Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 132, 3 June 1922 — Page 17
TIIK RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1922
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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM
The Junior Palladium Is the children's section of the Richmond Palladium, foundciU May 6, 1916, and Issued each Saturday afternoon. All toys and girls are Invited to bo reporters and contributors. News Items, social events, "want" advertisements, stories, local, Jokes and original poems aro acceptable! anl will be published. Articles should bo written plainly and on one side of the paper, with the author's name and ajfo signed. Aunt roily Is always Klad to meet the children personally hs they bring their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to the Junior J'lditor. This is your little newspaper, and we hope each boy and girl will uso It thoroughly.
AUNT POLLY'S LETTER
Howdy Junior Friends: ! ; We spose you have been having a sad and tearful separation from your school hooks and have not any idea how you will ever bo able to fill up the days until school starts again. P'raps!! Py the way have you ever gone on a journey seeking for some one thing? If you haven't, plan such a trip right away. Plan to find a certain kind of plant or clay or dragon fly or bug or bird or stone. Find out about where it can be found and then start in search of it. Perhaps it will take several trip before you see it but you can not imagine how fine you'll feel when you at last find it. When you go on that kind of a trip in search of something It Is called a quest There have been many real quests in history and many "made up" ones in stories and I believe we all like to read about them, flack in the middle ages (though it is difficult to name any ages as 1 he "middle ages" as we realize more and more how much farther back in the thousands of years ago, life existed in the world) were the crusades, long journeys in which thousands of people aroused by the pope or some good monk of the time and led by kings of France and of Fntrland. made to Jerusalem seeking to capture the places made
holv to their minds bv their association with Jesus, which were held I
by people who were not Christians. In connection with theso great thing about my little island called journeys of adventure, of suffering, of following a high Ideal, we find Porto Rico. the names of Peter the Hermit, of Walter the Penniless and Richard i I live in Ponce which is one of the Lion-hearled, together with the story of the unnamed children who' the districts of it. This town Is in
started on the unhappv jouinev of the "Children's Crusade. I ho southern part of the island and . . . , " ,v . itJ'3 otic- of the most important. It
Grail, (lie cup from which so the rtory goes Christ drank at the Last Supper. of the Golden Fleece, the golden fleece of a ram on which an early "story hero" of Greece escaped to safety. We read of the quests of the knight's journey made by brave men to right wrongs, ami to Keek adventure, of Ponce De Leon who came to Florida seeking the Fountain of Youth, or hundreds of people who in 1849 started on the long terrib'e journey across the continent in search of gold in California.
Richmond Juniors Receive Letters
From Porto Rico
A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD FRESHMAN
Letters written in English by juniors in Porto Rico have been received by Miss Williams of Dennis Junior High School. A letter from
a grownup, Mrs. Hazel Keever accompanied the letters in which shej said the children of Porto Ricoi were very much interested in the' United States and wished to write! to children thero. She said that; there were some mistakes in the!
lOnglish of the letters but English was a foreign language to them, as Spanish o r French would be to I . i i J .... ! mi. - . i i .
iviuiiuiuuu juiuura. i nt'ii mio auus ri (a nd wn rf th t Tnninr TVil I ail hi' '
are glad to act on her suggestion): !
As I remember the Palladium used to have a children's column
and it would mean a great deal to i
these children if you thought one of their letters sufficiently interesting to publish it." Two of the group of letters, many of which were very interesting follow: Stoves Only Used .in Cooking Ponce, P. R,, April 27, 1922. Dear Friend: I am very glad to wrlto you this
letter so that you can know some
Oh. there is no end to the number of Quests which have been and are being made, and whether or not they find what they aro peeking, their story is interesting to us. Everybody is on a kind of a finest in life, oa I'll one seeking something or some one way of life, (if he has energy enough to seek as well as to wish) and that is one of 1he things which makes life so interesting to us to see the different kinds of things sought and the different ways of seeking them. A real
nearcher is willing to sacrifice much or everything to carry on his
fiuest. It is the Ihing sought and the way that it is nought that pro
nounces the guest to be very or not so very worth while. In the pageant which is to presented Monday evening, June 5, on (he Earlham campus, named "The Quest for Freedom" is told the story of how the early Friends journeyed to the Whitewater River valley, seeking greater freedom for their religion and life. We learn that they were always interested in schools and built school-buildings and started them going just about as soon as they built homes. Earlham Colleg-j is the larger growth of the early school called the Friends Hoarding School which was founded near Richmond 75 years ago, and which has formed an important influence in the life of the city ever since. Many of tho finest privileges and opportunities which are ours today were made real for us by some one who had the enthusiasm and inspiration to start upon a quest, and the will and perseverence to keep on in search of the object of that quest. Let us all start "questing" this summer! AUNT POLLY.
has a good harbor.
l no houses here are not very
high as the one3 in the United
States and are not so big. The windows are without glass es.
The stoves here aro used in cook
ing and not for heat.
no and here many sugar centrals which take the largest tracts of land. Sugar is one of the most
important products of Porto Rico.
Coffee is another ono of the products exported. Many pieces of
land here are devoted to coffee. There are many other things in Porto Rico. Sincerely yours, CONSUELO OJEDA.
40 Tricoehe St.,
Ponce.
vlfiril 25,
ONE HOUSE in the HOLLOW
The Hilary house lay in a little hollow. In the summer it was a pretty place, in the cup of the rolling hills, but in the winter all the winds that blew seemed to howl
around it, and when the snow flurries came they filled the- hollow
like whipped cream in a mixing
bowl. One late January day the red sun was sinking when a traveler drove ip to the house. His mud-stained, bedraggled clothes showed that he had ridden fast and far. Mr. Hilary, proprietor of Hilary House, put the traveler's tired horse in the barn, while Mrs. Hilary hurried to fix a hot supper. "It's a bad time to be out," said Mrs. Hilary, addressing the new
comer, as she brought in a steam
and Mrs. Hilary and their son were jolly people and the house was warm and cheery. The two strangers proved to be fun-loving young men, and they passed the time telling stories, playing chess and enjoying each other like old chums. "I hate to see them go," remarked Mrs. Hilary, the day her hus-( band managed to break a path to
the main road and the two travelers left. "I guess they hate to leave each other, too. They got along so well." "Mother," called her son excitedly, "when they came to the main road they shook hands and one went north and the other south!" "What's so strange about that?" she asked.
"One of them," he said, "was the
ing dish. "It looks like snow. And new sheriff. Didn't you know? The
other was that robber who escaped from jail last week. I saw his picture on the reward posters. I wonderif they both knew " Roys' and Girls' Newspaper.
it's not safe, either. My son Just
came up from town and he was Baying a robber broke out of jail there. You might meet him on the road." While she was speaking, Mr. Hilary came In. "You'll not get anywhere this night, stranger," he Faid. "It's snowing hard already." In a few hours a blizzard was shaking the house. The occupants, were just getting ready to go to
bed when the door was thrown open and another traveler burst in, almost blinded by the snow. Ho had led his horse to the post outside, and Mr. Hilary put the animal in the barn while tho traveler thawed himself out. fly morning the drifts were up to the window sills and piling still higher, and by nightfall of that day the two travelers realized that they would remain at Hilary House for fnahv (fays.
DAVID LIVINGSTON CLIMBED OLD
TOWER
Time did not drag, however, Mr. youth
"Mother, I climbed higher than any of the fellows and they've made me leader of the game," announced ten-year-old David. "We were out hunting flowers and shells and we followed the creek to Rothwell Castle. You know it is all in ruins so we played around them, then Ted dared II ill to climb up the old tower, but Ui!l only got half way up, We all tried it then and I was the only one who reached the top." David Livingston became a missionary in "Darkest Africa." He never lost the daring spirit of his
P. R 1922
Dear Friend:
1 live ii Ponce, which is my native city, the city of my roverios. Ponce is located in tho southern part of the island; in tho Caribbean Sea. The winds blow smacking breezes, that invite any person to spend a period here observing the curiosities of Ponce. Many of the houses hero are made of wood, but any foreigner could not imagine how pretty they
aro and how well constructed. Others are made of cement which is very costly. The doors are partly of iron and partly of wood. In the upper part of the windows is placed colored glasses which give them a fairness incomparable:
Many historical pictures are hung on their interior walls. We care very much for the trees and plants because we consider them as a great factor for life. Our soil produces coffee, cocoa, banan
as, sugar-cane, tobacco, grape apples, pine apples and cocoanuts. Nearly all the houses here have their gardens. In Ponce there are many different classes of birds.
1 he nightingale whose song is very melodious. Also we have different kinds of singing birds. Working animals are: tho cow, ox and the horse. In any street of Ponce a foreigner could find an animal, the goat which attracts tho attention of Americans. The watch mountain is the top of a mountain. Here is built a small house for a man to advise
the city by changing
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In his own small, knlckerbockered way, Nathan Newhouse is an icono clast of precedents. When he was four years old he toddled off to help save the family fortunes by selling newspapers. When ho was 14 h trotted off to a university, leaving behind him the newsboys, of whon he had become king, to become the youngest freshman in New Yorl university and one of the youngest in the United States.
kinds of flags that a ship is in tho harbor or entering it From the watch mountain wo can see the wholo city, tho highest towers, the greatest edifices, the great sugar
cane lactones or uie city ana many other things. The students of the public schools are very interested in athletics but not forgetting our studies. Every year we have a track meet in which all tho schools of tho island take part. Nearly all the teachers of tiie island came here to see the track meet. On their arrival in Ponce they were all received with music.
Any stranger who wanted to know something more of Ponce, I think it would be better to see in person our enchanted city. Yours very truly, VICTOR VIANI.
CHICAGO IN HANDS OF SCOUTS FOR ONE HOUR Saturday, May 27 Boy Scouts of the city of Chicago took charge of the city government for one hour as a part of their Boys' Week program. "Mayor" Eugene Klapp, a high school student was elected as mayor, taking for the hour's time, the place of Mayor William Hale Thompson. He called members of tho Scout City Council together and they outlined a number of things which they think should be done in their city. Lower taxe3
and a five-cent car fare were
different among the things suggested.
PUZZLES and RIDDLES
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SIC CUR-
DEAR PA
The answer to this is printed in another part of this week's Junior.
Our June Picnic One beautiful day in the joyou month of June my cousin and were going to spend tho day in qui" et solitude, Tfoo sky1 was a bh f'atcU of blue with thousands o ittlo clouds chasing each othe. across the sky. It was early in the morning am little dew drops sparkled here an there as if Titanca and her fairle. had danced tho night before anc had left their tiny jewels. WRh me was little Betty and her sister Kitty. Laughing Kitty whos eyes could be bright and snapping when angry, and soft and lumlous
when pleased or Bad. Her cheeks were rivals of tho bright rosy ap pie in color. Her jet black curl, were often tumbled. Her lips wen like cherries. We carried a largo basket or food in which was chicken sand
wiches, broiled eggs, cake, ant? such things that taste good aftei the walk to the picnic grounds. Beyond us was a piece was a deep rushing stream. Little Betty was gathering wild rosea and other flowers and Kitty and I fixing the lunch when we heard a scream. We looked to see Betty tho darling of our household suddenly go un der the water. I stood numb with fear. Kitty realizing the danger oi what had happened threw hersel; into the water after her resolved to save her herself perish with her. She saved her but fainted after she got onto the bank. At last I was brought to my sen ses and screamed for help.. It came at last. We carried her home, but for many weeks she was con fined to her bed. But she is now well and happy. Little Betty adores her sister as if she were a queen Alice Brown, St. Andrews.
Trading Post Restored Old Fort Western, the site of the first settlement in Augusta, Maine, though in the heart of tho cupitol city, Is new being restored to look as nearly as possible like the orig inal trading post looked. It wan 3. XL. JJvat Jams. Howard, commander of the fort entertained Benedict Arnold wher. Arnold was in Maine with his illfated expedition against Quebec.