Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 245, 14 October 1922 — Page 17

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THE JUNIOR

The Junior Palladium la the children's section of the nichmond" Palladium, founded May 6, 191B, and issued each Saturday at'Urnoou.- All boys and girls are Invited to be reporters and contributors. News Items, social events, "want" advertisements, stories, local, jokes and original pooins are acceptable and will be published. Articles should be written plainly and on one--slde of the paper, with the author's name and age signed. Cousin Helen Is always glad to meet the children personally as thev bring their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to the Junior Editor. This is your little newspaper, and ws hope each boy and girl will use It thoroughly.

COUSIN HELEN'S LETTER

TlAar Jnnlnr TTYlpnrtsv

From your many nice letters, I see you enjoyed paying respect to our own beloved poet. If you were fortunate enough to be of those who heard the vlctrola records of his own voice, I am glad. To think of hearing him recite his "Raggedy Man" I It Is a marvel of science that his voice will live always with his precious books. Do try to

hear those records.

Juniors, can you see how anyone can be dry, and prosy, and dull, In these fairy story times? I wish every one of you would write me

one of the real fairy stories you know.

About 35 years ago a little girl hearine. and seemingly without that must have been! A dear lady of patience and hard work, taught

she managed to do it? Last week I sat In front of a radio machine and heard Helen Keller (for that was the little girl's name) sing a beautiful

-song from away out In the state of

. If one were very sick ana unable to Duy meaicme or nave a aoo

tor, would not a fresh and clean hospital bed with a cheery nurse to help Mother and a Jovial nice doctor, seem like a fairy queen's gift?

And that is within our power to dren In our Indiana.

There are today 10,000 suffering children in our state needing special medical and surgical treatment that can only get It In such an Institution as the Riley Memorial hospital. The site for this hospital is

already paid for; it is state ground. eo now all we need are the buildings of the first units is now under way 200 beds. For the complete institution

Almost half of this amount has already been raised, and Wayne county

has not started its drive. Get out Juniors. There are about fifteen If each child should contribute one that wnnlrl make! Then each one of us would be a to think of that makes me happy and wpTfl falline in eolden pools all over It is not always the size of the give enough to buy even one brick, big hospital and know, that my little wall smooth, and my share of the joy fcoinerl to fret, will be larger than any

" Let's fall to," Juniors, and do our share. I am sure that would be spreading cheer in thick layers, and if Riley were here he would want us i to do that. Even if we can not give pennies we all can give our

whole hearted support and enthusiasm. For he tells us: "'Whatever the weather may be," says he "Whatever the weather may be, It's the songs ye sing, and the smiles ye wear, That's a-makln' the sun shine every where; i An' the world of gloom Is a world of glee, Wld the bird In the bush, an' the bud In the tree. An' the fruit on the Btlm o' the bough," says lit, "Whatever the weather may be," says he "Whatever the weather may be!" Sincerely, . . COUSIN HELEN.

Interesting Talk on. . Wonders of Alaska The'BB class is studying Alaska in geography. Miss Boyd knows a ladv who has been to Alaska this summer, and so she invited her to come and tell us about it. Miss Lough went to Seattle, Wash., and took a boat to Sitka Alaska. Miss Lough went through most of the largest towns in Alaska. Kim wpnt down the Yukon river 700 miles. Then she went down the Tanama river 275 miles on a scow. Marion went wer to see,' Rulh. Ruty) had gone tut ' lel inis message. cTialKed on the tack jence I I A TDH Answer to this will appear in next week's Junior. Answer to Last Week's Puzzle "May your shadow never grow less."

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THE RICHMOND TALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14. im."

PALLADIUM was born, without eight, without speech. Just imagine now areaniui took charge of her, and, with loads her to talk. How do you suppose Iowa. That Is my real fairy story. neip give to tnousanas oi sick cm The upkeep has oeen guaranteed, and equipment. The construction and, when completed, will contain of GOO beds $2,000,000 Is needed, pencils and paper with me now, thousand children in Wayne county. penny, just see how many dollars part of this wonderful gift. Just warm, as though golden eunlight me. s gift that counts. I would like to then I could look or think of that brick helps to make that beautiful and conlfort Inside, that I will have pile of bricks. , A scow is a large flat-bottomed boat. She told us about the large glac lers that are in Alaska. She said that the Eskimos tie eight or ten dogs to one sled. In the eummer time the people put stakes up in front of their houses and tie their dogs to them and then the dogs dig holes to sleep in. The weather is not very cold in summer in Alaska, only up on the mountains. In the summer time it never gets dark in Alaska and tourists hardly know when to go to bed. On the 22nd of June, the people go up to the arctic circle and look at the midnight sun. One day an Indian woman was washing her clothes in a stream and ehe found a little piece of shin ing substance. That was the first piece of gold that was found in Alaska. The Alaskan people eat fish, mountain goats, and reindeer meat, They also eat lots of fruits and veg etables from the United States. We like to study Alaska because the United States owns it. Virginia Long, 6A grade, Baxter school. Your Own Study Den Vnii dnn't hav to be a "Erind" to make good grades. The secret of being a good student is to make tne most of the time you spend in studying, and to do that you must use system, just like the big business man who makes his success by time-saving, or "efficiency," as he calls it. First of all. vou must have a quiet place to study. Have some narticnlar corner, all your own, and fit it up with a flat-top table, a comfortable chair, ana a dookshelf. Have Tools Ready Yon wouldn't think much of a carpenter who had to be running back to the Bhop for his tools all ihn time would vou? It's the same way with studying you lose too

much time If you have to jump up and run after a. sheet of naDer. or

hunt frantically for a pencil. Have your dictionary, atiaa, paper, pencils, nan. ruler and erasers all laid out on your table before you begin work and have the books you need right at hand on the bookshelf, or between a pair of book-ends on the table. Be comfortable while you are studying. Little things like a tight collar, tight shoes and a cramped position make a lot of ditrerence. Fix a Good Light Of course, you know that If a light is glaring in your eyes you cannot study very long before they begin to hurt. But it's very import ant that the light should be on your work. If you're sitting at a table the light should be a little in front and to the left of you, so that your hand and kead will not cast Bhad ows on your paper or book, A lit desk lamp is just the thing, be cause it helpa you to concentrate by leaving the rest of the the room in darkness and sort of cutting you off on a little study island by yourself. Use a soft yellow or green shade; never a "red or orange one. If you find it hard to keep from ppttlnsr fileenv rltrht after you get Hi good start at your lessons, per haps It s because the room is too hot or too dry. A temperature of from 66 to 68 degrees 13 about right for studying. Early Richmond Schoolteachers Atticus Siddall Is the imposing name of the first schoolmaster recorded in Richmond's history. He opened a school in a house in the south part of town "to teach reading and writing." He was followed in 1822-23 by Nathan Smith from New England, "a man of spare frame, who was considered an accomplished teacher and had a full school." After him, is named Jeremiah Smith, who is recorded as "a ready mathematician." fDX COT - What Happens Next? Your Scissors Vill Tell

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"timinir fripirpts." sava Sam Fin-' ney, "but it's dark. I didn't think wed stayed so late, im oe puuu black by the time l get home. Since we've moved clear out to the edge of town, it takes forever to get home from these Pirate Seven meetings." . "Where is your flashlight?" I asked him. 1 1 "Busted. Don't know when 111 ever save up enough money to have the thing fixed." "Why don't . you make a lantern?" Bays Jim Irving, who doesn't usually have much to say. "Make a lantern?" says Sam.1 "Ilow'd you make one, anyway, I'd like to know." "Easy enough," says Jim. "Ill make you one, if Herb happens to have an empty lard pail and an ordinary candle handy." "Guess we have," says Herb. 1 11 run in the house and see." Pretty soon he was back. He had an empty five-pound lard can and a short white candle. , "Just the thing," says Jim. "I can make a dandy light with this. My father showed me how. A fellow he was out hunting with once showed him. The Three Hunters "Thorn tuiorn three of them hunt ing and camping together. They had a. fr&nna wnicn tney naa iwiv safe on the river bank, and then they had made their way some distance back into the woods. - "One night they were camping when they heard a strange noise; sounded like a wall. They listened and it didn't come again, so they dropped off to Bleep, letting the pomnflra Pi flllt. "Long in the middle of the night they were au wanenea suaaemy oy hearing the most unearthly sound, rltrht nnnr. Thev iumoed ud. half asleep. Then one of the men, who had started forward berore tne others, saw a pair of eyes shining at him in thn dark from a tree, and the next minute something sprang at him, side-swiping mm witn us paw like a thousand of brick, and VnfwkinB' him fiver. "Before the thing could get right down on him, my dad naa got nis gun. He could make out tne animal nlain enough to fire at it. 80 he did. It was lucky he took good aim, for over tne puma mat b what it was went. The Camper Is Injured "The fellow the beast sprang on was in a pretty bad way. He'd been knocked unconscious, had dis located his shoulder in railing, ana had a bad gash across his forehead. They saw they'd have to get him DaCtC to town as euuu as iiunoiuiti. That meant a long trip through tiff woods in the dead of nignt, ana tne OP POP H &B0 J

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only flashlight They had was ont ot commission, just line sams. , "WpII. thn other camner aid h rememberesi they had brought i sev eral candies along in tne provision and he bet he cowd make a lantern. tTn ennntftd Around and found A half empty lard pail. He cleanod it out, and made a lantern. ; , . Whilo Jim was talking, he- took the wire handle off the lard pail and put the handle back - on the pall eo that one end was attacnea in thn rpp-ninr wnv and the other end was attached to the bottom of the pail. He Joined the wire to mo bottom by punching a hole in the bottom with a nail and hammer. Then he took the candle, lit it, and dropped- some of the grease on the Wde of the pailwhich was now the bottom and stuck the candle on it. And he had a aanay reflector lantern. "And that's the way," says Jim, "they had a light and managed to pack him through the woods to the boat and got him to a doctor in time to get him fixed up all right. Here you are, Sam." So Sam had a light when he went home, and he was sure tickled with it. The rest of us are all making lanterns now, bo we'll have them for camping trips. AL. STUBBS, Scribe of the Pirate Seven. The Book Corner "All that mankind has done, thought, grained or benn It Is lyln as In maglo preservation In the pages of books. Thomas Carlisle. Rainy days and. chilly winds aro driving the play-folk Indoors. They are Borne new books in the library of playa that can be easily produced by Juniors of any age. 'The Star Child and Other Plays" Is a book of plays that are elmple and workable, with photographs and good directions. - They have already been successfully produced in a Chicago settlement houRe. "King Robert of Sicily" is among them and is especially interesting. "The Silver Thread, and Other Folk Plays for Young People," written by Constance Mackay, is a group of eight charming plays from the folk-lore of Cornwall, Ireland. England, France, Norway,T!ermany, Italy and Russia, arranged for use in grammar grades. A note on its source and directions for costumes and simple stage settings precede each. . All the plays have been produced with success. "Holiday Plays," by Marguerite Merlngton, is a book of five one-act pieces. There is a splendid one for Thanksgiving. The eub-tltle is. "Good little plays interesting enough to attract children and well enough written and with sufficiently high moral tone to be worth learning." A list of available plays at the library follows. There are many more than f have room to mention. These, however, are of special interest: "Fairy Talo Plays, and How to Act Them." Florence Bell. "Christmas Candles, Plays for Boys and Girls" Elsie Carter. "Friends in Book Land" Winifred Hope. "Rescue of the Princess Winsome, a Fairy Play" Annie Fellows Johnston. I have here three sets of new readers: Tho Horace Mann readers, the Winston readers,, the Free and Treadwell readers. These are among the new sets Miss Payne is sending out to the schools, They are beautifully and interestingly Illustrated. I can vouch for the fact that they will delight you. Is not this little verse, by RosettI, proof of the pudding: ( i The Broken Doll

All the bells were ringing. All the birds were Blnglng, , When Molly sat down crying For her broken doll. O, you Billy Moll! Sobbing and sighing For a broken doll, When all the bells are ringing, And. all the birds are singing. English Camp Has One Motto Two hundred boys from all parts ; of England attend the Holiday camp held each year under the direction of the Duke of York. Before going to camp, the boys are entertained to luncheon by the young duke at Buckingham palace. The duke tella the boys there is to be only one motto for the camp, and that Is, "Play the Game."