Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 170, 28 May 1921 — Page 14

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MARTHA WANDERED INTO WITCH'S HOME Once there was a girl named Martha. She liked to go In the rarden and blck flowers. There was a woods back of the garden Martha liked to go in the woods and sit and listen to the birds. One day when Martha was in the woods she thought she would line to go a little farther into the woods. Martha walked farther and farther until she could not find the path. So she went on a little farther till she came to a house. Martha thought maybe whoever lived there might be able to show her the way. But when someone came to the door It was an old witch. She said, "Just come in and rest awhile, you must be tired." So Martha went in When she sot in the old witch said. "Now I caught some one, 1 will bake you tomorrow for my dinner." Martha was very frightened when the witch said this. When her mother went to call her, Martha did not come. When her father came home her mother told him that Martha had not come yet. Martha's father said that the witch of the forest might have her. So they went to the witch's house to find Martha. When they got there they saw her working very hard. But she could not get out. They told her to climb up as far as she could and then they would lift her over. She did as she was told. Then they lifted her over and ran home with her. Aft er that Martha never weni inio the woods again. Ruth Allen, (A Grade, Joseph Moore School. HAPPENINGS At Home and Abroad This column Is closed on the Wednesday evening before the Saturday it to to be published. There is a report but so far it is a rumor only that England and Anerfca have agreed together that the American fleet will control the Pacific ocean and the British fleet the Atlantic. In New York state, New Jersey, Connecticut and Illinois, laws have been made or action has been taken recently to secure the enforcement of the prohibition act. Important records dating back to January 1, 1524, have been found in a walled-up cellar under the city hall In Mexico City. The Women's Committee for World Disarmament has organized 36 ef the states by counties in or der to show to the leaders of our government the strong feeling, and desire for disarmament which is felt in this country. The National League ef Women Voters is working with this committee. It is thought in diplomatic circles that France may send troops into the Ruhr valley if German troops keep on fighting the Poles in Up per Silesia. It was planned that Admiral . Simms of the . United States, who is crossing the Atlantic, would be received off port by British Destroyers and escorted that is, the Cedric, the liner on which the Admiral sailed will be escorted into the Mersey River. The Cedric will land at Liverpool. Admiral Sims and Marshal Foch will receive Honorary degrees from Cambridge university on May SI. r Moth er Tell me this, is there another That lives in this whole world, which you love better, Than your darling mother? Who waits upon you day by day, While you do nothing but play In the house with care, Does all the work, combs sister's hair? After many years of toiling She has raised you to a man; Her hair is getting old and gray. Now, boys, it s your turn to help her all you can ! By Howard Mullen, age 14, Room 7, Cambridge City school. WHEW! SOME ALPHABET! Do you know that if you were attending school in India and learn, ing the written Indian "alphabet" you would have to memorize a set of 1,000 characters? These signs do not represent letters, but s 11a-J ble.

Our Blue-Clad Friends

Did you ever think what an is terestlng person the man in blue is who comes to you home every day with letters or papers? The Postman. "Rat-tat! At eight o'clock We love to hear the postman's knock: Betty rushes to the hall To catch the letters as they fall Bob can read the names, so he Gives them to mother, Nell or me. But if the postman should be late We scamper to the garden gate, And down the winding road we peer, Till somebody his step will hear, Then eagerly we run, and say, "How many letters, please, today?" When the postman comes to your door in the morning and smiles as he hands you two or three letters or a magazine, do you ever think bow far he has been walking that day? The men who deliver the longest mall routes in Richmond walk 12 to 14 miles a day. Just think, too, what a magic pack they carry on their back. Dressed in those little white, and sometimes gray or pink suits, with the little pink or green trimming in one corner, these little letter elves are hiding with all sorts of messages, just waiting to spring up and announce them when the let ter Is opened. Think how many, many nice little stories and nice little plans and news that you want te hear, a letter may bring to you. Yes, indeed, a postman's pack is a wonderful pack, and a postman is always some one whose visit we look forward te. One of the postmen in the Richmend office was telling the Junior editor the other day about what they do with the letters before they deliver them te us. Six o'clock every morning and 5 o'clock on Mondays, finds the 21 carriers who sew deliver mail in Richmond, in the post office in front of a block of 50 to 100 pigeon- i holes most of them having letters or other pieces ef mall in them, i These are filled by the men who work in the oflttee at night The carriers go over these and pick out the "nixies" which are letters which have run away from home, and they send these to their right places. By this we mean that often times letters are given to one carrier which belong to another ene. The carriers have given these a name (ef course everything ought te have- a name) and they call them "nixies." They the stand; the letters into position which is to put them in order of city blocks and ef numbers so that as soon as they deliver mail to our house; they see the mail for our neighbors house right underneath. Children and Dogs Friends of Postmen All children, from little ones just learning to walk, to great big, studious juniors are friendly to the postmen, said the carriers inter viewed (grown-ups too, but we are not thinking about' them right this minute) and they are always wanting to run out and get the mail. Dogs, too, are often friends of the carders, and sometimes like to go with them all around their routes. Some ef the dogs, though, seem to think (perhaps it is his satchel that makes it) that here comes some unfriendly stranger right into his master's house, and they act very angry. Sometimes postmen are bitten rather badly by dogs who think them unfriendly. Carriers pass mail twico a day to the people's homes and where their routes are downtown they make two business trips besides. Those who usually go on the longer routes have less to carry. The mail carriers of Richmond now carry about 10,000 pounds a day, Just think, about five tons on the average, outside of parcel post packages. Two men are busy all the time delivering parcel post, tons of it. At Christmas time the average daily mail is tour times that at normal times and then ex tra carriers help deliver. Signposts We May Follow Two, and sometimes three men, are kept busy all the time looking up badly written or incorrect ad dresses. Often it happens that someone mailing a letter out of town, addresses the street and number all right and then ends it with "Richmond, Indiana." One of the carriers to whom the

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY,

Junior editor spoke, suggested a few ways that boys and girls as well as grown-ups could make work easier for the carriers as well as making sure that their letters will be delivered to the right place. We are going to give them each a nuiu ber, and print them in a column: 1 Be more careful to writ the exact address plainly. 2 When your parents move, be sure that the change in addresses is at once sent into the office. 3 wnen visitors come to see you, send their names and your address into the local office. 4 Always put your return address on every letter you send. Richmond's Oldest Carriers The men, who have carried mail the longest in Richmond, who are now in the carriers' foi:e are Mr. John E. Donlln, who has carried mail 32 years and who has averaged 10 to 12 miles a day for all that time, and carried an average load of 60 pounds; and Mr. E. A. Dickinson, who has delivered mail in Richmond for almost 31 years. Although Mr. Dickinson has no idea of the exact number of miles he has walked during the time he has been In the service, he roughly figured the very lowest number of miles he has walked as a Richmond mall carrier, to be something like 67,376 miles. A very rough estimate of the number of pounds of mail he has carried in that time placed the total weight at something like 967,200 pounds. They like their work, too, and think it is very interesting and friendly werk to carry mail to people In Richmond. Has It Ever Happened to You? When you have studied hard all night. Working te get your lesson right, Who calls upon you to recite? Nobody ! WEE SUB WIL Mrs. Julian Allen holding one of England, and Frankle and Ronald, In charge of Mrs. Julian Allen of England, thirteen little subjects to become American citizens. They with Mrs. Allen. The babies will be

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)UAY 28, 1921

GLEN PLAYGROUNDS ARE IN USE AGAIN The children's playgrounds at Glen Miller park arc all fitted up again with the apparatus that is so popular with all the children of Richmond. From the time they have been set up the swing and teeter totters have been used "in turns" on all the nice days during the hours when the boys and girls are out of school. How Many Do You See? All the children reading this pa rev try to see who can see the most difereut kinds of birds and send your lists to the Junior editor. Suggested by David Marx. THE BOV AND THE BEAR There was a little boy who was sad and lonely because his mother was very sick, so he wandered out into the woods to gather some flowers for his poor, sick mother. All of a sudden he heard a move in the bushes. When ho looked, what do you think he saw? Two big, shining eyes looking at him. Do you know what it was? It was a great big shaggy bear. He was so scared, he thought he would eat him up. But the bear couldn't move, because he was caught in a hunter's trap. It was in great pain. He ran to a neighbor's door to get help. (To Be Continued) Elizabeth Holt, Age 12. . Finley School. FPANK AND MARY. Frank and Mary were out walk ing. They saw a kidnapper. They ran home. The kidnapper followed them. The kidnapper stood around the house until Frank and Mary came out. Frank saw the kidnapper hiding from them. So he took Mary's hand and they ran into the house. Leabelle Fogel, Age 6 years, Grade 1-A, VaHe School.

ECTS OF KING .GEORGE : BECOME CITIZENS OF U. S.

the babies the brought over from twins, two more of the thirteen. of the National Adoption Society of good King George are destined arrived in New York the other day adopted by Americans.

J The first meeting of the Junior Red Cross was held at Miss Thelnia Turner's, at her home south of the city. A small business program was held, followed by music. Later, dainty refreshments were served by the hostess. Tho next meeting will be held at the home of Miss Margaret Magaw. DECORATION DAY HOW IT STARTED "When the Civil War was over in the South," said Chauncey M. Depew in a Memorial Day address given on May 30, 1879, "the widows, mothers and children of the Con federate dead went out ami strewed their graves with flowers. "At many places the women scattered them impartially upon the unknown and unmarked graves of the Union soldiers. Aroused National Feeling. "As the news of this touching tribute flashed over the North, It roused, as nothing else could have done, national love, and the terrible erdeals just passed through were forgotten. . . . Thus out of sorrows common in the North and the South came this beautiful custom." But there was no set date for its observation, and Memorial Day did not "take hold" immediately. Day Finally Set Aside. Then in 1868 General John A Lo gan, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued an order that on May 30 of that year every "post" of the G. A. R. from east to west should engage in "fitting ceremonies and scatter tokens of respect over the resting places of their comrades-in-arms." Soon the matter was taken up by ' the legislature, and now Memorial Day is one ef the most widely observed occasions in the United States. Our thoughts ro longer return to only those heroes who fought and died for the freedom of this country years and years ago, but also te those who fought and died for ua in the great war "over there." Memorial Day in Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi is observed on April 26. in North and Seuth Carolina, May 10 is the date. I'LL TELL YOU HOW THE SUN ROSE. I'll tell you hew the sun rose, A ribbon at a time. The steeples swam in amethyst, The news like squirrels ran. j The hills untied their bonnets, i The bobolinks begun. Then I said softly to myself, ' "That must have been the sun!" But how he set, I know not, There seemed a purple stile r Which little yellow boys and girls Were climbing al lthe while. Till when they reached the other Side, A deminie in gray Put gently up the evening bars, And led the flock away. Emily Dickinson. Wit and Humor Miss Newell "What is a Bermal school?" Bill "A school to teach ignorant teachers." GEE WHIZ, EDDIE "What was that noise I heard in your room last night, Edward?" Eddie (puzzled) Noise? "Oh, yes, that was me falling asleep." English teacher "live you don any ef your outside reading yet?" Freshie "No, it's been too cold." FREDERICK FLUNKED Teacher "Frederick, use the word 'noun in a sentence." Fred "Every noun then the birds sing merrily in the tree tops." "Are all teachers book worms?" "Oh, bo, geometry teachers are not." "What are they?" "They're angle worms." ANSWERS TO RIDDLES FOR THIS WEEK 1. Hound, sound, around, ground, mound, bound, found, pound, wound. 2. Z-row. 3. Bear, cow, elephant, giraffe. horse, kangaroo, lion, moDkey, ox, tiger.

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