Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 30, 4 February 1922 — Page 16

page four RICHMOND, INDIANA, "a.Y, FEUuCAin -l, I'J-J Mild Winter in fey parts Will Be Felt by Children Next Summ i Novel Zoo Exhibit

Girls Tell of Visit To County Farm Wo wish to (ell turjulor readers of our vi, Kt tin. county rami. Sj'Jw-ir.ttndent and Mrs. Petru invited us to spend the week-end with them. We enjoyed our visit very much. There ure nearly seventy inmates. There is one woman there known as fi wild woman. Her name is Mary Jane. She is 117 years old. She lias boTn there ever since there was a County Farm. She with her sister was found in a woods near Hagerstown. Her Bister has been dead many years. Mary Jane can not talk. She just mumbles and grunts. v She carries in her hand always a bone and a clothes-pin. She is very discontented if one tries to get them away from her. There- is a colored woman who was a slave. Her name is Nancy Webster. She has many interesting storie3 to tell. She told us that Uncle Sam has been very good to J

her because he freed her and her

baby boy. He now is at the home with her. The County with the help of the superintendent and his family, give the inmates a very nice home. Many of them are as wrell contented there as we are in our homes. From your friends, Virginia and -Martha, Garfield school.

Granny's Sugar Pie Granny bakes them good and sweet. When they're done they're nice and neat.

She knows I like them, I suppose, For she bakes how many, Goodness knows. She Just eats a little bit. Then tells me to finish it. Tho crust Is just like flake, Better than anyone else can make They're about the size of an ordinary pie, Only lots better, my, oh, my! When meal time comes around, And I come back from up town; Granny might be heard, to say: "You don't work much, you just play; Wash your hands and get ready to eat, I've sugar pie, but not much meat!"i Written by Leslie E. Anderson,! pare J5 years, Bethel school. I

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Workmen gathering one of few crops of ice produced by mild weather around Conneaut Lake, Pa. The present winter has been unusually mild in many parts of the country to date, according to the weather bureau. This hasn't grieved coal and gas consumers and the heads of the households in those districts. But, away joy! Next summer tho ice companies will have cause to raise the price of ice when it is wanted for lemonades and cold milk on hot days for the kiddies.

TAKING THE JOY AWAY There were two men watching people skate on the pond. One of the men said ao the other, "Isn't it nice, to see those skaters enjoying themselves so much" The other man said, "I'm as deaf as a post; can't hear a word you say." Then the other man said, "Inddeed! How did it happen?" Then the man who couldn't hear, spoke: "Fell on the ice when a boy, and burst my ear drums." Ina Mae Swain, age 11, Economy, Ind.

A Frightened Girl

Once upon a time there was a little girl walking along, and she heard a dog barking. So she started to run home again, and the dog behind her. The girl began to scream, and the dog barked. When the dog barked the girl screamed that much more. Bertha Reis, 3rd grade, St. Andrew's school.

STARR KINDERGARTEN MAKES VALENTINES

Making Valentines is lots of fun. So think the children in the kindergarten at Starr school. During the past week they have been cutting out and pasting together gay pieces of paper which turned out to be Valentines. They are planning to make envelopes for them and "play store" in their store made of blocks, and sell the Valentines.

Check Rooms for Dogs Because pet dogs have become popular among the feminine population of Berlin, in Germany, theatre managers have been compelled to install rooms where the animals may bo checked.

FINE OLD ROMAN ROADS Roman roads in England today, though sometimes overgrown with mosses and grass, are otherwise almost as good as when they were built 2,000 years ago.

Vassar college in its $:?,O0O,O0O endowment drive has registered three students for entrance in the class of 1939. These prospective students are all infants and children of Vassar alumnae.

Helps a Church O'.r church was to give a lawn fete M the country home of one of its members. All sorts of "goodies" were to be sold! I wanted to help the church, too, as it. was at my home, but what could I do? Suddenly a thought (aine to my mind: I would have a zoo! Not the kind where poor, unhappy nniiUhis are taken from their native wilds and shut up in cages the wear out their days in misery, hue just a little pet animal exhibition. "Oh, but think of the trouble. Well. I will try," I said. So when the day came, I had two other girls of my age, 14, to help me. First of ail was to get the animals. I have a pony, a dog, two kinds of chickens, an alligator, and some gold fish. From the neighbors I got a rabbit, two guinea pigs, and another pony and dog. ' We three girls soon had the garage prettily decorated and animals in. What would happen when the ponies entered and were tied, when the dogs saw tho people? At last the people themselves came. "Is tho zoo ready?" "How much does it cost?" "What a clever idea!"" Such were words which readied my ears. I surely was exf cited then. As the evening went on people kept coming and the doorkeeper still making money. Nothing at all went wrong; each little animal did his duty, but as the "Sandman" came in the zoo, the dogs' heads

j begaji to droop and son both were I sound asleep. Later on the ponies I carried children on their backs fof ' a nickel.

When the peaceful and enjoyable evening closed, the zoo keeper had made $fi. 05 from two cents admission, which shows that animals serve Ood as well as man. Our Dumb Animals.

The Latin Lesson Bright student , (giving parts of "to skate") : "Skate, slipped, falli, bumptus." Teacher: "Failo, failure, flunki, suspendus for you."

GOOD FOR NOTHING

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They called him "The Pup," be cause they could never agree on a suitable name for him. The only suitable name they( gAhl -ha 'hing they all agreed about was that he was good for nothing. "lie's such a, nuisance," Mrs. Palmer fussed. "He's always in my way; he's always runing off with slippers and dragging bones into the house, and coming in with muddy feet. We ought to get rid of him."

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"His fondnes for our neighbor's chickens," observed Mr. Palmer, "is always getting us in bad. It won't be long until either the dog has to move out or we do." "He's just a cur," sighed Sister. "If only he were an aristocraticlooking dog that I would be proud to show to my friends!" "lie hasn't any spunk," growled Billy. "He won't fight and he's just downright lazy. He's some dog!" Then one evening The Pup failed to show up for the usual dish cf bones. Billy called and whistled, but no lop-eared, rough-haired pup came sneaking in out of the shad

ows. Several times that evening Billy went out to call him, but The Pup did not appear. Nor did the dog come next day. Bily inquired around about him a little anxiously. "Isn't that Pup back yet" Mr Palmer asked at dinner. "He always used to come, running to meet me. Seems kind of queer not to see him. Why don't you look for him or advertise or something?" "I hate to throw out all these good scraps," sighed Mrs. Palmer. "He's such an affectionate littlo thing," said Sister. "I hope some one isn't treating him cruelly. It was so cunning the way he's come in and put his head on my lap to be petted." "Seems funny not to have him following me around all the time," said Billy, and he swallowed hard. There was a scratching noise at the door. They all stopped talking and looked at each other. Billy was the first one to jump up. He threw (lie door wide open. "Here's tho good - for - nothing pup," he shouted. The whole Palmer family rose to greet a dirty, bedraggled cur.

ANSWERS to 1. India. 2. Spain. 3. Norway. 4. Portugal.

RIDDLES 5. Italy. t. Canada. 7. China. 8. Chile.

WANT ADS

BOY'S MACKINAW COAT For sale; size for boy from 13 to IS years ot aee; all-wool red and black plaid; good as new; price ?(!. Also several odd suit coats, for boys 13 to. IS years old. Call at 633 South 1 ith St. TROMBONE OUTFIT Complete; for sale; in first class condition. Norman Pilgrim, 920 South Fourth St. Phone I OSS.