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Little Starrs: . A horse (uacikeren. mflke!pl,%aa ing away. . The less 15 sending | o'¢lock in the afterncon, We stay- S Halon ‘Malons of ] t*tx;‘gn; pld”t.oha,\' we‘i’s ot es to mn%ru, ps: i B iover l‘:lght xntNgw"Yor‘k lu-d s ~ P e T poundt ivef on the ‘horizon, our deljverer e morning we took he train an THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCILE TR HelE Went down td the wharf to see it: a8 we call it; comes fjto view.. Qb | swried for Norwich. 2 i i 2 Freida Retkovske of Norwich, Five | 1 saw many other things. ong | we can never forget those jast few| When we zot here my father was g £ » Little Starrs on a Canal Boat. them were B#‘L! submarines : {A; Y; monjents. 4t last on a rucu'll!‘hsl s{x\lp.‘ waiting for us. He was very glad to | - > % D g them went down nnder water nly [ 'we find that many are gone: s trip | see us. 2 - % BOYS’' AND GIBLS'’ DEPARTMENT 7—Mary Dikey of €vichester; Prudy | (o, Wept SOV JOOCC U la Anally | will be remembered by all who were| FREIDA RETKOWSKE, Age 11 Keeping House: tigt Rt tawl on bpaj Norwich: £ §—-Ethel Sherwood of Willimantie 2 ib{igx. batliing every day and had | - FFHEL SHERWOOD, Ase 13: — | 8E Esther Reld: oy B antic: The Books She Reads. - Rules for Young Writers. | We are going to try to find out| 1y R P ORA SEMPLE, Age 16 he s i i 1. Write plainly on bne side of the | what happiness is so that We M2y | city mac se bo tho ot tne Gutietiy | NorwieH: The Dog and the Oxen. wg:efl:oby'fiedsdé" Vs Bk B For Infants and Ohildren, papes ualy; and number the Pages. | know when we are truly happy: Well, | business ofice at any hour after 10 Once upon a time there was a dog | and tell wou some of the Food hoows 2 Usé pen and Ink, net peneil. Contentment is closely related to Hap- | & m: on Fhursday A Great Surp: that asleep in a manger. It Wa8 [ read. % Shert and peinted articles wiil i be miven preference, De not use over | picess; and what is Contentment? A STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE: Trank hag been thinking of Christ- | & hot day. He was tired. Some oxen| 'They are “Our - Little Japanese e g e et have. e | came who were very hungry and tired. | Cousin,” “Six In a Doil Fouser “Wiq 259 “werd: distinguished scholar sald: “If twe an= Z Ry o aomalns alonir o thie: Hus} n" n k ters onty ith hls fath ey Were coming_along Kitty,” “The “Sp; Tales of th % "\Writé your name, age and ad- | to conduct an empire and the other to A Christmas Tree. there | bteed in the parler, beautifully | the dog wouldn't let them have the T found them all interesting. dress plainly et the boitom of the|sweep a street, they weuld feel ne in= | There was once two children named | decorated, 1 If any of the Wide Awakes know of N MTBAt while dying ‘1o Bed and he exen sald, “I am tired and hun-| good hooks .please let' me know in e. One night whic Btory: cHnation to change employments” [Gladys and Kis ry, el Address ell communics S to Un- [ B ority, | habpened to be the night before Christ- | thinking of Santa Claus aud his eold 7. . > next week's paper and I will try to cle Jed, Bulletin Office. This makes lovalty to divine authorlty, | 5 " hor had a party and the children | joutney, an idea stfuck him. In the| . You are not going to have it sald | got them. i 5 o being satisfied with ene’s lot, the !hsked it they were going to have a | ierning when he awoke he told his ,'h:lol-, i bt 4 INEZ WOODWORTH. “ 5 q = | foundation for Contentment; and Hap- | Chistmas tree? purse about it; and It was decided that | _The oxen eaid “You cannot eal it | Norwich. P ataver. you | are—Be, thatl | biness springs not from having mueh, | Their mother said “Yes.” el \‘ixll;‘lskmu eve he \:{)uld,‘nn ztgla:a hm-l!"“,, et us have 1t —— Ateves Yo bay—Be truel = £ .| Seo the children were happy and af« | of milk, an orange aund a piece of cake | BUT s ¥ The Indi the W .‘a‘dk\‘?&lv‘fil-.,’.‘,’ nEILt true but from being contented with what| ey the party they went to bed. And | near the fireplace for Santa Clais. I won't! You ehant have itl You| T odian -‘nd‘ e White Man. Piraishctoryargly . we have, to ilustrate which attentlon | were wonidering about the tree they | Christmas eve knon came, and with gnly ’run“]nll day .;.m} this ma e m. )cn‘: nele i]”\l«' 1 am going to tell Be nobody else but you.” has been called to the fact that a tub wlvfl‘a have for Christmas, but ‘theh‘ it the sand man, and so l[v, nt e B:l%inhl:-neuq manger famous for s | !r‘:; i}ng;':nar:va:(l:q‘l’(‘ir;‘gm:; :.“_wlle(.t:nn‘,lng‘e_ % £ 4 i and ar- -1 h a A POETRY: a world was not big enough to make [ “Tha children heara them downstairs | giocking, the milk, orange and caks| Colchester. they would be good friends. Alexander content. with the tree. Then the girls jumped | pear the fireplace. In the morning, to e ndia am What Elsie Wond T Ly . i LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. e mnie e T Bl o Vhat Elsie Wonders. o ey 2 g | out of bed and went downsiairs and ' hig gurprise, the milk and food were Rt 3 o) . The Indian wanted to ) Nobody who lives in selfishness, fear ry 18 oy . sty ver night, b I hi an | Eisie wonders—for her i o | peeked around the corner and saw the | gona hig stocking was full of toys and — y over night. but the white man i Seeme¢ & very serious fault— or doubt can have A Happy New Year | {rae, ot they sald: “Whére colld ; poo oyt B LA I ed with The First Buttercups. thought it would not be safe to let him | Why there jsn't jamg or sugar never mind how earnestly we may | mother have had that tree ” and their | ;rosente, Dear Uncle Jed: There was once|StY, Pretty soon he thought it would i In the a, stead of salt wish it for them. Those ounly can |€Yes Baone like 5:1“" . 1 Mfound JESSIE BREHAUT. a pot of gold at the end of the rain- = lhevr :nd‘ )Jl'l)l‘\:lysenue good friends I Bih Arcanenn as har ika tar have A Happy New Year who are con- | o The hustied upstates 4n¢ foqnfl| mast Norwieh. bow, A selfish man found this out.| 820G BISTIESC, L L b Posers 1 have never met— sclous et to have it they must have | to tell the secret, they jumped into | ST e When ha found fhie sold he put it | the White man and knew that he was H Ii the fish wear mackintoshes a mind to recognize Happiness and a | another bed, and in the morning | e Bobbers’ . his bag and ran off to hide it There | Bt e ad, so she brousht | 3 And goloshes when it's we apirlt attuned fo everything that s | When they got up they found their tree | There were once some rubbers who | was & hole in the bus and ail the gold | R to her fathers wigwam. ¢ & ready for them, and mother said | lived n a dep in the mountains. They | foll out. but he Qidn't know it. . He was glad to his friend agais i = _ Eisie wonders If the mermaids g00d. | “Santa told me you peeked at tRe |had plenty of gold, which they had| YWhen he missed the gold he ran| The White man invited the Indlar o edy for Consis | (In Huns Andersen she's re | We should all know that Hope is | tree last night | talen from the people who traveled In | pack looking for it. but no gold was|dinner. The Indian thought he had % Il fich, Sour Stomach,Diswiie: ¢ Such 2 pretty tale ah‘u\ll.\h‘flm\_ not improved by dreaming and muc} T hey mu;nlv x;mi_rgfigglj;) lil:’t;ce. the stage coaches which passed that|ts be foung, e looked all around | ;‘:r\e“ 1;{;11 "‘13\g:1r|,{1 x‘.x\m.‘x % to eat be- = < | | Worras Convulsions Feverisic | Helg o maks Sheicaeins Bedt | Bxpectation is stmply the piiot of Dis- | o oo 3, 489 5 | plage every fortnight. Once there was| him but couldwt find any. A fairy | 2008 oy-8 ed happy ever L | ness and LSS OF SIEER. ou i B o o | ioRTTE a French duke Who was _trave had changed it to buttercups, the first | 8fteT- S 2 S "‘;‘" ‘;"".",““‘."'J ’,““",flff’l"‘, Ber. . | SUPOUIIRONE. T; h‘”" Rogfriil ar to | Hedes bk through that region so he could write | hyuttercups in the world. T MARY GORMAN. | .:‘ 2 of i “Ie\a«"\\.l 3 _‘;.;lex_‘c:'é‘:d:rw d be sore; ex‘pe;( to<; ;xnzu( s to_increase the = attie’ a e g ‘2,“:‘“1 .: ‘when he l‘gm‘!‘;uck to :;x-:;nre EDITH PURVIS, Age 9. & . ! -5& By lisie did misertes of life. | Hattie's parents lived in arge | Suddenly one of the robbers looked out| Norwich. — We saould wonder all the more. 1 co house. They were very | of t d whi he s the stage oy " = - We cannot be healthy or happy If | Country house. T of the den and when he saw the stag — Willlam ‘Pen. i Harrls, in London i ¢ Y | Hatii ) unruly child, Her | coact ing he told the otber robbers, - ¥ = CExTAUR COMPANT, | we live tn violation of the laws which | i} or very much and so e B A The White House. Dear Uncle Jed: King Charles the | 7Tz Cexzaun O makes both health and happiness pos- Close of School. alhias cat went (o teach | mpen to have A Happy New Year Her cousins, Harry and C coach. Dear Uncle Jed: T am going to tell arents were dead, lived at Hat- | g5 (hey took their guns from their | the Wide Awakes why the residence Yelts and. went-out ta hold the coach |of the President of the United States of money to William Penn. The king 3 " o deal of money on himself and his A nice litte vus: not know what to do with her rer the Pilgrims no | < | she was up in the garret | up % ihe driver saw them ane is called “The White House.” , ! In a trea Where the blackbirds stay; |We all of s must think right, live | alome and thought It would be sreat | UPy DUC the driver saw them and then | I8 galled ote TV ute O prestdent 1| trignds. T P And she <ald 1o all the mothers: |right and do right, and In this way |fun to dress up as a boy in the olden WPt happened, e had just twelve | offieially known as the Executive| Penn heard of this he told his | Lt allow the OtASTS essons | Ve MY reallse what our friends and | timex The f7st thing she dif Was (0| pistols’ besides four rifles, and he gave | Mansion, which means that it is the | jigc™0c “wija ‘landa 'in i g il 2 S | neighbors thej dness of heart || - - ‘| Gich of the passengers je the coach | residence of the head of the Executive |2/E8e, OF Wid 1 % eve . every da ghbors in thejr goodness o art ked in some oid chests and found a | & Drameh ot the mpvernment; Tut it is; WoUld be all that he would For he teach lessons | are sincerely wishing for us. | pair of faded red knee breeches, a el I | et e s i | Rine Criarieswais. Vory i (o | Make your New Year happy by | Dair of silver buckled siippers, @ dari ine ropbers came up they gave thema | either by those who live in it, of BY| oot of land, nearly as largs as Wh o Ue pussy began io | WAKINg your INfe right day by day. S ary o s orscred | Wwarm reception, which killed six and | the American people in general, any-iang. It was north of Maryland and | each i Fey s _— e | wounded four of the twelve. thing but the “White House ottor et lang and | L: T en't easy When she went to the door she| The rest surrendered and promised This a very unpretentious title,| nameq it Penn: PR L Olih sl R Ena s i e "indow to call someone up and | Wae hidden, X 5 residence of the prestdent, in‘a coun- | vax" Rt hougnt to b wortn morh | And then eat him in three mouthfuis, | Mildred V. Lewis of Norwich: I want | ned out too far and fell plump on The people got the gold and return- | try which is full of white house had out {RRE sondest tail and all, tail and all, | to thank you for the prize book you | O e it to its owners, who gave them a (;x}l.f’allx-l:vtvl.ufl"h\:& simple name as its Phioie s el “k F And then eat in three mouthfuls, |awarded me for writing a letter to sther time she was sent on an er- | reward. apec PEOREXEY A h day would | tail and all, tail and all.” | ¥ou. I liked the book very much. I|rand for her father. o wafie | But the two robbers were set free| The explanation is easily found.|bo worth more than ail the rchen of | 7 3 | wish you a Happy New Year. | ing along the brook and think and gave $30 each, and they promised Jhe firsiBcecutive Menalon at Wann Englana. 1 y Then the nice little pussy who taught | : TR vVery hard she walked right into the | to settle down and never again to rob | ington, - occupled in 1800. as it P enntas e Quakar S in the School SR | ebatriok H. Mahoney of Norwich: 1| frook. A boy wiho was on the other | a house, barn, or even a dog of ita|built of one. and was unpaint-| are peoble who ask their own hearts | Said w many know the 1esson | fo srs it aas o ers i o side jumped in and puiled her out . O ed: but in 1814 the Dritish army oo- | what to do. They believe.that you that is done I thank Ao fitng e One day Hattie was p {ennis | JAMES SMART, Age cupied Washington and burned, with| should make no more slgn of respect | But no answer could they give her, | po aas you very much for it I Will| yith her cousins when she spied her | Baltic other public Buildings, the Presidents to one than anoth At that time | o she ate ail the scholars, one by | oY Christmas. to him. Harry and Clara then plaved | The Black Woman and the Dove. he house was rebuilt again on the cven to the king himself. V 7 me, one by one | Doris Peckham, Old Mystic: T thank | by themselves. Suddenly Harry saw e Fiere reela Mag e site, and the same walls wer: Penn wanted the land so t othes: b T Or e l e\‘, ear 80 she afe up ail the scholars, one by | you very much for the prize book.” I|a large bird in the He threw up | . JRCR BRORLGBRS /08 T o |used in its construction; but they, Quakers could come and settle. Later | one, one by one. { was much pleased to receive it the day | his ball at it, but broke a window in | ¥h0 Rad a very beaulul wife, 10 white on the suggestion of|the land which is now the state of | = before Christmas. I have read several | the ouse [ Eave Dgt exgipIpgsus swishiad. Onel Jackson, not enly to improve Jersey was bought by Penn and N 5 UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- of Pa books and like them very | Wh nildren were asked about | 927 he nad to fight a baitle and ¢ appearance, but in token of de- Quakers for the same Have you forgoiten any of your Friends at Christ- much. | it the knew nothing. Sus- flance of British fire by the Ameri- AWBHES. put her up In a tree and told her to | can“B luniic, : 3 stay thers Hil ho egtmee back The Mansion soon became the “White | the Qu | did, but one day there was a blacl ttie because she was al peace ought made picion fell on H always in trouble. The t feld: 1 Thelma Whitehouse of Mans mas? Remember them at New Years, thiy will be just s the day of kind wishes and | thank you very much for the book you et LT v Very sad, and when the truih was d House” in the mouths of the people, | times e of many nations are wish- | St me. 1 have read a little bit of It, | founa out 1t made her merry again; [ Who.came after a pall of water. and from that day to this it has been, thrown into dark and dirty prisons. as much pleased. another A Happy New Year, | 204 found it very interestic. Ihe name | \/;i"she never gave as much trouble as lgoked up in the tree and painted white every ten years. Its i himsclf had been shut up in jail Gfatia, Doak J8' ATl Martha's® Cormer | psrorel ng’s wife, and sald ame commemorates a patriotic feel-|on account of his religion. He was just as Uncle Jed wishes you all A | Cupboard. i PAULINE SMOLOWITZ, Age 13. [ come after water g, therefore, as well as serves to des- | DOW in no more danger, neither were QCur Flowers are fresh and our Plants well grown. 4 i H i £ w Year; but wishing a hap- o Norwich. One day she 1;9'1 '1!!5' P he biane | cribe the mansio appearance for | his friends. 1 does not put a bit of WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOK&G. A | down, so she did and laid In the black | {he original coat of white pa was a | _Penn sent a number of people to set- Wi i i e New Year’ ifts Bos- Ay Al el atax ol 5 | | woman’s lap. | sort of protest against the vandalism | tle in America in the state of Pennsyl- e have some nice suitable N Y sG at the 2 ve o TS e 3 A Flemish Dog and His Two Masters.| "“mpep she began to pat her head, but | 070" BHCh Gnd every subsequent | vania. In 1632 he made ready to sail . . conduct toward others and the | .1—Harold E. Maynard of Lyme |/ Patrasche”was a big Flemish dos. | sy @ia nat pat-it lope when Goat has served to Perpetuats the pro- | With one hundred -people ton Store, the Norwich Shopping Center, edn i others toward us make life | King’s Daughter. Before he was fully grown he Was | asleep eat HAROLD C. MAYNARD, age 14. pleasa - mar it. | 2—Claude Lathers of Norwich, The | 20u8ht by a tinware peddler ~Who| Then the black woman stuck three HELEN MALONE, Age 16. Lyme. A great many ages ago a scholar ' FIving Machine Boys on Duty made him draw a cart full of pots and | pins in her head and she turned into a| providence, E. | | 5 | pans and other wares. | dove and flew away into the fore % = R [] €iscovered that only those are happy | 3—Susan Mason of Ballouville, Dad- It was fortunate that Patrasche was | Then the black woman sat § | who think themselves so, and |d's Girl ory Siron, otherwice he would e | ihree but Vhen the I came b My Trip For Home. ! this truth no one has ever denied —Edi Vorwich, Five | died under the heavy burdens, the se- | ed: “What makes you so black? Dear Uncle Jed After we had — e — | the blows with which the peddler Te- | She came down and went to the|with my grandmother and grandfath- | . 3 Sy L E > paid his hard work king’s house. er we began to prepare ourselves to| There's no need of it. Sniff a little h | e v actar two voars of agony, | SHEEHAME L L 0 e and et | o home Tt wen tne. 200" ot July | Kondonis<itho original 4na sennius. | The Leading Florists S E E D SO Wi NG the dog was wearily dragging his | oo ge i 40 oy | when we took the 3 o'clock train to | Catacrhal Jelly, up the nostriss. Iis - | heavy load along in the blazing sun | 'y ™SS0 S g 4 pranw Bremen. goothing, healing properties quickly re- | when for the first time in his life he | o ops sald: et @ trap” o ita| On oir way to Bremen we saw the| lieveyou. Best thing for hay fever,colds, Phone 868 77 CEDAR STREET By JANET NICHOLLS. staggered, foamed at the mouth and |y na'on b WAS SDOUC Lo cul Ol | same rye fields as we had seen be- | Catarrh,sore throat, catarrhal headache, | fell. His master gave him the only | I ad he saw the three pins and pulled | S870e POt Instead of seeing the rye| nosebieed, deafness, etc. Relleves the TEe | medic he ever administered to him | S A5 S A o ek Woman | growing it was stacked up (in shaj e | condition which causes snoring. Sold Any little folk who take walks in the |and waterfowl help to carry them | Xicks and oaths and blows with a | ompe | tents) ‘to. dry. cafter we had| only in 25c and B0c_sanitary tubes by | . druggists or direct. Sample free. Writs country these fall days may find when | about. | club—and finally left him beside the ; ALICE HAZEN, Age 9. | Dpassed the fields we had to go through they zei home that their clothes are! Birds are very useful as carriers of | T02d to die. Ballouville, Conn the woods which was very lonesome, | Besgon R S b » small objects which stick |Seeds, because they are such great | After a time there came along a but once in a while we saw a rein- | i i { like grim death. Burrs. we call them, | travellers, and so plants try to atiract | little old man named Jehan, bent and E B e deer run among the trees. It was ONDON’S 4 © not vary weel pleased when | them with conspicuously colored and | lame and very feeble. He looked at| §ual Repy anfOne (Fod: about 5 o'clock in the afternoon be- s aibadilad 7 s a0 | Aliclousty Aavered fralty. Thr eees’s | the dog, found that he was still alive, | 7 . wepe anée five peas in a pod,, fora we reached Bremen. CATARRHAL JELLY:H that, ir | hidden in’the fruit, and the plant and carried the sufferer home. The old | mpoiwhole world seemed vellow. One| The next day we were already to &o | £ + very clever | Breat care that it ‘shall not be injured |an tended him with so much care| g,y fhey heard a crack at the Pod. |to the boat. But before wo could get | | makes us carry |when the fruit is eaten. It is cithes | that sickness gave way to health and | v all rolled out. to the boat we had to take the train ; | hard and bitter or else it is encased in | Patrasche finally stood up again on| " he poy saw them and said he would | to Bremen Haven and there go on &} | e jearned the importance (& stony covering like the plum, so |lis four stout legs. He seemed sur-| ..ot them in his pistol Smatl boat and sail for o mite or =0 | | HE DEL = HOFF | ation of crops, and she takes |that it passes through the bird's body | Prised to hear no curses and to feel no | "4y, ghot one of them. The pea was | until we got to the large boat. The | -and Owners ins to sce that se on't fall |undigest S fx Dlows from his new master. “He shg 2 L b D B! % g 06 & 'vr:‘\“ e xu n't zu“ e ;t;:h:(xo:svi!mg;w;;\;:.wmM_ tor | The first day after 0E Shb avell 'l;o(gh K;‘t;rf:;xil‘\)ull‘l;n{u and - saying | T of the boat wa Kalser Wil ]‘.uropean Plan | Sied Thut 55 mhe e s diumatar e rasite upon | @nd strong he watched the old man as =3 o O 2l s vallows | Tt wan sant p we hac 5 B e e o e D | e thosa man s o araslte upon | 0% tarted oft with his milk cens. The | -So.8 bird caught it and swallowsd tt | It was a - ant trip we had. | Rates 75 cents per day and up (| . : iriois other plants with a lo of | sticky Juice, and the seeds stick to the | DXt morning, before bis master hac| The fast one fell into a crack After six duys had gome past so hup- | HAYES BROS, '} should get our prices for TIN, COPPER us little hooks which firm | beaks of the birds that eat it, so that | touched the cart, Patrasche walked fto ] ., " i qow” and very soon it v we reached New York about four | Teiephone 1227. 26-28 Broadway | - between the he wool, or hair, or clothes, | they have to Tub them off on the bark | it and placed himself IO thy as a pretty ssing animal and get free|8nd in the crotches of trees. This is | Shafts. e g LR e ation for the seeds to pas- | precisely what the mistletoe wants, be- | At lensth Jehan allowed the dog to | SUSAN 3ASON | new | cause it could not grow anywhere else, | 4raw the cart, and never did a dog go | RS s e AeN L Tiese hooks, which are very mild | Birds also carry seeds in their feathers | MOre jovfully to play than this animal | Ballouville and harmless here, compared with |and on their feet. Darwin grew eighty- | Went to his daily task. . i Whal they are in the tropies, are only | two plants from the mud on the foot of gL CDE THEERS s A Christmas Story. and GALVANIZED WORK hefore plac- ing your orders. Contractors I | one of agreat many devices that na- | one partridge, and from three table- | NUrwich. Oie Bttt T i T b i ture uses io zet her seeds sown in new |spoonfuls of mud taken from the bot- | i found lots of p‘rnet(:'\ Bt lm“v‘ P L N . places eerc vear. Hooks would not | tom of a sheet of water frequented by | A Day in the City Woods. stocking. 5 : % i. | fi 0 Pé ‘of ax n trees, for birds he germinated 537 seeds. There is no a whole' lot of trees | T went to my cousin’s ouse and| i becas sing animals (wo Nut-bearing plants are not so suc- | here. is there, auntie?” said Paul ¢ Tl ol wrd o s g i i J are | s e | brought her a ane big doll «:.d lots of | ! brush again em, and so fc Gessiul in getting their seeds distri- | e are not many trees here | oiher nice things. She was very glad | (M patiire uses the AULsmn Winds as ¢ buted as are those that bear fruits, be- | Paul, but after dinner well go to the | sy hiog things. She was very glad | [ . ¢ 2 Tt A e A DT e e e o i atier i o e | oen Lmo e g e ol snd e 18 Large stock of Mill Supplies always om haad or phun n very beautifully pat- (Ded up in something good to eat, the park. 11 show you something else | g h 1l - fao <o ! = f8rmed, which car them long dis- | seed itself is good io eat. Plants are there, too,” said auntie. - | o the mulie v"“ Liec: face. .‘ stavect ) Ors e tanc very much like people in some w: “OR, what is that something e i “'“‘}.‘ g ajl Ruyssud wo played. i}'fl < - g N TV . . The ma seeds fly in pairs. Some give their children a good start Paul asked. | “WhensLiwent Romp It yes veory. dark il 'PC‘CIW(! Of HUNGY W ELL flox Watil’ ““g on 5 & wing, and we i in life, while others fling them on the | “You will see at the park? auntie | 200 NS ¢ame with me a-ways, and she | i o 2 = — agle. obs. TS Baeawocd prosiies |Worid With aies oy any boig ans ioe | st | suid: “Thank you for the nice things | il = And consider 3 3 = = secds, Theeim seed [+ entireit sur. | germ s provided with & lot of food on | When they came meur Som. irets i | g, iV Bd 8 8001 time that Christmas | 1] the 6 months' : § 1 willow seed: are plumed, | time after ns to grow. But un- | crackers. They were talking together BT PGS 1 2 &y . eiimes fill the air such | fortunately, this food is just as good ' when auntie pointed to a bush. iThere| PBallouville. Clo il EEs ¥ ¥ to give the apr nee | for animals as it is for plants, and so under the bush sat two little rabblts. | Wi - 7 s : oy “““"“"\' Dot only hes| fle nitbeiine free fics to protect Paul held out a piece of cracker. Ths | An Adventure at Sea. a t eardas ar: €x . . 4 a fairy sail to carry it {hrough the air, | its seed from animals, instead of ask- two rabbils came creeping up. Slowly | e : ra advantage - : ut a tiny grappif: i with which m to come and eat, as the fruit they reached the ci ki Slow- E rah! Vacation is here, and I am | in} . g 3 T E i B apoa PG Jod it wich | e oaen i e and i, o8 the Sl ndlSaew nached Ty oraindr Blon” | g ey B Lo | 1B o e b veond n't Keep it oif our lawns, | tree, so that they may not be seen lighted. Paul let the cracker drop.| (N® Of the largest boats of the world. | i Shiapaiit s We. try |among the green leaves, and brown The big rabbit picked it up and sat| Lt Was built at Glasgow, so it will be| [ Don'e think that Hole- e plumg ie thistie | when they fail, 8o that we do not notice | up on his hind feet and ate the crack- | Strong and comfortable. I am _going | {5 proof are \guaranteed ast and f axe life | them among the dead ones. They are | or | to spend the summer in the British | ] el e fli, the farmer, and the cat- | also wrapped up in hard and stony | ‘“Auntie, how could they be so tame?” | [51eS, or the United Kingdom, as it is | fini ek du) e ety h R il s on the Jersey meadows send their | coats, which are often very hard to ' asked Paul. sometimes tcalled. ?T;{ toes. Every stitch is i med se in clouds a s the TTud- | crack, as we all know. Nevertheless, o one is allowed t i | Such a long voyvage requires many . i son to New York when the late fall | many animals live upon nuts, and no ' them.” said aunfie. © frishten| preparations. First our clothes requir- | I protected. . If they rip, ir »ein 1o blow. The plumes of | doubt carry away some that they do| Kindness brings its reward. ed attention. They must be of both | 7 if they tear, if a single ['}' 4 ced are §o soft and abund- |not eat. Squirrels often hide nuts for FRANK PARDY, Age 12. | Warm and cool material, because the| ijy : (i sometimes cushions | Winter use and then forget to go and| Norwich * | climate changes. Nexf the money Is| i thread breaks—any- i e . nd_the clem sich | eat them. So the nut tree gets some consoidered. Of courae, the provisions s A it ovely piumes thit they make | Of its seeds scattered after all, | Our Trip to Ocean Beach. are provided for us. Our staterooms [ LU Tmmac |["" Imost ag beautiinl the | Some e ire thelr own carriers. | oOnce the Sunday achool went to| 2% ¥ery comfortable, so we think we rer wants to replace them. These hose will stand i Dlossors have gone to seed as it was | The tumble weed, which grows in dry | eenn Beact 2 | shall enjoy our trip. cross-conntr valki i asebal 2 il H 4 before |and sandy places, has a very small | moii e S }“1“;{;"11‘;:“;(’)“{“‘1‘3 At first we are rather timid, but cross-country walking, golf, tennis, baseball and . i i ecds that have neither wings nor (Toot, and in the fall, when it 1s done | g™ 08 PithY" Wa got there at sg | S00n become accustomed to the water. dancing. i ] plumes are also carried by the wind, | Erowing, and the little rootlets, whose | mir . tes past 16 o Suppose something should happen to © i and the seed vesdels, or ¢ business it Is to forage for the plant, | RAteR RO 0 L | the ship ‘way out In the ocean, far - the hotanists say, a ary up, a slight gust of wind is all that | , i® POVS, Went \n Swifming right| from land, We cannot go to sleep at - e ST T e B ety Tl 8 o Hitmoo | ey, DUt chey dia no€atay un long,| el 0oClise'wo thin of the Thanics (= 21'9 ALL WARRANTED N vind is zh. The pop; for Instance, | Ings, en it goes tumbling across the | 8 = disaster, & > g, Ve i has a clever little prison from | fields, scattering seeds on its way, I i S hen come Sucisgaln, About midnight of the second night EOR P I VOMEN AN CHILOREM Which i seeds can escape only when | Stiil other plants shoot their seeds| . A% 35 we started to come home.|yq are aroused by the fire alarm. It N ; : Lot Al & favoradle time for their entry. into | as far as they can from the spot where | » © had some fun coming home, shout- | yeemg as if our hearts stopped beat- And here is a precauti The signature, . the worid has '« top of it is a row it is only when th is that of the originator of Holeproof—the origina- tor of guaranteed hose, the hose that are guaranteed -d. Around the they grow. Some of the violets squeeze | (N 8nd singing. . 2 little doors and | their skeds from the pods, just as I hove we will go again next year, capsule is swung | SquUeeze a moist apple seed from b ™ want te have some fun. ing. Rushing upon deck, we are con- fronted by a man with life belts. He tells us to put them on. The Household by the wind that ihe sceds, ‘h at | tween (he fingers, The geranium shoots | .\ . J. STEWART, Age 13, An order to get into the lifeboats because they are worth it. Look for that signature i other tmes e quietly at the bottom, | its sesds by another meihod, and the comes next, but we want to know and trademark on the toe of the hose, for it identifies « able to reach the doors. ouch-me-not has still a different way. My Trip to Block Island. what the matter is. He answers us: th i $1.50 to $3.00 a b e i ALBERT BOA N, Prop. o e, wind - ;,.»u‘.;.u.n v1(1.v most use- In :aa tropics ‘x){flms a; lhta] e!asln L )!l rip to = nel sland. “The boat is on fire,” e ganmne» . o e a box of six pairs, guar- RDMAN, 5 #, ful carrier that the seeds have, but | sometimes shoot their seeds with such | Last summer when I was over on| Oh! What a thousht! but it is anteed to wear six months. the vuter also does a great des! for | violence that anyone in the neighbor- | Block Isiand I saw many Interesting | interrupted by the eommand: BULLETIN BUILDING, 74 FRANKLIN STREET m, nd carries them even longer | hood is linble to be seriously imjurled. | sights. One of the preftiest was a “Hurry ladjes!” THE TOGGERY SHOP JAS. C. MACPHERSON = b One seed that reached the | In all these ways wnd many others [ large fleet of war vessels which were| The women and children go frst, 291 Main St, Norwich, Ct. res from the West Indies was quite | nature scatters her seeds and keeps | sailing round the island for nearly & |as i3 the T y 2 uminjiired by its journey of 3,006 miles | the earth bountiful and fruittul and if | week, and I could sce them. plataly | romdieg i the fante. =Y Mmen T and afterward ‘germingted in Kew | we think of these tiaings the next time | through a pair of strong glasses. 1 At last the flames leul’) upeon the up- Sole Agent for Holeproof Hosiery for Ladies, Men or Children o3 wenl to pus vour busi- | wHEN ‘Want o Put your busi- o nexs hefors the i Gardcns, London, Aquatic plants | we get burrs in our clothes perhaps we | also saw many sailboats come In to | per deck. s Junlle. there (s no me- ~public. is no me~ ften jroyide tneir seods with floats, ' shall not mind them po muen, of ' Tho ‘Aret boats put down are sail IR e P A T “"‘""J - - el s L S