Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 19, 1914, Page 9

THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE - 'BOYS' AND GIRLS' DEPARTMENT Rules for Young Writers. does not remember having: seen one 1 Write lalnly 0B ode side of t0c| .o ; piotty letter. He remembers but pager iy, A e obasi | ome with a few little spatters upon 1t, <= - : % Sbort and pointed articles wiuland the writer said in & postscript. | This was a tiful place. As one r ; be given Jmmncu- Do 1ot use Ve | «Tnele Jed: Ploase excuse spatters, for | SAIers the gate lie 18 met By apolls iy banthaclee gote o Ios - - n“ ava : S ; was a fine |duced warmth and light, bui - | po i ”2. wa'od‘m stories or letters oniy |1 had a very bad pen!” and Uncls Jed | ooking an, and ve: The yard, | main here.” - . < 2 . : 2 will be used. saw there were uo spatters or blots o is a half 3 things | Here the cardboard box began to tell s A §. Write your name, age and ad-| ipa¢ jittle Wide-Awake's manners, and ' there are too numerous to histo) dryss plainly ot.the bottom of thej o o 1o : I will speak of one which : ree in th o “r'd;lruu all communications o Un-| Uncle Jed has been wanting to tell s oS08 St Jed, Bulletin Office. the Wide-Awakes what a pleasure af : ons and o thels t work has been to him, and I were into ——e—————————ret eir neat worl s been 1o ] . Wi are—Be that! it indicates they have had, earefnl, Saibe P m’l‘he o R 'S rz into us, including our e ™ Ve trust painstaking teachers and that they 9P Tk, stans: 1 oas softer | i T Straightforwardly act, have been careful, studious pupils. Do l-ngtng: S0 cold as stone. - Now the tea kettle began to tell of By aloe it you™ you know that our work and our con-| siatye &m”‘m‘"fi& g b thing I remember was Ty Wbolly. ¥ duct is sending out wireless messases |large chair, and her subjects at the|when men put me fnto a furnace and | stil oo POETRY- about us all of the time for good or /11 | bage, It yepresents her as their ruler. | began to melt me. Iwas then o lump | When the beaver comes out they r parents and our teachers ha -e | 01 this statue s these worde: Erected |of tin taken from the mines of South | will move the stakes, and grab b . = o SEhe e pates o eai $0Jueen Victoria by her Irish mmb- | America, Gown and get him with & Jande ‘and A Talo.of Twa Ducke. v £ : X “I was brought to a factory and was | throw him on the ice and he {5 dead. ducks, 3 Muscovy and Pekin, call out from others. © walked down to Merrion squae | manufactured into a tes kettle. 2 More will come out; one by one they Met out by a brookside one day; When we make blots on our char-|3nd got. on the f , and we soon After that I was onto a shélf | are killed. Some will slip, and And 2 bullfrog hidden by rushes acters some one else gets spattered, b a young wogan | are lost for the year if their lgngs had Heard Pekin to Muscovy say: d such spatters are worse then the | o are; ag me away. alr in theny 3 «Of all the queer ducks youre tue|and s L &% “Every day I am filled with water| Beaver skins Bring from $3 to $5 queerest; spatters on the copy books or up-a A of ¥ |and put -over a fire and perhaps the | each, but young hides are better, for Your bill and your feet do nolfour clothing. T they hold the Irish horse show | next time I am put on the fire it will | they are softer. i there,, Deople come from everywhere|be our friend Match burning.” MYRON J. RINGLAND, Age 14. 7 3 ] £ to_this great world famed show- Th in the st b; N ‘ Wour head is as red as a turkey’s; ¥ i e broom in e corner mut Y Norwich Town « Toh ssin~ through the beautiful resi 3 wll - A o . % wotd, | LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. | dential furt of the city of Dabin, Mer- | * Ly igon® (ol Dig BISlors: o My Pet © il aps p Tor Muscovy ducks are all dumb; Pl . p|rion gates are reachea e s e e b < y Pet Cat ; . Bt Eatene hidden by rushes Loretta H. Piche of Norwich: beautiful view of the sea and famous| “y straw .was made into a broom | , > lonely cat came to visit us ope odr oeok ¢ home, you! Ll |thank you ever so much for the prize | Hill of Howth away off to the left. The | angd the woed into a broom handle, day and she found it so comfortable mv R = book you gave me. It 1# a very intef-|road now runs by the sea. passing| “Every day I have fo this | She thought she would stay. er ! esting book. Many thanks for it. through Booterstown. A Tailway sta- | kitchen floor and Sweep the neReth. T felt sorry for her. for she has a “The bills and the feet of our fam'ly| Mollie Paly of Colchester: I re.|{on on the left. Williamstown witn| “sh! T am far more useful than|SOT¢ lez and can walk only on three | Quacked Pekin with brazen-voic3d | ceived the prize book which you sent krock college on the right. all_af you e 0L Ber lesw, S0 1 thousbt T wouwig be s e We pass along through Monkstowa o & kind to her and treat her go - re- Jollow -l &) Yok the harbor is seen here. Kingstown| ' “Bvery day the maid takes me up |Starved to me. She remembers me so CENTAUR - m"-‘ 7w are a sight to deride. o i | Lrminus is opposite the Roval Marine| anq writes with me. All of you would | Well ‘that when I come from school N R e are too large and Off-color: Kingsley of Scotland: I thank|road, which leads to the station,|be wseless\tf I did mot write down |She comes tc me and jumps upon my T T on pink: and your|you very much for the nice prize beok | promenade and harbor. what was th be brought in here. lap _She knows me'so well and knows W:vxm ' you sent me. I have read it through| From the roof of the pavilion we et | ' The siate s I will_always give her some milk Ave bullt like a hawk's—'tis a wondar | 3nd I think it was very interesting. a fine view of Dublin bay. Military “Why do you boast so much? The|When I came home from school. You float with the long, clumsy| Lillian J. Brewster of Norwich; 1| 2248 play all summer here.- pencil would surely be useless if he [ She is such a big tiger cat that we O ke ™ : thank you very much for the prizs| 4 TOm Kingstown we went to Dalkey. | had ot me ‘to depend upon named her Betty. I will always be vy heard. but sald not a word,| hook I received a few weeks ago. I|i. anclent castle is used as & town | wsilence,” cried the clock. “set into|kind to her so she will always re- Muscovy e e Taci - X i T hope to| B2l Opposite the town Dalkey Island - ol s vour v ember me. O e eoitne: miiden by shes .t whd It lo yery Antasiting.. T Bope: o} 1a shen, ‘on which iz ja Fuined iureh. [ 1okt Seen SEE(on your. convertn- | SRRy B . oollae Y e, it yeE guack, you: | T Arother book sametime. Tii island wag once Danih fort. - ¥ and have her name, Betty, put on It. T = After reac e summii of Kidi- T am kind t"dumb animals Rult ec gueck THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.|ney Hul wo sot = beauttful view of R i pEe wLulhe iy oMe | etware: beiind 1o and shall i - U . Howth, Kiliine; Bl g A my nei; i i %t chanced that a slim, hunery| | _pighard W. Tobin, Jr, of Nor-|Kingstown harbor and bay. I s i e R R L e R R T i Looking v mals as I have treated my Bett; a2 e from under a log, | Wich, The Mesdow Brook Girls. Inwards we could sce a lovaiy range of | foup and the Kattle was Hlles eni wut | they come to them Seeling a home. ] “What's ‘the use of bothering about|but it soon cleared up. Anflmsplad 5% Muzcmow R T ATl K if Okt Woh lrgouguins_whlch stretch from Bray nEB (oo Ghove. BLANCHE LUCIER. winter? 've plenty of food now and| I saw some pretty littie white dogy He wasn't in search of a frog, Moving Bicture Girls Spowhound. Sad far inland, with the great @nd| ‘The broom began to swéep dnd the| Taftville, that's I care about.” in @ store window and I thought how “1'd like to stay longer,” cried Pek's, little Sugar Loaf mountains showing Aw: skipped the grasshopper, but|I wonld 'ike to have one. i insi . pencil began to write on his friend the s 1 32 3—Blanche Lucier of Taftville, The|22ainst the horizon. We returned to the ant kept patiently at work. We had a nice time in New York %;::dled #10 Dopped e erel Birthday Present. gls.s lyflzzh;ngton‘;s ux;ate am;d partoci i EVA ALPERIN, Aze 13 Kl ;:; l;-n. 3 v ) When winter came the ant had plen- | and we ?ldn't reac:ll home until hal{ P : - Ve eon._san en rested. : S 2 Dea. : I am goinp to to eat. The foolish grasshopper,|Past iwelve at night, T o s e el sf:g"' SF. = DoRwich, Your little nephew. : Mansfield Four Corness. You about my pets. One is & hair- | alas! found too late that chirping and LILLIAN BREHAUT. But haven’t the time now to waste.”| > RICHARD W. TOEIN, JR. A Sore Nesed Mause. less puppy. which my father brought | singing do not fill the nest with food.| East Norwich. 5—Anni .| Norwich. from Panama. H g Muscovy heard, but said not a word, | G—Annie Wh e ofe\_mmmnfic. Ad; e “Oh, dear, my nose {s certainly sore. | wheh in er name is Calongo, | GRAZIALIA M. MARTIN, Age 1L In air he was off with a sweep- ventures of a =3 1 e in Spanish means “hairiess.”| Plainfleld. How | Made My Garden : 3 guess old Doctor Rat will have to|She is bi <kin But the bullfrog hidden by rushes 6—Pauline Smolowitz of Norwich, A| HOW She Passes Her Week Ends. |18 G £10 e on i "ana hsen-i¢ so| - Caioniiock and her <k i ihe e Dear Uncle Jed: I am writing you Croaed: “Talk Is cheap, you! Tali| Man Without & Country. now 1 spemal'c Wide Awakes about | for & few days. But my. that was a | never fully satisfied until she 18 in The Fox and the Grapes a story about how I made my flower = 2l Xl & great many of my |narrow eseape. I guess I will mind |someone’s lap b . Whe Dear Uncle Jed: A fox went out to|&arden. ~Floy Schoonmaker Armstrong. | 7—Mabel Prue of Bagleville. Rarc week ends during summen granuy- afiar ihia when ahe tells mo | wanis e s Tane per bk 200 valle sarly . the mbraing. one Mg The reason why I had a garden was 3 B sb pa.rucuur_ one a party of six|to Jook out. sit-on the floor and beg. day ein summer. By the side of the|%0 I could learn to plant flower seeds UNGLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- | _S—Arlene Pearl of Augusta, Me, u;sm,o“ded 2 car for Union station,| *“You see we have been camping in a| She weighs 16 pounds and is the|!93d he saw a tree; heslde the tree|and also to keep busy instead of idling Pinnocehio's Adventure. enter- car o £o0K @ Fay a9 you|coal bin and its the nicest coal bin | funniest little dog you ever saw. Some: | FTSW . beautiful vino which had fas-|my time away. I enrolled as a clug AWAKES. Winners of books living In Norwich [ boat. cailed the Marer i Wi e I syor sav. 1 sald to granny tonight: | times in winter I put a doll's dress|femed itself to the sturdy houghs. The|member becasse T thought it would ‘We all know what blots are, and it | B2 call at The Bulletin business office | were going to sail, is moored. V‘V!: lookn&unxd?bi{?mg o ot Htae, ke hom il i i T T e e Dechta I ROt T sty - Another pet of mine is a parrot, His | from the vine, and wished to get some, | 2150 Dbecause it would be interesting ¥ makes no difference whether they are ‘T"gut’;gg,“ any hour after 10 a. m. on e scon there and comfortably seat- | “But granny shook her finger at me | feathers ATe roens and e e G o3| for he was very fond of srapes FHa|to watch the plants grow. g n it and in a short time we were |and safd: ‘You had better not, Bright |head. His name is Bill. He can talk | Jumped and jumped, but he could not| I planted my flower seeds In som¢ on writing paper, newspaper or our motoring down Narragansett bay. for these men Greature: al- - . Teach the rich soil I got some manure & Dersonal character; they are signs of | STORIES ~ WRITTEN BY WIDE-| Among the things which we pass- | hey & ep oreatures are al- | and do many cute tricks. | each the lowest cluster. got so . ot ways trying to catch little boy mice| I also have a cat. Her name is Tib.| “What do you think I care?™ he said,|on the ground to. make them grow careleseness or o lack of neatness and AWAKES. lelf;l v;e{]e :ome large white sea gulls, | like you.' [ She is a very proud cat and gceedln‘z. &5 he went away. “Everybody knows|Detter. After I had planted them never speak well for us. i e Snall of an old boat fioating around |~ ““Oh poah!’ I said bohstfully, ithey | Iy clean. She is gray and white and | that your old grapes are sour about three woeks, a small green spoi it 4 s | Walks Abeut Dubli Tith some logs, which might have been | wouldn't dere touch me. You see I|very gentle. She seems pleased when| FRANCES B. McGRATH, Age 11. |like & blade of srass busan to &how What a pleasure it is for Uncle Jed | al ut Dublin. . washed from shore with the extreme|had never seen those men crea- | one pets her. Lebanon. 5 I knew now they had taken root and to think how free from blots the work As we left our hotel we crossed|high tide. We also passed Pomeham |tures and had no idea how big they I hope some day the Wide-Awaks < would grow fast, not trouk i . O’Connell’s bridge, which spans tie |light, then Sabine Point light, Conimi- | were i 4 - by any insects. of his Wide-Awakes is. Tle does not| River Liftey, This ia a fine wide | cut, and lastly Warren lgnt ~ Voo ato] © cmut gr wi fi geiser than I | Ratiies: due onoe to mes & Mesickn A Respeotful Boy Y One night the frost'killeq them, al Temember of having received a blotty | bridge with beautiful walks. > ut granny was much. wiser than I| hairless dos. ne nigl Tost ed , al- : passed Rocky Point and Crescent park. |and so I su she thought she Tetter in the past year, and most of cae| We cntered Westmoreland strest.| Then, having decided to take o sail | would give: w o lesoen LoaCay She Taftviile, writing is plain and neat. He does not | The first building on our right was the |up the Warren river the boat was|once alone. -Tou can 5o out yourselt X tions an old man entered and was| While these flowers were srowing 1 5 Ballast building, on the top of which|turned around. It was a very pretty | but be sure to come home when you looking around for a seat when a hoy ! kept tn 11 tered and the e think the children of any age could 1 to ] sat e n V¢ My Visit toa New York bt e = b P hem well watered and the eartk ' @] can be seen a round globe attached to 1 as the shore was lined with scar- | hear me squeak. Don't go far,’ and +, of 10 or 13 years of age rose up and| well loosened around them by heein; bave done cleanmer or prettier work|a pole We were told the ball is|let leaves and tall yellow rushes, Hav- | with thess wocts she hurcied mwa Dear Uncle Jed: I visited New York | said, “Talte my seat, sir” g T dld not have any chance fo exhibl] than his little writers average. It is a|Worked, by clectricity and is connected | ing sailed up some distance until we| “I trotted away quickly and was | DS Summer for two weeks. My aunt| The offer was accepted and the old because they were killed by the — X : " | with Dunsink and Greenwich observa- | were in sight of Bristol we again turn. busy i and T took the train at Norwich about|man sat down. efore they wero £ ight to open and read their letters, 5 goon Dusy trying to ¥ind something | pott o fa an sat 3 i .__But before they were frozer tories. About 12.10 p. m. it ascends to|ed around and safled to Mill Gut,|to play with. All at once I smelt { past eleven in the forenoon and ‘Why did you give me your seat?”|Afy. Brundage came around a fow they are 86 clean and so well done. the top of the pole and falls exactly at | where the anchor was dropped. Our |cheese. I quickened my steps and soon | 23¥iyed in New York about ¢ o'clock| the old man said. times and took some with him. Ther When he went to school there were|12.35 Dublin time, it being. just 1|bountiful lunches soon disappeared and | came near the cheese. I did not see| R fhe afterncon of the same day. 1| * se vou are old, sir, and T am| were 12 different kinds, | 3 blots upon the copy books, and blots | 9'Clock at Greenwich, England. There | then the skift was used to convey us|the cheese, but I saw a round box. | V2S fatigued after my long journey, so| young.” said the boy, MABEL PRUE, Age 11 d Slis a clock in front of the building|to the shore. ) e A Sl ol hotas | We_stopped at a hotel. The passengers were all pleased. vl e on the other books, and blots on the | wnj al A little dis- = S i Along the les o e box were holes The o = Eagleville, which is always correct. e dis-| Five of the party sat on the shore, | bigger than my head. I could see e next day I went to visit Cen- FRANK PARDY, Age 13 floor where the naughty boys shooi|tance further aleng are the offices uf | while I dug some tiddlers with ihe tail | some steel things inside the holes | tr2l Park and enjoved seeing the ani-| Norwich. 3 3 the loose ink from their pens instead | the great Irish dafly paper, the Irlsh 9f & borseshoe crab. Then we went |though I could mot see the cheese.. 1 g urele Bops Syng e Dadi Tnele Joa- 1 i 1 s : ipe~. | Times—this right. ac e boat. I started to fish, but i ound and are very tame. Feed: ncle Jed: I am going to tel of on blotting paper or a penwiDe™|ine nistoric Irish house of parliament |only caught one small one. o oy | iousht that box was a house which | §0%0, N o forbidden: but 1 ook e Memea o you about my play house. My mothet They did not have any bloiting paper | wi % a S e Was | gome funny creature lived in Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell T | with the English flaz on @ pole. about half past five so tho anchor| ~But my mouth watered as I smelt |2 DA€ of peanuts and put it in my|,, 4 e golng. to er told me I could have a room uj or penwipers in those days, but thsy | description of this historic bullding I|was raised and the boat headed for | the ohecss, Bo T gave one bound aad | POCHPt. 2 e ;’hfl °“!: “meu‘"umlfiy stairs to keep my playthings in, as 1 sprinkied black sand on the ink and | Will Sive in another letter. Pawtuet. When we had gone a shart | then, snap! something hurt my nose |, A Very amusing incldent hawnened| gy W Il N & ®l have so many. It is not a very largs . Fand i : Atross the street js Trinity collese. | distance we saw a boat coming Fapid- | ey Pad pc Lng hurt my nose|tor while I was watohing the ele. |SiTh 1t-Was on a dull November day but it is large enough for me ta pushed the pen into small shot to keep | At the main entrance I noticed two|ly toward us. As it came mearer ft | cermiinea nog Wriggled, making quitc | Phants onc put his trunk out througi|20d mamma remembers her father |nave’ vo rooms. the Kitehen. dining it clgan. This may be the reason that|finc statues, inside the gate, one on|was seen to be the Shark, . Live |0 uesic . &S the bars of his cage and took the, bag | SAILNE the family out o see a curious | room, parlor, bedroom and = library. bove were so carcless with their iak | €ach side of the walk. On the left was | ingstone Beeckman's speed’ boat. 1| “Suadenly srannys words came to|9f_Peanuts out from my pocket and|l°QKing oblect in the east. In the kitchen I have a stove, table and thelr copy hooks so lons ago.|Lle Statue of Oliver Galdsmith, wit | was told that every morning ho VISitS | me. ‘Fhons Mo orastures are simase | 3te them. s X Lo e &round oS | chair and also a cupboard to hold mv s ;| an open book in Nand: on the Iigit|the state house it takes him only 45| irying to catch little: boy mice Hice |, The frst wasc I spent mostly in}Zomething n shape resemdled a| jishes. In my library I have a tabla Penwipers and hlotting paper ha’e|was tho statie of Edmund Burke. | minutes to set there from his New. |LSiPe f0 catch little boy mice MWke | .ightoseoinz and went for long Sute. Lt har® nd "t Xope Solng Bigher|gnd chairs, my books and my dolls helped little folks and big folks to do| AS we rounded the gate of Trinity|port home, and also that his boat 15 | hade e think T wotld nover "tas| mobile rides through the parke and| ™ o e Cwaouing larger andland a telephone. In my bedroom I very much nicer work and to keep | SCjiege and Jalked a little further o~ | the fastest non-racing craft in. the | maac, in nor amy of my little|Other places. T went in the Metropoli- | L78CT uni was he shape of alhave my doll's bed and buregu and b5 o wé came to Grafton street. On the left | country. | s Py i tad huilding, but was not allowed to large funnel and disappeared east-|gommode. In my parlor 1 have T s N » the résidence of the provost of Trin-| Arriving in Pawtuxet at about 6| -Suddenty I heard a heavy step.|Z° t0 the vary top because I did mot| 29 a lounge. 3 How many letters do you think Un- ty college. We then passed into Nas- | y'clock we soon were on the car and Then a crash on the box which let|ave a pass. T also saw'the Statue of The next they heard it had been tak- | [ will tell you how I made a lounge: cle Jed has received in the past four | Suu street. “This streot, on the left|tnen into Providence again. . After nt that neld e. 1|Liberty. Itis an enormous structure|ilS uP oblects on its journey. suchly {50k two trunks and a pillow and & % = side, entirely covers the grounds of|payj something go eld my nose. a 1 i as small haystacks, etc, It finally end- i v years from his Wide-Awakes? Tt Trinity college fof a mile or more. aving :_mrpmr of chop suey and|garted out. I am going home now as |27 100ks very pretty when lighted up ed by taking up mud out of the Paw- piece of rug and a little pillow I made takes from 15 to 20 letters cach week| Thero is a solid wall of masonry | i cncl fried potatoes we went home|fast as I ean and I didn’t get that|at Dight. I put the two trunks together, putting ving 4 : " = % <catuck river and bursting over a large . - to sustain tho department, and 5,030 | about five feet high all around these | '27/"S SPERL & very cnjoveble day. | cheese after all. Apyway my nose is |y ihe, 105t Week of mY stay in New | cemetery near Westerly. It must have | one, 2sad of the other. with the pillow - . York I was at Coney Island, a sum- aver the trunks. Then placing the 4 & 3 grounds, with iron mates at certain e awfully Sore. am awfully glad & . been quite a lot of work to clean up o o letters at least have heen printed, and | FIOIPCR, Wih ron gated ab ceflaln| providence, R, $'Eot away and after this I am going | ML resort and bathing place. I liked rugs over the pillows for the cover, and The other day I was riding in a|though I covered them over very care- ETHEL GRAFAM." |railvoad carriage. At one of the sta- fully before I went to bed. - s % the monuments. It was probably a i = a he seldam has less than a hundred let- | jock over t1 : eoite 261 . to°mind grenny. It taught me o les. | it Yery much and went bathing in the| e, MO then my little pillow 1 worked on to Bl o hands snd amchs Phen all o8| Fobi of cl\‘:x“fi}',e?n'.';’u;"‘éfl"x"m‘,‘é Greyfriar’s Bobby. son anmd if I see a box fust like it |Scean every gi‘""m;fl‘;";fl;‘} TS D ina KRAMER. Age 12. {LLave e stand holding e 2 3 A i h is a ¢ | next time I won’t near it.” its A ‘ H V] v , an sk ) e b BRIGHT BYES MOUSE. |enjoved the Scenie Railway best of aif] Colchester, Conn my zither. I sat down in a small car with no top drink. To the lower basin troop the| Chicopee. ARLENE PEARL, Age 11 } . A to it, which holds eight people, and was How Annie Heips . Augusta, Me. D i e D 0 . Dinah, My Dol strapped into the wall so as not to| Dear Uncle Jed: I read the Wide = - HE poo b dolg St g b Am‘]euzder Wittn Toian & CHIM of e\ght years, fall oudt. Then _tlhe car wen‘; shooting | Awake Circl'e every week and I like How p|".‘A” Made 7 l ]..4 neath is carved the story of his faith- {a blg colored rag doll was given to|JPWa¥d on a railway, then down, and| the stories very much. Dear Uncle Jed: "1 am going to telf ain. It was very tiring buf also| Now I am sgoing to tell you what I fulness. me by my parents. Instead of thank- | 50 &54 you about the manufacture of pines : 8. do to help mamma. aoht, k3 il Seoten terigr who | g oo T bgegea o, iseed | T3 cens 1 Mockaway Banch, vot| ety vemg T 17, o get up eaty| Mo ecole Sen i, bt 6o ot Skt whish tored 51 diet A his master died. Bobby followed his| Day after day I would play with|ate Tie Toves ate very rough and|and dress quickly. Then I wash my| “rie common pin was once a part of Gl arD Sloped D erent kinds of| hody to the cemetery. After it had been | Dinah. One afternoon I was playing 2 prany amupsipents. | face and hands an b my a long wire of uniform thickness. I clements, 10 of which are In my body,| D007 i The Coround the pecnie went | & Ttort Aistanse from the houss 15| Put T enjoyed the bathing. I tried to| hair. Then I set the table for break-| 5,iCns Wire of uniform thickness. It seventh and eighth grades in an ele- | {0 LAree MY MOMher says, are Very|away, hut Bobby stayed with his mas- | which I lived under some trees with | S¥IR Ot SorgHe matts G e st - Somstiel 1o oy, Y lttle Sis- b first drawn through steel rollers ta mentary school to study plants. "My growth as an-acorn dependad | ST, TOF thirteen years, duy and|Dinab. My mother called me and I| Ut SoWd hot, and e life boat which|ter, who is 4 vears old - . |straighten out the curves and kinks, Most of the work would naturally|on mother's supply of the 10 of +g | DigQt, Ie fvaited there for the master | dropped Dinah and ran to my mother. it DTOVE IRt Tarke P h e up T hel £ tha Wi Qn its way to the roller it is cut inta fall to the cighth grade, as by the|as food. For ons or more of thees oe- | De loved to have come back, only leav-| When T went back to the place R B e Bfl!dh D e O the Wide Aawakes|PiD lengths. the upper ends of whicl code such & study belongea to their | ments may bo near in large quantity; | i€, the Spot long enough once a day | where I had dropped Dinah I could not | , St57 PUNINg pew clothes and pres-| 1 hope some of the Wide Aaw extend beyond the jaws of the ma= year. But as the work was Jargely oral | but if In o locked bin, ot in & wrong | {0 eat hastily the food some kind peo- | Snd her. I hunted and although 1| %S o7 & e © ANNID WHYTE, Age 7. |Chine. A steel.bar strikes these ends: and investigating, the sixth and sov- | form, mother conld mot buy it with: | Plo §ave him. bave never seen Dinah since. I have| Uiy ugh I was sorry. to leave New| Willimantic. 7 £ jang this makes the pin heads: : enth grades did their share, too, whicii | out great cost, just as You are mew | A 128t e was found asieep on his | never forgotten the good times I have | A thOUEl T Wwas sorry fo leave New e Next_the crude pins are dropped intor gave ‘tho diploma pupils three vears | being troubled’ With toe Mok st op | Masters grave. Asleep, but he could | had playing with Dinah. T atad 10 et heend wipeds: ; ; slits. In this position the other cnds: work instead of one. Offten their |living. So the ‘get-at-fveness' of even |0t P® awakened. Grayfriar's “Eobby FLOSSIE MEYER, Age 12. Pt 2 'Z, Age 13. Had a Nice Time in New York are filed into fine points. work was in the house; then it would | one eiement may spoil not only a few | B34 been faithful unto death, Taftville. " 3 Dear Unclo Jed: Yesterday I went| The pins are then heated in a vessef Once on a time there was an agri- cuitural class formed of the sixth, fo0rs, ; . HAROLD RASMUSSEN, Age & i S 2 h my n: d father|containing a solution of co; = gfl out of doors, with pad and other :::;t ‘é’if,’;fs’ ‘but your father's grain. or .\'onvich.LD - Diamonds. _ Abéut Squirrels e Fd e 4 '.l,‘w;,)n:‘ “:ve: o shoutitin, Tiig mukies ‘them hrm’ e | The Pool was located but a short| “Yes, ‘What is an element? becomes A traveler whilg ini Africa once said. | Dear Uncle Jed: As my brother an strong. They are finally attached tai « I were taking a walk Saturday - by means of other chi wallc from the school room. Just now|a proper question for you to ask; - “If I could only find some diamonds, o E part- | papers by er machine: they posed to study the oak. It|you et feve mfltenuy or an anflwert. The custom of appointing one day | OF other nrecious stones, I would be a 3::311_:: = ulfW two squirrels; onc|ment store from 11 to about'l o’clock,]and packed for sale B : was Friday afternoon. a_warm, dry|"“Do you know the difference betwesn | in the year to be devoted to praise and | Fich man.” oo ran U hneT BTAY. o down |27 When We came out it was raining,| HANNAH McCARTHY, Age 14 Oclober day. The colored landscape, | starch and cugar? Is one the other | thanksgiving is of New England ori- | One day while on his travels acrges | _One ran up 4 tree aud came down the mirroring surface of the water, the |and the othe rone? We Dlant babies | gin, it having been inaugurated by |2 desert he became hungry and look- Rl e B o thousand and qne volces of the Pool's | cannot eat starch, yet that is what our | the Pilgrim fathers, in his peck to find somsthing t> | HAcCel Sad S00. He utwn Tt of him. ey S Fa S iy | Pack ava fnt our Sl o | M Tolg B 0 e summers v | 2 Bl t08nd, a3 bt peting | FELNL VY S N U o the s ey | us to live on. outh, 4 3 ® were seated and silent at my requesi| “Are the mothers doing wrong? Di2 :_l::‘l: %‘:é?:hé’o &?J&fl%m:&mnfi;"& hunger, and of thirst also, as there %:T!gum “:fl’g'ht ' undes & MOble OBk - called ono of tue | Se %Y o7 Mother lald up & store | their summer husbandry. Trom the | Yere not many places where one could | 7 D Y afecs . “How do you do? ie | of starch for me in three forms.’ I ¥ dcorns. “Mother Nature is in a good| “Didn't know there was more than fi“fl;fi,fi;&‘; ’h§§ ::‘; ?‘.:? %poo'“"_“fi loaking ‘hl.‘y‘,mml;dua 2 red squirrel when humor today. She proposes we help | one form of starch? fields without any rain, so that all oasis and Pl ua‘h e girl His name was Y3 fo 2 beiter understandiug of plant| ' Wy, Agnes, you have o have|ine corn began io wither and lan- s o P TR RN A ‘e here in place. starch, and sugar, too; and P, “Fist. what you_call our seeds we | both through the plant, In (act. It e | Sersres o, 0o OF 1t Was irrevocably (o Stekent it In o cags. When it dled name our frults. Your wise men call | didn't furnish you with starch in sev-|® In this distress they set apart a day Hua aeOLIANAR 0 BN stuiiad. aRd them so, too. Why not you? You|eral forms you would not have enough of fasting and prayer, in the morning ething eat. mx - hhac!( the man 0 had given kave pad and pencil. Grandpz Lowaler | energy to move that pencil. This|of ‘which day there was no sign of t er, ns he wus verv fond of stuff- wil! explain what I cannot express and | starch and sugar question is no laugh- rain, but before the evening the eky ed animals in his home, I will commence the story of my moth- | ing matter. You cannet 1 RODNEY CARL Age 3. er’s life and how you found me here. without uor sugar [+ .,'.“:’fi was overcast with the clouds, which aty. YLE, " | only & £ T’ the first place, 1t Is necessary | you have formed & Giab 10 Jive without | oG oyt Avey Without such easy, gen : = » P spoonful dosez by adults it 1 'l'lu:. !oufl.nd eruna o s 2futs 1w g8 dispairing tons, —— & tle and yet plentiful showers as re- =7 The Ant and the Grash: uslly - each of you should realize what the | buying it because of the high price. nt opper Pooi is How tho plants, animaie, iz-| “Tourd est it in-an apple o Potao. | & camiortanis Barvese o O 1 | pleca of 14 be Dear Uncle Jed: In a fleld one| § There i W e S ot | Soasan (2 Srnin ol Borren o | 7 Hamyese 'WHLCh” God thus guve| 4% S0 SIS QORI rco sn. | Somier' iy St miegiy § el Sut b o Mother Natire more. This soil and | and susar to fees vorr Loytee i Starch | to these plous peaplo caused them 10| aormich: . 00 bis wne hou, - carrrie e has always been b X S o e b Tyt 4| 350 i o Sl your odied promt an| i S0P b ey’ T el R T T T i T o ol o | e T P {nough but & pinpoint of her farm. “But Tm off ‘on g tangent! as your | tomnios ving to the e of LETTERS TO UNCLE JED, “Good day, friend An Sreaie Sy pear Be yeat. Thel e i Na teto gualiiies, “In and on this cstate are manufac- | teacher would say. HELBN WINDSKIE, Age 14 —pere grasshepper. “Come sing dunce in ‘ome years in tories, storehouess, ained workmen “I said oale ! The Beaver with me, instead working there like ago, w":]\o, ke vou hu are unionists. Tha e sugar Dear Uncle Jod: Some valuable furs|a slave” They good s laxative are dwided into classes and eacn are those the beaver. are ‘No, reliable class will not do the worlk of any otaer | starch i A Conversation in the Kitohem | Zound In Ganade chiefy, and ve bn|1ay op food £ £ H 4 = z £ 2 clags. (We Know how it is in the| moth houses of mud that will citiez) In these storehouses there a’e on the wflg&u to | the wintar, think yeu'd _biu‘ guggoyeu, 'h\:c large to us, in Ghm g converse with his kitchen m«; “Nehgense” said ¥ i i Y i v YW w e e PR % 3 : 2 . B