Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 16, 1916, Page 9

Rules for Young Writers. v ! Use pen and ink, not pencil. Short iven preference. ,Do not use o ords. Original stories or letters o be used, i ! ;s{ i plainly at Write your name, age and ad- the bottom of ! Jed, Bulletin Office. + “Whatever ycu are—Be that! ¢ _ Whatever you say—Be true! Straightforwardly act, Be honest—in fact, Be nobody else bui you.” . POETRY. o v What Grandpa Says. | My grandpa says that “little girls | Are nct supposed to know | About the battles of the war And all their tales of woe." | e says: “To stir up grief is like Continuing the strife, -A%tnc we'd better think about e pleasant things of life.” ! show respect and love” he says, e hose who fought and died | In honor of their native tand | Should be our Nation’s pride;” And that “the G. A. R. who sleep | _In green beds, over there, | Bnjoy, spread o'er their quilts flow'rs A counterpane of prayer.” | ‘war's been fought for fifty years,” | history. { says, “and ehould be ended; | And loves and hopes and joys ' fears | _Of North and South be blerded.” :n‘ga Guard’s tired of wars, I gue: 3 grandpa's seventy-scven): ‘They're mustering out of earthly ranks And marching on toward heaven. } ( For sunshine, flowers and cheers; jt “veterans—aljve and dead— § Ve seen too many tear: {That “children’s children’s children | _That army ’‘neath the sod Can be depended on to fight (I need be) under God.” It 80, too! I think if we re too much for trouble, That when it comes, as like as not, ‘We'll get it more than double. o'&;:iapu. wants peace and so do all soldiers, and that's right; But if harm comes to Uncle Sam ‘The whole Grand Army'll fight. Franklin, Pa Led Astray. i —Joe Kerr. Johnny was an angel 0 never told a lie, Or eolled his clothes or. skinned his | nose, Or swiped the new laid Untll he was corropted— You see he’s but eleven— Misled by that most dreadful brat Next door. who's all of seven! UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WID AWAKES. e, We eat candy without ever thinki that it was eaten by Furope was a wilderness and all great nations were cnafined to Asia, And it has been tholisand< of f vedrs) t new world were spelled KMunda and it is one of the| TD€ :I““"e"z-‘“‘:dy- few words which has .utlasted nations | ®GCmary Zezalowesz, of Fitchville— and been borrowed. Ly modern peoples | " CamP ©f the. Big Sunflover. to designate susar confestions What American boys and girls c candy the Enslish children ‘WIDEAWAKE STORIES THE GUESSING PARTY. On & certain da: of our suburban on their studies, and se: of all this inattention been? Well, 1 will tell you. One the girls was to have a party that evening, to which the whole school had been invited, and their thouglts were %0 bent on the coming event that but little space was left for anything else. It was, however, not to be an ordi- nary affair, but a guessing party, as each guest was to represent something, a book, a word, a vegetable or any- fn fact, end. the more original thi: the better. There were to be two prizes, one for the best and one for the poorest Ail were eager for the first prize, of course, and many novel ideas been worked out in their costumes, ‘The afternoon session of school was Fuesser. over at last and there was a flutter excitement as they hurried to their respective homes to make ready for the evening's fun. The guests began to arrive early, v éntered the parlor all were which they wera to write the names of those present and what ‘they thought they Tej ted. RBAre wris cons(aiff cHsttefing ana dver the amuising display and and as given a pencil ana card on laughiny the difficuity thei were having Guessing the correct names. One girl caused each hand and loo This seemed a liard ane to g finally & voice piped up: “I it's a commentator, was carrect. have (beet).” A plant pot filled which rested two d “Paradise on carth A biveli rod was of course “remin concaha of youtk A boy match on a tray repr: lighter. v i These were a few with earth was found to more, ali uniqué_in jue extremo. Bcreams of delidht and clapping hands a¥ All were duiy made Hittle mite of a girl captured prize, while the prize to the Fueater iad to be Aivided among th who did not sicoced in naming any After the prizes were - awarded he fi were invited “#fo *the ‘dinihg “room. where a long table was spread everything nice. .o, eat. themseives in favor I[E WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BGYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT Write piuinly on one side of the only, and aumber the pages. and pointed articles will dress all communiecations to Uncle and *“Memorial Day,” he says, “should be children when led, candyryfor wheh - the | world was young and Europe and the little known it wa$ call a teacher in one huols had a hard task to keep the minds of the children veral times was on the verge of dismissing them to save the classes from utter disgrace. And whet do you suppose the reason could have much merriment, ‘walking around with a large potato in ing extremely wise. ss, but which,,of course, : So miich to bégin with. Anothér had attached to a string a turnip, which was another puzzler, but was finally guesssd as “can’t bespeat carrying a sented the Lamp- ples of the representations and tlere were many ompuniéd e:ch guess. Finally known and a wee Jore The children ‘were given a .box -of candy to take home with them and all cxpresced Another guess- “sweets,” and the French children call bonbons cr goodigs. The confec- tions the Engiish ¢hildren do call can- dy come in hoxes and cost a dollar a pound. What you call iaffy the Eng- | lish boys cail “toffee.” And another name the English boys and girls have for boxed candies is “sugar plums,” when there ig not a plumrin them; and the French children call them “dragees,” because this kind of candy was made by a celebrated candy maker of ancieni Rome named Dragatus. A candy in tablet form called “Pas<| tilles” was invented by an Ialian con- fectioner named Pastilla. although they are now a famous French sweet- meat; as also are ‘“Pralines,” the al- mond candles eaten at the {ables of the French, and very popular with the French people of New Orleang and these were named after the sweet- loving Frenchman for whom thiey were invented. And there is & ity in Ceylon narhed Khandy which is thousands of years old, and it may have been the very place where candy was first made and foung its name. There is no doubt the pretty Christ- of |[mas candies which will soon be here again are only modern in color and form, for the sweet tooth is older than ver niy the LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Martin Delinsky of Bozrahville: I received the prize hock enttiled Watch and Wait. I thank you very much for it. I have read it through and I find it interesting. I think I will send you one more story. Alice Williams of Norwich: I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me. I hoave started reading it and think it very interesting. Leo Poliquin of Versailles: I re- ceived the prize book you sent me. I have read it turough and found it very interesting. 1 thank you very much or it. of Martha Hargey of Uncasville: I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me entitled The Bobbsy Twins at School. One of my friend read it and finds it very, ver interesting. Jacob Master of Bozrahville: After having written m; ory entitied What We Boys Did, I didn't think 1'd get a book at all. On Thursday, Nov. 2, 1916, 1 looked for the Wide-Awake Circle in. The Bulletin. I laooked at| the prize winners' celumik to See who | won. At the first glance 1 saw the | name of my schooimate, Martin Delin- sky. On looking further, I saw my own name alsq. I was glad to think that we two boys won hooks. We both received them the samec d T have finished reading mine. It is very in- | B teresting. I thank you greatly for this present, as does Martin. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1-—Martha Hargey, of TUncasville— The Little Merchant. —Edna Lozensk, cf The Great Dismali Fwamp. 3—Lola Ladd, of Canterbury Camp Fires on the Wolf Patrol. 4—Irene McCarthy, of Norwich — ng he | Colchester — The 6—Allan V. King, of Stowrs—With Trapper Jim in the North Wood: 7—Gladys Thompson, of Mansfield Depot—Phil Bradley’s Snow ve | all GRANDPA’'S PICNIC, Papa and Mamma Morris had gone on a three months’ trip tq Europe and ! that was why Mattic was at grandpa’s for the fall months. Several of Mattie's with Grandpa Morris. na, Phil and Dana, ¢ dearest little baby zirl Daisy, so that with the addition of Mattie there was quite a lively famil “Good mornin, cousi There of said grandpa one hildren were on the Way to breakfast. “fhis is a beautiful day. I wonder how many of my little family would like a day in the woods with me? 1 want to gatner some leaves for the garden and I would like a little help " “Oh, grandpa, that would be Joll we'll all go if we may,” said Dana. ‘Good! " T'il give you a half an hour to get ready,” and in just thirty min- utés five bright and smiling children Were waiting for grandpa in anticipa- tion of a happy day. Soon the team drove up to the door and they were about to start when grandma brought out a basket and stowed it away under the robes. What a merry ride it was! They soon reacned the wonds, and all work- ed with a will until bag after bag was fllled to the brim an+ sécurely packed in the back cf the wigon. Then the children dancea and ran races, around and around, till it was a wonder they did not umble over the logs stumps round ahout, but they were used to such playgrounds so no such calamity took place. Then the grand feature of the dad, luneh, was announced and tHere was & scurrying after the lunch basket. In it they found sandwiches, cookies, fruit and marshmallows, these they spread on a rock in the field neap the woods. The boys kindled a firé and toasted the marshmallows. What “un! Mattie burned her tongue and Edna her fingers, but they didn’t mind, and after all they had such a merry time they forgot how late it was, until grandpa told them it was time to so home. When they reached the house they were met at the door by granima who ushered them into the dining room, they were tired and hungry and eager- v followed her, but at the threshold stood transfixed at the sight before them. The table was spread with a houn- teous feast; crisp rolls, crimson jellics burjed in frothy creami, and heaps of other dainties were the tempting array which their sparkling eyes rest. ed upon. ; *Oh! gasped “pre- serv “Chicken,” said Phil. ‘Sponge cake” cried Dana: of in it; on be of il est ree of Mattie at” last, all |to the urder side.so that the: | a great quan S—ivy 'The Bradley Mo Winners of prize books living in the city may call at The Bulletin bus- iness office for them at any hour after 10 a. m. on- Thursda: {STORIES WRITTEN AWAKES, A Walk Through the Woods. Last Saturday afternoon a couple of boys and I were walking through the woods. The 1wo of us largest boys were carrying guns. I had only a little .22 calibre rifle, but the other boy had a double barrel shotgun. While we were walking along the other boy saw a squirrel running along a rail. He shot at it, but did not kill it. We all thought he killed it. He didn't, though. _We looked all around, but copld not find it. The other boy gave fhe his gun and I gave my gum; to him.. It was_ the first time I ever shot a shot- gun; I was in front of tile other bays. I saw the same squirrel run up a chestnut tree. Eytting the shotgun to my shoulder, 1 fired at the squirrel, but did not kil it. ‘We did not see any game that day. After a Ittle while we came to a bar- way and there stood a very large buck deer. Hc had very large antlérs. He was standing and looking right at us: As we came nearer he went running through the woods. Then we went home with sad hearts because we did not get any game. 3 On ~our way home we saw many| pretty leaves, and we got many large chestnuts. RALPH OLSEN, Age 13. BY WIDE- Baltic. A Thistle Pincushion and Flower Sachet. Thistle Pincushion—Green velvet, heilotrope silk floss, green covered wire, and a small picce of green satin ribbon are all that is needed- for this pincushion. The calyxes are of green velvet tightly stuffed and bound across in checks with stout green floss. The pompoms of hejiotrope floss, ‘which] suggest the blossoms, are made by winding a card one inch wide whi the floss, then run a piece of the 1l0ss un- der the strands on the card. Tie tightly jogether at one edge and clip the other edge, fluff out the strands with a pin, and clip off ends which are too ragged. The stems are green covered wire tied with green ribhon. Stick the calyxes full of pirs. The Sachet is made eutirely of rib- bon, any color desired. - Satin ribbon makes the prettiest vetals, fwelve or fourteen being used this sachet. The ribbon siould be two inches wide and five inches long for each petai. One end of each is folded and sewed across | on the wrong side, so that witen it is turned it forms a voint, and the other end is plaited he ¢entér, which has for a foun n a Small piece of crinoline. A buttBhmold three-quarters of an inch in diameter is covered with the ribbon, and yeilow stamens sewed form a This center attached to the center of the flat four-inéh -square Zibbon is sewed to the | under s . The stamens may be pur- chased where paper for artificial flow- ers are sold. hope the Wide-Awakes will be as ssful in makinz these as I was, | MARTHA HARGEY, Age 12. fringe around the button. is then peta sach Mr. Squirrel’s Home. ure the busy da) for Mr. He is busy providing for the long winter days when he will be un- abie to get out. 1f you chance to s a squirrel these days, you will notice that. he 1s very busy. His-littte jaws #ro.filled witn nuts, and he 1S jump- ing 1rom tree to tree, to deposit his nuts. One: day These Squirrel. as I was walking in the Wwoods, collecting pretty leaves, I no- ticed 2 hole in a tree. It was large enough to put my hand in. Thinking ihat | might find something curious, 1| put my,hand in and felt around. 1 could not reach very far, but I found ty of nuts stored neatly and a pile of leaves on on one side, the other 1 was very much intereste little home, for 1 had never seen one befor While 1 was looking about 1 \yas not conseious of the lact that the owner of this little house was watch- ng me in a nearby tree. ESTHER BRESS, Age 13. in: this Yantic. How We Caught a Squirrel. One pleasant day last week my brother and I went to the woods to gather nuts. 1 took a paii and he took a bag. After tramping about a mile and not seeing any s that had nuts on them we sat down on a large stone. We were talking about the different trees that were around us. In one lar oak tree my brother saw a peculiar nest. Curfous to know what kind of a nest it was my brother climbed up anda when she got very near a large gray squirrel jumped out! She sprang from one limb to the other until she reached the ground. I was sure I could catch her, but before I could she jumped upon the trunk of the tree and hid herseif in a hole. 1 guarded the hole until my brother tame down. We kept very still and my brother placed the bag Over the hole. . She did not come out very soon. We wait-' ed a very long time and at last she came out. We brought her home and my broth- er made a little house for her, and she became very tame. One cool, night my brother moved her to the attic and in the morning we could not find her. She most likely sseaped through the window. MARY ZEZULAWESZ, Age 12. Fitchville. Apple Day. On Friday, Nov. 3, 1916, at our school we had Apple Day. One of the children had charge of the program and almost everyoné had a piece to speak. One of the girls piayed the Victrola which we received from the book club. Two contests were The Apple-paring Race and The Apple Race. Upon some strings were apples. You had to have your hands in back of you and try and get the apple with your mouth. After that the girls made some fudge and passed it around. Then we went home. ALLAN V. KING, Age 13. Storrs. One Summer Day. One summer day, while walking through-the woods, I thought I heard: a sound, and on looking down, saw a dear little bird lying on the ground, wounded. 1 picked it up and found it was bleeding from a cut right under its. win I tookk it home, wrapped it up in a soft piece of cloth, and bathed the wounded wing every day for about a week. "When it 'was well I let it iy away. I.was very happy to think that I saved: the little bird. I think evervone #hould heip a poor dumb animal if they can. * EDNA LAZINSK, Age 10. Ichester. ith | “Wasn't grandma good?” said Edna. hey were soon sedted and the good things rapidly disanpeared. : E “Oh. isn't this jolly! We want to go with you again and again, grand #aid the children when bedumé‘étfi‘é and they him goodt night. » Bruno. Bruno was the name of a large New Foundland dog owned by a poor fam- ily, who jived in the Alps, and was the n%g]& ‘moted dog for miles around.. “When there was’'a snow in} ‘the Alps Bruno would save people’s mer on berrles. Next summer Mr.|fne ane he beenies sien dod Sioa fiddle played by a man Whiting will carry us =p in his auto | pic 923 he bheeame sice and Cled, P ock feather stuck in his truck. He will come right to our door | picn®] Tt TP M 4 BAR SRS RO 1o chana, and get us. . That wil be better than | g 1 did not see hign anv more, | Your little niece. Natkint : He used to eat meat and drink milk.| . . FLORIDi REIL, Age 11. T got very hot and tired when pick- | 11g e e i e “ana Took | Verssille , ing berries. b e : - GLADYS THOMPSON, Age 14. ERNEST LAFRENIERE. Fire-Day. Ma 1d Depot. Oceum?” Dear Uncle Jed: T am going to write i {about Fire P T Day, the 9th! iThe Arab Sodithe The National Dairy Show. of, Octot : S lALshcuce ost Doss Uncle Tas TEreat e teliyoil| s Toute Sitfey ana bt aserssistd e niing d Bbopt ths National DairvShow theld | b acher told abous thirst and hunger. After straving |, "Sprinsfield, Mass, October 12-21, | nicago Fire. They about for a long time he came to a =feld.stes pe 2 ‘I'mother, and it was no longer sad days e i8 in d no other such ‘gaii?lm{m the Ifln‘l?-invl n:: more E or Amazon, and its volumé more than a thousand -times iter. The currents of the ocean are % the most nn:: of its zm Py ety o & orchange b | Hrom st he i and Tt chmin: 3 _the equator, ish the. ‘extrémes of heat m‘?‘ cold in every zone. its climate as well as ‘The sea has | the land. They both changs with,the latitude; but one varies with the ele- vation above, the other with the de- pression below, thé sea levels. The e s it i o culation; o are, on the uone d, winds, on the other cur- rents. The ifihabitants of the ocean are as much 'the creatures of climate as those of the dry Jand; for the samo Almighty hand wl lecked the and cares for “the sparrow fashioned also pearl and feeds the great whale, and adapted each te ‘the physical condi- tions by wh(ew:‘ vidence has sur- rounded it. of the land or the sea, the inhabitants are all His creatures, Subjects, of His laws, and agents in His economy. - The sea, therefore, we may safely ‘Infer, has its offices and duties to per- form. This is some of the ways of the Guif Stream 'and ocean. Worwich. % LETTERS:TO UNCLE JED. A Story About Socrates. Dear Uncle Jed: Socrates was a very ise Greek. He lived in Athens. He spent his time going around in lhi s maxketl place, or at ‘gymnnlum‘ the snow and fell asleep. At this Bru- |2SKing pecple young and old questions. no started to bark loud, until the man’s | e kept asking. people how good | wife heard him and started toward the | People should llve and if they didn't barking of the dog. When she reached | Answer he would ask more until they the dog she saw her husband. She Went away angry. In this way So- carried her ‘hushand into the house |Crates made many eénemies. and got the medicine out of his pocket.| After a while Socrate’s enemies ac- Bruno saved his master and also saved fcused him of being a wicked man. the baby’s_life. They tried him before the Athenian ALVAN LACHAPELLE, Age 12. [court and condemned him to death. He South Canterbury. was tried before eight judges. but they would not believe him. Then they made him drink a cup of poison hem- lock which he did. after telling them hgw a zood man should live. v FLORENCE BRO Norwich. You can’t be a kid after you get to the quid, for that isn't what little boys and girls are mhde of—made of! Hves when they were lost in the snow. One day the baby of the man who owned the dog,.was ill, so the man started out down the mountain with his faithful dog Bruno to gét some medicine for the sick child. On his way back he was overtaken by a snow storm, and soon fell into Thirty Years GASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK SITY. months old Atb 35Dnsrs - My Summer’s Work. After .school closed I began to work for Mr. Whiting on his fruit farm. We began to pick berries the latter part of August. We would go up in - the packing house and wait till the foreman came. Some mornings he was late in getting there. We used to start at half past six in the morning and get up there about seven and begin to pick. We would not get home till about five or half past at nigh The kinds strawberries, and. cherries. 1 liked to currants best. T earned twenty Age 11. Cat Plays With the Chickens. Dear Uncle Jed: . I live on a farm.| T like the country. My brother and | covered over with sailcloth. sister and T =0 to school on Pautapaug Hin, I énjoy the Wide-Awake cir- ele very much. We have a cat. that plays with the chickens. He runs after them but does not harm them. FRANCIS McGRATH. Age 8. North Franklin. Nearby a rill trickled through the sward that looked like a carpet. Thepe were trees all around them. A tea kettle hung on a crocked plece | of iron. Two old gypsies sat crouch- | ed by the fire, gossiping over their ev- ening cup of tea. A ‘thievish looking dog lay There w. ing on BULLETIN’S PATTERN SERVICE f berries we picked were raspberries, currants near, too. e two or three children ly- -aw in the camp. A couple = in the lane. es were dancing to pick strawberries and Dear Wide-Awakes: little cat. 1 once had He was white and yellov dollars this sum- £y ! { oil so nothing wiil fountain of water, the desert wer where the travelers he habit of stop- ctober 13th was Children' Day and s of f 1 res are started is lesert an the schools were closed so thel; : ping with their and camels to | : < Stk in . Hunters or people bl hildren might zo. ~We did not £o|, oSt e DHENLE, pPu He saw Iving upon the bani 2 ematl | {11t day,: but on-the following Fri- | burrink, others drop match- | leather hag. * be praised!” he|98¥: § L les re helf li others cigar| S On enterin the grounds we were | retteli "o, Derhaps, ‘soms | surprised to find all in_such goed. con- | dition and order. The paths werei nice. grass rreen. and the newly plant- ed_sh s Swere all named. Te then went in the Coloseum ! where thev were fudging the Ayrshire: cattle We watched for a time. then went out to the caitle sheds. It w t ! Fire not only does damage, but lives | |are ng to eat as well as w3 to his hope he quickly opened the bag: but as soon as he saw what v inside he said with a i “Alas! They are only pearls. MARTIN DELINSKY, Age 13. Fire| uld. be more of ha careful. doe 1588 a woman on rainy known as Chi A GOOD SCHOOL DRESS | caz he barn carrying a lan- FOR MOTHKR'S GIRL Rozrahville. wonderful to see all those beautiful|ilgy’ rn’ behind the' éew. The Pyt =4 ; — S0 clean. ~THOR. Couts were | qqy a noise and|Girls’ Drems in Oue-Viece Style With The Match on ths Barn Floor. o s o -d over the lan-| Sleeve Im Wrist or Elbow Legth. were polished unti 1| s m 1 and set the barn = One dav our hired man was light- © face in them. Some of thel s fi ole town of (hica-| Brown galatea, with trimming: 3t ha his pipe in the n «}nd }1 t‘"‘fl“i animals had chameis protectors on | checked ging l\am.”v'\ hlvl]e s(‘"ze. \;‘na the »lishted match on the hi not | their horns to keen them from scratch I DRE - - red poplin for collar and cuffs, wou! thinking, anything about the fire he LDREID VIS VAR modei. ing them. Their hoofs were also we! be nice for th manicured. The right tré overiaps tie 'H\i Mansfield Depot the closing. was likely to cause; scon the hay was on fire. jeft at - = ‘Sor ze sey s tol 5 y [ 2 I happened to look out of the Win-|gjven more mil: than any other cow | B STrus Stofy ol X o and comfortakle in cither length. ow and saw the barn on fire. I ran i the werld. She is cleven years old | Dear f'ncle Jed: Once there were |05, ORGP0 TFE (ut n fiv D to the barn, where our hired man |, Qetober the. 20th, - “Sophie” had a |iour litde lived in a big, '8 10 und 12 years. It req to put the fite out. e Babe oull calf. Thb. Gwger Jof| bars haige i country. of a4-inch materia! for a 6 es were all around him. Ilgo nie” values the calf at $25000.| Thev we in_ everything ex- A p.-fuerdn_ ot thifs 1'x-u;=1; ShE got out the cows in safety, but the |ZOPBIe. valles THe (ot o @ Pat thel money, for they had a very wise|!0 any address on reseip e he | , o n_silver or stimps horses were very hard to get out. Tip vl qpoe er and motker who was never too | 'foB3g F%, 0% SATER. o got out one horse by throwing my Afics svaliini:aboutcjocking at the to help them in their studies, or | pattern Dept.. Norw apron around his eves. My favorite | 4fteh WalCmE Aot O O e were | Watch them in their games. horse Bess I could not get ut. I ran [20We 100 & Jong time. fof CRets WEPe| “ane of the little girls was named out of the barn before I was afire. T|MAnV 10 S8 F& FEOL o g e |Lonisa. She was a strong little girl had just got out when fhe barn fell | 0,10 104 "us most. were the ma- | and pn a long ways without and the poor horse was dead. s S lie M 2 | getting tired. i hover forget that five. My fa. [chines for washing and cleaning the|S After the girls had helped their mother with the work and helped her: sew they went to the barn which was a very big one. and played games. One of the games Louisa liked to - was “Jack and the Bean Stalk.” put a ladder up to the hay-loft, tied a pumpkin vine around it. For the giant they had a pillow with a paper bag for the head. - When the little girt who was Jack cut the pumpkin vine, the giant came tumbling down. There was one thing that troubled Louisa very much. That was to see her dear mother work so hard. She did all she could to help her, but she | couldn’t do much. Louisa was now a big girl, so she went away to zet as much money as she could. She wrote verses for a paper and sewed for people. All the money she got she sent to her par- ents, but she did not get much. But at last Louisa’s wish came true. One day a publisher came to her and asked her to write a book. She said she wouid try, for she always tried to do things. She thought of her sisters and the nice times they hads So she wrote about it. She named the book, “Lit- ‘Women.” Everybody liked it and milk bottles, also sterilizing, and fill- ing bottles. There were many ma- chines I did not understand. We then went into the hall that held all the things done by children, from a number of states. There were jars upon jars of fruit and vegetables. Each child was allowed five jars. Boys and girls both had exhibits. A girl from Vermont had one jar of dandelions, one of pigweed, one of parsley, one of milkweed, and one of sorrel They looked very good. There sewing and handicraft. saw several things that were made by two girls rwich. One girl in Springfleld had raised a pig: . it was big and fat. The man in charge told us how many boys and 1s had taken part in the clubs. He sald that the value of their work wag a million dollars. Theére were two tableux made of butter, one by the Blue Valley Cream- ery. 1 don't remember how many pounds of butter were used. There was a_woman and a little girl sitting on a bank of hutter%:ps.h ghekhut& ’ ; ter was tinted green for the bank an heTZ,fg;‘ri‘é%?,’ié?fifi;;“_'{li“e,’;““;; ?23 leaves. The _buttercups were truly live?” butter. The lady’'s hat was trimmed ther did not let that hired man work for him any longer. LOLA LADD, Age 12. Canterbury. His Return. In a city the station was getting crowded. The busy crowd drew to- gether when they heard the train com- ing. In a few minutes the train stop- ped and all the people got out. The last person to leave the train was a gentleman, well dressed, and his suit case soon brought porterg around him. Amongst the people he atiracted was 2 smal} boy saving very timidly, “Please, sir, may I carry your bag?” The boy was about ten years old; his suit was old, but clean. The stranger Eave Lim' his bade him follow. When tiffy reached the bodrding house he handed the boy three shining quarters. The lad seem- ed surprised and said: “Oh, sir, ex- cuse me, but you gave.me seventy-five cents.” . 2 The stranger seemed surprised and laughingly sard: “What is your name? “Bob Gray,” was the answer. bag and et ¢ little girl also | tle “One’ hundred ' twenty-five Pine |With buttercups. The she got a lot of money for it. She P hadw held a bunch of them. Just behind street” answered the lad, =, [Meld 5 Bunch Of U stse cow, ana | ent one of her sisters to Europe to study and had a hirea woman to do the work for~her mother. She gave her father some books and a lot of money. the dearest butter calf. The wall, al- so. was pf butter. There “was another butter exhibit. A life-sized cow, the milk maid was Bobbie alone. 3 When he reached home his mother asked: “Bobbie, where have you been w:‘a‘;‘;.g Gray bade Bobbie have his sup- | milking, and a little girl stood by| o ... cngflms‘rmz BURDICK. per and then she could hear his story.|drinking milk. Both of these were 18383 A SMART STYLE. Ladics’ Dress. Gabardine in a new shade of with pipings of matched satin be nice for this. Brown taffe gant ming, would also be Sk B S A e an: e ne edge is in square outline. The sleeve s fitting from elbow to wrist. The has and front panel fections full flaring side go The pattern is cut in six sizes: 3 38, 40, 4% wnd 44 inches, Dist It reduires 6 7-8 vyards of 44-inch terial for a i6-inch size. The measures about 3 1-2 yards at A pattern of tiis lilustration to any address on raceipt of 10 cefts in_siiver or stam Ord %:ou 'he Bulletin Company, Ppattern pt"kor:mr Sonn oy A Shining Example. i o g the made of butter and were in large glass cages. T wish all the bovs and girls in town conld have gone. Each of the New England states hgd a tent. What gopd things can be rais- ed in each state, apples, pears. in fact all kinds of fruit and vegetables. Vermont also had maple sugar and a_ maple cream that was so good. The meal was disturbed by a knock at the door. Bobbie jumped up and was soon at the door and recognized tho stranger. When Mrs. Gray went 1o the door and met the gentleman they both cried: *John"—“May. Later in the _evening group sat by the window Gray told them the followin: ght years ago we were poor, Bob- bie, T could not afford to give my wife and baby a comfortable home so I went to Chicago to make my fortune. Having been successful in Chicago I decided to return to my wife and child, whoth I dearly loved. Somzhow I was detained by_important business. When 1 returned I could not find you. To- day 1 came back here to look for you and here I have found you. Bobbie hugged his father, then his His Rabbits. Dear Uncle Jed: I think the Wide- Awakes will like to know about my white Angora rabbits, We have two Angoras and they rdn so_ fluffy and white, and so cunning. Some times they stand on their hind legs and eat out of my hand. They have pink eyes and when frigrtened look like little Mamma got a jar,-1 shall be sorry|balls of fire. WHNen the dog comes when it is all gone, . - ) near them they will make an awful OFf course there were ~ducks and|noise with their hind feet ~on the chickens and eggs. Z - ground. 1 have had my rabbits shut There was a moving picture show in|up in a pen, but now I am going to the afternoon and evening, entitled,|let them run for they will have “Love and the Jersey.” It was of a good time running and playii All about how the -Jersey cow gives| How they will jump and bound in the more milk of the best quality as well | air. MINER.. - ROGER B. North Franklin. ‘as_the largest quantity. - ‘Next .week I will tell you about the ok.—Willie Coulter, who is in. m?‘.’.fx'fi'ég outside of White Oak, New Mexico, , writes home he had a great A Gypsy Camp. week’s trip on the mountains, and was Dear Uncle Jed: I am writing to you -h_ronld by a snow storm a tew i a about a gYpsy encampment. elg;t wufi vwfifi‘flfi‘ big be numerous Sm e o the hondare. It was a gyPsy: encampment consist- larrive home they spent together, but happy peace- ful ones. « MIRTAM .GORDON, Age 11 The Gulf Stream. There is a river in the ocean. In the ‘séverept amugu it never fails, and in the, tiest floods Springfield. . It is said because they are of Wam‘. of the absolutely ing of three or four e cal ins were hoops. stugk im the A it never ox