Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 247, 27 August 1921 — Page 15

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1921

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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM The Junior Palladium Is tho children's section of the Richmond Palladium, founded May C, 1918, and Issued each Saturday afternoon. All boys and girls are invited to be reporters and contributors. News items, social evntn, "want" advertisements, stories, local jokes and original poems are acceptable and will be published. Articles should bo written plainly on one side of the paper, with the author's name and age signed. Aunt Polly is always Klad to meet the children personally as they brinK their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to The Junior Rditor. This is your little newspaper, and we hope each boy and plrl will usq It thoroughly.

AUNT POLLY'S LETTER

Dear Junior Folks: How do YOU read a newspaper? I am going to guess. First, you look at the pictures and then the headlines on the first page. Then, perhaps, you would begin to read the stories and news stories right away, but probably you would look it all over to see the cartoons, pictures, riddles and jokes. Later would come the stories. A in I right A group of Juniors plus me (is that good English?) were talking about this the other day and had lots of fun. Some read the first page and then the second, third and fourth (we were talking about the Junior Pal, for it has four pages, you see) and some turn to the last page alter looking over the first page and then come back to the se cond trd (that is the way I do) and some, just like Chinamen, begin at the last page and read forward. Watch your parents and friends as they take up a newspaper and see what they read first, what they lead next, and what they never read at all. Here's just another little guess. A great many of them will turn to Jiggs and Bringing Up Father right after they have read the headlines on page one. Try it and see. Not long ago in Dayton I noticed a man who had just secured a paper and sat down in the Y. M. C. A. lobby to spend the rest of his noon hour reading. Being interested in newspapers and how people read them, I decided to watch him, although I tried to look as if I were reading my book, so that he would not know anyone was watching him. And this is what he did. He opened the paper, read the headlines, made a dive for the cartoons and then for the column where the funny things were and then turned to a page which was full of many short little odds and ends of information. Let us hope he turned later to the stories which told of the news of the day and the editorials, which are in the only place in a newspaper where the editor, one who reads widely and studies and thinks about the events of the day, may speak personally to his readers and give them the benefit of his thoughts and study. There are things in a newspaper which are easy just "dead easy to read and then there are some things which are more serious and must be read more carefully. Those easy things remind me of the gelatine and candies and olives which grace a dinner, all very good in their place When a person is hungry, though, he wants milk and vegetables, bread and meat. Our backbones would be as weak as a bit of cooked macaroni if we had been brought up all our lives on gelatine candy and fancy desserts, and I would hate to think what our dispositions W0UThere are all sorts of things in a newspaper. What do folks read? There are many different kinds of stories in our junior newspaper. Which, do you read first? If any of you would care to write me a letter about what you and your friends read first and like to read best in the Junior Palladium or In the big Palladium, or In any other newspaper, I would be as pleased as if someone had just sent me a cute little monkey. Hoping to hear from sme of you, Your Friend. AUNT POLLY.

Tongue Twisters 1. Pauline Peppers popped poppy pots at Perry Perkins. 2. Johnnie Johnson jumped over jolly jabbery Jenkins. 3. Hazel Hopscotch hopped hip-ity-hop down Ilittington avenue. 4. Six singing songbirds shrieking 80ng3." 5. Nine new namable .neighbors napping. Pauline Horine, age 12, Katon, O. WHERE DO SNAKES CARRY THEIR POISON? At the root of the snake's tooth there is a small, muscular sac which contains the poison of the vemonous snake. When the snake

bites the fangs press on this sac and the poison flows Into the wound through a groove in the

tooth.

TOM AND MARY LEARN TO SPEAKJHE TRUTH Once upon a time there were two children tiiat did not tell the truth. One day Tom and Mary wanted to go over next door to play. They told their mother that the girl was calling them. The girl at all was not calling them. The mother went to the door. She did not hear a sound. She said it was just those bad children. So, Tom and Mary slipped out the side door and went to play. They went out in the back yard. There they saw their mother. She said she would spank them; so, ever after Tom and Mary always told the truth, and never ran away. Marguerite Walton, grade 3A.

OUR LONA We had a sorrel horse and her name was Lona. Daddy took a notion to sell her and buy a machine. He went to the garage on Twelfth and E streets and traded our horse on a machine for one hundred dollars and twenty-five cents. Now we have a Reo machine and we named it Lona after our horse. We have taken two big trips since we have had it. The first trip was to Dayton, the second to Cambridge City. My papa was so hard to learn, so Mr. Tull, on Sixteenth street, taught him to run it. Thelma Mackey.

LITTLE STORIES from EARLHAM MUSEUM

Many Large American Birds Exhibited Several of Those .Shown Are Now Rare.

Birds Live in Fairy Tales. Swans are regular fairy tale birds, aren't they. They are so beautiful and so graceful that they seem just made for fairies to ride on. Many story-tellers have found out that swans looked like fairy birds and so they put them into their fairy tales. By the way, as you read fairy tales, notice how many of them have birds in them. They may be white birds or yellow birds, blue birds or cardinals but many, many birds play important parts in fairy tales of all countries. In Karlham museum there are several cases in which just birds are shown and these interest the children who visit the museum as much as anything else that is exhibited. So many birds are shown in the museum and there are real

big birds and real tiny birds, ana often we see birds we know real

RIDDLES

1. 1. What one thing in the world grows the more you contract it? 2. Why was Napoleon uncomfortable before a battle? 3. See if you know who this author is: Laphr Dolaw Roumees. 4. These ten words have their letters mixed, but when straightened out they represent ten things of which circus day makes you think: radepa, ncrwol, nirg stamre, lonabol, peelnhat, saunpet, zetpare, yensmok, serhos, seinop. Wonder if you can straighten these out?

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BI-LON-EY My mother. She told mo To go To the Grocery, To get Some bl-lon-ey. When I got there, I done forgot What Bhe told me, And I was a wop. Pauline Horine, age 12, Eaton, O.

A Talk With the Flowers

By BETTY EST ELL E

You lovely bouquet of red, white and blue. Yellow buttercups, the white daisies, too; Dear roses so fragrant, how your petals do fly. Your beautiful color will soon fade and die. The tall Sunflower, yellow and bright, You look on the sunny side of life: The birds and bees around you hum, lint you keep your face toward the sun. Lily of the Valley, you smell so sweet, You throw your fragrance at my feet; You always pick for the lowest place, Although you have a cheerful face. Bachelor Button, you stand alone, Wouldn't you love to have a home? You have stood all summer by Marigold, You have always been bashful, I am told. Dear liltle Bluebell, lift up your head, Ring up the daisies asleep in their bed; Hold up the butter cup that's filled with dew, And stand by them firm and true. Moon Vine, can't you rest an hour? You climb through the window like a prowling thief, You outrun every garden flower; And bloom in the night when we are asleep. 1 love you, Zinnia, for your pride, Your varied colors you can not hide; You beautiful bouquet, the sick you cheer, And give me seed to plant next year. Morning Glory, white and blue, You have your mission work to do; Early in the morning you bloom and smile, I hae plucked your blooms as a little child.

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ArrEP TEN MILES OP THE 5AN1E EOflOp-p

GIRLHOOD STORIES OF FAMOUS WOMEN

Dolly Madison "Mother I have been to Betty Logan's birthday party. I danced the minuet and 1 met many of the 'world's' people," a little Quaker maid shame facedly confessed. She had started out that afternoon with her playmate, Will Rogers, to visit her aunt, who lived on the other side of Philadelphia. Rut temptation had overcome her and she had gone to Betty Logan's party, although dancing and worldly pleasure were contrary to the beliefs of the Friends. "I made Will Rogers promise he would not tell on me, bul at sight of thee sitting here. Mother, 1 knew " I could not deceive thee," she said contritely. The little Quakeress was Dolly Payne, who as Dolly Madison (17681849) was mistress of the white house for 16 years, a social distinction no other woman has held. She hpeanift as famoua for her sincerity

as for her charm and grace as a

hostess.

JOHN-SFUR SUIT

Once there was a boy. His name was John. His lather bought him a gun for his birthday. He asked his mother if he could go hunting. John's mother said, "Yes, but be careful." So John got his gun and went hunting. When John, got to the woods he saw little baby bear. So, he killed the baby bear, and then the mother bear came out, and John killed her. After John had killed the bears, he took them home and they had bear soup for supper. They made John some clothes out of ; the bear's skin. Ollif Canada)', Hagerstown, Ind. ANSWERS TO THIS WEEK'S RIDDLES 1. Debt. 2. He had settled on the point of ftttficW. -s. 3. Ralph Waldo Emerson. 4. Parade, clown, ring master, halloon. elenhant. peanuts, trap

eze, monkeys, horses, ponies.

HUH? HOWZATf What noise annoys an oyster?

A noisy noise annoys an oyster.

What theOwl Said A wise old Owl sat on a tree, Last night when I went to bed. He looked very wise, as he blinked his eyes, And this is what he said. "Have you been a good little boy all day? Tu-whit-tu whit-tu-who-o-o; I say, have you been a good little boy? Yes, you-ou ou ou." He solemnly sat and blinked at me, But I didn't say a word, Because I knew that Sister Sue Would probably have heard. He said, "Who wanted the toys all day? Tu-whit-tu-whit-tu-who-o-o, And wouldn't let his sister play? Yes, who o-o-o?" He was very wise, was that gray Owl, And I whispered very low; "Dear Owl, I'll try not to make Sue cry Since you have told me so." And he flapped his wings as he flew away. Saying, "Tu-whit-tu-who-o-o, If you're good you'll be happy while you are at play. So do-o-o-o-o." Christian Science Monitor.

well and sometimes we see birda we have never seen before. Swans Talkative When Dining. As we go to the back part of the ground floor of the museum and wander around the bird cages, we see several swans, and swans are rather rare birds to see. We see one called the Whistling swan and are told It was a noisy trumpetet when alive especially when dining or dressing up (when a bird dress es up, you know, it' cleans and fluffs up and smoothes its feathers.) Close beside this swan is th Trumpeter swan whose tone is little sweeter and which is mor rare these days even than iti noisier cousin. Gull Presented by Moore School. Here too we see the Herring gull which was presented to the museum over a year ago by the eiiiMrnn nf Josenh Moore school.

It is a, large bird and some boy thought it was a wild goose and shot it. This bird probably lived near one of the Great Lakes and followed vessels up and down the lakes. Cranes Look as if They Walked on Stilts Do you like to walk on stilts? The white crane's legs are so much like stilts that he probably thinks he is walking on them all the time. The one shown In the museum stands proudly as if he rather enjoyed standing there and being admired. This bird is one ol the most rare birds In North Amer ica and because he makes such queer, croaking sounds, he is often called the Whooping Crane. Probably though, he prefers to be call ed the W'hite Crane instead. The Great Blue Heron is a pret ty bird, and it too looks just made for story books. There are at least three of these great blue herons in the museum. This bird is much prettier to look upon than to listen to, for it has a harsh voice and croaks and squawks when alive in a very noisy way. The neck of this bird is very, very slender and its bill looks like a sharp knife. A pelican is here, too, the bird with the big bill which it uses to store fish in when it catches more than it can eat all at once. This bird is a traveler. It lives in and near lakes, or fresh water in the summer time, and near salt water In the winter time. Quite a particular bird, isn't it? It is one of the very largest of American birds and when people see It far away, they sometmes think they see a sail. Its wing spread is eight oi nine feet. Laughing Loons Shown. Several loons are shown in the bird cases. They are handsome black and white birds with black bandage-like collars. They are known for a strange shaky noise which they sometimes make which sounds like ghostly laughter. Vanity Kills Lovely Bird. The snowy egret is shown, a dainty lovely bird which is fast being killed off. The reason this bird is being killed is because it wears some very pretty feathers women want to wear on their hats, not thinking, perhaps not knowing

that the mother bird has to be killed to get the feathers and that after it is killed the baby birds die. Pheasants and owls are shown, too, and eagles and geese, wild turkeys and wild ducks are exhibited too among the larger birdsj Besides there are hundreds of small birds shown which are very Interesting to see.

Time Hung Heavy on Mis Hands