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CHARITY BEGINS AT
HOME-IN AMERICA!

Human psychology is a queer
thing.
If a great flood or tornado
devastated an American city
Of 100000 so thoroughly that
100000 Of the victims were
stricken down while all were
starving or on the verge Of it,
what would happen!
The map Of the whole coun-
try would be dotted with train
loads Of provisions headed for
that wrecked city, and ahead
of them would be swift passen-
ger trains filled with doctors,
nurses and medical supplies.
Congress, every state legisla-
ture and governor, every may
or and common council would
be wild with excitement and a
desire to do something sub
stantial speedily.
But who is doing anything
particularly at this time for
the 100000 starving people
scattered through the farming
districts of our Southern
States? Who are the doctors
and nurses Fastening to the
side of the hundred thousand
Of that number who are strick-
en- with pellagra, the dreadful
disease that is caused by eat
ing poor, insufficient food?
"Cotton is King" in the
South, but is has been a sad
king for year or more. The
small farmer was long ago fiat
tened out, penniless and unable
to buy food, let alone clothing.
The result has been that their
families have fed mostly on
corn, and much of it bad corn.
That means pellagra.
Another winter is coming on.
Winter is not often severe in
the South, but it is severe
enough on people who are un-
der-nourished or already sick
unto death. And unless help
comes soon many more thous-
ands Of pOverty-stricken peO-
pie who have been living on
corn alone will be down with
the leprous pellagra.
There may be poverty and
starvation in Russia. But be
fore we repeat our Belgium ac'
of benevolence in Europe, let
lis look to the state of our neigh
bors. For years we have been
pouring our money and our
charity across TIE Atlantic
Lets now pour what We can
this summer and the coming
fall and winter into the Strick-
en- country homes of our south
land.
Abbeville progress., 1921-08-13

Mr.. Remv Broussard, Of Pecan Is
land was the first to snip e. Da.c II
cotton to New Orleans. This makes old
Vermilion Parish show up pretty well,
it being the first parish to ship rice to
New Orleans.
Abbeville progress., 1921-08-13
METHODIST CHURCH SERVICES.

The regular morning and evening
services will be held at the Methodist
Church tomorrow, the morning services
being az IL a. N. and the eveAing serv;
ices at p. N.
Abbeville progress., 1921-08-13
GOING! GOING! II!

SERVICE to the public of this community bu, The
people who depended the everpesent catalogue will
want something in place of it. They will tn, attraction
OF picture description and price placed before their
the most attractive and easiest form the world Lnows that
this means vertsng-adversng in the newspapers thai
the people read.
This only offers its advertising columns 10
every person in this community has something worth
while to SELL but offers every the veest cooperation
10 the enn that your buyerour neghbosha be served
the utmost to the last word
Abbeville progress., 1921-08-13
READ THEM REGULARLY
HOME TRADE ON EYT CT VICTORY.
PEOPLE not Fooled FOREYEk

re LINCOLN said "You can't
fr"' tic r~oplc az the time"
TIE rat o,ic. hous.s fooled the
people for A long l,me and made
huntrod, of mlIion, pf dollar,
profit ~ it put the ~r>~S, among
woke up. with th> -,-u'l that the
NAL rtGcr bushes. I. ,nw going
d"'v. hli so fat lhi: rich gen
tIcnIrn Hch;r1 such ctn. erns are
wild with alarm. They 1e franti.
ca,'y ad)J'ir; now Aztec 10 order
I" tool so'lv ~ IL. Isvp-.. FOR
some more Gf ti;. d.he. But their
end is near.
II is a great victory Tor hoyns
uadel TEnrrahi
But in the day Of victory let
those of us who sell irdicatr oar-
catvec ~ RET'TH L - ~ rLTk &c q
Abbeville progress., 1921-08-13

those Of US who sell irdicatr our.
selves To BFTTFH anil C,tEkTE
Abbeville progress., 1921-08-13
Marriage Licenses

Aug. 6. Oscar Louis Walter, Green
County, Miss. to Minnie NJ. Claaman,
If Eunice, La.
Abbeville progress., 1921-08-13
WANTED TO BUY.

Second hand Wagon, Must be in
good order, Gail the Progress Olice.
Abbeville progress., 1921-08-13
Successioas Filed

No. 1878, Succession Of Raphael
Broussard, inventory; J. +. Kibbe, Jr,
attorney,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28
AUNT POLLY'S LETTER

Dear JunosIf would begin sometime and all the
which full would wonderful world
live and much getting be all the time
The that millions people the world talk seriously about
batehps and all
the things destroy people and countries just
little but full of promise Just
beautiful big shady will sometime grow
the little might call them so large OF
all will be
friendly that there will great
that
within their borders good
people and that they working
another thing hope Scotland Ireland,
England Of the nations whose
working bring prohibition into their
countries
tried could and for
here Richmond which
thinking of this which full of promise
Of the stone Rhmonds new
with especially
like much NOW does it? And
citizens in the future than
able needs OF
to learn about what has
world what and what happen the
showed that Richmond is promised large
and players of instruments il music is
steadily fully in this
Of expressed in harmony of line and color
time. Of course Best Of all,
all the and girls and their teachers
working together all is friendly idea well
of fun Perhaps shouldn't lots but
will not the word lots
again better Your friend AUNT POLLY
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28
american Junior IN China Describes
EventtM Sunday in Village of Kaiteng

and while we took pictures of
trees and birds, we sometimes &C
cidentally got figure or the face
of some inhabitant. or course! 1t
is only an accident (You can tell
me how to spell it don't know
Well! When we reached the vii.
lage there was wall around 1t
and we entered 1t. All the women,
men. and children and babies
turned out TO look at us. We were
regular circus! Men with babies
in their arms would poke their
heads over the walls of their court,
yards and tell the baby to look at
us. All of the time our cameras
were clicking. which means that
we took few pictures. Two ladies
looked out of door, but when they
really saw us, one of them closed
the door. But. later, | noticed that
one Of them came outside OF her
courtyard, into the one street of the
village that we were using for our
circus tent" Then we went on
and saw many other villages and
houses. l must not begin to tell
you all about that, but | will men
ton that we saw many different
kinds of ways in which the grape
vines are fixed. The inhabitants
use sticks for the grape vines to
climb up. Some of these sticks
are put up so as to shape into ar
bors; some are in curves, and then
the vines are run over them.
Finally we started back, and got
back about half past eleven. On
getting home, all of us emptied
our shoes of their burdens, for they
were very full of sand that we had
collected On our way.
But, as | was going to say, on
reaching chair, we noticed that
our pictures photography were
here from Shanghai, one package
for each of the ladies'! Then a gen.
eral misOrder was created, while
we hunted for scissors, and united
strings and looked for the pictures.
Everybody trying to see all at
once! My! The pictures we had
taken were exQuisitely good! We
spent all of the rest of that morn
ing in looking and exclaiming over
the pictures. This is wonderful
thing, you understand. to have any
pictures come from Shanghai, for
Shanghai is so very far away that
it takes about two months for our
pictures to get back. We were all
so excited that Laurence and | did
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28
More Bird Puzzles

Dear Juniors:
Here is another list of questions:
!, Name five birds that have
white tail feathers.
2. Name three red birds.
3. Name three blue birds.
4. What bird is black and white
and has red breast?
S. Which is red and has black
wings and tail?
6. Which is red except around
the eyes and bill?
7. Which is blue except the bill?
8. Which is black, brown and
white?
9. Which is gray and white?
10. Which is reddish brown with
a spotted breast?
Bird nesting is not at its height
vet, but will be on the 14th or 2lst
of June, when l will write about
them?
An easy way to build a bird drink
inc fountain and bath for birds
will be found in next weeks paper,
but now | will write the recipe for
a good bird food. which almost all
birds will eat at least a part OF.
Drinking fountains will attract
more birds in spring and summer
than feeding will in winter.
Recipe for Bird Food.
Two tablespoons rice. 2 table
spoons breakfast food, l cup or
grains, l cup berries. pieces OF
vegetables and of fruits; enough
suet to make it CONCEAL; and other
things which are handy and birds
like-then cook in pan over slow
fire
Have you ever seen Kingbird
chase crow? A bluejay scOld?
A catbird mimic other birds? A
brown thrasher on the ground? A
goldfInch fly? If you haven't. you
have missed sOmething.-By David
Marx, Norwood. Ohio.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28
A FUNNY STORY

There were two boys named
Johnnie and Frank who wanted to
20 camping, They bought their
tent and other things ready to go.
but found they needed some butter.
Johnnie went home and went into
the basement to get the butter. His
mother called to him and he hid
the butter in his hat. His mother
said, Johnnie, come up and sit be-
side the stove" He came up and
sat there awhile and the butter be-
gan to run down his face. His
mother said, What is that. John
nie?" Johnnie said. Sweat"
Richard Smith.
ga. Vale School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28
News From the ''Y"

A group Of "Y" boys went with
MI Perry Wilson to the Earlham
observatory Thursday evening to
see the telescope there.
Practice for the city Sunday
school field meet is coming right
along. according to Mr.. Perry Will
son. who Is in charge of the event.
The boys in each Sunday school
are practicing for the different
events.
The gardens in the piece of
ground on the West Side, worked
by members of the Garden club are
getting well planted now. This lot
is located on the corner of South
Eighth and A streets. A late gar
den will be grown on the East Side
lot which Is on the corner of Six
teenth and E streets. Planting in
this lot will be begun Monday.
Monday evening Boy Scouts of
Troop S met in the Association
building for short business meet
ing after which they enjoyed a
short talk by Rev. c. NJ. Woodman.
Following this, the boys went over
to the Earlham college campus.
where the remainder of the even
ing was spent in general frolic.
Wednesday afternoon the mem
bers of the Junior Life-Saving class
taught by Mr.. Thomas p. Wilson,
studied the Schaefer method of ar
tficial respiration. Each boy was
given a demonstration of the
method and then each one took
boy from the middle of the pool,
towed him to the side. up over the
edge of the pool and then used the
newly learned method of artificial
respiration on the victim"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28
Guess Thesel

l. My hunting dog is a graceful
With ears alert at every -.
And eyes that keenly glance =,
And feet that scarcely touch the -.
Ger lofty mount and lowly
And fields he runs with fleetest -.
Wherever the bird or hare is -.
His worth. untold by pence or -.
If lost to me how deep the -!
(All of the nine omitted words
rhyme)
2. What Is the coolest place in
the theater?
3. Spell the names of 10 animals
from the following 81 letters: a
b eeee ef fggg h h
III XXX m nnnno COCOON
I L rstt wxy.
ed. Note: We think after this
last riddle. We ought to stop for
this time)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28

not finish our dinner. but we ran
out into the living room and looked
at the pictures again.
Wonderful day." said we, ito
bring Us so many things!"
Then, what do you think! At
about half past one. in came the
postman with his arms full of
mail. Mail! Mail! We had not had
any mail for weeks. weeks. weeks!
And. my, SO much mail! About
twenty letters for the four of us.
and about twenty more for Miss
Curtis. Frederick Han got one lot,
ter. Charlie Chang got another one
from America. got three. Lau-
renee one. and all the magazines in
the world came also. My Youths
Companion" came that had been
wanting for weeks. and everything
else came. My! Miss Curtis and
my mother got into the mess and
read and read and read for at least
one hour. Now they and Laurence
have gone out to the city wall to
write letters, they said, but l be-
lieve they will talk as much as they
write. Laurence set out with the
Life of Abraham Lincoln" under
his arm to read. My father Is
playing tennis with the principal of
the school and two teachers. So,
that is what all of US are doing.
Miss Curtis said. well. / am
just swamped," meaning with the
mail. And we will have to prolong
our vacation that we are having so
that we can write letters. We have
a five days vacation, for it is
spring, and one day also is for
Arbor day. That is our today.
Don't you think it is a Sunday to
remember? My! But we never
had so much in our lives. How
very rich we are today! 1t is just
perfect out now, the wind is blow
ing and it Is nice and warm.
don't know what you will think of
me wasting so much time and pa
per and writing nothing. But | am
certainly poor writer, but one
gets so interested In writing a let
ter, that he just let's loose and says
everything. l believe that this is
the longest letter that | ever wrote
during my long. long, life. 1t is all
about one day, too, and must be I'M
interesting. But it's the best l can
do today, for l was swamped also,
with so ch!-Lois Seymour, II
years old. who lives in Kaifeng.
China.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28

county can win the trip. All you
have to do Is write the best essay
about the CalOriC Pipeless furnace.
AT Cincinnati, the lucky boy or
girl (not over IA years. will see the
strange animals at the Cincinnati
Zoo, the Kentucky Highlands and
many other interesting sights.
My father promised to take me to
Cincinnati some day, but It would
be dandy to win this prize and have
the story printed in the Palladium.
Why don't you get some of those
free books at the CaloriC store, 7
South Seventh. after school
GOldie Martial
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28
THE JUNIOR RICHMOND PALLADIUM

The Junior Palladium the hidrens Richmond
Palladium founded May 1916 afternoon
All boys and girls are invited be reporters and contributors News
items social events want advertisements Stories local jokes and
original acceptable and will Articles should
be written plainly and side of the authors
and age signed Aunt Polly always the children
sonay as they bring their articles The Palladium office
ceiVe letters addressed to the Editor This little
paper and we hope each boy girl will use thoroughly
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28
PRINCESS ROWENA

Once upon a time in far away
land there lived beautiful prin,
cess, Rowena. by name. Her
father called her Rose for before
her mother had died the little girl
was always pretty and rosy and
her hair was as dark as coal.
Her daddy, as she called him.
kept her dressed in pink, blue or
brown. These col0rs blended with
her eyes. cheeks and hair, The
little princess grew up to be a
beautiful girl. She had many
lovers all of whom she cared some
for, but one of whom she loved. He
was a poor boy who had won the
silver cup at race. One night he
came to see her and told her how
much he loved her and how sorry
he was because he could not marry
her.
But why" asked the princess,
cant you marry me?'
The boy told her he was but a
poor boy and had never thought of
asking the king for her hand.
Why! Why! Daddy would give
me to you sooner than the prince
of Persia" said the princess. AS
she stopped talking the poor boy
thought he had never beheld such
beauty, parted lips with snow
white teeth smiling out and her
black hair and brown eyes seemed
to shine.
He looked at her and smiled.
81 will risk it." he said, for
such another beauty as you could
not be found"
And so it was that the poor boy
married the princess.
They had a little babe who was
as sweet and loving a little girl as
ever lived Her hair was light and
her eyes were large, blue. such
was her fathers. When she was
three years Of age her mother dis
appeared and the child lived with
its father and grandmother and
grandfather.
Messages We're sent far and wide
for the princess but it seemed as
though she was gone forever. and
they mOurned for her but one day
about a month later woman came
into the court She said she was
the princess. They did not believe
it but fairy came and told them
to take the woman before the king.
AS it happened the little girl whose
name was Avalon, was sitting on
the queens throne and when the
woman was brought before the
king the little girl dropped the
crown, ran down off the steps of
the royal throne and grabbed the
woman's dress. Mother" she
cried. Mother, where have you
been" And it was proved that
the woman was the princess. She
had been taken by thieves that
lived under ground. When the
princess told where they were they
were caught and killed. The
princess and her husband lived
happily ever after.-Ruth Borton.
Junior High School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28

Will H. Hays, Jr., heard about
how his father, Postmaster General
Hays, was arming the postoffice de-
partment to protect the valuable
mail from bandits. So Will Jr.
armed himself with a pair Of box
ing gloves. football pants and shin
guards and defied the bandits to
touch the corner mail box near
the Hays home.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28
GIRL WRITES LETTER
ABOUT LOCAL CONTEST
Dear Juniors

Dear Juniors:
am going to tell you about the
vacation trip that some of my
friends are trying to win. My ia
Their told me about it, and | hope
you will send in your story.
The CaloriC store at South 7th
street Is offering a free trip to Gin
cinnati. any boy or girl In Wayne
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28
SCHOOL TRAGEDIES

Education in India has always
been backward. A new. more con
densed. honesttogoodness alpha,
bet for her boys and girls to study
would work wonders in driving il.
literacy from the land.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28
WHO is HEP

When IS he wrote
his most ia m GU S
poem.
Last Week: William
L art Gladstone,
former prime minis
ter of Great Britain.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28

The following letter was written
to a friend OF Juniors living in
Richmond, from a little girl, Lois,
Seymour, whose father is now
teaching in the English department
in a state university in Kaifeng.
Honan, China. Lois family have
been living in China for a year. Be
fore that her father was professor
of languages in the University of
Illinois. We are glad to publish 1t
because it is closeup" of bit
of life in that great, big, ancient
country as a junior sees it:
Dear Friend:
My. Today has been wonderful
Sunday. l will tell you all about
1t. For many days we have not
had any sunshine, but this morn
ing when l got up found out that
the sun was shining That is one
famous thing about today. CIT is
afternoon now. Therefore, as it is
so nice, we planned to take walk
out into the country. So. at about
half past eight we set out. I'VE"
includes Miss Curtis, teacher, my
father and mother, my brother
Laurence. Charles Chang, Freder-
ick Han, and David Wang, pupils,
besides myself. The sun was shin
ing brightly and we wore no wraps.
After going over the city wall, we
set out for a village, Greatly not
much of village) with mud wall
around it, that the ladies had seen
on other occasions. We walked
through the heavy sand and some
times through green wheat fields
0he peanut fields are not planted
yeti until we finally came to the
village. We passed many houses
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-28

Will You Win That Free Vacation
Trip to Cincinnati?
CaloriC Furnace Contest closes
June 10th If you haven't started
your story. come to South 18th St.
next Tuesday or write for some
free books.-The CaloriC Store.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-07-29
TELLS OF BUTTERFLY GHOST
Naturalist Records Appearance Of In.
sect Which Has No Apparent
Material Physical Body.

An American naturalist and eS.
plorer tells Of his first sight Of the
transparent butterily-IIoetera p!era-
of British Guiana an insect through
whose outstretched wings any sub.
stance on which II rests can be clear
~ seen. "As we crossed swirllng
creek says he, ION the trunk OF a
mighty fallen tree something huttered
ahead. We could not see what II was
Closer we came and still the object
remained lndistinct; we seemed to see
a butterfly, and yet that appeared i'm
possible. At last we marked It down
on n fern frond md crept up until
our eyes were within two feet OF It.
Nothing was visible but the graceful
lncework Of the frond until slantng
beam Of sunlight struck 1t; and there,
close before us, was the ghost OF n
butterfly. 1t spread fully three inches,
but was wholly transparent sage for
three tiny spots Of azure near the
margin Of each wing. AS we looked It
drifted to double headed flower o.
scarlet; and when It aighted the
scarlet Of the flower and the green OF
the leaf were as distinct as II seen
through thin mica, and the faint gray
haze of the Insects wings was marked
only by indistinct velnlng."
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-07-29
Home Ain t Home

Home amt home till you can
spot
By thumb-plfnts on the wall
Just where each little tad and
tot
Played up and down the hall.
Oh, take away your spotless
towns
And marble halls, by cricky !
For home amt home to him that
frowns
Because the walls are sticky
No, home amt home without a
Above the cedar chest,
The place where laddie's pep
permiut
Was forcibly impressed,
And home amt home without a
hint,
A blob, a blot, a splotch
To still preserve the golden CLINT
Of lassie' 5 butterscotch.
II you would always have those
spots
That home amt home without,
Feed tatl'y to the little tots,
Let sorghum stand about
For, folks, when all is done and
said,
| say with father feeling
Homes home where little kiddies
spread
Molasses on the ceiling.
Exchange.