Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 287, 2 December 1922 — Page 17

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 192j

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THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM The Junior Palladium Is the children's section of the Richmond Palladium, founded May 6, 1916, and issued each Saturday afternoon. All ' boys and ffirla are 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 is always glad to meet the children personally as they bring: their articles to The Palladium office, or to receive letters addressed to the Junior Editor. This Is your little newspaper, and we hope each boy and girl will use it thoroughly. COUSIN HELEN'S LETTER

Dear Juniors: We even have time specialized these days. Each week we hare dedicated to some good cause, and this week has been Education week. We are preached to a great deal about education. One would think that unnecessary, that we all appreciate the value of an education in these days. But It Is not bo, Juniors. We do need a great deal' of preaching along that line. It is only one in 3,000 children who start school together that finishes high Bchool. The per cent, that go to college is ever so much lower. The time to get an education is when one is young. Those who are past the age for school, realize their loss after it is too late. They see that the educated person is getting the biggest yield from his or her efforts." That accounts for the amount of preaching along that line. Getting results is what we want. Linville WIssler won the contest because his corn yield was the best That was not an accident Linville wanted results, bo he used his knowledge of corn growing, and it worked like a charm. I think that the best advice that can be given us, Juniors, who are starting out in life, is first to select some one definite line of endeavor, which shall be pleasant to us. Then as we go through our studies at school always keep that one thing in our minds as a definite, object. If we do that and we follow this object as we get older, sooner or later our efforts will be crowned with success. We do not wish to be a Jack of all Trades. It should be our object that our study ,and learning should fit us to do ONE THING WELL. We live in a country that has opportunities for all of us. It is an enlightened country. It is interested in educating its boys and girls that they may be capable of assuming the opportunities that it has to offer. Success here is open to every, one who is determined to make something of himself. The education that this country offers us gives us a confidence in ourselves. It fits us to choose our occupations. It teaches us to overlook discouragement. It provides vocational training so that a boy or girl can see before he is through school what occupation is most ANSWERS To Questions Worth While 1. Which was the first of the original thirteen states to ratify the constitution? The last? Dejaware was the first and Rhode Island the last. 2. What notable naval achievement occurred during Roosevelt's administration? Sixteen vessels of the American navy, mataned by 15,000 seamen, sailed around the world by way of San Francisco, thence to China and Australia, and home by the Suez canal, a trip of more than 40,000 miles. Answer to this will appear next week's Junior. 1 Answer to Last Week' Puzzt " "Cross patch, draw the latch."

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agreeable to him and gives him a good knowledge of that trade. Schools teach us all the traits that will be of help to us in the future. Among the many things we find is that we learn best when we study and work most diligently and Joyously. That is one of the secrets of success. But we can not

hope to be useful men and women, and successes in life, without ability. Ability is acquired by the gradual education which we receive in school. Mastering our lessons each day; entering into the school citizenship; acquiring habits of promptness; all are the means of acquiring ability. Everything depends upon our energy, health, honesty, determin ation and ability, but the greatest of these is ability. Sincerely, COUSIN HELEN. FAMOUS WOMEN Hannah Whltall Smith "Oh, Mother, what are you doing?" cried Hannah in a woe-be-gone tone. "Just what you see me doing, my dear," answered the mother as she calmly proceeded to cut the beautiful long fringe from the white china crepe chawls which were the pride of her daughters' hearts. She had been to a Quaker meeting and while there she had decided that her daughters might become vain over their shawls. The girls looked on and felt that their own hearts were being cut as they saw the lovelyvfringe fall to the floor. Hannah Whitall Smith became a great religious worker. Soon after the Woman's Christian Temperance Union was organized she began to teach those women so they could more effectively carry out their mission.

PAINT-BRUSH GIFTS

A gaily decorated box Is a gift in itself. It needs only some homemade candy or a handkerchief to finish it. Any odd-shaped boxes that you have around the house may be made, through the magic of your paint brush, in to a colorful present CHRISTMAS Fnr thpsn boxes you may use either enamelac. buying black, vivid red, white, and green, or the sealing wax paint, which costs very little to make. Buy three or four sticks of sealing wax, which sells for about eight cents a stick, and some denatured alcohol. Break each stick into three or four pieces, place in a small cup or pan, and cover with the alcohol. Allow this mixture to stand overnight, and in the morning stir it up. If it is not thin enough to paint with, add more alcohoL ... Make a Bon Bon Box A metal bon bon box shown at the left of the picture above. If you wish to make one of these for a friend, find out what color she uses in her room and paint it to match, so she can keep it on her dressingtable. Buy an undecorate ovalshaDed tin box and give it a coat of green enmel or French blue wax paint. When this has ariea, pui on a silhouette In black. This silhouette is very easily

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Devoted Bear Gives Life, but h! Ship is Saved To the heroes' of the sea add one bear. To the work of "Nigger" mascot of the steamer Ponce, the crew of that ship attribute their lives and probably the safety of the ship. While the navigation laws and those statutes controlling the

status of seamen afloat are intriL cate, there probably is nothing de fining the duties of a bear aboard ship. Thus a bear at sea has nothing to guide him. ' . He is away from his natural haunts and there is nothing "in the books." But "Nigger" had kept his weather eye open. Could Smell a Storm He could smell a storm, he could feel the slap of a wave and he could tell the meaning of fear and hesitation when shown in the faces of men. He also knew that when men are in trouble, though they may be fond of a fine, open-hearted bear, they crave the assistance of other men. When going along the Florida coast recently, the Ponce was struck by one of those sudden, violent gulf of Mexico storms. There were two men on watch. One was at the wheel. The other man was at the bw, as lookout. A wave swirled over and knocked that man senseless The man at the wheel could not leave to arouse any one below. Bear Takes Command "Nigger" looked about and then went below. He pounded on the door behind which the captain was to be found. Also tie pounded hard against that of the cabin contain ing the mates. Then he took a blow or two at the door leading to the crew's quarters. Then the bear went up on deck. Smooth decks, swept by waves, are rather worse for a bear than for a man. One wave knocked "Nig ger" off his feet and as the men rushed to the decks they saw another one roll "Nigger" overboard. So, while the Ponce arrived safely, it 'is minus a mascot, and the crew is not altogether happy. The Tribune. made by cutting out a girl's head, or some such figure, from a magazine, and placing it in the center of the box while the paint is still wet. When it has dried, paint over the head very carefully with black, using your fine brush. Then use BOXES your black paint to make a halfinch band around the edge of the top. If you are very careful, you can also, encircle the picture with a fine line the shape of the box. Pencil Boxes are Useful A pencil box may be made from a small woodea box with grooved corners and a flat lid that slides into place. Paint the box and lid separately, using red, or an orangered. With the fine brush paint a vine-like design in black over the box, making here and there a cluster of big dots to resemble flowers. Paint your old pasteboard boxes black and put on a stenciled design. The conventioned design in the picture was made by painting a square in purple, then a large gold circle. The long, rounded forms are in French blue and tha large and small dots are in purple. These boxes would be pretty, however, decorated with a cut-out picture, painted like the one for the metal box. j Don't forget to let each color dry; before adding a new one.

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The Chinese Cup Complete the big drawing by adding, one by one, the various lines shown in the series of small key pictures below the big teacup.

THE CAMEL Ship of the Desert If you have ever studied about Arabia in school you no doubt learned all about camels, as these animals form the principal wealth of the Arab. Without the camel the Arab would be helpless. He could never penetrate the vast deserts where he lives. There are three varieties of cam els. The camel that has two humps on its back is called the Bactrian camel; the animal that has one hump is called the Arabian. The Dromedary camel and the Arabian are often 'confused. The Dromedary is a lighter animal, and is not used to carry loads, but is used as a means of accomplishing swift, light transportation. The Camel rightfully called "Ship of the Desert" can traverse the hundreds of miles of desert wilderness of sand. It has a re markable power of drinking that makes this possible. It can, at one drinking, consume sufficient water to serve it for several days, and enables it to go from one station to another without drink. It would no doubt, be of Interest to . know just how this animal is able to do this. Let us therefore briefly discuss the peculiar structure of the stomach of the camel.- In its stomcells, into which the water passes, ach are a great number of deep and is then prevented from escaping which closes the mouth of the cells. When the animal feels thirsty, it has the power to cast some of the water contained In I these cells into its mouth. That in a simple way is the secret of this interesting physical trait of this animal. No other animal is so admirably adapted for walking on the loose sand as the camel. Its foot is composed of large elastic pads, which spread as the foot is placed on the ground. To guard it from injury when it kneels to be loaded, the parts of the body on which its weight rests are defended by thick callousities. The largest of these callousities is on the1 chest; the others are placed on the joints of the legs. Young Financiers Sons of Clarence Ingeman were planning a trip to A rile Huinmiutte's farm. They borrowed one dollar of their father, which they spent on traps. After arriving at their destination, they set their traps, and were soon rewarded with a skunk. They sold the pelt for $3. They paid their father his one dollar, and had two dollars left, with the traps. What business man of Richmond can show as quick a turnover of invested capital?

The First Thanksgiving The Pilgrims did not like to say the king's prayers, so they went to Holland. They liked Holland very much, but they did not want their children to grow up Dutch, so they set sail for America.' This was in 1620. Here 1 they found Indians living in the woods. They built log houses. The Indians showed them how to plant corn. They had a hard time when they first came. In 1622 the Pilgrims had their first Thanksgiving. The Indians came to this feast. Leona W., 4B grade, Whitewater.

The First Ice Makes Children Very Happy Billy had been watching the pond every day for a week. This morn ing .he went out to look before breakfast. Yes, Jack Frost had hidden all the little riffles with a smooth sheet of ice. "The pond is frozen! the pond is frozen!" he shouted. Mary and Ellen Jumped out of bed and ran down stairs. It did not take long to eat breakfast that morning, and they were soon down at the pond. They took the sled along, and coasted down the hill as they went. Billy could skate the fastest because his legs were the longest. Billy could skate in circles, too. He would swing his legs about and circle and twist while his sisters watched. There was an air hole not far away and as Billy skated near it. one of his skates flew off and fell on the very edge of the air hole. Mary and Ellen both ran to get it for him. Ellen reached it first, but she slipped down as she came up and tipped the skate over into the water. ' If Billy had not hobbled up and pulled her back, she might have fallen in and got drowned. Poor Billy! he had to. wait for the ice to go off before he could fish up his lost skate. 2A grade, Starr school. Beethoven' Moonlight Sonata One day Beethoven and his' friend were strolling in the streets of Vienna. .They heard some wonderful music. They stopped and entered the house and became acquainted with a brother and sister. They discovered that the little girl was blind. She was playing a beautiful piece of music. , They asked her where she learned it. She said that she learned it at her neighbor's and then she came home and played it. Then Beethoven played his composition. "Let us go home," said his friend, "I want to learn that wonderful song." Beethoven arose to leave, but the brother and sister Insisted that ha remain and play again for tbem. Then Beethoven offered to give tha girl lessons. By Juanita Sunder land, 5A grade, Starr school.