Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 75, 5 February 1921 — Page 17

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1921

PACE THREE

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 aro Invited to be reporters and contributors. Newi items, social events, "want" advertisements, storios, 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 and age 6igne d. Aunt Polly Is always glad to meet the children personally as they bring their articles to Tho Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to the Junior Editor. This Is your little newspaper, and we hope each boy and girl will, use it thoroughly.

AUNT POLLY'S LETTER

Dear Little Friends: Oh, will you go a' sailing On a fairy ship with me Oh, come and we'll go sailing O'er a fairy-story sea, Ang gaze off from the gilded deck Far as our eyes can see. For a long, long time, boys and girls when they grew old enough to be called men and women, have looked out over great seas and have seemed to hear fairy voices, perhaps, saying, "Come over the sea and find us; we are hiding." So they went sailing in tiny boats and great, great, immense boats, to find new lands, new treasures, always seeking the little Blue Bird Happiness. Some of these sailors set out on fairy journeys, as the Spaniard, Ponce de Leon, who went forth to seek a magical fountain, and many, many of these seamen sailed in ships as fairy-like as any ever described in the most wonderful fairy tale. But in these journeys the seas and the rivers were real seas and rivers, and the ships were real ships and very, very much alive real people made up the officers and crews. If we were to see a beautiful little ship all gilded and, perhaps, carved with many of its parts painted in brilliant colors, and fitted with purple sails, wouldn't we think it a fairy ship? And yet, in the year 21 B.C. Cleopatra rode in a ship like this, at the time of a great naval battle between Octavius Caesar and Antony. Those early ships were made of wood, very strong wood, as cedar, fir or oak; the benches were often of ivory and the sails were of linen, and often embroidered wonderfully. The early Egyptians made many of these beautiful sails for the seamen of Greece and Phoenicia. The viking Sweyn, had a banner on which a great black raven was embroidered with open beak and wide-spread wings, which, the story goes, was "the enchanted work of sisters three," and completed in one night. The old vikings often had ivory horns which frightened the people whose land they were approaching because the vikings were very strong and very fierce, and brought unhappiness to peaceful countries. But, as they became more human and as their strength was turned into build

ing up cities instead .of burning them down, these v tilings aeveiopsa into some of the strongest, noblest people the world has ever known. It

is said that even in their early pirate days, they were very generous

and would set aside a number of their vessels when meeting an enemy

who had fewer ships, so that it would be an even fight. They were great sailors and managed ships as good riders do their horses. Do you know what a figure-head is? It is a carved image on the prow of the ship and was used on almost every ship that sailed the spas until wooden shins "went out of style" Sometimes this was the figure of a woman, a lion's head, or dragon's, or sometimes a sea bird. In one part of Iceland, the Vikings were ordered to take off their figureheads because they might scare the guardian angels of their land. Wouldn't you like to see some of them? Can you imagine an animal carved out of wood that would be -so terrible it could scare you? Some ships not only had carved dragons' heads on them but were made completely in the shape of a dragon as the great gilded ship called The Long Serpent, which, long ago, belonged to King O'af Tryggvason of Norway. A more peaceful looking boat of this kind was made in India and was made to look very much like a peacock. What more lovejy boat could even a fairy wish for than a peacock boat? On the prow of the boat of William the Conqueror, when he went to England in 10G6, was a lion's head, and on the stern was the carved figure of a boy blowing a horn. Wonder if they thought a lion more important than a boy and so put it on the front of the boat? It might scare people more, though! How do we know what these early boats looked like? We learn from arly stories, or carvings or woven tapestries or paintings. Sometimes, like the canoes of our early North American Indians, they are dug up or come close to the surface because the land level changes. Sometimes, too, as the graceful little gondola of Venice, it lives on, looking the way it has always looked for a thousand years. Most of the ships, though, which were so gay in color, and so graceful and fairy-like, in their apoe.ranoe, are not to be seen anywhere today. Carved ships, adorned with sails made of cloth of gold and inlaid with precious woods and decorated with silk, linen and ivory, have given place to ships of iron, much, much larger and more useful which is a good thing for industry, perhaps, but not nearly so interesting to people whoj like to see fairy sights. AUNT POLLY.

Prospective Teachers Learn Boxing ;? To Handle Naughty Boys and Footpads

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Mildred Downer and Isabelle Wolfstein boxing in Cincinnati U. gym. Boxing is being taught girls at the University of Cincinnati who expect to becomp teachers. Those who aspire to teach physical culture will be prepared in turn, to teach it. Those who follow other division of instruction will be prewired to discipline the larger pupils who become unruly, and defend t:jmselves against footpads, faculty members point out. ,

LITTLE JOSEPH'S SCARE

Once upon a time when Joseph was a little boy, his father was a very wealthy man. He owned many

properties and, among them, a

Joe was a good runner and only the day before he had won the prize in a speedy running match at the local Y. M. C. A. Now he was

garage. He was training Joe to be: given tne cnance to test nis speea. a skilled automobile mechanic and j He started out at a good pace, his an efficient business manager. head thrown back and running with it vac n mM wintpr nirht whon all his might. He did not know ex-

Joe got his scare. It was not the

tinst time his father had left him to take care of the garage, but it was the first time he had ever left him to take care, of the garage by himself. Always before, Tony, the radiator man, or some of the mechanics, had been there working, but this time he was entirely alone. His father would not have left him

by himself if he could have helped J

it, out lie naei some important dus

actly where his father was, but he knew a man that his father was talking with before he left and he

heard them say where his father j was going. He did not remember i the place distinctly Joe's memory! was always failing him but Joej knew whe re one of the men lived j who had been talking with his f ath- j er I As luck would have it he found . the man at home. Joe hurled the !

garage' and they made it in no time. -' i t. ' When they, got there Joe tried (he door, but could not get it open. Her remembered he had , locked it. and hia father had the key, He had asked his father to glye him the key, but his father wa3 in such a hurrythat he unlocked it himself. They walked on tiptoe. Joe was a little bit afraid and he crept along close behind the policeman. The policeman had a strong flashlight and whn he was about ten yards away, he flashed it in the Lo comobile, But the man, whoever he was, was not there. Then they

heard a noise behind them. They thought it was Joe's father who had just a moment before, gone over to the safe to ., see if it had been robbed. But, to their astonishment, it was not. . Joe did not know who it was, but tne policeman recognized him as the man for whom he had been hunting, and he had a gun on them. Joe's father stepped up behind the robber just then and put his hand to his lips so that neither the policeman nor Joe would speak, and grabbed the gun out of the man's hand, who was so surprised at hearing a third man come in that his fingers relaxed their hold on liis gun, so that Joe's father could easily take it away. In a second the policeman had clapped handcuffs over the robber's hands. "At last we have you, and this little fellow here may receive $300 as a reward. Joe received this after th trial and conviction of the robber, Hans Kraugenspieler. Later he received a check for 50 with the following note attached: Aug. 18, 1920. Master Joe Harris: We send you this little check to thank you for helping to catch Hans Kraugenspieler, the . fellow who robbed our stores. T. L. TEWARD, Jewelers. J. B. ANDREWS, Jewelers. By Melbourn Davis, Grade 6B, Starr Platoon School. .

THE STORY ABOUT THE HUNGRY CAT

mess and so it happened that Joe question was alone. I The man

at him, "where's dad?"i saw Joe's red face and !

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joe was not a on atraui at iirsx.jum tmi qiie'siiuii mm iur u? mm i but when he got in Hit-office where it would be explained later. He i there was nobody to keep him com-' answered in a thick voice with I pany, then he began to feel afraid. ! cold, "He's at an important busiA . . i i ' . . i. 1 a 1 . 1 ,, I

j. iuomem ago me macmnes were ness meeting ai iiie wanton uuivi. passing quite frequently, but nowl Little Joe was out on his way there was not a machine, as far as again, hurrying down the snowy Joe could see up and down the path. When he got there he could main street. not see his father in the lobby.

All of a sudden he heard a noise. He rushed up to the girl behind;

At first he didn't know what the the counter, saying in a stuttering noise was, but he listened real voice, "W-w-where's m-my daddy?" closely and it seemed to him that She sees the boy is in ereat

RIDDLES

ANSWERS TO THIS WEEK'S

His salary. There is no point to it.

A report at headquarters.

When he finds a new "star.

Because there are always

words passing between them. 6. Foot, food, hood, hold, bold, bond, band, hand. 7. Washington. S. The letter "M."

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SUM POMES

WHO IS HE?

She did much t

bring the Eighteenth

Amendment to the

Constitution. (Last one: Henry Ford.)

The Quiet Bee. There was a bee sat on a well, And it said "buzz" and that was all. The Poor Little Pig. The lightning flashed in the east, The lightning flashed in the west. It came down with a mighty crash And killed the little pig. By a Junior.

WANT ADS

GARDEN SEED for sale; 10c a package, three for25c, while they last. Garden and flower seeds. Also all kinds of cards; nothing over 15c. Put your order in now. Call 103 V Itichmor.i Ave.

MOVIES PUT NEW LIFE INTO STUDY OF LATIN Atlanta, Ca. Those who think of the study of Latin as being dreary, dull and as dead as the language itself are now to be given an opportunity to revise their impressions by a glimpse into the

! Sixth Book of Virgil when the dra

matic club of the Girls' High School here presents a modern motion picture story of Aneas' visit to the underworld. The picture was enacted entirely by girls of the school, more than two hundred taking part. The film, after being shown in Atlanta, will probably tour t lie country, stopping at the various high schools which have adopted the movie as part ef the educational program. -Buys' and Girls'

Newspaper tferv:C?

he heard footsteps. They seemed to come from first one direction and then from another. When the sounds came quite close, Joe nervously looked up, and, in his fear, could make out the form of a man about ten yards away from him. When the man saw that Joe had spied him, he made a dash for the oilier side of the garage and hid under the big maroon Locomobile which had just driven in from a neighboring state that afternoon. Little Joe began to gather his wits about him. He decided that the best thing to do was to begin whistling a well-known song and to make for the Parts department in the other side of the garage. As he followed this quickly-made plan, he stopped before the door of the garage, opened it and went out into the bitter cold night, without his coat or hat on, and began to think again. He knew that the man could not pet into the cash register, for it was locked and he knew the tires

fright and asks him. "what's your

name?" "Harris" he answered shortly, "he was to be here and I do not see him anywhere." She calls to a bell boy to page Mr. Harris. The boy soon returns with the report that Mr. Harris is at dinner in one of the private dining rooms and does not wish to be disturbed. "Where is the room," demands Joe. Tho boy points to the room and before he could stop Joe, Joe was dashing off toward the room to which the boy had pointed. He rushed into the dining room, spied his father seated with several other men and caught him by the sleeve and pulled him excitedly toward the door. "Come, quick! There's a guy up there in the garage under tiiat Locomobile and he's a robber and you can lick Mm!" His father excused himself from the men and followed the boy

were chained and the Parts depart-) through the hotel lobby and out on-

nient door was locked and u he to the street. should close the door through They had not gone far when they which he had just come out, it j met a policeman. The policeman would lock securely as it was fas- had a revolver in his hands and it tened with a spring lock and the: seemed as though he were looking man would be a prisoner until some-! for someone. body came. He carried out this j "Hey, we got a robber up here, thought about as quickly as it Come up and git him." came to his mind. He shut the The policeman joined them withdoor and tried it to see if it wa3 so-1 out a word and they hurried on

curolv closed so that the man, who

e;er he was, could not get out

It was about, five squares to the

Once uron a time a dog said.

believe I will take a walk." A cat came up to him adn said, "I'm hungry. I'm so hungry that it makes me think of the starving people in the old country.' The dog said, "I have not anything for you, but if you will go with me to the woods, I will hunt something for you." So they went to the woods and the dog scratched in a little chunk of wood, and a mouse jumped out and the cat caught it. He scratched again and a" mountain boomer jumped out. The cat caught it and ate it up. She said that was enough. When they got back home, the little dog said, "Oh, 1 left my sweater on that old stump." Basil Hill, 6 rade4A, Lynn, Ind.

DO YOU KNOW-

This week's Bible question by the "Y" scoutmaster. Name the first.Christian martyr. If you can not guess this, look in this corner next week and learn the answer. Answer to last week's riddle Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5.

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