Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 146, 30 April 1921 — Page 13

THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM WEEKLY SECTION OF RICHMOND PALLADIUM

"By and by is easily said." Hamlet "Delays have dan. Serous ends." King Henry VI. Bo Kind to Animals RICHMOND, INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL SO, 1921 Animals Make Good Friends VWEN PRESIDENT AND JOHN TALKED ABOUT "SWIMMIN' " MARSHES ARE HOMES OF MANY ANIMALS CROSSES OCEAN ALONE TO VISIT ENGLISH GRANDMA What Shall I Be? Answered tat Boys

Perhaps nowhere In nature Is to be found alienee bo profound and brooding as in the vast maishes, combined at the name time with bo much furtive activity, bo many yes under this apparent somno lence, the watcher and the watched tenHely on guard against a hasty movement, or even the unwary

turning of an eyeball may mean In I stand death. For hunter and the hunted, alike, existence Is hard, an Infinite, unsleeping struggle, the battle ever to the strong. A large marsh rat, feeding in apparent safety under the tall marsh grass, did not hear the stealthy approach of the mink behind him. There wa a piteous squeak, and then silence. The mink of the marsh, which will probably some day go to the opera around the throats of beau til'ul ladies, has an amphibious character, which his brethren of more firm ground have not In such large degree. He steals through the jungle of long, Intertwined and twlHted grasses, along the tunnels made by the timorous little folk, who scenting their terrible enemy, scurry to their burrows, shivering with fear and terror. High overhead the marsh hawk, keen of eye and terrible of aspect, ia poised on steady wing, piercing the waving grass below him, perusing every nook and cranny and observing every unnatural movement of the grass. Suddenly, with folded wings, he pounces downward. His talons sing through fur and flesh. The mink who has so recently been the hunter, is now borne aloft in the talons of the hawk, to become the food of the young hawks in the nest at the top of a tall pine, not far distant. A mouse, after crouching In his burrow for a half hour, cautiously steals from his hole. An uncautious grasshopper, perched near the bottom of a swaying blade of grass, attracts the attention of the mouse, and he seizes the grasahapper. There Is a crunching and the mouse feeds. After finishing the grasshopper he Btarts eating seeds. He is ever on guard, however, his Mack eye observing evehything around him, his round ears twitching to hear the slightest sound. A sound reached his ears he pauses then scampers to his burrow, not to emerge until a considerable space of time has passed. In the quiet of the afternoon, as you lie still in your observation place, you will suddenly become aware that certain blue-gray shapes have come up, unseen, about you, and stand about the shallow, stagnant pools on one leg, or walk gravely to and fro like philosophers In meditation, sometimes moving with a wide, flapping sweep of wings, and trailing legs, which gives them the appearance of having a blunt, square tail. They utter a hoarse, ill-tempered cry, as though resenting intrusion. It is, of course, the blue heron, whose nest 1 in the treetops of the neighboring woodland. For the "finny tribe" also, danger is always present. In the stagnant pools they glide about, terror above, below and behind them; the hawk over their heads, the herons at their tails and their numerous enemies In the pools themselves. A maTsb, for most of us, is a nuisance, an undesirable piece of land, which occasionally serves as a place to hunt ducks and to trap But if we were to study It, become Intimate with it, we would realize the furtive activity, the ever-present fight for existence, the beauty of It all. For the careful observer it is a source of knowledge and delight. The marsh gives us an opportunity Co study the wild folk in their native haunts. Ernest their native haunts. Ernest Schwldder In "Lone Scout." HE ADMITS IT. A teacher was giving a lesson on the rhinoceros and found his lass was not giving him the attention it should. "Now, my young people," said he, "if you want to realize the true hideous nature of the rhinoceros, you must keep your eyes fixed on nie."

3 President Harding and Jehn Wackerroan after tie president had I purchased awhnmin' hole tickets ; frem Jehn at the White House. Every boy in the country hopes ' some day to talk to a president while waiting to become one. So ' every lad in the country today envies Johnny Wackerman of Washington. For Johnny not only met the president, but talked with him about things dear to every lad's heart, such as going swimming. . Wackerman called at the White House at President Harding's request so that the president might , buy some tickets to aid Washington ;oys in getting a new swimming pool. GOOD BED IS ONE OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS "Oh, I'm so tired and sleepy this morning." yawned Patricia or "Pat" as she dropped into her desk seat at school. "Nearly every morning I feel this way I don'i know why. ' Me too," sleepily replied the girl across the aisle. There were a few others In the class Tom Murphy, Bud Clifford, Marjory Black who felt the same way, and Miss Robinson, the teacher, noticed it. What was wrong? One morning she asked Pat how much sleep she got every night. "I go to bed about 9 o'clock and get up about half past six," Pat re plied. Then Miss Robinson put the same question to Bud Clifford. Bud said he generally got to bed at 10 o'clock and woke up at 7, but that he "had the blamedest time gettin' out." "Do either of you sleep with your windows open?" asked Miss Robinson. Both Pat aria" Bud answered that they didn't give much thought to the windows. That solved the problem of the drowsiness In Miss Robinson's room at least for pat and Bud, and most likely for the others. We can't be real, honest-to-gocd-ness boyB and girls unless we get our full amount of sleep, and the right kind. Our bodies need a good rest after a hard day's study or work, and they make a great "kick if we don't give it to 'em. Your bed is one of your best friends. So is an open bedroom window. Before you crawl In tonight see that your window is open and that good fresh air is circulating about the room. Try to sleep on your right side, and keep well

8ALESMAN By J. H. Millar "That boy can talk; he ought to be a Gulejnian," says Uncle Hiram. Most people are like Uncle Hiram;

; they mink that a good line of talk id more necessary lor a salesman ' than a good line to sell. ! This is wrong. When we make a list kjl mo uuiiij you must have, to I ie a salesman, we will put first; 1. Scmethlng fcood to sell. II you don't believe yourself that what you sell is worm the money you ask, how are you goiug to convince wiser men than you thai It Is? 2. Enthusiasm. This makes more sales than argument, for it is catching. It makes a man grab for his pen. 3. Agreeable personality, not necessarily good looks. Many a homely redheaded Irishman can win a cordial handshake where a handsomer man of a handsomer race will get a cold, "I'm too busy today." 4. Self confidence. More salesmen fail because they cannot "close" than for any other reason.. It takes nerve, and to have nerve j you must be fearlessly self-reiiant. if you are right don't let any man run over you. 6. Personal sales talk. A parrot can learn a line of Jabber. It takes brains and salesmanship to pick out the one thing that will convince your man and present it bo clearly that he signs. 6. Straight living. Most sales are lost after the man is half-persuaded and many time when he is nine-tenths convinced. It takes pep to put on that extra 10 per cent. If you lost that pep the night before your sale is gone. A $5.00 date may cost $10 more in lost commissions the next day. 7. Work. It is very easy in selling on the road to be content with a three-hour day, especially when you sell the first man In the morning. Do a man's work. Opportunities. There are always business men who want - to sell more. A real salesman Is never out of a job. Salesmen win promotion to executive positions. The board of directors of the business want a president and manager who can make sales. Study Seriously. To learn salesmanship you must sell. Nevertheless, you must study too. Look through! the advertising columns of a good magazine; you will see a dozen chances to get books or courses on salesmanship. (Next week "Production Engineer.") Boys' and Girls' Newspaper Service Copyright, 1919. by J. H. Millar covered with warm, light covers. Then, if you feel cross and cranky and stupid tomorrow morning, tt won't be because of your sleep. Eleven and a half hours sleep are needed by people 8 to 10 years old, says the government. From 10 to 12, 11 hours sleep are needed; 12 to 14, 10 hour; 14 to 16, 10 hours; 16 to 18, 9 hours. According to these figures, have you been giving yourself a. square deal, or have you been cheating? DO "HOOP SNAKES" ROLL? No, although there is many an old story about a "hoop snake" taking its fall in its mouth and rolling along like a wire hoop. All snakes wriggle along the ground.

Phyllis Ruth Torque. Little Miss Phyllis Ruth Tocque. four, of Louisville, Kyn is bound for England alone to visit her grandma. Her mother is dead. Her father, a Louisville business man, cannot leave his business to accompany her. This is her third trip across the Atlantic. Her father accompanied her on the first two trips, however. May Preserve Home Where Song Originated Kentuckians everywhere, at home or elsewhere, have been asked to contribute to the purchase and preservation of the old Rowan estate, "Federal Hill," at Bardstown, Ky where Stephen Collins Foster wrote "My Old Kentucky Home" in the summer of 1852 and where it was for the first time sunj; to listeners. The old mansion and grounds are to be preserved as a state shrine. The pstate has been in the Rowan family since 1795, when the fine old mansion was built. Its owner, Mrs. Madge Rowan Fro;t, grand daughter of former Chief Justice John Rowan, has consented to convey the 236-acre estate to the stato for $50,000. At the last session of the legislature a commission to establish a state park of the estatF wan Euthorized. Governor Morrow appointed on this committee A. T. Hert, Republican national committeeman; Judge Robert W. Bingham, owner of the Louisville CourierJournal and Times; C. Lee Cook and Young R. Alison, Louisville; Arch II. Pullian, Baidstown; Mrs. Clement French, Maysvtlle, and Harry Giovannoli, Lexington news paper rann. The committee has decided to raise a fund of $100,000 by siua'l contributions and after purchasing the home, restore It and beautify the grounds, when it will be presented to the state to be administered by a board of resents much after the manner of the Lincoln farm, the martyred president's birthplace, or Mount Vernon, the home of Washington on the Potomac. If 2.500.000 Kentucklr.ns should contribute four cents each, the fund would be raised. Marc Klaw, New York theatrical magnate, native of Kentucky, was the first contributor, giving $2,500.

THE STRANGE STORY OF TVOBROTHERS Part Two. A while after they had unfolded li4 mystery. A wealthy old lady lad lived there and had hid the ox there when starting to go away on a sudden calL That her brother was very 111 and wished to Bee her. . So hiding the box where she thought would be safe. Then, her brother died and left here more money. She sold some of his things and some of them she keeps. She did' not sell the house for she said that she was going to live In It for she liked it better there than at her old home, so she went back to where she had lived and then she had Bold her place and forgotten all about the box of money Bhe had hidden; and that Is how the two brothers found it thore. Dear Aunt Polly I am glad that you like my story and will be very pleased to write another one. Goodbye. Your loving reader, VIRGINIA ONYETT, Jefferson township, sixth grade. ONLY 4 BOYS WERE ALLOWED EACH TEAM IN EARLY BASEBALL

"Dad, how Ions ' has baseball been the 'national sport' of the united States?" "Since about 1857. Abner Doubleday is generally given credit for originating the game, and a Mr. Cartwright was one of the most active in Improving and establishing It. "When Mr. Doubleday was in school in Cooperstown, N. Y., In 1839, he decided that some new game was needed to keep things lively about the town so he started what the boys later called baseball "At first only four could play It. Later it was arranged so that six could take part r.nd still later, at Mr. Cartwrlght's suggestion, the game was changed so that 11 players were required on each side. There were three bases then, as there are now. The game consisted of hitting the ball and running Tor a base located anywhere from 50 to 100 fect away from where 4e batter stood. If the ball after the batter hit it, was caught on the first bound, or on the fly, the runner was out. And he was out if the .ball thrown by one of the players, hit him. "In 1845 Mr. Cartwright, who always took an active part in the gajues. suggested that an association of baseball players be formed. So on Sept. 18, 1845, the Knickerbocker club was organized. At this time it was decided to limit the number of players to nine on each side. "Cartwright drew up a set of simple rules, which were used for the first time on Jure 19, 1846, in a game between the Knickerbockers and a club that organized a year after them, the 'New York Nine.' The New York Nine woa, 21-1, in four innings. The rules then were that the team tallying 21 'aces' or points, first, would win. Slowly but surely the country took greater interest, and when, on June 22, 1857, a convention of 25 ball clubs was held in New York. City, and the National Association) of Baseball organized, the popularity of the game m the United States was clinched." PLAY "MAMA" WITH A REAL BABY At Enslow high school, Huntington, W. Va., as the result of efforts of the home economics department, the girl students are now i taught how to bathe and dress a: real "honesfc-to-goodness" baby. The care and feeding of babies ia. a new branch of study at Enslow i and is proving quite popular with, the girls. Alice: "Do you remember when we could buy five cents worth of.' mixed candy?" Mardeil "Yes, If you'd ask for that now they would give you two pieces and tell you to mix it for yourself."