Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 269, 11 November 1922 — Page 17

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SU N-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1922.

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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM The Junior Palladium la the children's section of the Richmond Palladium, founded May 6. 1(16, and Issued each Saturday afternoon. All boys and girls ara Invited to be reporters and contributors. , News Items, social events, "want" advertisements, stories, local, jokes and original poems are acceptable and will be published. Articles should be written plainly. and on one side of the paper, with the author's name and age signed. Cousin Helen la always glad to meet the children personally as they brine their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to the Junior IOditor. This in your little newspaper, and we hope each boy and girl will use it thoroughly.

COUSIN HELEN'S .LETTER

Mother Nature Is an Industrious lady and is especially busy these days. She Is getting all her winter preparations completed. She has had a long, busy summer, and now our fathers and mothers are storing up this bountiful harvest. We, too, are busy adding to our storehouse of knowledge each day, at school. However, the mere gaining of information no matter how important It may be is worthless unless It leads to healthful habits of living. I wonder if there is anything so much to bo desired as good health? Without health, we Juniors would be unable to attend school and, indeed, if we do not have health it is very hard, if not impossible, to absorb the teaching that is given us In school. If we do not have health and are not able to go to school we will not be ablo to prepare ourselves properly for our lives as men and women in the business world. Recognizing that it is necessary to build a strong foundation when building a big builfing, is the same reason adopted by present-day people in taking care of the physical education of the children of today. If we are to be strong men and women we must be strong, healthy boys and girls. Thus our schools haver gymnasiums to develop muscles and expand lungs and do all the developing work that is necessary to the growing boy and girl. In order to be well and grow right, and in order that we may be able to think without obstructions in our minds, we are examined by school physicians every year and they tell our parents if there is anything that will be a detriment to us in the years to come. There are certain "rules of the game" that must be followed if one is to obtain weight and rosy cheeks. There are eight of these rules and their power is unlimited: 1. A full bath more than once a week. i 2. Brushing the teeth at least once every day.

THE WOODPECKER FAMILY

(The following Interesting article Is fourth of a scries on nature subjects, written especially for The Junior Palladium, bv Prof. Millard S. Marklo, head of the department Of biology, of Earlharn college. The Flicker I told you before about our friend, the Red-headed Woodpecker. He has ome relatives that ere very in terestlnir. Since nearly all the members of this family stay all winter, this Is a good time to learn about them. Of course, you know the Flicker, or Yellow-Hammer, as he is some' times called. The first name is given, because one of his calls sounds like the word "flicker" reBeated over and over. He has the other name because the under sides of his wines are yellow and be cause he hammers loudly with his beak. I believe this noise is made mostly because he Hkea to play a drum and not because he is drilling for insects; for ho is Just as likely as not to hammer on a piece of tin on the roof of a house. Flickers seem to get a great deal of amusement out of life. They chase one another from limb to limb or play hide-and-seek around the trunk as they perch on the side of the tree in the queer way that woodpeckers have by bracing themselves with their odd, short tails. Most birds have three toes in front and one behind on each foot, but woodpeckers have two toes in front and two behind, which no doubt fits them tor holding to vertical tree trunks. The Flicker has more colors than any other bird we have, I believe. See if you can quietly come near ono to name the colors. Does he have a red crescent on the back of his head? A black crescent for a neck-tie? Mr. and Mrs. Flicker look very much alike, but Mr. Flicker has a neat black moustache. Soe if you can see it. Most woodDeckers tret their food by boring holes in dead trees, buti

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dows open. 4. Drinking as much milk as,pos Bible, but no coffee or tea. 5. bating some vegetables or fruit every day. 6. Drinking at least four glasses or water a day. 7. Playing part of every day out or doors. 8. A bowel movement every morning. Have you made friends with the scales at the neighboring grocery store or meat market? If not, do so. It is like playing a real game to weigh each month and see one s gain in weight, for who wants to be like "A diller, a dollar, An underweight scholar, Why don't you try to grow fat? You used to weigh Just what you BhOUld, But now you weigh less than that." How necessary it is to spend many quiet hours with the SandMan! Below is a little table that all children should follow in regu lating their sleep: Tears of ago Hours of sleep . 13 . 12 : ii . 10K e to 6 6 8 10 12 to 8 to 10 12 14 to to Healthy boy3 and girls of today mean a sturdy and powerful nation in the future. Let's do our share, Juniors, and adopt this Health Creed: "My body la the temple of my soul; . "Therefore: . "I will keep my body clean within and without; "I will breathe pure air, and I will live In the sunlight; "I will do no act that might endanger the health of others; . "I will try to learn and practice the rules of healthy living; "I will work and rest and play at the right time and in the right way, so that my mind will be strong and my body healthy, and so that I shall lead a useful life and be an honor to. my parents, to my friends, and to my country." , Sincerely, COUSIN HELEN. the Flicker spends much of his time on the ground, where be eats ants. I have stood within four feet of a Flicker, who had found such a fino nest of ants that he did not want to leave. He kept one eye on mo and ate ants as fast as he could. One man took the trouble to count the ants in a Flicker's stomach and found that there were 3,000 of them! Since ants often harm crops, the Flicker is a useful bird. Woodpecker's Strange Cousins Two cousins of the Flicker are not so well known. These are the Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers, They look much alike, but - the Downy is much smaller, being about the sizo of an English sparrow, while the Hairy is nearly as big as a robin. Doth are speckled black and white, and are seen on the sides of trees. The Downy is more comon than the Hairy. Both are useful birds and we ought to protect them, but many persons mistake them for their cousin, the Sapsucker, and shoot them. The Sapsucker la a migrant. He Is here for only a few weeks in early spring, on the way from his winter home in the south to his breeding place in Canada: but while he is here he makes us dislike to have him in our yards, because he bores holes in our shade and fruit trees to get the sap. I saw a pine tree in Glen Miller that had been killed in this way. We are glad that they do not stay long and should be careful not to confuse the harmful Sapsucker with the useful Downy and Hairy. You can always tell a Sapsucker by the fact that he has a large whito splotch on each wing, while both the Downy and Hairy have a white streak down the middle of the back. If you will watch th woodpeckers, and observe their interesting hablt3, I believe you will want to protect them rather than to harm them. MILLARD MARKLE.

Spooky Bat Provided With Hand-like Wings "When the bats are in the belfry." There is something spooky about a bat. The way they go flying about always at night, never by day around street lights. In haylofts, in church steeples, and other unusual places, make (hem a weird animal. They are strange creatures. If you have ever seen them at a zoo, you will remember that their fore paws, or hands, are developed into wings. The fingers or claws, are extended, and between each is a thin membrane. From the little finger, or claw, is a solid membrane, which extends to the ankles of the hind legs. The object of the elongation of the finger-Joints is to give the animal the power of extending the wing membrane, or folding it at pleasure. When the bat wishes to walk, it half folds the membrane and.drags itself along by its thumb, which is no part of the wing, and which is a veritable hook From this strange mode of traveling, you can imagine what an odd, shambling gait it has. The membrane of the bat is very interesting . It is well supplied with nerves, and is very sensitive, and presumably gives the bat a sense independent of sight. The usual food of bats is insects,

which they capture mostly on the wing, but some, as the "vampire" variety, suck blood from animals. A few kinds of bats live upon fruits, and devastate whole crops in southern localities, where they are found. Even the cc oanut is not free from these ravishing bats. Uhe bite of a bat is smaller than a pin-prick, and often an animal or a man is bitten while asleep and docs not know it. But the animal, like our summer pest, the mosquito, gets its supper from his btood. Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was a happy boy. His mother had given him a few pennies to spend however he pleased, and pennies' In .those day3 to the Franklin children were treasures. On his way to the store, he met a boy with a whistle which had such a loud, clear tone, that he wanted one just like it. Arriving at the toy shop he threw nis pennies on tne counter and torn the shop-keeper he would give give them all to him for a whistle. Tho shop-keeper laid out a number on the counter and" Ben selected one just like the other boy had. He went home and proudly ex hibited his prize. When he told his brothers what he had paid for it they laughed and said he had paid four times more than the or dinary price. Little Benjamin burst into tears and threw the whistle away, for he did not like it any more. Benjamin Franklin never forgot about the whistle. Whon he -wanted to buy something he didn't need, he would say to himself, "don't pay too much for the whistle." Oliver Wendell Holmes In the village of Cambridge In the early part of the nineteenth century there was but one school building, and it was on the main street. .About two blocks from the school there was a glove-maker's shop and suspended above the door, was a huge wooden hand, which swung back and forth when the wind blew. There was one little boy who was afraid of this hand and the terrible noise It made when it creaked and swung over his head on his way to school. His imagination made him fear that some day it would reach down and pick him up, so he could not go home to get his supper and go to bed. Oliver Wendell Holmes for that was the boy's name grew to be a man with the same imagination. That is why he could write the wonderful poems which brought him world-wide fame. Roumanian Raft Excursions Raft excursions are often enjoyed on the River Bistritza In Roumania, where may be seen some of the loveliest river scenery. This river is deep and the current very swift and as there are several rafts making the trip at the same time, great care must be taken in steering them to avoid collision. Daisy is Legion's Flower After three years of discussion, the American daisy was adopted by the American Legion as its official flower.

CAN YOU DRAW THIS ONE?

THE SOUR APPLE STOMACH ACHE Complete the big drawing by adding, ono by one, the various lines shown in the series of small key pictures below.

Jack's Ride One day two boys, whose names are Jim and Jack, saw a donkey in the field close by. Jim said, "Let's have some fun! I'll fill my hat with grass if you'll take the first ridW "All right," said Jack. Jim got the grass and Jack went up to the side of the donkey and got on. Jack and Jim began laugh;ng, for they thought it was fun; but the donkey began kicking. There was a pond close by, and head-first over the donkey went Tack into the pond. Jim came running down the hill and pulled him out. He got out all right. Jim did not take his ride. Opal Hernly, sixth grade, Spartansburg, Motor Bike Popular In Africa Well-to-do men In South Africa prefer motorcycles to other motor : vehicles on account of the high cost i of gasoline in that country. (This Is one of eight lessons In which boya will be told how to make a complete model aeroplane, which will fly under Its own power. Warren DeLancey, writer of the articles, was formerly president of the Ilinols Model Aero Club, a group of boya who build and fly their own models and who hold nine of tho ten world's records for model aeroplane flying. Clip these articles until you have tile complete set, Including the directions for flying your machine.)

Model Aeroplane Building

MOTOR BASE '-

HOW TO BUILD THE MOTOR-BASE

The drawing today shows thr motor-base of the model aeroplant complete with the tail-plane and rudder. Also at the front the skldr; are Bhown which act as the chassis of the airplane and from which the model will rise from tha ground under its own power at the start of a flight The motor-base is made of a stick of white pine which is sawed and planed smooth to a piece 12 inches long, 3 16 inch wide, and 1-16 inch thick; The framework for the tall-plane and rudder and also the wooden landing skids are split from bamboo, such as can be had from an ordinary flshpolo. This wood can be easily split with the grain straight by means of a jack-knife. The pith on the inside should be cut away and the hard outside shell cut off, then the stick split until It

The Faithful Dog Once upon a time there was a boy, who had a very fine hound. The dog thought so much of the boy, that it followed him continually. Every time the boy's father and he went out hunting, the dog had to go along. The dog was a fine rabbit dog. The boy had a riflo that ho always took with him. His father would let him try to shoot a rabbit Ho had aliot a few squirrels but never a rabbit. The dog would chase the rabbits up to them and his father would shoot all he could. This day, when they were out, hjs father shot 12 rabbits, and be shot three squirrels. Of course, they would not have got any, had It not boon for the dog." They all went homo so hungry. After they had eaten thoir supper, tho faithful dog was given the remains for his helpfulness. Willard ",,u"s l"'u. "v'i'lul"' irayior, uiniey scnooi. is about the size of the large end of a tooth-pick. Do not try to split through knots in the bamboo, rather use a piece cut from between the knots. Take a piece of this split bamboo just 6 Inches long and mark the middle. Put a drop of househoW glue here and bind the stick to the edge of one end of the piece cut for the motor-base. Bind it at right mgles to the larger piece with silk thread. Measure 2 inches forward on the motor-base and mark the point. From here two pieces of bamboo extend to the tips of the first piece. Glue and bind in position. Tills forms the triangular framework for the tall-plane shown in the drawing. , For the rudder a piece of bamboo 3 inches long Is bound so as to extend straight to the rear of the motor-base. Directly behind the motor-stick a piece 2 inches long is , bound upright to this and a third piece connects the tips of the other two. This forms the triangular rudder. Make all Joints with glue and silk thread. A careful study of the drawing will give a better idea of the arrangement of the tall-planes, which are now completed.