Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 275, 18 November 1922 — Page 17

THE JUNIOR

The Junior Palladium Is tha children's section of the Richmond PalIadium, rounded May 6, 1918, and Issued each Saturday afternoon. All oys and girls are Invited to" be repbk-ters and contributors. News, Items, loclal events, "want" advertisements, stories, local, jokes and original poems arp acceptable and will be published. Articles should be written plainly and on one aide of the paper, with the author's name and agra Clgned. Cousin Helen is always glad to meet the children personally as hey bring their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to the Junior Editor. This is your little newspaper, and wo hope each bojr and girl will use U thoroughly. -,

CQUSIN' HELEN'S LETTER

Dear Juniors: Last week we chatted about "Health," and how pry important It is, and how pmch it is to ba desired. With the Thanksgiytng, Christmas and . New Year's season approaching, "which, is a time of joy, Is it not appropriate that we 'now turn our thoughts to "Happiness?" There is a legend that happiness was once" a great precious stone which people sought tor hopelessly, just a$ Diogenes searched Athens' looking for an honest wan and died disappointed. ' What a mistake that is! Happiness is (a the air round about us; we have but to reach fQr It and, it is ours. v The happy boy or girl is the busy one. He whose heart and mind and fingers are occupied will develop Into the most valuable, respected and successful pitizen. ' The average healthy, Intelligent bqy or grl finds 'a joy n doing thing3 and making thingg. And doing these things using tools, planting trees, learning to pare for pets, building play houses, gives him happiness never found in idleness. If we would live long we must keeR busy and think wise thoughts and do useful actions, and make frlend3. By doing these, they may become a habit; -then piir usefulness and happiness is assured! I think you will agree with me that most of us, Juniors, find our greatest happiness out of doors. I wonder if it is not that then we are closest to God? There is a wonder in the out of doore, an inspiration in the stars and strength in the hills. If you play in the great out of doors, breathe the good sweet air ajid walk in the warm sunshine, you will find hapiness whether you are looKing tor it or n01-. I believe, too. to be happy, we must, as you Scouts Bay, "Do a good turn everv dav." Happiness is like the measles, it is catching. ' If you can, by your ''good turn." light a spark of happiness in some gloomy heart the fire will soon spread back to you. You know the Baying, "Laugh, end the worfd laughs with you." It is a sure way to be happy, to cultivate a cheerful spirit and a smiling countenance. If you wish to make others happy set an example by ANSWERS To Questions Worth While (Q.) What and when was the Hundred Years' War? (A.) It was a struggle between France and England which lasted, with intermissions, from 1338 to 1453. Edward III, of - England, claimed the crown of France because his mother was the sister of Charles IV, of France. This and minor differences brought on the war. In 1429, through Joan of Arc, the English were forced to relinquish their gaifts. At the clo3e of the war, Calais was the only French territory in English hands. A GIRL'S NAfftE IS HIDDEN HERS , WITH OME Of THE UTTTto IN THE t'ND CCXUTAN AND BY rOLUOWlNO- SQUARES DIAGONALLY VOU WIIL ftiX IT Answer to this will appear In next week's Junior. Answer to Last Week's Puztle Fish, flowers, ferns, field, finger, fan, feather, floor, foot, face.

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THE RICHMOND FAUiltfUM'AJip STI IfrTBfrTORAW,- SATUREtAY.' QYgMBER 18, 1922

PALLADIUM your own cheerfulness. Learn to laugh Iota." Laugh is Mother Nature's best remedy. It ' is really good for you because' It exercises ypur diaphragm and stimulates your circulation. So here's a smile for you, Juniors, and I expect one back from you, and you pass them on and so will I, and soon, you know: '"There will be miles and miles of smiles."- - " ,". .; " .." '" Happily, COUSIN HELEN. "

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pur Next Door Neighbor's Fire One morning we were about half awake when wa heard somebody whistling. They called, "Your house Is on fire!" I Father went out on our upstairs I porch and the fire was right at his face. He put on his clothes and! took our hose and climbed Into the

tree by the house and poured water on it. Then most of the people around had discovered it. One of our neighbors aaid thejr house caught on fire, and burned up all their clothes. They had to borrow clothes to wear until they cot some ' clothes. Their house was all burned and they had to stay at their neighbor's. The fire in tho other house was put out. It did not burn Edith Wilson, 5A, Joseph Moore school. Balloon Gow Up Thirteen Miles One of tho balloons sent np by the TTnited States weather bureau twice daily to get direction and velocity of the 'wind, reached a height recently of thirteen miles. D

health and behavior in the Central Park Zoo, is having her first attack of

Tie Raccoon . ' ; I wonder what you knw about the Raccoon. " It' is' found In Canada and In some, parts of. Aqierlca. H is a favorite with children when visiting zoos on account of its very amusing habits. This strange animal, which is about the size of a large iox, pleases the children by always washing all Its. food ' very carefully In water before it eats it. Indeed, it Is said that if wafer IS not furnished this animal, when In captivity, ' It Would " soon starve to death, for it would refuse to pat before, washing' its, victuals. :- 'e skin of the raccoon Is very v a uable, and traRpers, seek it egg'erly. "

In its natural haunts its food is principally small animals and 'in sects. It also is very fond of oysters and muscles. It" bites off the hinge of ah oyster, pnd scrapes out the annua) in fragments with its pqws. 'Like ft. squirrel,' when eating a nut, "the raccoon usually hqlds; its food between its forepaw pressed together, and, sits Ppon its hind lg9 when it cats. This attitude also pleases "the folk. tt ft tnlef.'" It rpb farmers of phickena and is worse reared man will eat only the head of a chicken, and will not touch the rest of the body. Its prowling and thieving Is done entirely at night. " When taken young it can bo easily tamed,' but" frequently be comes blind during ' its captivity, aitbpugh thfs i3 pot always the case. This blindness is supposed to be produced H the sensitive state of its eyes, which are i tended to. be used pnly at plgbf; but as it is frequently awakened by daylight during 11$ captiyity, it Buffers so much from the glare, that it graaua.ify jos is Imaginative Chfld Giyes Giants' Names to Dolls "Why do you have so many dolls and what are frou doing with them?" asked a visitor in the parr home in pngiana, aDout b.w. "These are not dolls; these are giants," replied little Amelia. Trf se are fairies, these children, and this black pne is Man Friday. You mustn't call them dolls they know just as much as you do," .concluded. Amelia somewhat impudently. Her vivid imagination was always a characteristic of Amelia E. Barr. When she became a woman, her dolls were people in stories, stories that have been read In both England and America. on a light diet, with a tonic of medi

P4Q8-THREB

"Earning and Learning". :j Joy to lNYear-PJcl pirl "D,inna cry mither dear,!' said Mary Slessor to her mother whom she nad discovered In' tears. "I can go to the mills in the morning, and to school in the "afternoon, it will h4 a. triad day. earnioc and learning at the same time!"" Although Mary was owy eteyea years old, she- was the chief support of the family. She. was a fv prite with the. girls at the mill because she was always cheerful and eager to help them. 1 Mary Slessor went as a missionary to Africa and is known as tha '.nVhite Mother' 'of Darkest Africa. Successful Studying LEARNING py (This la one of a aerlos of articles which will help youiiK BtfiiJentS to lfeam more n4 get better grades, by showing them hirw to feuiJi' mortt crttcivntiy.) ,,"v ' v in most studies there ar fnany things, you have to gt' right dpwp and memorize. ' Therets tfa poni fpr English, thoge hletpry dates, those capitals of states, and jthat special kind of problem they all have to be committed to memory. Use system in your memorizing. Since you have to spend so much time committing to memory, learn to make the most of your time and get lessons so they ' atick. First, learn by the wboleT method. If you have a poem to learn, read the whole thing over and over until it fies itself in yotr mind, all in one piece. If you commit one part pf a thing at a time and then do something else and come back to learn the next part you have no bridge to connect the separate parts. Couple Up fdeas One way of keeping ' things In iour mind is' to Jink theraup with deas already there. This js, a t?W hat works y ell In history, for example. Suppose yon want to remember that the World's Fair la Chicago wa In J89?. You know that it was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the landing of Columbus. They couldn't get It ready, however, the year it wa supposed to come, and had to wait until a year later. Columbus, you know, landed in J492. Four hundred years later would be 1892, and if they waited a year, that made the date 1893, There you have It fixed. Know what it Is ypu are memorizing. Don't learn a thing like a parrot. It sticks longer if you think about it, and reason out the best way to remember it. Perhaps you mix up the spelling of certain words, Just because you haven't linked them up in your mind right. One boy confused sight, site, and cite until he made himself connect sight with light, site '.th situation, and cite with roile, Looks easy, doesn't It!" ' Use Short tJflils v In drilling a list of dates, remember that you learn more easily if you work hard at them a short while, then stop and do something else, only to come back and hammer at the for another short period. Don't try to swallow your Ies30rt at one gulp. It ia better to rent a while be tween study periods than to Work so long that the drill becomes monotonous and tiresome. Fair Excharne Verona gave her aunty a handkerchief for her birthday. "You &re a little dear to think of me. Here is a dime," said the aunty. "But, Auht Annie," said the little eirl, "tho handkerchief cost 20 cents,"