Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 20, 1915, Page 9

NORWICH ‘BULLETIN, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1915 THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT Rules for Yeung wm."“ e 1. Write pi ly on one paper only, and number the pages. 2 Use pen and ink, not encil. 3. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 250 words. 4. Original storics or letters only will be used. 5. Write yc.. name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the tory. ® Mddress all communications to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. Whatever you are—Be that! ‘Whatever you say—Be true! Straightforwardly act, Iie honest—in fact, Be nobody else but you.” THE BEAUTIRUL LAND OF NOD. heads on Come, cuddle your shouider dear, Your head like the golden-rod, And we will go salling away from here E To the beautiful Land of Nod. Away. from life's hurry, and flurry, and worry, Away from earth’s shadows gloom, To a world of fair weather we'll float off together Where roscs are alwaye in bloom. my and Just your eyes, and fold your shut hands, Your hands re like the leaves of a And we_will go sailing to those fair lands That never an atlas shows, On the north and the west they are bounded by rest, On the south and the east by dreams 'Tis the country ideal, where nothing is real, But everything only seems. Just drop down the curtalns of your dear eyes, Those eyes like a bright blue-bell, And we will ail out under starlit skies To the jand where the fairies dwell, Down the river of sleep our barque shalj sweep, it reaches that mystical isle Which no man hath seen but where all have been, And there will pause awhile, I will_croon you a song as we float along, To that shore that is blessed of God, Then lo! for that fair land, we're off for that rare land, That beautiful Land of Nod. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE AWAKES. Tt is necessary to apply our minds to what ever we undertake. The world is full of people who collect special objects for love of them, or love of the money which they may bring lat- er on. Children collect leaves and flowers, and shells and pebbles, and colored earths and insects, postage stamps, and pictures, just as men of wealth collect famous pictures, pearls and dilamonds, old tapestries, etc, which are rare. If it had not been for a collector who ot the habit when he was a boy the British museum would not have been founded; and but for the collectors of interesting objects the Smithsonian Institute and other great and useful museums could not have been estab- lished. Uncle Jed thinks the collectors of fine pictures gave rise to the public art galleries. A shrewd collector makes himselt master of his collection, watever it may be, by learning of the origin and history of all the interesting things he gathers together The postage stamp may make one acquainted with all civilized coun- tries and their provinces and if the ships, animals and pictures upon them are studled a greater knowledge of history, biography, commerce and na- tural history will be obtained. Children collect common things when they begin, but with years and the habit they come to know the greater value of rare things and often Teceive a large sum of money for them. Uncle Jed once knew a man who sold his stamp collection for enough ‘money to build him a cottage It pays to be Wide Awake heve an intelligent purpose in THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Marianne Blackledge, of Norwich —Daddy's Boy. 2—May M. Danahy, The Scamp Family. 3—Sarah Hyman, of Norwich—The House of Surprises. 4—Alfred Levitsky, of Norwich— Wireless Boys in the Atlantic. 5—James Kelly, of Versailles—In Camp on the Big Sunflower. 6—Catherine Nelson, of Versailles— The Campfire Girls at Sunrise Hill. 7—Katie Janjak, of West Willington —What Alice Found in the Looking Glass. 8—Frank Pardy, of Norwich —In Camp on the Big Sunflower. ‘Winners of prize books in the city may call at The Bulletin business of- fice for them at any hour after 10 a m. Thursday. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT, Frank Pardy, of Norwich: I thank you very much for the nice prize book you gave me. I have partly read it and I found ft very interesting. Allie Kramer, of Colchester: Thank you very much for my nice prize book. 1 should have written before, but T have been so busy reading, “Bad Lit- tle Haanah.” Burtha Fuller, of Eagleville: T re- ceived my prize book and think you very much for it I have started to read it and found it very interesting. Sarah Becker of Fitchville: I re- ceived the prize book you eent me, en- titled A Girl in Ten Thousand. I have read it and think it is very good. Thank you. and to Iite. of Norwich— STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. The Lost Kitten, I once had a little kitten whos name was Darling. She was black and white and was very cunning. I taught her a lot of tricks. She could stand on her two hind legs and would sometimes walk on them. When she wanted to go outside she always stood by the door and began to purr. She ‘would always wash her face and paws after cating. As 1 was playing outside one day with my kitten she ran away from me. I looked everywhere but could not find her. I even cailed her by name, but she would mot come. So I ran back to the house and told every- one of my loss. They went to look for her but no one could find her, so wWe gave up the search. One day I happened to be walking in the woods with my cousin when I heard something rattling among the dry leaves. 1 went towards the place and saw a little black and white crea- ture, and what do you think it was? It was my poor little lost kitten. 1 was full of joy when I found her and hurried home. Everyone was glad to see her. She never ran away from me again. : SADIE MOPSIK. Age 10. Norwich. Korea, The Korean people have skin like the Chinese. Korean children like kite flving as well as the Chinese and Japanese chil- dren. They have the same kind of money as the Chinese. _They like rice as well.as the othr two countries vellow heads of sovereigns or statesmen, | which I have been speaking of. They THE POOL Tuesday was a warm April day. |duties and pleasures is wrons. Bats, There has not been much rein, but the snow melted so slowly it put moisture In the ground. All organic growth at The Pool is wide awake and ready for business. First there are the returned and re- turning citizens from the south. They have been and are coming home. The organic neighbors and_even the un- organic people of The Pool had gath- ered in a mass meeting to consider ways and means for making The Pool a more pleasant abiding place. First there were the Lady Bugs with the beautifui flowered dresses trim- med in gold. And, by the way, these aristocratic creatures of the vines and shrubs are Indignant at being called Bugs. “We are Beetles and are direct descendants from the ancient Coleopt family who were never in any way re- lated to the Bugs. Our object in life is to ald Madam Nature in the growth of the vegetable world; we are her ldiers. or, rather, one branch of her police army, perfect aviators, when in a mature state, and take great delight in ridding our friends, the plaats, of the robbers and grafters who would live upon them. “I believe a resolution should be adopted condemning the plant lice for their work. 1 am generally on the move while on my beat and upon ex- tra duty, and find these lice busily en- gaged in taking out the most neces- sary part of the dwellings. They are robbers by profession and _deserve punishment. When I find them I make short work of the culprits. These aphides would clean out the best apart- ment building on our main street in a short time, and they delight in work- ng their destruction on the new plant building Dame Nature is attempting 0 build” “I feel like giving a good second to the motion just made” sald a lttle chipping eparrow that had lately re- turned from a southern tour, “but I have other matters in mind just now. “First, 1 am tired. This aeroplane work for long distances is tiresome. Flying is hard work, yet it is work we enjoy. “Farmer Coudit's boy was told by his teacher I had air in my bones to make my body light. That may be true with some of us aviators, but not with all. My nelghbors, the Swallows, and those nice but noisy friends, the Martins, who fly so much, have no air sacks as extra baggage, or air in their bones. ‘No, it's work that makes us fly. have no lazy feathers or bomes. e have either to pound the air with or arrange our wings so the air its movement must strike our wings. “The idea, too, that our feathers ara = necessity to help us in our aercplane TN A, beetles, flies and other things have no feathers, yet they can fly. “Boys forget that our bodies When in the air act the same as their kites. It is true we have to fight gravitation, but that does not bother much when the up-push of the air is helping. It is when we first start to rise that gravitation gives us a hard pull down. “The air is a substance having weight and density. Our flying through it is like swimming through water where the pressurs in all directions helps us to float.” *“No! Flying fast for long distances is not easy, and our young must learn to fly before they can be aviators. Maybe you folks have noticed what it costs our young in physical efforts to master the art. “I do mot know of a feathered fam- ily at The Pool whose young do not have to struggle with the air in learn- ing to fly. - “To be sure, Gentle Breeze has often helped. We birds like her, don't we?” we? “Organic matter,” my notice read to be present at this meeting. That takes in all us plants, apartment buildings, store houses and bouquet holders, as each of us has some part of our bodies set apart to perform a special work.” “That's true” said brilliantly col- ored Blue Jay—the owner of a viva- cious manner and loud voice that makes him loyed and hated by turns. “I know how it is, although I am not always sure to take long journeys to the south. Why go there if food is Plenty here at home? I like to talk, it is true, but being a great conversa. t{unnlis: is no disgrace. It's a merit. Neither does my habit or power to mimic other birds or tones hurt my wer as an aviator, for I am certain- ly an organic body, @s I have special parts to my body ‘with which to fly, walk, see, hear, smell, gather food, digest that food 'and to remember.” “I too, belong to the organic class,” said the Thorn-apple tree. “You avi- ators, burrowers, climbers, etc., know that 1 have had a full dress of leaves wrapped in blanket on my arms ever since last fall. Maybe you don’t know ‘what an expansive lot those tiny leaves have got to be since you citizens be- gan to return from your wanderings and commenced to hunt apartments and rooms in which to set up house- keeping. Your activities were catch- ing. hing must do but to let each leaf expand. Why? That it might get to work in the job of transpiration and thus nourish the plant as well as make it more beautiful. You animals and insects need air—pure air. You ars. continually fouling it. It is an office of my-leaves to help you by _' GRANDFATHER LOWATER, have many things alike, because their countries are so near together. HELEN ABERG, Age 9. Taftville. A Night's Adventure in the Ohio River Mr. and Mrs. Martin had gone after supper to help a sick neighbor. leav- ing their daughter Sally, a girl of 13 to take care of her brother Will, and the baby. Mrs, Martin expected to be back late {n the evening, so the chil- dren went to bed and were soon fast asleep. Suddenly Sally was awakened by she knew not what. There was a groan- ing, creaking noise and she thought she’ felt the house move. She sprang out of bed and ran toward the fire- place. When she reached it her feet splashed in water. Then she sald, “The river has come up.” Raising the window curtain, Sally gazed out. The house was surrounded by water, the Waves were washing over the doorstep; as far as she could seeR WBSI only water. unning back to the bed she shool Will. “Get up, Willi_The river s coming into the house!” Then she took the baby in her arms. They climbed the stairs to the loft. Then, wrapped in comforters, they stayed close together, not daring to 20 to bed. Soon affer there was a great noise, as if something were tear- ing away. The house swayed to and fro and went down one side and up the other. The children clung close t0 each other. A minute afterward all was quiet again, Presently Sally stood up and said: “We are moving, Willl The house is moving!” She ran to the front win- dow and they were afloat on the Ohlo river, When the clock struck four, dark objects went swiftly by them. Every little while the house would dip and rock, as a log or tree struck it. Five o'clock struck and then six. They began to see the objects plainly now. “See,” cried WIll, “thers is a_coop full of chickens. There is a dog house upside down, and the poor white dog is clinging to the outside.” After an hour had passed Sally was almost frantic. She had seen people making signals to them, but no one came to save them. Then she began shrieking for ald. Then Will began &0 wave something white out the win- ow. People saw them, but could not help them, Presently a large boat came towards them. Slowly it came nearer, Just then a huge log dashed into the side of the dwelling, a shrick was given as the children'disappeared. By a few strokes the boat gained the side of the house. One of the crew climbed in the win- dow and lifted them out. A minute more and the house toppled over. But the children were saved. CATHARINE NELSON, Age 12. Versailles. Curious Customs of the Chinese. When Americans meet they clasp hands. When the Chinese meet they shake their own fists at each other, 2nd when they are going in the same direction they walk off in single file. We cut our finger nails short. The rich Chinese who do not have to work with their hands let their nails grow very long. Some of the women wear silver bands on their nails so that they will not get broken. When an American goes into the Louse he takes off his hat, but the Chinese leaves his on, The Chinese women are very proud of their small feet A Chinese girl's feet are bound when she is young and these bindings are never taken off except when she washes her feet. The Chinese wear white instead of black for mourning, They eat at tabies, but use chop- sticks’ instead of knives and forks. The men in our country wear shoes of leather, but the Chinese men’s shoes the usually made of cloth. The Chinese boys have good kites, but the best kites are owned by the men, who enjoy flying them as much as_the boys do. The Chinese are very fond of an ex- Densive soup made of birds’ nests. The Chinese girl is the slave of her mother-in-law. ALICE M. GORMAN, Age 12. Versailles. The Spoiled Plan. One day John was crossing a thick wood when he heard some voices talk- ing low. Looking ahead he saw five men. They said: “We will attack the Dime bank to- morrow night.” Yes," said one, “that will be a good time.’ Then John said to himself, “I must warn the ban! The robbers did not see John. Then they said something else. He waited for no more, but turned and hurried away. He ran as fast as he could down to the road. Just then speeding auto whizzed by John saw the same men in i ‘They were going in the opposite direction. John ran d'otwn the road until he reached the city. He ran up to the Dime bank, and told the keeper his story. At first the keeper did not believe John: but when he listened more at- tentively he said, “We will watch for them.” A number of policemen were kept guarding the bank the next night. The robbers came and to their sur- prise were captured. John was given a reward and was known throughout the city as a hero. HERBERT CARLSON, Age 12. Baltic, Story of a Loaf of Bread. Bread is food for all people. We eat other things besides bread, but we could not do without bread, for bread ‘we must have. The most common grains from which we make bread are rye, oats, millet, corn, barley and wheat. In this country most grain is raised. The great wheat regions are in the west. If you rode by the Red River valley all day, you would see long wav- ing wheat. In the far west there are large farm- ing machines. I have some friends in Nebraska and they said that they have many large flelds of wheat, barley, etc. I hope all the Wide-Awakes are in- terested in wheat, and grain. This grain is ground up in large mills and made into flour. Some of these mills inneapalis. ILLIAN KLESAK, Age 10. A Bird’s Rel A few days ago I was out In the woods and I noticed a little gray bird lying on the ground. I tried to pick it up, but its leg was fastened in a hole. A man who was working nearby told me a scorpion caused the mis- chief. 'Wé ‘dug a big hole, but could mot find _the scorpion, 50 we think It crawled away into another hole. The poor little bird’s leg was broken. I was going to take it home, but 1 opened my hand just a little bit, the little fellow flew away. He perched upon a tree and I could see the wound- ed leg hanging down, limp and help- less, He was as happy as could be to be let free again, but I am sorry for him, for 1 wanted to bind up the leg. ANNIE SCHLIECH, Age 14. Baltic. The Tulips in. Holland, In the little windows of Dutch houses there are very beautiful flowers. These flowers are tulips. They plant the tulip bulbs in spring. The Dutch peo- ple are very proud of thelr tulips be- cause they are the most beautiful in the world. They cost so much because they are so lovely. Only rich people can buy them. The flowers are red, yellow, pink, white or striped. There are_thousands and thousands of them in Holland. KATIE JANIAK, Age 10. One day last summer while I was visiting in New York I went to Rochester, a few miles from where I Was, to see the glassblowers at work. The articles they made out of glass were very many. I will now tell the way window panes are made. The things used for making them are alkall, lime, arsenic and charcoal. When they are reduced to powder and mixed they form what the glass- blowers call “batch.” Pots made of clay and able to stand a high degree of heat are placed in the fire. As they are liable to break, great care is taken in raising them to the high temperature required, and they are not allowed to become cold for months, if they should last so long. Into these pots is put the “batch.” A hot fire is Kept in the furnace until the “batch” is melted and becomes liquid glass. It is allowed to cool a little and then it is ready for the blow- ers. This usually takes twenty hour: Some of the soft glass in the pots is collected on the end of a blow pipe, which 1s five feet long. Into the end the workman blows and expands the mass of glass into the form of a globe. He continues blowing until the globe- like mass becomes like a cylinder. The work of the blower is com- pleted when he has applied a heated iron to the inside of the cylinder, so as to make a crack along its entire length. To change this cylinder to a sheet it is put into the flattening iron oven, which has a smooth stone floor. After it is flattened it Is sent to the cutter, Wwho cuts the glass into different sizes, with a diamond. Then the glass is finished and ready to be put ints houses. JAMES KBLLY, Age 14. Versailles, Isaac’s Loave: Once upon a time there was a poor man whose name was Isaac. He lived on the edge of the forest. He owned a cow, plg and some chickens. One night the pig died, and the same night a bear ate all his chickens. After that he was poorer than ever, One night as he was walking through the woods he saw a spark of fire and a fairy appeared, “Here is a fine supper for you,” said the fairy, “and besides, three loaves of bread. If you will bring me the loaves of bread in three weeks, just as they are now, I will make you rich indeed.” “The poor man thanked the fairy and hurried home with his three loaves of bread. He put the loaves away and did not touch them for many days. He did not have anything to eat or to feed his cow with which gave him milk to drink every day. He grew thinner and thinner and his cow grew thinner and thinner, and at last he said: “T ghould rather be all the time poor than to let my cow starve. I will feed her with the three loaves.” Just as the cow bit the loaves into halves out jumped the fairy. Then she said: “If you had brought me the loaves, I would have made you rich, as I promised, but you would not have any happiness; but now you shall always have plenty and be happy!” You can imagine how happy the man was. AGNES KLECAK, Age 11. West Willington. Turtles, There is a turtle which is sometimes n the brooks and small ponds called “the sun turtle.” This turtle has yel- low spots on its shell and the front feet have five claws and the back feet four claws. These turtles are very lazy when in the brooks or ponds. They seem to wait for you to come and pick them up. Once you have them in your hand you can see nothing but the shell, as they have drawn in their feet, head and claws. If you put them in the brook again they will paddle away as fast as they can go to some hiding place. These turtles eat worms, bugs and crackers. Some of the turtles are afrald to put their heads out if anyone is near them. If they have their heads out when someone s around it will go in like a flash. These sun turtles look very pretty in the water as the spots show quite plain. If you should see a couple of yellow spots in the water you are quite sure to see a turtle if You poke at the spots, Thé snapping turtle lives in the swamps and ponds. It is very clumsy in its ways, but can travel very fast. These snapping turtles have a very thick shel] and this is their only way of protecting themselves. They are very tough and will snap at anything in_thelr way, I took a walk in the woods last Sat- urday afternoon and 1 saw a lot of turtles in the brooks and ponds. I saw one snapping turtle and a lot of sun turtles. FRANK PARDY, Age 14. Norwich. How to Plant a Garden, To plant a garden first the soil must be loosened by plowing it. Then the lumps of dirt must be broken to pleces, which is done by harrowing to make it level—taking a bush and drawing it around. Then take a stick or hoe and make a line where you are to plant the seed: Put the seeds in, then cover them over. When they come up, if they are too thick together, pull out some of the plants. The plants that are left will grow better. Pull out the weeds and hoe dirt up around the plants. 1If the weeds or grass are allowed to grow it will choke out the plantts. To have tomatoes to plant early take a box and put dirt in it. Then plant the tomato seeds and keep the dirt moist, then transplant them in the garden, Last year I had a garden and had radishes, carrots, onions, beets and potatoes, I grew two bushels of po- tetoes. This year I am going to plant more. I have started my garden and have a few things planted, MICHAEL J, BURNS, Age 13. Fitchville. The Lost e Once_Charlie lost his kitty and he cried for her. He said he thought some little boy or girl had taken it away, She was in his basket and that was lost, too, Charles went to his mother's room to look for her. He thought she might take a nap in mothers easy chair; but when he came theme he saw her asleep in his own little bask- et, all cuddled in a heap, HELBN ZABILANSKY, Age 7. ‘West Willington. A Story of China. China is a queer country. The boys and girls dress just like the men and ‘women. They wear léose garments. The Chinese love flowers and their houses are fuinll of them. The women like to paint flowers and like to embroider them. Their streets are not wide because there are many houses and if they ‘were wide they wouldn't have room for their houses. The Chinese study in a quéer way. They study out loud and when they know their lessons they give their books to_the teacher and shout the lesson to their teacher. First they start from the bottom and read up. They have to get up early and as soon as they get to school they start| studying right away. Usually they | have a'man teacher. When they have a man teacher they work harder. ! Sometimes when the girls don't go | to school they have to clean the! house and cook and mind the house, while their m are working out in the fleld; but the girls have to work pretty hard. The girls are not allow- ed to go out of the house until they are married. They are not respécted unless they become mothers of boys. Girls are not worth much unless they have very small feet. Then they are ofter sold in marriage for several thousand dollars. ANNA BLAHUSIAK, Age 12. West Willington. General Wolfe. During_the French_and Indian war William Pitt sent a British army un- der General Wolfe's command to take the French city of Quebec, the capital of Canada. That seemed almost impos- alble, for Quebec stands on a high, rocky bluff overlooking the St. Law- rence river, and a few men could hold the place against an attack. General Montcalm, the French com- mander was on the lookout for the English. He slept in his clothes for weeks, so that he might be always ready to fight. For a long tlme General Wolfe tried in vain to capture Quebec. At last he made up his mind that the only way he could do it would be to climb from the river to the top of the heights. At that time his fleet of war ships were some miles above the city. One night Wolfe and his men embarked in boats and_silently floated down the river. When they came to a little cove in the bank. about three miles from Quebec, they stopped. 'Shere they landed, taking care to make as little noise as possible. Then, one by one. the soldiers, seizing hold of the bushes and the branches of tha trees, climbed slowly up to the top of_the steep bluff. When the sun rose, General Mont- calm could hardly believe what he saw There drawn up in a thin red line stood the British army before Quebec. Soon a terrible battle began. The English fought to get into the city and the French fought to keep them out. General Wolfe was shot through the breast and as he lay dying on the ground, he heard some of his men shout “They run! See how they run!" “Who run?" asked Wolfe, in a feeble voice. “The French,” was the answer. “Then,” sald Wolfe, I die In peace.” Theso were his last words. General Montealm also received his death wound. He asked the doctor who stood by him, “How long have I to_live?” “Not many hours; tor. replied the doc- 0 much the better,” said Mont- calm: for I am happy not to live to see the surrender of Quebec.” Not very long after the death of these two brave commanders, the French opened the gates of Quebec to the English. They marched in, and took possession of the city. They have held it ever since. ROSE PARIZEK, Age 10, West Willington. The French. The French live in France. Tt is sunny and warm the They have dark eves and hair. hey are quick, hot tempered and skillful in their work, ‘We get beautiful things from Paris, and the French are proud of it. It is the most beautiful city in the world. The French ralse srapes and make wine. They send it to the United States. BARBARA KLEVAH, Age 8. West Willington. The Germans, The Germans live in_Germany in the northern part of Burope. The people arg fair. Sugar beets grow there. The women work hard. They work in the fields. The Germans ha the thi#d largest navy in the world. Berlin is the capital of Germany. is a large and clean city. There are large forests in Germany. They don't cut down the trees with- out planting other trees so the for- ests will always be beautiful. FRANCES KUCIN, Age 8. ‘West Willington. It LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Their Bird and Flower Calendar. Dear Uncle Jed: I will tell you about our Bird and Flower Calendar. We have about seventy flowers all dif- ferent kinds. We have about thirty- four different kinds of birds. The seagull flies over the rivers and along the shores of the ocean. When it sees a fish it will dive down into the water and get the fish. Then it will eat it, and float on the water for more. A Doy and I know where a bluejay’s nest is. It is in the hole of a tree. There are four birds in it, In studying birds you have to keep still, or they will fly aw: The best place is in the woods, or in the coun- try, Nights when we listen we can hear the owls. How they hoot! Very many woodpeckers live in the woods around my house. You can hear them pecking in the trees. They are very helpful birds. ALFRED LEVITSKY, Age 10. Norwich. Contest for a Silver Medal. Dear Uncle Jed: There were four girls and three boys in the medal con- test. It came off April 9th. Each of the children had a piece to speak and nearly all of them were quite long. We were contestants for a silver medal. Whoever spoke the best would get the medal. Our pieces were about temperance; all about drinking and smoking, My piece was quite long, the name of which was “Carl, or a Mother's In- fluence.” . Whoever got the silver medal would have a chance to try for a gold medal. One of the girls got the medal. NELLIE COTTER, Age 13. Scotland. My Rabbit, Dear Uncle Jed: 1 have a pet rabbit I found. One Sunday Mr. Wheeler and 1 went to fing the cows. When we were coming back Mr. Wheeler went near the wall where the grass was high and he saw a very little rabbit jump into the wall. He took the stones from the wall and got the rabbit. We took the rabbit home and put it in a big box. We gave him clover to eat end milk to drink, but he didn't drink the milk. We must give him much clover because he likes it. ANNIE MOTYKA, Age 10. Leonard Bridge. Fido is Her Pet. Dear Uncle Jed: I have a pet dog and his name is Fido. He is a good dog, and he is one year old. He caught a_mink. When I come home from school 1 play with him a little while then I help my mother. When I finish the work, I go to play with my ball. I am going to the Storrs Summer school. It starts the 5th of July and ends the 30th of July. I will study a lot at the school. I want to learn: HENRY DOUDA, Age 8. Eagleville, Your grocer will deliver a pail of Cottolene to you today Your grocer orders Cottolene from us just as you do from him— He orders it just as he needs it, as you do— He knows that in Cottolene he is delivering to you the purest, sweetest, cleanest, cooking fat you can buy. Give your family the advantage of better foods that are made with Coticlene Arrange for your grocer to delxver you a regular supply of Cottolene There is no secret about Cottolene. The world has known it for more than a generation. It is an exact combination of fresh, pure, sweet, ultra- refined cottonseed oil whose grade is so high that it is not listed on the market, with beef stearine from choicest selected leaf beef suet. 1t is this combination which gives Cottolene the splendid qualities for shortening, frying and cake-making which produce results that delight everybody. Write to our General Offices, Chicago, for our real cook book— “HOME HELPS” —free. mEFAIRBANKEm ““Cottolene makes good cooking better’’ Some Curious Nests. Dear Uncle Jed: Birds often build in what seems to us very strange places. and once in a while we come across a nest conetructed differently from others. Robins prefer to build under porch roofs or in other comfortable places. The old nest, after the storms of win- ter, does not look as though much of a home could be made of it, but after looking it over these hopeful little home-lovers decide it can be repaired very nicely. The loose, dry leaves that have lodged there are thrown overboard and a few small crooked sticks added to the clumsy old pile,” and then it is ready for the round mud cup which is to make it firm, safe and solid. The mud is brought to the nest and shaped by the mother robin, who uses her breast just as a mason would use a trowel. She pastes and smoothes the mud by turning round and round and pressing hard against her breast. The nest which she and her mate had repaired is not a beautiful one; but it is substantial and will be quite comfortable when lined with grass, moss or feathers. Though four or five eggs will be laid, one of them may never hatch. It often happens that one never hatches. The Baltimore oriole hangs its nest from the end of a long, pliant branch and is there safe from squirrels, snakes and mice. In India there is a bird which builds its nest in a similar way,.as' the forests are alive with monkeys which plunder every nest in their reach. This wise little bird chooses for the site of its nest the end of a twig not only too slender to bear the weight of a mon- key, but which directly overhangs the water: and as a etill further precau- tion, makes the opening of the nest on the lower side. MAY M. DANAHY, Age 13. Norwich. Cross Btackle. Dear Uncle Jed: An old cow of ours is rather cross, although she won't touch anyone unless she is mad. Her real name is Blossom, but we call her Blackie. One day as my father was watering the cows, Black got away from him and he did not stop to get her, but went about his work. Posy, our heifer, seeing Black loose, got away, but fa- ther had other work to do, for it was early and the feed was good, so he did not bother with them. When I came home from school T noticed that Posy was running around Black, when she was trying to eat, and I also_noticed that Black started to hook Posy; but I did not say any- thing. I went in the house and did my work. The next time I looked out the window I saw Black hooking Posy. Posy had her rope on when she got away from father, and Black had got one of her horns in this rope and was choking Posy. My sister and I both rushed out the door to stop her. Cora grasped a stick and hit Black with it. Black then started to hook her, but Leora jumped innto the door. No sooner had Black seen Leora out of the way than she started for Posy again; but Leora went and took Posy's = rope before Black got there. I picked up a stick and went and stood between them; but Black did not dare to go past me for she knew quite well what she would get if she did. I have not seen her hooking Posy again. ARLENE PEARL. Augusta, Me. My Visit to Mohegan Park. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to give you and the Wide Awakes an account of my trip to Mohegan park. I went with a party of friends. My sister went, t00. We prepared a lunch which consisted of many good things. We started on this trip about half past 2 o'clock. We walked. When we arrived there we rested in the pavil- ion while we ate some lunch. Then we played house in the pavilion. After that we looked for some flowers. 1 found violets, columbines, a buttercup, and other flowers. Then we went to the second park. We saw two deer. One was lying down and the other was standing, holding his head to the wind- ward. = We passed on and saw some silver and golden pheasants. We saw pigeons and peacocks also. The golden pheas- ants have many pretty colors. The young pheasants have & brownish dull color. They looked rather ugly. I was on the see-saws and swings many times. Then we went to where the rabbits lived. There were all sorts of rabbits. 1 thought the one with the gray fur looked prettiest. Then we ate the Test of our lunch. After that we sat on some benches near the lake. It seemed very peaceful and_dreamy. We were soon ready to go home. SARAH HYMAN, Age il Norwich. Birds and Flowers. Dear Uncle Jed: The pupils of our school have found nearly 70 different flowers this spring. The Johnny-jump- up has been found. It is a small flow- er_and it looks like a pansy. Some of the other flowers are the painted cup, the wild lily of the val- ley, the nodding trillium, and the spring_forgetmetnot. We have scen 34 different birds. May 10th I saw a kingbird. It was standing on a low hush in a R A RN L S i 3 Its back was a dark gray, and its head was black. It had a white breast and the end of its tail had a band of white. After school T go in the woods and look for birds and flowers. When you are looking for birds you have to be very still. Last night I went for flow- ers. 1 found several new ones. 1 was looking for pink corydalis, but did not find_any. MARIANNE BLACKLEDGE, Age 9. Norwich. The Fox and the Grapes. Dear Uncle Jed: Once upon a time there was a fox who walking along the road and he saw some grapes in a field. He went to get some. He walked on e little farther and got caught in a trap and he pulled to get out, but he had to stay there till morning, when a farmer came and the farmer said “What are you doing there?” The fox replied: “Nothing!” The farmer pulled the fox out and said he was going to kill him. The fox said: “If you don’t kill me 1 will bring you a whole lot of things. The farmer said: “All right!’ and he let the fox go. In the morning door with the grape: The farmer said “Thank you the fox went off. This is how the fox got away. RENA M. JOHNSON. fox was at the and Norwich. Helping the Robins. Dear Uncle Jed: T want to tell you about the robins that are building nests near my house. My brothers had been playing wil some string and had a make-believe telephone. The string was wound around_several trees and they had great fun with it until it began to rain. Then they came into the house and were watching it rain when some robins came and tried to pull the string away to build their nests. It was amusing to watch them, they were so determined to get it. I went out and cut it in several pieces. Then we waited for them to come again, which they did very soon, and bundled it up. Then they flew away with it, to our delight. ow there are three nests in nearby tree: SULAH CARPENTER, Age 9. Norwich YANTIC Peace Day Exercises—Extension of Street Lighting Service—Work on State Road. Peace Day exercises were observed in the local schools Tuesday. Birthday Reception. Saturday one hundred and twelve friends of Mrs, Hannah Kingsley of Franklin called anq helped her cele~' brate her $9th birthday. Group pie=| tures were taken by a nlece of Mrs, Kingsley of the people representing their town. Many hopes were express ed that Mrs. Kingsley may enjoy the coming decade as pleasantly as she has the past one. Street Light Extension. ! Street lights were installed on street from Hamilton's to the Bo: town line during the past week by th members of the wire department of the Norwich Gas and Electric coms pany and have been much appreciated by travelers in that vicinity. Parade For President. ' Charles Bentley, U. S. N., was on€ - of the four hundred marines from the U. S. S. Rhode Island in the parpde ix New York city Monday. News in General. This weeks wind and_rain has takex the last of the apple blossoms. The trees are heavily leaved. The trumpet vines in some of the yards around are making a_ brilliang showing with their scarlet blossomse Mrs. Samuel Chappell of New Lon- don has returned from several weeks® stay with her sister in Meriden anq is spending some time in_town -the guest of her sister, Mrs. Elishia La. throp. Frank W. Clapp of Willimanty, su- pervisor of the Franklin schools, was in_town Mon, Mrs. Ellen Beswick has disposed of her househould goods. Ready to Lay the Dust. State Road Inspector Frank L. Ol- cott has had an extra force of men working on the road at present getting it in shape for the dust-laying pre= paration he has. He recently received a tank for the distribution of this pre- paration. Much interest is felt in the village over the baseball game to be played here Saturday. It is years since any sort of baseball has been played here and the villagers seem to be getting plenty of support. Some of the farmers had early po= tatoes frozen during the past week, while green corn didn’t even show any. effect of the cold weather. George W. Avery has taken his at-| to delivery truck out of the machine; shop where he has had it overhauled, | during the past winter and it isin use on_his route. Fred Ladd is having a garage built. East Haven—Monday was field day | for the Foot Guards and their exer- cises were held at Momauguin because | of the condition of the state range this season, there being extensive al- | terations at this time, due to the fact that the state encampment will be| held there this season instead of &t ianti T —— ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. | INFANTS SCHILDRE 0T NARCOTIC. Brpeat Ol At6 months old AR 1) 2 CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Use For Over Thirty Years GASTORIA