Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 8, 1917, Page 9

Rules for Young Writers. Write plainly on one side of the per_only, and 6. Write your name, and ad- dmmumbfigfldm story. Address all communications to Uncle Jea, Bunaun Office. Rose ceived: the and was very d book gran Be_homest—in fact, . much for it, i ii» Be nobody else but you." Oscar. Matthewsan of Ve ; . ! |thank you very much for my playthings and- POETRY. book-m-m-., 1 find hy doll., o, i interesting, indeed. All of & ~=' THE SNOW MAN. . Vl;h Turnbull of g.'d-or. At A you very the door, but Look! how the clouds are flying|book entitled The Meadow Brook y to ? and see south! Under Canvas. I have read a few came to The winds pipe loud and shrill! pages of it, and want to thank you be- | poor, -old And high above the white drift stands | fore I finish it. walk. n The snow man on the hill. Agnes Luprecht of Mansfield Cen! 1 asked him Blow, wild winds from the fcy morth! | L reoered the prize book mething t : I * | you very, mi ave Here's one who will not fear Y S = R : To feel thy coldest touch or shirk PRresew Sortama Victons Tome of it is a ese_days, ¢ “sa Thy loudest blast to hear. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Rose Kessler of “Colchester, Dreamland. Proud’ triumph of the schoolboy's skill! Far rather would I be A winter giant, ruling o'er A frosty realm, like thee, - 2—Myrtie H. Gagnan of Taftville, nhis. hands. He seratches. If they M been names And stand amid the drifted snow, The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring. | “Here is & dime whichI have found |they wers too much m:: 0, be M Tncle Chester, . Like thee a thing apart, —Mil Wi L ese users. by a person standing on the rocks be- P Than be a man who walks with men | por. MuGre Mectoy Soansfield De &, oid him o kesp it but he said: iow: g ittens / But has a frozen heart! : - Sandere MeLarie of Boston, The - e 'he lower lese two high names, | YO0, © t7 m —Douglas. Bt oo oy “‘When my mother umo I %. m‘:n.-'!% was the name of ;:f. w‘ : > ’“m"a of‘:!.h‘: R ! 5—Katherine Gorman of Versailles, becau o, _...""h.".,“w"“h 3 no _one seen her. RE.CREATION. The Meadow Brook Girle in the Hills. | king han Sayeas cles o Scrate — et TED WAEE. Azs 11 i 3 f i 2 ee i ead | 6—Felix Poyet of Fisher’s Island, N.|it very much. ook Na. Dm___ T e Piila trom. falling ont of | ¥ Jack Lorimers Substitute. * Corchester NOSE KESSLER, Ago 12. : he Sl oot I+ bed; i while the| g Tiaurence Gauthier of Braoklyn, [ Colchester. T trving to write bove that | _Dear Uncle Jed: 1 o to school at The :";::\ryf;"r:ezt:o early, while the Jl:LI;:l;lmAer’l. Hnllfiof)l..r“u il A Canary od of the Father of His ntry. South Plainfield. My teacher is Miss sty . Burns & DAY | onee we went out, all but my Dad-{_ This foolhardy boy, whose name nu!-h B M I like my teacher. 2 Pepper, dlimbed up. the rock to write i Zood_teacher. ke " Tts music drones the LifopBaver In mountains The resisting countryside to lull and keep It undisturbed in re-creation sleep. dy, and while we were gone a little Norwich Bulletin. T ganary. bird flew into our window. My |his name abave tne rest Depper Awalk, s STORIE -AWAKE?. eard oie, limbed up by holding to little broken e page. I also look at the ORIES BY WIDE-AWAKE? ther heard a little noise, but he was | i by e o O o er predictions. e 4 T have a cow that is no horned. e s e o=z T Hawe two Aine Hitians. Owe 1o Jim Saved From the Wreck. i Ly ah -Ickbe Jivedaigab A ihaines. “aining @nd said there was a |climbers. He ventured to climb till he | T have f na the other is Speckic UNGLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- |for their father was a msherman; and Suttectly in !l;e ouse. It flew acound e DAVID C. KINNE, Age 7. AWAKES. fehtnonce nun v DeRt We Beliiaml . e o e S| South Flainfiela. © 3 JOEY JOE, THE BOLD SKATER BOY banks. Ily father and moth; to see|he scratched his e upon the rock. Did you ever play soltaire with the| One evenipg Lucy ana Kate were|it. SRS ot B butte It was a| His companions were far below him. My Pet Cat. alphabet. Grown-ups play soitaire playlng in the fields behind the church bird. My mother and my fa- | He could not get down “1:“" The ) Dear Uncle Jed: I think the Wide- i ds, but if they played i ith | When their gunt came up to them. ther t and shut all the windows in |face was too smooth. e Awakes will like to know how cun- g g e e s e kN “You father ought to have been|the hfuse. My father went to one of |Stoop to put his hands down into the | ning my cat is. He will jump through | Joey Joy was a bit of 4 boy— e’ alphabet they would learn more. ,. t cracks where his I my arms and runsandrolls up in the t of a boy was he,— Lo e S home from the sea this morning,” she | my friends and got a cage and put the ks where his feet were. If he had d A bit of a b h What does soltaire mean? A game|said, “and your mother is in a great|canary in it, and hung it up in the triedbel:. l‘;e :;ng h;‘; lo-t&:l' hos hrug- jon the floor: -m;' then if I make | He tirdc\l of his sled and then he ; % : i and been das pieces on the roc im_jump any more he is so mad at sai you play for your pleasure alone. To|trouble, so you must go home. dining room. i Bl $arip S5y moes ho 15 wo i play it with the alphabet place the|, S0 Lucy and Kateranhomeasquick-| When we went for our vacation we | here was nothing to do now but to| ™ He loves to play with a feather. He 1 alphabet before you and select we Will for in tears, for the night before had [came home. - While we were gone the |climb out from under the bridge 4nd 2o joounds and Junps in the air when he = o h 1 up the face of the rock to plays. He is a dark tiger. D I I po el ekt He must do this or die. SYLVIA A. MINER.y say three letters: been very stormy. - . Pt Ead e 5 P —An A A the mother and children sat up to-|to see her. e rl wanted to = g:z "_A_Fo frélergxlnwpw ® | gether, but at midnight a “}’m hold the bird, and the other girl let |As the }»h%;h worr: onnl‘nde fl"v_‘t‘r’rkfl"l::: North Franklin. Catch—To overtake and hold a per- [Step was heard at the door, in came |her hold it. The bird got away. Then|Way up. ennehcomo ma s inne % K son. father, and evcpybody was happy |the girl's mother ‘got another bird. At |bush in the roc] e ugl : Dilla and the Brook. Cattle—Live stock. again. first my Daddy did not want it, but I [lucky. At last E%Ei‘l‘.h‘é’rf‘fi."é‘o‘u?a Ditle loyed o Slay ATHE the Brétty BARBARA KLECAK, V, 1o. m:ed it, so it has been here ever ;:.:e ne f"’_om above. His strength was | Prook on Grandpa’s farm. She played 3 tag and would run by it till it cross- Catechize—To question people. 1 th two hulls.| West Willingto INDERS MACLAN: . |almost gone. He could not cliag to the 56 ¥ & Betton, Mape Er ABe T | ek much longer. A rope with a noose e e T was anitar ke DI And you mav zo ofi with cat for a Bunny Bright Eyes. 3 s B | e e o e | as 3 iowed .fi;o.‘,,ep ¥ grip on the rock and threw his arms | .,uid run around the little cow path. good while in this way adding] rThere was a liftle girl named Ver. d . [ - Bertha’s Cat. fito the moose. The rope i You Aesvieine: gla who used to carry the milk to her| (.o day a little girl named Bertha |Sray “visnt about his body and newd e s (D8 Lover Tl the: brvek Now select another sapdmma. e O O R e e |y Sanut stost his I a 2 played it was hiding from ot 5 el R s P Jlittle Tabbit, Ono day while she was|Deard _a_ ecratching and meowing |’ He was drawn up over the rocks to| "y o b0 Lo e trees ana CUIE T Sew Smehuny: going tc. bring the milk to her grand- |50UAd. - She lboked behind her and|(he summit. quite unconscious. Years be brook she wosid Jasgh et d saw no signs of a cat or Kitten. She|afterward he became a man of dis ek & boo! 1 ke you Catamaran—A boat wi on bended knee fingers warm He, th-n raised Tl three-lettered blow my “What's a little thump on the hea Concave—Hollow and curved. e s twgetii: 1 Ul ey Conceal—To hide—to disguise. M he run . very quickiy and Saw. the|KePt up her walking until she heard |finction in his state; but nen any of | "l \WRENCE GAUTHIER, Ase 12 For a skater bold like me!" : g:::moxr;?rceieali :tc:)r;:;h — hest little white nb:;ll that ever lived. < his friends asked Colonel Pepper about Brooklyn. And th h 1 glided E 1 . nd then he up and glided awa Condor—One of the biggest of birds. | e e’ SC7Y 2nd tapped the| o7y Litten. She picked it up e R R I Wb and elided sy % She did not go away for the little |T2[ home to her mother. boy’s foolish adventure.” She Had a Gay Time. s To just notice how words are build- | rabbit would have skipped, so she eall. Hier mother bs:id e TR e NO NAME. | Dr::’r Tiatie S0 20 Tather Ray ltwo “Bully boy!" he said, “Youll yet ed we will select another: ed for her little brother, Petef, and |Lil It 8rew to be a large cat, and then SaSsas gy i Dick is black. This Strathit; . 3 2 she could do whatever she wanted to LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. is sorrel. c} ck. This And show'em how to cut a fig're MAN—A male human being. told him to bring it home. do_with him. 3 % morning Dan hurt, himself with his w. A "p. Manful—To be brave. ey migh ad m. wh. th. her mother told her that. Bertha o ‘We have four calves and ten cows. | He took his skates and away he hied | s — — Mane—The hair on the neck of a|Pen the very same day. en moth- | amed the cat Beauty because it had | Dear Uncle Jed: I think the Wide- | The calves are about six months old. To the pond in pasture plot. ’ at on his sled and then he ey er asked what they would call him, [yencs “Op e L RS PECRREE Awakes may be interested in my visit| My father is very busy and will be al “Bunny Bright-Evyes. = g to New York and Long Island. AN winthr. Slganink Ut to0s Tooui e | o G A e e e i Mango—Fruit of the mango tree. Vergia sad: HAZEL JONES, Age 10. Manse—Home of a minister. LAURENCE GAUTHIER, Age 12. Colchester. - My father, brother and I left Christ- urge wood-Iot cut off by Mr. Geist- : Brooklyn. mas day on the New London boat for | harat. 3 New York. We arrived there in the| "We children went sliding on the ice To close we Will take anothe@ little i T it ek Ne e e el e nt siiding e v it # morni , Dec, 3 . e in our meadow. e lots o 'un TRt phe Wi My Sl o Waji- Have any of the Wide-Awake girls [L1o(her's house and staved until the | i1 “one Httie B0y fell dowe and pon OFF—In the distance. ‘When I was about nine years of age, | or boys ever noticed the different shapes | next day. Then we left for Sea CIiff, gan to cry so we went home. Offense—An insult.’ T went to visit my grandmother 4n |of the frost? o : Onie Tittle boy stayed and played wigh ONietate = R0 pregide: Maine, whom I had not seen in five| 1t is réal nice to see how many of| ‘I ‘wonder if any of the boys and|me fill dark and -them went home. Offset—A wall. 3 years. = I left Norwich about seven |the different designs you can And If you |girls have ever been to New York?| I went down to my grandmamma’s Offside—Side to right of driver. o'clock in-the morning and reached my |are interested in them. It not, they want to go. It wbuld take | for Thanksgiving. I went to the moy- Don’t COllgll Au lellt destination about midnight. Take a magnifier and hold it over|ipo long to write all I saw, so I had |ing pictures and to see my aunt, and Offing—Deep water off shore. ight. = z _ Ty com- |the frost; but you must look quick, for | petter tell ahout my visit to Long |where she works. It t h, ks This is'a way to make study pleas- I went to Cape|the heat from the magnifying glass ?',land v My father did not come after us be- r:::::._‘b'n kcep.y;::n.e;:l:’:d '.1‘1’.;,: ant, to get;a command of words and beth. where I went thraugh many | melts it. - father and I stayed at the Sea |cause it stormed. We had a gay time My mily from sleeping. Besides, you o o A S bulldings. - Then I went to the White| Now, for instance, look at the win- |Cliff hotel while on our Visit. When | that night and did not go to bed very ily t oith o sl i Mountains. When we were going over | dowsill outdoors. 1f you have =0arp | we came home school had begun, so I | early. can casily stop i Excercisés of this kind in play will |a trestle many feet from ground |eyes you will not nmeed a magnifying | had to begin my studies, too, DORIS L. GRANDY, Age § |giaias ont Happlly he stood right up! | Foley’s Honey and Tar. make you a prize winner in school. I looked down and saw a man and wo- |glass, for g’nu can see the dmflerent BORGE KLEIN, Age 12. Yantic. o Not long c,,':‘,d ’h.. upright stay— A stendard family medicine Shmany shapes, such as crosses, stars, and you 2 s > e 7 : g can even see the outiines of flowers m | D oo™ & His Firat Journdy. His feet spread out when he went {0 yearsstanding for Iagrippe and bronchial - them. Many of them are very pretty- Only Missed One Day. Once there was a little boy who was | From himself he seem'd running away. w“fl“m“’"'";;;‘; :5:&"‘;"' ::d"'t:; T wish some of the Wide-Awake chil- ; . Dear Uncle Jed: I Jive about a mile | oniy & few vears of age. He aid wes e rae By (el Al R Wy | oo poliesl and v anis iy dne know very well what was a journey. ' croup and ng cough. Its effect on day all term. My teacher’s name is One day his sister took him on a lit- the inflamed lini -¢ d the throst and sir Wllqfli&lylelufldflvflyn.cmm‘ 5 ETHEL’S VALENTINE PARTY ] moreTSELAEA BOYNTON, Age 15. |3 N 0y ina T like her very much | 1e mucnsy ia the traten. "is Toavercs pruae JENESE W I wouldp like to tull hym’l lmt our | through the monl):,tll-;:ll hux! came to a Pasli, | oy B 9 2 E, 2 Chri tree at school am | jittle valley in which there was a de- A - New Year’s Eve in Korea. afraid I am too late. Wwith many electric lights shining. P4 ',..,“".,":.‘.I.“..fl;,““, i dignlesd o nifht before New Years is the | will say goodbye, with love to all| Al at once he saw a bright light el s it It was.St. Valentine's Day and the | afraid you ‘Il have to 0 tobed hun- | Christmas eve of the boys and giris in the wue-Aw-xes. shining above the others and said to postman, overburdened with letters Korea. Instead of a jolly old Santa MARY DI CARLO, Age 3. | his sister: “Oh sister, I see the star of and bundles, rang the b t bell Ethel ‘was again_on - the ¥ f | Claus bringing them presents, how-| Brooklyn. - Bethlehem!” . thE: Demetmp tears, but she bravely suppressed Eu:,_ ever, they are taught to dread an ugly His sister brought him to sit on her visorously. Etbel, who had - been |This certainly was a m old Quayshin, or devil, who is lurking Charles Likes His Teacher. knees and talk of what they saw. watching at the window, had visions | Nothing but a series of ‘*ml-hnum around to stea] their nice things. Dear Uncle Jed: I live about a mile | After, when he got in the village, he Nobody had thousht of her! But thers [ Tor this occasion each boy and girl |, Dear, Uncie Jed: § live about & mie |, 0oq™ LS heer: “Pare “we in the ou ere of a large St. Valentine's Day mail, so was an_air of mystery about the hguse | has an _lh‘l, new outfit of clothes— b hill. T haven’t lived here Wfld she rushed to relieve the letter carrier | which Ethel did not quite understand. | §orgeous red jackets, great wide snow- | School on a hill ~nd : LAURENCE GAUTHIER, Age 12. gf the mall matter addressed to the Bverything seemed so dark, and evi- | white trousers padded with cotton, nice SINE Yo, W9 caumot. write Whout - the s o amily. ontly ine,arlor doors wére closed, |new shoss aintily turned up i the Pos. — — 5 : But she was not quick enough. Jack, | She could hear suppressed siggles and | toes, and gay ribbons to be worn in | ooOun, foacher has promised us B e her brother, had already opened the and noticed a lowering of |the braid of the hair which adorns the o - oy inen "un’t' or gate and was talking to the postman. his. head of boys and girls alike. 't."'udmn R e A little girl seven o eight stood be- muAnything for me?" eagerly asked Choice dainties in the way of food . o e 3 SRS s o Samiemien phas. el. 1 like my teacher because she is good > uma girl turned and d and confections are aiso prepared for hurried look and’ & in this occasion, and children are kept|t US- CHARLES RAY, Age 8. ~wm y‘o-fi please open t.hg gate for '!"ho gentleman so. Then he said No. though |awake by thel 1 But Ethel wasa't satisfied and cried, going b e b Qflm shin| Elliott. et me lool You. ‘come W~ — g7+ 3 e Bépther, Hiowsver. réfussd.- sl Pings Ao they it o iheir mice| Martha Enjoys Wide- Awul- ounu. (2 child, couidn’t You ran to mother. leaving Ethel t con- shoess on the doorsteps as usual, for if| Dear Uncle Jed: I the 0 e you ; template over her “misfortune.” Brush- best' clothes | they do the old feilow will 1ty them on | stories in The Bulletin u.nd enJoy every "Bu:nn. B e B Mo Areihd, b clawed e sir— ing back a tear, which had burned (op. 2nd they will be led Jed into bad Tuck dur- word. I always wanted to and | pain/ What the matter he could not see— s/way to her eyes, Ethel went to| As she came downstairs, everything |ing the ‘write, but am afraid I wont wln a He thought the pond was quaking breakfast. She had been forgotten. |seemed to brighten up. There wers| They must ..u an old sieve on the |Prize. My teacher has always said: JOHN A. S here th ¢ B Sas My, how cross you look,” remarked | more suppressed murmurs, and when | doorsrep Too to look into, however, | "1f you don’t at once succeed, try, try & That everything’s wrong but me! 5 R her mother as Bthel prepared for | she reached the parlor a group of her m— it is said m&;“ the numberless lit- | 28ain”—so here I am. ¢ the best in the city—a Gentleman’s school. “That is no way to start your | girl and boy friends came running up tle openings of the m will so pug- | There are three children in our fam- Smoke in every box. birthday! ~ Come smile a littl to her, shouting gleefully: “Surprise! |l the Quayshin that he will at oace |ilv. but only two of us attend school. it was Ethel's 1ith birthday, | Surprise!” and shaking her-hand and |fake himsel? sway. aud the bays ieg| 1 am very fond of ,_,u,‘ ‘and have s A et - And remember our po ox- and she had looked forward to it ever | dancing around as though possessed. girls are spared the loss of their New |read quite a few books. perts will settle your difficulties in 80 long, but nobody seemed to care. It took Ethel several minutes to com- % uck, ‘who lives near the -chool. kindly loans * X And receiving mo valentines was not | prehend the situation. her firat “migfortune” of the day, as : e our school has a Ii she called it for Ethel was at least five ! Bvidently had KATHERINE y e ‘write mo t_thin] minutes late at school, and the teach- | thought of her. 'nu- was to be real Versailles. - u‘:::tmt;mlu:: room f “'u.::-. = er told her to stay after school till she | birthday, after all. She never saw so e - Love to all 'W'Ide-A . It was & day, was. released. i many of her Young friends in MART x4 And it was after § o'clock when the |a party, all dressed up in W vy The. Netural Gridgs _ Brooliyn. nch and started. Corner of Broadway and Bath Sts. Phone 766 teacher said she could go. but by that P el une ‘“-t Deen —= " |d. M. & J. P. SWAHN time Ethel had learned ail her lessons | =~ The childre 2 for the next day and she really didn’t | ing room, and. ::::whhd.m:n i s | our ““"’ It is in Virginia, and the mind being “kept In" And, as for | their eves! The room loek: countey 1o which It in situated in call stood in the He felt o thud and then gave a vell— . l Hi twice two hundred stars— I But :I(B:w!h! ;nr all seemed well, ai ors For he had no pain nor scars. Franklin Square, 287 M.IQ PRI Telephone 551-12 those valentines, she recollected that | fairyland of beautiful Mnl. M Dr. Alired Richards B. A. WIGHTMAN she herself had forgotten to think of | the table, th her friends, and . she, theréfore, had | overladen with go“o'k* 1. a big birthday cake, ‘;‘fii 11 m‘::: looked i “’0 great bridge o DENTIST it cf-fi:‘“" Plane Tuser Office Hours: Sewvet, e . 8.2 . m130 to SO - vid no_right to expect any herself. Tthel was surprised to find Edna | candles. above. He visitors do, and tried to throw St mo y=s] 5 p. h b g b Bt Wi YOU WANT to put your bus- T el “tel. 364-2 ' mmea S':;‘ur Than through th i u o throu, o4 Wouldn’t you like to find a nice pool to paddle in? That's the way our Magazine Counter appeals to our customers. Get some of our Literary Special- “feather your nest” of e \\. i i 5t i school building, and Edna was insist- | ty! And after suppey the dge above: ent that she go to her home till sup- | had a lovely time l;‘l‘a;mg nmc:-m':: Rut the stone stopped before it half per time, despite the fact that it was [it was an hour before midnight before | Way up, and fell back, reso on quite late in the afterneon. they left for homes the rocks below. “I've got something to 'And when they had gone Ethel was | When he mwlll the dtdg:v said Edna, as Ethel re ntly ';on- aliowed to €tay up an hour later fo ever arch sented. Tt was nearly two houry fater |look over presents. And then when Ethel thought anything about|found a big bundle- of valen bome and Supper. . Then she w7 which the whole family had plouui to 7 keep from her until the very last L waiting for her when she left the| Never was the: - & as there such a merry par- ©of The Bulletin