Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 114, 13 May 1922 — Page 9

TUB RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1922

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THE JUNIOR

The Junior Palladium ia the children's section of the Itlchmond Palladium, founded May 6, 1116, and Issued each Saturday afternoon. All boys and girls are invited to bo reporters and contributors. News Items, woclal events, "want" advertisements, stories, local. Jokes and original poems are acceptable anl will be published. Articles should be written plainly and on one Bide of the paper, with the author's name and agrs 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 is your little newspaper, and we hope each boy and girl will uso It thoroughly.

AUNT POLLY'S LETTER

Good Evening, Junior Friends: As Father Roell has written such a nice message to you for tonight I will write just a tiny bit of a letter, just, suggesting to you two things I have been thinking about. They are not at all alike; not even sixty-first cousins and one is much, much more, important than the other. We have been hearing a great deal about citizenship, how many privileges it gives us and how many responsibilities it brings with it. We, as citizens, enjoy schools, well-made streets- and sidewalks, fire and police protection and many, many other advantages. We are quick to receive them. Good citizens are as quick to pay their share of the taxes and give their share of attention and interest that th& carrying on of these organizations require.

Our hemes should mean much more than our city to us, and each one of us should mean much more to our family and our home than we mean to our fellow-citizens and our city. There are wonderful joys and opportunities and happiness to be found in home life. There are also many responsibilities which each member must take to himself if home life is to be well-lived. Each child, no matter how young, may take and do regularly some share of the work to be done in the house and yard, and each child may bring a share of sunshiny cheerfulness and joy and trustfulness of those around him into the family circle. Each member of the family taking gladly his share of the home duties, and giving his share of trust and love and gladness, makes home a happy place for all. I am going to end right here and put tha other suggestion in a postscript. It is so much less important, it has no right to be in the body of this little letter. Your very own friend, AUNT POLLY. P. S The other thing I had in mind was that I suggest you use the Junior's Want Ad column more. When you clean your "play things"cupboard, you will probably find things you have outgrown that some other junior child might like vcTy much to buy for a small amount, or to exchange with you for something he has. You can advertise to exchange whatever you wish to trade or what you would' like to have (the original "want" ad) or what you would buy, what you have to sell or work which you would like to get for the summer. You may put these ads in the Junior any time, absolutely free of charge. If I don't stop now this will be as long as the usual letter. Good-bye for this time. A. P.

STORY OFSPEECH i The Greeks' rrMi k;it;tv .osia vtoiA Atrnrir brilliant race made thing beautiful. But, although the people made things beautiful, their living houses were very small and badly ventilated. Their temples were not Intended to hold hundreds of people as our churches do. Their religious meetings were held out of doors. The Parthenon was a famous temple in ancient Athens. It was Email. The principal room measured less than one hundred feet long. Part of this room was used for an altar and for the statue of Athena. This temple had eight columns on the the ends and seventeen on the sides. Socrates was the wisest man of the Greeks, and the first school teacher, and one of the wisest men in the world. He went all around and asked men questions. For example: "wnai is me true way to live?" Socrates had many enemies They accused him of being a wicked man and that he led young men astray. He was condemned to death and was made to drink a cup of poi sonous hemlock. So, you see, they killed a very useful man. Wilma Morgan, 7A grade, Garfield Junior High school. ST. ANDREWS' THIRD MAKES ART BOOKS The third grade of St. Andrews' school made some Mothers' Day booklets, and on the front of them they drew carnations, and inside they printed little verses. The first grade made some little houses and furnished them with paper furniture. Herschel Oler, re ported for St. Andrews' school. u''zi vgt;-. -Tm v

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PALLADIUM

Betty and Her Doll On A AfrAll Inn f n P.JtA . . ivrumfi. mia. ottiiufrs ana T0,, ?idd,e3 Tere waitinS for UttUU' lu They sat in the living room, listening to the Victrola play, Mrs. Sanders and her two kiddies, one "he D8 8ide' and one on the oinerShe was knitting a sweater for Betty, and was going to knit one Ior U0DDleBetty and Bobbie's daddy worked In the bank and their mother worked in the telephone ofice. Every day Betty and Bobbie would either go to the office with their mother, or go to the bank with their daddy. They went to bed that night. The next day their mother did not work. So, Betty and Bobbie left their mother and went to the bank with their daddy. Bett ha(1 1lIst w n doll, and she wanted some thing to do at the bank, so she took her doll with her and what do you suppose! she was playing and tore its dress. She was very sorry, of course, but buddy promised her he would try his best to mend it. So, that night, after their day's toys, they sat down and Bobbie tried his best to mend sister's doll dress. But, o course, he could not get it to look like his mother could, or like it had looked. So, Betty's mother took the doll to mend its dress; so she mended it until it looked like new. And then they went to bed that night and Betty never took her new aou to me nanit any more. Doris Fouts, grade 5, Modoc, Ind. The Mayflies' Song "On Summer's breath we drift, When flags begin to lift Their purple crowns toward the sun, Ana uouo-lincolns sing among The reeds where little rivers run. On Summer's breath we drift "When lilies of the morning's gold Put up their cups the sun to hold, When meadows show the little ring With gold-eyed daisies twinkling, And butterflies are on the wing. On Summer's breath we drift!" Christian Science Monitor. (Ed. Note: The mayflies live only short timn after thv are fully grown. Sometimes" tney are raueu "tiny flios" as If thoy lived only a day.)

Miss Wait Tells Story of Picture To Winning School Miss Wait came to the second grade of Valid school and told us a story of the picture we won in the Picture contest. This ia it: In summer a little girl went to visit her grandmother. When she got there she heard a noise. She went to the garden to see what it was. And what do you think it was? It was a kitten. She took it home. The next summer when she went again she took her kitten with her. Her grandmother asked her if she would like to have a birthday party for the kittens. She said she would like to have it. So, she invited all the girl3 she knew. Her grandmother made cakes and pies. Then the girls dressed the kittens in doll clothes and, when all got seated at the table, the kittens ran away. Then the girls ran after them. When they caught them, they saw it was time to go home. Rowena Eudaly, age 8 years, grade 2A, Vaile school.

Dan's Airplane CHAPTER I Dan Townsend was . a man 26 years of age. Ho had an airplane that he had gotten from war. He was in it and taking a nose dive when his motor got on fire. He was very high in the air and, of course, he could not get to earth In time to save himself, but be jumped out through the strong wind. He saved himself by landing in a river and swam to shore. Then he went to a hotel where he got Jiis clothes dry and he stayed to the place where his airplane all night. In the morning he went was and fixed it up and went home. CHAPTER II When Dan returned home he told his experience. He said, "I will not take another ride." Dan had it fixed and said, "I will paint it up and keep it here and if I want to use it, I can." "Well," said Dan, "I will have to take a ride," so Dan went up. Dan thought be would take a nose dive, so he started and he took it and Dan said, "I thought I would take a tumble, but I didn't." Dan went back and went home. CHAPTER III Dan was in the airplane when be thought that he saw a storm coming up. He saw that he comld not escape, so he thought he would go above the cloud and stay up above the cloud. Wen he saw that the storm was over he went home and said that he would not take another ride in his life. The end of Dan's experiences. Raymond R. Townsend, grade 4B, Vaile school.

No! Naval Holiday Doesn't Apply to , This Branch of U. S. Service

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U. S. navy pigeon hatching new squadron of message carriers. Maybe the naval holiday agreed upon at the Washington conference1 is being observed by some, but Ensign Carrie R. Pigeon Just says, "Tish, tlsh," and goes right on inci easing her squadrons. Disarmament doesn't seem to worry her in the least.

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Ellen and Beth were. , doing the cooking while their mother was away, visiting Aunt (Anne. They found it great fun -at first. They spent most of their time 'planning the meals and looking through the cookbooks for new recipes. All the salads and desserts they had long wanted to try were served their long-suffering father. "Well, what have we tonight?" said Mr. Nilson, as he took off his coat "Ellen made a nice new salad," said Beth, "and I tried a sort of frozen pudding. "Then we've t'ri"Look here," said Mr. Nilaon, "don't you think it is about time to cut out the fancy stuff? We're not milionaires, you know. And then, even if we could afford big grocery bills, that sort of stuff is not good for us. Let's have something plain and nourishing for a change." Beth and Ellen were sullen and pouted all through the meal. The next evening, when they started to plan dinner, they were still feeling offnded. "I tell you," suggested Ellen. "Let's give father a plain, old-fashioned meal for sure. Let's have fried potatoes and salt pork and coffee." "And let's serve It in the kitchen and use mother's old dishes, and see if we can't borrow a red table- j cloth somewhere,' 'laughed Beth. The two girls set to work and soon had the "plain meal" ready to put on the table. They heard their father open the door. Then they easned. Some one was with him Beth ran to the door and peeked out. "It's Aunt Sara, 'she wailed. "She hasn't been here for years. And I've always heard about how fussy she is. What will we do?" But it was too late. Mr. Nilson and Aunt Sara came straight to the kitchen. Their father managed not to show any surprise, and the four of them sat down to eat, the, two girls tongue-tied with shame and confusion. "Well," said Aunt Sara. "I'm glad to find two girls who can get a plain meal without fixings. Most girls nowadays run up big grocery bills getting fancy stuff. I'm glad to find my nieces don't put on airs." Beth and Ellen looked at their father. His eyes were twinkling. "I don't know who the Joke's on," whispered Beth to Ellen, when their father was talking to Aunt Sara, "but I sort of think it's on us!" Boys' and Girls' Newspaper. Does a Mole See? Many people think a mole has no eyes because they are so tiny and bo deeply set in its fur that they cannot be easily seen. It doesnt need to see in its home down under the earth, but when it comes out in the open, at night, it trots about with its eyes open.

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Leoline Tells About Sound Sleepers in' ; Muncie Scout Camp Camp Propps was given to the Muncie Boy Scouts. It is eoven miles southeast of Muncie on the Inlow Spring road. Its camp site is a very nice place and Is in a sort of a plain with a wood's on

the east and west side and the river on the north. It i called Camp Propps bocause the man that gave the camp, to us was named Propps. The Camp in the summer time ia the very place to camp. There are about eight camps held in thi.s place Decause it is not only a good camping place, but also a good place for fishing, swimming and very good bathing. ' ' Altogether, I think there arc about three or four hundred boys camp there. There i3 a good Joke that the scoutmaster played on some of the boys, and this is it: Along in June one year, about three patrols teft Muncie for Camp Propps. They arrived there in time for dinner. After dinner they put up their tents and cut five rods for that night. This took them up to supper time. Soon after sup per the boys1 went to their tents. About mid-night the scoutmaster and Bome of the boys came out to the camp in a Buick. Tho scoutmaster brought with them a small cannon. This they shot off, but it never stirred the boys in the tent, so they let the tents down on them. This did not wake the sleeping scouts. To wake them up the boys kicked each one so hard that they gave a grunt and turned over and went back to sleep again. The scoutmaster and the boys that went with them kicked them so hard that they all got up and this gave them a good scare, so they ' never went to sleep without r guard again. (Tho End.) P. S. I will send you the story of Camp Crossley. Leoline Klus. J II S FLASHES Crowding into the little annex gym so close that one could see out of Just about one eye, boys oi Garfield listened! to a little talk by Homer Rodteheaver, Wednesday in General Exercise period. MissKinney, at the same time, talked to the girls in the girls' gym. Friday, May 19, several depart ments of Garfield will present plays in that school's chapel exer cises. "A Roman School" a play by Susan Paxon, will be presented by members of the Latin depart ment, under the direction of Mr Lind'sey. Illustrations of folklort in France will be given by the French department under the su pervislon of Miss Elliott; and r play by menvbers of the English classes will be presented undei the direction of Miss Williams The Girls' Glee club, led by Mist; Schultz, will sing. ' Work in practical arts, including sewing, cooking, wood turning and printing, in Science, Socia' science, and in art, will be shown in the Garfield exhibit to be held May 24-26. "Open Night" will bo May 26, when the exhibit will b on display and when all parent! and friends will be invited to b ' present to bw the work being dono at school. RUTH'S BIRTHDAY WISH Once upon a time .there wa"9 r little girl. Her name was Ruth It was her birthday. Her mothe; gave her a book. One day she was reading her book, when some thing went "Tap! Tap! Tap!" Ruth looked to see what it was It was a fairy. It was a aummel day. The fairy came in and said "Ruth, you have been a gooc! child and you shall have three wishes." Ruth said, "I want to see the sea." Ruth saw the sea. "Now," said Ruth, "I want tc sit on a cloud." Ruth sat on a cloud. "Now," said the fairy, "one more wish you may have." "I want to go home." Ruth was home all the time. fThe End. Selma Bruner, age 8, Hlbberd school. , MAY. DAYS May Days are here, . The flowers are in bloom; The lilacs so dear, ' The birds so gay, ! ' The trees so green: May Days are here. Beatrice. Newcomer, St. Mary's. school.