Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 122, 2 April 1921 — Page 15

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1921

THE JUNIOR RICHMOND PALLADIUM

The Junior Palladium is the children's section, of the Richmond Palladium, founded May 6, 19 1C, and issued each Saturday afternoon. All boys and girls are invited to be reporters and contributors. News items, social events, " want " advertisements, 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 and age signed. Aunt Polly is always glad to meet the children personally aa they bring their articles to The 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

Hello there, Junior friends: Did you know that long ago about

two thousand years ago, in fact tho mothers of Sparta used to hope most of ail that their sons would muke brave oidiers? Nowadays

our parents see we need many othr things and so teach us about

history and electricity and books and science a3 well as gymnastics

But bucii in Sparta, a part of Greece, you know, the boys were taught

to have courage, strength and endurance above everytning else, ine boys were sent to eating houses where their meals were of the very

simplest kind, coarse brown bread and milk. This was done so that

they woulct not be tempted to tat the sweeter, daintier, less strengihening food that was served in their own homes. The Spartans were proud of their physical strength and when asked once by a stranger why thoir towns had no walls a.s otuer Greek and the Roman towns had, they gave a grunt of scorn aud said: "Walls? We do not need them. Our men are our walls." I have heard, too, of a little Spartan boy who once stole a pet fox from a man in town (I am telling you what he did, not what he ought to have done and sometimes people who do very wrong things have some very tine traits which we must admire and hope they will develop the fine ones and kill the bad ones so that they may be really happy.) Anyway this boy was going home with the fox when he saw the man coming who owned the animal. He quickly hid the fox under his coat. The man stopped the boy and talked to him a while and all this time the fox was biting the boy but he never said a word. At last when the boy got home he was nearly dead but he had endured the pain bravely. Of course we could admire him much more if he had been brave In a good act instead of an unworthy one, but the boy showed great courage just the same. Courage. Have you all of it you want? I haven't. Oh, there are many, many times when I want so very much more than I have. There's tne dentist's for instance. I have never yet gotten to the place where I can spend an hour or two in the dentist s chair and smile all the time. Maybe I will sometime, though. Can you? Isn't it splendid to hear the ring in the voice of the person who Isn't afraid?. And isn't it splendid, too, to watch a person go on workin throuttn all sorts of happenings, happy and sad ones and see that

he never flinches? Just this morning I was reading the story of a

Chicago boy who, years ago, when he was 15 years old, went to earn his living as errand boy in Marshall Field's big business. Gordon I Selfridge is his name and he now lives in , England where he has j

taught British merchants American methods. He was a ham worker, honest and resourceful and determined to win. He was a clerk, then a manager of a department and afterwards a partner in the firm. Then he went to London and siarud to show the English people how the Americans managed their big department stores. He has succeeded to a great degree and he has had some romances in his family, too, for one daughter married the son of a Russian nobleman and

another is engaged to a member of a noble rencn nouse. j I have seen his beautiful summer home on the shores of Lake j

Geneva, Wisconsin, for sale now because he wants to make his home in England. Courage and grit helped him make a success. Then the story of Nello aud the dog Petrasclie in "A Dog of Flanders", remember how brave they were? Oh, no one can count the number of brave people there are in the world, can he? x But if someone should start out to count, would they count you in with the number? AUNT POLLY.

QUERY CORNER

The editor will try to answer questions readers of the Junior submit to her. She will not promise to answer all of them. The Questions will be answered in rotation, so do not expect the

answer to be printed in the 1 same week in which you send

vour Question.

Dear Aunt Polly: Which way does the St. Lawrence river flow? C. H. B. Dear C. II. B.: It flows northeast and into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Just because it flows upward when you are looking at a map does not mean it flows up-hill, but it does look that way, doesn't it? Aunt Polly. , Dear Aunt Polly: Who is C. H. B.? By Himself. Dear Himself: He is the boy who took a skyward trip last week when he was not supposed to. Aunt Polly.

DO YOU KNOW

THE ADVENTURES OF TWO SADDLE BOYS Three bullets found their way acrosB the prairie. One hit a tree, another hit a rock and glanced off, and a third found its way into a tent, in which were two boys. Their names wert Jtck Winton and Tad (or Thomas) Chase. The bullets narrowly missed Tad's left arm. "Say," said Tad, "whoever is going to shoot bullets can shoot 'em the other way. This place is plenty big enough." "I'd say the same thing, Tad," grinned Jack. "I wonder what lime it is," said Tad. "It must be about 2 o'clock," said Jack, "Wait," he exclaimed, for Tad had just started to go outside, "I'll see, yes, just two." Tad was gone for a short time, when Jack heard a sound like a small explosion, and ran out of the tent. There about a hundred feet away the lad saw a cloud of sand (for it was quite sandy there) rising, and dimly saw Tad fall to the ground. Words could not express the fear that shone on Jack's face as he ran to Tad and lifted him up. "He's breathing, I ought to be glad of that," sighed Jack. "Wa-water," gasped Tad. "Do you feel all right?" asked Jack. "Yes, gee! I was pretty badly scared at first, tho," laughed Tad.

"You better get back in that tent," said Jack. "Say," exploded Tad, "What d'you think I am?" "Mother's babe in arras," said Jack. . "Huh!" grunted Tad, "I might as well say the same thing over

again. "Well you haven't told me what hit you yet," exclaimed Jack. "Nothing hit me. A bullet hit

the ground about a foot away and made all that dusl. I thought it had hit me. I must have fainted for that was all I knew Tad didn't finish for he had caught sight of something bright He picked it up and cried, "What do you know about that?" "About what?" asked Jack. "That," and he held it out. "Good night. That"

"Will yuh young gentlemen kind-1

ly elevate your hands?" said a stern voice from the bushes. "I got you both covered."

Both boys sprang up, but they!

shrank back at sight of two pistols leveled at them. "Thanks,' 'the man said, "that saves me the trouble of lookin' fer the gold. I must have dropped it, 'cause it's mine." "Wait," said Tad, for the man

' -. . v ' r. " W-I , L-hl I i Satisfied at Scftbok

I've heard "You never miss the water

Till the well goes dry" , " And that holds good in other things. " I'll try to tell you why. J- - In Richmond, where the schools are best Of all the entire state We used to "fret" and worry And often times were late. The 'Gym" we thought was crowded, Our rooms were much too small We found our rooms were much too hot Or we had no heat at alL We kicked and growled at everything. Our lot was hard, we knew But I've learned since how well off we were With kicking I am through. The school up here, some years ago Wa3 all destroyed by fire And they're holding school in churches And other rooms they hire. Of course we know they do their best, And the chances are next fall. We'll have a dandy brand new school Quite good enough for all. And I for one, will promise Not to stop, till I have tried To teach the lesson I have learned We should be satisfied! John Newland, Union City, Ind.

was about to go, "Did you fire all those shots?" "Yes, of course," grunted the man. "The next time you can shoot 'em the other way." "I'll' give you my card," and he wrote his name on a piece of paper that was on the ground. When he was gone Tad looked at the paper he had given him. It said in big letters "An Outlaw." ' "Gee! we better get some guns if

things are going on like this. Read this," he cried. "The nearest town Is about three miles. I'll ride in and get some," said Jack. "No. I will. You did last time."

Tad had gone a quarter of an.

Iiour when two men burst from the bushes. . "Put up your hands." one of them cried," search him, Bill," went on the man. The man went through all of Tad's pockets and then said, "Nothing here." "S'all right, kid, we thought you were someone else," said the other. Tad got to town safely, and was just starting back when he saw

the sheriff and some of his men going the same way he was, bo Tad rode up to him and asked him what he was going to do. "Theres' a gang of outlaws robbin' everybody. Have you seen them?" he asked. "Yes," he cried. And Tad told him. Then the sheriff 6aid, "we will go to your camp, and you can come back with us." They went back and were on their way when Tad, who was In the lead, held up a warning hand. He had heard footsteps. Each of them got behind a tree and then they held up the outlaws and took them to jail. Tad and Jack each got five hundred dollars for getting the outlaws. Mark Fred, 5B, Vaile.

THE TAILOR BIRD The grass warbler, a small bird of India, is known as the tailor bird because of the skillful way in which he sews two large leaves tgether to make a conical envelope In which he places his nest. The "needle" is the bird's beak and the "thread" is made by the beak.

WHO IS HE?

A business that 'fcas made many poor has made him exceedingly rich. (Answer to last week's: John Hays Hammond, the great mining engineer.)

RIDDLES FOR JUNIORS 1. What Is it, that, though black itself, enlightens the world? 2. What are they, which, though always drunk, are never intoxicated? 3. Why is a teacher of music necessarily a good teacher? Answers are somewhere in this edition of the Junior Palladium.

April Fool! We are not going to ask you anything this week, but next week, we hope the "Y" Scoutmaster will be with us again in ;i

new way. Watch for his corner in

next week's Junior.

Some Interesting Figures About the Bible In Old Testament: Number of books, 39; number of chapters, 929; number of verses, 23,214: number of words, 592,439; number

of letters, 2,728,100; middle book, Proverbs; Middle verse, II Chron.

20:17; middle chapter, Job. 29; smallest book (size) Obadiah; smallest verse (size) I Chron. 1:25.

In New Testament: Number of

books, 27; number of chapters, 2C0; number of verses, 7,959; number of words, 181,253; number of letters, 838,380; middle book, II Thessalonians; middle verse, Acts 17:17; middle chapter, Romans 13 and 14; smallest book (size) III John; smallest verse (size) John 11:35. In Whole Bible : Number of books, 66; number of chapters 1,189; number of verses, 31,173; number of words, 773,692; number of letters, 3,566,480; middle book, Micah-Nahum; middle verse, Psalm 118: 8; middle chapter, Psalm 117; smallest book (size) III John; smallest verse (size) John 11:35. (These figures are according to Oxford Cyclopedic Concordance.)

Now Music Hath Charms to Assist the Geography Scholar

A "water nierry-go-round," a novel invention, is making the task of learning how to swim, a pleasant one for about 6,000 boys and girls in Cincinnati. An oval track fastened to the ceiling above the pool from which are hung stout ropes on pulleys running on the track, keeps the swimmers on the surface of the water.

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Bliss Dorothy Timmerman and one of her geography classes being aided by the phonograph, at extreme lef of picture.

A short while ago we heard of the phonograph as first aid to stenography pupils in learning to operate the typewriter. Now is has been introduced In other branohts of school work. Is

some of the rural schools of Illinois records of native folk songs and dances are played while the children are learning the principal facts about Spsin. France, Ho!land and other countries in

their geography classes. The photo showi Miss Dorothy rimmerman, stacher in the Kitty Corner school, near Palatine. IIL, giving ber pupils a geography lesson tided by the phonograph.