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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09
Letters From Our Little Ones
sends Poems.

N'hus rooms.
Dearest Ediio-.-i ain scnllns in two
eoni"'.,. i is marked the poems am
and ;hosc which WI! send. #-rc written.
~ least most of ;!"'u We're, when wa,
'eEy busy lately FASTING the backs o: two
nle,,are po.;enrta and hNing them into
amis",nen, FOR the sick children. ne
person We know for language. wish
Sn.w What You looked iHr. thor, l could
merry Christmas as | hope 10 have.
Your ar"c,i"aate member
MARGARET ncwI.ES.
II Is Fine, Hnt Not large Enough.
for The page. I am afraid am li,;ic
la'", bu, have been sick and could not
soo'. to be gone ali winter. and an, sotn:
b H. my , nES5 TO Tosp W WIN ,NG cimo
ing IN SUNDAYS pap"r nm
uAnr,r xo2 as, 9IM y w VENT ;lc,,,,
%p2o Grove Avenue.
Look in nv Letter
c nss So E tcqy now an an yGs s-, qsw "ns n
Mrii'T6l, am sending in awIng:
a-;e ana mG' Mr wa! ss M,Yr a,,,
stretched waiting arms.
j. S.-plcase write me II u.ssib!n ana
tell 'ne something about fees :nr The club
Draw in Ht,ck Ink.
- p ,,i Edi5or- hawen,t sen; any'nlns
DAYS. tu, now, I'm sending in poem and
a drawing. which ! hope VII! lc printed
~ n"Nt sundays rapcr. would thank
drawing. as th!s = his frs; time. !Ic
wants TO bec"my member OF the club.
HAi:RIETr BOOKER.
Farmv.l'". Va
q * All Right.
b,,- L'l rrr rncLop yo,, .,,i,,, .o,,
forgotten thu club. and guess you Gould
call me s.nCi.cr. but am going TO
week. | hopa ny drawing Will oscap e Mr..
W"sieha ske; | ann going I" send u long
y member,
900, c,.m, s,-oo, p,o,lnA, HICKS
mas eontes, ia nice; According 10 my IDEAS
Draw on scrar"!t sheet.
pear Ed..,.:mi sent M, my .r@w!nF, and
senainr drawing and story iris Wees : Tor Tor
LAURA Y. ni.ANToN.
Age 10.
r&Ss.sn issS story am fsnsq ,s j., IN
nuilM,ishggi n SunHny's p"pcr Mo'her is
enter the cont's; II nothing happens. !
wi Si%so So Coca a. /" leave roo" for other
AI.EASE rOlI.ARD.
Gcth.r. Va
Try Hard.
Dear EditOr,-i am sending in drawing
fo9 the page. ! am going 10 take part IN
tn" winter contest. am not expecting
priz". hut am lust sending e. in"
hope to see ing drawing in the page mex;
sunday. Your member.
WM. EDWIN BOOTH.
Badge Received.
Dear EGi;or.--i received my badge and
was very proud Of 81. | thank you very
much FOR sending IL 50 soon.
y member.
FAY ATKINS
7cO North Twenty frs; street. R!ehm"nd.
Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09
THE LITTLE POOR GIRL.

After the man took the girl they
went to pretty house and when
,Sthe girl was Is years OF age she mar
H'ricd this man. And she had every
thing she wanted after she was mar
ricd.
ELSIE CREW.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09
CHAItAIlI:.

Ny first is in c. but not in cat.
My second is in H. but not in RAT
My third is in Il. but not in rit
My fourth is In ]. but NOT In it
Ny hfth is IN S. but not in sat.
My sixth les In r. but not in tat.
My seventh is in ". hut not in nap
Ny eighth is in y. bur not in IN.
Ny ninth Is la :. but not in sand.
My whole is In a holiday / love.
KATHARINE RHODES.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09

three happy little girls went to the
station with Mr.. Burton. They rode
about three hours on the cars and
then they got OFF At Sm!thvillc.
where James Grandmother lived.
Mrs Leigh was not at the depot 10
meet them. but She had sent odd
jim, her old servant, to meet the
girls. He was very glad To see 'littl.
Mis- Jane" as he called her. In
about Il half hour they were a,
Grandmother LciEh's. y warm fire
greeted them. They stayed about a
week at Mrs. LciGhs and were very
sorry when the time came for them
to go home. Catherine. Jane and
Margaret were all invited to see Mrs.
Leigh again and they expect to go
soon.
Composed by
M.ARYE FLOURNOT.
Age L.
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Nv
:i.a Hanover Avenue.
Good Wishes for Contest.
RoBENr EpEs JONES.
D,,w II In,a, and In ,,ln,n InI,.

F'UF El!t0r- lI,r" y my drawing Tor
afrnid YOU wont as j; .s;I'; very good.
Editor. /: wanted 10 -rud drawing for
tn, heading 81 the par" would have
iu draw b; on 4 large piece ~ payer or
would draw il on AN ordinary piece Of
paper AMI chcn il y"u thought b; was
good enough Tor heading could you en-
lafr" Il and then print IT. J know the
Christmas contest and the debate VIII bc
grand. had :, inc TAInasg wing, ana
hope that YOU d.h too. Yours truly.
PRISCILLA ALDEN HATCH.
d.. 4. NJ 49, =
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09

Dear Editor-Thls is jus, tiny
note. telling YOU ;hut am incl"sinE
my article for the debate" do hope
IL will be- success II is such
big subject Tor us 10 undertake. but
we usually 40 over the TOP" 10.
everything We do. and we Will in this
debate Here's luck to the arfirna
tiv. side. / hope u wins.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09
Puzzle and Charade Department
a CuAuAnE IN FIGURES.

My first is il 3. my second is in
s, my third is in Is. ms fourth is in
.. my hfth is IN 10. my sixth is ia
20 my seventh is in IL. my eighth is
in !. my ninth is In -,
My first Is in ;. my second is in s.
my third is In Is. my fourth Is in ..
my NTH Is in 10. nav sixth Is in 90.
my seventh is in -.
Ny first is in ., my second is in ..
my third is in Is. my fourth is in 90.
my nth les in 5. my sixth is in t. my
seventh is in /. my eighth is in %.
My whole IS in Christmas is Christs
birthday. Enid
LUCY ELIZABETH RICHARDS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09
Praises Member.

Ny Dear Edi;or.-ius; "a few limos 10
'hhnk you for printing my story. ! do not
expect 20 enter the debate bun / am going
20 send story 10y the Christmas con
test soon. !nClos.d Is Il little drawing
for The contest. do not expect 10 50. &,
in print Tor II IS not very good. am
not much Of an artist anyway think
it"len Constance S!monS. Margaret V.
tack. Mary sue Tucker and many others
DO fine work in drawing Also Mimi.
Lewis and Esther ,;oldhcrg do fine work
!or the page Myself and many other
members. | am sure. w!sh shat Natalie
Gale would write again. Hoping the de-
bate u success. remain.
RUTH a. RAMSEY.
:i:e Hanover Avenue, city
Good Wishes for Contest.
Dear Ed!tor.-lm now sending You my
cgntrihurion Tor Tho "chr!s'mas contest"
which hone win b. worthy II Printing
tried ~ make the theme us short az
possible. but Rad 50 many things was
compelled 10 say. To-Day happened I"
see an ola News Leader club page. and
though twas very good. i couldn't touch
our T. !, G.. c. paso. HcrG'S my hest
wishes for tn" contest and the league
debate and also fur YOU Probably III
send ~ contribution for The debate
or a drawing !rr the contest.
Mast sincerely.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09
Your member,
WILLIAM MAtiEE.
we've MISSED You.

Dear i:diior.-I have not written
to tn" club FOR some time. out 4
though, ! would send in picture
and "A poem Tor the Christmas con
test hope j; VIII escape the vast.
basket.
Sincerely
VIRGINIA JOHNSON.
1919 First Avenue, II. T.,
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,I,,n,s Witt In Ink.

Always Write In Ink.
Dear Ei'tp-.-iiopc | viii see my
drr'Vin" in the paper next Sunday.
If had not read your letter in the
paper sunday ! would have written
this with pencil. ] hope you had "A
nice Thanksgiving dinner Sends
love 20 all members.
Your friend.
JULIA II. WHITMORE.
2cI5 Third Avenue. Richmond Va.
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80
Druy ONLY in Hack Ink.

Dear Editor. saw my name IL
the prize- winning lis; las, sunday
bur have not got 1t yet. / am
sending Ia drawing for next sun
days paper. which hope 10 see in
print.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09

Dear Edi;orl am sending Ia "a healing
for ihe page. am afraid am IL ltiic
late, bu, | hav" been sick and could not
irlNh III" drawing. am going away
s0uil 10 oc gone all winter. and am goin:
90 DO my best To keep up with The club
" nile am away. Hoping 10 50. my draw
ing IN sundays paper am.
NuGr new member.
MARTHA iiELI.E wILLIEGIAM
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09
Draw In I,Iick Ink.
Farruvlll". Va
IL L. Al Iiirilf

Dear ia tort reckon you think have
forCottcn the club. and guess you could
call mo s.nCi."r. but | am going to
start and send something every nth.r
week. hope my drawing VIII usca pc Mr.
Waste hgs kr;. ann going to send Il long
poem next week. LOOK for It.
\ mcmhcr
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09

Dear Eh,ur,-I am your nav member
'not 50 very new. bur just haven't been
wri;!nGl. am sending in :, awI,g.
ana hope u Will suli your wonderful.
in-'" and '~cap- Mr.. Was.chaskct's out
stretched waiting arms
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09
I Am 80 Sorry.

My Dear Eiit"r.-I am sending In q
THANKSGIVING. 1870. story. Hope TO see IL
published Ia sundays papcr Mother is
still siCk. hut ! think she is "a little better.
hut she has been very sick. | Mil try 1"
enter the contest II nothing happens. ]
VIII close. SO as 10 leave room for other
members Good by.
am yours sincerely.
ALEASE POLLARD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-24
NEAR EAST GRAIN.

A few years ago you were willing to
risk your boys life for the sake of
Justice and liberty. Will you risk a
few bushels of grain for the same
reason today?
For the plea. of the Near East re-
lief for five million bushels of wheat
and corn for the starving people Of
Armenia is just as much plea in the
name of justice and liberty as was
the call to arms in 1917. The Ar
menian people, homeless. hungry.
America, have suffered much because
of their persistent loyalty to Christi
anity and the principles which it
teaches. They have died by the hun
dreds of thousands rather than turn
traitor to their faith.
They fought as our allies in the
great war. The peace treaty promised
them an independent nation of their
own where, unmolested, they might
till their soil and carry on their bust
ness in peace and quiet. But this
peace and quiet have not been theirs
Even since the armistice those who
have patiently made their way back
to their old homes from the land of
exile, have been driven forth again
and again by the warning armies
fl ON the north and west Their crops
have been trampled underfoot, their
harvests destroyed.
Huddled together in the refugee
camps of the Near East relief, these
pitiful remnants of a faithful nation
wait now hopefully for the coming
spring. Yet for them there can be no
coming spring if foodstuffs from
America are not sent over. There
can be no 1922 harvests If the
farmers of America do not share with
them the surplus of their 1921 har-
vests.
The Near East relief is issuing u
call for five million bushels of grain.
Just five million out of the more
than eight hundred million that will
be harvested from American fields
this season: just a few bushels from
you. Will you not remain faithful TO
the cause for which you offered your
boy in 1917? To the extent of little
of your surplus grain will you not
show your loyalty to the ideals and
the faith for which these martyred
people have suffered so much?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-24

tie ways back was Benny Potts, Artie
Alexander, skinny Martin, Leroy
Shooster and Reddy Merry.
Pome by Skinny Martin
SUTCH is LIFE
I wouldent eat grass and oats and
hay
But horses eat them with haste.
Vile on the other hand horses refuse
ice cream.
o there's no accounting for taist.
Latest Feud News! Last Friday Sid
Hunt dropped a small but speedy
peece of lemmin pie out OF his zno
story window on top of Maud Jonsons
he'd, and last Satiddy little Bert Hunt
united little Dottie Jonsons shoes ana
she dident know how to tie them agen.
making the Hunts ahed this week in
the big feud between the Hunt family
and the Jonson family.
Spoarts Reddy Merry got 2 pairs
of boxing gloves for his BIRTHDAY
amung those refusing to box with him
so far for safety ferst reasons being
Benny Potts, Pubs Simkins, Lew Davis,
Sid Hunt and Sam Cross.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-24
Dorothy Dix Talks
Cultivate an Outside Interest,".
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
WORLDS Highest Paid Woman Writer.

Cultivate an Outside Interest,".
You often hear a man say: IT have
no interest outside of my family and
my business" Still more often a
woman will say: II have no interest
outside of my home. and my husband,
and children"
And when they say it they puff out
their chests. and assume virtuous
expression as If they counted it unto
themselves for righteousness to have
Sympathies as narrow as shoe string.
They have made a close corporation
of life from which they have excluded
the balance of their fellow creatures.
They have shut themselves away from
all the manifold joys and sorrows, and
excitement and thrills of the great
outer world. Their house of life is
tiny room. walled in with selfishness,
and they judge the happenings of the
universe by what goes on within.
We got some wonderful examples of
this during the Great War when we
met parents who measured the whole
titanic combat by the way 1t AFFECTED
their Johnny. who thought that every
except their Tom. ana who, to this
day. boast that their son smashed the
Hindenburg line.
Now family love is a very beautiful
and desirable thing. 1t is good to see
a man who is faithful and devoted.
ana we are alt I6dQy 10 SlAlS PdCdAS VI
praise in honor of adoring wife and
mother but, like all other good things,
family affection can easily be over
done and become a vice instead of
virtue
For one thing nothing else on earth
is more Supplying to the intellect than
excessive domesticity. 1t dullS people
like dope. It makes them lose their
ability TO see anything outside of their
own tiny circle, or to gauge any event
except as it reacts upon themselves
Who, to revert once more to the
war, can ever forget the SNUG COM
placency of men who, while hundreds
dying on the battle fields openly
boosted that they had made so much
money out of war conditions that they
would be able to send their own boys
to college? Who does not remember
some woman who, during the crucial
hours of some battle. when civiliza-
ton itself hung in the balance was
so obsessed by her baby's cutting
tooth, or her cook leaving, that she
literally did not know what was hap
pening outside of her home?
Chief among ten thousand bores
are the men and women who have no
interest outside of their Families, and
their work Their conversational
gamut runs only from the kitchen to
the nursery and the store. and back
again, and infinitum, their wearied
companions have only a choice be-
tween listening to a monologue on the
grocery trade, and the delinquencies
of maids. and Mamie's beaux, and
what Charlie does, and thinks, and
says, or silence, for when the overly
domestic do not talk about themselves
they have nothing whatever to say.
Sometimes when you see how dull
and tiresome those become who are
nailed 20 their own fireside you begin
to think that you prefer the rovers,
after all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-24
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
BRAINS.

BRAINS.
God doesn't put brains into human
heads just to fill empty spaces. He
gives every man a brain and makes
every new brain another world-to
be discovered, explored, populated
with ideas, used.
You can discover and explore your
own brain-you have the first chance
at all the riches it contains. You can
open your brain to new ideas. You
can exercise it with the solution OF
constant problems. You can use
your brain yourself
Or you can forget all about the
brain God gave you. You can let it
lie idle and unexp1ored. 1t will be
useless to you and to the world. And
then some day someone else will dis
cover your brain for you. Someone
else will explore your brain and find
whatever there is in it of worth. and
put it to work for them.
You can use your brain yourself
Or you can be just a cog in the ma
chinery of life, puppet moved hither
and yon by the will of a bigger man
who learned to use his own brain and
then reached out for yours.
Listen! Read Think! Ask ques-
lions! Use your brain
And you will be that bigger man
who has discovered his own riches
and learned how to direct and use
the brain power of others as well.
Use your brain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-24
MOVIES IN THE CHURCH.

The popularity of the motion pic
ture film in the church has been
proven by DR.. John Wells Rahill, pas
tor of the Central Congregational
church in Topeka. The church movie
is popular because it has filled the
pews-and that is the real test.
There are old fashioned churchmen,
of course, who frown upon this means
of religious attraction.
DR.. Rahili is right in his views and
his plan. Any legitimate means of
drawing the public to worship is to
be commended. After the years of
the war, industrial unrest and eco
nomical doubt the American people
have sought relief in amusement.
Relaxation is demanded. The church
has been neglected.
No matter what method is used to
bring people into houses of worship,
there must come a good result from
this attendance. The spirit of the
church, the environment of COM
munion with God. the message of the
sermon-alI tend to bring the congre-
cation to the realization of religion.
DR.. Rahill is a young man of ad-
vanced and modern ideas. He knows
men. He knows women. He knows
the daily problems that so often
snatch the Sabbath day away from
the church. His church is situated
in a college neighborhood and he is
aware OF the necessity OF the appeal
to the student mind.
We have grown to consider church
going a duty. 1t is not unusual to
hear a person heave a sigh of relief
after the morning service and say:
well, I have THAT done for the
day." The monotonous methods Of
conducting services is responsible. We
hire bands. display posters and burn
lights to entice the public to meet
ings of a political or civic nature and
yet we simply open a door and some
times ring a bell to attract persons to
his highest responsibility-the wor-
ship of God.
Religion has ceased to be Sunday
procession of repentent. 1t is a profit
of the soul, builder of men and
ideals. Our life. out health. our hap
piness. our associations-al1 must CEN
ter in our belief in the Almighty.
May Dr. Rayhill's example be fol-
lowed generally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-24
QuestionSAnswers

Q. Has the congressional library ever
been burned? E. L. c;
A. The building which now houses the
library of congress has never been de-
stroyed by fire. Until 1897 when this
building was completed, the library re-
stroyed in 1914 when the capitol was burn
ed and again in 1851, fire reduced it to
10000 volumes 1t now contains nearly
100000 books, charts, maps, pieces of
q. Are ex-soldiers being sent to Aus
tralia as colonists at the expense of the
A. The Commissioner of the Common
wealth of Australia says that, while it is
true that Australia desires immigrants
female domestic servants, who will find ex-
ceIlent opportunities in Australia, no mon
from the United states Of America.
Q. How many languages are spoken in
the Philippines? c. H.
A. Numerous dialects are spoken in the
Philippines, and it is estimated that it
would be necessary to print a message In
i r., to ali fhe vsriona lananaee
groups.
O.. How many people. who take Civil
Service examinations make a grade OF 30
A The Civil Service Commission says
that approximately per cent Of the Civil
Service applicants make an average OF 80
Q. Are g.ass caskets a modern inven-
A. There is extant a reference to a glass
casket made in the twelfth century. 1t was
the work of a Byzantine artist.
g Why did the MethOdists take this
A The term ''NIethodism" is derived
from Greek word meaning rule. The
to those oxford students who followed the
teachings and practices of John and
adopted by John Wesley himself.
Q. Was Thomas Jefferson's daughter
Patsy a nun? c. P. g..
France when he went to Paris as our En-
voy- She was placed in convent where
her father Treqn1en1y listed his hsr Soon
to a sinful word" She requested permits
sion to take the veil. Her father sent for
her to join him at the Legation and i'm
mediately introduced her TO the brilliant
social life of Paris in the days OF Louis
XVI she soon forgot her pious plans"
She later married John Randolph.
Q. What IS the record for fewest balls
A. The record for the fewest balls
pitched in a nine-inning game is he'd by
Urban Faber of the Chicago White Sox,
with 4 toatl OF IS.
O. What Is the sound made by crickets
and locHsts calledz H. NJ NJ.
A The song or noise by crickets and like
insects is known as STIMULATION.
(Any reader can get the answer to any
Journal Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin, Director. Washington, D. C. This
offer applies strictly 10 information The
Bureau cannot give advice on legal med
ical and financial matters. 1t does not at
tempt to settle domestic troubles nor TO
undertake exhaustive research on any sub
jet Write your question plainly and
enclose two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct to the
inQuirer.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-24
Summer is over and the pancake is

Power industries are attempting to
saddle the water power on the St.
Lawrence. 1t will be remembered
also that there is considerable propa-
ganda thruout the Middle West in IA
vor of assisting the st. Lawrence ship
canal project. The argument used
here is that moving the Atlantic sea
board to Chicago ill be of great
benefit to the Kansas shipper. The
chairman Of the New York port is of
the opinion that the power interests
are sponsoring the ship canal move
ment to win the support of the Mid
die West in hopes of making the pub
lie pay for the work preliminary to
electrical development. This is a
matter that Mr. Craig might discuss
when he visits Topeka soon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-24

house exclaims in CONSERVATION, But
he does not know a word of Frenchl
What shall we do?"
DO not hesitate a moment" says
the husband. Learn Chinese at once!"
In mans life there are three
tragedies. The first is when he de-
cides he's too old for Lord Fauntleroy
curls and mamma decides otherwise
because they're SO cute. The second
is when the high school Beatrice he
can't live without marries and he
doesn't die The third is his shape in
a bathing suit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-24

to a friend the other day. ST could
not distinguish the trees nor any OBJ
jects IN the distance. Day after day
I watched the same scenery in an at
tempt to detect an improvement.
Gradually the mist cleared away.
saw the clear outline of the mountain.
Then I saw the trees and finally the
beauty of "a all was pictured to me.
I never knew before the real meaning
of true happiness"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-24
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