," as the saying goes, are happy. Of course, sometimes you will walk on tip-toe because your mother has told you under no circumstances to w;fl:e the baby. Maybe that does not neces

sarily mean that you are real happy, but I venture to say you're much j not go far. They like to live in big happier than you would be if you walked as heavily as you could and ' colonies but aider ono has been waked u n the babv. Then, if a person cornea in with slow steps, we I famed he is never allowed by the

think he is lost in thought, or is sad, or perhaps he is tired. If a person walks quickly, he is probably kappy and active. How mnny of you have been to parties where they made the guests all but one walk behind the curtain so that only their feet showed, nnd then that one person would have to guess who the persons happened to be, by their feet. Oh, you can tell lots of things about people by looking at their feet as well as by their faces; and, you can do a lot with your own feet if you know the way to guide them. Try it and see. AUNT POLLY.

"Buy a paper, mister?" "No; go along and give me room to pass by!" was the disgruntled command of a hard faced individual as he elbowed his way through the crowd on th station platform. "Buy a paper, mistoa ?" the small boy repeated in a bope.ful tone. This was addressed to a man staJid ing near by and who had observed the rebuff experienced by the bright-faced youngster ou his last atlempL "Yes, I'll take ono," passing over

the pennies. -

"Thanks, mister," rot timed tho

boy, with an appreciative smile. 1 hope I can sell six more!" "Why six more?" the man In

quired, looking fixedly at the Utile

fellow.

cause that ll make ten, was

tho interested reply, "and Ihen I'M mako five cents." Here their talk was interrupted

when a new customer was secured

and Ibe supply further reduced. "Only five more!" cried tho boy in delight. "But, you sell more than ten, every night, don't you?" was the next question. "Sure, I do," was the laughing

explanation, "I sold out my regular

number iialf an hour ago. I'm trying to sell ten extra every night now, and it's pretty hard work. One night 1 didn't and 1 got stuck with four papers." "What are you trying lo sell all the extra ten papers for?" the man inquired. "Folks at homo make you do it?" "No, sireo, mister, my folks ain't that kind. I'll tell you why I'm doing it! Here, miss, don't, you want an evening paper? Star? All tho latest news! Groat allied victory! Thanks, miss, as he made the change. Then, turning back to his first friend, ho continued, "As I was trying lo tell you, mister, I've got a brother that's enlisted, and he's a corking brolber ,too, Ted's buying him a Liberty Bond,

and paying so much a month. So, I'm selling ten extra papeus a night and saving five cents a day," he said, wistfully, "and I'm putting it

in to Thrift Stamps, and just as soon a,s I get a whole dollar's worth, I'm going to write Ted what I'm doing 1o back him up. He'll be sure to feel safer when he hears that." "Here. boy. givo me the rest of thoso papers," the man sudenly demanded. "Here's a dollar for you lo back Ted up wilh." Then " ho strode away. Late that evening the man sat in

" i nis nj ffi i trurinar lin an in mss

others (o return to them. As an number of sheets or paper. Finally outcast and stranger he is beaten , he drew a breath of relief as ho

olt if he aproaches and must spend, loaned back in his chair and!

the rest of his life in unhappy lone-j clasped his hands back of his head.

mess. itememDer tins ana no not' "vn i -vt 0 i,u- vm n in

need that $500. If anyone had told

Young Citizens

Adventures

HUNTING EYE MEETS MAYOR Vy U. a Alexander "You come along with me, youngster." said tho policeman to the boy from the North Woods. "You look mighly cold and hungry. I'll take you to the mayor of this town and he will see that you are fed and get some clothes." Hunting Eye was not altogether sure he wanted to be taken anywhere by the big policeman but ha was interested in the mayor and wanted to find out who ho was. "What does tho mayor do?" he asked. "Why. he runs the town." "But I thought the council made laws for the town." "Sure, hut the mayor has to see that the laws are carried out. Ask him about it, he'll tell you." So after they came to the mayor's office and the little Indian boy wai

t.imfl .Tim Prnur nnloaa vnn ran sntn .

mm. Boys Service.

and Girls' Newspaper

ARE BAGPIPES SCOTTISH? The bagpipes are not as Scottish

in their origin, as we think

A Little Lady of Wax

the instrument is

When 1

mentioned we

But

in mii. uui ; ., . , , , , i -

s in ivome an ancient ureeK, uuuui un- mm uuhuuik iu

hrown wavy hair. Her first clothes he erected when the French

think of a Highlander in kilts.

there

statue showing a bagpiper dressed like a modern Highlander. And not only did the Roman emperor Nero play on the bagpipes in the year , but Chaucer tells about a miller playing on them, and Shakespeare

speaks of "the drone of a

siiire bagpipe. So neither instrument nor costume is alter all peculiar to Scotland.

She lives in now, and in 58

Washington, years old.

D. C, She is

SCHOOLS ABE BUILT FIRST IN FRANCE

The little school house, we are

me this afternoon that I could

spare any money for (his next Lib-1 erty Loan, I would have told them, I couldn't rake up $25 that is, $25 that I could spare. But I guess i

fitted out with warm clothes, he

Degan to ask questions. "Yes," said the mayor, "the council makes ordinances. But I have to sign them before they are really ordinances. If I don't sign an ordinance, two-thirds of the council must vote for it before it aCn. become a law. In some cities, the mayor does not have this power of vetoing or refusing to sign a bill. After the law or ordinance Is pased, it is my duty to enforce it." "What is enforcing a law?" "We'll suppose a law is passed setting a speed limit. I have to see that people don't go faster than Ube limit. I order the police to arrest everybody who breaks the limit. Seeing that the law is obeyed is enforcing it." "How do you get to be mayor?" "The mayor is elected by the people of the city. His term of office is anywhere from one to four years, varying with different cities. "The work of executing the laws is divided among various departments, for instance, the police de-

inr- in ,i in thfi'wnv nr" riyin-r nn ' Ptmenf, the fire department, the

the store can wait until we settle

treasury department, tho depart-

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n You Change tmt Babbit

INTO A DONKEY

I were made by some girls in a fashi ionable girls' (only in the East ! they call them "young ladies") school in Now York city. And such

Lincoln-ia woniiertui wardrobe as she had

then gowns of linen and silk and ing of lawn, and velvet, trimmed in real i their p

hand-made laces, and marvelous bonnets. A set of ermine furs, real ones, were her possession, and she was adorned with jewelry from

pie come back into the wa

peo-

-devas-

those murdering pirates over here;

in Europe. Yes, I'll take $500 of the bonds, I gues3." Then, after a long pause, he went on. "Just because a man hasn't any

l ment of streets, and several others.

tatea country to begin building! kith or kin of his own. doesn't mat4.heir homes again. The teachers; ter. Others have, and I reckon are there and are eager to begin Ted's ent to he backed un. And I'll

work again.

During air raids and the thunder-

guns, these teachers kept ices at the schools as long

as there was a single child that could come. Sometimes after they had had to leave their homes, the school teachers taught their

take $50 more and get the boy and

his mother a home and something to go into it and get them some more clothes.-Catherine Fye, age 14 years, Garfield school.

I he mayor usually appoints the headB of most of these departments and oversees their work." Boy3' and Girls' Newspaper Service.

Tiffany's wonderful jewelry store! children in caves and sheds along

in New York. She also had her! the ro.nl s.

own stationery and calling cards engraved at the same house. Then came the Civil war, and

One story is told of a school teacher and her pupils in a school in a little French village. The inci-

Answer next week.

to last

just as in our late war, parties and dent took place on Juno 30. the bazaars and all sorts of entertain- day set aside in the United States ments were given to raise money for the memorial of aJ the counter the Red Cross, so they were ! try's soldiers that have died in their

given in the years of our earlier! country's service.

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week's

war. In many of these bazaars, Rose Percy that wai the doll's name was on exhibit, in tier fav

orite sky-blue velvet dress. She

had her own pair of skates, an

Ivory photograph album, and her

own portfolio. During these bazaars she raised $12,000 for the

cause of tho Sanitary Commission of the Civil war, which is much the same as our Red Cross is today.

At last, came the time when Rose

Percy .was to be sold to the highest bidder. This person turned out to be a man named Dr. Peters, who

Pencil gave her to his little daughter, in

l whose family she still lives.

JUST A QUESTION OF TIME A detective asked an office boy if it was Mr. Jones or his partner who reached the office first as a rule. "Well." said the hoy, turning very red, "Mr. Jones at first was always last, but later he began to got earlier, till at last he was first, tho before he had always been behind, lie soon got late again, tho

1 of late he has been getting sooner, 'and at last he got behind as before,

but I expect ho will be earlier, sooner or later.

getting

On this day every child wore a

little black sateen apron over her plain little dress and carried a bouquet of red, white and blue flowers in her hand, and marched in straight ranks to the foot of the flag staff in the midst of the village cemetery where the flags of France

and the United States were floated. I window was taking home a nice

Those children's pictures were fat. worm to the little baby robins, taken by many photographers and Some days passed, and one mornare a witness of the friendship of ing the mother came in the little the children of France for the' girl's room, telling her it was time

INDIFFERENT "Mama," said Johnny, "if you will let me go visiting to Mrs. Murry with you just tlm one time I won't ask for anything to eat." "All right," said his mother. "Get your hat." Johnny, perched on the edge of a big chair, became restless as savory odors came from the region of the hostess' kitchen. At last he blurted out: "There's lots of cake and pie in this house." The admonishing face of hi3 mother recalled his promise and he solemnly added: "But what's that to me?" Lono Scout.

A little girl, age 3, of Tipton, Ind. was told by her mother one morn

ing that the robin hopping and flying around so busily outside the!

One day Mr. Wood was walking down the street when he suddenly met Mr. Stone. Mr. Wood thought he would have some fun, so he said: "Good morning, Mr. Stone: how Is Mrs. Stone and all the little pebbles?" "Fine!' 'exclaimed Mr. Stone. "How is Mrs. Wood and all the little splinters?"

Coldest period of the day is usually a few minutes after sunrise.

American soldier, and the memory , to get up and asking her what she i This is owing to tho fact that when

they cherish of the khaki-clad sol-1 would like to eat lor breakfast. the sun first strikes the earth it diers who lost their lives within! The little girl replied, "A nice, ' causes the evaporation of a chillthe borders of their country. fat w oria." Ing moisture.