Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 26, 1912, Page 4

e PAC g - v 7 NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSD SEPTEMBER 26, 1912 pet.” All this time she was llteMn; with her bables in the rag bag. The_ boys lhoulh‘ she must be starved. Maita onked fat and wise. “l know,” said Jane, “she has taken some of baby's milk. I put it on the | table every night, and in the morning A BAN ON FLOWERS. The action taken at Danbury by' Rev, Walter J. Shanley in notifying | his pevple that the use of flowers at funerals is agalnst his wishes and that he would not permit them to be taken into cemeteries under his juris- HEATRE DAVIS TEEASS FRIDAY NIGHT ONLY The Most Elaborate and Wonderful of Balfe's Greatest O THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE Borwich uiletin nnd Gaufied. Boys and Girls Department e 116 YEARS OLD. Entered at tho Postorfice at Norwiek, Coan.,, as second-ciass mattes, Telephono Callss lletin Business Office, Editcrial Rooms, lletin Job Office, 86-6. w the Reom one Butlding. e ] Norwich, Thursday, Sept. 26, 1912, WILSON THREATENS PROSPERITY The question before the people'to decide on November 3 is which party apd which man to choose, and it is one which deserves more than super- ficlal consideration. It is a question upon which depends the country’'s wel- fare, and by the deciston there will be indicated whether the people desire the present era of prosperity to con- tinue, or to have a check placed there- on. This will be determined respec- tively by the election of President Taft or Governor Wilson of New Jersey. 1a.all his public utterances, Mr, Wil- son stands committed to frees trade, and his election would seem that as far business as it exists today. would do this is evidenced by his Bos- ton speech when he said: “We do not know how to make cof- ton goods of the kind and patterns that are suitable in all quarters of the world, and then to place them there. ‘We have hound ourselves hand and foot in a smug domestic helplessness by this jacket of a tariff that we have wound around us. We are going to, change it.” The effect of this would be just what the foreign manufacturers are prepar- ing for at the present time, the open- ing of the country to the cheap labor, the crippling of home industries and the reduction of pay to meet the com- petition of foreign trade. It is against the interests of the working man and the farmers, and none knows it bet- ter than they, for experience has ‘been & dear tagwher. ‘What the people want Is a president whose record of accom ts s that he is devoted to the inter- of the people, the maintenance of an efficlent and economical govern- ment, committed to progressive legis- latfon, a firm supporter of the consti- tution of the United States, one whose service has demonstrated that he is not trust controlled but upholds the law impartially and puts into the gov- ernment the elements of business which are in accordance with good judgment and sound principle. It is such a man who heads the republican ticket, and the return of whom to the presidency means the continuance of the wave of prosperity. ] [ireeiaksiier VA VA, FARM FOR INEBRIATES. ~In the advocacy of a farm for in- ebriates which H. H, Spooner prom- to take up at the next session of legislature he will have a strong from all sections of the state, both from individuals and orgdniza- tions, The idea is by no means a new ane, and has been before the legisla- ture before, but the demands upou state money have been so great that it failed to get the recognition that it demands. With Mr. Spooner ab to present the state 200 acres of lai suitabje for such an institution, whiely} Re hopes to do, an excellent beginning will have been made, and it will be of sufficient importance to receive tl attenton which it deserves. ‘Wih intemperance contributing se greatly to the filling of the insane hos- pitals, many patients are confined there who should properly be in an institution or at a farm for inebriates, thus giving the added opportunity for those who really need the attention of the hospitals to be admitted. With the crowded conditions of the present time this would afford much relief there, and at the same time throughout the state it would provide for many of the habitual -cases which are con- tinually eoming hefore the yolld courts for jail sentences omnly to re- Peat as soon as they get their liberty. By providing an institution desigmed to help the drunkard reform, a relief will be given to institutions which are not designated for that purpose, and at the same time be a benefit to hu- ‘manity. REBUKING JOHNSON. At the present time, New England is being visited by Hiram Johnson, governor of California, aspirant for vice presidential honors on the third- termer's ticket, Mr. Johnson is en- tering the campaign with all the fer- vor of his guide and a little bit more for his utterances during his speaking tour have brought much criticism. Coarse and violent language was used in his attack upon the president in the report of his speeches, and par- ticularly so even in his corrected ref- erence to President Taft, when he sald “politically President Taft is the most pitiful spectacle in our political history,” a statement which is, of course, not only untrue, but shows the lack of judgment and decency, Governor Johnson has been the ob- ject of much rebuke for this utterance, a reference which is likely to prove costly to him from the mianner in which it has been received. How it is re-acting upon him is shown by the reference to it i n the Charleston News and Courier, which says. “No president has ever done so much for California as Mr. Taft has done. JHe went out of his way to secure the Panama exposition for San Francisco, | although New Orleans was a far more | logical site. Over and over again Mr. Taft has shown special attention to the | western state. It has not been politi- cally grateful in return. There can be no objection to that. It would be & shameful thing if a state could be purchased by administrative favors. But, whatever the political convietions of the state. it should not find it nec- ry to attack the president person- in disrespectful language Yet is what Governor Johnson, the aid in Co- | that mouthpiece of California, lumbus, Ohio. The way President Roosevelt inter- | preted law when he ruled was sim- Har to the way some pastors inter- pture: he just caught on to the clause which ‘suited his purpose, rex'lrdl.u of the full text, and let her go! Queen Alexandra thinks it best peo- ple should select their own presents. | have times changed so we cannot get | As a bridal gift she has jJust semt . canp dictton, shows that he has considered the great outlay which is made for wuch a purpose by people in many in- stances who can i1l afford to hear the expense. It has been a custom which has steadily grown until the point has been reached where it is felt to be obligatory. It is not that there is ob- jection to flowers or to the custom, if it could be regulated and a reason- able view of it taken, but when it gets to the point, where it becomes, as it has, such a tax on the family re- sources that people go in debt for their display of symapthy, it is a sen- sible view which calls a halt. In some instances the floral tributes thus made become a mockery, and the florist, in his inability to get his money, is the loser. Sympathy thus expressed Is only for show, but it is to' be hoped that such cases are few. How fre- quent they are, however, is best known to the dealer in flowers. The operation of the edict will be followed with interest. It will be in full accord with the sentiments of many, previously expressed, and there will be others who will not take kindly to it. Whatever the result in that parish, or elsewhers, it ought to bring the people to a realization of the fact | that consideration should be given to their ability to meet the expenses in- curred, and act accordingl CHINA'S POSITION. The east has furmished a Chinese puzzle for a long time, and it is still contributing to the financial muddle which resulted from the financing of the new republic. It is certain that China bas deserted the six-power com- bination in securing its loans, for the present time, at least, and Chinese treasury bonds are getting into the market. China has manifested an in- dependence in putting aside the $300,~ 000,000 loan from the six powers, at least temporarily, and, being unable to secure terms to her liking, has gone outside and secured, at favorable fig- ures, loans which will serve for a time. These will never suffice to carry the mew republic along without more being taken out, if the elaborate scheme of economic and financial re- construction which was planned ‘s tarried out. ‘While the inside of the mysterious financial loan has never been fully revealed, it is understood to have been secured by a mortgage on practically the same territory as that which the much larger loan was to have covered. ‘While it may yet be necessary to put through a large loan with the six-pow- er bankers, China has demonstrated her ability to get money, and will be in a position to demand through her independency better terms should the big Ioan come up again. The people of China, in their establishment of a re- public, are evidently determined, that they will, in their independence, delay as long as possible placing any en- cumbrance upon themselves which will mean foreign dictation. EDITORIAL NOTES. Happy thought for today: Most men who figure to get rich quick go broke in a hurry. It looks like an intentional slight which Debs gave Roosevelt in not challenging him to a debate. A Boston undertaker, advertises fu- nerals @t fair prices; but nobody ap- pears to want one at any price. It looks as If Japan would have | equal suffrage before Amerita. Our forbears led the van, but where are we? The return of the Red Sox was a big time for Boston, notwithstanding that Hiram Johnson of California was also billed. Mr. Roosevelt wants the scalp of Senator Penrose. If he would call his cowboys together he would have little trouble in getting it. Henry Vivian of England says the slums of Chicago a#re the worst in the world. That may be so, but New York has the worst police force. The cartoonist who makes Uncle Sam tell Woodrow Wilson this would still be a small country if it hadn't been for the aliens, is no joker. Since J. Pierpont. Morgan an- nounces he is on the political fence, he may be expecting to get telephone calls from most any old political party. It was four years after being sen- tenced that Chester Jordan was elec- trocuted. Money, as in the Thaw case, kept the case before the courts and the people. > Only those who have made a trip up Mt. Washington understand the con- ditions under which Engineer Keenan and those trying to locate him, find themselves. The American low-priced automo- biles are in such demand in Great Britain that. the manufacturers have got together and propose to ask par- liament for a protective tariff! A cheerful prophet says within three hundred years this will bhe a world of lunatics.* The way lunatics seem to be multiplyving in this coun- try makes him appear to be slow. If Jonathan Bourne doesn't have a care he will have the sympathy he is trying to stir up for himself, claimed by Roosevelt and the thunder of his independent run for congress will be gone. The real issue is whether the voters want to continue times which enable | us to buy goods at any price, or to| the money to buy goods at the lowest | price! The Colonel is still declaring he | responded to the conscience of the| people when he became a candidate. The Bulletig thought he responded to the seven little governors, five of| whom deserted him. | Another death-bed confession has | shown that strong clreumstantial evi- dence should be insisted on in mur- der cases. The brother of the jaisoned man admitied the deed afier the wife had served twenty-three years In state prison. | President Tafl has announced mall hereafter the government, in pursu- ance of the polley of congress to main- tain only non-secturfun tesching by government leachers in vernment schools, will employ no mere teachers whose mempership in uny order com- Pels tho wearing of a distinctive garb i He broke Rules for Young Writers. paper only and aumber the pages. 2. Use pen and ink, not pencil. 250 words. will be used, 3 dress plainly at the bottom of jecle Jed, Bulletin Offce. Somebody did 2 golden deed, Somebody proved a friend in need. Somebody sang a beautiful song, Somebody .mxl.d the whole day long. POETRY. The Days Gone By. run away from heme, that he Hed lots of things to choese; the morth pele, where it's celd, Or fight wild Kickapoes. of hidden gold's dug up, and it 't tempt no ome no more; And all 'lld Indians has been slain, these modern times gives me 1 world was pain! ‘ wish the young sgaln, And I could shed some gore. chain, Or find some robbers' den. I never git no chance to shoot no bandit loaded down with leot or d spur on my boor, ride with And lead a lion men. famous by and by, and I sup- But what will my kids think of me when I take them upon my knee and tell them, 'shamed as I can be, T never shot no Sioux? other kids in school and win An honor medal, but 1 wish I could load uj and in some distant wil Eat bear meat in a hut! —Chicago News. UNCLE JED'S TALK WITH WIDE- AWAKES. How do vou suppose man first learned to be a gardener? He was first a hunter - and a gleaner—he owned no estate and roamed in wild gardens. While he searched for food he saw and conquered. He only grows plants now by supplying their needs them from their enemies. The plants have been the schoolmasters of the gardeners and the mixed garden is the product of ages of study, no end of patience and an Interchange of seeds and cuttings. How plants multiply 14 no dull study—by seeds, by division of the roots, by cuttings amd by the leaves. Man was ages in discovering that leaves could make new plants, It was a gardener who was cleaning up the leaves beneath a begenia who first discovered one had reoted itself and the secret of leaf-rooting was his and he told other gardeners and the meth- od was established for all time, and the gloxinias and other fleshy or thick leaved plants were increased in this simple way, hecause it was easier than waliting for the seeds to sprout. Then the gardener noticed the habits of plants and saw that some were helped by plenty of water and others were injured by too much, that some were hardy and some tender, and some could live indoors and some out of doors in cold climates. invented the greenhouse so as to be able to imitate any kind of a climato to make tender or tropical plants grow for him in winter, and the pink houses and rose houses and orchid houses are all run with the degree of heat and the moisture which suits them best. Then the great industry of supplying fruits- and flowers to the market out of their regular season grew up, and while it now represents hundreds of millions of capital and employs hun- dreds of thousands of persons, it was won step by step—was of slow growth. It was because of good eyes, atrict at- tention and hard study that the world today finds such joy in flowers. It was 1. Write plainly on one sidé of the 8. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 4. Original stories or letters only Write your name, age and ad- the Address all commurications to Un- In days geme by it used to be, when dad was 'bout as big as me, and For he could be a pirate I)Bld. or go te 'hunt for hidden gold, or find But all the pirate bands have quit and it just seems that every bit I would guide men across the piain, or I would sall the rolling main, or I would break some captives Ma tells me if I study I can be real I've got to fit the times I'm in, so I can't do a thing but skin the Old Bess and save some maiden In distress, derness and he improves them by destroying weeds, spraying them and protecting The gardener | by application and work that the gar- deners of unknown ages became a help to man for all time. LETTERS OF ACKNO\VLEDGMENT. Flnny Fay Morgan of Jewett City: I like my new book very much. I thank you for it. (Please accept Un- cle Jed’s thanks for very pretty card.) Annie Krauss of Taftville: I raceivea my prize book, A Modern Tomboy. I think it interesting and hope the rest of the Wide Awake Circle would ge one as good. I thank you very much for it. . Margarst McVeigh of Norwich: I thank you very much for my book. It was lovely. ’ Ella L. MoCullom of Mansfield De- pot: I thank you for my prize book. It is very interesting. Ruth B. McCullem of Mansfield De- pol: How can I ever thank you for the books you have givenm me. Many thanks for the last book, The Wizaru of the Sea. Iam very much interested in the Wide Awakes. I think all write good storles, though a few I have read before, I think one reason why some of the Wide Awakes do not write is because hdrny think you have piles of stories on Calvin Main of Nerwich: Thank you for the mice prize beok you gave me. My little baby brother said it was for A WORD WITH WIDE AWAKES. Two well written stories were thrown into the waste basket this week, “The Trapper” and “The Dog That Did Not Like Cowards,” because they had been printed before. They were both copred Stories. For thews carefully dome we have frequently given books, but the stories written about Wide Awakes themselves are the ones Uncle Jed likes best, and they help the writers most. | WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Ella MoCullom of Mansfleld De- t.d ‘P“lny Famous People,” by James win. 2—Ma “The Meade. aret MoVeigh of Norwich, T. Girl,” by Mrs. L. 3—Mildred Carroll of Norwich, “The 8chool Qns‘nl. by Mrs. L. T. M e 4—J Marschat of Monsfleld Center, “Playmates,” by Mrs. L. T. Meade. 5—Kenneth Main of Norwich, “Jack Topsy-Turvey,” by C. M. C, B. 6—Adale Demuth of Bamc “Preteo- nella,” by Mrs. L. T. Meads 7—Annie Krauss of Tn.ttvllle, “Al- wyn's Friends,” by Mrs. L. T. Meade. 8—Ruth B. McCuilom of Mansfield Depot, “A World of Girls,” by Mrs. L. T. Meade. ‘Winners of books should call at The Bulletin business office for them at any hour after 10 a. m. Thursday. BTORIEB' WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES, The Fox Whe Lost His Tail. A fox caught In a trap got away with the loss of his tail, At first he was very glad to escape at all; but before he reached homse he ‘began to think how his friends would thought 'came to bome, and, without being noticed by any one, plaved him- self with his back against a tree. Then he called the other foxes and sald: “My friends , why do we all carry about with us those long, bushy tails? They are quite useless and also very heavy. Let us cut them eoff!" His hearers were at first much struck with this, but a little fox, whe had been spying ,lyly about, eried out sudden- “Oh, he has lost his own tail; That is why he wants to cut off ours.” MISS ROSE ALMA DEMUTH. Baltic, A Queer Rag Bag. Aunt Mary kept her rags in a large green bag. One day Aunt Mary said that the rag bag was very full, and they must sell the rags to a peddler. The peddler called for the rags, and Jane carried them down. So he weighed them. “Just forty-five,” sald he. “Now I will put them in my cart” ‘When he did so, Aunt Mary heard him use a strange word. “That beats all I ever saw!" said the peddier. Aunt Blsle ran out and Uncle John's two boys followed her. “Dear me!” said one. “Did you ever!” said another. “For pity's sake!” sald Aunt Mary. And there was Malta, the cat, with two of the prettiest kittens you ever saw In the rag bag! She had been missing for three weeks. They even ‘went to the police station, and the kind chief said: e'll do all we can to find your The Boy That Whistled By NANCY BYRD TURNER. “Mother Anderson,” said Don, “I don’t really see how I'm going to stand missing that game. Its tie very last of the season.” Mother knew | that it was the last of the season’s games, knew Don’s craze about ball, and, but for his being a boy 10 vears old, she would have been sure she caught sight of a quickly winked-off tear. The village diamond Wwas so near the Anderson place that in a half hour the shrieks and cheers could be plain- ly heard. Yet there was Don. who understood every move and signal, who never failed to attend even a practice, unable to go. He had had measies, and though the case was a light one, and he felt as ®1l now as ever, there was still some 4langer of giving it to others, and Uncle Doctor | nad shaken his head decidedly. Mother felt very sorrowful; she wished heartily that she might take the “remaining measles.” as Don call- ed them, and let her boy go bounding down to the feid. Looking up, he caught her troubled expression. “Oh. well,” he sald, beginning to whittle, “I might have been left with only one-half evesight, llke Johnn { Stone, and out of baseball for good!” o a cheery whistle; mother seemed suddenly to remember something and disappeared Twenty minutes later inim, “Den, it isn't very Int's \\ alk down inte the orchard, Now,” she wsald, when they had strolied through long aisles of leafy trees, 1 this pear tree while you run dewn to she warm today called the old crosked apple tree on the sdge of the slope and find out whether there wre any more good Winesaps.” Don walked on, still whistling, trying hard uoi to think of hases and and | am going to sit here under | and | innings. Presently he forgot them. The crooked old apple tree was mys- teriously rigged up with a convenient seat wedged in where the limbs form- ed a crotch, soft cushions and—what on earth!—a spyglass! In a flash ;Don had climbed to the | cushions and adjusted the wonderful thing to his eyes. It took him some | time to get the right focus, but when he hit it at last, and the mists cleared, there, right in his line of vision, was the diamond, clear-cut and distinct with the Cedarville nine taking posi- tion and Don's brother getting ready to umpire! The fleld at the bottom of |the long orchard slope was in full view from the tree, but nobodys paked eye could have made out any- thing more than a mass of blurred figures. Mother found him, a little later, | chPering wildly. “They've scored, | w've scored! No—ves' Go on, Dick | T"u %0 on, go on!" The spyglass was | | waving crazily. | When the other hoys came in at supper time. they were astonished to| find Don with the afternoon’s tus { his finger ends. He kept them puz a long time Defore he produced “magle wand.” “When you whistled, Don, and squar- ed vour shoulders so hard against vour his | trouble,” mother told him, “I felt that | P?8eball and some other games and 1 just must help vou out T wpnt | W e sl through woods inside, and thought busily, and seme ‘ We went ‘"““"' .‘)"“H and went how grandfather's old fieldglass popped | IShInE. too. & caught five shiners. | into my mind. It had been pacied|We had them for supper. My mother | way for years. And then I soon ham. | fried them for us. They tasted good. mered ot the ldea of the tree-seat. Ty et B Molly helped me wedge in the plank JOSEPH MARSCHAT, Age 10. | and ‘we worked like lightning.” Manstield Center Don threw a stuvdy ars Seck“Ton Torkedlan B = Lillie Has Twin Brothers. why 1 whistled Metier Andes But| Dear Uncle Jed: 1 thought | would | Irm glad 1 did, theugh!” . wrile you g letter, My teacher reads it was all gone.” “That was it,” said Aunt Mary; Sometimes baby didn't wake up.” “She must have eaten mice, too,” t;xt}n‘!"red “for they have all left our Then the peddler had to weigh the rags again without Malta and her ba- bies, and Aunt Mary didn't get forty- The peddler said he would fie cents. give them fifty cents for the m. “Sell Malta? said the boys. mother.” ADELE DEMUTH, Age 13. Baltic, The Three Butterfiies. ing in the sunshine. they were not tired. ;g. the rain fell and made them wet. get’ In. red and yeliow stri pes. They said: “Tulip, will you Myl open your flower a little so that we may slip in out of the rain? The Tulip sald: red and the yellow ones. come in.” Then both the red butterfly and the f you won't let our | e won't come n efth- vellow one said ‘white brother in er, thank you. and they flew away to the lily. “Good lly,” said they, “will you kind- ly. open your flower a little and let us slip in out of the rain? The lily said: self; but I won't let in the other two.” The white butterfly sai “If you won't let In my ers, then I will net come in; I can not think of ceming in without them.” And so they all flew away togeth Now the Sun behind the clotds had | heard how true the butterflies were to Bo he chased away the clouds and rain, shone out bright and one another. dried the wings of the putterflies. They danced again over the flowers and played till it was evening. Then they hastened away home; the door was open, in they flew and went to ANNIE KRAUSS, Age 13. Taftville. One Good Turn Deserved Another. If there was ever any little girl who didn’t wish to help her mamma it was Amy Lee. She got up early Saturday morning and went down stairs. There were dishes ready in the sink, peds to make, and rooms to sweep, Had mamma got to do it alone? Didn’t she have a lit- tle girl ready to help? 4 Amy expected this, although she had dreadfilly wanted to go over to Flon Breen's. Flora’s two cousing were wmln‘. and Amy haq promised to come over and play. Very soon mamma came into the room. She looked tired and weary and said: “What is my little girl going to do, today? Isn't she going to help moth- er?” “O dear!” said Amy, “I will; but I want dreadfully to go over to Flora's. Her cousins are coming and she want- ed me to come over to play.” Enough was said. Mrs, Lee knew that Amy wished to go, but someone had to do the work. It was work be- fore play. So she said: “My dear little girl, help mother and after you can go and play as much as you like.” / Amy, unwillingly, went o the sink, did the wishes, and swept the floor. After that, Mrs. Lee wanted a few articles from the neighboring store. She told Amy to get the things she wanted and then to return home. Amy did as she was told and went to_play at half-past three. Flora's cousins were v¢ her, and rejoiced playing in the coun- try, as they had always lived in the city. About half-past five, Mrs. Lee called Amy to her. “Amy, she said, ‘T have a for you. You may have Flora an We will have a party.” Amy threw her arms around her mother’s neck. “for “Why, we would Jjust as soon think of selling Three butterflies, a white one, a red one and a yellow one, were once play- They danced now on this flower, now on that. It was so ®gay and pleasant among the flowers But while they were so merrily play- hen they flew away home; but the door was fastened and they could not So they went to the Tulip with her “1 will open te the comein, but I won't let the white one Now it rained harder and harder, “I shall be glad te let in the white one, for he looks like my- ery glad to see ise her little cousins over tonight, if you like. THE GREAT PRICE! of an Escaped some of The Bulletin letters to us. ¥ like to hear from the children. 1 have three brothers and two of the brothers are twins. Their names are Willle and Louls. They are six years old. I go to school and I am in the third Your niece, LILLIE MARSCHAT, Age 9. Gurleyville. The . Game of Ring Toss. Dear Uncle Jed: I am ding you the dlmum for making a game of Ring Toss, and I hope some of the Wide Awakes will try it. A friend of mine gave me the directions and as 1 thought some of the Wide Awakes would Itke it, I am trying to tell it to_them so they can understand it: Ring Toese: Take an empty wooden box and saw the sides down to one- and a half off a broomstick and glue lt in v.n ouur of the bottom of the r be the top of the o. lomt might prefer to paint it, 6 hoops are made of lllac or willow hnm- curved to form a hoop and with different colored ribboms. .8, —Perhaps gome of the boys will make & Christmas present for one of their friends of a Ring Toss game. Your nlece, MILDRED CARROLL. Norwich. ) Take the Dog and Cat to Swim. Dear Uncle Jed: My little brother wants me to write a letter for him. We went to the beach this year and went in bathing and had a nice time. ‘We have a brobk on our place where we g0 In and have lots of fun. We gl\n our arms around two logs and oat down stream. We are learning to swim. Once we took the dog and cat down and made them swim. CARRIE AND WINSTON MAIN. Norwioh. —_— How a Rat Ate a Cat. “Oh, mother,” she said, ‘I didn't| Dear Uncle Jed: Did you ever hear want to help you, did 1?7 But I am |[how a rat once ate a cat? Well, this glad I did.” is how it happened: “So am L" said Mrs. Lee. “Your Harold’s mother was baking ginger- help had taken the weariness out of me, so that I can prepare a lttle surprise for you and your little friends. Go away, now, as mother is busy, and ask them if they would like to come.” Amy ran away, spreading the good news. At seven o'clock not only Flora and her cousins knocked at the door, but also three other little friends. They all enjoyed the evening, and when the time came to go home they were very sorry to leave, After all the™hildren had left, Amy said to her mother: “Oh, mother, I am so glad I helped you, for if I hadn’t I don't think I should have haq a party.” “No, you wouldn’t have, said her mother, “but one good turn deserves another.” RUTH B, M'COLLUM, Age 13. Mansfield Depot. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Kenneth's Garden. Dear Uncle Jed: Some one says the Wide Awakes are sleeping. We haven't all been sleepy—we have been waiting for new Wide Awakes to write. I have been helping with the haying and working in my garden. I helped with the planting of the corn and part of papa’s garden. My garden is better this year-than | it has ever been. I meant it to be better than last year's. Here is a list of things that I raised this year: String beans, shell beans, potatoes, on- jons, carrots, cucumbers, cabbages, hubbard squash, radishes, lettuce and sweet corn and watermelons and musk melons. I went down to Watoh Hill this summer on an :xcursion. We went in bathing and walked along the beach, Your little nephew, KENNETH W, MAIN. Norwich. 8She Has a Dolly With Curis. Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write you a letter and tell you about my bunnies. I have three bunnies and I give them lotg of th¥ngs to eat. They like apples and plantain, and I have | a Kkittie and a big, big dolly, teo, with long curls. That s all this time. MIRRIAM GRISWOLD, Age 8. Norwich Town. My Vacation. Dear Uncle Jed: 1 thought I would write you about my vacation. [ had a fine time. My cousin came er from Brookiyn and we played brnd one day. Harold liked to watch 80 just for fun mamma made a numrnd cat and baked It nice and brown. Harold took it up to the attic to eat, Papa called him and he laid his gin- ger cat on the table. A tiny gray rat came out and found the ginger cat on the table. He ate and ate until only three small é¢rumbs were left. So this is how a rat ate a cat. Your niece, Norwich. Why Papa Gave Up Beet Greens. Dear Uncle Jed: Years ago my father useq to be fond of béet greens, but he doesn't eat them any more, One day they had beet greens for dinner. e began eating them with evident relish, but soon the others at the table noticed he wasn't eating them any more, and they asked the reason why. 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