Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 17, 1914, Page 9

- NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1914 | go in wading, so she ran and asked her grandma about it. work hard for it we will never make a success, so let us all try hard to do our best in schoel with our lessons. . It is just the same as it is with other kinds of work we have to do at home. We work hard and see how 2zood we can do our work; and we ape delighted when we finish a @iece of work and mother says: “It is dome good” Why shouldn't we at school?” Let us all try this year and see i we can't rank high in our studies, when the reports are made out! Let's| study hard that we may win. T UCY A. CARTER, Age 12. Scotland. interest, and thought they were strong- er thau us in proportion to their “Well, yes,” said. che, “but don't go|size; for one ant can carry things too far or I shall be afraid you will be | ncarly three times as large as his body washed away.” without the least difficulty. “No, I won't go far,” said Jessle. So As for the centipedes, they are in- she went & little into the water. -~ sect eaters and crawled into the ants’ Her grandma looked up and saw | home, being attracted by ‘thejr large Jessie standing on one leg with the|numbers. il otner foot up. Thete was a little cfab |" “Their purpose is to eit the Hhard- en it! working ants and probably they did :er grandma got. the little crab off | eat some, thcg h they did not have er toe bled and was sore 4 long|time tq eat the rest. 2 time afterwards. I saw just three centipedes about ARLINE PEARL, Age 10. ‘three inches long. They are said tg Augusta. &row -up - to ten inches. When thev/ Bulletin Pointers WHAT TO BUY AND WHERE TO BUY THE. WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE : BOYS' AND GIRLS' DEPARTMERT ‘ i' Rules fcr Young Writera 1 Write lainly on one side o2 tac oWz, amd numder ke puges. se nen and ink, not psncil. Sbort and pointed articies wili grence. who has secrets to impart to the wide- awake and no harsh words orpunish- rient for the dull or sleepy. Their bad ! habits are their worst because their Fin: Hair Goods|We are headquarters : : E & ¢ were discovered they ran in different! 3 - ‘ H i for Confeeticzary Ice Cream and ~>ds be siven pref B F e ol [ Inering D Master Tobin's Trip Across-the At-|directions, witheut hesliation | Lisie Things to Make. |} fllg Im!elArlees Water. Wa oarty & domplete line of & stories or letters oni¥ || FTTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. lantic. S r ““’w ;:h‘m.k o Dear Uncle Jed: I hope th! naf r Dressing, Mas- | stationery and Souvenlr Postcards wiil On July 16th at noon we started on e b Sads| 12 not too late. but tho the Wide p Shampedla and adv some day, and notice the big loads of the & Fe WP Lena Krauss of New Bedford, Mass.: e 4 'GUIRE, Awakes might like to make some of I wish to thank you very much for the ng, Facial Mas. the articles which I mention any spare our voyage on the Cedric across_tiie Eealp Treat- e carfy. Theyre brave, sturdy, 154TH Barie ot ile bottom ocean. e passed the Goddess of Lib- B e o 5 e E little workers, and not a 3 Pufis, Switches, - story. lovely bpok I received. Tt was my grst | oo, o€ FRESIE o0 Bor Tew. York, | they waste. Th A . oon. G s etk Address all communications *> UB-| prize book and I am very proud of it.| g2 90 T ast. In & = ey are examples for| ~ No doubt there are quité a.few who sto,, Made to Ordsr from D . | 45 yn and the Jersey coast. some men. An old proverb says: bs h O do‘ Jed. Bulletin Office. i Tl-un.k you, again. Ehort time wé were out Of &ight Of |” “Ga to the anmt thou sluggard: cone are sorry vacation i{s over, while Combings. R gers omestic Lllludl‘, others are auxious to go to school again. Nezdle Case—Small M: needle . can be made from odds and ends B e s “Whatsver you are—Be thatl ‘Whatever you say—Be truel Straightforwardly act, land. It was the largest body of water 1 had ever seen. Our fipst day’s sail was very pleasant. The weather was fine, Spaulding ~ of Southbridge, i sider her ways and be wise.” Many thanks for interesting : MYRON RINGLAND. Norwith Town HAND BINISHED SHIRTS A Specialty M. .8 UNDERNDT) Chiropedist Julia V. Latham of Norwich: T thank eas hart regis- silk and ribbon. One made in heart| g1 BROADWAY : Also LADIES' WAISTS Bo homest—in fact, s you for the books vou Sent me. They | vy s g oas 2nd the o Four Playmates. e i, e, e HoRnAY CORNS i SR R Be nobody else but you' are very mice. ¥ The second day, the passengers get-| Ome day Rena and Bertha went to|two pasteboards two inches long aud | Telephone 1302-2 estn = S Richard W. Tobin, Jr., of Norwich, I | ting acquainted, it looked like one hap- | see their aunt, cover them with sik. Inside place . POETRY. want to thanic sou for the Tovary ride |py family. We had made 385 milés at| Rena asked Tier aunt if they could|two leaves of flannel to hiold the nees take Robert out and give him a ride dles. " Attach a cord to the ‘top and on Rover's back: and their sunt told bock I received It wag very exciting. bottom end -make amall bows, A. B. MAINE Y 2 p. m., lat. 59.45, long. 40.10. Ve pass- ed an Italian mail ship. It was a WHEN YOU NEED =EEeRe eannt Siott to all on board, as it |them not to let him fall off from the| Silk Slippers are and - cobl | gnything Grocertes. Can Gooas: | Sells the ~alston Health Shoes oy brother Wil 7o used to be THE WINNERS OF PRi<E BOOKS. | hos s fost chip wo bad seen. bogk of Rover. o went and catlea | 10T, 11° Summer time. EE; Imaise them, ey o Dt Dok _thwurma 2 little drest g“kh.—le me On Sunday we had aerviceai n‘.imn- m”dmnuvmer b mmn <call o uy a pair of satin-line es e P in to the little store of -«othing Betier in the Market. ducted by Father Conlan, a Domi monk from Cato, West India Island, in the second cabin. There were ser- Vices by an Anglican bishop in the first cabin. The weather was moderate, with light seas, The chart showed we had made 297 miles. ©n Monday, in lat. 4114, at 1 p. m., we passed a small sailing vessel. At this time we had made 393 miles. The weather continued fing, with light seas. On Tuesday Dr. Voss of Philadelphia got a number of ladies and gentlemen together and formed a committee for sports. Dr. Voss’ son and another man went to the first saloon to collect funds to buy presents for the winners of each contest. We were very suc- 1:-Jessie Brehaut of East Norwich, Y., Wilful Cousin Kate. Myron Ringland of Andersen’s Fairy Tales. F-Lena Krauss of New Beq‘ozg Mass.,, The Girls of Céntral High on Fielg and Track. 4 . 4—Alice Jones of Willimantic, Ad- ventures of Robinton Crusoe. t—Thelma V. Rock of Petersburg, ., Black Beauty. - &—Elfiiu B. Bromley Swiss Family Robinson. 7—Myrtlo Phillips of South Canter- And had his hair in eurl. We plaved with dolis and teasets, And every kind of toy: But all thege good old times are gons— ‘Will turged into 2 boy. Mamma made him lttle suits, “SWith pockets in the pants; And cut off all his yellow curls, ‘And sent them to my aunts, And Will, he was so pleased, I belisve, He almost jumped with joy! But I must own.I did not like Will turped inte & boy. And tiow hé plays with horrid tops, 1'Gon't w how to spin; MRS. M. LEION, 100 Thames St Headquarters for Cigars and Smokers Articles DR. N. GI.BERT GRAY Gra ate Veterinarian OFFICE Bailey’s 3table, 371 Main St Phone connection | e~'ar desired. Round the € of .th had soles, bind a“plece of satin mb:i came out “I| to; u-gis&m.;(i‘ghmm 23 nflnForl:o oPSs e 2 es want to ridé on Rover's b: cousin. s : mtb: thres chy ssw it to Ton'tget me fall, will you, Berthat™ T soles; ‘toge! t the back. e will hold you so_you cannot| Roun top. tum‘ob\"‘:r%nc alf d inch said Rena. Little Bertha took|of thejribbon and run ip a quarter of the red ribbon in her hand. ‘Now go,”|a yu‘ of one-quarter lm:% elastic. szid Re: Sew on two rows of white lace around Robert was glad to have a ride on|the top, At the front of the slipper. the dog’s back. It was in the summer| gather in the fulness and add a little and the girls did not wear ribbon rosette. IMake the slippers of on their heads. You can l'fo turng around|linen. Use the same propertions an 219-225 Central Ave. Norwich Town, When ,in need of an Auto for hire call 1163 C. S. FAIRCLOUGH WALL PAPERS v of Norwich, | Robert made the dog and when he got home he jumped off|instead of lace for the top, make a the dog's back. scalloped édge: mark the-pattern with Rena told her aunt she must go|a spool and buttonhole the edge. For Like Charlle, o Jim gr Roy! Table Mat=+To make a linen mat Oh, no ona knows hot bad I feel So they ate there, and when it was| for not dishes, And s that 1 (ri. to shoot, bury, Little F.alka n:' North Americ.a.‘ Cessful. One man gave a soverelgn, | ome now. 3 the elastic casing sew om a narrow - —_— But never hit norwin— s—Helen Wisneskie of Yantic, Little | about $5. -Tou'must stay te Shppar’ Seid)pisce of linen tape. We still have a Isr And leap-frog! I can't give a Frincess of Tower Hill. They were delighted with their suc- | auntie. the different . DENTIST 9-—-Richard W. Tobin, Jr, o Norwich, | 5555 and thanked all who helped them, B Svel grciroe e e The committee had now enough funds | about eight o'clock their mother tal a. scallo] 9 reduced Dr "Cause bas turned a boy! The Young Ingineers in Nevada o e e e gm, had | her husband to go and get Berths and m‘;‘_ mc;‘l gm B m& ‘zerm::-ug € Broadway, Gentral Building %fl to .:‘::" PR # a3 o | - Florence Whyte ~of - Willimantic: | programmes printed and sold them for | Rena. on one end. * Telephona 241-3 o dings Bn§ £ I-have to weéar frocks j *M“ $3mMe: | Thanis, very much, for the lovely prize | ive cents a copy. Bach winner of the| He got the team and horse and| “For the under part of the mat.take in wm,'.m tin Yand ‘assort- flow they'ré mostly % e book you sent me, entitled Tom Siwift | contests got a prize, including one of |drove to their auntie's house and|another piets of linen the size of the ment of decorativ including T i Sk ‘iab, 4nd hent: - |4nd His Photo Telsphone. Unclo Jed's Wide-Awakes. 0| DESuERL the children home, and they| first plece. basta the two togotner gnd M. A. BARBER, Pabler Mache fon nalls and vestibulas, t kee, seb mice, 2 s 3 e. chart registered the time made| W wak ~ | embroider through both in but. Grdors But I must keep my dresses uice, Mildred Grandy of Yantic: I thank|mueiqay, Wednesday - and Thursday, | til mornige. hole stitch. Half way 3 T 5 received. paper And wear my hair in cusl; ' |you very much for the nice prize book 5" 285 25 5 ‘ , | @nhole 3 vay around the | Machinist and eer. | banging and decarating. And worst! O, worstest thing of all! | you sent me. My teacher said it was | ior 352, 185 miles, with 356 miles to ROSE ALMA DEMUTH. |pattern leave the under Engin \ S Pl piece separate e, Ay &t a very mice book and she P i go, making a total of 2,951 miles. Baltie. and finish the upper piece in button- P. F. MURTAGH ’ . . i it is Thursday now and-we are all —-_ hole. Hem the under piece. Tnia| ~ St-—. Engine Repcirs. oluhoris | 40 ; © ts“.‘m‘v“;yxm SHIENON. R0t 1s e waiting to see land. It is getting The Rice Baby. makes 5 kind of bag 1§to which a + peed " ot lhln‘u Centerville, B. I, ' = Mildred W, White™ of Stafford (rough and the ship is pitching and| mTpg Japanese baby is the quaintest|Piece of asbestos can be slipped. * Springs: Received the lovely prize | rolling some. We watch the POTpoises | jitile tot in all the world’s nursery. J ESS;E BREHAUT. G. E. HODGE, HACK, LIVERY, BOARDING AND FERDING STABLE 127 Franklin Strest Particular attention given to Gen- tiemen's Driving Horsesa, Tel 19 book, Rip Van Winkle. This is my gecond book. Many thanks, ‘Winners of books living in the city may call at The Bulletin bhsiness office fr them at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday. s leaping through the waves and a flock of sea gulls all the afternoon. We ate our last supper on the good SBID Cedric, and thofe who had to land at Queenstown were bidding their friends good-bye, as they were told they were to land at 4 o'clock a. m. We returned to our room, packed our trunks and put them in the hall nest to our stateroom, $o as to be ready to East Norwich, THE DEL.HOFF Plan Rates 73 cents ner day and up. HAYES BROTHERS, 26-28 Broadway UNCLE JEP'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. ‘Some people do not believe inf Natudre as a teacher simply .because they are ‘wholly ungware how many things man has copled from Nature. | The Japanese baby wears a small sock tha- looks more like a mitten than a stocking for there is a little special place in it for the big toe! Soft straw sandals take the place of shoes in the house. These are heelless and held in place by a strap, which passes over the insiep ahd down in- side the large tce. In rainy or wet How Chiquita Moved Her Family. Dear Uncle Jed: On the lawn in front of grandma's house there is a tree that has a great knothole half way up the trunk. One morning a v squirrel the children had named Chi- quita, was seen running up and down Telephone 1227, STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- “The arch was first represented in the AWAKES. s & = y weather he wears a Wooden clog, 3 n 8 ! 3 leave af a moment’s notice. We retired i the tree in a very excited manner. ¥ @355 of the k¥ Will’ the Falsbowasnd o 5o ’ jore. ':f‘m, pinel a:e BHes a,t‘:i el ;—i::gd about two inches frem the Pr?t:y ;:on,thwhen e::rwfm‘; wa; :fl: m l:::er:l;\‘xlzi, ga‘:: ang four ;:lutu:hty sometimes as he bites my the gothic. arch.on the point of a leatf; @ Sesandiog: We have breakfast at 4 o n. T then|®'The baby of Japan loves pretty|JuiSt about the grounds, she climbel We live right near the river. I go| I have a Bible story book and T the first were seen in shellds! In his daily half hour confidential |86t my first view —of Ireland. 1|4 e little girls fugther tree &t the farther sidy o the | oy ) A ey itoand I fha P Sy it waon tont | talke with his boy, an ambldous father | thousht it the most heautiful sight 1| [OCrSTILES, WO SIS ear g, T8l lawn and four little equisrels popped | IERIRE Sne DosUine verv often ) Rave read slmectnal of it sad e s ™ e | tri8d (0 give him some good advice. | had gver beheld. Rolling ground with | {iCricals boy was aer biessed with | e, Reads out of a hole and one &t~ | I8, ¥ Sondas. Wo have eix head | Our srapes are gotting ripe They The cun's magioal play with the| ' “Be obrerving, my gon," said the fa- | fortd and tenta. Cows and sheep sraz- | Suo,” ‘wondertul - pockets! Instead of | on,Siother came running down this SF taam. | Ve 2iso-Rhave & UIUA JORE. | So% Iate i, geex mists and with the pigments i carth |ther. “Cultivate thd” Labit of seeing, |Ing: 0 n his trousers the pockets are In BiB | tham ol her te the s toth shg | Her name is Snockums, and sho runs | T subpose the Wide Awakes are pre- how to employ colors for decorative “Study things, and remember them. Don't go through the world blindly. our” ship and after the baggage was And when he waunts to find’ some big knothole, but they were so fright- ened they kept scampering back to My brother has thiree rabbits, EREHAU LILLIA] purposes<<how to correctly put them |Learn to use your eves. Foys who are ;‘“ on u"}?“‘ L 2"”‘3" “g;‘“ the ‘:;flxrrfn; gmon; afiyd:w‘;dwgllndég; 1‘.};?,‘;‘3,. ‘3,}.‘":,,:‘;2,}‘“““‘ ip the dazk hn‘\y: dh!:";,k.i laggwch“lxéigfifif' “v'? h‘aL\": srast .\nrwlc:_ s - together. All art is an imitation of | Cbserving know a great deal more than | Sng Plank and bade our shIpmales | gopth, where hide the quaintest play-| 4 : i three cats and three dogs. We also ; icni = Mitard-way. of Sdlig ilign. those who are not.” 8 | good-bye for the last time. e o N adot s B o At last wken Chiquita had coaxed have pigs and a goat. She Enjeyed the Picnie, Willie listened in silence. started for Queenstown and got a oné of the timid little things down We live on a : e, W erfli tas. 39 Lthe fine farm of five bundred and fifty | Dear Uncle Jed: T am a little girl The ants and the bees and the wasps reral days later, v ire | beattiful view of the scenery op botn|20d Wee, wee butterflies for ki 2gzin to the lawy she squealed some- | /O the County H in Norwich. lived in communities for mutual aid R LT S motngy, meng ol | sides and Guucensiawn. - We_reached| L0 chidren i Japan Wey wany|thing in his car and he keeisd Fight | 2°F°F £ait wees @ lady took ; and protection Wheh men lived in ¢le and father, were present, Mr. X. sal the custom house ,at 530 a. m. RICHARD TOEBIN, Age 12. games not known to us. In all Japan there's nothing balf so over on his back, then she hunched up against him and somehow managed I have two sisters and omte brother. ‘We bave a bird box right in front Last week a lady took me up to her house to live. She said I could write B E sg jttic_ story for the Wide-Awake caves and trees.and wandered about i S . Norwi precious as a child, and they play|t T i of our porch. We live in a cottage. | & litte e S : ha ey W e hurt by any. careless ck 2 k ut have very mu 0! . 5 ( \ end hunters, ehowing the advantages| Willie nodded and after a mament's Tie Goed Samaritan. Griver. or shoved aside for being I | hooiel Boack, and in thls way she | e have 4 very good crop in this| I went down beside the river in a ' of government. There seems to be no | ReEalion replied: All the pansies were cast. dogn.|the Way. : big_knot, : vear. It has been so dry we diant|nloe srore The e i ime doubt the ants fought battles and Lok | | cysa For Instonce. ‘;‘Jg:n‘:"g;’:lfls g;: Even the youpg ones were sad, Yor ¢+ Norwi ’{‘JLMAN BREHADT. E."m‘ back again she took baby | Rit [ B m:cei:n::s ‘;'r}ndfl?:;.rfifl We | children. “Then at ndon we had a nice prisoners and made glaves of tiem be- | hottle of hufr dye hid in his trusw | 1Y looked afsorry sight Tri Bast Norwich. squirrel number two, nuthber P 3 fore man ever thought of doing so. ‘The spiders made the first trestles Aunt Jane has an extra set of teetl in'ler dresser. Ma's got some curls in all over by careless feet, broken, some pulled out. some roots Not one was 2nd number four in just the same way until every ono of them was safely have a mice garden. My brother is out in the fleld drag- dinner. We had sandwiches, cake, ice cream, ‘emonade, bananag and water- « - £y o Eing now. melon. 3 her hat, i 5 8 | spared. My sisters and T wanted a pet lamb. | under cover in the new nest. 5 RGIN 2 About 4 o'clock we all went home, end bridges and pulleys and traps, do- | dscks of corgs Srd o bk of poro e saipoune lad had been plaving|Wo asked our father to buy us ope | Dowtyou think Chiguits was a very THELMA VIRGINIA ROCK, Age 11, |, Shout 4 clock we oll, est home ing things natusally that men have'to|hid henind #e books In the library.” | sogenall in the vard He had been|So lagt Wednesdsy he bought us a|clever Uttle squirrel mother to move 3 @0 to school and learn by vyears of 3 sarden, ‘hut what cared hal . Runsi ‘At first he would run whep we came ELSIE B. BROMLEY, Age 11. A S PHILLIPS, Age study. The spider shews the princi.| *°FWich fiere and there in search of his ball,|near him: but he soom grew quite| Norwich. Shie. BmiBasaralh 5 oo Sauth Cane ke, S plés of geometry tn his web and pagcy ; 3 Lie carelessly kicked tho pansies|tame and let us pet him He was - Bear Tl Jef: Ope jigh-achoct - Bifore us ‘as 4 Ratupyd fescher 1 4 Mather Love. about. washed and my sisters combed his My Vacation, BT S el ot and T Wil o3 Mildred's Chickens. sclence man ynderstands and he does- not. A spider made the first diving bell to go down and operate -under GEORGE F, D, FARRELL, Age 14. One fine summer day in the country, as lkpuaed a thick bush, I heard the twitter of little birds. Looking over the bush, I saw a pretty sight. A butterfly happening to pass, saw ihe downcast flowers, and stopping in his_ flight he inquired of a drooping bud the trouble. forbidden by his parents to play in the On being told he de- little white one. They wanted to put a red rib- bon on his neck. So we found two :?dtga“lt one on his collar and one on s tail. all her bables so comfortably? Dear Uncle Jed: I enjoy reading the Wide-Awakes” stories every wi 1 thought I would write you about my the commercial course and I will be in the second year. I think it is rathey bard to have to start schoel time. 1 will be glad when we have = Der.l:t(;‘nd; J tg” i erlfl!er Toug! e home two settings of egga My mother set the eggs. In three after having such a nice long vaca= t vacation_ which I sed with my | ti 2 weeks they started to hatch. water by taking o supply of alr with | There wero four youns. birds aud a | STmined o set o work and cheer| His inick wool s vary soft. Ve grapafsther and srandmother. We Bave much cooler weather here | One hen came Off the day befors Bim and o spider invented the fret tap | FCSOaE) SIS, The oue ace”wers | Lo, oG Deslnping rom [ne Mri ks fo pet M and be kes te ) TR eraarhthr T2 calale ot varee | pow- e e e ot Tt i door which he can hold: déwn to keep | (hilk Bills. opeh, Walliig o SomeiniL | WOrds of encouragement. 5 "I "Ha eats oets ‘snd stass. 1 winder | my gandmotnes i 1o with NI o | Dot T e A L et 0 e e Iy era The bis eremids from entering his hole and|to eat. The mother Eadl: theie | iRt we @aht wanb. to live sny|how magy: of O6TWISE Swalm Bave o trip. : the depot we saw Colonel Roosevelt | chickens are Rhode Isiand Reds and destroying his family, fuod in her bill, and dropped it inmto | P10Te.” they tol after he bad fin- | lamb: We started the last Tuesday of June, depart on a train for New York. I |are pretty good sized S, ished his route, although they did feel ALICE M. GORMAN, Age 11. The birds knew the valus of a sum- | "'y onen Jouths. To one she gave a bug, to another a little better. Versailles. We mnade our first trip from a New knew him the minute I saw him as now. e have a ljttle black kitten that X Jersey port where we loaded with coal | I have seen him once before. liked to chase them, but.after I whip- mer resort before man had learned to|a fat worm, to a third a taste of fruit, |, - WhAY not?” he gayly asked: “just S and brought it back to Hartford, where black d hy few times she stopped, tece and endyre winter ice and snow.|@nd to the fourth a bit of ripe grain. | PC3Use you were trampled down Peatty. we unloads = hes I have a little puppy nine | ped her a few tim pped, o live in a comfertable climate some birds have te fly during the year 15,000 miles, whigh is three-fifths of the way around the globe. This is true of swallows which winter in Africa and of some Newfoundland birds which sum- |- mer in the neighborhood of Cape Horn. The flowers of the garden are chang- Ing their form' and color all the time, Mid have been setting new fashions for 2 miltion years, perhaps. It was because of their changeability and the esistance which insects rendered them that man was able to improve plants They were greedy little things. They seemed to want everything there was to eat. But their mother gave them ali alike. 'Phe mother love that God gives to the least animal was strong in her, and she saw that each little ‘bundle of feathers had its share, It was only for a: short time that the mother bird had to feed the little ones. In a very few days they grew large and strong and were able to fly and t> help themselves. Then no fly, but- terfly or insect of any kind was safe from these greedy young birds. vY ucH.‘ELEN WISNESKI, Age 14. antic. w Jessie’s Visit to the Shore. tinued. o do! ourselves! Brace up! once? When I was a caterpillar how many times did the children pull me from off house, fence or tree? And vet I tried and tried, for if I had just sat and hung my head like you.” How shame-faced the pansies look- “I wouldn’t be here now,” he con- “Come, come this is no way There will be rain today and sunshine tomorrow. Help Don’t wait to be helped. 1 will be around in three days. then I want to see vou all alive and happy again. merry little comforter flew away. ‘The next two days the pansies cheer- ed each ather and tried very hard to stand up. When next the butterfly Good-bye.” And By the P!'m a pretty white cat My name is etty. My sister feeds me and cares for me. She has a dog who treats me cruelly. She bits my tail. I have two playmates. One of them is black and white, and the other is gray. They stop the naughty dog from using me so. I came from Randolph, A woman :"h: had me gave me to this little r] The first day 1 was 3way from home Our ssw?fi trip avas at St. George, N. Y., where we could look upon the Statue of Liberty, given by France. Qur third trip was from South Am. boy, N, J. where we Janded and en- joyed the bathing. . H Oupr fourth trip was to St. George, from where we brought coal back to Mlxdd!e’!ow;\ .ofi\ t!hehConlnecdwt fl::i enjoye of the trips very mi but was glad_to get home and see mother and brother and get back to e had T was lonesome, but the pext day I o T HALLOWELL, Age 12. E Augusta, Me. e school .the §th. lovely weather ex- cepting two wind squalls and some fog. 1 hope my grandfather will be captain another season &0 We cam g0 on other trips with weeks old and he weighs only three pounds. His name is Roxy. He is MILDRED GRANDY, Age 9. Tantic. — GASTORIA For Infants and Children. 3 5 ‘0 UN This being my first le % :d bring out new varleties. It Was| jesie was ill—very ill! She had|¢ame he was grested with nodding LETTERS TO UNEEE. 8D, you think i¢ g0od emo Mwlm l d You Havs e sharp eyes of a gardener who saw | the German measles. Nobody could | heeds and happy faces. OQur Cooking School. I will try to do better next time. j » little vielet of unususl size which|teil Where she had got them. She JESYE BREHAUT. | Dear Uncle Jed: Whers 1 live, all ALICE JONES, Age 11. i gave to us the 1,200 varieties of splen- | V43 & long time recovering, so her| Kast Norwich, N, T. the girls in the seventh and eighth| v ilimantic. 8id pansies found in the gardens to- : I orn There are three such- schools in On the Farm. foy; and the same keen sight of man| The next morning aftek they g0t to| Dear Uncle Jed: A few days ago T| Now Bedford soa we sr coore®mhor| Dear Uncle Jod: T ive on & farm whileh has brought from a white and a ‘h‘;kS“Shoffl Jessie's grandma got 2was looking for wild flowers a®d I|iweek. in which there is about eighty aeres. : purple petunia found 100 years ago all | D2 21 hex work basket and let Jes- | found a bed of white scabiosa. It ic| ' The one I attended in the lagt grade|We havs pleaty of fruit, especiaily Beflrs the K= the “plendid siriped and biowehed | e et Sown cn b Hosie s Afianty | {8t like our Cullivaiod ones. and n3f|was's Hew oneana we were the first|apples e havs appies, prass peach: [ B = 2 Aft . - g : wnd fringed and fluted petunias we|While Jessie's srandma bought her a {fiu{fl} hfl?r?t bluoem!‘obesl‘;:. Ing some | class to begin worlk there. es, plums, grapes and all kinds of ber. kave today. Xo one can tell how mugh man has learned from Nature. She is o teacher grandmamma. came and got Jessie and took her to the seashore, rail and a spade so Jessie could dig deep holes and build fine castles. Jessie thought it would be great fun to take off her shoes and stockings and Ip i Flowers Found in the Fields. in: irlet salv abd white downy flowers. esids the brook 1 saw some beautiful picking these I noticed growing on the hiliside Some snap dragons. They were vellow and orange. gaillardias. daisy, blue in color. I found bachelor's buttoms; a I also found somc They are like Then farther over they are Down large | grades attend cooking school. The girls work in couples, each couple having two drawers with uten- eils in them and a baking board which is attached to a long table at which ¢ighteen girls may sit. There are two of these and elght gmall gas stoves om need for their cooking. The teacher tells us what to make and hands out recipes, then we must ‘The zirls have all the utensils they | thirty. ries.. September 9th, 1914 I picked a guart and a pint of cultivated blackberries. It is late in the season, for them. ‘We bave more red opes vet to pick when they are Tipe. bas lived here about -one or two years, and says he was pever without plenty of fruit We have two apple trees all broke down, they are sp loaded with apples. Always Bought Signature start to werk./ One is a Russet and the other a woit lection of wild fowers for the day; ; y . i Iy Then there were quan- Some Good Things Boys Can Cook In Camp | it s S 2 i We each make something different| River. \/ ;-’u‘d I thought I had a nice bouguet, to _give each girl a little bif. JULIA V. LATHAM, Age 14. 4 d fl { I have growing in a bed some vellow| Tie are not allowed to talk out lond| Norwich. CIJIIP oftee. i asters, sunlight color, which I have | never 'seen before. I also have purple, lavender, red, rose pink, shell pink, Srow white, and some other fiowers. ATA RINGLAND, Age 11. Norwich Town. Inhabited Rocks. Have any W old rocks whi | them in the oven under the fire; cover With ashes, and put coals on top; new | potatoes will cook in half an hour, old ones in forty minut = while we are working for it causes confusion in the room; but we may whisper to our partner if it is about cooking. We eat and then wash our own dishes when there is room at the large sink. . Every girl has something to do In the line of housekeeping. Some dust, others sweep, clean silver, or write. >} We take turns at washing tow- cak | cls and hanging them out to drv. blow| _Eversthing we do is learning us. layer of| The sirls all lock forward with pleas coe hun-|ure to the day they go to cooking 6. The first % fow | school. LENA KRAUSS, Age 14 |made in 1830, New Bedford, Mass. 7. The first steel pen was made in —— - 1530, Werk to Win. Ons pint of cold water and three 1eaping teaspoons of groupd coffee. As soon as the water bubbles, and be- lore it really heils, take the kettle off wnd let it stand for ten minutes where t is hot. Pour a tablespoon of coid vater down the spout to settle it. Ham and Egde. Cut off the rind; when the pan is hot sut the meat in; turn often; season vith pepper. Take up, put on a hot lsh and cover. Break the eggs intu e hot fat, and when they are set turn @ch one carefully over and brown it. Broiled Fish. Scale or skin, clean and wipe dry. When First Used. Dear Uncle Jed: I am solng to tell the Wide Awakes when the following things were used the firet time: 1. The first use of g locomotive in this country was in 1820. 2. The first steamboat plied the Hudzen in 18307 3. The first sawmaker's anvil was trought to America in 1819, 4. Kerosene was first lighting purposes in 1326. 5‘1srsh‘;1 first horse railroad was built in 26-7, - Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA S4E CENTAUR COXFANY, NEW YORK CITY. Corn Cakes, | One-half pint corn meal, one-quarter | pint flour, one rounded teaspoon of baking powder, one rounded teaspoon ™ of sugar, ons-half teaspoon of salt. | broduce 2 cracked and AMix all together, and thén gently|When you see them 1 add cold water and stir till you have a | them. Generally gaod thick batter. Have ready a hot frying|can i pan, well greaged, and put the batter | decayed in in spoonfuls; they will run together | < as they take, but you can cut them| apart; turn them over and brown on the under side. used for iron steamship was At months old: s that| : : 5 Doskes =35 CENTS read Joc o e old, and dead a 8. Gold wee first discovered in Cal- 34 sttt ?”us w{lfi'fi.égfi rtl);?l or rgrr:\?t a: P d Fi began with a; Uncle Jed and Wide-Awakes: Our|ifornia in 1348 = = ::‘ad o ey it e etk out the 2nned Fich. ed Dy the weather. As| vacation is over and we.are agaly In| ¢ The. entire Hebrew Bible was Clean the fish; cut off the heads and break the spines, to keep them from curling as they cook. Put three slices of bacon or pork into a frying pan ard, when this is done, take it out and put in the fish; cook quickly and turn often.—St. Nicholas nted in 148§, ALICE MALO:! vidence, R, I. schocl, and I hops that the Wide- Awakes' girls and boys are all glgd school has begun again, as am. like to go 1o school. I know i — is hard to sit and study days, but we On An Old Virginia Farm. | must remember it is there we get our| Dear Uncle Jed: I will write a few education, and if we don't study and|lines on my place. e live eight he bgck, and lay it in; hold the broiler wver the coals and turn .it often; with salt and pepper. 1 Babed Potatoes. ‘Wash potatoes of even wiza: nut , Age 11 : 2 layer of stone the ants grabbsd their eggs bstween their pinchers and started off; very loath to leave. I watched them with FOREC I RIS . SN S S