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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

'Auntie, they're all earning Victory
Bonds, Rosie takes care of her baby
brother every single day for two
hours. Teddy is working at the store
helping to take packages so he's earn
ing one. too, and Agnes Is doing mend
ing for her big brother and sisters and
she says she'Il have her Bond bought
in no time. her Brother Fred Is so
hard on his sockst'
Well, WE'LL" laughed Auntie Madge
$50 you want to earn a Victory Bond
too, do you?"
I'D like to be as good a patriot as
they are" said Sally. But | can't
think of a thing 10 do" She looked
quite depressed again and Aunt Madse
shook her head sorroWfully.
Il declare. | just thought of some
thing you could do" she remarked,
hut I'm not sure it would do"
30. Auutie.'' cried the little girl
smiling at once. What Is it,"
well. to begin with. know a Ger.
tain fairy godmo;her who has the
dearest old lady for q goe-chiid you
ever saw. Now this Did lady has been
sick for quite a time and will most
probably have ia stay in bed for the
rest OF her hfe. OF course the old
lady grows very lonely and sad lying
day by day alcre and. You know how
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

flags and everything WAS 80 gay and
pretty? Well. that was regatta. And
we can have one down at the pond!
oh Billy" exclaimed Mary. clap
ping her hands gaily. ''you do think
OF the incest things to do"
Billy laughingly salu:ed her In real
navy fashion and then they fell to
making plans. OF course. all the boys
and girls in their neighborhood were
10 he invited to the regatta and every
body who sailed boat for prize
had to make 1t without help from
grown person. Sisters were allowed
20 make sails because the more folks
who played the better. but no grown
person was in the game at all. Except
brother Bob. Billy planned to write to
him for the prizes.
lis not much wonder that all the
boys and girls liked the plan Billy
maic-who Wouldn't Boat making
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

dom suffer from the severe storms
that often accompany this month. The
weather keeps us guessing quite az
much as does that OF changeable
April and the old time mothers used
to warn their Riddles to carry UNI
brellas on cloudy days by saying:
Never be without an umbrella till
May is out. There arc some old
time customs which are still practiced.
more in England than In America, and
the best known of these Is the crown.
ing of the May Queen. This celebra.
ton usually takes place on the first
day of the month. A Queen Is select.
ed by her companions and on the
first of May crown Of May flowers
is placed upon her head and she Il
ruler of her court of pretty maldens
for that one day in the year. at least
May is full of notable happenings and
events. Perhaps when the month IL
fully dawned / shall tell you Of some
Of them, hut now hear Daddy.s key
in the door, SO up. both OF you. and
run to meet him."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

from heaven. 1.-The umbrellas will
ruin our trade" moaned the cab driye
ers who always did fourishing busE
ness on wet days. "God sends TIM
RAIN" murmured the pious. who II
this man to keep the rain or OF his
person? Would the rain be sent II Il
were not to wet the mortals on earth :"
This storm OF abuse had continued
long after Mr.. Hanway had passed On
his way with his stout umbrella held
firmly over his head. "Never mind,
he told himself. "soon 1t will be very
popular thing"
But he had made a mistake. IT.
/, took over thirty years before the um.
brella became popular in England. At
f1rst they were owned only by hotel
and Inn keepers who kept them close
at hand to hold over their patrons al
| they went to and from their carriages,
Later when they were used by people
other than inn keepers for business
| reasons, there would be one umbrella
| In family for the use OF all. When
their use became still more common
some people said that there were three
classes of people in England. The
class of people who could afford 4 car
riags and did not need an umbrella
| The class of people who could afford
an umbrella but not a carriage. And
the class of people who could AFFORD
| neither"
| How interesting" cried Molly.
| Took. how dark 1t has gotten, think
| I Will carry my umbrella after all
I'm glad I don't have to Stand being
| made fun of the way Mr.. Hanway did,
and Molly kissed her mother. tooh
I her urnhretfH and started out
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

/, impossible it Is for Fairies OF any kind
to visit mortals-"
20. Auntie, don't believe in
fairies." Sally said.
Then i suppose it's no use my 60
ing on, Is there?" Aunt Madge said.
Sally looked cross but she was curl.
ous do go on. please. Auntie, what
has an old lady who can't get out OF
bed and an invisible fairy godmother
TO do with me?"
well the thing was" Aunt Madge
continued. that the godm mother want
ed a nice. cheerful little girl to visit
her every day and read or talk to
her old lady god-child and the god
mother told me herself that she would
be very glad to let any little girl earn
a Victory Bond in this way. Now. ]
think ii would be the very incest and
tindest way to earn a Bond"
Well" said Sally, Il hope the old
lady isn't very gloomy, and Auntie.
Ill do my best. ineeedy. will"
What. you want to do IT," Aunt
Madge asked.
..Of course, Aun,ie. ! guess i can
bare a little difficulty If the soldiers
did"
Very good" Aunt Aadge replied
I'm glad that you want to earn this
particular Bond because ! think Il
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

reason that the distance between tbs
legs might vary. II the toy IL first
assembled and then the measurement
secured from 1t. less trouble will re-
suit.
The painting OF the toy can best be
done by taking 1t apart and working
up each piece separately. Tie smasl
pieces of string to each part. naiEt
and hang UP to dry. The color scheme
as shown on the drawing IS to paint
the body white and spot 1t black. L.
isn't necessary to use these colorx. You3
can paint the body black and spot IL
white. Or red and black may be usc.l.s
Just paint It to suit yourself. but he
sure you use a scheme that Will look
like pig.
While these parts are drying, the
cart may be made. The whecls
should be very carefully laid out aEsi
cut to shape. Other than these, tho
cart will cause little trouble. PANT
the whole cart red.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

isn't an Arkansas razor-back hog, but
a real ordinary. tat little pig. If you
don't know what = razor back hog Is.
ask your father and see II he knows.
The construction Of this toy Is quite
similar to that Of the others In the
series The first step Is to lay out your
patterns for the various parts on thin
cardboard. - II the cardboard Is too
thick you will have difficulty in cut
ting them out accurately. Lay out the
squares a. indicated and then care
fully trace the outline to correspond
to that Of the drawing. When you are
satisfied with the outlines OF the sew
erai parts, cut out carefully with Z
pair Of sharp shears.
The next step Is to lay the patterns
on the wood from which the pig Is to
be made and trace around them. The
hardest part will be the cutting to
shape. more especially the body. A
band saw Is the best tool for this, but
It is quite unlikely that many will have
one available. unless there Is one. In
your school shop. You should not at
tempt ia use power band saw with
out being properly supervised In the
work.
Cut your various parts to shape and
locate and bore the holes for the
screws. Great care must be taken to
see that holes on opposite sides Of the
parts are exactly opposite each other.
Next sand all the parts well and As
semble.
At this point make your measure
ments for the grooves ON the cart
No measurements are given for the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05
BURIED VEGETABLES

L. l hope that peace is gained for
all mankind.
3. Marion, only asked you to SO
TO the grocers for me.
8. Helen's engagement will be an
nounced next week.
T. When he saw the fire, Tom at
once sent in an alarm.
s. Erie hardly eats anything.
G. AS ! met Caspar. a gust OF wind
blew off my hat.
GEOGRAPHICAL. ACROSTIC
Primals and finals spell the names
Of two American rivers.
l. 4 small creeping animal.
o A quality Of voice.
3. Two.
A. \ continent OF the Eastern
Hemisphere,
S. Behind in time.
g. A curved piece OF bone or steel.
ANSWERS
BURIED VEGETABLEE--1. Pea. 2.
Onion. g. Bcaa. 4. Tomato. S. Chdrd.
6. Asparagus.
GEOGRAPHICAL ACROSTIC
WORN
Alto
B-Of--H
A--Si-A
S--l0-W
HOOK
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05
ne FIRST UMBRELLA MAN

III you really would like to know
said Mother. "Open your coat for a
few minutes and I will tell YOU"
'Oh. goody." cried Molly. Tell me
about tho ART umbrella man.
Umbrellas we're used over twenty
six hundred years ago in Assyria- II
you go to the museum you can sec
carved stones showing the King OF
mcient days going forth to battle with
lAs servant following with an umbrella
70 hold over the fighting kings head
But umbrellas were not used In mod.
ern times as a general thing until they
were introduced into England by a
man named Jonas Hanway. This
young man spent many OF his days In
foreign travel, and on one OF his Jour
( neys he encountered a man carrying
an umbrella. What a. very useful
| article" exclaimed Hanway, II will
/ buy one to protect my new ha;
from the falling rain. Before this
/ time women had carried umbrellas
and therefore umbrellas were Thoughts
to belong to tho costume OF women
much as we think today that parasols
are to be carried by ladies only. Sc
you can imagine. the fun that was
poked at Jonas Ranway. when he ap
peared on the streets of London--ths
first man to walk with an umbrella
with his new umbrella raised allow
his head to ward Off the falling drop
of rain.
see the man with the lady's UNI
breua." cried some OF the passersby
while the little boys pelted him Will
stale vegetables and eggs. which reall,
made a worse storm descending upoI
| Jmas.s head than tte rain which fei
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

pleaded Ted.
so TnCFe Harry SAID he would
The japanese Flag Day is eele-
hrated each year on Tho assh of May.
Fer long time before The great day.
the boys are looking forward 10 the
event and planning celebrations. They
have mock Mars and real sports, Each
boy makes for himself 10y swords and
Wea ponS and these are eNhihited 20
admiring friends and family The city
is a verifabe land of flags for before
each house In which s baby hoy has
been born that year there floats a
large bag repre- Senting an enormous
fish. These fish flags are made either
OF paper or cloth and highly coiored
they are, The fish il usually hollow
so that the wind can get in between
he sides AVID blow T. like
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05
FRUIT MARSH
MELLOW WHIP
PARTY OR COMPANY DESERT

PARTY OR COMPANY DESERT
Materials:
One box Of marshmellows.
Half cup fruit juice grape or
orange is best).
Half pint of heavy cream
+. One tablespoonful confectioner's
sugar.
Cut marshmellows into small pieces.
Put them in a bowl.
Pour fruit juice over marshm elbows
and set in a cold place for two hours,
BY this time the marshmellowS Will
soak up the juice and will be soft and
luscious.
Whip cream till very stiff.
Add sugar and soaked marshmel-
lows.
Serve very cold In small glasses.
Add a candied cherry or nut mea.
for a garnish if desired.
This viii serve six large or eight
smaller dishes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

day
In Springs sweet. flowery
w month OF May
And wears an emerald all her life.
Shall be a loved and happy Wife
sang Dot as she entered the play room
on the last day OF April. Il read that
in my reader" she added, I'm glad
I'm May child. May is such merry
month. Mother, will you and Daddy
get me an emerald ring for my birth
day so can wear my birth stone?''
why is everything about May for
girls?" asked Jack. The May verse
must have been written for them, and
the May Queen parties give them a
chance for a good time, too. May is
a merry month for the girls, right
enough. but where do the boys come
imp"
Mother put down her sewing MAY
Is no, such a merry month as most
people would like to think" she said.
1T Is really a month marked by
treachery, We. In this country, sci
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05
FUN FOR THE BOYS IN JAPAN

balloon II Is strange sight to see
these hundreds of MINATED FISH that
appear to be huge sea monsters strug-
Cling acains: the current OF the wind.
The fish pictured on the flags Is the
Carp and is symbolic OF struggles and
strivings which each boy Is expected
20 make TO achieve something in the
world.
The festival OF the flags Is called
by the Japanese 'Nobori-no-Sekku' and
Is enjoyed by the grown-urs quite as
much as by the children. The par
ents of the boys are Allied with pride
and high hopes for the future accom-
plishments and achievements of their
sons, and all are happy on Flag Day
in anticipation OF the good years 10
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

gets tifeSone II you have To play ps
yours elf-or almost by yourself. And
Billy and Mary wished many a time
that their little friends liked boating
too.
If We could only make en- see
what fan 1t is" said Mary one day,
''or Al any rate IT would be fun ii
everybody played like We do"
~ es-s," agreed Billy thoughtfnliy
III We only could on. l tell you
Mary" ne added suddenly. lets have
"a regatta
"A regatta" exclaimed Mary
"W hats a regatta p
Don't you remember that time Bot
took Us UP 10 the big lake and We
saw all the beats race? And they AZ
got prizes and were decorated with
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05
BILLY'S REGATTA

T ALI. started when big brother
Bob went to the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station. Oh. OF course,
i all boys. and lots of girls, like TO
ala v with boats and like to make them,
out when your big brother Is training
for the MAXWELL. then beats are
positively tho most interesting play
7h.ngs possible TO find. Billy and Mary
spent all their play hours making or
sailing boats: Billy whitfield and made
the wooden parts and Mary cut and
sewcd the sails and helped put the
parts together when the whiting was
finished. And they sailed boats in
he bath tub or in a big. cld-fashioned
wash tub that their mother sometimes
let them use.
But even the most fun In the world
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

will be very valuable 10 YOU. bur II
sorry that you think the task is going
TO be so very hard to do"
Well, Sally went 10 see the old lady
that very day and found that she was
nice person indeed and not a. ali
hard TO cheer UP. In fact Sally began
10 be ashamed of herself when she
thought how she used 10 NOPE and
sulk over little things. Every day she
tas.9e-a- little call and often tho fairy
godmother's hour stretched into two,
there was so much Sally could think
of to make her charge comfortable.
Really, it's great fun" Sally told
her Aunt some weeks after, her little
face radiant. land when / get through
earning my Victory Bond / shan't give
her up. Auntie. do you think / coule
| make her some jelly
I'm sure you can" Aunt Madge re
piled. land I'm glad you like the fairy
J godmother's charge. you really seen
| 10 be different little girl"
| Sally put her arms around heI
| Aunt's neck.
Is tsTos4 aeser, tod u1a. - she said
that it's making other people happA
| that makes one happy. though yo1
knew il all the time. you goody LITTLE
| Auntie, and. of course. know yot
were the FAIRY Godmother to both 0
us weren't you7'
| We'll. well. you aren't giving an,
| credit to that nice Victory Bond yo'
are earning. Just like Teddy and Rosi'
| and Agnes" Auntie laughed.
] 20, yes, l am. Mine Is Victor
/ Bond all right, Auntie." Sally salt
| seriously, cit helped me win victor,
| over my glooms, too, didn't it7"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

~ ERE is another addition to your
~ menagerie. which / hope Is al
ready well started. I've always
u thought that this little fellow was
very cute, in fact he Is more attractive
than you may suppose n you judge
hastily Pigs have always been funny
little fellows to me, so I suppose that
Is whhy Hike this particular toy. He
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05
alag Day. May 5th. }

n FEEL sorry for the little boys in
Japan" said Ted, They have No
nice holidays like ours, have they =?
u And they so TO bed when II is
sine for Us TO get up"
Well. YOU don't need 10 feel sorry
for them" said Uncle Harry. who had
tass returned from a stay In Tokyo.
10 be sure they go TO bed when you
Pet up, but then you arc asleep while
iscy arc playing their games and go
ny 10 school and having good time.
81 for holidays-well the little Jap
hoys enjoy their Flag Day Just as
much as you enjoy the Fourth of
JnfF."
flag Day In Japan On June 1ath
#s~ Ours. oh. tell me about II. do"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05
DING AND DONG

~ GOODNESS! GRACIOUS!
" Heavens Me!
Ding and Dong. please let me be!
" No we wont-now give us plel
Give US hght-bread. give US ryel
Give us nickels, give us dimes!
Reprimand US twenty times!
We dor t'want to go-.o~bed. >,se-.
We will stay down here instead!
All day long they dinged and donged
Wash their poor mother wrongedp
How they naeged and how they cried
They were so dissatisfied!
When they woke up one fine day.
Mother dear. had slipped away.
First they said. We'll we don't care
Well go romping everywhere.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

Somehow. though when night came on
They were sorry mother'd gone.
Ding and Dong said F ather dear.
We are very sad. we fear.
Then they begged him on their knees
Bring our mother back. now please.
Father went out in the hall
Then he gave a gentle CALI
In very little while.
There was mother with a smile.
She been hiding in the gloom
Of the big old lumber room
Ding and Dong said something nice:
Yes they said it even twice.
And they kept their promise well:
Guess the promise! | can't tell!
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

her hand.
"The weather man says showers to-
day." said Mother. You had better
carry your umbrella"
"Oh. botheration." exclaimed Molly.
Who'd dream of taking an umbrella
on perfectly beautiful day like this.
Umbrellas are awful nuisanceo. any
way! Who ever invented such thing,
I'd like TO know
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05

UAA 0THER looked out OF the win
dow at the sunny April sky
and then she glanced at the
newspaper which she held in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05
THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY

41D HO first beholds the light OF
day
In Springs sweet. flowery
~ month of May
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-03-14
CANADIAN TROOPS GET
IMPATIENT TO QUIT
Small Uprising Among Troops at the
Camp Near Rhyl, WaIes-Men
Claim Discrimination.

London.-From eight~to 81 persons
are estimated to have been Killed and
from 25 to 70 wounded in rioting dur
ing the last three days at the Kinmel
military camp at Rhyl, Wales. Ac-
cording to latest reports from Liver
pool the riot was started by about 200
malcontents. There were $4,000 Ca
nadians in the camp awaiting demo-
Utilization and embarkation. The men
who caused the trouble were war cas-
uaIs who had served for three years
or more in France. They complained
that their embarkation had been post
poned while other men who had seen
less service were sent home.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-03-14
FINANCIAL NOTES.

An offering of $5OO,O00.000 in a new
series of treasury certificates of in
debtedness, to be dated March 10,
payable August IL, 1919, with inter-
est at the rate Of " per cent, was an
nounced March 6 by the treasury de-
partment. Subscription books ON this
series will close March 20.
Local stockholders in the First Ma
tional bank of Poison, Mont, capital
stock $4,000, have bought the stock
heretofore owned by Kalispell inter
ests, the active management of the
bank remaining unchanged. J. H.
Cline, who has been a director and
vice president of the bank for several
years has been elected president sue
ceeding w. N. Noffsinger of Kalispell
and c. A. Stone succeeds HI. E. Wells
of Kalispell as member of the board
of directors.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-03-14
Income Tax Made Plain.

sMy DEAR" suddenly said Mrs.
Whipple, 81 wish you would explain
the income tax" &
do you mean to say that you don't
know about the income taxi"
swell, of course, l know in gen.
eral way that it is tax upon incomes,
but l want to know the particulars.
You, being an up-to-date American
citizen, naturally are familiar with
the facts. Just put it as briefly and
lucidly as possible"
Mr.. Whipple blushed with apparent
joy. Delighted" he replied. Listen
carefully After finding out what
your income is for the fiscal year, you
deduct $4,000; but in case you are
married or divorced, you add $500,
and then divide this by 10, subtract
5 and Multiply by 8, carefully adding
the senate bill No. 341,S93. From
this time forward you begin to add
surfaces, in proportion to the amount
of your excess taxes collected at the
source of the Nile, or vice versa. You
then figure up your dividends, and
the interest on your Liberty Bonds-if
you haven't sold them yet-you de-
duct-provided that no retroactive
measure has passed congress mean
while. To this you add the services
of two corporation lawyers, an uncle
and your business partner, and make
trial balance of the result. If 1t
agrees with the number of your fam
| lily, provided there has been no
deaths, you then add the inheritance
tax and the combined ages of all the
sons you have fighting in the trenches
Is that plain?"
wonderfully so," replied Mrs
| Whipple. "But then as an American
| business man you were always Sc
| lucid I"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-03-14
NORTHWEST MINING NEWS.

No agreement has been reached be-
tween copper producers and the war
department as TO- disposal Of 10000
900 pounds Of copper acquired by the
government during the war. It was
stated March 4 that suggestions by the
producers were not regarded by the
department as satisfactory.
The Consolidated Mining and Smelt-
ing company Of Canada passed the
St, 000, 900 mark in its dividend record
with the declaration March Of the
usual quarterly disbursement OF
$261.936. The dividend Is at the rate
OF az per cent and will increase the
grand total to $5,257,531. Payments
will be made ON April to stockhold-
ers of record on March 10. The forth
coming disbursement is at the rate of
$1,449,848 annually, which is about
100000 in excess Of the net profits OF
1918. Improved processes. and en-
HANGED value Of properties. are ex-
pected to make up this temporary de.
crease in net profits.
The CRANKY Consolidated Mining
Smelling and Power company blew in
an additional furnace at Grand Forks
B. c., last week, making three in all
that are in the active list, says a re
port from that place. A report issued
| in New York several weeks ago said
the company proposed to suspend op
eratiOns at this plant soon. The in
crease of operations by so per cent
has created better feeling in Crane
Forks and the country cOntiguou.
thereto. The company has posted {
notice of reduction in the rate of pa!
by rs cents day at the smelter. Thi'
is in accordance with the sliding seal,
agreement, which is governed by tn,
price of copper and is still so cent?
above the rate before the war.