Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 185, 5 August 1922 — Page 17

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. SATURDAY. AUGUST 5, 1922

TAGE THREI3

THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM

The Junior Palladium Is tha children's section of tha Richmond Palladium, founded May (i, 1916, and issued each Saturday afternoon. All boys and tflrls are Invitod to bo reporters and contributors. News Items, social events, "want" advertisements, stories, local, Jokes and original poems aro acceptable and will be published. Articles should be written plainly and on one side of the paper, with tha author's name and nge signed. Aunt Polly is always glad to meet the children personally as they brills' their articles to The Palladium office, or (o receive letters addressed to the Junior Editor. This is your little newspuper, and we hope each boy and girl will uso it thoroughly.

AUNT POLLY'S LETTER

Dear Juniors: Isn't it fun to "be in" and to present plays? It is just as much fun, too, though of a different kind, to see them when the are presented. There are mnjffy opportunities these days in the schools and also in the Sunday scliools to some extent, to take part in little plays and pageants but there isn't much opportunity to see and enjoy the theatre. This is especially true in many villages and towns similar to Richmond in size, though the lack is evident in many larger cities of the United States. Movies, circuses, vaudeville "stunts" and "acts" aro the substitutes, but they give the spectator, especially in junior, audiences, no idea of dramatic art or the pleasure of the theatre. Puppets and the humorous and delicate art of puppet plays are interesting many people in the United State3 and it is hoped the plans and ideas of these people will develop until many thousands of American children will have the pleasure of enjoying these little doll plays which children of China, of Italy, of Franco and of England have enjoyed for a long, long time and which they never tire of seeing. Crowds of children always gather at the Punch and July booth in the village fairs we are told, and in the theaters where many different puppet players are presented with a great deal more art and beauty cwi-n in ho Ktne-p set lines in the lighting, in the costumes, in the

action and appearance the little actor dolls themselves than is possible in the street fairs. Years ago, some sa 1800 years ago, children in China loved to see little shadowgraph piays in which tiny figures made of very thin buffalo hide, tinted in delicate colors, acted out the charming old Chinese fairy tales. These were the ancestors of the modern marionettes or puppets, which are usually about two feet long.

Later these plays were given in Italy and in France, where they, were often used to act out Bible stories. The name of marionette itself Means Little Mary and grew out of its use in plays from Bible stories. In England the business of presenting puppet play3 is often handed down from father to son, as is often the case with people acting in our circuses today. America is beginning to show great interest in puppet plays. "Midsummer Nights Dream" recently put on in Chicago was enthusiastically received and "Cinderella" presented In certain private schools of New Jersey was well done and very probably was much enjoyed by the children who saw it. "Jack and the Beanstalk" has been shown in many public schools in our country. We may indeed hope that puppets and puppet plays will be" brought into the important and

popular place they would hold if introduced in many cities as a splendid amusement for you juniors and your' younger brothers and sifters (and I might add, grownups, too, for some grownups are very much interested in these plays.) I cannot close this letter without mentioning1 the new children's theatre in Moscow in Russia, which was established in 11)20 and which many little children of that city, though lacking so much in ordinary comforts and necessities have been enjoying. "Tom Sawyer" was the first play presented there and was hugely enjoyed by the junior audience. "The Nightingale" from Anderson's fairy tales was also given. Next winter, marionette plays will be presented, it is said. For several winters in London,, special presentations of Shakespeare's plays were given which tho school children attended and

enjoyed.

It is to be hoped now that music and drawing have taken and rightfully such important places in public school life that the enjoyment

mm tnarm oi ine meaire win be presented even in small communities so that children and juniors may have the pleasure and appreciation of I know you hope this will bo so and I hope so too!

The Greased Pig

Torky was a runt. The other pigs

ran over him and chased him

about, and pushed him from tho feeding trough. He might have

starved, if It hadn't been ior Bob and Anne. They took him out and

made a pet of him and looked after him, so that he had a chance to make something out: of life, after all. Their father was a tenant farmer on the big farm, and both of them turned in to help him during the summer. Porky followed them about, for all the world like a fat littla dog. Anne used to pump water on him sometimes, trying to keep him looking halfway f lean. Once she even tied a pink ribbon around his neck. But one roll In the dirt finished the ribbon. Bob and Anne were nearly as broken-hearted as Porky, therefore, when one day he was put in with a bunch of other pigs, that were to be sold. Porky squealed a little. He wondered what jj. was all about. Down in his soft, fat heart, he wished for some way to show Bob and Anne how he appreciated their being so good to him. But before he could do anything, he was taken

away. Now Porky didn't know that he was on his way to a fair. But he knew it must be something important, for a' couple of men looked at him frowningly, decided he was too small, and sold him to some one else. Jle couldn't remember just what took place after that. He only remembered being smeared with some oily stuff, and shoved into a

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CREPE PAPER MILLINERY

By FLORENCE WINE A paper hat box for your paper hats you can make one easily, and when it's finished it will be so pretty and dainty that you'll want to make another right away to keep your winter bt in, too. To make the box, cut from lighU weight cardboard two circles eigh-

Ing in the rough edges; as in figure 2. Paste this on smoothly, using library paste. Cut a circle one-half Inch larger in circumference than the bottom of the box and paste. Turn in the rough edge The box is lined' with, plain colored crepe paper selected to match the covering. Cut a strij twice as

AUNT POLLY

Alike, But Different

When you speak do you say what you wish to express? The following words though similar in their general meaning express different shades of thought: To Act is to do something and its subject may either be a person or a thing. To Do to perform something and 44 subject in this sense is limited to persons. To Make to fashion or construct, as to make a toy.

MEN WILL SEEK FOR LUSITANIA TREASURE "Semper Paratus" which as all Latin pupils know means "always prepared" is tho name of the ship which will carry the men who will soon try to rescue the $5,000,000 in gold which is reported to have been on board the steamship Lusitania. The Lusitania was torpedoed nine miles off Kinsale Head in May, 1915, and sank in about 265 feet of water. Special divin,? suits able to be lowered to a depth of about 400 feet are to bo used by the divers.

dark, stuffy sack. Suddenly, amid a great noise, the sack was thrown

open.

Porky heard some one say, "Twenty-five dollars to the one

who catches the greased pig

Then some one blew a horn nearby and it scared him so he ttarted to

run. In and out he darted in terror. Several people tried to grab him,

but he slipped through their hand.

Then ahead of him he saw an opening in the crowd. Some one was kneeling down and looking straight at him. Porky's heart skipped a beat. It was none other than Bob. He ran, with a little squeal of relief, straight into. Bob's arms. And so that i's how. Porky paid back Bob and Anne. (Copyright 1022 Associated Editors)

Egypt's Schools Progress Before the British occupation of Egypt their schools (called kuttabs) were usually religious schools only and for boys, the education of girls being neglected. The Mu'alin or teacher would recite a few verses from their religious book, the Koran and the children would recite it after him. Now, however,

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the stitching comes just to tho edges of the sides. To make a neat edging around the top of the box, cut three strips of crepe paper three-fourths of an inch wide and holding the ends together, by tacking' to some solid object, braid into a long strip. When pasted around the top of tho box, this makes a very neat finish. Making the Lid Take the other cardboard circlo and fasten if with gummed tape to a narrow strip of cardboard about two inches wide. Cover the top with a circle of the crepfc paper, and the side with a band of tho same, putting them on as shown in figure 4. The lid is lined in the same manner as was the hat box, and will give you no trouble if you follow the directions given for the box Itself. Bands of tulle ribbon looped through a hole on each side of the box forms the handle and makes a pretty decoration when tied in a fluffy bow over the top of the box. Some Other Styles Another hat box, covered with plain crepo paper and decorated with bands of contrasting color

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