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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-02
Letter From Lewisburg

Dear Richmond Folks: Il will
write you another letter as Aunt
Molly wishes me to write to you
again.
When we come to school we
have to be very careful in walking
as it is very slick. Yesterday
fell and hurt myself very much.
will tell you what got for
Christmas. l received a ring, a
new dress, cap and scarf set, a
string Of beads, book, a pair of
stockings, nine handkerchiefs, and
a pair Of black hair ribbons. l was
very thankful that got that much.
! suspect that some children were
glad to get warm fire.
see Aunt Molly every day and
! like her real well. She likes all
of US. The names Of the child
rem in our room are as follows:
Earl Singleton, Robert Foster, Har-
ry Boomershine, Mary Emily Al
ley, Glenna Letter, Cecil Nc Cas-
tele, Iva O'Neal, Freda Meader,
Robert Tucker. Wendall Koch, Eu-
gene Kelly, Thurston Ford, VIII
lard Floyd, f. j. Kenworthy. Edith
COifman, Montella Thomas. Harry
Laird, Robert Barnhieser. Bob
Redman, Lewis Miller, Ray Wal
ton, Frances Marley, Jessie
KOuts, Beth; Homer, Ester Hart
man, Helen Bunger. Irene Rice,
Ellen Brown, Ena Barnhieser,
Ruth Gay. Alden Letter. James
Shoemaker, Fred Tucker and Myr-
tie Slower. There are 81 with the
teacher. How many are there In
your room? What did you get for
Xmas? The studies we have are,
reading, spelling, arithme etc, lang
uage, writing, geosraphy.-Tours
Truly, Myrtle Slower.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-02
The BOastful Caterpillar

Once upon time a caterpillar
went into hares' house while the
hare was away.
When the hare came back he
cried out, who is in my house %
The caterpillar answered in a
loud voice and said, 81 am the big
strong fighter! trample the ele-
plant under foot. There is no
where SO great man as t.
So the little hare vent away say.
ing, What can such small ami.
NAL like me do against such a
strong animal like hlm.-tContin.
ued next week.-Mrs. Brady Vale
School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-02
SOCIETY
MES0II Ii1G1Iln 81 ~ III Sissl III n7 ri

Master Leoline Klus spent Mon
day in Centerville.
Misses Ester, Gretchen, Vera
and Marjorie Dunn have gone to
Elwood where they will have
permanent residence.
Miss Gladys johnson attends
Hibberd school. She formerly at
tended Star school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-02
LIFE or HANS.
t,HRISTEN ANDERSON

NnWttJ 01N hk>DA1ASiCOA~
How many Of you children know
anythinE Of the life o. tie great
fairy story writer, Hahs Chiisteh
Anderson! The following Is a brief
sketch u his life.
Hans Christen Anderson was the
only child Of very poor parents.
He was born at Odehse., on the Is
land Of Funen OH the End 'of April,
1906. His father was shoemaker
ana could only send Hans to gram
mar school. After finishing
school he was sent to work in a
factory but as he was a very sensi-
tive lad his mother soon removed
him. From there he went to Cop
enhagen.
On his arrival in Copenhagen he
met with a friend In one of the
professors at the University As
Anderson was fond of music the
professor proposed that he should
learn to sing on the stage. But
this effort failed for Anderson's
voice was thin and weak and could
be heard only at very close distance.
A friend obtained for him in
struction in Latin and German.
The income from this enabled him
to live. In 1929 his first book was
published. 1t was play entitled
THE Life of Mediation" A few
months later he published Shadow
Pictures"
In 1882 he went to Germany.
Here his books obtained notice.
During the years from 1882 to 184S
he wrote Picture Books Without
Pictures; The Improvisatore"
"The Story OF the Year" and HE
Was Only an Actor" He also
wrote the book of Fairy Tales
which made him famous. He OBJ
tanned the title of the "Childrens'
Friend"
In the first part Of his career his
writings received many severe and
hooking criticisms. The first to
notice them were the editors of
the comic periodicals and in these
they were criticized and Knocked.
At the same time it was admitted
by all that he had wonderful gift
of language and vivid magma
ton.
Anderson had a great friend in
Count Conrad of Rantxsan Breiten-
burgh. He spent many happy
months the guest Of the count.
In 1845 King Christian of Den
mark gave Anderson a shooting
lodge in the center of the park of
Fredericksburg. 1t was named
Pleasant Court
About this time he began his
tour of the countries of Europe.
He met Robert Burns and Sir Wal
ter Scott.
In 1873 he travelled to SWitzer-
land for his health. There he took !
a course of goats milk and soon
became stronger. But when he re-
turned to his home his strength
gradually left him. He was not de-
serted by his friends. Frau Mel /!
chior took him to her country home |
and had very good care taken Of
him. The king came to visit him
and the crown prince came much
oftener. Christen Anderson died
August 4th, 1875 at the age Of 10.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-02
THE sNoWDRoP.

Dear little snOwdrop. murmured
the breeze.
How you do shiver cold days like
these;
Earth Is 30 dreary, falls with q
sigh,
Win these dark days ever 20 by?
That's Why I'm here love and glad
ness TO bring,
Take heart, whisper. see, II b
spring.
Contributed by Treva Mackey,
ga Grade, Sevastapol School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-02

Dear Aunt Molly DO You think
that could work in the five and
ten cent store when ! en- thirteen
Years old?-B. NJ s.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-02

es received in the mails for ship
meht overseas to American sol
diers. The upper photograph shows
a pile OF the damaged boxes await
ing inspection and repair. It was
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-02
VALENTINE EDITION.

what Will the 18th OF February
be, Junior FOLKS? Valentine Day,
wont it? We are going to have
a Valentine edition 30 boys and
girls don't forget to send in q lot
OF good stories. And too. Folks,
let's don't forget that the twelfth
Is Lincolh's birthday. We want
things about him, too.-Aunt Mol
ly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-02

True happiness consists not in
the multitude Of friends, but in
their worth and. choice. &
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-02

Above--Scene in the christmas
Box hospital" at an American
port. Below--A sample of poor
ly packed box.
The army transported approxi-
mately 100000 Christmas packages
to the American soldiers in France.
Several thousand Of these boxes
reached the port of embarkatiOn in
badly damaged condition and re-
boxing was necessary. The lower
photograph shows one of the pack
ages damaged in the mails.
At the port of embarkatiOn army
officers established christmas
Box hospital" for the repair of box
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-02

necessary to box anew about II 900
Christmas packages and many other
packages were less seriously dam
aged in transit to the embarkation
port.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-02
Query Corner

Tho editor will try to answefE
Questions Ixsatlers Of tho JUNIOR
submit TO her. She viii not
promise to answer al Of them,
The questions will be answered
in rotation, so do not expect the
answer 10 he printed in the
same week IN which you send
liz In. +
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-14
EIGHT TIGERS ARE
NOW IN SERVICE
George BurnS Regular First
baSeman, Has Enlisted,
MITCHELL MAY YET ENLIST
Majority Of Tigers Soldiers
Are Only Youngsters,

DETROIT. Jan. li--Elght players on
tho roetor ot the Detroit Americans have
answered the call OF their country,
George hurns, firstbassman, Ia tho only
one who played with ths Tigers all last
ssuHon. He enlisted Catcher Baker, who
played In the Pacific Coast league under
the optional aHreemsnt. also enlisted, as
did Nicholson and Ellison. who we're sent
10 the st. Paul club last sprlnE and who
played an important part IN the penne Mt
race Of the American association.
Red" Oldham, southpaw pitcher, who
was sent TO the Coast league, was drafted
and M was Frankie Fuller, infielder, who
left the International league to 80 to
Camp Custer.
Two recruits also have been, Loaf. In.
fielder Hollywood, from the Pacific coast,
ERvs up a possible opportunity to star
In the majors In 1918 by enlisting. Alton,
from Springfield, H.. was drafted
II is understood that Willie Mitchell.
the vetsHn southpaw twirlef, may don a
soldiers suit before spring Mitchell 10 n
graduate OF n southern military school
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-14
WILLIAMS TO Be
BACK IN CAME
Former Cub Official With Club
Thirty-0ne Years,
BEGAN HIS CAREER IN 1885
Never Missed an important
Train Connection With Team,

ru,,c,oo ,
'"''' " ios'lhs scores on
the puilelln board at the baseball park
xave CharIes a Williams for ,hir,,.ons
vsars .o.,a,a.,' -, 49, ~, W. Wv, ~ Wv,
VI we Nn'caso Nsuohsl
'oaSue ciup' MS start In the game. VIII
liams, who suddenly re.lvued hIs co,psc-
tInns ,yith ,,o o,,,L a,,st,.. ~,
Wy '''"' p'op"py VIII Do pack
In the game before the start of the 1918
season. Several major leaKu. cmbs nj.
ready are bidding for his services
Williams, who began his baseball
career In 1886, while still a achoolhov II
Regarded as one OF the business esnarts
n the sport. There are few msn i'm
he game so widely known ma Wiiiia ms
Cvery rallroad messenger egent in The
Duniry knows him: every han nIavar
Pho served with him esteems him For
monu the things he has ecno,,ni,s, mnn, "a az y,
be satisfaction of piayers snd rniIrna !,
fficials are:
In oharue OF sprIno c,mp
He has pI1oted from tu.p;v ,o
forty PLAYERS nearly 500 oop rnI(,. ~
every section OF the, country wtho,t
a serious accident,
Never missed an important train con
heotIon ~. ,44s' - -
Arranged sleeping car and botHl Ar.
Dommoda tIons TO the satlsfsrtIon a,
hut- finding plavers.
Looked after ths personaI comfnrt nj
newspaper writer's and plsyers siihe "
Checked from twenty 10 forty trunks
very day.
And durIno TINS. THIRTY. .o,. vss..
Of prlndlno detail never Ios, a pIees
Of baqqaoe nor sven bat bso.
Mother once a scorer.
WIlIIa NM, ,nnth.r -. oSfISt,I 1000. . .
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-14

WHEN school was out me and
w Rowdy went down the big street
where my Christmas tree is growing
and we went in the yard and walked all
around II and felt OF the branches and
they were springy and strong, and then
we backed up and looked al how high
II was and it was just right, and then
we ooked At the house aud I thought
maybe II ] saw anyone | might 20 in,
and there was man setting out in an
arm chair where the sun shon, on him,
and he had q big shawl across his Lap.
and when me- and Rowdy went up and
sat down on the step and | smiled at
him he did not smile nor talk nor any
thing, but ! smiled az him again, and
then | said, IL certainly had a good
Joke on me and Rowdy this morning"
and he kinda growled and said, who
IS Rowdy" so | told him who Rowdy
was and made Rowdy shake hands with
him, and then he said What was the
Joke" and he looked al me like he
was trying to scare me, and said. ME
and Rowdy went way out in the country
TO helangone--"He said Don't you
know that little girl; should not swear 7"
| said THAT isn't swearing. heard
telefoam lineman say that once. and
that means place a long ways off" He
said 1T may not be So far of for some
of us, and almost thought | saw a
smile coming in his eyes but I did not
get as far as his mouth so ! could not
be sure, and then he asked me about
the Joke and then told him how we
had been way out IN the country 10
find Christmas tree and then on the
way home had found II right in hi, front
yard, and then il looked almost like he
was having it, and he asked me ali
about my folks and he WAS very much
interested In my mother which art in
heaven but not very much interested in
my own true daddy. and then he got UP
and put the shawl on his shoulders and
went down the steps and walked all
around the tree, and then he said, kinda
talking 10 himself that It was good
Christmas tree, and then he went back
to his chair and hammered on the
porch with his stick and d colorcd boy
come running, aud the old man said to
him will, 20 home with this young
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-14
BROWNS TO MEET
CARDS JAN. 80
Big LeaguerS to Play Indoor
Baseball Game,
PATRIOTIC BENEFIT AFFAIR
Hendricks to Direct Play Of
National LeaguerS,

sT LOUIS, Jan. 1.-THE St Louis
National league team and the St Louis
Americans will meet in this city on the
night OF January 30 In their first clash
Of l0ls. The teams viii play an indoor
game under the auspices OF the Children
OF America Loyalty league Funds
realized from the game will be used for
patrlotic purposes.
Jack Hendricks, manager NJ the st.
Louis Nauopals, hsa promised to direct
the Cprdlnalb play In this exhibition In
the absence Of Fielder Jones. Bobby
Quinn VIII direct the st Louis hmerl-
cans This will be the last chance for
ST Louis fans to see their fayorite team
IN action until the squads return from
the training camps 10 nHugurato the
sprlnE horloA enIlN In ANN
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-14
Indoor Track
Meet to Be A
MilitaryAhair
Officers Plan to Invite Camp
Athletic Directors 10
Enter Stars,

KANSAS CITY, No. Jan. IL Tho an
nusi indoor track and field meet OF the
kansaa CITY Athletic club TO bo held In
Convention hall on March ., promises to
be n brilliant military affair The meet
will be held a week In advance Of tho
annual Missouri. Kansas dual games.
Officials In charge OF the meet are
planning to invite athletic directors Of
tho various military camps throughout
tho middle west 10 enter their leading
cinder path and field athletes A feature
probably viii be u relay rare between
teams representing the various military
camps.
Every member NJ. the now Missouri
state conference has arronged TO enter
teams
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-14
FOOTBALL TO Be
NATIONAL SPORT
Famous Coaches Wrote Book
on Game Years Ago,
A.
FAST PLAYING EFFECTIVE
Stagg and Williams Have Done
Much for Same,

MINNEAPOLIS. MINI, Jan IA
fail sport Of tho American youth" wrote
~ l. williams and A. 4. stage In =
book on football published by them In
1904, The volume has bean rosurrsctsd
by followers of the sport here, who point
to the tlmelneM of many passages set
down by tho two Yale stars a quarter OF
n century REu.
For seventeen years stage OF the Uni.
versity OF Chicago and williams OF the
University ot Minnesota have been
training rival teams and have contrib
utsd 10 the work Of revising tho whole
character Of the game
when, ms teammates. they prepared
their hook on football, the Tying
scoremakers and It was this style of
play that for years made life on the
srlalron unsafe and brought protests
which caused sharp changes In the
game
uscsrpu From Book.
The book IL replote with such phrases
% center. rusher. end rushsr." and
"ilylne wedge" the team was instruct'
I'd TO form a "y'' on tho field at the
klokon. Then the man receiving tho
ball would wait h moment To permit the
other members OF the team 10 gather
about him, Arms locked, the whole
eleven would Hwoop down the field with
the toughest chap OF the lot holding the
point OF tho macs and tho oval bearer
buried In the center.
Tho following excerpts from the book
Include bits Of advice thnt are as timely
today aH when thoy were writtenl
Try 10 Get the opposition oW .suatd
and score before two rrlnutst m the
game have been staged,
N you're hurt on a tackle, don't show
II. Oct W brlskiy, or they'll throw you
The time for eonversatlon with oppo.
| nents 10 after tha name.
90 for Runnsr,
Fast play 10 the most effsctlvs, Mako
one play follow the ether ss>yspidiy as
| possible,
When getting ready 10 tackle watch
| the runners hIps--they move the least.
90 after the r0nnsr--dont wait Tor
HIN,
Knock the runner toward hls own ooal,
" the opposition seems 90 powsrful
| you haven't q chance, Keep piAyinu
harder The rivals may ioss q star BY
Injury or ruling AZ any momsnt, and
| your chance may come.
Keep your eye on the hail--siways.
-.
Unpaid telephone bills for the month
Of January are past due, II not paid
by ) D. m Of the 18th service will be
discontinued Southwest Bell Tel. h Tel.
70 Ado
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-14
]. TINKER SEEKS
YOUNG TALENT
Manager Of Columbus Team
to Try Out Amateurs,

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Jan. ll--Joe Tlnk-
er, manager OF the Columbus club Of the
American association, IN seeking young
talent, IL lining up players with senl-
professional experience. pitcher Thorton,
n Columbus youth. who made good rec
ord M an amateur last year. will be given
a trial. Tinker also is arranging some
exhibition games The Detroit Amerl-
cans will appear here April rs.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-14
Injustice,

Flinty--"Its a shame, Bill to think
that anyone would swindlc a poor, ard
working man in that way"
Stubble-"Why, what's wrong wi
yer now"
Flinty-"Wrong Why, ere | work
ed ard fer 'alf a day painting up a
Sparrer into Belgian canary, and I'm
blowed il the fellow | sold il to didn't
give me a bad half.erown fer itW
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-14

Unpaid telephone bills for the month
Of January are past due II not paid
by 5 p, M. Of the 'Sth, service will be
discontinued. Southwest Bell Tel, h Tel,
Co-Ady.
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1o,nxAyles Judd Mortimer. Lewis

wv + ,had to go to school today be
w cause II was Thursday when me
W and Rowdy woke up but as soon
as had made and floppcd the pancakes
for my father and Rowdy and me, the
and Rowdy ramblcd to pick out a
Christmas tree, for Christmas 10 almost
here and II Sauta Claus should come
and find that did not have a tree for
him to hang thing: on for Rowdy and
me he would be disappointed and 1t is
not polite TO disappoint people.
We went across the city and out on
a perfectly strange road but there were
no Christmas trees on that road so we
came back faster than we went and
when we were Coming back through the
city and the big street where all the
automobiles core we saw Just the
Christmas tree we wanted In a front
yard. | expect that Is the way we do
lots OF times we go running all over
the country looking for things when the
very thing we want is right under our
nose, not that | could get a Christmas
tree under by nose not unless II was a
very little one, and then we went to
school.
Dutch and Pie Face we're there when
me and Rowdy went into the yard and
Dutch said, Are you goiug to tell
Teacher today Patsy" | said, Maybe
| am aud maybe | Amt, for you can
never tell what an American little girl
with a streek OF Irish will do" and
then Pie Face said, want an apple,
Patsy" And he held ou, a red apple
and told him / didn't, for II | took his
apple would feel like did not have
any right to tell, and can buy all the
apples want, But | did not tell, and
they will find out after a while that
| am not a tatle tail.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-14
BY Briggs

lady and find out where she lives apd
where she wants her Christmas tree, and
then about three days before hristma.
cut that tree close 10 the ground aud
nail il on board so Il won't tip over,
and then take It out and put IL lust
where she wants II, Understand" And
the colored boy ssiG he understood, but
he looked surprised,
THEN the man said "is there any
i thing else you would like ?" And |
said, Nothing, bnly If you see my
mother before | do tell her am getting
real educated the way she wants me
TO-" and then he smiled and shook
hands with me and Rowdy and me and
Rowdy rambled. So now have got a
Christmas tree, and then / looked
around and saw lots Of Christmas trees
in yards but | did not see any as nice
as mine, People are silly to 40 out in
the country for their Christmas trees
when the yards in the city are full of
them.
hen me and Rowdy went tor a swim
on, by the sprngboard but the river Is
getting colder and colder so We did not
stay in long, ] am going swimming ell
winter but | won't stay in the water
long, Then we went home and after we
had watched the people going by till ali
the men had ~ot home from work and
were having supper, and then we went
III and found some things TO eat that my
father had left and then we knesled
down by our bed and asked my mother
which art in l.eaven to thank God for
the Christmas tree Amen
(To Be Contnued)
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-14
|0NLY ONE BREWER
SUBJECT TO DRAFT
Sam Bohne, SeCondbaSeman,
Is Without Dependents,

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. Jan H--The only
player on the Milwaukee american Rsso-
citation team subject TO draft 10 said TO
. be Sam Bohne, the socondba aseman. Bohne
Iis not married and has no dependents ~
other players, according to President
| Tlmmc are married and have wivss or
IChlldrep dependent upon them
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-14
AT the Boarding House

"Mr Smith has great faith in his
fellowmen."
"Yes he even writes Personal on a
postcardw
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-14
Burns Now Instructor.

DIES MONIES. lown, Jan n Bobby
Burns, "a hnntnmwelght boxer, who has
made lDes Moincs his home for tho last
| year, In e. become boxing instructor nj
ICamp Bowie Fort worth, Texas lie has
Iboen asked to report on February 10.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-14

twenty-one hunters participating in
the hunt and l. K Warren, who
bagged twenty-one of the bunnieS.
w. L. Townsend of Durant must
have had mince pie for supper the
other night for he dreamed his home
town was being bombed by Zcppelns,
and he insists night air raid Is worse
than a nightmare
And the next day It showed. Last
Wednlgday's Duran Democrat said
According to the professional long
distance weather prognosticator the
most severely painful part of the pres
ent winter is past and the future holds
for our discontinue few storm visi-
tations, with r-oderatc temperature and
we are all thankful i,r this crumb Of
comfort. The winter season that is
now about half in the background has
broken all records for low tempera-
lures in this latitude and II is a relief
to be able to believe that the long cold
spell is nearing an end.
The high school boys at Welch evil
dently are not afraid OF work. The
school board there could not find labor
to Jig a ditch Us feet long to lay the
water pipe, but the schoolbow volun-
tecred, and did the work under the
direction of the school superintend-
ent.
Last weeks snow was quite a blii-
card for this section of the country,
and many Oklahomans doubtless felt
they were showing something in the
way OF real, old-fashioned winter. One
was talking that way in an Oklahoma
City hotel Saturday. when an Illinois
man horned into the conversation and
said snowdrifts were eighteen feet
deep back where he came from Some
body, as Colonel Briggs said, Is always
taking the JOY out of life.
II seems another industry Is being
handicapped by government interfer-
ence The Drumright News says
Given the privilege OF running, unmo-
Tested, for six months, a still such as
the officers broke up in the west end
Of the city yesterday, we venture to
assert that in six months we'd be able
to equip an ambulance and take II to
France, And we'd do it, too.
A number of citizens who left Drum
right recently are expected home
soon, the News lntimates, now that the
income tax man has left town.