Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 152, 7 May 1921 — Page 14

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THK H It'll MONO PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, MAY 7, l;)2l

UJi y Frances Treqo Montgomerv I Uii

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his explorations, he heard the ' Chinaman calling, "Bee-lee, Beelee, Bee-lee." "I suppose that means me. so since he makes my name sound so much like Bee, I will carry out the notion and make a bee-line for him," said Billy. "Where-ee you been, Bee-lee?" said the Chinaman when he saw Billy running toward him. "Couieee long-ee in a here-ee; I have-ee something good-eo for-ee you-ee," and he gave Billy a piece of Johnnie-cake that had been scorched in the baking and which he did not want the ranchman to see because of the wasted meal. While Billy Jr. was eating, the Chinaman threw himself down upon a wooden bench in the corner of the room, took two or three whiffs from his opium pipe and

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was soon fast asleep, dreaming doubtless of his almond-eyed sweetheart in the Orient. When Billy saw the pipe fall from his hand, he took first a smell and then a taste of the powder that had spilled out of it upon the floor; and soon he felt the most delightful, drowsy sensation stealing over him, and he, too, curled himself up by the bench near the Chinaman and was soon dreaming that he was back in the old home meadow with his father, mother and Day; but the meadow he dreamed of was covered with sweeter clover blossoms than any goat ever ate and the breeze that fanned his face was The Strange Story of Robert and Betty Once upon a time as most stories po, there were two children, broth

er and sister. The boy's name was Robert and the girl's name was Betty. Their father and mother were dead, at least they thought, so because they lived with an old lady who told them their father and mother were dead. This old lady with whom they lived was very cross and made them buy their own clothes and so they had to work very hard. When they got a job they would pay: "I am Robert Porter," or they would say "I am Betty Porter." They were both very honest. Onf day they were looking for a job and a man and woman wen; walking down the street and they asked Robert and Betty what their names were. Robert said, "Mine is Robert Porter," and Betty said. "Mine is Betty Porter." And the man

and woman looked at each other and said to Robert and Betty: "You are our children and when you were five years old you were kidnapped by an old lady. Robert and Betty both in one breath said: "This old lady told us our mother and father were dead." And the father and mother said: "Shame, shame on that old woman." Then they were taken home and didn't have to work any more and lived happily ever after. GRACIA DICKERSOS', Grade 6-B, Joseph Moore School.

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laden with sweeter perfume than mortals ever breathed. Billy was rudely awakened from this beautiful vision by a vigorous kick and on recovering his be wildered sense, he found the room filled with excited cowboys all talking at once. From their conversation he soon learned that the Indians were out on the warpath and were even now within sight of the house. With wondering eyes, Billy watched the boys board up the windows, barricade the doors, and stick the gun-barrels into the holes in the wall. Presently, he was driven into the sitting room and to hig surprise he found that five of the cowboys' ponies had also been driven in here for safety, as the boys well knew that the Indians would steal them if left outside. He had no sooner entered this room than he heard a loud bang, and a bullet flattened itself against the doorjamb Just as the Chinaman ran in carrying a bucket of water from the well; for during a siege, water ia a necessity for both man and beast, and while the boys had been boarding up the windows from the inside the Chinaman had been busy filling an old barrel with water from the well. "The red devils are upon us," he heard a cowboy say, and then the door was slammed shut and he was alone with the ponies. While the bullets sped thick and fast, and showers of arrows fell, all of which were answered by the cowboys' bullets as they tried to pick off the Indians skulking around the house, the ponies told Billy when and how the raid began.

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STORIES OF ARTISTS WHO LIKED TO PAINT ANIMALS NEXT WEEK

No story hour will be held Sat urday afternoon, May 7, on account of the circus which will be in town. Last Saturday. April 30, Mrs. Mary Girty told stories about Charlemagne, Joan of Arc and Napoleon. Warner school children acted as hosts. Miss Florence Williams, art supervisor in the schools will tell stories about famous artists who liked especially to paint animals, on the afternoon of Saturday May 14. The following Saturday Mrs. Cornell I levon will conduct tho story hour and has chosen Old Fairy Stories for her subject.

Children in Ideally Built Dayton School Write Story About Thear Orchestra for the Junior Palladium

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Letter from Swiss Children (Continued from page one.) tions with the comrades of the New World. We are nineteen pupils from eleven to twelve years old. We form the fifth grade of an elementary school called Pervenches school. It is a beautiful building, where one finds classes of boys and girls. We have a large gymnasium, an assembly room and shower baths. For recreation we go down in a large yard where we play all sorts of amusing games, and especially noisy ones. Our class room is situated on the third floor. It is small but well lighted, and from this room we have a superb view. From one side we admire the Savoie mountains and from the other side the long regular line of the Jurrss. We have a very nice teacher whose name is Madamoiselle Marchand. We like to go to school very much. When we bpcome better acquaint

ed we will tell you many things and we will tell you all our names. For this time we chose Renee Au ger to write this letter because she writes well. Small friends, we send our best wishes. From nineteen Geneva pupils Ed. Note: This letter from Switzerland was leeeived by the fifth grade boys and girls in Vaile school, last week. The letter was written in French and translated by the High School French class.

"CLEAN-UP WEEK" Time 3:30 p. m. Place Fourteenth street. Characters. Mary Carroll Red Janet Thompson Tommy Evelyn Carr Kitty. Kitty Have you 'heard about clean-up week? Red Gee, we don't care anything about that. Tommy No, no, we want to play baseball; we haven't time for that. Kitty II won't take much time. Red Oh, it's more fun to play baseball, you big sissy. Tommy Come on; let's play ball. Kitty I am going to clean up my yard. Next Day. Time 10 a. m.

Place Fourteenth street. Tommy Oh! look at Kitty's yard. Kitty I see you have both cleaned up your yards, too. They look much better. Tommy and Red I should say they do. All We should work before we play. MARY CARROLL. Grade 5-A Vaile school.

Junior School, Dayton, Ohio. The Moraine Park Junior school, of Dayton, Ohio, the children of which have written a letter for the Junior Palladium .of this week, is a private school, beautifully planned in every respect. In this school are children in the four elementary grades. Visiting the school a week ago, the Junior editor heard the school orohoFt:a play (not at Hike's, as is mentioned in the children's story as they understood it) and became interested in it. The teachers showed quick interest in the idea of a junior newspaper and they said they would like to have one in their school next year. They said they would like tho story of their little orchestra to be in our Junior and so the children of ihe combined third and fourth grades have written us a little story about it, to which some of the players have added reasons for their liking to play in the orchestra. Recently this orchestra played in the Rike-Kumler department store in Dayton before guests present at a banquet given for "The Absent Guest," which was one of many such banquets given in many parts

of (he United States to raise money to help the hungry children in central Europe. The story follows, just as the children in the Moraine Park school wrote it: The Moraine Park Orchestra "We have quite a few instruments in our orchestra so it is going to be hard to tell you all about it but I will. We have 11 drums, and we have 3 triangles. We have 1 clapper and besides we have a piano. There are 3 tambourines. Our principle told us that you were down to Hike's store when we played for the banquet. We have played for our assemblies and some of us are taking lessons ou the drum." "I like to play in the orchestra, because it is interesting." "I like to play in our orchestra, because I think it is fun and 1 like to play the pieces we have." "I like to play in our orchestra because I like the noise it makes." "I like to play in our orchestra, because it is interesting." "I like to play in our orchestra, because I like the pieces." "I like to play in our orchestra, because I like to play the triangle." The Combined Third and Fourth Grades of the Moraine Park

BLUE MONDAY. Teacher's cranky, pupils lew. Questii..is flying, zeros, too, What's the matter? Don't you know? Monday morning's always so. Roys and Girls Newspaper.

EARLHAM TEAM WILL DEBATE AT GARFIELD An Earlham college debating team will hold a debate next Thursday afternoon for the school chapel program. The final report (by grade schools) of the visiting days for parents and friends which were on April 20, 22, 27 and 29 is as follows: Schools Visitors Pet. Joseph Moore 12 33 Baxter 20 30 Vaile 24 26.1 Starr 33 21.1 Hibbefd 12 16.5 Warner 7 10.1 Finley 5 6.9 Whitewater 1 1.7 Sevastopol 0 0 Total number of visitors reached the very low number of lit.

SOLDIERS IN SCHOOL GARDEN ARMY REACH HIGH TOTAL FOR 1921 The school garden army in Richmond has a total enrollment of 1,288 boys and girls ready to work hard, and eager for a successful little garden. Nothing should be done to the soil yet, Mr. Rice urges because the bad weather hars put the soil in poor condition. "Wait until the soil is entirely lit," he advised Wednesday evening.

THINKING OF CIRCUS DAY In an arithmetic class l!'lri Hancock got up and read: "The hippopotamus is " Anybody who knows about arithmetic sees the joke but for those who don't, sho meant "hypotenuse" of a right triangle. The J. II. S Reporter.

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BLESSED BY A BULL-FIGHT. Jane Addams was once to a bull fight in Spain. She saw five bulls

killed and as many horses. When her friends expressed surprise at her indifference to the bloody sport, she said thai she had not thought much about it. Then she began to think. The more she thought, the more rei conscience troubled her. She had been contemplating engaging in some form of social work. It suddenly was impressed upon hei that phe haci

been lulling her conscience to sleep by a dream of service that was remaining only a dream, that she was not really in earnest. It was the memory of her attitude of indifference to the bull-fight that acted as a mirror to her soul and stirred her to action. She returned to America, and the famous Hull House of Chicago came into being. This is the only good thing we ever heard as connected with a bullfight, except when the tortured bull got even with his torturers.

QUESTION FOR DEBATE. Resolved that baseball is more beneficial than basket-ball.

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