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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-27
AUNT POLLY'S LETTER.
Good evening, Junior folks:

Good evening" Junior folks:
I am going to write letter tonight which is espe-
cay for boys and girls who live in the country have
been wondering how many of you Juniors have ever taken
part ill., would like to take part in club work carried
by boys and girls all the United States. There
are corn clubs poultry clubs pig clubs baby beef clubs
canning and many other sorts of clubs So you this
club work especially concerns you Juniors who live on
farms, though with little extra effort town Juniors may
take part, too.
Do you children work on the farm, do you have your
own chickens or pigs to take care of and to receive the
money from, when you sell them? Do you help to can
much of your produce for the winter?
In Iowa and many states not far from us, boys and
girls have active clubs, greatly interested and are
making money and improving ways of doing things
growing better and fater pigs by improved methods
SO that what would have brought SOME money, brings
MORE money
A very interesting little paper, The Farm Boys and
Girls Leader comes to me every month and l read so
many stories in of boys and girls of all ages who raised
pig calf or lamb, grew won honor in canning
contests and it all sounds interesting and worth while
that thought would write to you boys and girls who
live in the country and ask you what you have done in
other years along this line of club work and what you
planning to do this year. Last year club work started
here in Wayne county but far can learn not much
was done with it, partly because the leaders in charge of
Wayne county resigned at important time in the club
work year.
Does it pay to be club member? Well, do not
know much about it, but from all have read it to
pay very we'll indeed.
One girl in Nevada last year canned 1853 quarts of
products valued at $30578 at cost of $7081 Besides
she received prize in the Nevada State Fair of Steam
Pressure Cooker for canning.
Clara Ray, girl in Fountain county, of our state,
secured shorthon calf when it eleven months old
and started feeding it according suggestions and meth
DDS found successful in club work Feed cost her large
and the calf took much of her time but Clara liked
Buster the calf and thought the work more fun than
anything else. She $11O in prizes Livestock Shows
and sold Buster for $368.30 She thinks it pays and is
more eager to do more than ever this year.
just give these ideas suggestions. l wanted to
call the attention of Wayne county boys and girls to the
opportunities of club work.
Any time you boys and girls feel like writing me
about part of the work the farm and whether or
not you are interested in Junior Club work. will indeed be
very glad to receive yourlttle letters.
AUNT POLLY.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-27

work and other parts must be built
carefully and strongly to stand the
pull of the kite and the strain of
cranking.
An Everyday Kite =.
Three sticks, one 20 inches long
and two, each "a inches long, COM
prise the framework of a plain
everyday kite. Each should be
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-27
Some POEMS FROM
VERY YOUNG JUNIORS

!. A nice little girl,
Had a dear little curl.
2. Kitty, kitty, how do you do?
You see me and l see you.
3. A little red mill,
Stood on a hill.
4. A little boy had drum,
Ant it went tum-tum.
lab, Finley
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-27

The largest Bible ever seen is
now being made. 1t is five feet
two inches long, three feet six
inches wide and weighs three
quarters of a ton. Every verse
from Genesis to Revelation is being
written by hand.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-27
Query Corner

The editor viii try to answer
questions readers OF tho Junior
submit to her. She will not
promise to answer ell OF them
The Questions will be answered
In rotation. SO do not expect the
answer to be printed In the
same week In which you send
II In.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-27
Dear Aunt Polly:

d. Who wrote this verse:
Zacheus he did climb the tree,
: Our Lord to see? *. M.
! Dear X. NJ:
I Isn't that a funny little verse?
! We do not know who wrote it, but
: it is one of many little verses and
, sayings in the New England Prim-
: er. This book-just a small one
1t is-had been published We know
BY the year 1851 and probably
;. was published several years before
= that. The verse you quote should
: be written this way:
) Zaccheus he
: Did climb the tree
.. Our Lord to see.
: 1t seems in looking over this in
: terresting little primer that the
1 joggier the verses are, the better
: the people like them. Some other
Z. funny little verses in this book
a.are:
J. Young Obadies,
David, Josias,-
= All. were pious."
= "Xerxes did die
; And so must l."
- There were some better verses
lin this earlyAmerican primer. The
I1ittle prayer most children learn
first of all, the one that begins
Now l lay me down to sleep" ap-
s-pears in this book. So you see
atchildren have been saying it for
ctthree hundred and fifty years at
least.
Aunt Polly:
What is your middle and last
name? c. c.
Dear C. c.:
IS. | always want to say "seesaw"
instead of &c. c." when | write
your name. My names? Well
the middle one happens to be the
same as that very well known Qong
time ago. Queen of England whom
those who knew her well dared to
call Queen Bess. My last name
would be writtenGffrd if there
were no vowels in it, but there are
some vowels. An app appears as
the second letter and an 20" jumps I
In between the If" and "r". Now,
If you can't figure that out you
will have to call me mo name" or
else,-
Aunt Polly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-27

1-8-inch thick and 3-S-inch wide and
should have a notch in each end.
Find the exact center of each and
bind them together with cord at
the crossing. Then fasten a cord
tightly around from 'one stick to
the next, following the outside
lines.
To cover the kite, lay it on a
sheet of light, strong paper, mark
and cut around about one inch out
side the string line, then lap the
paper over the string and paste
down. Belly bands for the kite
line should be strung from each
corner and brought together in
front of crossing. Hang the tail
from cord fastened to the two
lower corners.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-27

Dear Aunt Polly:
Do you thing l write good? !
don't. What is my name? R. E. S.
Dear r. E. S.:
You write rather well, l think
at least you write plainly and that
is much appreciated by an aunt
who has looked until her eyes did
jigs In crosswise diagonal lines at
the letters sent in by some Juniors
trying to keep up with my thoughts
was about. Even If you do not
write real well which means to
write clearly and attractiyely at
the same time, you may know you
have lots of company. The class
Of medium and below medium
writers is bigger much bigger
than the class of good writers, /
believe. / belong to the bigger class
too it seems as If my pencil or
pen just has to lag way behind
what l want to write and makes
such a distracted looking scrawl
trying to keep up With my thoughts.
One good thing about 1t though,
is that we can always keep trying
and trying to make our handwriting
better.
| almost forgot to add your
name. It's Ruth E. Ruthey, how
ever you like to pronounce 1t
Smith. Aunt Polly
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-27

HERE'S THE ANSWER
Answer to last weeks chara-
do Named Guess This,"-Stripes.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-07-30

Members OF the House Immigration
and Naturalization Committee began
a first hand study of the Japanese
problem in California.
Federal Judge Thomas Chatfleld ruled
the City of New York must get feoeral
permission to seize the R1chmohd
Light and Railroad Company's troliey
lines on Staten Island.
Three women and five men were ar
rested In Cleveland, breaking up d
well-organized whiskey running ca,'-
paign. The women were delivering tne
whiskey to the men in suitcases' WHICH,
they carried from Pittsburgh.
Mortimer L. Schiff, New York Dank-
er, was appointed chairman Oh 'ne
American delegation Of Boy Scouts OF
America officials which will atteno tle
first international conference OIL seou'
executions in London on July Zo-oo.
At a joint meeting in Ne" iorh VI
the American Book Sellers Associa =,
ton and the National Association ol
Book Publishers steps were taken u
launch 100000 advertising cam
paign of books as a COMMODITY wiz
out reference to book titles, conten's
or publishers.
Sir Auckland Geddes, British am
bassador, will spend August at Dark
Harbor, Me. He leased a cottage ior
a month and is expected to arrive Au-
gust 1.
Within a fortnight a delegation OF
Socialists will call upon President
Wilson and demand that he, immedl-
ately release Eugene V. Debs, Soclai'
lisa presidential nominee.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-07-30
Events That Concern the Two
Hemispheres Recorded So as
to Be Read at a Glance.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS EPITOMlZED
Parauraphs Which Picture Executive
and Legislative Activities at tho
National and State
Capitals.
WASHINGTON

Regardless of any action that may
be taken by Great Britain or other al
lied nations with respect to resumption
of trade with Soviet Russia, the Unit
ed States has no intention OF gong
further than its recent action,
Commissioner of immigration Cami-
uetti admitted that within few weeks
another "Soviet Ark" will sail for q
Russian port with nearly 500 Russian
aliens who have been held at Ellis Is
land under sentence of deportation.
Major John T. Axton of Hoboken,
who served at the Port or Einpark-
alton and was in charge of chaplalns
who accompanied troops on transports
overseas, has been named by Secre-
tary Baker as chief chaplain OF tne
United States army.
A finding that the Toledo Terminal
Railroad company is entitled TO coni-
pensatfon for the use of its property
by the government during federal con-
trol Mt the rate Of $252,999 year
was made by a board of referees ap-
pointed by the international Coni-
merce Commission to pass on the peti-
ton of the company.
A conference called by the Feoera.
Horticultural Beard to discuss federal
control of cotton planting In the PINK
boil worm infested areas of Texas ana
Louisiana was attended by cotton
growers representing half a dozen
states.
informal conversations are In prog
ross between the American ana Jap
anese governments relative TO t[le sil-
nation in California that has been pre-
cipitated by the proposed initiative on
state legislation concerning japanese
land ownership.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-07-30
NATIONS BUSINESS

In statement issued at Scranton,
the United Mine Workers OF America
charge that the anthracite coal COM
NAMES made millions in hidden prof
It's each year.
A reduction in the price of bituml-
nous coal was confidently predicted Dy
members of the subcommittee of rail-
road men and coal operators, who are
meeting at the Office of Pennsylvania
railroad, in New York city.
With one-half of the railroad guar
anty period over, the government Is
"out" approximately $225,OOO,OOO. The
government will lose $45O,OOOOOo In
the six months guaranty period.
President Wilson may revive the
fuel administration.
An agreement was reached between
wholesalers and retailers In the sale OF
bread in Pittsburgh. The bread Will
be sold by the ounce, instead OF py
the loaf
Reports have come to the Interstate
Commerce Commission OF widespread
bribery by business concerns TO nave
freight cars placed on sidlngs 10 De
loaded or unfoaded while other frelght
waits The evil is said to rival the
old rebate system. Certain employees
in switchyards are believed to DC
making big rake-offs.
The ITnited States Shipping Board
placed itself squarely on record In Ia.
yor of the open shop on the COCKS VI
the port of New York.
The Interstate Commerce Coulhis-
sion certified to the secretary OF tne
treasury it's approval of loans to the
railways of the country aggregatlns
sol. .595. .275. These funds are for equip
ment. reconstruction and maturity
paymentS.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-07-30
FOREIGN

DR.. Haniel Won Haimhausen, under
secretary of foreign affairs, expressed
to NJ. de Marcilly, French charge
d'affaires at Berlin, regret of the Ger
man government at the tearing down
of the French flag from the embassy.
Miss Helen Taft, daughter of Will
liam Howard Taft, was married at
Murray Bay, Quebec, to Frederick
Johnson Manning, professor in Ameri-
can history at Yale.
According to information reaching
London, the Soviet government is Of
fering a reward of 100000 rubles for
the head of man claiming to be Mich
olas II. Of Russia.
Olympic appropriation Of 100000 Pc
setas with which the expense of send
ing a Spanish athletic team to the
Olympic games at Antwerp will be de-
frayed was approved by the Spanish
cabinet at Madrid.
The hangmen Of Germany have gone
on strike for increased wages. ~
Meiningen, according to the dispatch,
the execution of q murderer could not
be carried out, as the Bale and Munich
hangmen refused to work.
Women deputies decided to try and
introduce greater dignity and polite
ness into parliamentary discussions in
| Czecho- Slovakia and agreed not to dis
turb sessions by shouting or comments.
Robbers looted the safe of the Bank
| of Honduras at Tegucigelpa, Salvador,
and escaped with several thousand pc
| sos.
An unidentified man broke into the
house Of Field Marshal Hlndenburg. In
| Berlin. and was discovered by the lat
ter ransacking his wardrobe. In a
grapple the man fired a shot at Hin
denburg, but missed his mark. The
man escaped.
A nationwide tramway strike In
Italy was declared in sympathy with
the walkout of railroad workers
| General Parrakovopoules, command
err of Greek forces in Asia Minor, dc
cided advance In AnHt~'ia Nill Ee dis
continued and pr offensive launched
In Western rNfd.@ 's"fers the end oi
J sks sses,s.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-07-30
PRESIDENT CALLS
LEAGUE AT GENEVA
Overrides Allied Leaders Pref
erence for Brussels as
AssembIy's Seat.

hington.-President Wilson has
issued a call for a meeting of the as
sembly Of the League of Nations at
Geneva, Switzerland, on November Is.
While it was known that the presi-
dent had agreed to comply with the re-
quest of the council of the league that
he call the first meeting of the league
assembly and that the date would be
November Is, it was not definitely
learned until Tuesday that Geneva is
the place for the meeting Of the
leagues first assembly.
The call issuel by the President has
been sent to all nations which are
members of the league, each Of which
will be entitled to representation In
the assembly. 1t went out Monday
night. Under Article V of the League
Covenant, "the first meeting of the
assembly and the first meeting of the
council shall be summoned by the
President of the United States Of
America"
The Presidents decision In favor of
Geneva as the initial meeting place
not only means that the first sessions
will take place onneutral soil, but that
the President has again indicated his
disapproval of Brussels as the place
for the permanent seat Of the league.
1t will be recalled that the allied pow
ers were at first in favor Of the selec-
ton of the Belgian capital. President
Wilson took a firm stand against this
at the peace conference, when he In
sisted that the seat should be on neu-
tral soil, and Article Of the treaty,
as finally signed, provided that the
"seat of the league is established at
Geneva"
Despite the fact that Geneva is SO
named in the treaty, there has been
q movement among allied officials in
favor of Brussels. The recent request
of the league council that the Pres:-
dent summon the first meeting of the
league assembly was delivered in a
manner to indicate that Lloyd George,
Millerand and the other principal al
lied leaders favored Brussels. The
President, however, for a second time,
indicated his preference for Geneva.
Under the treaty the league itself
| may subsequently change the place OF
meeting.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-07-30
Results OF Wheat Contests.

nnapolis.-Results of the 1919
Maryland wheat growing contests
with names of the winners of prizes
totaling $4,000 have just been an
nounced. Months of delay in max
ing the decisions on the contests was
caused by slow reports of farmers as
to their threshing records.
The prize winners follows
Greatest yield per acre from 25f
acres or more. Prizes, $1,000, $500
and $3.50.
First Prize-Wifliam H. Weber
and Sons, Garrett county, yield per
acre, $35.e3. Second prize-J r.
Selby, Howard county. yield, 1928.
Third PRICE. w. Jackson, Cecil
county, yield s4.5. Honorable men.
tion-Roy Huffman, Washington
county, yield Ball; Lewis Race, Al
legany county, yield "a; w. H. Cum
ningham, Washington county, 33.9;
Davis Reed, Cecil county, 1896: G.
w. Pope, Montgomery county, 1856;
w. r. Fristoe and o. w. Gibson, Cecil
county, 1885; Roland Maxwell, How
ard county, 1894; j. A. Huffman.
Washington county, 1898; G. A.
Hutchins, Cecil county, 1913; ]. s.
Frazer, Cecil county, 1929; Simon
Downey, Washington county, 1922.
Contest B-Largest per cent. OF
farm in wheat, minimum 40 acres
Prizes, $1,000, $500 and $3.50.
First Prize-Wilbur Dorsey, Anne
Arundel county, s0.S per cent. OF
farm in wheat Second prize-Harry
Refck, Caroline county, 62 2-3 per
cent. Third PRICE. T. Massey.
Kent county, 63.6 per cent. Honor,
able mention-J. F. Wright, Caro-.
line county, 62.5 per cent; E. w
Jackson, Cecil county, 55.4 per cent;
J. S. Frazer, Cecil county, 39.9 pei
cent.
Contest C-Greatest yield per acre,
10 to rs acres. Prizes, $500, S30C
and $500.
First Prize-Lewis Race, Allegany
county, bushels per acre Ala. Second
| prize-F. H. Mcconnell, Hartford
county, 3542. Third prize-H. G
Hopkins, Hartford county, 34.38
Honorable mention-Henry Knie
riem, Allegany county, 1888; Thos
| C. Hopkins, Hartford county, 1884;
John Davis, Washington county
31.2; D. H. Staley, Washington
| county, 30.4.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-07-30
STAT E
CAPITAL
Building AS War Memorial.

Building AS War Memorial.
The plans of former Mayor James
H. Preston for memorial to the sol
| diers, sailors and marines of Mary
land who served so valiantly in the
great war are to be carried out, at
least. that portion which provides for
a memorial building east Of the City
Hall will be fulfilled.
The War Memorial Commission of
the state and a subcommittee of the
| city's commission met in the Gov
ernor's Office. and the two bodies not
only agreed to work together, but
adopted a resolution fayoring the
erection of memorial building on
the site made available by the City
of Baltimore.
This site Is east of Gay street, be-
tween Lexington and Fayette streets.
Former Mayor Preston wanted to
erect memorial of such a char
acter shortly after the termination
Of the war. Former Governor Har-
| rington's commission was not In
| sympathy with the plan, and there
was anything but harmony. Mr..
Preston had plans for the memorial
structure prepared by Thomas Hast
ings, the eminent architect. All
memorial plans were finally laid
aside until after the change in the
state and municipal administrations.
The Hastings plans are available
| for the new memorial commissions,
| but no action has been taken as to
| the type of structure to be erected,
except that it els the sense of the
| joint committee that the memorial
consist of a memorial building OF
| artistic design, containing proper
utilitarian features, to be determined
| by the committees of the state and
city in conjunction with a building
committee recommended to be named
by the respective commissions.
The meeting was attended by State
| Comptroller e. Brooke Lee, Emory L.
| Coblentz, Senator David G.. Mcintosh,
Jr., Dr. Hugh H. Young and Sergeant
| Richard O'Connell, on behalf of the
state, and Postmaster Sherlock
Swami, Col. Louis M Rawlins, Mrs.
B. w. Corkran and Lieutenant Com
mander B. w. Northcroft, on behalf
of the city. ~
With the exception of only few
pieces of property, the city owns all
! of that property east of Gay street
to the Fallsway, between Fayette and
Lexington streets. It was acquired
| as a part of the proposed Civic Gem
ter. Some of the property has been
| leased until 1922, thus the erection
of the memorial will not be immedi
ate. There are funds in the state
| and municipal treasures appropri-
fated for use for memorial, and
during the next few years this ap-
preparation will very probably be
added to so that Baltimore will ulti-
mately erect one of the finest me-
MORALS to be found anywhere In the
United States.
The block directly east of the City
| Hall, bounded by Fayette, Gay, Lex
ington and Holiday streets. will be
developed as beauty spot" be.
tween the two buildings.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-07-30
5.,
SPORTING

The Philadelphia American League
Club paid ST. 500 in cash. and player
for Outfielder Frank Walker, 1t was
announced at Rocky Mount, N. @. This
is said to be the largest sum ever paid
for Virginia League player. walker
was rated as star outfielder in the
Virginia circuit and hit for better fhan
400 during the first half of the pres
ent season.
'Babe" Ruth, star batter of the New
York American League Club, knocked
out his twenty-ninth home run In the
game against st. Louis in New York.
equaling the major league record he
made last year.
The New York Yanks now have en-
tered into competition with the Ath-
letfcs, Senators, ST. Louis Cards, the
Chicago Cubs and Cleveland for the
purchase of Frank c. Brewer, the
Reading first baseman, who is the
Babe" Ruth of the International
League. He has had % homers to
date, and his average is .419 for IA
games.
Twice within an hour Miss Ethelda
Bleibtrey of the New York Women s
Swimming Association bettered the
worlds record for swimming 300 yaros
in final Olympic water trials for women
in the lagoon Of the Manhattan Beach
baths, New York city.
Bryan Downey Of Columbus, u,
shaded Soldier Bartfleld, New York, III
q hard fought ten-round match at De-
troit. In every round but the ninth
Downey had the advantage.
President Hickey of the American
Association Baseball League announc-
ed with the season half played S0O,OOo
persons have attended the games COM
pared to 100000 TO- the entire season
Of 1919.
Sam Hildreth and Harry Sinclair
bought for $15O,OOO the colt Inchcape
from Mr.. Rossiter, the California
breeder.
Bancroft is not playing the game
of ball of which he is capable, but will
improve when his injured leg ceases
to bother him.
Derrill Pratt is not the least of the
reasons for the success of the Yankees
this year. Del is playing bang up
game right down the line.
A little while ago there were none
too poor to do reverence to Bodie. But
now the burly Ping ranks with
Speaker.
Pitcher Revere Of the Bay City
(Tet.) Baseball Club has been signed
by the st. Louis Nationals.
Reports from New York real estate
circles are to the effect that Tex
Rickard has to pay close to 100000
year rent for Madison Square Gar
den, which he has leased for ten years.