Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 25, 1915, Page 9

DE AWAKE CIRCLE ARD GIRLS DEPARTMENT THE WI Rules for Young Writers. 1. Write plainly on one side of the and number the pages. ‘pencil. fed articles will ce. Do not use over thank you very much for_the prize book you sent me entitled The Swiss Family It is jvery interest- ing, and I thank you very, very much 3. - ¥ be given preferen 24 ‘words. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- “4&. Original stories or letters only 5. il yo atory. Uncle Jed has hinted pretty broad- ly to the Wide-Awakes how to win books. and he knows some of them have profited by it. would thank him if he woul@ tell you how you may be sure of never winning ur name, age and ad- at the bottom of the {all communications to Uncle ‘“Whatever you are—Be that! tever you say—Be truet Straightforwardly act, Be_honest—in fact, hody else but you.” ‘He has had more than a hundred letters about Washington and Lincoln; and many about all the distinguished men of America. He has had stories come to him several times from two writers copled from the same paper or book, and alike word for word. . He has recelved many stories written to him which were a muddle to him, be- cause the instructions were not ob- Five Little Chickens. the first little chicken, ‘queer littlé squirm, ish I collh\ find A’ fat little worm.” Said the next little chicken With an odd Iitt] “Oh, I wish I could find A’ fat little bug.” Said the third little chicken With a sharp little squeal, I could find Some nice vellow meal.” Said the fourth little chicken sigh of rellet, green litlle leaf” Said the Ifttle chicken t little moan, I could find A’wee gravel stone.” “Now see here,” said the mother, From the green garden patch, “If_you want amy breakfast. You just come and scratci served, and for these reasons he is throwing more and more letters into the waste-basket all of the time. Keep- ing these things up is the way ns to win a book. Quite a few of our Wide-Awakes notice that stories of something they have had a knowledge of or had a won books and they sit down and write about the same events just as if a subfect could never become threadbare, and this looks to Uncle Jed like stupidity. Jed is aware that he has awarded many books for storles that have been copied; but the books were not given for the story, but for the excellence of the writing and the cor- rectness of the work. In awarding books any old thing doesn’t go, and only careful and pa- tient work is likely to win. Uncle Jed becomes rather fond of some of his industrious Wide-Awakes Who never tire of trying to win and he has in mind many of them. Some of these have won a whole library and a few have graduated. hand in have WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS 1—Orrin Whitehouss, of Mansfleld Center, Phil Bradley’s Shooting Box. Bradley's Snowshoe' Trai 3—Emily. Hopkins, .of - Plainfield— Madge Morton's Secret. 4—Leo Poliquin, of Versallles—Phil Bradley at the Wheel. 5—Clifford. Peck, of Storrs—Phil Bradley’s Mountain Boys. llivan, of Willimantic —Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Our ‘Wide-Awakes do not like to bid farewell to the Circle and we always regret their departure. Moran, of I{vrw!oh—?hu STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- My Usual Walks. My friend at school named Gladys was very kind and we used to take a regular walk every Sunday. Last Sunday about 1 o'clock we started and went to the cemetery; and then thought we would o and get some ice cream. When we ar- rived at the parlor we ordered each a we ate our ice cream we bought each some candy. We went over to Hyde Park and ate our candy and we swung in the swings and had a fine time. and at 6 o'clock I ate my supper, and did my dishes. o'clock I went to bed ver 7—Mary ‘M. Danahy, of Norwich— The Automobile Girls in the Berk- joriey, of Fiskeville, R. ‘Washt 1—The Automobile Girls at Washing- | L ¥*% 3¢ T00, | ‘Winners of books. living in Norwich may call at The Bulletin business office for them Friday or any day thereafter. We came homo LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Bertha Fuller, of Eagleville—I re- celved the prize_ book and thank you I pave read some MILDRED E. WHITE, Age 14. Stafford Springs. very mueh for it. of it and found it vefy interesting. Yetta Levine, of Colchester—I re- eeived the prize book. I think it is very nice..1 thank youfor it soon _send you another story-which 1 hope will be better. don, of Moosup—I thank e baok, The Boy T think 1 will finish the best story I have A Barnyard Conversation. It was the day before Thanksgiving. Brown_was feeding the horses when Mrs. Brown came out and said. “I think the turkey and four of the Toosters wiil be plenty for the Thanks- giving feast. In the barn was a little lame chick- en who heard the words Brown and limped over to Mr. T key and told what she said. At this Mr. Turkey wrote a slgn which said: morning we will have a council’ Saturday came and all were thern First the turkey gobbled, “I will let the chicken speak.”s The chicken said, “We will go in the woods and hide until the day after Thanksgiving.” “But what will we do for food said the turkey. some corn in the barn we said the hen. They all agreed to this, so Thanks- giving. morning they all set out foc _Florida Reil; of: ‘Vefsailles—1 cefved the prize. book. I have read it through and think it very interesting. < Grace Mahoney, thank you very much for the prize ool I received Jast week. gun’ reading it, and find it interestins. Marion Healy, of South Windham— 1.thank you very much for the prize The Meadow Brook Girls by the I have read it partly through. I thipk it -very interesting. Alice Conra 1 like it very of Colchester—I of Norwich—I thank you very ‘muéh for the prize book, Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill through and like it very ‘When Mr. Brown came out to get them they were not there, so he had to_go to Mr. James’ and buy some. morning after Thanksgiving ‘when he came out he was very glad to find that they had come back. FLORENCE SULLIVAN. ‘Willimantic. have read it - Ji Burns, of Fitchwille—l received the..prize book you sent me and like it very much. I thank you m, of Stafford Sprin 2 2’ very ‘much for the prize book you sent me, Sweet P's. it will be very inferesting. Marion. Deutsch, of Baltic—I received Phursday very much for it. Gypsy and the Egg. I used to have a dog named Gypsy, She was a Collie and very intelligent. T would say, “It cows,” she would immediately after them and drive every one to the lane for me. time for the For a time she had one fault, she would get eggs from the barns, and henhouses and eat them. Gladye Howe, of Stafford ‘you very much for the award- .1 found the bok to be very her quite severely several times, still 1 felt sure she continued to get the eggs. One day I took an egg and broke a Mildred Morley of ‘Fickeville, R. L: 1 How ‘Tow Corrected a Bad Reputation Tom Tom Corrected a Bad Reputation ~One. could tell from & fleeting glance that. something very .impertant was Dbeing discussed by the gro; consisting_of nearly the ent of the very small vil- on the other side of the pond from the rest of the boys. There was a stretch of very thin ice off to the farthest end of the pond upon which none of the boys dared The crowd of fellows were plavifg tag and Jack Hopkins was “It.” b Rawlins, who started off full speed toward the dan- gerous end of the pond, never think- ing of his danger, away from Jack. Tom antlcipated something was go- ing to happen, so he went off to one side of the pond to the woods and got & very long branch just as a shout of help went up from everybody on the pon d. Bob Rawlins had gone through the ice and the water was over his head. Tom here made up his mind to wipe out the title of coward from his name once and for all. He skated with his long pole right to the very end of the thick ice, as far as he dared, and even then the thick ice strained and heaved under He reached the pole to Bob Rawlins, who was about half frozen about this Bob caught hold of the pole apd Tom started to pull Bob out of He was half out when just * where Tom had been standing half a minute be- had o renew his process ions, and at last Bob was Bob was overjoyed and full of praise for Tom’s courage. He gave three and a new fam- e village, and in This boy, his personalitied) and -the other things that Y, were the subject of a , of Ahia_ sroup, ey, were suddenly attracted by from the direction of ily had moved into ~go with a but oply to get wild_screams o hore -alactssion Tor ng. time 10 Ir lon for e e o @ ‘all set off post haste for ey reached there they saw Rawlin's (the leader of all the sister of six years ‘old nder for the second time, small jetty stood Tom the new boy of the. viliage, ~fear and terror, watching i & short tinie before the 4_by the other brave yward was branded for_his seemingly inhuman cheers for Pom and, of course, Bob's followers, and the latter were then =1l friends, and .all joined alike in their play thereafter. Tom was happier than all, for he wiped out forever the name of “cow- ard."—Frederick Wagner. small 7 out of the gy g the opening; Ithen pasted a of ‘whité paper over the hole, .-..fl' the egg, and placed it where Gypsy would be sure to find it. In a few minutes I saw her go and ‘around her and_toward the house, and commence She stopped and looked at the egs and then tasted it again; then she little way and berked at it, as she always did when we gave her 3 soup bone that was wtill warm. and by the pepper began to burn her throat badly. She rolled in the =et it, cast a guilty to eat it. Was she surprised ? think she was. \ drew back grass, with her paw in her mouth. So, Tsald: “You are a naughty dag: 80 to the barnyard and drink some water. She didn’t wait to be told a second time; she had understood the last part of the sentence if not the first, and she was soon lapping. the water from the barnyard .trough. 1 saw very little of her that day: the time. The next morning- she was lying in when a hen flew up from the wood pile, with @ good deal of unnecessary noise anfl 1 heard the noise and came to the door to see if she was frighten- oing slowly to the The hen had awakened her and she knew there was an egg to 1 was had felt pretty sure that she would never again trouble one by stealing_the eggs. and while watch- ing her I was tying to devise some new the grass by the plazza, sleepi clatter. ed from the nest. 1 saw_ Gypsy wood pile. be had if sl astonished. wished for it. punishment for it. She crawled in under the wood, got the egg and started towards the house with it in her mouth and it was not cracked. ‘When she saw:me she jumped up for my approval, and capered about as if highest You may rest assured that she knew_she deserved the praise she received it. After this she often brought eggs to the house, leavi®g them either on the plazza or doorstep, but I never knew of her eating another egs. LEO POLIQUIN, Age 11. Versailles. Oliives. The fruit of the olive tree, which is extensively cultivated in Italy, Spain, and the south of France, partly for the green fruit and partly for the oil which it ylelds when mature. wi Olives are oval in shabe, small half ripe plum. in salt and water, exportation. The Italian olives are best, then the French, and lastly the Spanish, which, well Inchoosing, select the light though are are not so flayored. colored and bright large, looking ones: which have a blackish cast are unfit to_eat. Pickled: olives are supposed to have ut they are eaten chiefly to remove the taste of food from the mouth, pre- viously to enjoy the flavor of wine. peculiarly appetizing properties, They should be served after soup. BROWN, Age 13. Corn Day. The people from England who came never knew what corn was, and were afraid over here we call “Pilgrams.” to eat it. Then the Irdians showed them how to_plant and how to make it grow. Year after vear cern was raised, and now it is the most widely grown plant in_the United St But ‘still no one stops to think of all the work the corn does for us. Nearly three-fourths of the corn that is raised in the world is grown in the is averaged it comes to about 2,500,000,- Univd States. ) Each year after the corn crop 000 bushels. The average acre vield in Connecti- cut is forty-cight bushels. For the Connecticut Corn-Club Boys the average is seventy-five bushels; and one boy who belongs to the Corn- Club raised 115 bushels of corn to the acre. The most important states in the United States that raise corn, are the followin; Tilinois, Towa, Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana and Ohio. callrd the cora belt states. The most mportant Rhode Isiand white cap, corn. THELMA BOYNTON, Age 14. North Franklin. - Whken Animals Si Elephants sleep standing up. When in a herd a certain number will al- ways stand watch while the others sleep, for the big powerful beasts are timid at night and will not go to sleep unguarded. 3 Bats sleep heads downward, hanging by_their hind claws. Storks, gulls and other long-legged birds sleep standing on one leg. Ducks sleep on open water aveid drifting ashore. move in a circle. Foxes and wolve bushy tail. Lions, tigers and catanimals stretch themselves out flat upon the side. Owls, in MILDRED MORLEY, Agell. Fiskeville, R 1 Am a Caterpiller. I thought I would write about “A Caterpiller.” I am a caterpiller. eat. any leaves to eat. cold. ‘When summer comes I will unroll and fly about in the sun. One day as.I was on a flower, a boy then caught me and put some camphor on ‘After awhile I died. They then sent me to a meseum. Several threw a wire net over me. H my head. people came in and looked st me. THELMA WHITEHOUSE, Age 11. Mansfleld Centes A Story of Napoleon Bonaparte. Once there was a man that had a He saw some hunters coming on horse back and they wers going to pass through his wheat fleld. He told his boy to shut the gate and wheat field. not let them pass through. The boy ran and shut the gate. The men rode up on horse beak. They said they would pay him if he would let them pass through the fleld. This was tempting to the boy but he would not let them go through the wheat fleld. Napoleon rode up and said, “Do you know who I am? I am Napoleon and boy said he could not without his I want you to open the gate.” master’s permission. They turned around and went in a The boy ran back the do. I different digection to his master and said: “I have done something European ccuntries couldn’t drove back Napoleon and his men.” CLIFFORD CONGDON, Age 12. Voluntown. that Potatoes. Potatoes are one of the most im- shell, pressing | | it she stayed arcund the barn most all a smooth rind, and closely resemble a For the pur- pose of table use they are gathered when immature, and are then pickled and barreled for Missourd, These are corn raised around here are, Rhode Island yellow. pop corn, In- dian Red Codn, square corn and green to They keep pad- dling with one foot, thus making them sleep curled up, their noses and the' soles of their feet close togetyer and blanketed by their addjtion to their eyelids, have a screen that they draw sidy- wavs across heir eves to shut out the light, for they sleep in the day time. a story AIL summer 1 have had leaves and other things to ‘Winter has come and there isn't 1 wiil roll myself up in some silk thread so I won't be s of New toes. 2 We do mot want to plant vear” aftor Four on_ ihe "same ‘ground. Plant potatoes one Year, COFn next, clover next, etc. Barnyard manure is not “.':od for the :7!!. This is why commercial ferti- izers are best. The best kinds raised around here the the “Irish Cobblers,” for early and Green M.~Jain, for late potatoes. ‘Wo get most of our seed In W the potatoes a knite cutt! po fastened In a board s the quickest way. We want to plant the potatoes early in the sprirg. If the ground is dry they ought to be planted anywhere frum four to five inches deep. 1t wet plant them shallow. Thgv should be cultivated quite oft- en o as to keep the moisture in. To stop the fungus disease, which is the scab, you wane to mix one pint n’ and 30 gallons of water. For the leaves you want to nurse good if you want good potatoes. The best thing is the Bordeaux mixture. CLIFFORD PECK, Age 12. e Storrs. Charles White. Charles White was a boy who was always in trouble. Last winter Charles and two other boys went to the pond to skate, though they were told that the ice was not strong enough to bear them. They broke through, and as Charles can not swim he would have been drowned if a man had not run # help him. Though Charles got very wet, and was sick for sume time after, it did not teach him to obey. But the other day Charles had a les- son which he never forgot. At the back of their garden his father had some bee hives, from which Charles was told to keep away. For a while he did keep away, but one day he was going through the garden, and theAght no one saw him, so he ran down to look at the hives. Only two or three bees were about. “The hives must be empty,” thought Charles. “Now is my time to get some honey.” and picking up a stick he pol ed into a hive. If the other hives were empty, that cge was not, as Charles soon found out, for before he could run away, the bees were on his head, and neck, and arms. Poor Charles! That was a dear les son to him, and I think he will now dr as he is told.. He was laid up in bed for three or four days, but though his mother tended him, there was very lit- tle pity for him, as no one was te blame but himself. LORETTA H. PICHE, Age 12. Norwich. My Brother's First Trip to the Mill. My father got up at five o'clock and called my brother. My brother sald: “Oh!, Papa, will you let me go to school and 1 will not Waste my time. My father sai enough chances. ed to g0 to work. He put on his coat and went to the mill. I have learned a leseon. it? “You have had He finally consent- What To waste no time in school. EARL WHITE, Age 10. Stafford Springs. is A Trip to New London. My uncle invited us to visit the city. We were all delighted very much. The ‘iext morning I went down street and purchased a few toys for our cousins. Father and I went down to the garage to see if he could hire an au- tomobile to take us down there. We all went to bed early that night talking about the lovely trip we were going to have. Early the next morning my father called us all up and ofir dear mother had a Jovely breakfast walting for us. When breakfast was finished we all helped to do the work, to get the house in order. About half past eight to our sur- prise the auto was waiting for us. Mother had all thé dress suit cases packed and the chauffeur helped to pack them in the auto. We started as soon as possible and the country breeze was great. At ten o'clock we arrived in Willi- mantic and stopped at the restaurant and devoured the lunch. Once more we started and a few times on the way we stopped at wells and drank cold water. About two o'clock we arrived New London. We tok our scuitcases out and gave the presents to our <cousins and they were all delighted with them. MILDRED E. WHITE, Age. 14. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. ed by an Automebil Dear Uncle Jed: We had, a colt named Dick, nearly four months old. He belonged to my brother Charles. We liked him very much. We took him to the fair and won the first prize, four dollars. A little while after he was playing about the yard, and his mother went down ucross the road, but he stayed behind to eat grass. By and by he ran to see his mother and when he got half way. acroks the road an auto came and struck him and killed him. We miss him very much. We hope we will have another one like him. His mother misses him very much. BMILY HOPKINS, Age 9. Plainfield. Dick. Dear Uncle Jed: We have a dog named Dick, black and white. He caught a rabbit Monday. Dick chased a squirrel up a tree and my father shot it. 2 He got a squirrel Sunday and two rabbits. He chased a deer Sunday. We went hunting and Dick chased a squirrel up a tree. HOWARD GARDNER, Age 9. Moosup. in A Shoe. Dear Uncle Jed: I am an old shoe. shoe, I will tell you: Orie time I was on the back of a cow, feeding in a pasture. One day the ‘cow was killed and 1 was cleaned and taken to the tannery. The tanner made me into leather and then I was taken to the shoe factory and made into a shoe. Then I was sent in a box with my mate, and after we were in a dark place for a long time I was placed in a window. After being in the window for a few days, a little girl with her mother looked into the window. The lttle girl asked her mother to buy me. Her mother said “Yi Thgy went into the store and the man brought me out of the window 2nd tried me on the little girl. Then llmwu ‘wrapped up and given to the y. After the little girl had worn me out 1 was tapped, but at last I was too old to be worn any more. So o1 ragman came along and said: bottles or old rags today was the end of my life. B BERTHA BEDARD, Age 10. Norwich. What We Have in Our School. Dear Uncle Jed: I have not written to you for a long time. I am in the seventh grade. My teacher's name is Miss Renshaw. The studies we have in our school are arithmetic, language, spelling, ge- ORRIN WHITEHOUS! 12. E, Age The Canary Sings All Day. Dear Uncle Jed: My brother has a canary, and it sings all day long. cannot hear for a kitten, but could mot find it, 80 as the scales were up in the barn Wi all got welghed before coming out. We went to see the cattle There were a hune then went to_the horses. day Daddy was down in the fields and he saw a bunch of par- and we have one now. Its ing it. I think it will get better, and I hope it will. ‘We have to walk a mile to school I have three and not onme stster. DY I play lots of mes. boy games. ‘We children have a horse of our own and a saddle. Our echool lets out at 3 o'clock. MARION GEER, Age 7. youngest girl friend asked one horse that had faken them to Oyster Bay the day before if he weat to Oys- ter Bay, and he shook his head the same as a person does wheén meaning year. She then asked him if he want- ed something to eat, and he did the The other horses would not do this, so I think he must have been After leaving the stable we took a short walk through the woods, which 1 greatly enjoyed. different colored leaves and watch the squirrels carrying nuts. Fimally commenced to rain, so we walked back with our friends to their house and then went home. . 1 think leaves that are not too dry 1 am going to men- tion some instances in which they can be made use of. They are nice to press 25 of books, or to dec- le. If anyone wishes to have an indoor camping party, leaves are just the thing to spread on the floor, by spreading newspaper or some- thing else on the floor first, os that nothing will get sofled. Leayes are also nice to draw or trace. Now that Christmas near, for those who like to sew a pin- cushion cut the shape of a leaf would make a pretty little gift. I am going to write how I spend my evenings now, and I hope after some of the Wide Awakes read this letter they will write how they spend theirs. After I have written seldom referred to as America, al- N Wi Mo B though it is situated in North Amer- Dear Uncle Jed: book you sent to me and thank:you very much. 1" have been reading about a boy who was named Blunder because he had not learned to use his eyes. His godmother sent him to find the Wishing Gate, and this is I like to see the I like the prize EEE s FRENCH GOLD MEDAL FOR MRS. W. K. VANDERBILT Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney Also Hon- ored—For Acts of Devotion. to take| paris Nov. 24, 5.35 p. m.—The gold up the Curtiss Publishing Co’s trooD | medal of the foreign office, bestowed finance plan. for acts of great devotion, which Pres- ident Poincare has directed shall be presented to Mrs W. K. Vanderbilt is the record for building | for her work in the American ambu- is now on the way to the the | Unlted States for presentation by Am- record for scouts is 27 seconds; for ¥ Jussarand.. A Hike medal S - Mra. Robert Woods Eliss, wife of the gécretary of the American embassy it e il v bagdge | In s, for her organization of the s s care of orphans, also is on the way to America for presentation by the ambassador. Tt was also announced today that the foreign office medal had been be- ed upon Mrs. Harry Payne Whit- founder of the hospital for the wounded at Juilly and that it had veen dispatched to the United States and are nice to use. His godmother told him to wake the first owl he came to. afrald to, but he finally did ask the owl how to find the way to the Wish- between the He was almost Scouts’ Questions Answered. The owl told him to follow his nose. Just taen a chipmunk came alons. Blunder asked him the way to the Wishing Gate. The chipmunk, who was busy get- ting ready for winter, water fairy would tell him. He had never iearned to use his eyes at home and that is why he couldn't use them now. The story is too long to tell it all The last thing he met was the South Wind_with his pockets full of showers. The South Wind picked up Blunder and carried him home after been sitting on the Wishing Gate; but he didn’t know it. His godmother was so angry flew up the chimney. CARRIE D. SELLEW. East Hartford. BULLETIN'S fire without matches? A. If you mean by friction, scout officials, 26 i-5_seconds. and his patrol number? Only scouts in good stand. ing, who are connected with an active troop, have the right to wear any my advanced I practice my music, and the rest of the evening I spend in either writing letters to Uncle Jed or reading some of the books he has sent other questions. 8. B. S, Va—Q. Can & scout qual- if he is a second-class scout? A. No. Bee page 32, revised edi- tion, Handbook for Boys. Phosphate of lime deposits have One evening last week I looked over been found near Banff. my postcards Thanksgiving cards I had, as our Sun- day school teacher wants them to send to an orphanage. I hope all will spend a pleasant Thankegiving. JESSIE L. BREHAUT. East Norwich. B. 8. W, D. C.—Q. When was Boy's Life first published? A Boy's Life was first published | ExpECT FIGHT ON PATTERN SERVICE the auspices of the Boy Scouts of America in July 1912. it was published under other auspices for about one year and three months. Q. Does a_second-class scout have to take the first-class test? A. Any red-blooded boy, who cally fit, will not require com- ‘The scoutmaster may, at his discretion, drop boys who do not make any effort to advance themselves. Is Dan Beard a scoutmaster? Beard is National Scout Commissioner. At what time does a scout have | & to send in a picture in order to get it on the double page in Boy's Life? A. See contest page 2 of this issue of Boy's Life. Q. How many boy scouts has KITCHIN’S OPPOSITION TO WILSON'S PLANE Before this Trifles Make Up Porfection—Perfection it 'No Trifle. Dear Uncle Jed: 1 typewrote this work during my idle moments at high Work on while vet the sun doth shine, Thou man of strength and will, For golden hours are fleeting by, And youth is passing still. Soon will this busy life be o'er, And earth recede from view, And heavan with all its glory shine Where all is pure and true. then vouwll understand full well The proverb deep and vast, | “The mill will never grind again With the water that is past.” announcement We have no official figureg on the Chinese enroliment. C. A. J., Alaska—Q. When an offi- cer salutés a scout or should they come to attentio: A. A salute can scarcely be pro- perly given without the giver coming to attention. If an officer and scout are to- gether and the officer salutes some. one, is it proper for the scout to sa- PATTERNS FOR ANIMAL This group of designs comprises a a pig and e sheep. tractive toys for little tots and may 1y be’ developed by Patient and persistent labor has its When Michael worked for weeks and months upon a a friend who had seen it at a previous visit came again to the studio and asked: Angelo had elderdown. plush or fur-faced cloths “are sultable. The sheep will require 1-2 vard of material, the dog and the pig 3-8 pattern is cut in one size. A pattern of this illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents In silver or stamps. Order through Pattern Dept. “What have Angelo replied: “I have brought out a-shadow here, and I have touched up a muscle there, and I have changed the position of the limbs in this small R. E. B, Mo—Q. Can merit badge tests? . No; but he of course aids scouts in_prhparing for them. See page 61, Official Handbok for Boys. Q. May a ecout cooking kit be used in taking the first-class scout cooking ‘Certainly,” replied his friend, can see all this, but these things are only trifies.” “That is true,” sald the great sculp- but remember that trifles make up perfection, but perfection It is proper to use the 6f- ficial mess kit, which the boys carry as part of their outfit. be prepared to prove their ability to cook a simple meal without any utensils. T. 8. Kan—Q. What are the bugle calls’ required for badge ir. bugling? . See January, 1913, issue of Bo L. S. Ohio—Q. May a second-class patrol leader wear his badge on his as the first-class patrol LILLIAN M. BREHAUT. They should, East Norwich, N. Y. ‘Word came unofficially from _the ‘White. House that President Wilson did not favor any movement to op- pose Representative Claude Kitchin of North Carolina, the Democratic leader in the house of representatives, administration gram of defense Mr. Kitchin's recent in which he said that instead of being a passive opponent of the president’'s program, he would use all his power to defeat it, has aroused southern repre- sentatives who warmly supported Mr. Kitchin for the are expressing indignation. men discount rumors that Mr. Kitchi will be supplanted. He was selected for the chairmanship of the ways and means committee and the leadership of the party in the house at a caucus’ before the adjournment of the late Dear Uncle Jed: Each mother bird has her own way of making a nest, but there is one thing almost all of them try to do, and that is to hide it. Squirrels and snakes, rats, some big birds, and cats, and many others, like to eat eggs and young birds. first of all, hiding places. Some tiny warblers go to the tops of the tallest troes and hide the nest among the leaves. Orioles hang the swinging cradle at the end of a branch, where cats and snakes and boys cannot come, Song sparrows tuck the little hom in a tuft of weeds on the ground, and the bobolinks hide it in the deep grass. In New York the iron pillars which support the elevated railroad been taken possession of by the Eng- lish sparrow, and there amid the con- stant clatter of the street noise thou- sands of little birds are hatched. In India there is a bird which builds its nest in a similar way. 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 welght of a mon- key, but which directly hangs over the water; and as a still further precau- tion makes the opening of the nest on the lower side. Some bird homes are only platforms, Where it seems as if the eggs must roli off, and others are deep burrows or hoies in the ground, where no one can MARY M. DANAHY. try to find good A USEFUL, PRACTICAL The correct position of the COMBINATION. Sewing Aprom and Bag Com- is drawn up to form a bag. In_organdie, dimity, figured or striped inen, cretonno or crepe thix de- sign is very effective. cut in_one siz 1-4 yards of 3 A pattern of this illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents In silver or stamps, Order through The Bulletin Company, Pattern Dept., Norwich, Conn. illustrates a that will lend itself to d any of the pretty apron n As here shown, white lawn cred in self color ms @ suitable finish portion above the pocket is slipped Into the pocket when not worn, The pattern is inch material. as used. Val A Thankful Lad. Dear Uncle Jed and Wide Awakes: I wish you all a happy Thankigiving, and first of all thank our Father in :‘al\'en Die” . he Souh gy By Sn ven us the past year. As you will wonder how 1 became a |&'{e0 U8 the past year. = & 4 the opportunity to relieve as well as the rich, of their ash bar- We are thankful for the pleas- ure it will give to €0 many men, wom- en and especially children to see their barrels burn. We are thankful for four days' va- catfon to have some fun and finish eat- ing our Thanksgivis EDWARD G. RAN, Age 12 The Apple Industry. Dear Uncle Jed: The most impor- tant fruit of the United States is the apple, and one of our most im industries ie the ralsing of ap) farm is not complete without them. It not difficult to raise apples. have good apples we shall combat the moths, worms and other / Many apples are put on the market which are not good, and peoplesdo not get much for such apples. The most common container for ap- ples is the barrel or the standard ap- Apples may be paeked in four grades the fancy grade, the standard A grade B grade, the unclassified Dishonest packers put good apples and bottom and bad ones in is does not pay. ples should be packed with great care. The western growers apples better than the eastern growers. ; : | i il i P i 15 5 h i i the standard i ) § : ¢ £ i ] : 4 i i i E bef I are packing g § g E § ]