Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 300, 16 December 1922 — Page 18

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The Unselfish Fairy By JOANNA M. PALMER

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It was about the middle of the afternoon when Serena reached the bridge, crossing the Hydraulic. The city was really divided by that

Hydraulic, for on the other sule lay the homes of the very poor people, with an occasional factory, belching out smoke and soot over the shabby little homes and very dirty alleys. Just as Serena stepped off the bridge, picking her way daintily among the piles of old lumber and rusty machinery, where some improvements were being made on the underneath part of the bridge, she met a little bootblack. He was whistling ' a cheerful tune and stepping happiliy along. "He doesn't need a thing," Serena gasped in astonishment; "he just seems to be perfectly satisfied with everything." The reason- for this contented frame of mind was revealed to her very soon, when another street urchin appeared on the scene. "Hey! there, Jimmie!" he cried in shrill admiration, "where did - you get the pants?"

Serena looked quickly at tne m

tie bootblack's trousers and saw

that they were new.

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uun JWU Ainu i . asked Jimmie. . carelessly.

"Fine! But where did you get

'era?" persisted the other. Then in a fit of confidence, Jim mie told.

"I've been a savin" for these for Mi rp. months. Puttin' away a

nickle and a dime when I could. Once Billy Logan stole my pile, but I caught him before he got very far, and I just licked him good. Don't they look just swell?" and he strutted proudly along. Just then Serena turned from this picture of perfect contentment to see a dear little baby girl running over the bridge in advance of her tired looking mother. The thing. that happened then was all too quick for even a fairy when th.1t fairy was only a little girl one, and just learning. The baby made a sudden turn, and, before anyone could stop her, had plunged headfirst over the pile of broken timber and down into the slimy water of tho Hydraulic. Serena screamed with the rest of the crowd, and quite lost her head. "Oh, what do they need, what do they need?" she wailed. "Not a boat, for the baby couldn't row it, not a "

But before she could iinish, Jimmie had plunged after the baby, new trousers and all. In a very few minutes -he was handing the muddy, gurgling screaming'chikl to the grateful mother. She promptly hurried home with the child, with only a hasty word of thanks to the boy. "Gee! Look at my pants,!" he said ruefully. "I could have had

'em cleaned if I hadn't caught on that nail as I went over, and got this bad tear in the knee. Well, it's another three months saving for me," he added.

"The kid wasn't worth it," said the" sympathetic Bob. Then Serena knew what her part in the scene was to be.

"Little boy," she said politely,

I think I have what you need, here." And, she put her hand in the basket, drawing out a parcel, containing a pair of trousers just Jimmie's size. Then she quickly disappeared. . After one estatic look at the contents of the bundle, Jimmie turned to thank the girl. "Where did she go to so quick?" he asked wonderingly. "Oh, I dunno," said Bob. "I suppose the baby's mother sent her with them." And so this was accepted as the solution to the problem. (To be continued.)

bells ' I' hear girls . I hear

on the

Santa Claus is Coming

Ding-a-ling ! Ding-a-ling ! How sweetly they chime In the early dawn, at Christmas

time! But is It - church ringing? ' Or is it boys and

a-singing . -The Christmas carols

street? I only hope they do not meet Santa Claus who is coming. His six reindeers are running . So fast, with his pack and sleigh. For Santa must hurry without delay. It is already half after one, And Santa's work is only half done, I'll run upstairs and take a peep

At Bob and Helen to see if they're asleep. Sleep tight, and sleep out the night, . And when you awake. yoi will see. Under the light of the Christmas tree All kinds of dolls and books and toys

For good little girls and nice little boys; Candy and nuts, and oranges, too, Santa Claus brought them here for you. By A. T.

"BIG BRASS GENERAL" BOY'S MOST INTIMATE FRIEND The "big brass general" dashed up the street and through the porte-cochere on his fiery horse which was just as resplendent with

gold and silver trappings as was its master. Edward pulled back the curtain to catch a better glimpse of this wonderful figure, and the general, seeing the boy's admiration stopped and talked with him. How proud the boy was that the great

general should notice him! Every day after that he watched for General Bazaine and he was never disappointed. The two became great friends. Edward L. Trudeau loved the out of doors and through following his advice many people were cured of their ills. He was the first person to discover that fresh air and sunshine often cured, rather than killed, as was he prevailing belief, persons afflicted with "the great white plague" or tuberculosis.

Dennis Flashes French Department - The 8A French class has organized two teams. These teams will compete with each other on every other Friday. The captains are Theliha May and James Sharp. English Department 1 Miss Harris told the 8A English class she had a nice surprise for them. The pupils looked the very opposite when they discovered the surprisetwo written papers! Excellent Music Program Given The Music committee of the D senate gave the following program Thursday, Dec. 14, 1922: Bible reading; violin solo, Bernice Richards; Woodwind choir, Morton students; Violin solo, Lloyd Outland. A Busy Season Every evening after school finds Mr. Butler, Mr. Mitchell, anl Mr Brown hard at work. They are making Christmas articles, such as cedar chests, sewing cabinets. Mr. Butler has finished a cedar iewu.Mlv Mitche11 is lining it with thin pieces of cedar. Mr. Brown is making a sewing cabinet out of walnut. Mr. Butler and his class have been making an oak table for the school lunch room. Chrissie Miller of the 8B-3 woodwork class has been making a smoking stand. Mr. Butler's southern accent is going into

" "iKing guage" mocking guage."

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UNCORKING A BARREL OF FUN

If mother well let ou have some of the old corks she has been saving, you can make all sorts cf doU furniUiro and toys. All you need for tools is a knife and some glue. The easiest thing to make is a chair. Take a flat cork and stick four long pins into it for legs. Then put a row of pins in the back, half way round. Take s6me yarn or rags and weave back and forth between the pins to form the back of the chair. Cork Stove You can make a stove by gluing one of the larger flat corks to a

a baby doll with a long dress and little white bonnet. These cork dolls aren't a bit afraid of water and love to float around In a basin a bathtub. Next try making some cork animals. A dog can be made by taking a barrel-shaped cork for tho body. The head Is cut out of cardboard and painted. Then a suit is made in the cork body, and the head is stuck in. A tail Is made by gluing on crepe paper, and the legs are four toothpicks, and some hair. Shape the head a little more rounded by using a

Dennis Briefs 9AB girls have been studying orators. 8AB and 9AB girls are getting up Christmas program for Friday. New books have been provided for "the orchestra. All music classes have been learning Christmas carols. The squad for the Dennis first team in basketball is composed of Norton, Holliday, Lovin, Frame, Howells, and Eastmann. The team is somewhat handicapped because several good players are ineligible. However they are practicing hard and the team work is improving as well as the ability of the players to hit the elusive circle.

middle-sized one. The stovepipe is

made by gluing three long straight

corks together and then fastening them on the back of the stove. Now you must have somebody to live in your cork-furnished house. A nice old cork grandmother would be just the thing. Find a middlesized flat cork to make the head, and with a soft lead pencil mark Granny's eyes, nose and mouth, the right shape. Bore a hole in the body and in the head and ,fasten them together with a toothpick For the arms and legs you mlglr. stick in two meat skewers or little pointed sticks. The Doll's Clothes Dressing the doll is easy, because you can stick pins right into her to hold on her full petticoat, dark dress, white apron andwide, frilly cap. You might try making j

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knife.. Then take a big flat cork for the body, whittling it down to A horse is made in the same way. Dobbin can he hitched up to a neat little cart, which is simply a matchbox with cardboard wheeLs. The shafts are two matches glued along under the cart. The horse is hitched up by gluing a piece of paper on his back and then gluing tho shafts into loops formed by the ends of the strip of paper, just as shown in the picture. Sailboat of Cork If you would like to try something a little harder in the cork toy line, make a trim little sailboat. Take three large corks and shapo them as shown in the illustration, joining them together by pieces of wire passing through the middle. For the keel cut a narrow strip of lead (not more than V inch wide). Point both ends, bend them up at right angles, make slits in the

! cork, and push in the pointed ends

of the lead. To make it more secure, drive pins through the lead and the corks. The sails can best be made of glazed lining. The frame work is of very thin wood. The mainsail,

D, is sewn to the gaff, A, and the boom, B, which are tied with thread to the mast. The end of the boom, B, is tied to a piece of wire at the end, shaped as shown in the little figure. Now your boat is ready for a long voyage across the bathtub or fountain in the park. Oh, yes, and you must make a little cork seal to float along beside it. Boys and Girls Newspaper.

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