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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-15
MARSH HAWK.

This wellknown hawk tnhabits the
whole or North America. While in
Texas the eggs arc to be found by
the latter part OF April. The nest is
always placed on the ground, usually
In marsh or prairie grown up with
tall grass or bushes, and not far from
water. 1t Is mostly situated at the
base Of n bush which. is composed
chiefly of dry grass loosely thrown
together and strengthened by "A few
dead sticks. lining of feathers are
added. When the same place IS used
for severa! years the mass D: ma
terial often forms a platform a great
size
The, number of eggs IN a set Is usu-
ally from four" 10 six" although
sometimes eight"
The male assists the female in the
construction o: the nest and in get
ting food for the young.
During the period that the young
are being reared. the male often drops
the food 10 the female from con-
siderable height. AS he passes near
the nest. che flies upward and catches
st before IL touches the ground.
This hawk Is very jealous in pro-
tcctins It's young from intrudcrs, and
IT mas attacked many people and dogs
who try to interfere with the birds.
After the young are grown they
remain together and as fall advance
many families unite and 70 south
ward.
In the spring. the male sometimes
goes through 4 series OF stunts"
which are very amusing. While art a
considerable height II pretends that II
is wounded. and throws Its wings
over its back, turning over and over
in the air until II reaches the ground.
Then il ascends RAPIDLY to repeat the
performance.
When the hawk discovers prey, it
poises for moment over the spot
and then drops quickly on it. II
generally devours its prey on or near
the spot where II was captured. Its
food consists of meadow mice. half
grown squirrels. frogs. snakes. and
sometimes cartridges.
This marsh hawk protects crops
They alarm the rice birds that are
scattered in the South that destroy
the rice fields.
We must protect this hawk, not
because the law says so. but because
they confer many ravors. This
hawk is one OF the most beneficial of
all birds and IFS presence should be
encouraged every way
ESTHER GOLDBERG.
GA wears ODD
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-15
TIE ALI.-STAR GAME.

The umpire gave the signal to begin,
And in box seat sat Hucklcberry
Finn,
Who let out a loud shrek.
FROM which he jumped to his feet
Babe Ruth the great" was ut the bat.
And cracked the pill for bear cat.
Ty Cobb was up though;
lie Knocked II to Crow.
III.
Who picked II up with little ease,
And shot II to first like a breeze.
Everyone was in very great fear,
About Sisler having too much beer.
".
Babe. by this time. was safe on third
sack.
And old Ty Cobb not far In the back.
Crawford was up with his feeble
swing,
And hit n sparrow on tho wing.
Walter johnson winded up in tho box,
While Babe Slid home. not soiling his
Then, ny saw HIS chance to 60 to third
and hegran SO fast they thought him
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-15
IA IL,

When Jane and her mother were
seated on the train, Jane said.
Mother. We had perfectly Ioyc,y
time. hate TO go back"
Yes. but you couldn't stay there
all the winter" replied her mother.
They Travelled all day long, and at
~ O'Clock that night they reached
baltimore. MIR. Cassety was there 70
meet them. How glad Jane was 10
see her dear old daddy again! They
jumped into the big automobile tina,
was waiting for them. When Jane
reached home she went straight to
her room. How nice it was to be In
II again. She undrcsscd and jumped in
bed. She was tired. that in a few
moments She was asleep
Next morning school started, no
''anc got up carly On her way 10
school she met some of her old
Ghums. Jane soon learned that she
didn't have Miss ----- for her Latin
'"aGhcr' and that made her very glad.
Time passed quickly and il was
now CHRISTMAS. On Christmas Eve,
while Mr.. and Mrs. Casscty and Jane
were sitting around n huge fire. the
door bell rang. lane answered the
door and il was Evelyn. Bob and
Harry. What SURPRISE, cried
Jane
And pleasant one at that" said
AIRS. CaSscty. So the visitors came In
and took Il seat
Next morning Jane got up early.
ANXIOUS TO, see what she had received
Her mother gave her Il beautiful set
OF iurs and her father gave her n
ukclcic. She received beautifuI
sweater from Evelyn and hoy o:
candy from Bob.
Harry came down later and gave
her Il diamond ring. He told her that
he had asked her mother and father
ana they had said yes. So II was
true Jane and Harry were engaged
They had many good times during
the holiday. and At last the visitors
went home.
Jane was getting along fine IN
school and time tlew by SO quickly
that II was June. The month that
Jane was to graduate.
FINALLY the day came, Jane headed
her class. AS soon as she received
her certificate she ran to her mother
and father. who were waiting for her
Harry was with them. How nice that
was! In n few weeks n uuiet wed.
ding was performed in the home OF
Mr.. Cassety, linking Jane Cassidy and
Harry Sheppard In marriage. And
SO / will end with the we'll known
ending: and they lived happily
ever afterwards" =.
(The End.
Comp9sed BY RUTH RAMSEY
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MY TRIP 10 RICHMOND.

Six years ago my father took ME to
Richmond TO see my aunt. was
years old. II was in the winter. when
snow was Oh the ground. My aunt
met me at tho depot and took me
hack to her house on the street car.
when we got there ii was about
night, 50 ] went to bed that night
tired and sleepy. hut happy. The next
day my aunt had to go across the
street to work, so ! went To the win
dow and watched her until she was
across the street. ! had another aunt
and she took care Of me. Two little
girls came over there to play with
me. Their names were Lois and FL
sic Ford. We went out in the back
yard and made us sand pile and
played in ii: we had such a good time
that they did not want to go home.
My aunt Allie took me over TO come
with my aunt back from work that
night. The next night they took me
to the movies and ] liked them fine.
We Ftaycd about n week and then
we went home. My Uncle Pat met
me at the depot. He took us home
and ] told my people what a good
time | had had.
LAURA VIRGINIA BLANToN.
Aps
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-15
MY UNLuCEY DAY.
(OEuinul.)


fThIs should be under tho name told
by Bob Pax, an imaginary boy)
] have mad many unlucky days,
But. Of them all this was the un-
!ucEiest. II began in the morning at
$3.50 and ended at about midnight.
| got to school late as usual. and
the penalty was five hits on each
nand with ruler However. this
bad humor as five were late besides
me. So instead o: the usual punish
ment. she took US into the basement
and gave US the worst lickings she'd
ever given. Usually, her love pats
could not he felt
Just az nNsspclled a word in Eng
lish class. Mr.. Barry. an old cross
patch, entered the room. He asked
10 watch the art room which he
went TO the store, rs there were ten
glass panes in there. painted by the
pupils. lie was afraid some one
would break them for meanncss.
]. at once. volunteered not hav-
ing studied that particular lesson or
any other for that matter. How
ever, soon regretted my rashncss,
second floor and stood guard AT the
art room door. ] iongcd 10 go in.
and finally my curiosity overcamc
my prudence. and | opened the door.
cat. 1t didn't. exactly xiii me. but
| was cured OF il for n time.
Hardly had opened IL when Tim
othy. my special enemy. dartcd out
with a spitcful glance in my dircc-
ton. To my horror behcld two
OF the jars shattered to bits.
Just then. | felt a heavy hand on
my shoulder and the next moment |
was across the knees OF the honor
able Mr.. Barry. In his hand he held
cane which kept rising and falling
with great rapidness and force. Mean
while he was exclaiming: so. you
thought you'd get away with ii. did
YOU, you little varmint?" In vain
protested and tried to explain.
Anyway, his cane broke. so he let
ME go. and ] was doubiy glad 1t
broke.
ITO he Continurd.D
FLORA NJ. llUTZL;H.
Aged 49,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-15
MINNIE LEWIS.
A RAINY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

II is Sunday afternoon
And against the pane,
Gray and misty like a swoon.
Beats the summer rain.
Failing on the housetop
with their pattering feet
1t seems as IL they will never stop
Failing from the sky so fleet
Making f,iry bubbles until they
break.
Falling in the river,
Failing in the lake,
Looks as II they will go on forever.
Ah. at last ray OF light
Is sif;ed through cloud,
Clear at last Is tonight
For gone are the raindrops loud.
Composed by
JOSEPHINE MASON
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-15
WINNERS IN CONTEST.
Ny dear Girls and Boys:

Ny dear Girls and Boys:
know you are all excited TO know
who won in the contest. ana | have
the honor 10 announce that the medal
goes to Flora NJ. Ilu;zler, for the hest
and most original contribution. The
contest was just splendid and | have
= long list for honorable mention for
work that surely rushed Flora HUtz-
Ter close second. and the decisio
was a very hard one to make These
are tand please remember 1t is orig
inality OF work and thought that wins
honor), Virginia c. Burwell, Helen
Simons. Mary L. Barker. Elizabeth
Milton. John Phillips. Martha Stone
man. Albert Doyle. Sally Beai. Ed
ward Bcrgh. Sarah Fairfax ChInn.
Elizabeth lsenhar;, and last. but by
no means least. Robert Epcs Jones
I'm going 10 Plan for a debate soon.
so be writing and telling me. you
older members. what you would like
20 debate about.
YOUR EDITOR
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-15
WHAT CHILDREN DO IN SUMMER.

The city children play
In a nearby park,
And are happy all the day
From daylight until dark.
From the park upon, the green's
They can see the noisy street.
With the roaring of machines
And the clatter OF horses feet.
The country children roam
Into the wild wood.
And soon return home
With the wild biackherries good.
And where tho brooks run
Tho country children go to fish,
And have as much fun
AS any one could wish.
EDWARD r. BERGH.
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LITTLE BIRDS.

Pretty little birdie in the air:
You look so pretty way up there.
You fly so very. very high.
Up beneath tho blue, blue sky.
You sing your wonderful songs by
You only cling these pretty songs by
When the sun is shIn!ns;s bsiEhtss
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-15
ROBIN RED BREAST.

Robin red breast has come.
Ana over our garden wall
We hear the iluttcr of his wings,
And hear his CHEEKY call
The Robin is the bird Of Spring,
And when we hear his sing.
We know that beautiful Spring
In arriving will not be long.
SO farewell Winter Of frozen streams
We've enjoyed you, but. oh dear.
How welcome is the Robins call.
To tell us Spring is here
--NirG,lnia TillerY.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-15

Josephine Mason. Glen Allen. Va
Aycrhl Northington. 402 South RAN
dolph Street. city.
Marjorie Moon. Martin. North Da-
kota
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BIRD CONTEST WINNER.

Flora NJ Hutzler. 51l-B North
Meadow Street. City.
TIE NXEEk,S PRIZE WINNERS.
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nird.. Name. I'm Figures.

Z. is. /. 20. /. 10. 90, is, 8. II, 4.
10. p. II. 2. Q, Is, L.
20, 2, Z, s. Is, G. Q. IA. 3, S.
is. .. .. .. Is. IA. .. 9. Is, II.
is. !, 3. 3, =. 9. is. 4.
16. II, 10. IL. %.
2. l. 20. 2. Q. is, g.
19, II. 10, 90. =. Q. 1S, A.
GENEVIEVE STARKEY.
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Your member.
VINSOS HORTON.
II Was Fine.

Dear Editor.-I am sending in draw
ing which ] hope 20 in Drint soon.
since reading Natalie Gales letter. I can
hardly wait IN her next one. I
thought her letter JUST fine for she
mentioned SO many Of my scrc. favoritcH
such as, Mary Pickford. the Gish sisters
and SO many more Broken l5l"ssoms"
time nGo. hope I haven't made my
letter too long.
am sincerely your member
MARY T.. BARKER.
Spruce and Lexington SITS.
CoVinCtnn, Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-15
Puzzle Department
pUZZLE DEPARTMENT.
A ('hnrndr.

Chnradc.
My first is in V, but not in very.
NY second IL In j. but not in ice.
My third is In Il. but not in run.
MY fourth is in q. hut not in game.
My NTH Is in /. hut not in Irish.
My sixth is in y, but not In Nell.
My seventh is in |. but not in Ida.
My eighth is in \. but not in apple.
My whole is in tho state live.
LOUISE BOWEN
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-15

]. Ally first Is in II. but not In bee.
?: My second is in l., but not in
lark
.. My third is in T.. but not in YOU
l.. My fourth is in T., but not in
eagle.
o. My NTH is in r. hut not in big.
8. My sixth is in !. but not in ink
Z. My seventh Is in X, but not in
robin
dirt.
My whole is tho name Of n bird.
ETHEL BLOOM
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-15

My first is in a, but not in hat
My second Is in u. but not in rat.
My third liz In T. but not In catch
MY fourth is in U. but not in match.
Ny NTH is in NJ. but not in book
My sixth is in y. but not in look.
My whole is something that will be
ere soon,
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Sign Ynnr nrnuinrs

Sign Yonr Drawings.
Dear Editor.-I guess you think that
have forgotten the club. but have not
I'm sending IN drawing which l hope
YOU Will print.
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Correspondence Column
New Member.

Dear Editor.--I received my badge and
certainly am pleased with IT.. are we
the lines. stories. poetry and drawing?
hope no. as | like to do All three and
ilne Inelossd lind pOetry which hope
VIII escape It's enemy. the wa5tcDaskct.
Your now member.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
r-Making
[Xy Ideas j "
SHARPENING THINGS
By Belle Case Harrington


Did you ever watch an old scis-
sorsgrinder with his bell and his
tread-wheel? Housewives from all
over the neighborhood flock around
him. for shears are always dull, so
1t seems.
Besides shears, there are knives,
meat-grinders, skates, pencils, and
lawn mowers that need sharpening,
and if you carry a hammer and
screw driver in your kit, there will
be many other little jobs which you
can easily do, and which will net
you a neat sum.
An oil-stOne is probably the best
all-around tool for your purpose. The
hardware dealer who sells it to you
will show, you how to use it. If
you can get hold Of one of the
round steel sharpeners which used
to be sold with carrying sets, 1t will
also be useful. A file is the best
thing to sharpen, skates. and will
often do for shears, too.
Don't Forget Pencils.
1t may sound like joke to speak
of sharpening pencils for pay; but
the average woman simply can't
sharpen pencils. In the smaller Of
fees too, the pencils are generally
in bad condition. An office boy in
one Of the big buildings in Cleve-
land has a regular list of custom
ers whose pencils he sharpens on
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
An Automobile Tale

They went through Greensboro,
One evening in May,
Eighty automobiles
Within one hour of the day.
Some was going East.
Some was going West,
Some was going slow,
Some was going their very best.
Some had nice cushion seats,
Some had only board.
Very few were OverlandS,
The rest was FordS.
Who was driving the Overland?
Who was driving the Ford?
A white man driving the Overland
A negro driving the Ford.
Sent in by Howard Brooks. Ros
coe Street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
The Baby, the Bunny and
the Prophylactic Pup

The antiseptic baby and the pro
phylactic pup
Were playing in the garden when
the bunny gamboled up;
They looked upon the creature
with loathing undisguised.
For he wasn't disinfected and he
wasn't sterilized;
They said he was microbe and a
hOt-bed OF disease;
They steamed him in a yapor of a
thousandodd degrees;
They froze him in a freezer that
was cold as vanished hope.
They washed him with permanga-
nate and carbolated soap;
With sulphuretted hydrogen they
bathed his wiggly ears;
They trimmed his frisky whiskers
with a pair of hard-boiled shears;
Then they donned their rubber
mittens and they took him by the
hand
And elected him a member of the
fumigated band.
Now there's not a microbe in the
garden where they play.
And they battle in pure iodoform a
dozen times a day.
Taking each his daily ration from
a hygienic cup
The baby and the bunny and the
prophylactic pup.
Maj. r. S. Mckenzie, surgeon, in
the Watch on the Rhine. A. E. f.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
LITTLE MISCHIEF

| shall tell you some stories
about a little girl whose name was
Bessie Allen. She was so fond Of
being busy that she sometimes got
into sad scrapes, so people called
her Little Mischief"
One day she thought her fathers
hat looked rough and rusty. So
what did she do but wash it with
sponge wet with water? She
thought she was making it look
quite nice and shiney. but she near
ly spoiled it. Her father did not
like it at all when he found what
she had done. He loved his little
girl but he thought her much too
meddlessome.-Frances M. Berk-
meyer, grade Alb, Starr school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
RIDDLES

1. One p-Lela Meyer.
2. He was afraid the magazines
would blow up.-Lela M.
3. Because he is always look
ing for snags.-Chester C.
4. Girls Names - Catherine.
Mable. Dortha. Bessie, Thelma.
Alice. Roberta, Irene, Helen, Ruby.
Owen Mccoy.
S. A wise one GAY YYs D-Cor-
rectly spelled.
There was an old person of Hove.
Who frequented the depths Of a
grove,
Where he studied his books,
With wrens and the rocks
That tranquil old person OF Hove.
From Edward Lear's Book of
Nonsense"
G. "Who Shall Free Herr"
A little girl was captured by a
party. and they told her if she
could make a riddle they could not
guess they would free her. She
started out studying and she saw a
horses skull with birds nest in it.
and five little birds Matched and one
piped and when the other was
Matched then the seventh shall set
the Virgin free. 1t was the mother
bird.-Russell Stanley.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07

For most boys in the United
States school days are few. The
average is only little more tina n
1000 for each boy. For many boys
the days are fewer still While in
school they have little time for
general reading. Lessons in arith-
metic, algebra, geometry, elemen-
tary science, geography, history,
composition, technical grammar,
and other subjects take up most of
the time.
But all boys in the country and
city alike may, if they will, find
much time for the reading of good
literature on Saturdays, Sunda Us,
holidays. during the long vacations.
and after they have quit school,
Even if boy works steadily for
10 hours a day, 6 days week, he
may still find much time for such
reading, if only he has learned to
save his time, has taste for read
ing, and has formed the reading
habit.
In week there are 1853 hours.
Ten hours of work day for 6 days
make so hours for the week (most
boys work much less; in many
cities and states the days work
is limited to s hours; 10 hours a
day for eating and sleeping make
20 hours; 3 hours a day for play
and recreation make Il hours; a
total of Isl hours. This leaves II
hours week, of 8S4 hours a year.
for readirg-as many hours as are
spent in school by boy who at
tends school regularly and prompt
ly S hours a day, 9 months in the
year, with only 3 holidays.
A boy who has learned to use
his time well and has a little good
advice in selecting books, may
easily read two dozen good books
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM SATURDAY. FEBRUARY :. 1920

IA. Idylls of the King. Alfred
Tennyson.
Is. Macbeth. William Shakespeare.
16 Merchant of Venice. William
Shakespeare.
II. The Oregon Trail, Francis
Parkman.
49, Franklin's Autobiography. New
York.
10. Abraham Lincoln. Norman Hap
good.
20 Robert Z. Lee. Philip AleXan-
der Bruce.
81. Burke's Cancellation.
%. Webster's First Bunker Hill
Grafton.
90. Washington Farewell Address.
"a. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Is. Lives of Poor Boys Who Be
came Famous.
&c. Famous Scouts, including trap
pers, pioneers, and soldiers
of the frontier. c. II. l..
Johnston
q. Careers of Dagger and Daring
Cleveland Moffett.
%. What Can Literature Do For
Me? c. Alphonso Smith.
Suggested Reading for Boys mot
Required).
The Children's Hour. 10 volumes.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
Query Corner

The editor will try to answer
questions readers OF tho Junior
submit to her. She will not
promise TO answer all Of them.
The questions will be answered
in rotation. SO do not expect the
answer 10 be printed in the
same week in which you send
1t In.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-07
PAGa TNREH
Two Sly Tfappers

were John and Bill, wentworth to
trap. They only had fifty traps.
and SC they packed them in ca.
noe and started out. They went up
a small lake till they had gone per-
haps SO miles. They had passed
a town and gone on till they met a
boy in a row boat. The boy told
them that a family lived just up
the river apiece that always kept
trappers through the season. John
and Bill went to the place and got
a room for the winter, then they
made their line Of traps up one
side Of the lake and down the 9TH
err. They had caught a large
amount of rats and kept them In
their room. One day the man
went to look at their traps as US
ual when the man at the house sug-
gested that they rob them and hide
the furs in the woods. So one OF
the young men at the house took
the skins and hid them in a hollow
tree and then went back and tied
and gagged the other people.
OF course he was the son OF the
people and was doing as they said.
He was acting like robber had
come and tied them to chains and
then robbed them. After he got
this done he took his gun and went
into the forest to hunt. The two
trappers came back and discovered
the people all tied up. They soon
had them all united and they told
what had happened, saying that
robber had taken all their furs and
all their money. There was bus
tie around there for day and a
half trying to find the tracks but
all to no use. For a, month or so
all went we'll till little Nell ex'
ploded a bomb under the nose OF
Tom and Bill You will have to
excuse me for I got the wrong
name in before. Tom and Bill were
getting ready to 60 out to hunt for
some new places to set traps.
They had not set all of them. 1t
was a warm day in December and
the birds in the woods were sing
ing joyily.
Nell was 10 and was looking fine
with blue eyes and rosy cheeks and
dark black hair. She had asked to
go along and see them set the
traps. Nell was the favorite of the
men so she got to 60 along. When
they had gone about half way she
told them il they would not tell her
father or any Of them at home she
would tell who had taken their furs.
OF course they promised not to
tell 50 she told them Of the plot.
They told her that they would have
to get even with them so they ask
ed her what she would advise
them to do.
Nelrs folks were mean to her and
did not care IL she ran away or not.
So she told them to take her and
make a house in the woods and
have 1t SO her folks could not find
1t, and she would be their house
maid. '"- -.
She said that she would even be
one of their daughters. Tom said
that he would adopt her. So Tom
and Bill hunted till they found
nice place to make a cave and the
next day was Saturday and they
went to the town called Foxtown
and bought two picks and two iron
chisles and two large hammers.
(To be Continued.)
Gregg, Butler township,
school district No. Z, age 10.