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- The only way to go was to walk. rrow it for ottt few days before he was to go it fained MORE BATTLESHIPS WANTED. | Cortlandt Barwer and Manage: The usual efforts jn behalf of addi- tional strength for the navy are be- ing made and the movement for two the appearance quite hard. One morning after the rain he sterted. There were several washouts on the not very bad RUTH H. HEAP, Age 12. THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE POL'IS THEATRE The Covetous Man. Uattleships bas ‘urwgth Bulletin naund Goufief. of belng suc A covetous man who had saved a he came to a very bad i large sum of money, ong of his flelds and ssful despite of retrenchment. dove in Dehalf of the, LARGEST HOUSE. IN TOWN ——TODAY Boys and Girls Department Fas coming. A thought came to | 1..|m'. pocket, The train came around his life was upon his treasure once to go and loo The engineer saw it and stop- e train. By the time the train stopped the come out to see wi Rules for Young Writers. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages. thank you, and will try to win anether How the house will but the senate day. One of his servants, observing his actlons and guessing that there was something of value in the rice, 13¢ @ weeks Goe & ains to be seen, Mary E. Hollingworth of Norwich: t the trouble was. the harder proposition. Use pen and ink, not pencil. oo oadl Many thanks for the book you gave ‘When they heard about it they passed additions being made to Short and pointed _articles will| me "1 have read quite a number of the | ¢ Dight and carried it o hat around and collected about & Entered at thg Postoffice at Norwiah, as second The next day the owner returned as tsual to the scene of delight, and, that his treasure was gone, s halr for grief, uttering his doleful complaint to the woods and At last a nelghbor, the navy every year, the cost of arma- | b€ given preference. Do mot use over into large amounts, to maintain a proper | stories and found them very interest- thousand dollars. One of the passen- ted him; and he never went th his uncle. lfl)on'k You think it pald him to wali? Gowhoy Damon and Pythias Miss ETHEL STUART, Seprano ments rising is necessary and efficient Jetters only Blanche Demuth of Baltic: I received ery pleased with it. 1 would have an- will be_used. | Write your name, age and ad- ,000 | dress plainly at t | my book and was 1 think it is fine. AMATEUR NIGHT FRIDAY Your niece, swered sooner but 1 did not have time. | knew his love of money, overhearin: him and learning the cause of his See GONRAD McDOWELL Address all commu o T 1 e e e Norwich, Thursd wtions to Un- | in equipment and All of this costs, Alice Gorman of Versailles: 1 thank for my prize book, sorrow, sald: orth Franklia. “Cheer up, man, thou has , April 11, 1912. | speed in the world. SInURL Buwlcn O IN ORIGINAL INTERPRETATIONS OF DRAMATIC POETRY. IMPORTANT REPUBLICAN Butler as th York st ampaig: s an I have finished read- ing it and find it very entertaining. e of Norwich: I think the stories of the Wide Amake Circle y do wish that every was Thursday. Ethel M. Davis of Waure you many times for t it must be had, Black Beauty. degres a promoter of peace. us, Uncle Shm bears his load much being in & marked There is the hole go and peep at still; and if thou canst but fancy tby money there, it will do just as well FREDA KRAUSS, Age §. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Old Bilver Spot. Dear Uncle Jed: are many lakes and large brooks. Near one of these brooks lived Ned During. Ned was living aione in the woods because he was an orphan. Ned had lots of fun catehing trout. how to fish better than a good meny The Truly Brave. Who are the truly brave The boy or glri with self con- Mary Shugru In Maine there with thelr heavy taxation, and increasing debt. | expenses in preparing to protect and BREED THEATER TODAY’S WESTERN MASTERPIECE, The Diamond-S Ranch An Up-to-Date Film—Portrayal of Ranch Life in the Great Southwest, as it Truly Exists. MISS MAE LA JESS, Contralto Soloist. to wrong a egan: I thank prize book you s it came the night before , T counted it 4n as one of my presents. t theorles in The Lark’s Nest. Last summer I was out one day to take a ride. I saw & bird in the woods. sitting on her nest. AWAy 48 We came near. total wealth of United States The bird flew In i large o 0ird flew| In {hls ‘brook lived very larg trout that must have weighed fifteen One day as Ned was through the village he saw a slgn saying that'a good fishing outfit would be glven the one who caught the largest trout; and $25 extra would | be given to the one who should catch Kathleen Nisbet of Oneco: you for the prize book T was very mych pleased with it and have commenced to read it and find it. very interesting. Thelma Lynch ceived my book and like it very much. .. | My mamma is reading it and tells me three times the wealth of Rus- you sent me. Now I lay me want to-sleen; own to sleep I said: “I thought birds made their nests in the tree?" “So they do,” birds make them in the gr: a lark's nest. )| four times as much proportionally as universal peace , “but some meant to softly creep of Plainfield: nd be a bear powe perty should be siven of ention atio consid s the part hat the w act be ena of the soclal prot m revision of board, he man anti-tr the international general ben s Ftorn cedure ir. bo In t President Taf advocating a spanking that old Silver Spot, for this was the name ment should rule in fixing the amount. I thank you very much, BLANCHE GAUTHIER, Age 12. if she'd on Ned got bis splain an’ tell | indeed. Anna E. Duryea of Scotland: Oh Uncle Jed, you do give just the grand- Meade is one of my favorite writers for girls, and I do en- joy reading Light o the Morning, my One bright morning, pole and line out for a try for old For bait Ned had a lit- Ned fastened a little wire around the mouse and then fixed When he put the mouse in the water it swam right past where Silver Spot was; the second time Sil- ver Spot snapped at the bait and soon found there was hooks in it, but before long Ned had him up on the bank. Ned got the $26 and fishing outfit, WILLIAM DURR, Age 13, Norwich Town. TWO SURPRISES Belling the Cat. Once upon a time some mice met to- y to save themselves An’ that 1 never truly meant never saw it till it fell I feel a whole lot worse'n her I'm sorry, an’ 1 said I were. Silver Spot. tle live mouse. is primaries rom the face —IM—AUDITORIUM ovided two surpris platf e declared | POV ether to find a rom their enemy, the cat. for Roosevelt a majority of was not as clo ¢ THURSDAY ONLY which prevailed in The Animated Weekly 14 Topical Subjects Including the Burying e I s'pose if I'd just cried a lot 1 choked all up like sister does, An’ acted sadder than I v sobbed about the “He shan’t be whipped, save the life of e all know that our chief danger lles in the cat'’s sly and quiet manner of walking. hear her coming we could easily run WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. ’ A i—William Durr of Norwich Town, by Washington Irv- | states Tilinois was velt was consld- 1t we could etary commissi the one where “Rip Van Winkle, The Hunt for the Allens in Virginia and Others. An’ kissed me—but somehow ‘Let us hang a bell to the cat’s neck and when we hear it ring we shall all know that ghe is near.” A fine plan!" cried all “But who will bell the cat?" cried all the mice at FREDERICK ERLBECK. made the issue, Beth Battersley of Baltic, “Water VALVENO & LAMOORE Clever Acrobatic Comedians DODSON & LUCAS Comedy Singing Be Sure and See PRISCILLA But 1 don't think That when she talks an’ u wait patient till t's fair a bit Her Prayér. Dear Uncle Jed: Once upon & time there were two dear named Florence and Harry Smith. Florence had just passed five, While Harry was only three years old. They had Leautiful times playing to- gether, but one day, I am sorry to sa they quarreled. That night when their mamma put talks at you, long controver James Shields Moran of Norwich, in Wonderland,” Not I, not I up with the cry send a bolting Lewis Carroll -Freida Kraus: ventures of a Brownie,” by M of Taftville, The Pencil. I am a beautiful pink pencil. a nice rubber cap on and I am in a 'I" 1 should die before I wake Maybe I ain't got any Maybe there’s only just a hole NEW LONDON Liyceum Theater _Alice Benjamin of Mansfleld Cen- ‘Swiss Family Robinson. elping along many these important the efficien workingmen's the children's social condit rticularly pop- the reciprocity tion it shows an interesting result, if counts for anything in the minds he farmers, for Taft the children to bed Florence sald her prayer, but did not ask God to bless her little brother, as was her custom. On being reproved by her mother, she knelt again and safd: “Dear God, you can bless Harry if Where't ought to be—there's such an nice red box with many of my friends, ‘What a fine time I am having, lying here in the sunshine. comes a little fellow and asks to see some pencils. Iam now brought down out of this box and laid on the show 6—Harriet B. Ellison of Willimanti SATURDAY, MATINEE AND NIGHT, APRIL “Roy Gilbert's Searc! Joe Weber Presents the Sensational I'r “ALMA, WHERE DO " by Willlam P. Down there somewh She scemed But, alas, here That I just liked to spill that ink. Ruth E. Heap of Taftville, “Uncle Max,” by Rosa N. and Roose- safe and sound he vast major gether. > advocated, b party along already ben sace of a are ones on which are both advocates of that meas- vou want to, but you needn’t do it on ure, but Clark fought it tooth and nail. my ‘count. HARRIET B. ELLIS( Willimantic. case with a few more of my friends. After he looked at us a few ments he decided to take me. He asked the cl and he says § cents; was laid on the show case and I was put into his inside pocket dark and I feel lonesome. I am taken out and laid on a desk. Bxactly as played all last season cal numbers including the v Prices Matines, 250 to $1.00. Evenin Bale opens Thursday A UNCLE JED'S TALK WITH THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE. Rose Davis of by Rose N. Carey. Winners living i ativille, “For Lili- 25 to $1.50. Norwich may call lotin business office any time after 10 a. m. on Thursday for by how much I cost 80 the §5 cents to see boys working to Dear Upcle Jed: 1 have been reading the letters in The Bulietin and thought interested in LITTLE ORIGINAL STORIES. do 80, for it is the work of ignor- GHRISTIAN CONSERVATION CON- After cove the networ in the Men movement 1s contiment -wide 1 would like to join the Wide Awake I am a little girl elght 1 go to mchool every day. 1 dld not miss at all last term, I have only one pet and that is & very beautiful dog In the winter my papa hunts with him and gets lots of rabbits. has secured a ance and the way The Servant’s Mistaki Now my troubles begin. rubber cap is chewed off and all at once my head is knocked off, and here 13 a big knife cutting me all to pleces. What an awful time I am having. Ev- ery moment I think die, and it seems as if minutes were hing compared commanding of three to one, Once there was a man who did not feel well, so he went to see the doctor. doctor gave him a dark medicine which he did not like to take very well. came running in_his master's room, saying: to the value of w develop true manhood. It is the head- EDITORIAL NOTES. which gathers a 19-2¢ for th congress. Thi Master, I have given you some ink instead of your medicine. Never mind,” I think I will clese now. will writs more next time. GERTRUDE COUCHON, Age § School has ended and I am put into another small ions are that awful knife which cut me all up and a plecs of stick: day's pay and is kicked said_his master. will swallow a plece of blotting paper.” post and imb world is against him when he is tional gathering went n a gath significance assembled t ROSE DAVIS, Age 12. I remain here all night and in the morning the little fellow puts his hand in his pocket and throws me upon the Now I must wait until the ashman comes and then I can tell you the rest of my tale, ANNTE HASLER, Age 13, free-pass graft , showing that pub- A Correction for the Dictionary. Dear Uncle Jed: Did you ever hear about that time the dictionary caught napping? ring n having his own w Man and the Bear, time there was a man s not afraid of any wild animal, such as bears, panthers or wild suffragettes seat now that -h-i-n-g spells men and religion of the worild So it happened one pleasant day through the woods in the afternoon, when he came spells something? AMES SHIELDS MORAN, Age 11. big cannonade viceable in this wo to hear the reports ¢ mu Window Draperies The Autobiography of a Penknife. Olive was coming x-president to loners, who bear scared the man so he ran e and willing worker is not from_school. S—— in the scientifl field and will There was a bridge at neerest farmhouse he could get Jost ma ohe e he arrived he found We are making a timely display of all the new ef- a discussion | traditions of Wide Awakes of them for the benefit large. Social service, work, evangelization, Bible study, and men and religi sage, Christian publieity, practically all of which were taken uj be the s standing at the gate who saw frightened and he matter, and when he had v about the bear the boy and told him it was his f her's tame bear, which h a few minutes before for a walk the story around | ¢ > next day, and the people had a great laugh at the brave down and saw a pearl-handled knife. way of the boy la; Olivg was so delighted to find a pearl the way of the man. the foundation for been discovered that fects in draperies of all kinds. Now that Spring has real- peanut crop. the rural church, NO REASON FOR IT WHEN NORWICH CITIZENS SHOW THE WAY. shed into the house to tell her mother of her fortunate find. wondered what was the ive, for she had never in like that. What do you think I have ly come, the cleaning of the house is next in order, and if LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. had left out Her mother matter with O draperies need replacing now is the time to do it. Aberg of Taftville which came e neighborhood the appearance under cover of the stronger njects of ports where you for the department, on the third floor, we are showing n the experience mature judgment be brought to b ment of benefits ir social service Each s many the bettering HARLES MURPHY Thers can be no just reaso: ow, because 1 have not thanked y for such a long time complete line of desirable Curtains and Curtain Materials Buy the best. 1t is better late I can’t guess” said her moth- suffer the tortures of an aching back, the annoyance of the dangers when relief is so nesr at hand positive proot ills can be cured. a Norwich cltizen says Mrs. Catherine Goode, 99 Thames St, vs: I suffered for| The Connecticut admirers of New Year in China. in China have a great time on their New Year's day. It is not the same day boys and girls first of Janua Theirs comes on the 6th of February alled prices. uality counts. Flossie Meyer of Lisbon: I want to at unequ p Quality thank you for the two books you sent Lend-a-Hand nas been permanently endowed. each side of the handle.” as ours, which know is on the MUSLIN CURTAINS SCRIM CURTAINS CLUNY LACE CURTAINS IRISH POINT AND BRUSSELS LACE for the books. Tm going into the onomy in government bus- 1 battleship advocates will ses into watered Thomas H. Conlan, Jr., Perhaps he will tell me some stories as he promised.” parior and sat down big arm chair. “I wish some one would y,” said Olive. book I received. Business is stopped Robert Kircher of South Windham: 1 received my prize book and have read it through and liked it very much. Norwich, Conn a new suit, RENAISSANCE AND REVERSIBLE ARA symptom being pain and weakness in | “It's such a dreary CARTOON SERIES POPULAR The series featur the w that is returning to the cket 8 poor must have on ELEANOR'S IMPROVEMENT pretty | went into a dry goods store where a have attention to the slaughter in the east. the small of my back. were unnatural Spots often ap- The kidney se- “T'll tell you a story,” me much annoyance. peared before my eyas and my health | finally began | using Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at D. Sevin & Son's Drug Store and they did me & world of good, strength ening my back and restoring my k neys to & normal condition., find words to fully express my grati- o to Doan's Kidney Pills.” For sale by all_dealers. Foster-Milburn all,” said the kn you will kill me, I am so hot now. et go of me, or holding me so tight. police force abuse of this animal and its need of pro- DRAPERY FABRICS We have an unequalled assortment “The first thing I remember is that as in the store window ready to there about a week, when a little boy came in and wanted e political patent medicine men, | are termed by he had a pure white s with a faint touch of pink inter- | by the yard. The latest and best designs in t noticed that Mrs, Anderson vent to any counters only those 10c to 3% A MUSLINS 10c to 28¢c A YARD e a good combination for Dr. Wiley eryone admired. the boy, and he picked me out. so glad to see something beside that hich were under her skirt her parcels also pretend she was in The Kansas City Journal would like of the country CURTAIN RODS OF ALL KINDS CURVED END RODS one of the me in his pocket. dark place I never saw r father was alwa He took me name—Doan's—and is making such a sand-lot fight for et 1:1!0‘,‘:3!12 . Anderson did the the line of stealing— She said she them sent to her home whittling a stick with me. an experience I Eleanor was take no other. BRASS RODS. STRONG AND 20 Mulberry St., ‘I have been us- acquaintance when I went | Hartford, Conn., says, ing Foley Kidney Pills for sometime and I have found that they act quick and give rellef more promptly v medicine I have ever would not hav Washington y were walking along they bearing a strikin through him. The next day dropped me » 80 open to criticism, i L onent’s, who, in order to win, | Of Alice Price. Susan Maher had been . | her previous he endorsed and | appeared went fishing in the water. 10w cold the water was. The boy took off his shoes and stookings and wad: picked me up and You see that pl Lee & Osgood SOME INTERESTING Sf MUSLIN CURTAINS, silic halr rib College Minstrels COMPOSED OF Mre, Ander- cave her the new blue hair ribbon. Eleanor wondered she could have Eleanor was “I don't see ihat SCRIM CURTAINS, “Every ome has a i Ay finished with pretty edging Having his dress s portant papers stolen gives the im- | it case and im- | dinner, Alice sald gotten this rib- bon, for she had not seen her buy it. | | 1 b, Eleanor? “Of course,” said the knife; “but let The new presiden think the peace o be disturbed Yale Students SLATER HALL, Woodrow Wilson's the- | I° using the old | ld she have stolen it? The next mornifig when they were walk Mrs. Anderson Eleanor had not me go on with my story. “All right; go ahead. “The boy Went home. CLUNY LACE CURTAINS, with edging and inserted bands. Value $3 I have a friend by Ho was very years. Roosevelt angry with me. He put me on the There I lay for weeks till one day last summer some boy see the boy I was in his pocket, and I got tired of Mre.' Anderson, Who wants a young | jier new ribbon, | triend or girl to sit my her and amuse She will pay you w You are pretty would help him FRIDAY, APRIL 12th TICKETS AT DAVIS’ OTHER VIEW POINTS piayed ball. wear It," replied IRISH POINT CURTAINS. These are three yards 8o long as the to spread its garbage and of eing in that dark old place, so I attractive patterns, suitable for parlo The sun was nice and I lay on the grass, At this reply Mrs. Eleanor a smart slap on the face. “I will show you whether you will Anderson gave jumped out. warm. There 31 e B Possibly hereatter when the govern. | I0USe Eleanor beheld coming towards Breeding tin cans on vacant lots about the city, we need not the resuits. New Wall Papers in up-to-date patterns and new | Do not place your| watching them playing ball. My owner's bat fell upon vas the last of her a fat woman, rather ugly, with an orange-colored gown. “Is this the young girl y She Is just the one I want,” 8aid Mrs. | When they reached { ing Fleanor usked a ment wishes to secure a_conviction, on S Lo the strength of ample proof, it may in- sist upon having a jury of women. This | going some, REVERSIBLE CURTAIN SCRIM be surprised by me and T thought it ou promised. | But, no, my This slap hurt Eleanor very much. Though Governor as in the rigiit direction is vastly prefer- rmon is a dem- |0 able to stagnation.—Middletown Sun candidate for presidential hon- two delegates more et many ques- | jooking down, saw me. He picked me WE REUPHOLSTER FURNITURE order until you have seen ours. We do the work if so dear. T will tell you you are to do svrioh T From the action of the French su- | day Alice Price came rush- | ;o0 he dropped <o was delegateles handed Mrs. R i e the last of my adventures. former | go to bed sfield Center The Fanning Studios, 31 Willow Street Ving American. How He Was Rewarded. Mrs. Anderson calle back to her father mot know that in this country the hat brigade are principally - Henney now loom: publican candidate Connecticut this fal There was once a boy whose name was John. His father and mother were dead. He had a rich uncle who lived in the morning 2 and Susan Maher. About a week later a party was glv- NEWMARKET HOTEL, Lorimesism which in honor of Eleanor's home-coming. end to her imprisonment. TH.BATTERSLREY about fifteen miles away in a big city. His uncle wrote for him to come and live with him 715 Boswnll Ave. First-class Wines, Liqu Meals and Welch R order. Jobn Tuckls Proy. Tel 435, wau (he porous inois digcarded on Tuosdew.’ gram,