Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 5, 1915, Page 9

THE WI “Of _course, my -age Fliat :Cholos be Last- our new neighbors next door are from Does not care for all this Like they did when they were boys.” Says: “I am feeling awful weak, Guess I had better rest a streak; ‘Business is awful dull today, Believe I'll go out to the play.” Then we childre.. nass a grin, For their talk is far too thin; They are nearly dead to g0, But they hate to have us know! DE AWAKE CIRCL, BOYS AND GIBLS® DEPARTMENT n SRR oy come after Both girls went home quite disgusted ugh when everyone eise mede such wver 1 °VSBITH B, BAKER, Age 15. in Cold Countries. Tt is fun for our boys and girls when had them. E ¢ with themselves, but really . had to bair, and was very stingy. He did not want to share anything with LETTERS .OF-ACKNOWLEDGMENT. | some. e LS T o e thn arcand e it | Htn. St o e aes did not know it. We took some large | with snow. Then they can play with One day he went into the kitchen, A..Carter,.of Hampton—I : A e o L thank | ” It was a very nice day and I think ‘whole year round? Bertha N..Burrill, of Stafford Springs There are such places. One is Green- thank you very much for the What Bessie Wished to Do. [land, so-called, but very little green . But I don't care for it; so you of snow. _ very minoh pisased |oll the boys who wete ptessnt ahjoy- This is%1l very well for a while, but| “Can I have that jeily, mother: ~I am mu ple T have another ‘book of that series. | 0 ihis outing as much as ¥ id. how many boys and girls would like [asked Willie. NENSTOCK, - 1 e s 3 Foog GEORGE BIE Age 14. |to live where it is water nearly the| “Mrs. White sent it to, me” said Ma[tha w”hmgton X BT e Bank | Pictures of the club also. their sleds and build men and houses | where his mother was at work, and saw on the table a saucer of jelly. Willie's mother. ly very 29 East 29th St, near Fifth Ave. NEW YORK ‘book you sent. entitled “The is to be found there, for the ground [may have it, If you won't be stingy Boeedawall Boys on Motoreycles.” She was trudging down the street. 2|1 covered with snow nearly every | with it . - Tetrault. of Versailioe—I vo- | hoiding o smail basket in one hand | month in the year. z 2 Jvillie took the saucer of jelly and ADVANTAGES O Y s 3 & piece of money tightly wrappea | _The people of Greenland are called | went out in yard; but he did not m&.mum b::&“‘;ofl: 1‘: p;pl;r a the oth".hmfi_ As she :-:m?‘m.):ngoot m::l‘:m”!n snow :g m ::{ou:m and sisters to help qm -—l:.m:vwfio ey Tossing she met another | Bouses; uses m—_g g — W aoors _Eagan, of Willimantio—1 thank | £15"who looked st her and was pass- |and are made warmer by large lamps | “If 1 divide with them there wom't || ggesy:, the, the_lewer Mests To close out our stock of these necessary Summer Fit- vexy much for the Stampkraft|ing along, when the first little girl ‘v‘:ieh fat is burned. a spoonful apiece,” he thought. “It et onh .,fl,,, o . I enjoyed pasting the plotures | ealr, ‘smilingly: R Sottien ot the Tukiine S5 Maile | e Mtier T tne MnaTe SRR then evenings ang the lowby tings before the end of the season we have made marked n e e e | one, ve next door to e, Tve o | mould look ' very Queer (o s if we| So he ran fo the barn and climbed || grivate e Bariors are Tor Lot men reductions upon our entire stock. Buy now for this.is Dbig doil's house, and my’memma [Should see g ' 7 e Ty e i Helen M. Reynoids, of.Baglevitie 12 bl felis houee, and o M me er. but his clothes are warm, and that |one would ever think of looking for qm 1o of shat ovan: an fipmnltydt& sdecu{e twhag you wantlfor next year{as | Camp Sire Ginise I have read it and | it your mamma would let you. My |’ fhofy oo horses in Greeniand, | Jiist as he began to eat the felly He potl ot A E G well as this, an o it at substantial savings. 4 find 1t very interesting. I thank you muo"u, BO”’,,. “eried the other, catching | 50 dogs are used in their stead. The |heard his sister calling him, He dia phone and paging system ls de- J | very much for it her breath .wlth delight. "l. saw you Bskimo dog is a large, strong beast no‘§ answer her. Ny Wl‘z' science: the lfi-lh- &) Katherino Gorman, of Versalles—I | paying in the garden when I peeped |and 100ks something like a wolf. About | 'They always want some of every- evieting Gusets In thelr reoma thank you very muth for the mice | hrough the femce, Il o and ask my | tWelve of these dogs will draw a sled | thing T have,” he sald to himself. assiating ou R e A FEW OF THE MONEY-SAVING ITEMS ; Phize Book! Yo seut et hve,roud | mioit (his Simaie” | Then sho turh, | Ith & beavy losd many milcs for | Whep ihe selly was esten Wimle|| 3 1s e combrtef s wein - it through and ‘found ft-very intérest- | eq back to sey that her namo was | (0,370, %, ua other children do, | played with tne calf. He was ashamed || < sHersd araciousiy and st ah KOMI PORCH SCREENS FULLY WARRANTED F. Dt s T golng to the store, and Tl ca | But their play is made & help L;":nr:% fo g0 into the :guu, :s:hn:hxn;;y he hours. | rances Davi Eagleville—] was o, As the imo man knows been very ingy e 3 E : s Rtk Surprined "tp Deceive tia]for you P T8 T eamen !'-.‘;s ahoot, the Eskimo boy's first toy is a| “O Willie!” said Fannie, running To the woman seeking pro- Dark Green, Painted Screens which are warranted not to fade or peel. nice prize book, “A Naughy Girl» I |package e bow and a bundle of arrows. As the {into the barnyard, “where have you Mare 5 sweetly. And away the dear little wo- B fi',f,; tune to herself from sheer hap- | yrives before a little sled. In this 5 5 " he grows to be a man, the STORIES~ WRITTEN BY WIDE- She was thinking of the remark her | WaV: before AWAKES. raother had made at fhe breakfast ta- | PO learns to shoot and to drive. 03 blo that morning, *I understand that | geniCl VWISNESKIE, Age 10 a distant town,” OMrs, Pearson had % Cillases The other day the boys were DIaying | gaid. “I must call on the mother and Our Little Chiness Cousin. a game where it was necessary to|try and make things pleasant for her.| Most of our little Chinese cousins(his jelly alone. choose sides. Two of the older bovs live far across the sea. But although Degan to “choose up,” 65 they said, | nener? " 5 feels strange and lonely | 10 "37 e must not forget them. and as each one was anxious to get| T want to make things nice for| I am going to tell you about a little the best players in his side, _the | patty, too™ Bessie murmured to ber. | Chinese girl nameq Chenchu. She has smaller, less skillful boys were left to | gelf s she reached the store. long black hair, black eyes and is the last. "And. you may depend upon it that|dressed in silk. She is.the daughter of In ebout fifteen minutes.after he had | planning to make the new abode seem | ® Fich officer. rushed out of his home, eager to Join | homely and pleasant to the little| Her father could not be at home but in thasen. Fred came stealing in, and | stranger was one of the kind thoughts | OBC® in two or three years. But he 2 1 took a seat where he could not see | That Bekped to Reop Bession heart oy | remembered Chenchu and loved her |before, to partake of a Christmas din- | bulldings. 4 by 8, value $2.35..8PECIAL $1.69 | Painted Scroens and the balance of ¥ G. L. Moore in Ferm and Home. | from the window what fun the others n 4 dearly.; He was determined she should were having. FHis mother looked at| ™ oot &0 RapY e SUIN "Sze 17, |De weil educated. She had a nurse to UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- |DMim in surprise. Ve 3 wait on her. a teacher to teach her, AWAKES. There is an old saying: and her mother to comfort her. She had four brothers, named “Aren’t you going to play?” she ask- =% —— “No, I guess not.” How 1 Was Lost. Punch, Judy, Yatou and Yuchan. But “It mever| «Has anything gone wrong?” Tt was on the 20th of May about five | she could not play with them, for she rains but it pours,” which is true, but| Fred was silent a moment. Then | or six years ago, a bright, warm day, | 1ived in one side and her brothers on the rain pours in some parts of the |his lips trembled as he sald, “The|when the teacher instead of a spelling | the other. earth more than it does In others. Here in Norwich, for instance, the | want to play at all.” average rainfall is not quite four feet a year on the level, and that is about tho average for the ‘New England coast-line—a little over 3 1-2 inches| “Why, of course” exclaimed Fred, | the railroad bridge a freight train came | Chenchu's ‘cousin who was sick. = month. toys chose sides for the game, and I |lesson gave a short lecture on Memo- | To comfort her, her mother bought was the last one chosen. So I didn't|rial day and then sent twenty of the [ her a sister whose mother was too poor puplls in search of flowers to decorate | to support her. Chenchu and her sis- Fred’s mother seemed to be think- | the soldiers’ graves, ter, whose name was Jade Mountain, e At 3 o'clock the party left the school | lived happy together. . “Would you rather be chosen first|and were soon disappearing in the| One day Chenchu and Jade went out then last ™ fields behind the school. As we neared | to play. They went down _to see opening his eves. along and some time was spent in| Chenchu's mother did not know that ustrall “That's strange,” said his mother | watching it pass, her cousin’s sickness was catching. s Al‘ ;fim“dl;'ch’:“nmb‘"l;":fl?‘:: thoughtfully. “Only this morning I| On entering the shady arbor of the | Chenchu and Jade came home with the wanted some one to g0 on an errand [woods the party came to a standstill, | Whooping cough. four months, which is the heaviest|for me. I chcse you first, and in-|and discovering some benches, ch | Chenchu’s mother did not know what rainfall ever made 3 record of on |Stead of seeming pleased, you wanted | were placed there on the previous day | Was the matter with Chenchu. Her ath to know why John couldn’t do it, or | for a picnic, we decided to rest before | Burse gave her all kinds of pills, but it Kitty, and you went off at last in a |further searching, would not cure it. At Aden, in Arabia, théy hed not|bad temper. It seems to me rather| The place was pleasant and the par-| Jade did not kave it quite as bad had a rain for 10 years, heavy night | foolish to make yourself unhappy over {ty so merry that time passed unno- |2 Chenchu. Jade was able to get up dews, to some extent,'meeting the re- quirements; and the drinking water | Pgren 128 has to be brought in from nearby Fainy zones. Accoréing to meteorologists, men who make a study of the weather, we have three wet years and two vears of les- ser rains, or two wet years and three so-called dry years, so we-have order in the rainfall, and there is order in the rain drops, for they have been caught and measureq and found to be quite uniform in size. How does the rain reach the sky?|they are usually small, but in hot cli- belng chogen first, and over being | ticed by all. We continued our jour- | 8nd around, but Chenchu could not sit ney far into the woods in hopes of [UP in bed. Fred had nothing to say. But he|finding a place where flowers grew in| Chenchu’s mother had the doctor, maée up his mind that the next time |abundance. but it could not be cured. he was his mother's first choice, he| As the sun had disappeared in a| Chenchu’'s mother had a sap from weuld try to be more cheerful about |cloud, and a thunder shower was ap- | S0me kind of a tree, and this cured it. proaching, we became frightened, hav- | Chenchu. After this, Chenchu always ALIX DUGAS, Age 13. |ing lost our way. Soon we heard the | cared for the tree. Versailles. sound of cow bells,-and golng in that SADIE SHEA, Age 11. direction we found a path, and after| Versallles. Sncagie® following it for nearly a mile we came , pong upon an open space, where a small My Ride to Storrs. Sponges are animals that.are found cottage stood. Here we received shel- | Las 1 In the bottom of the seas. They ETOW | tcr from the storm, which lasted two | with some of 1oy folcs th th Store on tocke to which they. are fixed by &l hours. Agricultural college, where my sister kind of root, some in deep water and | When the storm cleared away, we |is attending teachers' summer school. some in.shallow. In cold climates | were puzzled how to get home, when | - Wa© wens o throuen Teoaman the old gentleman who lived in_the 3 South Windh: d Willimantic, the It is & part of the sun's work to lift | ates they are very large and plenti- | cottage said he would take us back Manafield < T water in the form of mist every day, and the work of the cold alr to drop it in water or snowflakes; and Jack Frost 1s such a fine artist that he has | ThoY et thelr his snow crystals showered upon us In thousands of handsome patterns. Perhaps you have never thought of | % lieavy stone at the end. When a the welght of water, but in the great | i o ipas SPOnges he tears them off ful. fo the town, for it was four miles | Eniring the srenads on the Leuth ntering the grounds on the sout When flmfl Sosper of Ahe ater | vy end through a winding drive we came sponges are dark colored and they are| We arrived home about 8 o'clock |first to the horticultural building; back mads up of a Jelly-like substance. | thet night and the joy for our par-|of that is the armory, Koon's hail, and Ty Bt jihelr }fosd by the waler|ents as well as for ourselves was|Storrs hall “At the Fight of thego aro - equally great. the dining hall and other main@build- The divers go out in a boat and are JAMBS let down to the botfom by ropes with | Arlington. S s ] e Pty Serealtnated So i ianis The lawns are decorated with vari- T Tocke mr Sherm under Bis mret| How to Prepare Corn For Planting. |ous kinds of trees. In front of the storms a million tons of water have|and then pulls at the rope as a sig-| Grow the kind likely to pay best. It | horticultural building are pretty flo dropped from the sky upon the earth. WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS, 1—George Bienenstock, of Rockville ~Tom Fairfield’s Luck and Pluck. 2—Edith P. Baker, of Pomfret Cen. g:l;—’rha Out of Door Girls of Deep- e. 3—Lillian Brehaut, of East Norwich, N. Y—Tom Fairfleld's School Days. 4—Veronica F. V. Tucker, of Ver- sailles—The Bobbsy Twins. 6—Marior Royce, of Norwich—The Speedwell Dogs in a Submarine. 6—Elizabeth Parker, of Mansfield— Fred Fenton on the Crew. 7—Elsle 1. Lang, of Norwich—The Speedwell Boys and Their Racing Au- to. 8—Sadie Shea, of Versailles—Dolly’s Doings. The winners of prize books may call at The Bulletin business office = for them at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday. JEFF AN Jeff, a Boston bull-dog, and Peter, ® large tiger cat, live together, in the same house, and are fast friends. ‘Phere is @ mutual understanding be- ! Jeft lived in the country before to Portland. His home was on nal tc his compenions to draw him up | near a market for roasting ears or |F beds of different shapes. One was Reals Spomken have mars nace . - | cannize factory sweet corn Thay prove Sapsclallyiusstiy, thanked C. A. A% Jnly BERTHA N. BURRILL, 15. | more profitable. 5 Stafford Springs. Aol If you have meny cows fleld-corn [ .Ihad a nice ride and returned home pays best. If your corn grows too tall, | aP0ut 7 o'clock. When I grow older take up work with the stalks do not |1 WOuld like to be a student there, An Outing to Van Cortland Park. |grow too tall E o LR e R The club which I belong to, in New | Select seed from the very best ears | Colchester. Yeuk city, went on an annual outing to | In the field as soon as ripe. Select at B Van Cortland park. When we got to | least 100 ears; and 200 is much better. The Statue of Justice. the park we went out in search of the | It is still better to select some of the| In an ancient city, the name of fleld We occupied the year before. same varlety. Such work of the sort|which I cannot remember, there was We were much surprised also dis- | $hould be done in the early spring be- | in the market place a brazen statue of appointed when we found out that that | fore the field work demands atten. |Justice. Iven the birds had built field was made into golf links. One !1Dl'|.._ The best time to grade seed | their nests in the hoilows of the scales. of the hoys suggested that companles | €OIT is before shelling. This statue was in the market place of boys of about four in number were ‘The soil should be fertile and loose | to show that justice reigned in the to go in all directions to look for a |t & Sreat depth. Sand is _plowed | country around. But after a time the good baseball fleld; they also made up | I Order to loosen it and enable wa-|laws of the land became corrupted: a signal whistle In case a boy should | ter to enter in great quantities. The|the strong oppressed the weak, and got separated from his company, lard should not be “too wet nor too | might took the place of right. So it ‘The company with which I went | 9rY- chanced that there was a necklace of found a nice field to play in: also a| FOOr plowing can not be done with | pearls stolen from & nobleman's palace, spring of water was found near by. |® £00d plow. Use large plows and| The people's suspicions soon fell The other company also found fields, | Plenty of power. upon an orphan girl who was a servant but they were too far from the wa-| COFM is much use to man. in the palace. After being tried she ter. Therefore the boys went to our| Corn flakes are used for breakfast.|was condemned to die on the scaffold. fleld. 1t is a healthful food. The girl went quietly to her doom. The boys had a game of base ball,| COTn is canned for winter. But a moment after she died a tempest and the captain of the winning side Field corn is a good feed for cows.|swept over the city. The lightning was presenteq with a real base bal,| COrn is good for chickens. struck the statue and the scales came while the captain of the losing side| The Indlans showed the white |clattering down on the pavement. And <) men.#6w to plant corn. At that time | there in 2 magpies’ nest they found the only a few acres were raised, but now | necklace. The people soon saw their thousands of acres are raised in the | Wwrongs and made good law: United States. PAUL E. MAURICE, Age 12. IRENE MATHIEU, Age 14. | Versaille: D Pl E’I‘ l ER ‘Willimentic. part of July. The Sun seemed quite [been true of a certain Pennsylvania ntent to stay N e clouds and | man who turned inventor. temtaa tent fook place soon after that|a beautiful breeze made the leaves nod | Disturbed in all probability because e hmrm. levotion. |to one another. of the fact that on several occasions following his. mi Tt Just the day to go huckleberry- | he had forgotten to wind up the eight Tons R4S, him mistress fo the storo as|ing said Hazel to bor sister Wiiza- |day clock and conseauently everything 3 had gone wrong when the clock stop- %qu!el:i&‘" darge and clumsy and | “Oh, ves” said Elizabeth. “May we | ped, this gentleman invented and pat- mnin e “‘;{_‘ e o) n!:ldst‘:‘“fl £0_mother?” ented a device.by which he was re- Tras in the store he was acco: Y & |~ Their mother consented to let them |minded when it was his duty to wind Torge. e o8 a0, tireatened | Vio- |go. They at once began to get ready. up the clock. What a very simple heard the onpaked 50 loudly that Jeff | They each took & two quart pail and |device it was: At a certaln time an oo Tesone. Jofl ‘sam Fotoe &t once to |ong basket that held about 16 quarta |indicator was released and popved into They had to pass through a view. On it were the words: t0 climb & tree and very much fright- | where there was a bull, but e na ened. Quick as e flash he approached | early as they Aid, thebul) 3 “bull wouldn't| And it stayed in_sight until the the enemy, and made such a bluster, | be in the lot then. 'They hurried along | clock was ‘Wound. When theclock rking '3 loudly that the big bull- |as fast as possible and when they got | was wound this indicator was carried dog turned a corner of the street and to the huckleberry-lot they ate lunch. |out of sight, to remain,so until the Qieappeared down Forest avenue, leav- | After that they picked five quarts of | time came around when' it.should be ing Peter unscathed. huckleberries aplece- and - started for | released again. nly a few days following this hair- | home, as it was § o'clock. LILLIAN M. BREHAUT, Age 17. breadth escape of Peter, the latter| “The bull will surely be in by this| East Norwich, N. Y. proved his gratitude toward his ca- |time,” said Elizabeth, “so let's go home e ’;::s frignd. Jeft started out one morn.- | the Wway we'came g A Pencl on a run. e pi UD a bone| Hazel was:a little afraid, dbut con- After arrivi from a large manu- in his travels and thought it would be |sented. They were almostihomeiwhen | fastusing. nouse in Massachusetts. I 2 fine lunch when he was hungry, be- | Hazel heard something:in the bushes. | was Pplaced on the top shelf of a large tween meals. He started to bury it|She gave one vell and started for the | department . store in Connecticut, to- wg{ from dog-thieves. Two hounds |stone wall, clinging to the .basket of | gether with other pencils. Later I was le:: ;ld M:Nu:cx:fimzm;';xxenudzg E:Sl-xe& ‘When -t;:“ reu-;h:;';he stone | placed on the counter where I could , tryl o berries out er hand everybody passed me by. him to give up the bone. Jeff's |on the other side. Hazel, 50 frightened | One day & e boy_came 1n%s the mmistress, seeing the. trouble, ran in|she didn't know what she was doing, | store to buy a pencil. He took a liking haste. 1o soo what she could do to lib- | fell headfirst into the huckleberries. | to me and bought me. He put me into her pet, but £ . Opposition. | FElizabeth was also frightened, so|his inside pocket and I soon found On followed » the cat,'just as the | frightened that she could not move at | myself in a large bright building which dog grabbed poor Jeff the second |first, but after Hazel'and the.basket school my master attended. He time. The cat flew upon the back | of berries had landed, she came tumb- of me for a time, but of the,hound, scratching him so thet|ling on top of all. i he whined and ran away, while the cat T galning their wits the girls - fence in a cool manner | scrambled to their feet. | ¢ were mfi‘m performed his duty el to . his who was left tabring 'hls bone. - < An Odd Clock. A Huckloberry Day. As all inventors are supposed to be It was a fine day towards the last |absent-minded, the reverse may have They are fitted with the very best ropes and pulleys and will outiastiany been? We looked for you everywhere.” S T S B 2 “What did you want?” asked Willle, “Mother gave us & party,” said Fan. e a i SALE PRICE 960 R Siss § by 8 feet, valus $1.50. SALE PRICE $1.19 set out on the back porch. We had h, cal Size ¢ by 8 feet, value 31.85. SALE PRICE $1.39 strawberries, ralsins, cake, jelly and Size 7 by 8 feet, value $2.15. Size 8 by 8 feet, value $2.45 ice cream. We had a good time, You ought to have been with us.” Willle was well punished for eating FRANK PARDY. SALE PRICE $1.60 | LE PRICE $1.98 WIDE SLAT SCREENS NATURAL COLOR eaten our lunch, we went out shopping In Brown or Green s ;nnzhuhr Lily, nng ;h:an came back to my aunt’s house 0dd & . g e mothy Smith was a newsboy and | an a little party. An Lot at Special & had ®een working hard during the| At 4 o'clock we ail went out walk- Made up with finest fittings they Prices v past few weeks ln:n‘ler to earn enough | ing, including a mcmdl ‘who, having are the best screens om the market money to go to the circus, lived in New York for a long time, was He had been invited some months | able to explain to us about the noted || ‘09*¥* We also include some Dark Green £ H Norwich. ner with Mrs. Perking and Dorothy | During our walk back to the Penn- sur Vador Wide Slat Scresns. We and had recelved a new cap as a gift. | sylvania station we passed many build- (f o 8, value $3.26..8PECIAL $249 will sell any screen in the assort-.. talne day. while standing on a corner | Ings which were worth seeing. ~ We e sp o ment for ng to one of his friends, he heard | saw nhut's big store and the men JUST HALF PRICE a man shouting, “Easter lilies for sale, | Who drive Greenhut's automobiles wear (| 3 by 8, value $4.25..SPECIAL $3.39 50 cents aplece. green suits. Inside this store we saw As Tim watched the wagon passing | the fountain which the Wide-Awakes by he thought of little Dorothy, who | may have read about in the New York had been sick for several weeks, and | papers, around which candies are sold. . o thought how she would like a beautiful | We went in the elevator untll we ar- Blllble S at Bar Prm Easter llly and plctured in his imag- | rived at the top floor, where we saw ination how delighted she would be to | many kinds of birds and plants whicl reti;_l\'e it. re{n,lnded us of the oo‘:xmfy agalin. These Washable Rag Rugs are as pretty and attractive as the wonderful e soon made up his mind and| Upon leaving this building we saw (0 514 ficor coverings which eur grandmothers used to make and as dunable bought a plant with Y = building which our friend told us was e e el il | Py L ey as well. They are squally good for summer cottage use, for use inithe A few minutes later, he arrived at| We passed Woolworth's five and ten || bed room or for the porch. ¢ the cottage where Mrs. Perkins lived | cent store next and finally arrived at and knocking timidy ho heard a|Rikers drug store, whero we pur:|f Value 69 24 by 36 inches ...SALE PRICE - 400 mournful voice say, “Come in” and | chased some ice ¢ and walked { he entered the house, softly closing the | from there into the Mecalpin | hotel, || Value $1.25, 30 by 60 inched. -SALE PRICE! 980 door after him. which is a splendid building, and the |} Value $1.75, 86 by 72 inches. .SALE PRICES$1.39 Dorothy was lylng on_ the couch, | McAlpins have a lovely mansion in 5§ ...8ALE PRICE $229 pale and white as a lily herself, with | New Jersey, and I have been in it. Al G638, 4 0w 7 Sk ut: PRICE 8430 her golden hdir covering the piliow. Shortly after leaving this hotel we |j Value $5.25, 6 by 9 feet. o “See what I bave brought for you,” | came to Mr. Morgan's residence and || Value $5.00, § by 10 feet......... ....8ALE PRICE$5.98 .SALE PRICE $7.8 said Tim, and Dorothy’s eves lighted | library, and from there we walked on up with pleasuré as she bent her head [to the Pennsylvamia _station and |[j Value $10.00, 9 by 12 feet. to smell of the beautiful flowers. thanked my aunt and friend for the h, thank you, Tim,” said Dorothy, | nice time they had given us, then went “they simost make me feel stronger by the next train back to our home, now, 4nd soon I shall be well again.” | feeling very happy after having spent 3 5 VERONICA V. F. TUCKER, Age 16. | such a nice time. h Versailles. JESSIE L. BREHAUT. * East Norwich, Long Island, N. Y. y The Little Pine Tree. A little pine tree was in the woods.| 11® Camp 2 e < Dear Uncle Jed: I think every sin- It had no leaves, it had needles. This little tree sald: “I do ot like | 816 Camp Fire Girl takes lots of pleas needles. I want leaves. See all the ;‘;f"‘: T a"::‘y':g";‘“g Coein g rees in the Woods have leaves. I want TIRtne arst place. our c':ubmls e 5 2 the very nicest simply because eacl andon ight came and an angel came | ,ng every girl has her say in the way oo the Mctie pime awoke he had | the activities of the club should be|Six have hatcheq out fn all. I put|tal card of the fire we had lately and 2ol lenves. A iuan chme By aud took | CArHied on. them all out doors. it shows my papa standing near the e oven The “pine “cried ‘sen | When our club was first organized| The moths are very large. The top | fire so it won't reach to the houses. aHedr T o wot want gold leaves I|We sathered around in a circle and |part of their wings is light brown,| Hoping this card will please you, I el ke e " Tl gave our opinions of the way we|with a red spot on the top of each|am your little friend, Ther an angel came and gave it |thought cur time should be occupied | wing. Near the body is a deep rich LILLIAN MAY DUNS. iab doay e at the different meetings on Saturday | brown, with a light spot in the middle | Bakersfleld, Cal. Then: the wind blew and blew, and | MOrnings. After much discussion it | of the dark brown. The body is a dark . the leaves fell on' the ground and | ¥4s decided the first Saturdsy in the |rich brown. the same shade as the Almira’s Garden. moath should be a council or cere- | wings. — DT he sald: “I do not want gold, | monial meetins: the second Saturday,| I aiso found an Imperial moth.| Dear Uncle Jed: The Ilittle birds 1 a0 ot want glass: T want reen | cooking: the third, sewing, and the | which is said-to be quite rare, which I | have grown up and léft the nest so I i 3 fourth,'a nice long nike. | ©59% %o my teacher at eummer school. | will have to write about something As 1 have described our ceremonial | She had it moun - | else. Then night came. An angel came | eeting before, 1 will not spend any |ful a light yellow with light brown| I guess I will tell youpabout my A el e % 1o tree went | time on that, but go to our next meet- | markings. It is very large. garden. 1 have got sunflowers, dahlias, o T 0%t came. by and | B8, Which is the cooking meeting, and | Have sny Wide-Awakes found any | hollyhocks, nasturitirums, sweet peas, ST iho e ten id try to describe that. cocoons yet? and golden glow and tiger llfes. A e ™I want my own| In the meeting before our guardian ZABETH PARKER, Age 14 A while ago there were peonies, lem- leavent™ and at might he got his mee. | chose another little member of the field. on lilles, indizo llacs, roses and w- ek aEain hen s was very |club and myself to cook the _first terias. A white and a purple one. The S > luncheen our club cver had together, My Pet Dog. purple one is now blooming for the - = v little friend and I were very prou - g secon: : BERTHA' BORDBAU, Age 6. | 3%, (102 (R0 270 L iosan and pe- | Dear Lncle Jed: My pet is 2455212 | ™1 have four hollyhocks. Ome which Fan to plan what we thousht would be | CCllie. His name is Steve, an 515 blooming now is pink. The others The Barefooted Bo; 5 1-2 months 0ld, and very full of fun. |15 b r el e Ba ed Boy. a delightul menu. This was what it | 5,1-3 menths oid. and Yooy £00 OF T | have not blossomed yet. Conrad minded goats, but he earned [ was: Scalloped salmon, mashed pota- | 1S = S0 NCHCS 000 TS ®ond ne| My nasturtiums are light and dark so little that he had never been able | toes, peas, home-made biscuits, but- B ienes Phigt Hia weighs | Ted. orange and yellow. to eave enough money to buy a pair of | ter, hot chocolate and two large loaves | 52nds 30 Inches Lieh. B WESBI| I'navg some beautiful dahlias. They boots, and always went barefooted.|of Camp Fire cake. Scotch collle ‘"d can do many tricks. are a cross between red and purple, One day it happened to be very cold| This dinner I think was enjoyed by | *Ric0 007’ do Inany tricks, foo. He |and very large. I also have some red and his poor feet were almost frozen. | everyome. . ones. A man'came along who had already | The next meeting was our sewing |77 sPeak for his dmner, shake Bants | * have four rows of sunflowers just been twice in prison for stealing and, | meeting. As our club was just organ- | YO0 TYer ‘WO Weve PoT WM AMIVE! | beginning to blossom. seeing Conrad looking so miserable, | ized, we all had plenty to do in mak- | VG SRo0 1iGe Tng go-seek with him.| My sweet peas are all colors and said: “If you will feave this work and | ing our Camp Fire dresses and bead | o 1vo Diay Dde-and g0-200k WL U | they are very pretty. We have also come along with me I will soon show | bands. That morning we all worked | Vaen he fnds ve e Tce T T o | quitsra few house plants. you how to get a pair of boots. hard on our dresses while our guard- | _When anyole comes O ALMIRA E. KRAMER, Age 13. 2 1n-Fou never need to go baretooted in | lan read part of the delighttul Poliy- | ™! yiiok £0%a Very smart dog for | -Colchester. { : - his age. ST O But the lad replied: “No! I would| The next Saturday was our hike. y i rataer go barefooted and remain hon- | We all dressed in our hiking suits and| pooo. FLORA M. HULING. Mo tHis Eigrstl S est than gain a fortune by doing|went to Bronx park and had a good . Uncle Jed: I have been to school two wrong. time, as I described in my other letter. T S years. Now I am having my vacation. “It is far better to have muddy feet| This is how we nd four delight- Arthur ai is in. I live on a little farm. My brother 3 than unclean hands.” ful Saturdays in evéry month of the| Dear Uncle Jed: Many years ago|does most of the farming. I'drive the PEARL S. TETLOW, Age 13. |year except the months in dear oid | there was.a bby whose name was Ar-|horse for him to cultivate so he can Norwich. Summer time. thur. His father was t00 poor to send | hoe. — ELSIE INA LANG, Age 14. |him to school. but his mother taught| Pupa has an auto and he drives to ED. N ich. him to re a ., An R L ers of age he knew as much es most little | miles from there. He isa bentgel An Alphabet Rhyme. A Trip to Rocky P p boys do. ol ment the Fourth with mx U 1 vi b 3 hi a g . Dear Uncle Jed: Here is an alphabet [ Dear Uncle Jed: I live in Uncasville, | He was very fond of music and his| Oneco, time. rhyme which I made up. 1 thought|but I am visiting my grandpa and |father made Him o violit It was| My b‘:fl;fl;);a;l.lllv be in Avguet, some of tne young Wide-Awakes might | grandma in Baltic. 1 have been here | made of rough nof ‘oo gy like to read Since school was out and am going to | fine, but it would make good music. it BARBER B o o whicn “wrew S ey le—a | work. but When he had & spars hour he E Biamere bioY. Whitk igrem on e | R SiBE Ik an agpeeach would practice on his violin. It was a owy two un- | ong time before he could make sweet | * There is more catarrh in this section Rl :::g :;‘;:‘Luke:flkle;\hh!. clessun:n.dy ?’;L":.’lfif.".;‘..’:;’ T went . to|sounds and piay the Sy Which Be | of the country T < E was an elephant that most reached | Rocky Point, R. L, to spend the day.|had heard sung. B el & et he sky, - We left Baltic at 6.15 and got in Cen- ALBERT PHILLIPS, Age 8. | o0 WO S Years doctors pro- F a fox, so very sly, terville, R. L. at about 3.30. There we| Versailles. nounced it a local disease and pre- G a grasshopper, hopping around. | got out and went to cburch. Mass be- g scribed local remedies and by con- H was a horse, pawing the ground. | gan at 9.15 and we were out of church Her igates. stantly failing to cure with local treat- I was an mkwell, large and black, at 10 o'clock. We then left Center-| Dear Uncle Jed: I am a little girl|ment pronounced it Insurable. Sele J was the baby’s jumping jack. ville and continued on our way to|who lives in Fast Bakersfield. My | 355 Provel Caciron iR S8, POt K was a kingfisher, catching fish, Rocky Point. papa takes care of a place with a 1arge | constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh L was a lady, putting candy in a dish. | We had a fine time. There were a |orange orchard and has to irrigate | Cure, manufactured by H. ¥. Chemey & M was a maple tree with large green | lot of autos at Rocky Point. There was | every four or five wéeks, because we | Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is the °.‘¥ constitu- leaves, a big truck there from Moosup, Conn. | don’t have very much rain here. L‘:‘;::.‘u c;ll-;e g::ntc - m}fi; “t‘lh-. ':1“5 N was o nursery, with many youns [and one from . Dol e from n'x:;e :’rxl:l:luwn:‘ e very pestey. sad ,,.&co‘us e A O was an.owl, screeching all night, 1 rode on the hobby horses, the roller | get ripe until December. casd 1T tatls to cure. Send for circwsl i P was a pony, the children's delight. | coaster. the scenic railway, the whip,| My papa used to wark in the ofl- | lars and testimonial L B a quince, yellow and hard, the flying swing and 1 also went | flelds, but he hasn't worked there for| Address: ¥. J. CHENEY & CO., To-: 22 & rosebush in the front yard. | through the coal mines. The coal mine | two years. Ho has a two-horse team 1ed0. 0. sru some scissors, shiny and sharp, | is a dark place like a tunnel and there | and sells fruit in the olifields. We have | 5°13 BY (7% a Teddy bear, out for a lark. | are donkeys in it. They are hitched to|an auto and have good rides on the | nation. an umbrella, all dripping wet, | something like a sled and they drag W a vireo, I once met. us through the mine. Then after I had | my, An Effective Cough Treagment a wren, bathing in a pan, tried all these things we sat down un- €444 H11 ts. 7S¢ ! mily Piils for consti-, PrPREELET) i Xe By t man. |der a tree and ate our lunch. ‘Good-by. One-fourth to. one teaspoonful of Twas a youngster who couldmt tell | My uncle bought two Rocky Point| ESTELLA MAY BERRY, Age.0. |Dr. King's Hew Doy o time, pennants and we tied them on the auto| East Bakersfield, Call. g"‘“‘-ol ds "'"m and check Coughs, Z is the zebra. who ends this thyme. |and then we staried for home. = Colte’ sus the e Senguows AN ocwss EARION ROYCR, Age 16. | T enjoyed momelf docy much w Burn it vad, Lang: SURSaC RO ¢ = my when so cheap and simple a We got home at about 8.45. ness, ! A Visit to New York. EDWARD LACASSE, Age 11 W "ul:' gin.;: ';::rm Dear Uncle Jed: Monday 1 went to| Baltic. 2 = gty L { New York city with my mother, father i oy R R i and sister to visit my aunt, who is izabeth’s mtwwfllhmh“ living in the city. We went by an| Dear Uncle Jed: It was about a year : et bt o : early train which arrived at New York|ago I wrote you about my cocoome. > Otaised. 5 at about 9.20. Last summer only two hatched out. From the. Pennsylvania station we| Last fall I gathered more cocoons. went by trolley car to the house in |I put them in our parlor on the man- ‘which . After having | tel and one Sunday-one hatched out.