Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 11, 1912, Page 4

Jorwich §;c letin and oufied. 116 YEARS OLD. ubscription prive, 13¢ a weck; Sbe (in: §6.00 a yvear. r " Entered at the Postotfice at Norwioh, ol as wecond-cluss matief, Telephome Calias Bulletin Businees Office, 41 Bull ditorial Rooma. Bulletin Job Office, 85-8, Wiilimantie Office, Room Dulldi Telephous 210, Norwich, Thu 3 Murmy rsday, July 11, 1912, Have The Bulletin Follow You i Readers of The ‘Bulletin leaving the city for the seashore, moun- taine, rural resorts or for Europe may keep in touch with dojngs in || town by having The Bulletin sent || direct to them by mail for any period desired — days, weeks or months. Hundreds follow this pian on their annual vacation and return || fully informed as to what has been || going on during their absence. || Orders should be placed with The || Bulletin business office. | GOOD FOR NEW LONDON. | New London is deserying ‘of further | congratulations for having advanced | anether cog in its effort to become a terminal for ocean steamships with the 1id of the state. When it secured the ' appropriation of a million from the Jast legislature it was provided that | lic where | the people. { would | PROGRESS IS AN ACHIEVEMENT. ONE SIDED OPEN CARS. The order of the publie utilities| commission forbldding the riding on the running boards of electric cars and requiring the enforcement of the same Is receiving mueh critieism about the state from the lack of accommodation which is thereby caused. Cars to and from resorts and summer places rush by intermedliate points filled and those unforturtate enough to be unable to get] a seat at the start have to wait va- rious lengths of time till accommoda- tions come along. This lack of accom- modation is only another case like the rule for the sidebars on open cars. Such a bar is of much importance when the track runs next to a poleline or sidewalk or where there are double tracks, but with the track in the mid- dle of the street the forcing of people to get on and off, on but one side is far from an accommodation. The bar: were caiculated to keep people away from dangerous poles near which the cars run and they serve well in the fn- terest of safety though inconvenient. For the accommogdation of the pub- rs run through the center of the street for long distances on a single track the lowering of the bar should not be obligatory. It adds to the confusion and the discomfort of It does not serve the pur- se intended in such an instance, but prove a convenience if both sides of the car could be used. Iy That was a keynote statement whizh Chairman Hilles issued following his choice as the head of the republican national committee. Thereinhe indi- cated that the president was wisely guided in his desire for secretary as the chairman. In his declaration that “Real progress is not a theory, but an achievement,” and that “No American citizen should be deceived the state commission on rivers and harbors should determine that the proposition was a sound one and that | the money thus made available would ve for a worthy purpose. That deci- | sion as now given shows, as has been | contended, that there is merit to the | proposition and that steamship lines will use piers constructed there. No one could doubt the adyantages which the admirable harbor at New London affords and the great wonder is that something has not been done for its development long before this. | Now that it has been settled that the project is worthy and that steam- ship lines will make New London a terminal, the selection of the site for the pier or piers should at once be made and comstruction work started. This is an undertaking in which all the state has a vital interest and par- ticularly the eastern end. The New London men who have been foremost in this terminal plan have done mag- nificent work and their good judgment | is meeded in carrying to a success- ful conelusion the greatest developer of a natural asset that the city has ever encouraged. Though it has taken a long time, it is pleasing to note that New London has awakened to its op- Portunities. g LS KEEP GYPSIES MOVING, With the summer season there al- ways appear bands of roving gypsies, though the number seems to be de- creasing. It would be strange not to hear of or see such a camp in most | every section of the state during the spring, summer and fall, traveling | from place to place seeking to gain a | lving in the easiest possible manner. Meriden has recently been bothered with a band of these people to their regret and many other places in the state can recall their period of opera- tlon in their limits. Groton has de- cided to take no chances with these people and took the wise precaution te make them leave the town hefore they had done anything more serious than raid the gardens, There is no reason for the display of sympathy in the dealing with these people who traverse the country un- | der the guise of horsetraders and for- tupe tellers, but in reality get their living off of what they can put their hands onto. The authorities are jam- tifled In requiring them to keep mov- ing. They are tramps by choice with | no respect for the places where they ftgp or the harm and trouble they cagse, Not only epidemics of theiving but of dlsease have been the result of thelr presence to say nothing of their bad influence and corrupt morals. In the effort to overcome the bad influ- enge of these peopls the authorities arg to he commended, LEAVE OFF THE COAT. & timely bit of good advice which | hag been previously urged but never | very generally adopted, is being given by the Birmingham News when it ar- £ues for concerted action among the meg for the discarding of the coat durgmsg the summer months. It holds thag “a man's coat is a conventional- ity. In winter jt may be a necessity, as g an overcoat and other apparel, but when the summer sunbeams are remigpding a proud, stiff collar that it may yet be a dishrag one of these dayg, & coat is a burden to male hu- man§ty. The shirtwaist campaign has been started before and did not get very far advanced. But why call it a shirtgraist campaign? If a spade shoupd remain a spade under any and all esnditions, then a shirt should re- main & shirt for the same reason. The charggter, or kind of shirt, is a smaller matige, relatively speaking—the prin- cipal, crying need is the elimination of thg coat in summer time. The aver- age ggan is dressed as warmly in July as thg average woman is in the coldest winteg month. No man chooses to wear & coat, His shirt may compel him §9 do so today, but if the coat custage were abolished he would take care of the shirt feature on all ocea- siona® Thege is no good reason why men canne$ be their own directors in the establehment of such a custom. Tha coat §8 of no service save for addi- tional pocket roam and in the interest of coggfort that could be sacrificed for the tigee being. Conventionality would quickly change its ruling with con- certed action, and plenty of hot weathgr ought to bring that. The human family-is never eatis- fled. There are complaints galore on the heat and drought and yet a few weekg 80 the rainy spell and the cool backwerd spring and summer cauged genersl fear that they would Jast till The way polities lowers prices s by cnocigns out esonomie pollcles wnd ‘g valueg It hits hardest the workimg classgg and the borrowers, The pyogressiwes would repeat Cleve- land @mes, i Laypa Jeag Libbey says unchaper- oned Pathing girls ghould not splash abouty, but she ways nothing abeut thole who parade the sireets with eass tungy ity beiter than bathing wuils | who idoMzed him awhile ago. come; thi. into an exchange of his birthright for a vision,” he said much which de- serves weighty consideration in this campaign. President Taft stands on his record of achievemeni and on the principle of sound constitutional gov- ernment, as against visionary and the- oretical ideas ,which are calculated to mislead and lack the true ring of value through demonstration. It is unquestjonably a fact that due| reflection upon the accomplishments of the term and the endeavors of the president to still further benmefit the people, will have great weight with the voters of the country. By his achievements President Taft demon- strated conclusively that he stands for progress with a record that impresses. Faets are what count and what will in the end triumph over mudslinging and sham contentions, as well as the un-| tried and fanciful plans for a theo- retical government. What the admin- istration asks is judgment by its| fruits. The public should not and will not lose sight of that fact EDITORIAL NOTES, A lecture on {he south pole would be timely. It is predicted that by mid-Novem- ber Wilson will be sorry he ever wrote a book. No one envies the man on the mo- | torcycle just after the streets have | been oiled. i R B | Happy thought for today: There is | often more to a man than there is to his yawp. “Whom the gods would destroy they | first make mad,” is no misfit in the | Colonel's case. 1t looks as if the progressives would | make the Presidential campaign long | and nauseating. All signs fail in a dry time. showers which benefit around The others hover | The national prohibitionist conven- tion will have a sensational if it hits Roosevelt right. The only crop the hot weather im- proves 18 the tourist crop. The hot wave is booming it. The American athletes are waking up the best men of Europe who must strive for new records. i The class of men who are now shouting for Teddy are not the class Turkey is taking hope on the faect that it teok about five years for Italy to get the best of the Camorra crowd! Tord Mersey gives Mr. Ismay a clean bill of Bealth and blames the seamen in the boats for not saving more pas- sengers, When it comes to Wilson attention is being called to the fact that he is populaf with the crowned heads of Burope. The higher mercury climbs in the tube the more irritabla mortals be- is why crime Increases with the hot waves. Pittaburg has a rouder who has been arrested for the 501st time. This way of dealing with drunks is not to be commended. A The Astor, Strauss and Guggenheim estate transfers will put between five and six millions in the New York State treasury. Take a vacation if you can; and if you can't, just take a new grip on ¥ Take something for the change it will bring. Fram the looks of the streets, alleys and yards no one would ever know Norwich had ence been interested in a clean-up movement. Tt was a wise committee who chose Atlantic City for the national prohi- bitlon convention. Its a great place to be in the swim and vet keep dry. The progressives will he like all thelr” predacessors if Roosevelt gets to ba the political plum distributor, They are hungry for the fruits of the issue, If Mayor Mahan of New London stayed In Baltimore as long ms he promised to we have serlous doubt about his good judgment on heat and cold, Colds, Numbers of people are suffering just now from lrritating eolds in the head, A very simple home remedy which brings almost instant relief 1s to pour half a pint of boiling water en to a dram of pulverized eamphor, and to inhale the vapor tor about tem te fitteen minutes, The ansoying fits of sneezing, running eyes and heavy feeling in the head will quickly yield to this remedy, | o A A s | and want to thani you for it Rules for Young Writers, 1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only end number the pages. Z. Use pen and ink, not pencil. 8. Short and pointed articles will be given preference, Do net uge over 250 wgrda. 4 Original stories or letters only wlél b\?v \:ud. AR 3 Tite your name, age an - dress plainly at the bottom of the sLory. Address all communications to Un- cie Jed, Bulletin Office. Somebody did a golden deed, Somebody proved a friend in need. Somebody sang a beautiful song, Somebody smiled the whole day long. POETRY. Moon Seng. There's a throne in the eest and a throne in the west, And the royal heavens lie between; For the golden sun is a sceptered king, And the moon is his crowned dueen. A lonely queen is the silver moon, Though the dimpling stars her maid- ens are; She passes among them silently As she follows her lord afar. —Edith Colby Banfield. UNCLE JED'S TALK WITH WIDE- AWAKES. open; whatever you see, be not un- mindful of the why and wherefore. It is the inquiring mind that forges ahead in this world, if it has a good pair of observing eyes in front of it. In the country there Is more to be seen than the woods and hills and sky; at the seashore more than the sand hills, pebbly beaches and the water. Most of Nature's wonderful things are done up in small and sometimes unat- tractive packages. The life of an ant has been worth finding out, and two thousand years ago it was said: “Go to the ant, thou sluggard, and learn habits of industry.” The character and color of seaweed on the beach dis- closes to keen eyes that it came from the sea gardens of the tropics or has been tideborne from the shallow zones of the Sargossa sea. Uncle Jed wants tha Wide-Awakes to write letters about their outings, their gardens, their little tramps, and the things of interest which attracted their atten- tion. It is better exercise than writing stories which have been read in books and papers, It is the peopls with sharp eyes and enquiring minds who lead, and the rest tag, or follow behind. It is more important to know things than to merely belleve them. Find pleasure in thought and yoeu will have a soures of comfort that will abide, LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Jane Lathrop Johnson of Chicopes, Mass.: 1 eujoy ‘my book very much, 1 have read it all through and think it is a lovely story. Thanking you very much, I am your loving niece, William Durr of Norwich Town: I thank you very much for the book I received. l.ea Carpenter of Lebanon: I receiv- ed my book, “By Love's Sweet Rule,” a few days ago, and like it very much. I have read it nearly through. Will write more stories and try to win more hooks. Gertrude Kaminski,. of Norwich: Please accept my thanks for the prize book awarded me, which 1 appreciate very much. Bertha Maffitt of Norwich: I thank you very much for my book. I am reading it and finding it very interest- ing. THE PRIZE BOOK WINNERS. 1—Annie Johnson of Baltic, “Daddy's Boy,” hy L. T. Meade, 2—Thom Bell of Norwich, “Under the Star Spangled Banner,” by Capt. F. 8. Brereton, 3—Olivine Gladu of Taftville, “Auto- THE WIDE AWAKE Boys aud Girls Department "CIRCLE mobile Girls at Newport,” by Laura Dent Crane, 4—Edward Kuchle of Mansfield, “Bud Boyd's Triumph,” by Willlam P. Chipman. . B6—Lucy A. Carter of Scotland, “Au tomobile Girls at Newport,” by Laura Deunt Crane. 6—Lizzie Burdick of Norwich, “Lit- tle Rosebud,” by Beatrice Harraden. 7—Irene Kearney of Canterbury, “Grandfather’s Chair,” by Hawthorne. 8—Winifred = Briggs of Packer, “Through the Looking Glass,” by Lew- is Carroil. ‘Winners of books living in Norwich may call at The Bulletin buiness office for them at any hour after 10 a. m. Thursday. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. Once there was a little girl playing by the sea. After a while a big crab came up and bit her toe. and the little girl screamed. Her mother heard her and went to see what the matter was. When she saw what had happened she broke the | crab's claw, Afterward the crab was seen With a new claw. The little girl never went down to the sea again. AUGUSTA KRAUSS, Age 10. Plainfield. The Sun and the Rose. Today the sun is shining on me. I am a little sprout, and soon shall send forth little buds. When they are larg- er they will open and little leaves spring forth; then after a little while | buds will peep out and grow larger each day until at last I am a beautiful rose. Children are afraid to touch me be- cause I have thorns; but by and by somebody will come with scissors and cut me down. Perhaps she will wear me in her hair, or maybe put me in a vase on the table, Still I have quite a while to live vet, as June is the month of roses, and perhaps I can hide under some leaves and never be saen, until 1 am so faded | that no one will want me, and at last the winds will blow me away. RUBY E. SWAIN, Auge 8. North Stonington. Teddy's Lesson. “Come, Teddy,” said Mrs. W “It's time for you to get the cows But Teddy was reading and did not want to be disturbed just then. “Oh, mother! walt a little while,” he said. Soon a man’s face appeared at the window. “Teddy, the cows!” sald Mr. West. And when his father spoke like that, Teddy lost no time in obeying. “I hate cows!” Teddy grumbled, as | he walked across the floer. “I hate the sight of them. Cows are noe good. T wish we didn’'t have any.¥ An hour later the cows were safe | in the barn and Teddy was in a bet- ter humer, He was hungry, too, after the walk to the meadow and in the fresh, bracing air. A tine round of meat was smoking en the table, but thers was none en Teddy's plate. “This is beef,” paid Mrs. West. I didn't give you amy because you hate cows. Teddy opencd his moyth and then closed it again without a word. “I won't give you any butter,” said Mre. West, because we get our butter from cows, and you hate them so.” “Of course you wouldn’t eat cus- tards, for they are made mostly of mikk; and cows are no good,” said Aunt Hetty. Teddy looked as if he would cry. “I--I haven't had anything to eat” he blurted. *“Just bread without any butter and potatoes and water. 1 wish | yhody smiled then, and no one objected when papa passed him some custard too. AN Taftville. NIE KRAUSS, Age 12, How Roger Entered Collage. Roger was a poor boy. He lived | with his mother and little sister. His father had died a year before, leaving | a hcuse, a few acres of land and a cow. | Roger liked very much to go: to school, but he had to earn money to keep the family. In summer he cul- tivated a little of his land and in win- [ How the Great Pine Saved Opechee’s Life ] On the shore of Gitche Gumee in the land of the pine and the hemlock dwelt little Opechee, child of the forest, descendant of the Ojibway. No' other had such long, black braids and dark velvety skin, such sympathetic black eyes and alert hearing as this little maid, and her voice was as clear &s the robins, which sang their sweet- est songs to her, which she had learn- ed to imitate. ittle Opeches lived in & wigwam made of birch bark, basswood, hem- lock bark, and pine with her grand- father, the good Oshaway, for her fath- er, mother, and grandmother had gone to the happy hunting grounds in the great beyond and the smoke from the wigwam of her ancestors could no longer be seen, for white men had in- vaded that territory and purchased the iand where the children of the forest had ever roamed; but the good Osha- way sald, “Me no sell; me spring up from the ground here; me go back to the esrth here—ugh! The Gitche Manito be displeased Indian sell hunt- ing and fishing grounds and Indian starve gsome day, then white man no care. No, me and Opechee sell not.” And when Opechee's aunt wished to take her away to the Indian school the good old grandfather réfused to let ber go and sald, “Me no cry, but In- dian feel bad here,” covering his heart with his hand, “Opechee all old man got now, old man nearer happy hunt- ing grounds every sun, Opechee g0 old man die. Me teach her all me know, white woman, Plerre’s wife, two or three miles down she teach her rest.” So Opechee remained with the good Oshaway and two days each week walked threa miles to the French wo- man's and sald her lessons. Then she would read them to her grandfather when she returned to the wigwam and the old man would mutter (o himself, “French woman she plenty Schoel, Opeches ohild of fores(,” He taught her (o fish with a hook and the use of he bow and arrow, and told her that to catch meore flsh or kill more game thai Wul necessary for food or to maim anything and leaye It {o dig in the forest would dis- please the Gitehe Manito (the great spirit) and w8 a punishment he would enuse (he fishes to leave the streams and the gume would depart from the f orest end they might suffer for food; so littie Opeehee’'s arrow plways flew swift and siraight when the bird was on the wing, fer, said she, "Grand- fatiher mever kills anything when it sleps; everylhing musi have a ehunee for its life ,even as we, or the Great Father will e displeased and the spirit of that killed will return to fol- low me through the wildwood.” When she fished she would say, “One, two, for grandfather; one for Opechee; encugh, ugh.” ‘Wonderful stories did she learn from her friends in the forest and dearly did she love the great pine, | hemiock, and spruce trees that sang a soothing song when she rested be- | neath their shade after wandering many hours along the mossy path be- ide the river or when listening to the stories told by the Hudway Aushka (waves on the shore) of the great | lake. The first story that he heard was told by the great pine near the river. It sald: “Opechee, I once saved your life.” “How!” said Opechee. The pine tree answered, “You were small and wandered far from the wig- wam. You sat down by the rock yon- der and took off your moccasins and tied them together, then dangled them over the water in the river and watch- ed their shadows. The rock was afraid you would fall in and drown and so scolded, but you did not hear. “Then 1 asked Cock Robin (yvou know you were named for the robins) to flutter near and attract your at- tention. - He did and then sang his sweetest song, You looked around ! and commenced to sing, too, but did not leave the rack. Then T dropped a large cone with plenty of balsam on and you ran over and picked it up. Of course it stuck to your fingers, for 1 dropped the one covered with the most balsam o it would stick and | keep you busy. Of course it stuck ‘when you grasped it in the other hand, | 80 you down and kept pulling it from one hand only to have it cling to the other one unfil you grew tired and sleepy and was soon salling to dream- lai.d, The good Oshaway found you under my branches and cried for joy. i tell you we felt relieved when you dropped usleep.” The great rock sald, “Yew, yes, Opeches, | romember it welll” und the river sald, “l carrled your moc- casing down stream gnd washed them up on & large stome so your grand- father could reach them.” “Aud he SULl hag thew In bLis wig- wam in u bireh bark bex," whisper- ed the pine cones, Then Coek Robin, awing on # bough near Rrs, Robin's nest, said, he remembsred the day and if Opschee would listen he would sing the Bnme,loflfi bhe sang to her on that eeeasion ,whieh he did, And little Opeches thanked her fair, have a chance for a prize. ran two races—ome of two miles and a half and the other three miles. He lost the first but won the second. - Soon the time came to show the live stock. er's cow was a Jersey. It won second prize. Rich men praised him and gave him money for having such a nice cow. Roger went home with over two hundred dollars. With that and what he had at home he entered college, he earned his way tnrough and became a famous teacher. THOMAS BELL, Age 14, On Our Farm. ‘T am a farmer's boy, nine years old. We have sixty-three acres of land, two horses, six cows and five helfers. 1 like to live on a farm and help papa do work when I am at home. I am going to have a garden of my own. 1 have got sunflower seeds and radishes and sweet corn to plant. EDWARD KUCHLE, Age 9. Mansfield. A Little Princess. Princess Victoria was born May 24, 1819, When she was a little girl she was often called “the little May- flower.” She was not the child of a king, and she did not know that some day she might he queen. She was very much like other girls. She liked to play with toys, and to have gay dresses, and run after the waves at the seashore. Her father died when she was a baby. The king of England was her uncle. He had no children, and Victoria’ mother knew that when he died her little girl would be queen. So the princess was taught all that a queen should know. She was taught to speak and to write French and Ger- man as well as English. She was taught history and arithmetic. She was taught to 8ing and to draw, When she was eighteen years old all the people of England had a holi- day. There was a great ball at the ace. One of her presents was a piano from her “Uncle King.” Four weeks later very early in the morning some men came to the door of her mother's house. They were some of ithe great men of the kingdom. They 4sked to see the prince “The princess is asleep and must not be awakened,” they were told. “We have come to see the queen,” they sald; “we wish to ses her on business. Even her sleep must give way to that” 8o the young girl dressed as quick- ly as ghe could and came down to meet the gentlemen. There were tears in her blue eves when she was told that her uncle was dead. ANNIE JOHNSON, Age 12. Bailtie. The Drunken Husband. A certain woman had a drunken hus- band, whom she had tried in many ways to reform. . It was of no use. One night when he was brought home as usual, quite unconscious, she had him carried to a neighboring temh. Dressing herself In a weird costume and with a mask upon her face she awaited his return to his senses. Then in a solemn manner she offered him some food, saying: “Arise and eat. It is my office to bring foed to the dead.” “Ah,” gaid he, “if you had known me better vou would have brought me something to drink instead.” FLOSSIE MEYER, Age 10. Taftville, Life of an Oak Tree. T am a tall and stately oak tree standing by the side of a country road. One day two men came by with axes flung over their shoulders, One of them said: “This 18 a good tree to make our lumber wagon out of; will we take it ” The other man said, “We might as well.” So, with about half an hour’s hard work, they had me lying on the ground. The next day they came with a wagon and chopped my limbs off and took my trunk back to their house. Inside of a week they had me made into a large lumber wagon. For three vears 1 bore heavy loads all over the farm and town; but one day I fell to pieces because I had too heavy a load. In a little while two small boys came along with a cart and took my pieces back to the house. In a little whil I was burnt up in the stove. My ashes made fine soll tor plants. When the boys were get- ting my pieces I heard one of them ay: “This is the tree that papa made the cart out of. 1 was glad there was something left of me {n the world, EDGAR PARKER, Age 13, Norwich. The Little Boy Played Man. Once upon a time there was a little boy who used to deliver a paper every morning to a rich man. Sometimes the man did not pay the boy right :way, who was in need, for his mother was a widow So one morning the little boy got mad. Ha threw the paper in the house and slammed the door. The man saw him and called the boy back. He said: “Little boy, that's not the way to bring me my paper. I'll show you how. Make believe you are the man and I the little boy So the man took | the paper and said: ‘ Here, sir, is your paper.” The little boy put his hand In his pocket and sald: “ Here, little boy, here's a dollar.” Olivine Gladu, Age 10. Taftville. Rex, the Wateh Dog. My grandfather has a dog and his me is Rex. He is very large. One night horse robbers came. Rex was In the kitchen. He heard the noise and jumped through the window to the barn. The robbers were afraid of him and went away. In the morning my grandfather got up and noticed that the screen was broken, He went to the barn and saw that some one had been there. One of the neighbor's horses was stolen. Every night Rex guards the barn now. MARY E. FOX, Age 11, Why the Grass is Green, Onee upon a time, when the earth was young, the grass was white, The people grew tired of it, for they want- ed it to be green. They went to Jupi- ter and asked him could they see Au- rora, He refused them and sent them home, sad at heart. Three times mere they asked, and {hree times more they were sent home sad, All day and all night they wor- | ried. One day they saw a beautiful wom- an by the flowers, It was Aurora! They begged of her to maka the grass grecn. She granted their wish. Whils they were speaking they were looking at Aurol but when they looked at the grase it was no longer white bui green; and this 15 low we have green BTUEY. I think !t made the earth prettier, don't you? JOUN HOGAN, Puinawm, LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Lucy Loves to Cook. .Dear Unecle Jed; I will write yeu and tell vou hew | gpent my week of friends for their kindpess in helping her when in damger and said she weuid be so glad te help them if they woul tell her how. scheel vacation, My mamma was sick and | was her housekeeper, | made bread, biseuits, cake and eeokies, and then cooked the meats and vegetables, The Boston Store is the Coolest Store in Town It is not remarkable that with the mercury philandering up around ninety that costumes of the coolest and lightest fabrics are the only ones in which you are in- terested. Our big Ready-to-wear Department on the second floor is ready to supply you with the prettiest and daintiest of the hot weather clothing at prices which - will interest you. MIDDY BLOUSES AND MIDDY NORFOLKS These delightful outing garments for the girls and younger women are made up in true “Middy” style in fine Galatea cloth and Linene. ‘We have-them in all the different variations of this particular style. Priced from $1.00 up the Summer outing. solid colors. SKIRTS FOR WEAR WITH THE MIDDY BLOUSES Finely made Skirts in pleated and gored styles. Just the thing for $1.00 and $1.29 # BLAZERS AND MACKINAW COATS Two of the “new old” styles which have met with much faver this season—they are bold in coloring and deeign—handsomely designed and very jaunty in effect. They are shown in stripes, echecks and Priced from $3.98 up LINEN NORFOLK SUITS These Suits have the lines which only the carefully tailored suit pos- sesges and which constitutes its chief charm. They are made of good linens in the natural shade and in “oyster white.” Priced from $5.98 up GINGHAM AND LAWN WASH DRESSES We are going to sell a special lot of these dainty Dresses at a won- derfully low price. The styles are the very latest and the colors the most effective for the Summer dress, Special Price $3.48 < WOMEN’S SILK SHIRTS The genius who adapted the silk shirt of the men-folks for women's ‘wear deserves a special niche in the hall of fame. They are the neat- est and the most attractive pieces of wearing apparel which have ap- peared in many a day. black, blue and lavender stripes. Made with soft collar and cuffs of fine silk in Value $2.50. Special Price $1.79 We show a large and complete assortment of Bathing Suits for Infants, Misses and Women—also Shoes, Caps and Life Guards in large variety. I am glad that mamma had learned | girls write. 1 like to read them ery me to cook some, for now I see how | much. much T could help her when she was | sick in bed with mo onme to get the meals for papa and brother. 1 was glad I could be at home to help her. I hope all of the Wide Awake little girls’ mammas will learn them to cosk so they can help them il they are sick and at other times, too. Tlove to cook. 1 have two brothers and they know how to cook. My mamma says: “It don't hurt lit- tle boys neither to learn how to cook.” I like to read all of the letters from the Wide Awake friends. Best wishes to all. LUCY A, CARTER, Age 10. Scotlend. Her School. Dear Uncle Jed: It is quite a while since I wrote to you. This is because 1 was too occupied studying for Easter examinations. 1 am in the graduating class at our school this year. I studied hard the last month, therefore ¥ hadn’t muach time to think of other things. As I had some time to myseif tonight, I thought I would write to you about our schaol. It is a wooden structure, situated on Valley street, and about in the central part of the city. There are 16 rooms, each having 40 benches and desks. Our school contalns 630 children. As it is time to go to bed I close. Your nephew, ADELARD BREAUCHEMIN, Age 12 ‘Willmantie. will Our School. Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write to vou and tell, yvou about our school. 1 like to go to school and ! have a good teacher. 3 Our school isn'tf very large, On the way to school 1 #ee rabbits, squirrels and flowers, ! have a half of a mile to go to scheol. Thare ar» 25 scholars in_the achioo! We have three large hlackboards and one little one, We have a bookcase and | 13 desks, -1 am in arithmetic, geogra phy. spelling, history, language and reading. I will close now. Yours truly, LIZZIE BUDEIT, Ags 12 Norwich, A 8mall Farm—A Big Hous: Dear Uncie Jed: I thought I would write and tell you about my home and pets. 1 have a dok named Zip. When 1 go for a walk he will follow me. have seven hens. ed and water them every night I alse pick up the eggs. We get” four and five every ight. o live on a small farm, but the house )s a large one. It has 11 rooms in it, and a veranda that goes areund it. 1 live with my grandma. I go to &chool_every day. Your niece, IRENKE KEARNES, Age 11 Canterbury Green. They Have a School Garden. Dear Unsle Jed: I am 11 years old, My halr is light, my eyes are blue, I am five faet and five Incheg tall. 1 go to scheol every day. I am in the fifth grade In mos. of my studies. Wa have 16 scholars in scheal. Miss Young s my teacher, 1 like her very much. | study u;‘olllln A goonau‘hy, arithmetie, history, phvsielogy and langudge. 1 read the letters that the other Up to our school we have a achool garden. We have planted radish and lettuc The girls have pinks and the bo e tomato plants. We spaded p the ground and used fertilizers and hes, We expect to plant more flowers and vegetables soon. Your_niece, EDNA BRIGGS, Age 11. Packer. She Has Seven Dolls. Dear Uncle Jed: I am a little girl 9 years old. I live here with my paj mamma and sister, We have a cow named Molly, horse named Nig, a cat named Smut and a large shapherd dog named Prince who is just my age. 1 have meven dolls. My favorita doll is Mild She was two years old last Christmas My sister and I help mamma b washing and wiping the dishes every morning before we go to school I etudy speliing, arithmetic, geogra- phy, language, writing and reading. 1 like to re: the children's letters Your little niece, WINIFRED G. BRIGH Packer. s Age 0. IDEAS OF A PLAIN MAN Education is not what is dene for a person but what is done by him It is not the influences brought to bear upon him but the manner of his self-activity. The whoie oak tree is in the acorn, and the whole man is in the child. All that {s done to him, around him, to help to hinder him is of value or harm to him according to the degree to which he uses it and incorporates it into his will, words and works. We marvel why two children grow- ing side by side in the same family, school and society become the one strong and good, the other weak and bad. But it is no greater mystery than why of two plants in the same soll one will transmute muck into white lilies and the other into red roses. The principal study in the schocl room should be by the teacher, to leagn and guide the child's activities The chief moral help a child gets in the home is what he is inspired to do; what he is told not to do has lit- tle to do with making characte: The system of education that be- ging with the assumption that all children are alike, to be forced with a common system, and tested by com- mon grades, is doomed to sterility, The human being {8 not a block of wood, nor a bean, nor a horse; he is essontlally unclassifiable ;he is a mi- racie and & mystery, a new revelation of God. ning Nose, -;hu-nno was engaged for o ts In a study of a ~ That Shi At.the opefa th paid for the seats en| few tenige stunning x:n ot middle sat in the row in fromt. turned to the girl at his right, whispered, “Look at the lady o ender; what is the matter with nase?’ The girl gave PR