Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 10, 1914, Page 9

THE WIDE A Rules for Young Writers. 1 Write -taalnu on qn:n oL paper cnly, and numoer e pagt 3. Use -en and ink, not pencil. L~ & Bbort and puinted articles wiii be given preference. Do not uge nve: 250" words. 4. Original stories or letters oniy will be used. 5. Write your name. age aud ad- ars plainly ot the bottom of the communications o Ua- dress_all | clo. Jed, Bulletin Office. | —————————— ' . “Whatever you are—Be thatl ‘Whatever you say--Be trus! Strajghttorwardly act, A Fine Da¥’s Hunt. By Horace Seymour Keller. with a camera Is better than a gun; , Not a drop of blood shed, ! ” Spoiling your day's fua. | Over fleld and meadow, | __Picture-. afare= . haunt you i Nothing left to. :With 8 crimson star. And your heart is joyous In your darkened room, ‘When you see your game-bag Come from out the gloom. This, the Ihtt ui:nhwl-nflfll I ul 0. sky:— m?fimfl!w his glory, * “Snappeq him on the sly. " A True Fairy Tale, Do _you know of the house . ‘Where gjnger-snaps grow? ¥ tarts ror us chiidren . March out in a row? ‘Where wishing is having, wn-m-g‘te it :n:lfll' Just garrel 1e ‘r’:]“m-luflr PR And romp and halloo, For they always do right, Whatever: they do? 3 You don’t krow the house? . Then oh fiegem'v'me. sorry you! ,r'v’n-y, it's Grandme's, you see. " UNCLE | JED'S TALK, TO WIDE- AWAKES, The vacation {5 over and our 'Wide- Awakes must’ all return to their schools and ‘thoir studies end it is to ‘be hoped they do so Cheerfully and with a resolution to xe;"sood lessons d' high marks every day. 7 “It is not so Jong ago that the ecliocls in the citles of New Englard had only half the time now given in vacations. The month of August used to be the; long vacation and it seemsed so. long to the little bovs and girls. that many of them felt glad when thev heard the bells ringing to lcall them 'together| again, as many of them do now. ' Uncle. Jed pitles the litfle hoy or girl*who does not like to hear the heil ring which calls them together fori study. He @id not like to hear it and; he knows what it cost him and that is| how he knows what it will cost them. Only the teaghen-kunws what a trial the pupll is who whishors,;and dallles and plays in ths schéoclroom when he should studv. It is ‘only ‘hard to met ~ a lesson when vou_ do’' not set your mind upon veur work. The price of knowledge is study. There are three things required in the ‘schonl room for success: Obe- dience! Di'igence! Patience! Obedliencé that vou may honor your- self by honorinz the rules of the school and be a good examnvle to others. Diligence that you may learn your lessons and rank hizh in vour studies when the reports are made out. Patlence that you may keep sweet and polite and unruffied when some- thing annovine occurs over which you ‘have no control And these three imvortant words are just as good for the teacher as for the puril, because: Obedience is the mother of success! Diiigence is the star of industry! Patience is the suide tn geninvs! Most of the Wide-Awakes have been promoted and from new hooks will explore mew fields of learninz: ard this should inspire a more intense desire to learn. BOYS' AND GIRLS' DEPARTMENT e ———— eSS AR WAKE CIRCLE will live to know school years were | da. short years, although they seemed to be very long. You should learn to spell well, to read well, to write well and to figure accurately—these are the four things which will help you most in the affairs of life—hey will make you competent and command for you the respect of others. TUncle Jed hopes all of the Wide- Awakes will study hard and have good reports the whole year through. WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Righard W, Tobin, Jr, of Norwich —The Young™ Engineers of Colorado. 2—Na Tetreault, of Versallles— Makers Nations, 3—Fannie Lathrop, of Yantlo~—Lost in Nicaragua. ~ 4—Susan Hattin, of Mt. Hope—Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard. 5—Florence Whyte, of Willimantic— Tom Swift-and His Photo Telephone. . 6—Emily C. Babgook, Old Mystic— Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise. 7-—Edith P. Foster, of North Frank- lin—Submarine Boys for the Flag. 8—Daisy Spaulding, of Southbridge, M-a.n-shm't9 Stories. Winners of books living in the city may call at The Bulletin business office for them any hour after 10 a. m. on "Thursday. : —— WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. Nobody’s Cat, She ought.to have been “Somebody’s cat” for she was a Pretty creature, with a jet black coat, white hood and cape, and, long white mittens; but no- body owned her, nobody cared for her, and so she came to live in my garden. I could not take her into the house, because Tommo, my great yellow cat, would haye eaten her up; but I fed her every morning from the dining room window. The moment. I opened the window up popped the white head, with an eager “Mi-au-ow!” and poor pussy was al- v?yu so very hungry that I was sure ndbody else fed her. She slept at npight curled up among the dry leaves at the foot of the elm tree. On cold mornings she used to sit huddled in a pile of leaves until Susan came out to sift the ashes; then the moment Susan was gone she jump- ed into the ashbin and sat on the hot ashes to warm ‘her cold toes. Some-~ times I would hear a piteous sgueal and then I knew she had burned her poor cold toes, but she only jumped cn the edge' of the bin, and waited a few minutes until the ashes were cool enough to sit on comfortably, and then went back to them. Z One day I found her playing with a Touse, and after that she caught mice every ‘day,’and in this way helped me & great deal, for my fine Master Tom- mo ‘was too lazy to catch anything ex- cept & bumblebee when it alighted on his no-e. So, after all, Nobody's ocat was uscful to scmebody, while Some- ‘body’s cat was useful t8 Nobody. NANCY TETRBAULT, Age 15. Versailles. STORIES A Cew Afe tho Hucklebarries. | Ono day last summer papa and my sister and brothers went ‘to get somc berrics about a mile frem our ‘house. We left the’house at '8 o'clock and about 10 o'clock we had Dpicked 12 quarts; so we put them. under a large maple tree. and papa put his straw hat on the pail so that po one would touch | them, and went awey to /get some more. 5 3 It ‘was getting about dinner time and we had picked 10 quarts. = Papa said: “Let us go and get our bern'es uncer the tree and go home now!” So 'when we came to the tree therd was nothing but a pail with nothing in _it, and an old straw hat.’ - . We were not very happy, but wen Home with 10 ouarts. I do not think that cow's milk could have been very sweet. NE. MATHIEU, Age 13. Columbia. Oliver Wendell Holmes. ‘When Oliver Wendell Holmes was a little boy he liked to hear stories about Indians. His father could tell them to him, as there had been many living near by when he was young. Oliver’s grandmother was a very good woman. She knew how to take care of sjck people, and was very kind. ere wa< once a blg snow storm. So much snow fell that the houses were almost buried in it. Grandmother Holmes heard of a woman living in a town near by who was very ill. She nut on her snowshoes. climbed out of the second story window and went to take care of her. Two men went with her, carrying a long Pole, and she took School days nr1 short days, and you MAKE A FIFTEEN-MINUTE-BLOUSE It Doesn’t Take a Second Longer to Make It if You Follow These Directious. 3 Qs Gir's, have you ever heard of a “fifteen-minute blouse”? Isn't it the most fascinating title for a blouse that you over heard? It means, of course, that it takes fifteen minutes to make it. Juft imagine, you can have a styl- ish blouse, in a quarter of an hour, making it yourself, for it is just as eimple as can be. It is made in the cutest way, starting first by making a paper pattern, if without a pattern, too. Ifgyvou feel afraid to try on a plece of goods first, make a pattern, and see whether you uanderstand the principle under which the design ‘works, First, you want goods a yard wide, or you wili have to piece your blouse. and that will take time and then it will not be a fifteen-minute blouse. The first one that was made in my house was not a fifteen-minute affair, for the girls were so anxious to try the pattern that they wou'd not wait to get some yard-wide material, but went to work and made a blouse out of some narrow material. They had to plece it, and it would have been a sorry looking “affair with a seam right across the shoulder and down the arm, only the girls inserted a pigce of“nar- row lace where the seam came, and it looked very pretty, indeed. Now. to make vour blouse, take your e yard-wide material and measure off | and cut a square from it, taking the width of the goods, one yard, as your guide. Take the lower right-hand cor- ner of your goods and bring it up and across to the upper left hand corner. Then fold the goods again, bringing the right-hand upper point over to the left-hand upper point. You will then have a triangular figure. -Now hold thig triangle up. as if it were a prya- mid on the banks of the Nile, witn its g;'lnt or apex pointing to the sky. of your blouse, and if you do not want it low, do not .cut off much of the top of your pyramid. Then open your trianele half, and hold it up, with the long double line of goods running horizontalWy across, and the point in yonr hand. Then cut a straight line vertically from' the mijddle of the double part of your goods, where you cut off the top of vour pyramid. straight down to the pcaa in your hand. This is for the front of your blouse, for it is going to open in_ front. Now take your scissors again, and cut a little from the sides of the triangle, in a curved line, for as you have already seen, I think, the top of the sleeves are form- ed of the long double line of the goods. You need not shape the sleeves and under-arm seam any at all. Begin to cut, after you have folded back the goods from the end of the sleeve. It will be in a point, you k Shape a plece, like a slizht c cut back the front of the blouse, like lit- tle revers. The blouse will then be like a slight V-front one. ‘You can face this, also the cuffs. and backs will end in ‘a point. and there you can put in your gathering string. - The blouse is dainty and pretty, if made right, and it will launder well. ‘What do you think I saw one made of the other day? The trimming of a white summer hat. It was wide, white satin, and there were about two yards of it. The satin was soft and dainty, but it ,was not a yard wide so it had to be cut in half its length and sewed together in the shape of a square, and then, where it was joined, it had been put-together with narrow lace insertion. Now, girls, 1 en cut off a little of the apex of this fsyrmii only a little of it, as this golng to represent the neck hope you will be able to make your- selves some pretty blouses of the fif- téen-minute type, it out and sew around this, S this will form the lower side of your sleeve and under-arm seam. Turn |- ‘The fronts| _NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1914 : hold of the middle of it to help her walk. In those days the people were troubled by the Indians. At one time the Indians became so flerce that the men built a fort and Jeft their wives and children there, while the work was being done in the flelds. Once, when the women and children were alone ir: the fort, some vegetables were needed for their dinner. No one red venture out but Bathsheba Holmes, who was afterwards the grandmother of Oliver. She took a big basket and went through a long path into the garden, where she gath- ered the fresh vegetables and took them back to the fort. Mary years afterwards, when she was an oid woman, & poor Indian came to her door. She gave him food and he told her this story: asked her if she remembered go- ing to the garden with a basket years ago, when the women were in the fort. _She told him she dide He said he saw her leave the fort ‘|and intended to kill her with his bow and arrow. He hid in some bushes near the path and was just about to let the arrow fly when something within him seemed to tell him to stop, why he did not shoot her. He thought it was God who held his arm and saved her, and after that he looked upon her as one under the care of the Indfans’ God. FANNIE LATHROP, Age 12. * Yantic. Jim Crow, Jim Crow is a tame bird. ‘When his “master came ‘would say “Hello, papa!” He loved red and blue. ‘When there was company he would spread out his wings ami say: “Come on! Come on!” . home he ens. If the chickens didn't eat fast he would get it all away from them. He would get some of u;‘s food and hide it. s One day a dog came and hurt Jim ‘We never had Jim Crow any more. SUSAN HATTIN, Age 9. Mount Hope. A Stiteh in Time, “Ida, you had better mend your dress before you go in the woods; or the bushes will catch in that torn place 'and make it wotrse.” “Q no, mother! I can't stop now. And Tll be real careful” Away she ran, but'soon returned for a pin. “I'll pin it together. That will do for this afternoon.” ' “Remember, if it gets torn badly, you must mend it all yourself,” replied her mother. ; “Yes,” answered Ida. Ida had been in the woods only a little while when a thogn bush clutch- ed her dress. She %fln't stop to work carefully; she pul on her dress and that torn plac‘ made many more tears, pot Shé entered the house thdt wnight more 'slowly than she left it. “My dress caught on am old thorn ‘bush, and ] couldn’t get it off without tearing ever so many plages,” were Ida’s first wo “You should have worked very care fully and- slowly, if it was caught on such a bush.” “The girls were 1 running away from me, so I pulled it off as quick as I could,” said Ida. : “You must fuss now to mend it,” said her mother., “You'd better change your dress and begin.at once. You can mend some before dark.” “Why can’t I wait until tomorrow? T'm_tired.” ¢ = “You have put it off long. enough, 1da. Get vour things and do g part now.” “Q dear! I wish we never had to sew.” Ida. worked until she could see no more, but still the dress wasn't fin- A stitch in time saves nine, FRANK PARDY, Age 13. Norwich. The Woed Crop. ‘The forests of the United States cover an area of about 699,500,000 acres. This is about 35 per cent. of the gurface of the United States. The white pine is found in the northeastern states as far as Minne- sota, and the yellow pine in the southern states. In the Mississippi valley is found the hard woods, such'as oak, hickory, ash and gum frees. / Rocky mountains is cedar, hemlock, redwood, pine and sequoia. The settler, when in England, was told not to cut the trees, but when he came here there wasn’t any room for houses, and he could not cultivate the soil, because there were so many trees. He had to cut them off. The Indians bothered the settler by hiding behind the trees. The forests are important because they furnish lumber for houses and make railroad ties. The preservation of forests regulate. the flow of streams. Harrison, Roose- velt and Cleveland established nation- al forest reserves which our govern- ment owns.. & This prevents floods and keeps the seil from washing away. The forests stop the wind for a distance. In conservative lumbering the peo- ple do not use the forests as a mine, W AR, s AR . JACKSON, Age 13. Mansfield Center. A Trip to Springfield. I left Norwich at quarter Friday, August 21, apd arrived at Willlmantic .at quarter “past eleven, left Willimantic at twenty - minutes past and arrived at Hartford at twelva forty. I had dinner at Hartford. Af- ter dinner I went to the state capifal. On the first floor were statues of Na- than Hale and Geéorge. Washington, on of ten the second floor were flags. of the Civil war. I then left for Springfield, where we arrivei .at six-thirty. Among the many places. I iwent to the two T lked best were® Mt. Tom and River- side Park. Last, year I-told you about Mt. Tom so I will tell you aboug Riverside Parlk. There is a ferris wheel there, the Pan-. ama Canal, a roly poly coaster, the gigler_the frolic and the circle swing. are some of the things.there. We left for home Friday, August 28. and arrived at quarter of five. . FLOYD HILL, Age 9 Norwich. Two Families “of Hornets. There lives two families of hornets in our ncighhorhood. One family lives in a pear trée in front of our house, and the other family lives a little ways ur the road in front of our neighbor's house. ‘tne family up the road live in con- stant danger, as the bovs and sirls passing by throw sticks and stenes at their house and give Mr. ana Mrs. Hornet and their children some awful frights. They cannot go away or leave the house or something is sure to_happen. ‘While they were away one day some one threw a stone right into the house and scattered the children and broke out the windows, causing them con- siderable trouble and aunnoyance. And T'm sure it wasn’t Mr. and Mrs. Hor- net’s fault they didn’t give those boys and girls a lesson. The family who live in the pear tree Jim Crow would eat with the chick- | the st on of it. was sorry when the time came for me to come home. transmitter at his awakens and cries his mother hears still live on unmolested, enjoying their freedom and sipping the honey from the morning glories and sweet peas. TI'm sending you a leaf of my morn- ing glories, as they are the lamgest 1 have ever seen. They measure about seven inches each way. And there are hundreds of blossoms out every day. The sweet peas are just 1dvely, and I wish you were here to see them. FLORENCE WHYTE, Age 10. Willimantic. Master Tobin’s Trip to Ireland. We left Norwich at 10 o'clock p. m. on the 15th of July on the train which left for New London. en we ar- rived at New London we crossed the railroag tracks and went aboard the Sound steamer Chester W. Chapin, went to our stateroom in which the bed was far different from the one we have at home. I had to do some acrobatic work to get into the berth 1 was to sleep in that night. I slept one story higher than my r, who slept directly underneath me. However, it suited me very well ag I was tired and sleepy, as it was unusual for me 10_go to bed at midnight. I awoke early in the and view of New York; but to my disn it was foggy and I could not see much of anything. The fog horns_were owing from several ships. So we stopped still and stayed several hours. Finally the fog lifted about 8.30 a. m. and there were severa! boats all around us. The New Hampshire was .anchor- &d, and we had'a line from -her. Every boat was held fast by means of large to the other. We Wwhen /the fog lifted we made New York, at about 9.30 a, m. We then took a car at Pier 40 _and in a short time we were at West 22nd street_and a block east of Pler 59, which I noticed was the White Star pier. We then entered the ground floor of this building, stepped on stairs and stood still and in a minute we were up on the floor from which we took eamer. ‘We walked a few blocks down and after passing different offices and offi- cers of this company had our tickets examined, and so forth. ‘We then crossed the gangplank, stewards took our suit cases and es- corted us to cur stateroom. The stateroom was No, 210, second cabin. There weére ur in this room and I did pot have to do any acrobatic work, as there was no 2ha Tayeett 5o we. slesh.in the £ , 80 we sl o lower across from each other. At noon en J\I:K 16th we started on our voyage on the good ship Cedric of the White Star line, our destination being Queenstown, Ire'and. RICHARD W. TOBIN, JR., Age 12. Norwich. Dickens’ Cat. Charles Dickens was a lover of ani- mals. His little white cat Williamina was a favorite with the entire house- nold, but showed an especial devotion to its. master, She selected a corner of his study for her kittens, and brought them in from the kitchen one by one. dir, Dickens had them taken away again, but Williamina only brought them quietly back. Again they were removed, but the third time of their return she did not leave them in the corner. Instead. she placed them at her master’s feet and, taking her stand beside them, looked imploringly at him. That settled the question. ‘ter the kittens belonged to the study, and as they made themselves royally at home. swarming on the curtains, play- ing about tHe writing table and scam- pering behind the bookshelves. Most of the family were given away; orly one remained, entirely deaf, and known from her devotion to Dickens as “the master's cat.” This little creature followed him about like a dog and sat beside him vhile Le wrote. p QOne evening Dickens was readifis by a small table whereon stood a lighted candle. As usual, the cat was at his elbow. -Suddenly the light went out. Dickens was much iInterested in. his book and proceéded to relight the can- dle, stroking the cat as he did so. Af- terward he remembered that puss had looked at him somewhat reproachfully while she received the caress. It was only when the light again became dim that the reason of her melanchely sud- denly dawped uj im. quickly, e found her deliberately put. ting out the candle with her paw, and 2gain she looked at him appealt . She was lonesome; she wanted to be petted, and this was her device for gaining her end. BREHAUT. Bast Norwich, N, Y. —— My Trip to Pennsylvania. Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I woyld write gnd tell you about trip to Pennsylvania. g x I was not well so I went to Penn- sylvania for my health. We 1¢ft New London about noon a;nd arrived in Philadelphia about 6 o'clock. 1 stayed there a few days. ‘While I-was there I went to the 200 and also went' throngh the mint. I left Philadelphja at 8 o'clock in the morning and got to uncle’s about 2 in the afternoon. uncle lives on a large farm. I used to feed the chickens every morn and help to bring home the cows in the evening. They have a horse 35 years old. It was a colt when my papa was a lit- Lleo !mya ne day my cousin took my picture the horse. They think very much I enjoyed my trip very much and EDNA MAY BALDWIN, Taftvitle. AT Baby Telephones its Cry. Probably the youngest child habit-| uaily using a telephone is the four months old baby of the Platte Fou- gere lighthouse, on the Island of Guernsey, in the English channel. This baby sleeps every fine day In its car- riage in the open air with a telephone side. When he the sound over the telephone-in the hou;e. ;‘h‘,ls lliha is- able to do her ‘work and also listen for baby’s o LILLIAN OT, A:?go. East Norwich, N. Y. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED My Guineas. Dear Uncle Jéd:—About five weeks .ago my big sister gate me a setting of guirnea eggs. As we had no setting ggg»fim then I kept them a few When a hen wanted to set, T took A box and put some damp dirt in the bottom’ and then put in hay enouzh for 2 good nest. Then I put in the egss, and the hen went on the nest, and I put another box over her so she wouldn't jump off \ In the morning I took off the top box and fed her. She had settl~d down in the nest so I did not put the box on again. I kept her fed with corn, and kept vater by her all the time for four long weeks. One morning I went out to feed her and she had ten little guineas. That night I went out to see them and T thought I heard a peeping in the nest. I took out the hay and tangled up in it was another little guinea, so that made eleven guineas. I was counting them to be sure, and I though T still heard peeping in the nest, so 1 took out all the hay but did not find anything. As I was putting it back I heard the peeping again, and down in one corner was another little IN SUCH PAIN WOMAN CRIED Suffered EverythingUntilRe- stored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta- ble Compound. Florence, So. Dakota.—*I used to ba very sick every month with i . = down pains an e, and had headache a good deal of the time and very little appetite. The pains were so \{bad that I used to sit right down on the floor and cry, be- cause it hurt me so and I could noi do any work at those - times. An old wo- man advised me to try Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetghle Compound and I got a bottle. I felt better the next monthso I took three more bottles of it and got well so I could work all the time. I hope every woman who suffers like I did will try Lydia E., Pinkham’s Vegetable Com - P, 'LANSENG, Route No. 1, Florence, Sauth leota.' ‘Why will women continue to sufferday in and day out or drag out a sickly, hali- hearted existence, missing three-fourths of the joy of living, when they can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound ? For thirty years ithas been the stand- ard remedy for female ills, and has re- stored the health of thousands of women who have been troubled with such ail- ments as displacements, inflammation, ulceration, tumors, irregularities, etc. If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confi- dential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by = wo™~~ and held in strict confidencs — e quinea. There were thirteen eggs and the cne that did not hatch had a dead guinea in it. Two of the, guineas weré white and oh! so cunning! This morning my brother and papa brought a crate they had and put it in_the yard for me. I took a basket and put the guineas into it, and took the hep by the legs and puf them into the crate, and fed and watered them. Now ¥ have the prettiest flock of twelve guineas I ever saw, and wish Uncle Jed and all of the Wide Awakes cou'd see them. - EDITH P. FOSTER, Age 8. North Franklin. 5 Double Morning Glories. Dear Uhcle ‘Jed:—About three months ago I planted some Morning Glory seeds around a trellis. When they came up they did not zrow a bit, for three weeks. Then they grew so fast I thought that they were grow- ing about two inches a day; now they are all growing well and have reached the, top of the trellis eight feet high. They are all in bloom now. Thers are red, royal purple, blue, and white ones. Some of the white flowers are from a different packet and are double Morning Glorfes. They are some- thing new this season, and are very handsome. I shall try to describe them. They are like one large lily inside, encircled by a wreath of fine feathery petals. They are snow white and have a very graceful appearance. They are not fragrant however. but add greatly to- wards a variety of flowers. MYRON RINGLAND, Age 14. Norwith Town. A 'Pretty Place in Woodstock. Dear Uncle Jed:—I have for some time read your letters and stories which I have found to be very intere esting. I am spending my vacation here in Woodstock and a prettier place I do not think can be found. Imagine a story and half farmhouse sitvated on a hill and shaded on all sides by large maple trees. Let your fmaginations go as far as to see a large forest with a flock of ducks nib- bling the sreen gass at the entrance “They look just like a picture,” I ex- claimed after first seeing them, and they certainly did. * 1 have long drives and walks through shady and sunny lanes, and nothing looks prettier than the beautiful wild flowers erowing by the ypadside. There is one thing I have failed to do this summer and that is to go a fishing. Perhaps that sounds a bit boyish but I certainly enjoy going R S T R T T A [HE MOHICAN CoMpA Fresh OYSTERS quart FLOUNDERS Block Island BLUEFISH, Ib...... 33c 8¢ 10¢ SWEET POTATOES 100b8, . icnenceness 25¢ Fresh each 2lc 23¢ CHEESE, b........ Confectioners’ SUGAR, 3 Ibs....... when the mesquitoes do not bite more| er hears the reading . classes bef: than the fish do. recess and the history classes aft I know that you, Uncle Jed and all the Wide Awakes would enjoy this as much as I do. - DAISY SPAULDING, Age 15. Southbridge. Milford's 275th Anniversary, Dear Uncle Jed:—I attended the Storington celebration of August 8, 8, 10, and was in the parade of school children. Seeing others have written about the Stonington _celebration 1 will write about the 275th anniversary of the town of Milford, Conn., Satur- day, August 22. I went from Bridgeport in an auto- mobile with my aunt and uncle and in the center of Milford is a large green, and the automobiles were parked as :hick as they could stand all around t. At the head of the parade was the Governor’'s Foot Guard with their band. In the parade were a great many floats. There were a grea many more then in the Stoninston parade. Among them was the First Congregational church of Milford. The first buggy- wagon ever used in Mil. ford was in the parade, was drawn by an old horse and was oc- cupied by two old residents dressed in ancient costumes. The fire company presented a fine appearance. The various bands and drum e~emns played patriotic music. A platform was erected.in the cen- ter of the green for the speakers and invited guests. Many others took possession of it, and while the \first speaker was givinz his address a pant of it collapsed. The addresses were giten as scheduled. Quick as the exercises were over the carpenters repaired the platformy and the pageant was givem on it in the evening surrounded by many hun- dreds of electric lights. It was an ideal day.and the celebra- t(o; was very good from beginning to end. Milford was first settled in 1639. Tt has a Memorial Stone Bridge and js at present erecting a Memorial Mill by subscription in commemoration of the founding of the town at the site of Ye Fowler’'s Mill, the first Grist Mill erected in New Enegland. EMILY C. BABCOCEK, Age 14. . Old Mystic. Her Lessons Schoel. Dear Uncle Jed:~—I am going to_tell you about the lessons I had in school last year. I was in the fifth grade and T expect to go into the sixth grade this year. We had a very nice teacher. coming back again this year. Our school began at nine o'clock in the morning and at half past ten we had a recess; and at 12 we romp home to dinner. We come back again at one o'clock in the afternoon, and at nalf past two we had a recess. As soon as we all get in we have a sing- Jng lesson which lasts half an . hour, then we go to work on arithmetic, and when the teacher gtts done hearing the arithmetic classes we have recess. After recess we study on our read- ing and our spelling; then it is time to g0 home to our dinner. At ome o'clock in the afternoon we have drawing then we have reading or historv which ever we study. I study history. Our teach- She is recess; then we have to study phy and grammar when it is £ time gé go Fre. . I like history, reading] spelling and geogtaypl, . ARLENE PEARL, Age 10. ,, Augusta.. o . A Happy Day. Dear Uncle Jed:—I am going to telk you about one of the happiest days- of my vacation. It was Fourth of July. I went to bed very happy the' night before the Fourth' hoping it would be a pleasant day. I wag awakened by a great noise. - It was a: cannon roar. I jumped up out of bed- put on my clothes and ran down: stairs. S Mother and father were putting up sandwitches. We ed out = for Watch Hill. We landed in the ci at half past seven. We walked aroun the dock and went into the stores anc had ice cream. We took the trolley car to New London and the boat Watch Hill. We went in bathing and’ I rode on the hobby horses. b TWhen the boat came in all rushed’ for the dock. Soon all were on board’ and she started out. ‘e stopped at New London. landed in Norwich about, half past six. Then we went to .thé show. We took the ten o'clock car from the city and landed home at half past- ten. > I hope the other Wide Awakes en: joyed such a happy dayv. Fi SADIE SHEA, Age 12. « Versallles. A Picnic at Storrs. Dear Uncle Jed:—Wednesday, Aue gust 12, the begs arousd here belong- ing to agricultural clubg had a picnie’ at the Connecticut Agricultural Cola= lege.. I belong to the Potato Club so- I went. We met about 9:30 and had a base- ball game at ten o‘clock. “From 12:30.- to_1:30 we had dinner. We were throwing hpples at -one( another and threw them all over the place where we met. After dinner we, had to pick them up again. Then we had our business meeting.| After that we had a Potato racey, Sack race and Seed-corn Storing con-) test. Then we ran around a piece of| land. After that-we had a rifile shoot-| ing contest. Each of us had five shots™™ There weére over forty there. We had! a good time. At five we went home. EDWARD KUCHLE, Age 11. Mansfield Centre. Bets are now in order as to howi: long Mr. Carranza will continue toro occupy the national palace—Charlessj« ton News and Courier. MME. TAFT PALMIST AND CLAIRVOYANT, » is sccurate and truthful. She can prove g by hupdreds of people right here tnat her predictions do come true; business, love, marriages, true or false friends, : lost ‘or stolen property, absent or sp! friends, ‘brings peace and harmony. families in trouble, if they go by ner advice. She develops forces within and around you. gives you the power to re- move all obstacles. 34 Broadway, Nor- wich, Conn. augl! WILL GERMANS STAND ATOP EIFFEL TOWER AND VIEW PARIS WITH VICTORIOUS EYES ? Paris is the objective point of the German invasion of France and Belgium. perfected long ago the Germans advanced on the French capital in three dis tinct movements, one, gium a second through Luxemberg and the third through the Franco-German border. 1 4 5o1s AS VIEWED FROM EIFFEL TOWFS According to war plans madd and through Bel- Paris soon lost its gaiety in the face of the grim reality of war, and it awaited with feverish interest the result of the engagements on the frontier as the French, Belgian and English troops fought to turn back the Germans. of Paris from the famous Eiffel tower. view with victorious eyes ? ‘Will the Germans eventually stand on top of this tower and This is a birdseye view see this Eo o =]