Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 128, 9 April 1921 — Page 14

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, APRIL 9. 1921..

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Several days after this when Billy Jr., was out In the mountains he noticed that it grew suddenly

cold and that light flurries of Bnow

began to blow and Bwirl through the mountain passes. He climbed 'to the top of a peak whence he could get a good view of the clouds and saw, advancing from the direction of the main range, a terrible black cloud that was hurling snow and sleet on the mountains and valleys as it came. It took him but a .moment to decide what to do, for he knew if the young lambs were caught out in - iuch a severe storm they would be frozen to death. So he turned back to the flock and told them to follow him as quickly as they could and not stop to take even a mouthful of grass. He led them into the the deepest, most sheltered canon he could find and told them to stand close together so as to keep each

- other warm as possible ana to oe careful to see that the young sheep

' and Iambs were, on the inside where it would be the warmest ,", Here they stood while the storm rSged and blew over and above the canon, but the sheep were so sheltered that scarcely any snow fell on them, as the force of the wind carried it over. It grew darker and darker and time to go home, but Billy said: "We will have to stay here all night. It will never do to go out in such a storm onto the open prairie. Half of you would perish with the cold before you got across the valley." " So there they stayed in their little sheltered nook until about midnight, when they were startled by hearing the weird yelping bark of a pack of prairie wolves coming straight down the canyon. This threw the sheep into a terrible panic, for they knew that Bkme

?ack of wolves only too wen; tney

had made raids on them before and carried off a baby lamb, and,now and then, an old sheep. Now Billy-had never met or even leen a wolf in his life, but he had absolutely no fear of them,, as he knew they were too much like dogs o be afraid of. Still he did not 'now how he would come out fighting a whole pack by himself, and from the sound of their voices, it leemed as If there must be at least fifty of them. "Now, all you rams that have horns make a circle around the sheep, and if a wolf tries to get

wolf is most ' likely to break through your, circle and kill them one by one, for I am not afraid of any wolf I ever heard of." This stand of Billy's gave them more courage, but they were so accustomed to turn tail and run at the approach of danger that Billy was afraid they would do so now at the first sight they got of the wolves Copyright by the Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, O.

IMAGINATIVE POEM WRITTEN BY GIRL WINS FIRST PRIZE

Reminding us a great deal of an

old Japanese fairy tale is the fol

lowing poem, written by Hilda

Conkllng, nine years old. This is one of a group of three poems by

this Junior writer, which won first

prize in a contest carried on by The

Touchstone, an art magazine published in New York: The Old Brass Pot The old brass pot In the corner Shines and scowls at the kitchen pans. Like a stubborn king He sits and frowns . ... Orders them about When I'm not looking. He was a gift from the fairy queen ... What can I do? He boils rice when I want It, Makes broth when it is needed: He is magic

But he growls all day. Without him It would be pleasant and comfortable In my little cottage With wistaria growing " over the open windows . . .

What can I do? v He tells the frying-pan To Btay on its hook . . . He shouts at the other pans In a gruff voice . . . In my cozy kitchen! They all might be so happy Tell me but you must whisper What can I do? Hilda Conkling.

Planning to Raise Vegetables This Year? Junior Gardeners Organized

"An. apple a day," so the old saying goes, "keeps the doctor away," and It is said that if we substituted "a carrot or an onion a day" or almost any vegetablo in fact, for the apple, the saying would Btlll be true. Bffans, peas, potatoes, sweet corn, beets, carrots and such vegetables make jpu

well and strong and your disposition good. " Are you planning a whole garden full of vegetables for this year's garden work? The organization of the school garden army has been completed, but returns have not all reached General Rice's hands. Next week we will be able to publish the newly elected officers.

HOT ASHES IN JAR HEAT JAPANESE SCHOOLS The Japanese children do not go to the kind of school we do. The school begins at six and lasts till five. I think they learn more than we do, don't you? They always take their shoes off before they go in. They do this because the shoes would break the matting if cushions that they kneel on. Their desks are like little stools, about four inches high and twelve Inches long., The children sit around the

side of the wall. The teacher sits in the middle of the room. They have a funny way of heating. They put hot ashes in a box or jar. Would you like this way of heating? I would not. ELIZABETH ALIJ5N, Grade 5 B, Vaile School.

FOR THE BIRDS' COMFORT When building a bird house, bear In mind these suggestions which

were made to the ccntestants in a

i- hold hv TCnnfla.fi i home to eat

.hrough In order to get at a young Q M Bchooi9 Beveral years Holding, grade 5B. Finley school heep, fight for your lives and I-

CRAB HUNTING IN CUBA One of the strange little animals that live in Cuba, is called crab. The animal lives in the rocky hills near the sea. Crabs of this kind have eight legs, four on each side. The pair in front have a sort of

pinchers of jaws. With these the crab can defend himself because it has great strength and can almost break a stick with his jaws. His body is almost as large as my fist, and is covered with a hard shell. Inside this shell there are brown eggs, and when they are cooked they look like pancakes. The crab has funny eyea because he can

make them stand up like little sticks and when you strike him he draws his eyes in to protect them. When the crab runs, he runs sideways and never backwards or forwards. The crab goes down to the sea shore about the month of March or April and lays Its eggs in seaweeds. Then it returns to the mountains. I sometimes went crab hunting with some Cuban children, and we would catch the crabs and get their eggs and take them

(The end.) Philip

EIGHT TEAMS JUNIOR S. S. LEAGUE CLASH IN "Y" GYM SATURDAY The schedule of the Junior Sunday school basket ball league for

Saturday, April 9, 1921, follows: Philo, Second Presbyterian, vs. Giants, Second Presbyterian First half, 1:15; second half, 1:55. Whitewater Friends vs. United Brethren First half, 1:35; second half, 2:15. First Methodist Episcopal vs. South Eighth Street Friends FIrsC half, 2:35; second half, 3:15. Grace Methodist Episcopal vs. First English Lutheran First half. 2:55; second half, 3:35. East Main Street Friends vs. First Christian First half. 3:55; second half, 4.20. All games will be played in the "Y" gym.

The Black Eyed Princess Chapter II. She screamed, for a man with long hair opened the door. He caught her by the arm. He had a knife. He raised his hand to stab

her, when in came the stable boy with a gun. The man with long

hair jumped out of the window. The princess, whose name was

Princess Mayflower, fainted. Her

father ran to her with water. She

opened her eyes in the afternoon. The stable boy was sitting by her holding her hand. The princess' father died of fright. Months passed by and in the home of King Rame, the princess sat by herself. It was getting dark. She saw a shadow out in the yard; it came closer and closer. She fell back, the window broke and 6he was carried away. (To Be Continued) DORTHA MITCHELL Finley School, i

(Here is the best "Dog Story" in a contest conducted by tho Itocl:-; ford. (111.) Star:) When I was about five years old , my mother let me take my litt'e baby sister out in the baby buggy. I lived in a small village and knew the way through the whole town. I took my sister out near th edge of town. It was In the wiwo and there was a little pond of ics along the sidewalk. I was going

to take a slide and didn't want to leave my sister and the bu ; standing on the sidewalk so 1 too the buggy on the ice and the its broke through. I couldn't push it out and nobody was around except the neighbor's dog that went with me. I didn't know what to do tso. when I turned around to see if anybody was coming, the dog got under the handle and pushed it out. It was getting late so I had to hurry home but I never forgot the dog's kindness. Gladys Breaw, 1912 Melrose street, Rockford. III.

NO SENSE HERE Dear Mary: I am going to tell you about my trip in Brooklyn to New York. When I got there I took a street car ride on a jitney bus to park over the railroad track underneath it. I saw a skyscraper dog dancing on his tall with a tomatoe in his mouth, that had pink tassels hanging on it; then a store, that had a greenish sign on the top of its floor, fell up and one people fell over it. The funniest thing I saw was the Hudson river sliding down a hill full of snow over the rail bridge. I forgot to tell you about what I saw at the park. I saw monkeys eating acorns off of a

cocoanut tree, and they had on black cravats with purple dots and yellow stripes of red. The giraffe's wore green spots while the tigers had stripes of blue. My pop got me green pink lemonade from the elephant's hay loft, and I found a red lemon In a cracker-jack box. Then we went back to the hotel in the jitney bus and had black corn pumpkin pie for supper. I think this is all I saw, so I'll bid you goodbye with one eyelid open and the teakettle shut. Also I hope this letter finds you as it leaves me with a broken leg and my wig on wrong. With much true goodbyishness. From Tilda Macbread. Thelma Feltis, 8A1-1, Garfield school.

theirs and don t give up 'and run iff. While you do this I will run lere and there wherever I think a

! The Haunted House

Donald Brewster had become enraged to May Cope. He married ler .three months later against the

will of her parents. About a year er she died. Donald remained hat house for about six months, .rhu he found that he could get jvork in Chicago. He packed up ' ind left. . v ' He was there about three months vhen his mother died. After the loath his father and his sister movd to the big house. He came lome quite often to visit. One light while he was visiting there te wished he could see May. He ' hen went to sleep and woke at nldnight. He looked around and ooked in May's room for he felt hat somebody was around He vent back to bed but at the door between his and her room he saw ter there. He got up to talk to ler but she disappeared before he

;ot there. He went back to bed

alf crying because he thought sureJ

le got a chance to talk to her. At he breakfast table he told of his dventure of the night. But they laughed at him and raid it was a

Iream. . That night the sister (Llz- - y) went to sleep up there. Lizzy lept up there that night but saw lothing. But the next night she . '--.aw May. And; May .hugged her. lut nhen Liny went to tell May "hello," she was gone. The next lay Donald went to town and brought out a private police. They ooked the house from the attic to he cellar, but found nothing. He . ilept In he room that night. She ame there by his bed and said the didn't like strangers sleeping a her room and then vanished. reesle Manlove, grade 5, Dublin, fad. w . (To be continued.) ,

Wood is better material to use

than earthernware or metal. An outside perch is not necessary and not to be advised. As birds dislike paint, an unpainted house is best. The entrance of the house should face away from the direction of the worst storms. A small drainage hole in the floor of the house under the nest is advisable. Ventilation boles may be put In the sides of the house under the eaves. Set the heads of nails and screws deeply into the woods and cover them with putty. Robins like to live in large trees. Wrens, Catbirds and Thrashers prefer thick shrubbery.

By writing to the department of, agriculture, Washington, D. C, bulletins telling how to build bird' houses may be secured free of i

charge.

VI8ITORS ARE WELCOMED When the white people come .by down three times saying "Bonsai, bonzai, bonzal." When the white

people go to a Japanese home the,

master, wno is tne ratner or tne

home, comes to the door, gets down

on his knees and bows three times

to show that they are welcome.

They take their shoes off when they go into the house. Usually they have for, their meals rice and

tea. , They have no chairs but they sit on the floor where a thin mat

ting Is laid. They have no furni

ture except In one corner there is a low platform, where they put the little idol that they worship. It is

great honor for the company to

sit near this. ROSS STOAKES Grade 5 A, Vaile School.

. Teacher (In history) "How was Alexander II killed?" Freshman "By a bomb." Teacher "How do you . account for that?" Freshle "It exploded."

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