Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 12, 14 January 1922 — Page 13

THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM WEEKLY SECTION OF RICHMOND PALLADIUM

"The soviet of success Is constancy of purpose." RICHMOND, INDIANA, SATURDAY. JANUARY 14. 1922 "Lt u have faith that right makes might" BIRDHOUSE CONTEST HAS STARTED AT "Y" NEW GIRLS, MEMBERS OF NARCISSUS BODY EXPLORER BRINGS ESKIMO CHILDREN TO WASHINGTON; WILL EDUCATE THEM GRADE ORCHESTRAS COMPETE FOR CUP

Have you started to build a bird house? If you haven't, now is a good time to begin. Whether you are a "Y" boy or not, it will be fun to plan to build a bird house, and if you are a "Y' 'member, you are probably already signed up for the bird house building contest which has started in the Boys' department. This contest, which is under the direction of Boys' Secretary Wilson, started the first of January and will end on Washington's birthday, Feb. 22. Each and every boy in the city may enter this contest. Prizes will be awarded to the winners in each of the two classes in which the contestants will be divided, namely; Class A, boys 10 to 14 years; and Class I), boys 14 and 15 years.

The motto for this contest "A Bird House in the Yard Every Boy in the City." IS. of' CHILDREN OF CITY MAY SEE "MIKADO" Two matinee performances of the charming light opera "The Mikado" are especially priced to enable many children of the city to attend. These performances will be given the afternoons of Feb. 10 and 11, and the admission fee will be fifteen cents. The scene of this little opera Is laid in Japan and the songs which .make it up are full of merry and whimsical melodies and words. Pupils in the senior high school music class are presenting the opera. MUSIC INSTRUMENTS GIVEN TO CHILDREN Children of the school kindergarten will soon be having a merry time with their new rhythmical instruments. Within the next week the following instruments will be In each kindergarten: tambourine, cymbals, clappers, triangle, sleigh l)ellsr drum and zoboes. The children will learn to play with them and then will play together as a group. FINLEYIA'S DRESS DOLLS AS ESKIMOS Eskimos, their race, their habits and way of living, was the subject studied by the 1A grade of Finley school during the past week. Some of the children became so inter ested they dressed dolls in clothing! similar to that worn by these people of the north. Charles Fry dressed one in a costume made of rabbit fur, Jcobert Loenr in one i made of cotton and Mildred Smith in one made of plush. BOYS' GYM STANDING The standing of the Garfield boys' gym class teams when reported Thursday evening, was as follows: Excuse Our Dust ..12.... 5.... 706 Purdue 5 12.... 294 Tigers ....10.... 7.....E88 Yale 7.... 10.. ..412 Center 11 9.. ,.550 Tusko 9. ...11. ...450 All Stars '..10 9.. ..526 Tpm Milton's ...... 9. . . .10. . . .474 Pennsylvania 9.... 9. ...600 Notre Dame 9.... 9.. ..500 Lowe Stars 16. . . .10 .615 Laddies 10. Earlham 13. Rough and Ready . 3. Army ..10. Scrap Iron 8. T. N. T 13. White Mules 6'. Speed Boats ...... 11. Hard Tacks 6. ..16. ...385 .. 3. ...813 . .13 187 j .. 8 556 ..10. ...444 .. 6. ...682 ..13. ...318 .. 6. ...647 ..11. ...353 Wild Bananas In Hawaii. Bananas grow wild In gTeat abundance in the moist canyons nniid the mountains of Hawaii.

Two new members, Stella Mae Frame and Marguerite Shields were taken into the Narcissus Girl Scout troop in the regular meeting of that troop held Tuesday evening at the home of Mildred Kenworthy. Election of officers and work on the second class tests made up the business of the evening. The . following officers were elected: Ruth Griffith, president; Mildred Kenworthy, secretary; Lorraine Clark, treasurer; Ruth Mullen, chairman social committee and Julia Burr, chairman program committee. Pearl Warner la captain of the troop and is assisted by

Marjory Kenworthy as first lieutenant. Scout members will meet at the home of Mildred Michael next Tuesday evening, Jan. 17. GARFIELD PICK-UPS The Opera club held its regular meeting last Friday in the Activities period. Miss Longman gave a short talk on the personality of Richard Wagner and played several records from "Lohengrin" and "Tanhauser." For the next meeting of the clnb, each member has been asked to write a short paper on Wagner. The "Miraculous Wonders," one of the girls' after school teams 'in Captain ball has never been defeated since these teams were orI ganied the last of November, and noius s games to us creait. iunared Michael is captain and Marion Hodgin is assistant captain of the this team. These teams play every Monday evening after school. Other teams are the Wildcats, with Lola Haas, captain, and Lelah Van Etten, assistant captain; All Stars, with Thelma May, captain, and Helen Murphy, assistant captain; and the Bust 'Era Ups, with Kathryn Weimer, captain and'Myrtle De Beck, assistant captain. The number of games won by the other teams, according to the results of Monday evening, Jan. 9, were: Wild Cats, 2; All Stars, 1; and Bust 'Em Up, 1. Next Monday evening, the Wonders will meet the Wild Cats In a game and the All Stars will play the Bust 'Em Ups. CHINESE GIRL SOLD FOR 35 CENTS, NOW COLLEGE STUDENT MMiMmtliiiWMmwmL Kan En Vong Eighteen years ago, this Chinese maiden, then five years old, was offered for Bale ty her parents on the streets of Hang Chow, China, for 35 cents. Mr. and Mrs. W, S. Sweet, Baptist missionaries there, "bought" her. fih was adopted later by Rev. A; E. Harris, of Phil adelphia, and Is now a student at Oberlin college.

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Capt. Roald Amundsen and the two Siberian Eskimo children with him, Cakonita, eight, and Camille, twelve.

Capt. Roald Amundsen, famous for the discovery of the South Pole and for various Arctic exploits, is now in Washington wth two Siberian children whom he brought bacTc with him from his recent trip through the Northwest Passage. According to friends, Amundsen will send them to Christiania, Norway, to be educated. They are girls eight and twelve years old. Amundsen found them near, the coast of Wrangell Land. During! his last trip, Capt, Amundsen en countered unprecedented ice jams!

FORMER RICHMOND JUNIOR DESCRIBES CEREMONIES FOR ' AMERICA'S UNKNOWN SOLDIER

John Bland, who attended Finley school for several , years but who left Richmond last September to attend a school in Washington, D. C, has written some very interesting letters to his grandmother, Mrs. J. B. Craighead, of this city. John is now 12 years old. Parts of one of these letters telling about his seeing the funeral of the Unknown Soldier in the capitol city," we are glad to publish below in the Junior Paladium, thinking they will be of interest to Junior readers: "It was very cold yesterday. WTe had a sharp wind. We had some good mince pie. We haven't had any pumpkin pie yet. I received the apples and at one of them, and they arc very good. "1 am glad you have a good mayor He used to be our postman. "I received the Junior Paper and was tickled to get it. I read it over three or four times and I am saving it . to read again. I read about Finley Bond winning that swimming contest of catching the first fish. Thank you for sending it to me. "I am going to tell you what I did Armistice Day. Mr. Church came in stury hall and asked who wanted to go over to the capitol to see the Unknown Soldier. It was about 15 minutes of 8 when we started. Mr. Church took some of us in his Ford and the rest went in the school busses. I went in one of them, and it was just crowded. "We just shot down Massachusetts avenue in the old bus. A master named Mr. Borden Smith was driving it. He is my school teacher. After we got out of the bus we Baw about ten thousand people standing In line. We were out walking for about three-quarters of an hour. We would get about 6 feet, then stop, and so on until we got to it. The flowers were Just beautiful. When we got to the

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which made such trouble that his ship was pinned in the ice near Cape Serge on the northern coast of Siberia. There he came into contact with native tribes, eking a precarious living by hunting and fishing. One of the little girls came first to his atention because she was starving. Amundsen took care of the children and fed and clothed them. They were so responsive he soon became greatly attached to them, and, before he left he obtained permission of their parents to adopt them. f school it was 12 o'clock. This was at night, and we got up at 6 o'clock on Armistice Day and weit down and saw the parade. We saw it on Pennsylvania avenue. It was. a very good parade. I saw-CeneraU Pershing. Saw Many Notables "I saw General Pershing in uniform. He is very good looking, and I saw President Harding and President Wilson and General Foch and many of the noted men, and I saw Secretary Hughes. I saw the War Mothers and I saw Admiral Beatty coming out of Marshall Field's house. His coat wa3 covered with medals.. "In the afternoon, we played Emerson, a football game with another boarding school. It was a tie score, 6 to 6. It was a good game After dinner we got in cur Franklin and went and saw the jeweled arch. It was beauiiful. They had search lights and they lights on teh monument and jeweled arch was beautiful. "From John C. Bland." put the SCOUTS NO. 5 PLAN TO EARN UNIFORMS Full membership in their scout troop and every scout in uniform is the aim toward which boy scouts of Troop 5 are working. They hope to realize this aim by the first of April. Scouts are busy now earning money for their suits. Members of Troop 5 held their regular weekly meeting in the Y. M. C. A. building Monday evening,

Jan. 9, with Assistant Scoutmaster ?r r' S. T. ' "'"trm U"U3 Lewis Kinley. Routine business il- s- resnmen. and study of the scout laws formed i Friday DeFederlco vs. Linethe evening's program. I man; Jenkins vs. Haywood; OlinSeveral boys planned to take vs. Rogers; Hosea vs. Daub; their Tenderfoot tests Saturday Holdin vs. Windlin; Surrendorf vs. morning, Jan. 14, at the "Y", 1 Pond.

Friday, Jan. 27, the grade school , orchestras of the city will play in competition for , the silver cup which was recently offered to the best grade school orchestra by Mr. Lee B. Nusbaum. This announcement was made Monday by Mr. J. E.. Maddy, supervisor of music in the schools. Nine orchestras, one from each of the public grade schools of the city, will compete. The orchestra which is adjudged the best on the basis of its playing and size, will have Its name engraved as winner on th ecup and that school will keep it for one year, when another competition will be held. Each orchestra will play some number announced by the music supervisor and which all the group, will play, and then some number of their own selection. It is expected to hold thi3 contest in the coliseum. The members of the different orchestras are "on their tiptoes" these days, eager to win the trophy for their school. On account of the illness of their leader, Miss Eva Mawhood, members of the Vaile school group have asked for and succeeded in getting Mrs. Harry C. Doan as conductor

of their orchestra until after the competition Is held.GIRLS' GYM STANDING Girls in the Garfield gynasium classes have been working cfuring the past week on the basketball running and catching test. The v final test in this number will be given next week. The standing of the gym class teams when reported Wednesday evening, Jan. 11., was as follows: Team Stars Won Gymnastic Kids 18 Girls' Champions 15 Meteorites 13 Garfield Wonders 12 1921 Lightnings H Jumping Jacks 8 Star Runners 8 Champion Eagles 8 Fire Crackers 7 Garfield Stars 6 Leaping Flames 6 Eagles Babe Ruth, Jr 6 Look Out for Us 5 Safety Razors r Dreadnoughts , 4 Jackanapes 4 Maggie L 4 Flying Arrows 3 Kataenjammers 3 STORIES OF ANIMALS TOLD IN LIBRARY Animal stories, a favorite subject, were planned for the story hour, Saturday, Jan. 14, in the children's department of the public library. The story hour which all children j of the city are invited to attend is f " every ""J" ".- Z : oU W OiOU ill lut? liui ai. BASEBALL SCHEDULE GARFIELD B. B. TEAMS The schedule for next week's games among the league teams of JuniopJIigh school has been announced as follows by Mr. Lyboult: National League Tuesday Holtcamp vs. Bure; Reeg vs. Posther; Yoss vs.. Colony; Huth vs. Hawekotte; Anderson vs. Brage. American League Wednesday DeFederlco vs. Pond; Jenkins vs. Lineman; dinger vs. Haywood; Hosea vs. Rogers; Holdin vs. Daub; Surrendorf vs. Windlin. Thursday Garfield Firsts vs. II. CI T .. V. n. 1 .... I . 1.1 ..a