Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 54, 4 March 1922 — Page 17

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1922 - . : r PAGE THREE

THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM The Junior Palladium Is the children's section of the Richmond Palladium, founded May 6, 1916, .and Issued each Saturday afternoon. All boys and girls are invited to be reporters and contributors. News Items, social events, "want" advertisements, stories, local, jokes and original poems ars acceptable and will be published. Articles should be written plainly and on one side of the paper, with the authors name and age signed. Aunt Polly is always glad to meet the children personally as they bring their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to the Junior Editor. This U your little newspaper, and we hope each boy and girl will use It thoroughly.

AUNT POLLY'S LETTER

Good Evening, Junior Friends: Soon we are to begin playing a game of Famous Pictures. We will see pictures of many different kinds and by many different artists, one by one, and then we will see them all at once and will guess and see how many we can name. When

we know the name of someone in school, we know a little about him,

but when we know him as a little friend and playmate we are more

glad. That is the way it is with pictures knowing the name of a great painting or an artist is a very little thing compared to being able to

understand and enjoy the picture.

We like to see pictures which express in oils and water colors, ac

tions and feelings and scenes of beauty that we can understand. We

like to see pictures of children which look so natural we feel we can

almost play with them. We enjoy seeing pictures of animals which look

so natural we would like to pet them.

Paintings of lovely madonnas and scenes imagined from the story of the life of Christ are beautiful to us. Paintings of town

or country scenes, or water views which look so natural they seem to

invite us to come and stroll in their lanes or their market places, or along their shores, are attractive to us We can know and understand

these things but most of us can not express them with brush and col

ors and we are glad that some people, whom in appreciation we call "artists" have done it for us, so that we may look at them. They have been as kind to us as an interpreter to a deaf and dumb man. This seems to me the first and greatest enjoyment we can get from seeing and knowing something about a picture. Then as we learn more about the paintings we appreciate them more. We learn that there are pictures of real boys and girls and horses and dogs, pictures of real places and pictures which have been "made up" by the artist out of beautiful thoughts such as the madonnas (though, of course, real people probably posed for these characters) and we learn to like each different kind for its own sake. Pictures of little children of royalty, usually sweet and dignified and beautifully dressed we like very much to see, and pictures of happy beggar boys of Spain eating watermelon in the town market place, we like to see every bit as well, but we appreciate them in a different way. That is the reason we like to learn all we can about a picture; what it is about; how true the painting is to its subject; the way it is painted; the artist, the people or animals in it; in what country and what century it was painted. All these things add to our enjoyment in looking at pictures. We are fortunate to have so many opportunities to see as many pictures of as many different kinds as we see here, in Richmond. The Art association, the art exhibits, our art classes, our library the people who are especially interested in art and take special thought to bring these opportunities to the school boys and girls to all these we are thankful and from these we may learn more and more about painting and pictures. And now in about a week as a result of the plans of the city's Community Service Bureau we will begin to play the game of learning

famous pictures, and for three weeks we will be especially interested and have special opportunities in studying art. How many new picture friends shall we make for ourselves during that time? I hope to make many. How about you? AUNT TOLLY.

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Not to be outdone by their bis league brothers, who have started eouth for the training camps, these city youngsters figured it was time for them to get busy, too. AVien you see the youngsters "choosing Bides" by a method as old as baseball itself, and as universal, then you can guess that spring is about to make its debut.

Notice: Every Bird House must be in the hands of Perry Wilson by the evening of March 22, is an announcement Mr. Wilson made Thursday. The school, which, among the citys' schools, has the largest number of boys in proportion to the number of boys in the school, taking part in the City Bird House building contest, will receive the prize winning bird house, for their school, Boys' Secretary Wilson an

nounced Thursday. Charles Druitt was the first junior boy to sin up lor the boys' summer camp, Wednesday by taking out a card for the Camp Savings club. Mark Fred placed his "John Henry" right below Charles Druitt's. The Junior boys' camp will probably start the middle part of July. There will probably be lour camp periods. Do you want to be a "Y" gardener this year? If you do, you had better sign up now, for only 40 hoys can take part in this work. Perry Wilson will be in charge of the work again, only this time he says the gardens are going to be fine. Bad weather and a late start made a gardener's life a bard life 1st yer. Ten or 12 boys have signed up for the work already.

ANSWERSjto RIDDLES 1. Doctor Long expects Doctor Short to explain the misunderstanding between them. - 2. I understand you undertake to overthrow my undertakings. 3. London.

Bob's Bobbing Party It was Bobble's birthday and bis mother said Betty, Billy and Bobby could have a bobbing party. There was a boy named Mean, end tiecause he was mean they did not invite him. . Bobbie's father made them a big bob-sled that would hold a lot of little ones. While the children coasted Bobbies' mother was to get a fine supper for them. In the meantime, the Mean boy heard about it and he was very angry. "I'll fix their party," he said. Then he got some ashes and sprinkled the hill. "No bob Bled can run over those ashes," he said. The village fireman was watching him but did not say anything. When the Mean boy was in bed, the fireman took his big hose and washed all the ashes away. Then Jack Frost blew his breath upon the hill. In the morning, the hill was as

smooth as glass and the party out all right. While the children were , having a Jolly time the Mean boy' stood watching them and wondered , where his ashes went. Cathryn!

mucueu, graae t, at. Andrew's school.

CLAY MODELING AT HOME

By Our Observer at the Chicago Art Institute Every way you turn you will see things you can model in clay. There are Ink bottles, telephones, a world of things 1 In the picture the artist has suggested a few. His little chick is very easy to make. First, flatten out a piece of clay for the base of the figure. Then roll an egg-shaped ball of clay for the chick's body. Make another ball, this one much smaller, for its head. For its legs, cover two toothpicks with clay and then stick them into the chick's body. Attach the head. Then, with your homemade modelling tools and your fingers, model the chick's bill, its eyes and indicate its feathers.

wood after first being bent S-shape j at one end. This is done to make them less liable to slip from the block after being tacked on. ' Also shown in the picture is the frame you may use for the making ; of bust models. This frauio consists of two sticks of wood, crossed and nailed together. They act a braces for the shoulders, neck and head of the bust. Begin modelling by 'bracing the armature on your modelling stand with clay placed around the bottom. Give the framo a slight forward tilt. The human head tilts forward a bit. For the sake of variety, model some comic pictures. Ideas may bo obtained from the comic section of a newspaper.

FILEYJjCHOOL The Fire Last Night The fire was near Edna's. She was looking out of the window, and and sparks and smoke rolled up the door of the house opened and flames blazed out. Fire was creeping along the roof into the b;re trfes. It was light as day. It 1 - wo houri. A kind man took the homeless people away in an auto. From

Room No. 3, Finley school.

Finley Enjoys Program We had a program upstairs. The boys' stunt club had a drill. They had a wash tub and board. Then, four boys got a box and painted "TON" on it, to represent Washington. The Melody club sang songs. The Union club said pieces. The F'-'ir ctoMc conmany gave a play.

Leneta Rose Cox, reporter for

Finley school.

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You might also try making a dog or a cat. The artist has shown how these figures can be modelled without the use of armatures or frames to hold up the body. The dog, as you see, is crouched low.

His body is a solid mass of clay. The cat, curled upon the floor, is alo a solid mass. There are no thin legs to break easily as in the case of the giraffe. The frame for the giraffe is very easy to make. The body of the armature consists of a small block of wood ,and the neck and legs are made of pieces of wire. Study the drawing of the armature closely, and you will note that the pieces of wire are fastened to the block of

Painting the Models. Do not try to paint the model until the clay has become very dry. Apply whatever water colors you want, using a bristle brush rather than a camel's hair brush. Allow each coat of paint to dry before adding another. After you have painted your model, give it a glossy finish by applying a coat of white shellac. This may be purchased for a email sum at the art store. Apply the shellac with the bris tie brush, also. Do not touch the shellac with your fingers while it is wet. An ugly spot will result if you do. Boys' and Girls' Newspaper.

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