Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 29, 1912, Page 4

- Sorwich ulletin afid Goufier. 116 YEARS OLD. -m.m_ 13 & week; Gbe Eatered at the Post P et g O A Telephone Calle: ulletin Businees Office, iletin Editorial Reema, tin Job Office, 35- " Offiee. Ballding. Teleph Thursday, Feb. 29, 1912, L8 2 Murray THE MERITS OF TAFT. President Taft hias not made a blus- tering administration, neither has he been the “Me, 100,” to Colonel Roose- velt which his enemlies predicted he He has put every workingman in this country under special obligations ta him by taking hold of the work- gfan’s lability law which had been ronounced unconstitiutional, and se f amending ha would be consti- tutional, and pressing upon congress as a duty to immediately pass it, which ther did, thus giving him the bonor of being the .ather of the Jaw which makes the relation of the em- ployer and employe more rational and Just where injurles are suffered. Kor this alone he deserves the support of ever: intelligent workingman. e matter of the tariff he has consistent record. He does not belleve it should be made a polit- 1 issue, but should be handled ex- y by a commission of business pable of doing what is just and ready to correct errors made because of misrepresentation as soon as the deception is discoversd and proven. In this he has (he sincere support of the intellegence of the country, It w remembered that Presi- dent Roosevelt made no decisive rec- ord in tariff matters, but persistently @eferred them for President Taft to handle because he believed that he had the training and legal knowledge to deal with the subject better than any other man. As to the f judges there is & wide a spinion, but all have to ad voters were called to act upon questions of law it would hav to be upon opinions concelved in sympathy, prejudice or passion, sivce the people have no know ledge he law upen which to base just 1d in abey- mnce by » improve- ment upon ting under our present em, Preside: complishments euring his term will compare favorably with hievements of mny of his predecessors and highly commend him to the voters as a suc- cessor of himsel It 48 amusing to think that Taft has been upproved both by (‘olonel Roose- welt's son-in-law and brother-in-law, both of w nder the circumstances feel obliged to say they shall take no active part in the campaign. Taft was good enough for them: and good snough, too, for Roosevelt, except for his overpowering ambition to take a hand himself. Roosevelt will not make the issue personal, he says, and this is in itself a concession that his successor has not falled in any sense. THE CONNECTICUT DELEGATION. The Connectiout delegation in cons gress is not misrepresenting the re- publican party of the state In stand- ing #olid for President Taft, who has the respect and confidence of all our people. The position taken by Congressman Higgins Is pleasing to his constituents in the old Third district, and must be commended by the party in all parts of the nation. He stands for Taft, and for a constitutional amendment which will make the term f the pres- ident #ix years, and limit each presi- dent's service to one term It 18 conceded everywhere that g national election once in four years is too often, becal tical campaigns and the prospe hange in par- ties or th, Fovernme It seems as for & change esonomic policies of the | Jfect business. vy was ready @ give more coul efficien nistration and loss frequen e with the bus- iness affairs Our Ser iction that he o vie- to wit Panama aken such press n which h s est and an early William maje nec man who is comp! ward re, m Taft big olicans of Con d he is the one the state for Névember. has a ority him e republicans THE TUBERCULOSIS SITE. i s to be hoped that e commis- sion having in charge e location of the tuberculosis camp for this part of the state will me with favor the suggestion exchange ot accommoda- ¢ those who in hand the elopment of the property in the suburbs southwest of the city, on the riverside HOSPITAL ke the present site for the n an No place, of course, is too good for the sick, and their welfare is second to no enterprise on ea but the #ita selected s not the only avallable | slte, ard the Sholes farm on which he local commit as an option, may be found just as accessible and pleasantly situated as this one, and would do as well for the invalids for whom the work is being done, as the site already fixed upon. ‘The Bulletin sees nothing to pre- vent an amicable understanding be- tween the leading citizens of Norwich and the commissioners who have this matter in charge. While Norwich wants the tubercu- losls camp and all the business con- sequent upon its location in the town, it also wants the improvements which have been forecasted for the section Thamesville near the goif club zounds. We all have an intense interest in srwich and the plan which will be or the greatest good of the greatest number should be adopted. EXPANSION OF AMERICAN EX- PORT TRADE. 1t is estimated by the bureau of manufactures, department of com- merce and labpr, that there are at least 80,000 manufacturing concerns in the United States directly inter- ested in the export trade. The value of the export business in- creased to the grana total of $2,000,- 000,000 during the flscal year 1911; of which sum fully one-half represented the value of manufagtured exports. Beoretary Nagel {8 of the opinion that this expansion of America's for- eign cormurce emphasizes the im- portance of the work of the bureau of manufactures, which by law Is re- quired “to foster, promote and develop the varions manufacturing indusiries of the United States, and markets for the same at home and abroad, do- mestic and forelgn, by gathering, com- piling, publishing and supplying all available and useful information con- cerning such industries and such mar- kets, and by such other methods and means s may be prescrided by thg secretary, or provided by law.” American nanufacturers are rely- ing on ihe hurean more and more for information in regard to general trade conditions in foreign countries; tariff rater and regulations; their financial and indusirial siatus; methods of de veloping busines suggestions for packing; lists of foreign importers, of which there are 125,000 recorded; lists of foreign newspapers and trade jour- nals in which to advertise, and other details essential to an intelligently directed and organized effort to in- vade over-seas market Increasing interest is also being shown in the reports, special monographs, confiden- tial circulars and bulletins, tarift pam- phiets, and trade directories {ssued by the bureau respecting Investigations of foreign markets, specific industries, contracts, concessions, and foreign and home trade opportunities. The outgoing correspondence of the bureau has grown from 23,410 letters in 1910 to 40,140 in 1911, an increase of 70 per cent, and the distribution of its publications has been corre- spondingly Increased. Letters received in June, 1910, numbered 3,132; in June, 1911, 4,398, a gain of nearly 40 per cent. Trade opportunity letters num- bering 20,043 were sent out in 1911, as compared with 12,987 in 1910 WHERE FRATERNITIES MAKE A MISTAKE, “War on their own widows,” as the insurance commissioners have charac- terized the opposition to necessary in- creases in rates of contribution by members of fraternal insurance socie- ties, has assumed grave aspects as the result of the copvention in Chicago recently of the Modern Woodmen of America, at which readjustmenc of rates was decided upon. Similar op- position has appeared in states where the Mobile bill for uniform regulation of fraternul societies has been under consideration. The heads of state in- surance departments where that or similar billy have been enacted have served notice on the fraternal socle- ties that the safeguard against any high finance or inadequate rates would be effectively enforced for the protec- tion of the beneficiaries of the insur- ance certificates. Those socleties which have resolutely readjusted their rates in accordance with actuarial tables are steadily gaining strength notwithstanding that bargain counter insurance offered by the insurgent so- cleties which are opposing the reformn have made competition keen in the fraternal world. With outstanding promises to widows and orphans amounting to nine billion dollars, which promises can only be kept if sufficient money is collected from members, the reform of rates s re- quired to prevent disaster to fraternal insurance in general, a menace which | the old-time insurance companies have been pleased to observe. kvery effort is being put forth by the legis- lative committee of the National Fra- ternal Congress and the Associated Fraternities of America to prevent a crisis and to disclose the serious re- sults to the women and children for whom the most of the insurance bas been provided involved in the “war on widows.” “It is not to be supposes that the mass of humanity will under- stand technical points of life insur- ance” sald one authority, “but it i8 pitiful to see men making a war on the very thing that is essential to the payment of fraternal insurance certi- ficates. No society can pay out more money than it takes in, that is evident, and some of the big societies are now reaping a whirlwind in the refusal of members to assent to higher rates than have heretofore been charged. The membership for vears was told no higher rates were necessary, but this was not then and it not now in accordance with the facts.” EDITORIAL NOTES. Happy thought for today: Indus- try makes a place look right and ring right that Rules for Young Writers. ‘Write plainiy on one side of the tn only and number the pages. Use and ink, net pencil. 8 and pointed articles will be given preference. 10 not use over 250 words. 4. Orlginal stories or letters only will be used, 5. Write yapr hame, age ‘and ade dress at the top of the first page. Address ali communications Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. to The Truly Brave. Wlo are the truly brave? The boy or girl with self con- trol, Whe'd scorn to wrong & living oul. POETRY. The Slesping Heur. Two sleepy eves look down a child's goodnight From Mother's arm, While cozy room and little bed invite To_shelter warm. But loath to leave the scene, he clings with fond And lingering view, And slowly waves you with reluctant hand A grudged adieu. Sometime the sleeping hour will come and 1 While -One who loves and knows bids me to lie Must say “Uoodnight,” ‘Til morning light; Then If my lingering eyes are scarce beguiled To turn away From scenes ish child That fain would stay. The Polite Crow. dear, forgive the fool- “I shouldn't think a scarecrow,” said a rooster to a crow, “Would vou out of any piace where you would like to go; To fly away, oF run away, from such a thing—oh, fle!— You'd really laugh at scarecrows if you were as brave as L. The farmer man wak coming, and the farmer man said “S8hoo!” And the rooster lifted up his heels and to the barnyard flew; And I think the crow was most polite and well behaved, don't you? For he didn't even giggle at the cock-a-doodle-doo. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO THE CIRCLE. Uncle Jed finds that he has quite & numper of letters to which no names have been attached, and they will have to go to the waste basket. The writers should be more careful. He received quite a number of Lin- coln and Washington letters too late to be used on their anniversaries. A good letter “a day after the fair’ does not count like a letter on time. One bright little Miss does not know what to do since the rules say write name at top of page and Uncle Jed has asked to have them written at the bottom of the story just as they ap- pear in print, Uncle Jed will change the rule and would like to have his little letter writers do as requested, as it saves him work in making the letters ready for the printer. There !s such a wide Interest in the Circle now that Uncle Jed can hardly find room for the story each week; but it is well to have the competition live- ly—the books go the faster. WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Olive G. Whitehouse of Mansfleld, a book entitied “Fifteen Decisive Battles,” by E. 8. Creasy. Margaret O'Brien of Norwich, a book entitied “Jack the Hunch- back” by James Otie. 3—Hannah Firth of Baltic, a book en- titled “Ragged Dick,” by Horatio Alger, Jr. 4—Fred Collins of Baitic, a book en- titled “Charlie Codman’s Cruise,” by Horatio Alger, Jr. 5—Viola Sullivan of Taftville, a book entitied “Through the Looking Glass,” by Lewis Carroll. Elmer D. Burbank of Oneco. a hook entitled “Mother Bird Storles,” by William F. O'Donnell. ~Edith Barber of Moosup, a book en- 0g Tales and Other Tales,” by Prescott Hoimes. #—Edna Calking of Kissimee, Fla., a book entitled “Black Beauty,” by Anna Sewall. Winners of books living in Norwich may call at the business office of The Bulletin at any hour after 10 &. m. on Thursday. Congressman Higgins keeps doing things while Candidate Jodoln waite and hopes. February's bigh wind at a rate of 110 miles an hour near Boston broke all previous records. 1t is crueity to animals not to treat one’s self well, The humane are some- times gullty of this sin. it doesn't make any difference how warm it gets—the almanac does not recognize spring until March 21, It would be pleasing for the Father of the Panama canal to be the open- er of it—hence, the paternal ambition, A Connectleut man who has been happily married for 50 years is glectul to find that his relatives count up 6,000 Taft was a' greater vote-getter than Roosevelt in New York in 1908, as compared with 1904, by more than LETTERS OF AOKNOAWLEDGMENT. Emma Salmon, East Brooklyn: 1 thank you very, very much for book you sent me. 1 have read first two or three chapters and fl“ well. It was a surprise to it when I got home from school. I like to read the children’s stories, for they are all very interesting. Adelard Beaushemin, Willimantic: T am very fond of the book you sent me. 1 was surprised very much when 1 opened the package and found it con- tained a book, I have read it through &nd I think it is & very interesting story. I thank you many times for it. Vernon Coleman, Hyannis, Mass.: 1 want to thank you very much for the book I won. I like Castiemon's writ- ings, for I have the Gunboat series written by him. You can't imagine how pleased 1 was to receive this book. Once more I thank you for your kind- ness. Ruth B, McCollum, Mansfield Depot: I do not know how I can thank you for the lovely book, “Hans Brinker, or The Bilver Skates” you sent me. I believe you read my wishes, as I have wanted that book for a long time. Many thanks for it. John Sullivan, Baitic: 1 thank you for the prize book you sent me. It is very good. Gustaf Andersen, Baltic: I thank you for the book I recelved. I like it very much, 1 thank you ever so many times over. Edward Jackson, Mansfield Depot: 1 thank you very much for the book you gave me, and 1 hope to win another. I like it very much. Madeline Merrill, Augusta, Me.: I thank you very much for the interest- ing book you sent me. I have read most of it. Also, have heard from Velma Frink —was much pleased to hear from her. We have nice skating—our meadow is all ice, and my brother and I have Jots of good times on it. We enjoy the sliding and sleighing. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. A Very Fine Garden. Dear Uncle Jed: father had a very fine garden summer, We had watermelons, muskmelons, beans, &ciplo, goose, lima, long Johns, goose. also potatoes, and three rows of corn and cucumbers, tomatoes, peas, heets, carrots, and last parsiey. So I think it is a very nice garden. Lots of people thought the same. What made the garden grow so &god is that it had very nice loam and dirt. Your little niece, LOTTIE MELL. Norwich. A Wonderful Cat. Dear Uncle Jed: I thought T would write you & story of my wcnderful cat. I have a_great, large tiger cat. His name is Tommy. He is double-pawed, two vears old, and weighs 131-5 pounds. He is just too cute for any- thing. 1 dress him up in my big doll's clothes and put him in my doll car- riage. 1 give him a bottle of milk, and he will suck it just ltke a baby. He will go to sleep sucking the bot- tle, Sometimes I will try to take the bot- tle away from him. He will put his paws up and take the bottle and hold it like a baby, Tommy is & great cat for rats. ‘When he puts his large paw on a rat it 18 all day with the rat. ‘Tommy ‘is & wonderful cat. He can be o _cat and catch rats, or he can be a baby and sleep in the doll carriage and suck the bottle. GLADYS, Age 13. South Canterbur: Ruth Likes Fairy Tales. Dear Uncle Jed: Today I am writ- ing to you about how I was gom§ to spend George Washington’s birthday, but I was dreadfully disappointed, for it rained in torrents; but mamma said: “Never mind;: vou can celebrate Sat- urday for that day.” So I did. I went down to one of my school- mates and played hide and go seek, and we played school. When we got through playing, my schoolmate's father blasted a log, and then 1 went in the house, and my schoolmate’s mother told me I could telepnone down to my aunt. I sald: “Hello!” and she said “Hello!” {oo. When it was four o'clock I went home. When 1 got home I read my prize book. I think it is nice. I thank vou very much for my book. I have read to page 110 and I like it very much, T like falry tales, anyway. 1 must go to bed soon, so I will close. RUTH H, KENNEDY, Age 10. Norwich, Ethel’s Scho s Jed: 1 live on a hill, and I con stand in our yard and see the schoolhouse. 1 am’seven years old. It is about a half-mile to the school. Once I fell down three times going to school down our hill. I was in the third grade, but was promoted to the fourth this term. 1 have four pets—a canary and five Suinea pigs and three horses, and two cows, and a pair of steers, At Christmas wo were out for vaca- tion. I like to go to_school. I write with a pen and ink, We have sixteen scholars in our school. I have a brother und sister. My One day in June Alice was looking for dishes to build a playhouse. She went to an old rubbish pile where her father generally carried all the old,us less rubbish; und suddenly to her great syrprise she saw an old, worn out shoe. “Oh! how I wish that old shoe would tell me of his strange adventures,” thought Alice. “Can't you tell me something about your ~acventurous 1life?” she asked the shoe. “Oh, yes!" replied the gkoe, “If you will just sit down on that rock over there I will relate to you my happy, 10,000, The statement that Mr. Jodoin will be a candidate for congress does not seem plausible with Mahan as a pos- sibility, No boss is ever caught worrying for fear his men will overwork them- selves, for he feels they always have a care! The young man arrested in Massa« chusetts for flirting in church had many predecessors in conduct if mot in results. vet sorrowful life. Ko the shoe began his story: ‘“To begin with 1 was a dark red skin tightly placed upon a calf's back. Here T had joyous rides over the green flelds.” “But how came Alice, eagerly. “How impatient you arc,” said the shoe. “You must remember 1 haven't had a chance to . speak for several years. To go on with my story, I was suddenly taken from my happy situa- tion upon the calf’s back, and found myself in a tanner's shop. Somebody picked me up and put me into a very strange looking liqnid. Here I was over night. you here?” asked Theodore makes no claim that he is “The wise custom which limits pres- idents to two terms regards the sub- stance and not the forsd. Under no circurostances will 1 be a candidate for or accept another nomination,’ running, for he is waiting to be called by the convention. Can he call to mind such a thing? The bhigh cost of living dot appear to affect a woman's appetite like the consclousness that her hair is getting thinner every, day. hung on a peg. A young man came WP to me with a knife in Lis hand and hegan to scrape, scrape upon my beau- tiful skin, Oh! how angry I was. But newertheless 1 could not help myself. not {1 Wwas then put back again in the dark | She ran to the house as quickly as pit. Whera 1 was kept only for a short while. ready to ‘he sold The Autobiography of a Shoe By Olive G. “The next day I was taken out and | Whitehouse “Next day an odd looking man came to the table where my companions and Ilay, and told my owner he wished to buy me. So I was then taken awa and found myself in a shoemaker's shop. “My new owner took me into his clumsy hands, and with the aid of a | knife cut me into many pleces. This| is the last I remember, but on opening | my eyes I found myself in the form | of a shoe, with another one fust like myself. We were put into & paste- board box and there we remained only for a short while, however. “A little girl came in one da: bought my companion and myselt. “Oh! T am the lttle girl you are talking about,” in amazement. “I re- member the very day. But, hark! Here comes my father. He is going to burn this plle in which you are stand- ng. Help me! Help me—quick!” cried the horrified shoe. But, alas, it was| too late. The old shoe was now al- most ashes. “Oh, father, why did you burn the | pile”" asked Alice, sorrowfully. “I had inot finished my conversation with the poor old shoe, which I had once own- ‘I am very sorry,” replied her fath- | er, “but why didn't you save it from | its awful danger?’ | Alice looked up and found herself ;upon the old rubbish pile, where she i had been asleep for about four hours. nd ! to cross the street he would help you my mfl: The oldest sehol- We have ji m’:‘m reading, arith- We n 3 + netic, history, mlll.l-'t grammar and nhfrsmlm and singing. like to Tead. I do_pot like his- tory. One day we did not study the right lesson. It was geography and we had It over again. e have four In our cldes, Your niece, ETHBEL B, PLACE. A Day's Outing. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you of a picnic we had one day last summer. We atarted about 10 o'clock in the morning and arrived at the #rounds where we had the pionic about 11.80. We ate our lunch at once, -as were hungry after out walk. There was & pond a small distance off, and we went down to it. There | was a boat chained near the shore, and we took off our shoes and stock- | ings and waded out to it. Some of the | smaller children found it difficult to ®et into it, as the water was quite deep. We ' were jumping in it, and| this caused it to become rather loos and allowed it to drift out further.| ‘When we went to get in to shore| again we did not find it so easy. { One little girl slipped and fell into the pond. She got quite wet, and it was lucky her mother was prepared for such an_accident. ‘We started for home about 4 o'clock, and were very glad when we reached there, as we were tired after our day’s fun, MARGARET O'BRIEN, Age 13. Norwich. LITTLE ORIGINAL STORIES. Lake Tohopekaliga. Dear Uncle Jed: I live in Kisstmmoe, Florida, on the banks of Lake Toho- pekaliga. Tohopekaliga means “side of a fort,” as there was once supposed to be a large Seminole fort here. ‘The Seminole Indians once inhabited .all of Florlda and some still live in the Everglades in the southern part. Many of their old relics are still to be found, such as arrowheads and tomahawks. 1 go to a school of six hundred pu- Klls and am in the seventh grade. 1 @ve been on the roll of honor every month so far. Your nlece, EDNA. The Footprints Were Wrong. There was a hungry lion, who was too old and sick to go out in search of food and who made up his mind to get it by tricks. All the beasts came one by one to see him and to say that they were sorry to know that he was sick. He invited them in, and as each one came, the hungry lion ate them. Al except the fox were eaten by the lion in this way. The fox would not go into the den when the lion asked him. He said: “No, thank you; I see many foot- prints into your dem, but nome com- ing out.” VIOLA SULLIVAN, Age 12. Taftville, Nancy and the Indians. Once a little girl named Nancy had to stay alone. Her mother had gone to stay with & sick neighbor over night. The next day when her father start- ed after Nancy's mother he told her to keep the door locked because thers might be rough folks about. After Nancy had got dinner she went and looked down the road. She saw some- one coming and she said: “They're coming!™ She went back and in a few minutes some Indians came. She went Into the clockcas In a few minutes Nancy's mother came. When she went in she said: “Have those thieves——" Then Nancy came tumbling out of the clockcase into her mother’s arms She asked if the dinner was safe. Her father said: “Yes, and thank God, so are you!” EDITH BARBER, Age 10. Moosup. Helen's Birthday Party. Amy, Ruth, Claudy, Hazel, Egbert and I all went to Helen's party. We had a lovely time playing hide and seek ,drop the handkerchief, swing the peg and other games. Then we all spoke cur pieces and sang our school song had a show with our dollies, Helen has a lovely large doll. it 1s as large as a real baby. My doll isn't as large as Helen's; Christmas s and Why, but I love it just the same. Her name is Dimple. After the show was over, we all took our dollies {o the dining room, and all of us had candy, oranges, ba- nanas, cookies, nabiscos and cake. One cake was Helen's birthday cake, It had nine candles on it, becau Helen is nine years old. I hope mamma will let me have a party my next birthday. GRACE M. LOWE, Age 7. Howard, R. 1. A Story of a Pencil. I am a pencil. T am long and thin. My color is red, white and blue. I am the color of the American flag, and I also have the eagle printed on me, I am made of a loug piece of lead with wood around me, I have an eraser at the top of me. A li girl once bought me. Her name was Mary She broke the point off me. ~She asked permission to go to the basket to sharpen me. Thd teacher said she could go to the basket; so she went up and sharpened me, and I wrote much better, She wrote her spelling, geography, arithmetic and many other studies with me. 1 am very useful to every- body. IRENE ALICIA HAGGERTY, Age 10. Norwich. My Visit to Providence. One Saturday before Christmas, my school teacher took me to the city of Providence. We took the early train in the morning. and we got into Providence jabout nime ofclock. ilt was a iong ride. I saw Santa Claus in_one of the stores. 1 saw a great many wagons, electric cars and automobiles; and I saw some large touring cars, There was a po- liceman at every corner to see that no one got hurt. If you were afraid to cross. | After we had gome through some of | the stores and seen the toys, we start- | ed for the train. We were just in time to catch it for home, Then we | had a long ride home. On the way I saw two large boys | skating on a pond that had thin ice| on it. Wlen we got {0 our station to get off, it began to rain. Then we had to walk about three miles to our schoolliouse. When we got there we decorated it for Christmas. When it became dark I started for home; but I didn't go far when I met my father, who was coming alter me. ‘When I got home I told my mother that I had a good time. I like to go to_the city. When Christmas came the scholars | spoke pleces, The children said that | the school looked very pretty. Your nephew, EIMER D, BURBANK, Age 13. Oreco. Atalanta’s Race. Long, long ago, there lived in the 1 land of Greece 2 maiden nemed Atalar She was so swift of possible, and told her mother of her Then some other friends like | wonderful dream in wonderland. Alice | pass her in a footrace. myself were piled up on a large table | was never seen on the oid rubbish pile| beauty were so great after that, foost that no youth in all Greece could Her grace and that many wished to marry her. But she de- Grand Double Feature Program PRESIDENT TAFT MAKING ARIZONA A STA' FIRST MOVING PICTURES EVER TAKEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE Exclusive Views of the President and Wife, also Major Butts, and Secretary of State SECOND FEATURE TOM TILLING'S BABY Featuring MASTER KENNETH CASEY, the Vitagraph Juvenile Favorite FIVE REELS OF THE BEST MOTION PICTURES OBTAINABLE Every Story a GENUINE GEM, and Vitally Interesting Same Prices HOURS 230—7-815P.M. Same Quality clared that she would marry him only who could outstrip her in a race. Many youths had tried their speed with her, but all had failed to over- take her. At last, at one of these races, Hippomenes, a fleet runner, was one of the judges, Seeing Atalanta’s heauty, he determined to race with her. Fle knew that it would be hard for him to win by mere swiftness of fout, so he took in his hands three golden apples, Then the race began. Atalanta, sure of winning, at first let Hippomones run ahead. This was only for a moment. Hippomenes soon felt her breath closs on Lis shoulder and let oné of the golden apples fall to the ground. She looked down and saw it glitter on the grass. She seized It quickly and then on she ran. A second apple rolled before her. Atalanta stooped to pick it up. Then, seeing Fippomenes close behind, she dashed on with added speed towards the goal. The third golden apple flashed through the air and rolled at her feet. The gozl was just at hand. Hippome- nes was still behind, and she dared stoop only for an instant to grasp the apple. But in that instant, like an arrow, Hippomenes darted past her and touched the goal. The race was won. FRED COLLINS, Age 14. Baltic. A Story from Moving Pictures. There was once a little boy who lived in New York, up high. He had a little nelghbor whose name wag Nell. She was 4 little crippled girl and she had to stay in bed all the day long. The little boy came up the fire es- cape every morning to talk with her while her mother fwas away to work, because they were Very, very poor. One morning he came up and told her he was going to the country to make a visit of two weeks, and sald he would bring her back something nice. Ho he went on the trolley cars and when he came to the end a jolly old man met him and took him a long ways to the farm. When he got there he was oh, so glad. He had never seen a farm before, nor chickens, pigs or cows. ‘When he came home the man said he could have anything on the farm he wanted to bring home: so he thought he would take five liftle chicks in a basket and put some grain in, too, with some moss and flowers, and fixed it all up nice so it looked pretty. When he got home his mother and he made a little house and put the graln in it and flowers and moss. The next morning he went up when she was asleep and put the chickens on the fire escape so she could see them when she woke up. When she did awake she thought it just lovely and she smiled to herself while the lit- tle boy was on the fire escape listen- ing to her. She enjoyed the little chickens very much until a thunder storm arose; then she tried to cover up the little chickens with her sheets until all at once she fainted away and lost all her strength and her mother came home and found her that way. She took her out of the window and her mother put warm, dry things about | her. But the child took such a cold that she soon died, and the little hoy wept piteously because he had lost his dearest companion. LLOYD RATHBU. Norwich, A , Age 9. ulous Way of Counting. Once there was ‘a farmer who was | in the habit of always selling a lad & hundred eggs every week, One or twc weeks passed and she thought she wasn't getting the right number so she had him count them | befcre her this week; and the farmer | counted them. ‘One two, three, four, five, six—ob said he, “I want to ask some- thing,” and he got into a conversation | with her. How old is your oldest boy?” asked the farmer. ifteen,” replied the lady. ifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eight- een, nineteen, twenty sald the farm- | | | er, counting the eggs. Aud another thing—how old are hirty-two,” replied the lady hirty-two, thirty-three, thirty- | four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty- | the ven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, farmer replied, counting the e; “And how old 18 your oldest sist v oldest sister is forty-six. “Forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-nine ffty—how old is your fa- ther?” asked the farmer. y father?’ gaid the lady. ty.” “Seventy?" asked the farmer. enty-one, ssventy-two, sevent: seventy-four, seventy-five, seven! . soventy-seven, seventy-eight, seventy- | nine—and have you a mother?’ asked the farmer. “f did ha plied the lad, “Andhow home? she was Dinety-twi iy-two, ninety-three, ninety- four, ninety-five, minety-six, ninety- seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred. There, you have your hun- dred eggs. and here are four extra,” said the farmer “All right,” said the lady. “Tha you for counting them before m: So the lady took her eggs, paid the | farmer znd was very glad she had got 4 good, full hundred. HANNAH FIRTH, Age 12 Baltic Bible Question Box Your Bible questions will be nn- sl by mall ur Hible Question Box “He is but she is dead,” re- 0ld was. she when she k Q—What is signified by the “New Jerusalem” as described in the book of | Revelation, the 21st and 22d chapters? (R. R. R) | Answer—This was a vision which | the Lord granted to St. John on the Isle of Patmos. It was a gorgeous picture representing the Church, the Bride of Christ, in the glorifled heav- enly conditions. (Verses 9 and 10). 1t POLI'S THEATER, 5t —-TODAY-- “THE COW-BOY’S BEST GIRL” Thrilling Western Picture Hear JOSEPH McGINTY Sing . **A Wee Drop O’ The Cruiskeen Lawn' Thur., Fri., Sat. BIG LAUGHING|DOROTHY HIT Dan & Jessie HIATT Comedy Music, Singing and Dancing Mimic AUDITORIUM 2.30, 7 and 8.45 Feh. 29, Mar. 1, 2 FEATURE KENNY|PICTURE I TODAY Neat, Fancy Novelty Bison. spectacle than that presented to the Apostle. Imagine a city that is 1,500 miles in length, and breadth, and height, and all formed of gold and gems and precious stones, placed upon a high mountain, with a street of gold running through it; and then forth from the city, a beautiful river of water, clear as crystal, flows down the mountain; andralong the sides of the river are growing wonderful fruit trees, bearing all manner of life-giving fruits. Then picture this city, with all of its gems and precious &tones, glittering in the rays of a marvelous light that glows from within! Glori- ous as this scene was to the Reyelator, it but faintly portrays the exaltation and glory that is to be conferred upon the Bride, the Lamb's Wife—"Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.”. 1 Corinthians 1, 9. Bridgeport—W1th a total loss of but $56,404, or about 50 cents per capita, Bridgeport suffered but little from fire during 1911, and it s believed its rec- ord is the best of any city in the state. P. C. GEER TUNER 122 Prospect b, Tok Bit. Norwish, O WHITE, The Tuner 48 South A Street. TAFTVILLE KNOCKING, KNOCKING, CONSTANTLY KNOCKING, WHAT? OPPORTUNITY. The greatest difficulty 1s we are not ready to grasp it when it comes. Tw opportunities to place stenogr: came to me recently. Had no one om my. 1ist fully equipped. These oppor- tunities aro roming corstantly, I you are hinking of taking SHORTHAND and TYPEWRITING, commencé now, and be ready to (ake one of these op- portunities, MISE JEWETT, Public Stenographer and Shorthand, Teacher. 263 Mata St Jan27d el B Fukeyslerd # L - Dress Goods and Silks Informal Qpening Display Among the many new Silks which through® their beauty and richness commend them- selves there are none more worthy of notice TOURIST SUITINGS Soft yet firm, lustrous and with an appearance of simple richness, they are the Silks which have usurped the position so long occupied by than the new the rough pongees and their kindred. This Silk as a beautiful serge weave in the correct suiting weight and no more desirable material for Spring or Summer wear is to be had. It<s particularly adapted for the long coats. 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