The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-16

Alice sat nodding sleepily on
messy bank beside her big sister, who
was reading.
Presently pink-eyed white rabbit
ran by looking at it's watch and cry
ing, "Oh, dear-I shall be late!" Alice
bounded after the Rabbit across a
field and into a hole under a hedge.
After running through the hole a dis
lance she suddenly stepped off into
space and began to fall She fell
slowly and it was very pleasant sen.
sation. Alice was wondering whether
she would stop at the worlds center
when, bump!-she landed on a heap of
leaves unhurt.
The Rabbit was scampering down
the passage. Springing to her feet she
pursued, but it disappeared around the
next corner and Alice found herself
in long hall of many doors all locked
On a table was a golden key which
fitted the smallest door, only IS inches
high. Unlocking this she beheld a
beautiful flower garden, but she could
not squeeze through the door.
On the table she found a bottle
labelled Drink Me" Alice tasted
1t was delicious and she drank it ALL
Soon she shrank to only ten inches
In height. Now I can go into the
garden!" cried Alice, running to the
and left the key on the table far be-
You'd her reach.
Beneath the table in a glass dish
she found a cookie on which were
the words, Eat Me" She ate this
and soon grew nine feet tall. Pres
emily the Rabbit entered and seeing
Alice fled in dismay, dropping his
gloves and fan. Alice picked them up
and began to fan herself Soon she
was only two feet high and dropped
the fan in fright. Thereupon she
stopped growing smaller and knew It
was a magic fan.
Hearing footballs she turned to see
the Rabbit standing near. 1t was
nearly as tall as she and seemed very
| angry. "You go to my house and
bring me pair Of gloves and a FAM
commanded the Rabbit sternly. Alice,
! badly frightened, started to obey
/ Strangely enough the hall vanished
and she found herself running through
a deep wood. Soon she came to little
white house. The door-plate said "W.
Rabbit" Entering she hurried up
stairs to the Rabbits bedroom and
! found, not gloves and a fan, but n
bottle on the bureau. 1t was not
| labelled, but Alice drank the contents.
i"She grew so rapidly that the room
was hardly big enough to contain her,
although she was lying on the floor
with her head drawn up to her chin.
While in this predicament someone
threw handful of pebbles through
the window into the room. These
! turned into bits of candy. Alice ate
! several Of them and soon shrank unit!
she could escape from the house
Running into the wood she sat down
| beside mushroom to rest.
What can I do for YOU" asked a
vonce. Alice looked up and on top
Of the mushroom sat a blue caterpillar
smoking a pipe. ooh, please. sir
| replied Alice, make me larger,"
That's easy said the Caterpillar;
! "one side of this mushroom will make
you taller and the other side shorter"
Before Alice could ask more the Cater,
pillar disappeared.
Alice broke off a piece from each
side Of the mushroom. After eating
a bit Of one she grew so short her
chin struck her foot. Hastily eating
some of the other she grew so tall
her head was among the tree-tops
"Oh, dear, shall l never be my regular
oILC dSeiIll' sue CIlbu IlDDlluS from
the first piece and shrinking down to
only nine inches.
In despair she started through the
wood and soon came to a little house
about four feet high. Without knock.
ing Alice walked into the kitchen
The Duchess sat rocking a little pig in
her lap, the Cook was sprinkling
quantities of pepper into a kettle OF
soup and Cheshire Cat on the hearth
grinned from ear to ear at her. All