Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 66, 18 March 1922 — Page 15

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY. MARCH 18. 1922

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The Junior Palladium Is the children' fiectlon of the Richmond Palladium, founded May 6, 1916, and Issued eAch Saturday afternoon. All l'O.vs and girls are Invited to be reporters and contributors. News Items, octal events, "want" advertisements, stories, local, Jokea and original t-ocnis are acceptable and will bo published. Articles should be written plainly and on one side of the paper, with the author's name and &? iiied. Aunt Polly is always glad to meet the children personally as they 'ing their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed (lie Junior Editor. This Is your little newspaper, and we hope each boy d girl will use It thoroughly.

AUNT POLLY'S LETTER

How do you do, Junior Folks: Tried spinning any tops yet, or flying any kites, or rolling hoops? (It's lots of fun rolling Loops, especially downhill). I. haven't yet, but I am going to real soon. Why? Because it's Spring! I would like to have all of you with me this very minute on a hike In the country. Wouldn't it he fun? I just must tell you about the friendjy little titmouse which hopped on to the clothesline' the other day in our yard just a few feet from the kitchen door. I heard a funny little whistling sound, something like dee-dee-dee, and when I looked out there he was just waiting to be adiuired. He turned all around so that I could see what a handsome coat he was wearing. And hat, too a splendid hat! His coat was a rich c': ik gray, and under his wings it was trimmed with a. light orange o!or. Hi3 hat was a tiny cocked one of fine gray feathers, I told what a pretty bird he was, and he turned around again as if to ; ay, "Thank you," and then flew away. . But I did not start out to write about birds this week; I really arted to write about what I have been reading about some boys who came apprentices, which means they went to live with soma one and work to learn a business. When boys started to learn a trade in r ier days in England and in this country, they did not go to school long as boys do nowadays, nor learn as much from books. Instead, i bov wanted to be a carpenter, he went to the house of some very id carpenter, often called a master carpenter, to live and work for . Sometimes he stayed there five to seven years, or perhaps t-er He not onlv sawed boards and hammered them together, but he .all sorts of things whatever his master wanted him to do. I was reading a story the other day of Giotto, the painter, who J long ago in Florence, Italy, Giotto was apprenticed to an older ner, named Cimabue, to learn painting, and went to his house W - Of course, probably much of his time was spent in draw Ing and c.,-iino. ith the nrtist Cimabue, but we learn that he

spent a great deal of time in sweeping and cleaning and grinding .or" and in other hard work that really did not have much to do with

mting. When girls go Into training as nurses they have to spend several reks doing all sorts of things that do not seem to be even first cousins 'of nursing. They scrub and sweep and clean rooms and do errands, i ut that all seems a part of their apprentice work. Some men who are now heads of great businesses have begun as

- flee boys and have kept going up one step higher and one step higher

.it:l now they are heads of their businesses, witti many omce dojs )ing errands for them. So we find that people do many kinds of hard work, work that uld be dull if they did not know that they were doing these things help along the one idea, the one plan, which they wished most to ry out In life. Then even dull things refuse to look dull, because -ry are so eager and glad over what they see ahead and are so willing do anything that will in time help them to do what they most want o do. ' Of course, we do not want to forget what we are wanting to be d.nd do and go off doing things that have not anything at all to do with iur plans. If we would do anything like this we would be fooling our- . elves about as much as Father William was ooling when he said: "But I'll butter my ears on the Fourth of July, And then I'll be able to skate." That would be a strange way of trying to learn to skate, wouldn't it? AUNT POLLY.

RADIO NEWS

'erhaps you have figured that less you had from $25 to $40 to est in a wireless outfit, you uld not be in on all the fun so

my juniors are having with wirejs phones. But, cheer up, here's iod news for you! Mr. Bruce .ine, of the Hoosier Store, has ade a simple outfit at his home, A South Fifth street, which comiete, would have cost him a little . ss than $10. He .was unable, owever, to secure a head phone, iiicrT would cost about $7, so he is j.-ing a borrowed one ,and as a retit has invested only $2.50 in his rjrfit so far. He always hears the eports and music sent out from the Palladium clearly. Mr. Cline explained his set a litle, telling how the parts were nade. He has a tuning coil, which o said he made of copper wire and i piece of curtain pole. His detector he bought at the cost of $1. The condenser, Mr. Cline made of

.in foil, mica and isin glass, at a ost of 5 cents. Besides these, he

has the usual type of aerial. Mr. Cline is now making a varlo

coupler. He says he gets the best

results on cool, clear nights.

Within the last two or three

months 200,000 new receiving sets hape been installed, recent estimates show.

OUT OF SEASON

Patron: "What's that? This watch will not be repaired until next May?" Jeweler: "Sorry, sir. but you see, a spring cleaning is necessary." Wayside Tales.

Saturn, Jupiter Beg to Be Seen

Saturn and Jupiter, two' planets named after gods in old Greek and Roman stories, may. now be easily seen in the eastern sky perhaps a little to the southeast and clear

evenings about 8 or 9 o'clock. Can

you find them? We may easily

see them just with our eyes but if

we have opera glasses or field

glasses we may see them much

better. Saturn appears smaller

than Jupiter and is above it as we look at them. Sometimes, with a strong opera glass one may soe one or two of the little moons of the family of nine little moons which are around Jupiter. Just think of that, nine moons instead of just one! Four of these moons were seen very clearly Thursday evening by the editor of the Junior Palladium, through the telescope in the observatory of Earlham college, as Professor Grant, professor of the college was showing several of the stars and planets to a

group of interested "star gazers."

The Earlham telescope Is a very good one for a rather small one

its lens being six and one-half

fnches in diameter.

The planet Saturn was also seen appearing very beautiful in its ring

of light; for the beautiful Saturn though named after a god Instead of a goddess likes to adorn itself

with rings. One of the moons of

Saturn is easily seen through the telescope. Ask your father or

mother or someone who knows these planets to point them out to you one of these evenings for they are especially bright and easy to see during March.

Indian children play a game which they call Noodumkumwet, Princess Watahwaso who appeared !a two song recitals in Richmond, Thursday, told the editor of the Junior Palladium, and this game is something like our game of tag. In English Noodumkumwet means Water King, and one child is named this and he is "it." The Water King goes Into the water (the Penobscot tribe to which Watahwaso belongs lives on a little island in the Penobscot river in Maine so there is plenty of water all around) and then the other children go down into the water. Whomever the Water King catches, ias to stay in the water and help ;atch the rest. When all are caught hey go on the shore and play like hey have a fire-with. a kettle over it and there they have a feast (just a "pretend" feast). After the feast jhey begin to play in the water igain, the last child caught In the jther game being Noodum-kumwet or the new game. The boys and girls of her tribe play this game a great deal, the Princess said. About 600 children were present for the special concert which this charming Indian singer gave on Thursday afternoon, March 16, in the High school auditorium, and ihey were delighted with the songs she sang, the stories she told and the Indian dances she danced. The money raised from tihese recitals that is, the amount left after all expenses are paid, will be turned over to the Morton High school orchestra to help pay the expenses of that organization to Nashville.

CLAY MODELING AT HOME

THE APPLE TREE'S STORY I am an Apple Tree. The. visit

ors I had were bees, birds, boys, girls and Insects. The bees told me about their honey and homes. The birds told me about their nests and babies. The boys told me about their homes, their mothers and their fathers. The girls, told me about their sewing clubs. The insects told me about their homes, and the ant told me about his hill, and how all the people stepped on his hill. The bees went about gathering honey from my blossoms and other flowers. The birds sang and chirped and made nests. The boys

played Indian and ball. The girls played Tag. This is the end of my story. Marjorie Tressel, grade 4B, Vaile school.

By Our Observer at the Chicago

Art Institute With a handful of clay any boy or girl can make a set of . colored clay blocks the clay block game

that will furnish amusement for

the whole family. With a flat stick or a wide knife 'smooth out the clay on your modeling board, until U is one half an inch thick and three and a half inches square. Mark at the half inches on the four sides of the clay. A sharp pointed stick may be used to make the mark. Take a piece of string in both hands. Hold it taut over the clay, connecting two corresponding half inch marks. Cut the clay by drawing the string through it. When the clay has been completely divided there will be 49 half-inch cubes. Set the blocks aside to dry, without removing them from the modeling board. When they have dried

enough to permit making m, few more squares than there are blocks. When you are not using the blocks they may be kept in this lid, and when you play the game - the lid may be used as a playing board. Now then, how many different designs can you make with the forty-nine little colored blocks, laying them out in the squares in th lid? t Bead-MakinQ is Fun Roll a small bit of clav In the

palm of your hand until the clay is perfectly round. Make a hole In the ball while it is wet, using a long, thin needle threaded with a double piece of heavy thread. Aa you make more beads string them on this thread, and when you have made enough hang them up to

ui ji v ucu wirj ut' unvu fo v your water colors and color the beads. The method of doing this is illustrated in the picture. Hook the double thread to some-

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Coloring the Blocks This done, paint the blocks with water colors. To do this place the

blocks in a square. There will be seven rows. Paint the four outside rows one color perhaps you will choose a bright green. Apply another color to the next four rows. The third four rows, too, are given a different color, and the one re

maining block in the center also ha3 a color. Allow the paint to dry and then apply a coat of white shellac to each block. The last step is the ' making of the box in which to keep the new blocks. Any shallow lid that is large enough will do. Mark off half-inch squares in the bottom of it. It is well to use a lid large

thing so that the thread may be held taut. The beads should be allowed to slide to the lower end of the string. Slip the point of the needle into the hole of the first bead. You can thus hold the bead up while painting it. As each bead is colored slide it along the string and take up another bead. Let the bead3 remain on the string while they are drying. When they have dried coat them with white shellac. Do this in the Bame way that you applied the paint. Be very careful that te beads do not touch each other, while the shellac Is wet. It is sticky and easily marred while in that condition. When the shellac has dried, the beads are ready for wear. Several suggestions for shapes of beads are made in the drawing. Boys' and Girls' Newspaper.

MODERN CHINESE MAID

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Mrs. Herbert Hoover Heads Girl Scouts

Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wire of the well known Secretary m Commerce Hoover, has b rewly elected president of the Naonal Council of Girl Scouts. Mrs. Voover is said to be a very charming woman,, with .a. bright mind and a great love of fun.

RIDDLES

(Pacific & Atlantic photo) Right up to the minute In Western ways Is the dainty equestrienne, little Betty Sze, daughter of the Chinese Minister at Washington.

1. Hidden in the following sentence are the names of two United

States cities spelled forward: "Algernon, Tenbrook, Lynn and David said they would prefer to have their fiiends fat, new or lean, soft or hard." 2. Form a word square out of words meaning to watch for, capable, sufferings, and an examination, 3. Hidden within these sentences, the letters, in their exAct order, are the names of some little birds which may often be seen now in Richmond: (a.) "I believe I can crack this nut, hatchet or no hatchet," said Bob cheerfully, when told that the little hatchet had been taken to hia uncle's to be sharpened on the emery wheel. (b.) "Let us go down yonder," said one of the scouts, pointing to

a small paten of woods beyond a newly-iloughed field.

(c.) "But I really am a girl."

Roo insisted as, with hair hidden

under a big straw hat, and dressed

in blue overalls, she romped all

day long on her grandfather's farm.

(d.) The old hen showed the

most careful attention to her little

chick, a deed which is often noticed with wild birds and with

animals, but which U rarely seen with chickens.

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