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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-08
AUNT POLLY'S LETTER

Dear Juniors
What would had a magic specaces?
reading the other day about who had pair
really firyke Sevenleague
and back again.
little mill wonderful houses and gold and
everything the wished whenever he would cry GRIND little
MILL and grind quickly"
you suppose could with pair Of magic
looked the And this what found the wonderful
little old who lived
Indian islands, what other people really
sometimes but they really
When this little old big boy bullying younger boy
instead of the boys he would
a And tells how the boys
he solemn old mer eating muns at
would his pectaces and he would not the
breakfast only dollar BILL tatte1ed and torn
nothing but because that was what
old Scrooge would look through
these glasses?
Probably child lonely room look
his glasses expecting to
picture could happy sing
children with twisted limbs have just as straight
strong, happy" anyone.
Seeing people mother who told
her little girl think spells Of their
the Clouds know big black
the wind rushed out OF sight,
the sky This happier to think OF
it. isn't it?
But best ALL godmoher offering pair Of
could take choice as to whether would
what people really the kind
really become would choose the
kind there such WONDERFUL
which sometime in the
with all
before become the person haslc eae' VI
future could show be.
ANYWAY would much look through pair of
oo, snr s,ro snecacles AUNT POLLY.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-08
PAGE THREE

same ones We had found. I and
Harriet took them to court. or
course when We got out of court
we went back to see II we could
find any more jewelry. Harriet
found a ring with a diamond in 1t
and ! found gold bracelet with
the name Harriet on it. We took
them to court also. Mrs. Claire,
the woman the jewelry was taken
from was there also. When we
gave them to her she kissed and
thanked us. She said also she
wanted us to remember her so she
gave me the pearl beads and Har-
riet the bracelet. She said her
name was Harriet Claire and her
aunt had given her the bracelet
with her name on 1t. We thanked
her. She also said the ring was
the costliest OF the three. New
little diary. l am afraid to have the
pearls in my possession and will
tell you where l am going to hide
them. You 60 down the celler
steps, turn to right, take three
steps, and that Is all l will tell
even you. ! am glad nobody can
read this.
June 18th
An awful thing happened today.
We moved away suddenly and
didn't get my pearls. Aunt Jane
lives in the house now.
I have been so busy I have found
scarcely time to write in my diary.
am visiting Aunt Jane and, little
diary. am going to hide you in
this house. l will also leave my
pearls and hope to come soon and
get my pearls. So goodbye, little
diary, am leaving you.
As soon as Lydia had got through
reading this she ran to her mother
and showed it to her. She and
lydia went down the celler steps
but they could not find them.
About three years after this
Lydla's brother and father came
home. About a week after Lydia
showed the diary. He whistled and
started down the cellar steps with
Lydia behind him. He nearly took
the whole afternoon looking for
them but could not find them. He
began his search the next morning.
Joy! He found them behind a large
stone in the wall. Lydia ran to
show them to her mother and
father. They looked at them and
then told her to put them away for
by rights they did not belong to
her Lydia then put them in her
little silver jewelry box.
Mildred Gardner, Grade ga,
Garfield School.
(To be continued)
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PART I

PART l
In the days of the Civil War
there was a girl named Lydia Car
rol. She lived close to the woods,
at a far end of the village called
Fernville. She lived with her faith
err, mother, and brother.
Lydias brothers name was Rob-
ert, but he was always called Rob.
He was a boy Of IS and was very
fond of his sister. They would
roam for hours in the woods to.
gether and thinking how delightful
and peaceful everything was.
But more and more calls came
for men to come and help their
country. Lydia was very sad, for
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-08
The Diary Of Margaret Dubois

her father was to go. A few weeks
after this Rob had to 10. 1t nearly
broke Lydia's and her mothers
heart to have both away. She
would sit for hours thinking how
delighvll it was when the family
was together.
But Lydia was now kept busy,
Tor she had to sew and knit for
the soldiers. 1t made her very
happy to think she was helping her
country and also her father and
brother. She hardly ever went to
school now for it was very danger.
GUS for little girls to roam around
on the streets.
Lydia had two friends named
Peggy and Polly, who were twins
and lived next door to her. They
would sit talking for hours wishing
the war were over.
One day Lydia was looking for
a book to read when her hand
slipped and hit the wall. A door
opened in the wall but before it
had had wall paper over it. She
wondered what it was. So she put
her hand inside the door and pulled
out a book. 1t was a small, red
book with gifted edges. Inside she
found this written.
Margaret Du BOis-Diary.
oh, believe I will read it. Who
ever thought of anything so excit.
ing in this old house. This is what
1t said:
am girl IS years old. l didn't
think of keeping a diary until a
girl friend Of mine proposed 1t to
me. liked the idea very much
and when | am older | can read it
and see what | did when I was
young. My best friend is Harriet
Murphy, who lives next to me.
guess, little diary, you will hear me
talk lots about her June Sth.
went to a picnic today and it
was heavenly. | met a lot of new
friends whom like very much. |
vas very tired when I came home.
So | ate supper and helped clear
away the dishes and am now going
to bed.
June 10Th
Oh, am so excited today. Har-
riet and l were digging a flower
he'd when what do you think 7
fourd? A STRAND rOF PEARLS:
was so excited | didn't know
what to do. I showed them to
mother She didn't like the idea
of our finding them for she thought
somebody might have hidden them
and might accuse us of stealing
them Harriet and | then would
make up stories about the pearls.
said I suppose a rich lady was
out in the garden and she had
leaned over and they had fallen off
her neck and she hadn't noticed
them. Then leaves had fallen and
covered them up and they were
buried.
June 10Th
Another thing has happened to-
day. There were two robbers
caught and found they had stolen
lot of Jewels. They said a strand
of pearls and rang and bracelet
were still missing. And would you
believe, little diary, these were the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-08
$500 REWARD

One day as Jack was going down
the street he saw sign which
said
Five Hundred Dollars Reward
To capture Ben Wilson, an outlaw
dead or alive.
Jack was 20 years old. he wanted
to find Ben, his Father and Mother
said he could.
He bought a revolver and five
boxes of cartridges and went out
in the mountains of the western
states. He lived there all his life;
he called the mountains his home
He called it his hills. He could
climb like a mountain goat.
The first day he did not find any
tracks of Ben, the second day he
saw Ben. with a band of outlaws.
Jack made camp close to theirs.
1t was almost night. Ben went out
on the mountain a mile from his
camp.
Jack had a plan.
He saw horse of one of the
outlaws 1t had broken loose. 1t
came near Jacks camp. Jack saw
a man was coming after it. Jack
caught it and jumped on it and
rode to the place where he saw
Ben. He shot Ben when his back
was toward Jack. Ben dropped to
the ground; he was wounded bad.
The man who followed Jack shot
at Jack but missed him. Jack put
his prize up on his horse and start
ed for his home. He was COM
PEELED to hide several times in the
bushes but finally he was home
He was given the Five Hundred
Dollars he wanted so much, and
the biggest surprise, he was made
a detective. He had always want
ed to be.
Ben Wilson was alive and was
to be hung the next week. Jack
said he would try to get some more
(The End.)
BY Harold Brown,
Lynn, Ind.
A RHYME
I have four fingers and a thumb;
| have four toes and big one.
Madge lavender.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-08
THE JUNIOR PALLADIUM

The Junior Palladium chidrens the Richmond
Palladium founded May 1916 issued each Saturday afternoon
All boys and girls invited be and contributors News
jokes
original acceptable published Articles should
be written plainly and side with the authors
and signed Aunt Polly always the children
sonaly they bring their articles The Palladium office to
letters addressed little
and we hope each boy and girl will thoroughly
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-08
DO YOU KNOW
sv the "Y" scoUTMAsTER

Complete the quotation:
"a - fifty spoken is like
apples of - in pictures Of.
By whom said? Where record
edq This will be answered next
week.
Answer to last week's-Proyerbs
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-08
WHO IS HE?

WHO is HE2
Andrew Carne-
gle called him,
"T he greatest
salesman t h a t
ever lived"
(Last week:
Cyrus H. Nc
cOrmick. preSi-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-08

dent of The International Harvester
Company
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-01-08

QUESTION FOR DEBATE
Resolved: That cats are a NUS
ance.
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A RHYM e

A RHYME
I have four fingers and a thumb;
I have four toes and big one.
Madge lavender,
Greensboro school.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12

The hfty-ninth annual com,
mencement O. tn Slaty Hollow
school took place Friday evenin'.
tn school closed somewhat earlier
this year on account O. tn forward
plowin' season so that all hands
might indulge in tn noble art o.
agriculture. Rev. Wiley Tanger de-
livered tn baccalaureate address.
TIL graduatn' class consisted O.
Miss Gertie Violyette Moots. r. wal
pole Moon. an Upton Bud. jr. DR..
Tanger's address wuz OF fair length
an singularly impressive. He told
tn youngsters that tn little ben in
tn school house tower would no
longer strike terror L Their hearts.
but Re warned them that Their wuz
other bells that would ring in tn
future jest as they'd rung since tn
beginnin' O. time. An theru be
Whistles. too. he said. What we
call tn commencement is tn begin
min, tn beginnin' OF a new life,
with sterner teachers an harder
problems. You are enterin' tn
school o. life where you'll have Z
know a lot o. other things besides
tn multiplication table. tn circum-
ference o. tn earth. tn principal in
dustTy O. Detroit. an tn name o. tn
dominion L tn north OF us. Ever
day you'll find out things you never
heard OF. You've got tn world Z
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12
BETTER THAN 1T SEEMS.

However the statement by M Charles NJ Schwab,
az the Ersklne dinner. Monday night-to the effect
,ha, the steel industry IS at SIS lowest ebo in 20
years with production az % percent % capacity
may seem on IT'S face the fact Is really encouraging
Il should also be remembered that M. Schwab said
so himself and the announcement shrinks from
less 20 less when recalled that q" Is always the
darkest just before the dawn"
When one realizes that the virtual non-produc-
tion OF steel as well as other goods, any con-
siderable period Of time that sooner or later
the shortage win have be made up the outlook
e more hopeful
Just when the business revival which must
company the production OF goods to meet demand.
VIII occur cannot be predicted with certainty, but
there are many evidences that II VIII be long
delayed as some OF the pessinsts would have be-
ueve-
The reports from Europe as whole indicate that
slow but sure change for the better IS occurring.
mis- Is bound be reflected in better conditions in
this country
But leaving Europe out OF the equation Il Is not
reasonable 70 SUPPOSE that the combined genius Of
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12

some port IN mind. I hope. IN years
= come, when I meet my classmates
an ask en- what they're doin' they
won't reply, 'Nothin' now. but we've
got several things in mind Strike
out at once [ be somebuddy. Don't
paddle aimless,y about gatherin' tn
lilies O. life, but strive fer charac-
ter an afluence that you may be O
service { tn less favored she said.
r. Walpole Noon urged world peace
in his essay. He likened tn condi-
ton O. tn world t'day L big dis
cordant, skillet thrown family that
couldn't git t'gether. He urged
armed force where love an argument
failed. Upton Bud, Jr., selected
rather threadbare subject fer his
piece. Opportunity in America "
but he handled Il ingeniusly an used
lots O. new stuff. Education, pa
thence an brawn arc tn essentials o
success. Opportunity Is lost on tn
weak an illiterate. Unheralded an
unsung, DR.. Charles f. Sawyer land
ed in Marion Ohio, thirty years ago
in blackboard drawn by two brand
ed Indian ponies. He made up his
mind [ remain there. He built up
a practice. Fer years he tinkered
with tn Hardin family an now in
tn late afternoon O. life, where do
we find him? A Brigadier-General
in Washin toni"
Copyright, 1929
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12
The White Mans Burden
By William E. Barton

When Capt. John Smith effected
his permanent settlement at James
town, and the Pilgrim fathers reach
ed their precarious foothold on Ply
mouth Rock, this continent belonged
TO the Red Man and the buffalo.
At that same time, Africa 10
quote the picturesque Language Of
Artemus Ward. was famous for is
roses-it had the red rose, the white
rose and the negroes.
Asia was at that time dominated
by the yellow races and the brown.
Europe was the only white spot
on the map OF the world.
Now the white people OF the earth
are about one-third OF the whole
population. but they control about
nine-tenths OF the habitable globe.
There are supposed TO be about So
100000 square miles OF habitable
territory on this Planet; al the pres
ent moment the white races control
or dominate more than $4,000, 900
square miles
Is this a permanent or transition
al phase Of racial Hfe?
There is reason TO believe that this
may not be the permanent status OF
the earth's political condition. II
so, the white races have a grave re
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12

fight, tn craze fer pleasure Z COM
bat. tn love o. hard work Z cult
vate. Ever day you'n be tempted
an you must be strong enough Z
take tn right course. Study our gov
eminent an show up at tn pri-
maries. Steel yourself agin tn
painted chickens with one inch mesh
stoc1in's an alabaster wishbon4s.
Beware o. tn belted. stiff hated,
nonproducin' heart-breaker an his
high powered car. Remember that
we git out O. life Jest what
we put in IL Theirs no premiums or
double pay fer overtime. We git
lest what's comm L US, no matter
where we wait-whether it's in front
O. tn pustoffice or tn Baptist
church" Professor Alex Tansey. su-
perintendent O. tn school, impressed
upon tn graduates that life at its
best wuz only a succession o partin'
with friends. loved ones umbrellas,
money or somethin'. He told them
that now that they'd bid goodby Z
school days tn problems O life
would begin { rapidly pour IN an
that he would not unnecessarily de-
tain them with words. I'VE Have
Checked Out. an tn Taxi Awaits
Us" wuz tn title o. Gertie Violyette
Moots' essay. She wuz dressed de-
Gently an used her own face. Let
us start out on tn uncharted sea o
life with some avowed purpose
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12

| course, change occasionally
But not every half hour!
The short skirt may be an i'm
provement over the hoop-sl1irt. and
bobbed hair over the pompadour
rat
But who knows at what moment
we shall be thrust back into hoop
skirts and cluster puffs and rats p
/ Next winter, perhaps!
I fail to see any improvement in
ear-buns over the side-curls.
In black lingerie, over white OF
pink.
In summer furs. over white lawn
collars
In back-less evening gowns, over
strap-less ones.
In bangs, over the fsh-hook curl.
: "Progress"'
The constantly changing styles are
| the White Woman's Burdenl
They have been the greatest en-
envy to her progress, the greatest
stumbling block in her path Of ad-
vancement ever invented by the in
genious mind Of man.
They were invented by him, for
the amusement and occupation Of
the sweet old fashioned woman;
the Strasbourg-g goose. who was pen
ned up in a coop and fattened (men-
tally) for marriage
The woman with nothing on her
mind but her chignon and her Eas-
ter bonnet-and nothing at all in
side Of it!
What can a woman think about,
when she must concentrate her
Whole mind and soul and attention
on keeping UP with the latest fad
What woman can study the prob
lens Of life. when she is obsessed
with the weighty problem Of wheth-
er to buy a big hat or a little one.
a full skirt or a narrow one, bronze
| slippers or gay ones?
What woman can grow a Brain,
when her ore lone. lorn brain-cell
is eternally working on the mighty
question OF whether 10 have her
hair bobbed or marcelled, hennad or
| permanently waved?
What woman can develop person
ATTY ana 4uulN III ud4Llg III 44tL C4DLl4-
| IS, or show an iota OF artistic abu-
ity in dressing. when she has 20 fol-
low slavishly every latest defcrmity
or be set down "frump?"
What woman can originate or
achieve, when she is forever Copy
ing!
Progress! Oh. horn Of a purple
cow
Go ye. all OF you. back into the
| coop, We little Strasboug-gees
AS long as you follow the faJs
and fashions. regardless OF comfort
or beauty. or grace, or charm. or
common sense. you have no right TO
vote
You have no right to call Man a
''tyranti"
What you need Is a tyrant- a
| guardian. a keeper. a
But therel I could say worse
much. much worse and more Of It
Only it's getting late-and the
| dressmaker IS coming.
To shorten all my last-summer's
frocls.
And cut down the backs Of my
evening gowns!
I. too. am a Strasbourg-g goose =
That's what makes me 50 furious!
Copyright. 1920
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12

sponsibility in deciding to whom they
are 10 delegate some part OF the re-
sponsibilities which now, either tenn
porarily or permanently. they hold.
Something Of this Kipling had in
mind when he wrote The White
Mans Burden" That burden is 70
act as steward OF the future good or
der Of the globe. II is not simply
the problem Of military supremacy,
though that Is part Of il. 1t is an
economic and an educational and an
ethical problem.
Take up the White Mans Burden.
the cruel wars Of peace;
Fill fun the mouth Of famine, and
bid the sickness cease.
And when your goal is nearest, the
goal for others sought
Watch sloth and heather folly bring
all your gains 70 naught!"
venture 70 remind the nations
OF Europe and the United States that
a careful look at the map OF the
world would suggest that the white
races would do well TO stop killing
each other. There are not too many
white men IN proportion to the Job
they have ahead OF them.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12

couuettish grace, while others do the
cookinG-or doth she take her turn
at the oil-stove and the dish-pan
fairly, and with a good grace?
Doth she climb a Hill or cross q
brook, without having to be carried
by the best-looking manor is she
a continuous burden TO the flesh and
a WEAKNESS to the spirit, upon a long
hike?
Doth she eat OF the campfire
cooking with relish and delight-or
is she squeamish concerning the
1avoring. and peeved at a wasp in
the soup and at sand in the hash
Doth she require always to be
amused. and fattered and hirted
with-or doth she play the game,
like a good sport?"
Doth she appear as auuring unto
thee, by daylight. with her nose
peehng. as by moonlight, with her
nose powdered?
Above all things. my Son, doth
she bore thee?
have spent II hours in her com
pany yet have not been bored. for
a single moment thereof" is the
ultimate height Of praise.
Verify. verify. one week OF a
woman's company upon a camping
party exceedeth many years Of
piazza Irritation. For. IN camp, all
the poses of a damsel are OF no
avail. and all her cam outage IS as
naughty, and nowhere else shall
thou see her soul and her complex
ion and her temper au naturelle.
Therefore. II she palleth upon
thee the third day. I charge thee BE-
not persuaded to marry her.
For. marriage is no afternoon pic
mic. but one long. continuous Camp
ing Trip.
And a good little camper maketh
a good wife!
Selah.
Copyright, 1929
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12
MRS. SOLOMON 81 VS.
By Helen RO1OLand
Being Confessions of Wife 7OOth

My Son, hast thou danced with a
damsel for seven times seven even
ings and 1irted with her for seven
weeks, and dost thou think that
thou knowest her?
Then. I charge thee. beware! For
until thou hast Observed her upon
a Camping Trip, that shalt not know
any woman!
Verify. verify, a Good Camper is
born and not made; and seven days
amidst the horrors Of Nature and
the call Of the wild mosquito will
reveal a man and a woman unto
each other. in all their hidden vir-
tues and iniquiues!
Go TO! Doth a damsel arise with
the sun and klndle the FIRE and
hasten 10 the spring for water-or
doth she sigh for her beauty sleep
and complain bitterly at being
awakened with the dawn and the
birds and the chipmUnk?
Doth she come. bringing needle
and thread and herbs and medicines
and many small comforts in her
knapsack-or is she a Stacker. who
borroweth from others, and bringeth
naught ~ novel and her pow p
der-pV'
DoLh she wall at the singing Of
the mosquitoes and shrek when an
innocent ant crawleth down her
neck-or IS she brave and calm in
the face Of the strange COW ad the
gentle garter snake?
Doth she emerge from her tent
smiling like unto the rose Of morn
ing-or doth she come forth, before
breakfast, looking like the wrath Of
heaven in a pink boudoir cap and
A temperamental thunder-cloud?
Is her hair naturally curly and her
temper naturally sweet-or doth
she yearn for her magic-wavers. and
wax peevish when the fire will not
burn, and petulant when il raineth.
or when the day is hot, or when the
night is cold?
Doth she lie in the hammock with
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12
KNOW SOUTH BEND.

The out-of-town visitor usually hae the edge OF
you. IN one respect IN your home city.
When he winds up his visit and pulls out for homo
he carries with him memories OF many places that
OF unusual interest.
And you, who live right here.-havs you ever
been these places? Chances are that you haven't!
Better perk up and look about you. You'n be sur
prised what you have missed And the next timo
you visit some other town you can talk with author
ity, about the beauty and the places OF inter
est in this home city OF yours.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12

the hundred and ten million people IN this country
Is unequal 20 the task OF making the necessary
read1ustments IN their industrial machine. that It
Will function 20 produce the goods which they re-
quire for their comfort and happiness.
In the final analysis that Is all there the prob
lem. Business, reduced 70 its simplest Is mere
" supplying each others 4 the modern
world this Is q complicated process but Il Is absurd
20 that the people not capable OF soon
getting control OF the machine which they have
created for this purIosA
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-12
The White WOmdn'S Burden
By Helen Ro,CIdnd

The constantly changing fash
ions in dress are a sign OF wonlan's
progress"
Thus announces q western news
paper. with man-like fnality.
Shades OF Anania-si
And OF Saphira,
Progressi
Is there any progress" IN Turn
ing UP a hem, this spTing-and let
ting IL down, next spring?
Is there any advancement" in
ripping out a pair OF sleeves. today