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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-04
The wash Of an army hanging out to dry.
Mckinley's Love of Trees

We like to read how President
Mckinley, on the last day OF his
life, asked the nurse not to place
the screen so as to hide his view
of the trees. II want to see them;
they are so beautiful" he said
And we are glad he loved them.
Near the home of eX-President
Hayes, there aer twenty avres OF
woodland. Many of the trees are
historic. here are beautiful weep
ing willows whose beginning was
in far-away St. Helena at the grave
Of Napoleon.
An acorn from the Charter Oak,
Hartford, Conn, has grown there
into a slender oak. There arc trees
from the Mikado's gardens and
ivies from old castles. President
Mckinley, who was lifelong
friend Of Mr.. Hayes, always wanted
to, visit these trees when he went
to Ohio.--Ralph Fitzgibbors, St.
Mary's School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-04
I'M NOT A STACKER NOW

Once upon a time there was a
little girl, who was in the fourth
grade. She was 10 years old. Her
name was Mary. She did not know
what had become of her mother
and father.
One day when she was at school
the teacher said: Some of the
children want us to organize a
Thrift club. How many want us
to-"
They all said that they wanted
to have a club. Then the teacher
told them that they would have to
have a president and secretary.
They all said that the teacher
ought to choose them. So the
teacher chose Mary for president
and Alice, Mary's class mate, for
secretary. Then every child, but
Mary began to buy Thrift Stamps,
and War Savings Stamps. But
Mary was too poor. sometimes she
did not have enough money to buy
food with. A friend of hers had
had been sending her to school.
Every night before going to bed,
she would cry.
One night she said to herself,
I'm the president of the Thrift
Club and l can not buy any
stamps" The next day when she
went to school the children began
to call her a Stacker Stacker! was
all she heard that day. That night
she threw herself on her hard bed
and cried. The children kept on
calling her a Stacker. until school
was nearly out. How Mary wished
more and more that the next week
gone.
The next day was Sunday and
she went around and begged for
food. The next day she went to
school. Now every one, but the
teacher called her a Stacker.
That night when she got home,
she found a woman and q man.
They said they were hunting their
child. Mary and the woman and
man talked, until Mary found that
they were her father and mother.
They had left her with some folks
before they went south. They
found out afterward that the people
had gone away. The next day
when Mary went to school she
bought two War Savings Stamps,
for her father had come back rich.
Wanda Mae Fulkerson.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-04
How ! Earned My
for Thrift Stamps

Every morning l help mother
mother make the beds.
On Saturday l sweep, wash the
dishes and empty the waste basket
l get a dime for the work I do.
Papa gives me two cents for every
one hundred in arithmetic and
spelling l get. / had three dollars
in the bank before thrift stamps
were known, SO l put it in thrift
stamps, and before / realized it.,
! had a war savings stamp.
Now l have eight more thrift
stamps. - Barbara Thomas, 5B,
305h North Eighth street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-04
THE COMMON
NAMES OF TREES

When in the early spring the at
tention and admiration of every
observer is challenged by that huge
bouquet of white blossomss, the
dOgwood tree, we wonder why
"Dogwood"? Usually the name Of
an animal attached to plant
means that the plant in question
was believed by the early simplers,
who, as a rule, gave the common
names to be either beneficial or
baneful to that animal; for exam.
pie, sheep weed, catnip, VOLTS.
bane. The tarly botanists, like the
Biblical writer's and Shakespeare.
held the dog in slight repute. 1t
is therefore questionable whether
the name "Dogwood" was meant to
convey contempt for the tree as
worthless for timber or whether 1t
referred to the value Of its astrin-
gent bark as cure for the mango
in dogs.
Dividing the honors 70 a.riv
spring with the d. ssod comes
tne ieuu"o Judas-tree. Why
shouiu ..s beautiful creature have
-ucn blistering name? In the
days when legends gathered about
whatever was unusual in nature,
this tree, glowing red in the spring
time, was said to blush because
Judas hanged himself upon it.
Whence came the name buckeye
for the horse-chestnut? When the
shell OF this tree cracks and ex-
poses to view the rich, brown nut
with the pale brown scar, the re-
| semblance to the half-opened eye
of deer is very real.
From this resemblance came the
name. The name Horse-chestnut
has been accounted for in many
ways, the most plausible being that
the scar of the leaf-stem really
looks like the imprint of horses
hoof. Mercurio, April Is,
1918, st. Mary's School
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-04
USES OF TREES

Clothing is made from the fbers
of the bark Of some trees. The
leaves of one species are used as
towels, table clothes, etc. We get
rubber from the rubber tree of
South America. Wax is produced
by the wax palm.
Dye woods yield dyes. TONES
are made from the sap CT trees.
We obtain tar and turpentine from
the pine. From the bark of the
birch the Indians made canoes.
Hats are manufactured from their
bark and also from the palm leaf.
The out bark of the cork oak
constitutes the cork Of commerce.
an invaluable article, for whcih
there is no fitting substitute.
The wood of the silver-fir Is used
to make sounding boards for must
cal instruments. Paper is manu-
featured from the wood Of trees.
The bark of the hemlock is used
in tanning leather. Thus we find
that trees and the products of trees
are used in making nearly every
hing. But lumber should be con-
,idered as the most important Of
il.-Clarence Greene, st. Mary's
School,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-04
EDITH'S THRIFT STAMPS

One day last summer Edith want
ed to 60 with her brother to sell
papers. She wanted to buy thrift
stamps. She asked her mother if
she could sell papers. Her mother
told her that she could. Edith and
her brother went down town and
sold fifteen papers. They had
twenty cents apiece. Their father
gave each of them a nickel and
they each bought a thrift stamp.
Before school began Edith had six
teen thrift stamps.--Mary Jane
Schillinger, 5B, Warner School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-04
CARRIES A eANNERl

/ make my money for thrift
stamps by carry a banner for a
dance al the Eagles hall. l make
from fifty cents to a dollar a night
l don't spend cent foolishly. /
buy war savings stamps. l will do
everything l can to help our gov
eminent and our soldiers. / hope
every one is doing their bit.-Earl
Hawkins, Warner School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-04
How l Am Going to
Earn a Thrift Stamp

I am going to earn a Thrift
Stamp. l am going to do errands
for my mother and not buy candy.
I save every penny and nickel get.
Mother told me to save my mon
ey and Luy Thrift Stamps. My
grandmother some times gives me
pennies and nickels, l put them in
my bank. l have 10 cents in 1t
now. Just as soon as get Is cents
am going to buy a Thrift Stamp.
Marguerite Shields, 5B.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-04
Trees That Lightning Strikes

The laurel is seldom, If ever.
struck by lightning. The oak is,
of all trees, most often injured in
this way. Those who study trees
have gathered many facts about
this matter. They tell US that the
richer in oil tree is the less liable
it is to be struck.
The wood-pine is seldom struck
in Ireland and Norway, where
thunder storms occur in the win
ter, but it is often struck in coun-
tries where the thunder storms &C.
cur during the summer months.
The tree students tell us that
this is because the tree is richer in
oil in winter than in summer.
They also tell us that trees with
dead branches are most often
struck. = Matthew Mercurio. ST.
Mary's School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-04
BOY HAS TWO WAR
SAVING STAMPS.

worked at the Boiling Alleys
and made five dollers. I bought a
war savings stamp and three thrift
stamps with that money. chopped
wood and made twenty-five cents.
l ran errands on my bicycle and
made three dollars. To get the other
fourteen cents I sold some fish /
caught. So now / have two war
savings stamps.-Horace Webb,
Warner School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-04
MY THRIFT STAMP MONEY

I will tell you how I earned my
money for thrift stamps. ! earned
it by being q good girl. running er-
rands for mother and father, and
helping mother.-Bernice White,
bB, Warner School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-04
GIRL SAVES SUGAR o
HELP WIN THE WAR.

I used to eat Jumps of sugar, but
now l don't. / used to burn paper
and magazines, but now I sell them
and use the money for thrift
stamps.-Ls2Ah Van Etten. Warner
School. ., "a ~
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-04
Thrift Stamp Verses

Johnny bought Liberty bond,
To hit the Kaiser in the head;
Jhony bought Thrift Stamps too,
To put the Kaiser in bed.
Lucille Howes, 7B, Garfield.
My father has many friends in the
army;
And many In the camps.
My two brothers and / will help to
win this war
BY each of US buying Thrift Stamps.
Lucille Howe, 7B, Garfield.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-04

"A little learning is q dangerous
thing. Drink deep, or taste not the
Pierian spring."-Pope.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06
HE SENDS HIS SADDLE
~, b. Whiting of Topeka Donates Civil
War Trophy to the Cause.

The call for saddles recently sent
out by the officers of the 353rd All
Kansas infantry at Camp Funston mas
brought to light one of the touching
sentiments that bring this war closer
to the hearts of the people.
A B. Whiting of Topeka became in
terested in the appeal and searched
out his old Civil war saddle
to send to the officers for use in
the greatest of wars. Whiting is
veteran of the Civil war and is 80
years old. He is too old to fight, but
he has young and militant ideas. So
whiting. unable to go to the front
himself has done what he could and
sent his trophy of service to carry
boy of IT to Berlin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06
SIMMONS TO TOPEKA
Famous Negro Orator Will Address
Rally Here Sunday April IA.

Col Roscoe Conkling Simmons.
relative of the famous Booker T.
Washington, is to be in Topeka to lead
a big patriotic rally Sunday April IA.
simmons will speak on the Negroes
Part in the World War, and His 10y
atty to the American Flag"
According to prominent local
negroes, Simmons is the greatest ora
tor of his race now living. 1t is the
Cesire of the promoters of the enter
tafnment that whites as well as negroes
attend In addition to Simmonss
speech. Jackson's band is on the pro-
gram with a short concert. Patriotic
and plantation melodies will be sung
by a corps of jubilee singers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06
DEAN In A BIG WORK
Colonel from Topeka Named Member
of War Dept Appraisal Board.

Washington, April Ga board of
appraisers for the war department to
determine compensation for property
already taken over or to be taken over
later by the government. and to assist
in the drawing up of war department
contracts, was appointed Friday by
the president
Lieut.. Col. John S. Dean and Lieut.
Col. r. H. Montgomery were named
on the board, but it is provided that
additional n,anihers may he a nr.nintAa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06
CHURCH NOTICES

(These notices must be in the State
Journal office by g O'Clock on Friday af-
iernoor Unless otherwise noted In this
column services will be held at IL O'Clock
N the morning and 1880 o'clock IN tins
Vening.D
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06

OF CHRIST, 522 Polk
trees. Regular services with preach
ing by w. +. Parmiter of Wichita.
FIRST UNITARIAN, 912 Topeka
avenue Sunday service at 3 o'clock
Sermonby Charles f. Luck of Law
renee.
SPIRITUALIST TEMPLE BUILD
Frs Fourth and Monroe streets. Lee
ture at 1880 o'clock by NJ. Galway on
s'Xinning the WARY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-06
Baptist.

SWEDISH, Fourth and Fillmore
streets. Regular services with ser
mons by DR.. J. Z. Ockerstrom of Gard
ner, Mass.
MADISON STREET, between sec
ond and Third streets on Madison
street A Rhode, pastor. Morning
sermon, The Gospel as Foreshadowed
by the Offering Up of Isaac" Even
Ing sermon. "a Young Mans privilege
and Making Good"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29
London's Tea Houses.

The death of Sir Joseph Lyons re-
minds us what a modern institution
the teashop is. You need not be very
old to remember the time when prac-
tically the only places where a cup Of
tea could be obtained in London were
the old fashioned coffee houses, with
their boxed-in compartments and mar
row, uncomfortable seats.
The customers were exclusively men,
and if woman required light ree.esh-
ment she had to search for confec-
toner's shop, where tea and coffee
were sometimes grudgingly served. ut
famine prices, at little round. marble
tables tucked away In dark corners
London Chronicle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29
RECOGNIZE VALUE OF WHEAT
Shortage Has Shown Us the Wonder.
full and Unique Qualities Contained
In the Grain.

AS absence makes the heart grow
fonder, so does scarcity Of wheat In
vite attention to Its wonderful and
unique qualities as food. We have been
eating wheat products all these years
as q matter of course, and it never oc~
CURED to us that we might ever be
called on to go without them. Now
that 1t is necessary to use wheat sub
stitutes, we have discovered that USE
full as they are there is nothing that
really takes the place of wheat flour.
The magic of the wheat lies In its
gluten-what the baker refers to as
the binder" He must have a certain
proportion of wheat flour to furnish
the binder, or his oatmeal bread or his
rice pastry crumbles. The substitutes
have the same nourishment as the
wheat. But they lack the quality of
the wheat flour crust There is moth
Ing In them to imprison the gases lib
Grated by yeast, and so they refuse to
rise like wheat dough. Bread made OF
the substitutes is heavy and soggy I'M
less there is enough wheat dough
mixed In to give it life.
Without wheat we go without
bread, without cake, without pie, with
out strawberry shortcake. No affec-
zion for corn pone can make 1t n sub
stitute for all these stand-bys of the
table. If it is necessary for the sake
OF the war, we shall cheerfully go
without. Any deprivation we may feel
is as nothing to what our associates In
arms already have undergone. But we
shall look forward to the happy days
when there will be an abundance Of
wheat once more.-Kansas City Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29
RECORD BELONGS TO SIRIUS
small Vessel Was the First TO Cross
the Atlantic Wholly Under Its
Own Steam.

This spring marks the eightfeth an
niversary of an important event In
modern history-the voyage from Cork
to New York of the Sirius, the first
vessel to cross the Atlantic wholly I'M
der its own steam. All that remains
of that stanch little craft is a number
of brass paper-weights made from the
metal work after 1t was wrecked In
Ballycotton bay In 1S47. Captain Rob-
erts, commander of the Alton Sirius
on Its maiden trip, was later trans
ferred to the President, which went
down with all on board. Thus both
the Sirius and her master met with
tragic end.
The Sirius made the voyage from
Cork in 10 days, reaching New York
only few hours before the Great
Western, another steamship which
had sailed from Bristol. The latter
made the best time, crossing the
ocean in 10 days. The Sirius had a
passenger list of seven on its initial
voyage, the youngest of whom was
Vincent e. Ransome then four years
old, who was reported living a few
years ago in Wiltshire, England,
where he was long the rector of
parish church.
The Sirius was schooner-rigged
ship and was IT'S feet over all, with
n beam Of % feet and depth of 10
feet.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29

The Overseas cap" now being Is
sued to soldiers in the expeditionary
forces matches the uniform in color,
has a very low crown, and has no brim
or peak. 1t is so made that it may be
folded and carried in pocket.
When American forces entered the
trenches ii was found that the brims
of their campaign hats interfered with
sighting through trench periscopes and
that in the cases of tall men the high
crowns could be seen above the para.
pets. The new cap is so low that 1t
permits the men to move with prac
tically the same freedom as when they
are hatless. The trench helmet can
be worn over 1t.
Only soldiers who have been with
the expeditionary forces wear the cap.
According to reports from France new
regulations provide that officers shall
wear their insignia of rank on the cap,
and enlisted men place on 1t the button
prescribed to be worn on the left sid,
OF the collar of the service coat.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29
HoMlNG TROOP SHIP SUNK.
German U-Boat Gets Vessel Four
Hundred Miles Off Delaware Canes.

Washington. - German submarines
operating on this side of the Atlantic
ocean have sunk their first troop ship.
The navy department announced Tues
day British transport, chartered by
the American government and bound
to this country, had been destroyed
June IS some 400 miles east of the
Delaware capes, and that 81 members
OF the crew are missing. There We're
no troops aboard.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29

Thousands of women are employed
in the United States gas-mask plant.
They are acting as inspectors and are
engaged throughout the entire process
Of manufacture, according to state
ment from the gas defense service.
Hundreds of girls have been trained
In the special art of sewing the face
pieces. Each separate step in the
assembling of the mask is done by
women workers, until the mask is COM
pleted, the last inspection is made and
the final product is ready for shipment
overseas.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29
Ten New Drv Docks

Washington-Ten new drydocks are
to be built with the $25,O00000 which
at the request of the shipping board
has been added by the senate appro-
priations committee to the pending
sundry civil appropriation bill.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29
Extension on Erelnht Rates

Washington.-The interstate COM
merce commission has granted rail
roads an additional thirty days in
which TO file schedules Of increased
freight rates ordered by Director Gen.
eraf McAdoo.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29

en- or lawn, hemstitched and ruflled.
with edges of lace and more or less
elaborate embroidery Such covers
may be washed while those Others
must Of course, be dry cleaned when
soiled. When one wishes to indulge
In the luxury of reading in bed in ones
"chaise Tongue" these little pillows are
found to add much to ones comfort.
often, too. one does not care for the
ordinary sized pillow to sleep on, but
finds one of these little down-iilled af-
fairs a comfortable posse ssion.-Chrls-
tian Science Monitor.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29

The S120,O00,000 allotted for the
plants is expected TO give the govern
ment n smokeless powder production
capacity equal to all other American
plants combined. In construction of
the plants ii was found necessary TO
build a new town on each site to house
the employees, and approximately
5000 different buildings were erected.
Streets were put down and severed,
power plants constructed, and stores
and hospitals built. Approximately
$4,000 men worked on construction
and about 10000 will eventually be
engaged In the actual production of
powder.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29
Lloyd George is Optimistic.

London.-The ultimate defeat of
Germany is now seen by the allied
powers. This fiat and transcendent-
ally important statement was made by
Premier Lloyd George in the house of
commons Tuesday.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29
Said by a Cvnic.

There are two literary maladles
writer's cramp and swelled head. The
worst of writer's cramp is that 1t Is
never cured. the worst of swelled head
Is that 1t never kills.-Coulson Kerna'
han.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29

Observation-Disclosures of Liberty
bends payable in foreign money for
sale in other countries as a means Of
stabilizing foreign exchange rates, is
under consideration by the treasury.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29
Real Devotion.

~ have n devoted husband"
9th I"
Gle phones me from the office every
day"
Mine phones me once or twice on
the way down.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29
WnuIh Saun Tlfne.

"Can you tell me the nearest way
to Boylston street?'
"C-c-certnlnly. II you'll j-j-just TIT
Say, l ocean 80 with you and sh-sh'
show you quicker than l ocean say
It."
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29

The French Woman's Many Pillows.
II you go into French womanS
many little pillows. in most fascinating
cases, piled up on her dainty bed. Very
elaborate, indeed, are many of them,
their covers made of taffeta or satin
with adornment of rare old lace and
embroidery, tiny French flowers of silk
Nnd frlls of gold or silver lace. These,
however are for decorative purposes
rather than FOR use. as a rule, one sus-
oeots. Then there are others in the
laIrtiest of lingerie covers. in fine lin
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29

More than 500 penalties for violation
of rules and regulations governing IL
censed dealers in foodstuffs have been
Imposed curing the past ten months by
the food administration. About 100
companies and individuals have been
ordered to quit business in licensed
commodities for limited or unlimited
made money payment, usually to the
Red Cross or have temporarily alb
stained from doing business rather
than risk calling down more drastic
penalties.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29

Applicants for commissions as first
lieatenants in the engineer corps, ac-
cording to a statement by the war de-
parment, should be between thirty
two and thirtysiX years of age and for
commissions as captains between thir-
ty-slN and forty-two. The engineer
corps is conducting n campaign for
1000 more commissioned officers, the
examining board making a tour of the
principal cities Of the country TO make
examination readily available for APP
plicants.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-06-29

DUTY to ones country does not end
on the parade ground. nor even on the
battlefield, but consists in doing every
thing in ones power to help win the
war; says an order issued by General
Pershing, a copy of which has been re-
celved by the war department.
"To write home frequently and reg
ularly to keep in constant touch with
family and friends is one of the SOL
dler's most important duties. Mothers
and fathers will suffer If they do not
hear often from sons fighting in
France. Ini the present large COM
panies it is not possible for officers to
write letters for their men. and every
man must do 1t for himself"