Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 5, 1917, Page 9

the fi:nm had e ‘the house. Rules for v-un. Writers. for it means this second, not this e minute—this hour, not this afternoom’ Yantie, - “. > 1. Write plainly on one side of the | ™ JU/€ 0 OHE ST LN n P Ly A Tt ot pemcll | symbols in nature are the torgue of a | whispered swest secrets. .y ” Joan of Arc. t. Short and pointed articles will | t0ad catching a fly and, a streak of | full of the chirping and twittering of L Joan of A.:‘c was born at Domremy b‘ given preference. Do not use over lightning marking the sky. g‘l“rdfi whose songs wun.‘—.;. m o:unu stories o letters only| If you get the kindly-word and the |living. Shor- e 'fll used, kindly-smile habit you will be" pnta‘ pring, in all her fllry. had 0.. Write your mame. age and ad-| . ieca) currency all the time: 2::';, Sldinly at the bo of the} scing it now along some lines of be- | Address all communications t Uncle | havior will keep you doing It all the B Bt v, Be that! i m’ hbor spake| The squirrel i ile littl “What: are—! = squirrel is an agi ittle crea- ¥ Whatever sou ray—Be truel Just bear in mind “if neighbor spake | 'S G ore, "pushy tall, the col- “Polly Wants a Cracker” drawn by Straightforwardly aet, to neighbor. as:Love demands of all | 5 g¢ “the*squirrel sh Wililam Bowrey of Glasgo. Be homest—in fact, the rust would eat the saber, the spear | brown. Be nobody else bui you™ stay on the wall. Then cvery day very eve oods I we How | Make Candy. POET! would glisten and e would | WOOLE Setbtts were knows tidéte. e s [ B ol [ ~ e e e R S “When Willie Gess to Schoal. listen, and life would be divine!” the squirrel to become accustomed q and sewing or helping her mother with and 0 1 used this _ e ——— the man, but when he :u become ac- | piano. the ;umuwork. sbcm 'l:en' :or 1‘1'"“ ilie goe: nool, it seems E T Y WIDE- | customed to the man he came every was done she wo o the village W Nouss Fas lost ata: Hghts o e bt Saoian Tha oo Church &nd there kneel in or 5| MWotasses Candy—One cup molasses, And silence like a shadow dreams AWAKES. . In i a near- | o as & young Silicw Mg gaze at the picture of ange This |one-half cup sugar, one _tablespoon 'Ot ‘sunshine out of sight; S tame. e s I m.,y “,m . |Was her dearest pleasure. Fer com- |vinegar. onc rounding teaspoon bu'- The place assumes a sombre air n Servia. squirrel some peanuts. when 1 was 1.} panions wese inclined to jest at her|ter; boil until it hardens in cold wate And lonely musings rule When a Serviap farmer is asked|there and the squirrel put them in spaper. o i e g™ . |aevotion, but her faith held out, she CDNA DAWLEY, Age 9. The thoments slowly passing there, |how many children he has, he will|his mouth and took them to a hiding e .m": ome SBiol. T see|nursed the sick, was gentie to the| Jewett City When Willie goes to school. say proudly, “I have a little son,” and | piace. I 3 weak and young, obedient to her par- p SEEt o ther add. “and. two| He continued doing this and I be- 5 . ents, and kind to all. Digging Out a Woedchuck. We hustle him from bed and tell daughterss” < and tried to find his Joan huw the ancient propheey that| Dear Uncle Jed: A few days ago | To quickly wash and comb, is thought of bovs in Servia, and lit- There to my surprise I|iook her out and stood her on her feet. France was to be saved by a woman. | was out In the woods with my grand- His breakfast eat, and gather well tle_attention girls receive. saw a number of peanuts in the hollow | She waved the paper in her hand, say- 1 This wonderful child brooded. much father's dog when I heard him bark. 1 The books he carried home; Some men in Servia do not evem|of a tree. ang: T got itt: - Tve 1o | 8DOUL the sorrow of France. She sent |ian to where he was barking and saw We brush his coat and fix his tie, mention the girls when they are uked MARY GARDY, Age 13. “Three cheers for Jennie,” said Eliz- were -3 i ‘" out her hopes and vearnings in tears, |that he was digging in a hol d with him fuss and fool, ebout their children. They Stonington. An‘dnkh‘:. him as he hurries by— them out altogether. When Willie goes to school. men n the! C ow be quiet and go get some | L 5T Cra. Yo m 4l new ‘;fic r:re-r::,p:;;'der:u-lmug thoughts courage. When she became thirteen years old LORETTA H. PICHE. As he spoke the other lawmakers|she began to hear voices and behold Norwich. et = listened silently unti visions. As troubles in France grew The Gift Which Costs Love. lnneh” And all day long we anxious wait /1 knew there was some kind of an animal in it, 50 ] went after my Uncle Waiter. He knew where there wae an old pick and after T got it we resolved to_dig whatever that animal was out To hear his footsteps fast My Twe Dolls. EETe Jessen and the sky l“'"""“‘“ yorse the volces and visions became| 'When we got fo the hole Walter Make o sweet there at the gate Goa assist i v er again. ® more frequent and at last tol er to |started picking with the pick. e Al S hen he comes home at last! sp! R e ], That day Abraham Davenport made |y o's France to her king. ot need any shovel, for the dog could fills the | pencil. us 1 am. and{a spesch in favor of & Jaw o belp the She at last reached king and with his feet. He Tb- lonely heart with rapture hmd her. penc L am getting dre.dfhll old, nearly the king and |shovel fast enough wi a life’s hot warrings cool, ‘oad when a man is walking by OF Whetn wits 1AS the slightest use for | °00 E7 708 © o S O Smeomay wisNEskE, |Jien started at the head of tae army.|.s a very intelligent dog and his name Md -n the houss with laughter tnrml A Servian wife does not call her 1 -u pencil and it was not strange | 1", N0, SO ch" d -~ m“h HELEN - Y People kissed her feet and rments | {s Taft. When 'Willle comes from school! husband by his name. In -p..ln y thanked him for his gifts. ta Lrought her with = Yantic. and shouted for joy when they saw When Walter wanted to poke in a of him she says, “hé” or describes hi it 1 would Do & Erest mistalis 66 Biion Timlom, Der rothis o S T -~ |her. The English belleved she was a |stick to see how near the animal was Ah, World—the school that all heartsas: the son of so-and-so, and to m- suppose that these slate pencils gave | TON | Crton. To0 oroteen o o Sagar ned. witch, bfit she declared she was sent|] had to pull the dog out by the tall seek!— children she calls him, “Your fath-|no pleasure. The boy ®ad pfcked them |ave WHIBDeS —wany tmes = BU| when the cane is brought to the|by Heaven to deliver Framce. She |because he was so anxious 1o get at We know full well that you er” ANl family authority belongs tofout himself. Nobody had given him |ZVnan 1s Such & deot: She is TWERSH- | actory it is thrown upon a moving |fought and was wounded at Orieans, | che animal that he didn’t want to come ‘Will keep him long at tasks that speak | the man, vet the women are nevér{any advice about his Christmas pur- ) " age. Her face, at first, was choce- | F02dWay Which carises it to the top Of|but woit the battle and Jived, and Joan [out. Finaliy afier digging quite a dis- Of books and ferule, too! beaten or scolded. ; chases, or probably he would have Jafe SOMEUN, Dot continmal washings the mill and dreps it dewn upen two |of Arec won many other battles. tance we poked in a stick and felt God grant that in the far-off years The Serviang say,” “A house is not|bought something different. have made her a sickly vellow. Her|neavy rollers, which have teeth much| To be burned to death ‘was the fate | something biting at the_ other end He finds no dunce’s stool! based on the ground, but upon a Wo. He had used his own pennies which | nave made her & K 3 ther worn |lke ihose of an enormous fiie. The|of this wonderful heroine, Joan of | When I let go of the dog fhat time he Whereon to weep with foolish tears, |man,” and “There is né home with-|he had been savinz, one by one. The IP ot Snd red. u Ier hatr | Follers are as large as a hogshead and | Arc. She wae sold to the English by | bounded in, barking furiously. 'Then When Willie goes to school out a house-wife” = slate pencil showed love and that is|irom eating gingsr saaps. &~ Eo% ‘has|longer. They are of steel. The weight|her own soldicrs. After her death.|ne began backing out, growling ar —Oklahoman. No wonder they say this, for it is|the great thinz. Gifts that cost a|has never been combed and she crushes the juice out and the cane|men realized the wrong they had done | whining, and when he got to the ed —_— the woman who does most of the fami- | 8reat deal of money are less precious |o: F, .‘“fl‘ ) < g e of her legs, |18 crushed to a pith and so dry that it[in killing her. of the hole we saw that he was fight What the Winds Bring. 1y work of every kind. than these which cost a great’ deal mnx e, :‘nh:; dog, fl'e':l:,: ’;“ 8% I hurns easily. krom the rollers it is| 7The world has no relic of Joan. Her |ing a large woodchuck. The dog pulied Servian girl is expected St - o e ooty 19 thrown upon a meving belt Which |armour, her banner, and the picture of | the woodchuck out and began shaking (Edmund Clarence Stedman.) weave, knit, sew, embroider, cook, to ALBERT MATHEWSON, Age 9. P L ,‘l';‘"",‘, O ot saay | 4roPs it into the top of the furmace (herself have all disappeared. She is|him, the woodchuck fighting for hiz Which is the wind that brings the|go the milking, make cheese, draw wa-| Versailles. T I ert S is amd a e |that makes the steam to squeezs the lone of the few for whom poet and |iife. cold? ter, nurse the sick, migd the children. A chice 1o M Etied o o '"’"’:m‘;‘;"‘ ‘“‘km T|iuice out of stalks yet to come. romance can do little. As there is| Fipally the dog. after killing the The morth wind, Freddie; anl all the | Byt ‘there is more to women’s work itchen in New England. v cm e Agecoe . Mg l";‘id 8 ce| .The juice is poured into a trough|nothing in her iife tha: needs to be | woodchuck, started home with him in snow; than that in Servia. She also learns| The kitchen of the New England|Painted his chocolate colored = ¥acelsnout a foot wide: It is so aweet that |hidden or adorned, we see her best in |Lis mouth. He came back to us with- And the sheep will scamper into the to" make shoes, reap with @ sickle, | household was the chief apartment, | W) buiid haystacks, tend the sheep, pigs.|&nd the ceiling was rarely seven feet | SiEht now. g When the north begins to blow. and cattles help in threshing and |high. But then despite tneir 1onu;, 1 | weeding and make the earthern-| From the joists hung bunches offspent many happy dggs .5'"“‘ C The water is carriéd by the pipes| Stonington. Which, is the wind that brings the |ware for the household, without a|herbs, seed-corn and long strings of |Dinah and George Washington 3 into large tanks where it is bleached —_ potter's wheel. She does it all, and |drying apples. coln who ll‘gé?sfl;" xr?xf:u;n 15, |by running sulphurous actd zas LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. it is sickening. It looks like dirty|the clear and searching light of his- nave | ishwater, bu: the pure white sugar | tory. W2k | comes trom it MARY PENDLETON. 80 get him, and I followed. the groundhog in the water. He out the woodchuck. 1 wanted him to bring him home, 60 I told the dog to ed me to a little rivulet and there was The dog had received.a féw bites on Tfie souln wind, Katty: and corn|geems content and willing also to car-| In the better buildings the walls i through it. The gas makes it bubble the nose, but that was all. 1 think will grow, ry every sort of burden on her head,|were plastered and white-washed.| Taftville. and yeliow foam rises to the top and M-y. Party. that groundhog came out of his hole And peaches redden for you to eat, even in winter when the snow is too|The furniture was plain. There was a The Dark D. is skimmead off. Thén lime is put into| Dear Uncle Jed: One day my mother | this sprinig rather early, Fon't you~ When the south begins to blow. deep for horses to draw loads. dresser on which were the pewter O the tank to eettle the dirt and remove |:0ld me I could have a party and ask CLAUDE ROBINSON, All this 1s largely because Servia, |dishes brought over from England,| On day in May, more than a hun-|th. acid. : : ome of my fri - Which is the wind that brings the|g Christian lang long under the -hard |and which the colonists .valued very |dred vears ago, Comnecticut had What| The boiiing is done in huge copper| Mo fathe riends to come. My father put a swing up for me. Norwich. rain? Turkish rule. The men go fightingjmuch; a spinning wheel, and proba- | was called “The Dark Da: kettles or vats It flows ffom one e Tt e A 2 3 Old Giory. The east wind, Arty: and farmers|ang all the women work all alone. If|bly a loom for weaving. 1In every| The sun rose high and tie sky waslvat to the ocher Erowing clearer and | o'cick 1o ihe wareramor Urday At 2| o Uncie Jodr Ot Glory, a popular™ know a man dies, the eldest son must ‘take | kitchen there was = large, wooden |clear. About noon it began o BroW |thicker and has turned Light yelow. My mother wrote the invitations for | ame for the American flag, was first That cows come shivering up the|up alj tne responsibilities of the[clock and an open fireplace. dark; a black cloud seemed to cover| It ig put into = vat, the half-sugared |ine. appiied in 1821 by a Salem, Mass. 1ane - head of the family and care for all the LORETTA H. PICHE. |the earth. It grew so dark that theimolasses with it, and needs only the| ibout ten of my friends came. Skipper named Wilisth Ditver, who When the east begins to blow. members. 2 ; & Norwich. people could not see their way along|drying machine to take out the sugar.| We plaved hide-and-go-seek, tag.|was at that time caplain of the brig X ) y here are great festivals ea ear — e street. § The mixture is whirled around at|drop the handkerchief, and we jumped | Charles D t. . Captain Driv Which is the wind that brings ‘1<|in every Servian home. Christmas, Spring. Everyone became frightened. Some |great speed against the fine meshes of mpf iy i 2 % S a""'f-lslr‘éf‘.fiw St:p’:n’:l;:‘l'larle:fl.:lwl:: flowers? 4 soft and | Ester and the Slava Feast. or feast| Spring is here! The winter months [thought the end of the world had come a sievelike vessel. The molasses pass- [ My mother toid me to tell my friends | time of bestowing the name Old Glory The west wind, Bessy; and soft a of the clan, to which it belongs. Then |are over and gone at las:. The pussy |and they knelt down and waited. es leaving only the sugar which isfto come into the house and have|on the flag he was preparing to shape = Tow ¢ : there arc Prelos, or spinning bees, in| sillows are out. Next will come the| In the old'state house the wise men |packed in barrels and sent away lunch. the brig's course to the Southern Pa- The birdies sing in the summer|the ter when the girls of a neigh-|ypring flowers, including forget-me- | Were sitling. When the darkness MILDRED GRANDY, Age 11 She had a box on the table and had | cific. DR i o borhood meet and spin in some house | nots, dandelions, and other flowers. 1I|c¢ame thoy, too, began to be afraid.| yantic, pini ribbons to each place at the ta- | Just before the brig left Salem a When the west begins to blow. for the hostess. She gives them a[think it is such fun to search for|One said, “It is no use to make laws ple. and we pulled the ribbon and each | young man at the head of a ty of o2 INNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS,|Supper and the young men come, t0o, |dowers in the gvoods and field: for the;v will pever beDnegaed - My Pet ten. bad a handkerchief on the ribbon. friends saluted (aptain Driver on the THE W “land bring flutes and banjoes, playing| We have a flower chart in our school| At last Abraham Davenpor rose ve a2 little kitten whpse name MAY LECRAW, Age 10. deck of his vessel and presented him e e and singing: and the one who brings one kind of | from his seat, and said in a clear, i Erookiyn. with a and beautifully made 1—E. T. Libby. of Dry Mills, Me.—| "Servia has many hvmns and pa-|flower first geis his name on the steong voice, “This may be the last o e e Ak crinee S By imer K Tom Garfieid at Sea. It which all voung men|chart. gem but I do not know if the se believe taike her to Boston. The Wormweod Hill Fort It was 2—Katherine Gorman. of Versailles|k . The birds will soon come; in fact, |$nd of the world has come or not. and [Jhd Make believe take her to Woston. e X F i ncle Jim's Bible Stories. At Easter the games and amuse- : robm every mieriting snd Whiis me up. §o D0, Ubcls Jed: . In the morning} iy Gior to the South stk Wiseaalt of TYantic— €ep up almost a . week, with -{when 1 get up, that is, when 1 have |p. L ’ —Helen isneskie, of Yanti Keep ur s 3 3 After that she would crawl ontofpiignca sas breakfast, T il the wood. | P2Cific and years afier, when old age Fielding .and the Gypsies. outdoor sports and indoor meetings. i i ehed Ay Dreshiast, 5 1 " woods d b % ¥ i 1 Ruth & qutdos e i S my: pillow and purr a few minutes and | pox: then I feed the chickens. After B e o mh SRR &4, e 4—Gabriella_ Bujak, of lansfield e s e e e b E then crawl under my quilts and 80| na: | play with the dog. Then I go |lréasured the flag as an oid friend. Qenter—Ryth Fielding' at White House | of it mow ana then: LITTLE MARYA AND THE BABY YAGA EoSieen- - to school. 1837 Captain Driver removed to Pm-nM chie " GABRIELLA BUJAK, Age 13. When I get up she will fellow me 5—Margare! arry, o i Ruth Fielding in Moving P ! 6—Elsie Riben, of Mansfield Center —Tom Fairfield’s Luck and Pluclk. Up at school we are buiiding a stone = out to the kitchen and then 1 feed her. 1 ry p d of. Mansfield Centes A Russtan Fairy Tale. My kitten plavs out doors in the| i nay for ine 'r;ug“vlm‘ne. kg z nasturtiums, and when she -sees |y, hin THay Tor G woct areund bt B i me she will S to_another bed of (hoeog'u( \IVE] h:\)e a !‘0: fense. They are flowers and hide. Then I would run|yig jogs which were left over when is an interesting game which south, Old Glory was flung arecze eve, to Nushviile, Tenn., and died there ir 1886. Previous to the outbreak of hostilities between the north and the 1 ; day from the window of Captain Driver's house, but when the _Marian Bendleton, of Stonington |requites strict attention and sKill. Be ‘aga,” vou must know, is a| Meanwhile. the cat had taken|to ‘he fence and back and my Kitten e "0 | confiict began it was kept out of sight he Boy /Scouts Under Sealed| Have twe boys lie on the floor so|Russian term for a witch who is said | Marya's place at the loom. The Baba | would follow me several times that|soms, Men Were building a fence | i General Nelson's wing of the union Orders. that one of the boy's head is at the| o live in the deep, dark forests, and | Yaga iooked in at the windo “Are | gax et i dm“]‘ 2 ¥®|army appeared at Nashville, when Can- $—Mildred Grandy, of Yantic—Dare |other’s feet. to do all kinds of wicked and cruel|you weaving, my pretty one? she | " After that we would go to the house | wWhen I bring my Jatich to sehool I in Driver presented it to the general Boys in Virginla. Select u referee. whe will do the P o T S N B el : v giq |#nd I would ask her what she want-|jace more fime £o buitd the hut, be- 27, to be hoisted on the hy o . |counting. A% the count of “on Aarya escaped safely from a “Baba 1 am weaving, dear Granny,” said|eg and she said, “Meow, meow." then cauge T don't have io walk home and B was run up and Captain The winhers of prize books living in |fie referee, the boys raise the rony | Yaga. the cat. P e e 1 Driver did the hoisting. the city may call at The Bulletin busi- | that is on the inside, At the count of | MAarva’s mother was dead, and her! The Baba Yaga kueg that this was BLSIE WOLLISCROFT, Age 3. I iike to bring my dinner, any- ness office for them at any hour after | “gwo» th A = ted. | father had married again. His new |not Marya's voice. She rushed in, and| x, 16 a. m. on Thursday When the word fhres” s eiven | Wife disliked Marya and longed to be |began to scold the cat and the dogs| | Ort} Windham. o s o e imw “ouem | id of her. She was always trying to|and the door for leiting Marya & TWe have two recesses which are 15 mirutes each. We build some every s cherighed flag ¢ _name and history soon became - to all the soldiers in General Capiain name Old ' A 2 3 vex the child and do her harm. Then the cat replied: “You never An Old-Time Sch recees and during the noons and morn- | Giory was extende % ; LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT e P ot S oy throws | ™ Now,- they dwelt far away from save me a bone, but she gave me ba-| About a hundred vears ago there | inEs ) we | to s Torite ey Y i Pie ~ Reland Maurice, of Baltic—I thank| I would like to heve some of the|9ther folk, on the borders of a great|con. lived a schoolmaster named Thomas| Four boys belong to the fort. We E. T. LIBBY. Sou very much for the prize book | Wide.Awake boys try this game ang | Pine forest. The ngarest neighbour : “You never gave me|Peters. The boys called him “Old Pe- |have a long window on the south side| pry yfjje, Me. Whicn T won. 16t e Know R e o it s o e Ton s ot aben e 220 | hen e e a amalier window on the T - o o r e sai ou never gave us|and he knew 2 grea of tin v I ; . PSS s, Sk Tenviue L wish -l I e (aB2in®t | on one les. " |a crust, but she gave us rolis.” 2nd Greel He tasght for six months | west side. We have a pair of hinges Dea ]5" & .m?";’ ?,‘"' to thank you for the prize book. Boy $5 &iclens oaine 4 One day her stepmother said to lit- Upon this, the Baba Yaga, full of |in the year and the rest of the time |On the door, and also we have a win- | "0 ) el In the morning 1 Scouts Under Sealed Orders, which T|is s clean game. = 12. | Yo Marva: “Run, child, to the Baba|rage, jumped into her carriage, which |hunted and flshed. 8o he was just as [dOW in tho door. The door is on the kit Aol ek _sad have m received. BrocRra - Age Yaga, and ask her to me a nee- | was shaped like a chemist’s mortar or | good 2 hunter as a teacher. east side. Pt e ter my breakfast I un- - Be Badi o Rark: ot thresar bowl: and with the pestle she pushed |- In those days the schools were not| Just now it is wet inside the fort, | 00 Y hair and comb it to have it UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- 4 . Little Marya dared not disobey; but|her way through the forest. As she|as good as they are now. The school |SO that we cannot sit inside. But in mo"eg ;”d’;; 0"”~ sweep the bed- AWAKES. The Miracle of Blossoming. she was full of fears, and as she went | went she swept away With a broom |here Peters taught was built of logs | the eummer we eat our lunches in the | [UGR1S SO0 % (he ;'";:’T‘"fdtlh‘un the » The twenty-first of March had come | through the forest she wept bitterly.|all traces of her flight. and had only one room, one door, and |fort I think we will build the fence |, .7, v 7 oo codid, ';ntl";dndqzo lAv = s and sone. Indeed, it was® flve wet,| A wise woodman met her—one Whbi Little Marva ran on before her about seven feet high. The fort is Legal currency is ~coln or paper|iiuaqy days ago since the sun had | hated the Baba Yaga—and when he|tnrougn the forest, and after s time| ohe moor was made from plne|about three fee: hign at the highest money with the seal of the govern-|passed the tropic of Cancer. But| heard her story, he told her whi? she|she fancied she heard a sound. She |bosids Lod the homms stselr ons mane|part. ment upon it—so are kind words and | Where was Spring? Everyone was|must do. Thesé were the wise Wood- | put her ear to the £round, as the ca: |of sows. Hetween the lons were otiome EDMUND CANTOR, Age 12. I take them few minutes later [ go to the bedroom and dress my, baby sister and brother nto the dining room and give them their breakfast. After they : 4 disappointed. The children filing out | man’s words: Bad told her; &nd them, quite pintuly, Mansfield Center. o : smiles when they have upon them the | o *\RI°0 %0 7 riclc sehool buliding | | “The dogs would tear you to piects | she heard (he Baba Tegs coming 5o | 2nd clay to keep out the cold A large have finished, T clean the tibie, wash stamp of an honest hean.d And kind excla;‘med indignantly -td the few | —you rllldust fl;r;w them mlls.l The | ghe flung down her towel, and lo! it m‘.”’mhm Harold’s Chickens. Places and sweep the "‘(;"D’r" in their words and smiles have done more|snowflakes that fluttered down. And | cat would scratch your eves out—you | hecame a river, rushing along be- N S e ] e N Sk ot s T2 Ty the feer. 3 seibelimés for men and nations then|the cliifidren troopimk adc 6 tiie spopcimies Eve T isoon. The Soor Weujtween her and hec o drz?\' Sudied. oan:;od”:ua lu:n:-C ol | dozen chickens. Tvery morning T feed | finished with: the bacy Fers [Ave nol legal currency could ted white country schoolhouse shouted | creak and bang, 30 You must oil its| When the Baba Yaga reached it, she | Peters scemed mad. One day he came | them corn, meal and scraps thai we|help them. After we have finisped TAE as had the children in the nearby city | hinge: was wild with anger. She.saw littls o 5 r 5 ~ our. Tac e ey Men search through life for a gold the sight of the snow. And the| Little Marva thanked him and went|Marya on the further Bank: but the| "i% W school room and said: =~ = B O e miic. anelis avd| o TAiouy faces’ &d i nands again mine they never find when they might | poor unwelcome snowflakes could not| on her way, and by and by she camelriver was too wide to cross. She had create a kindly habit which would be |understand. ~Why only in November|to the Baba Yaga's hut There it|to go back and fetch ten yoke of oven. | *"&ry, °pe. Vjam = o g e B | e, of by, wichana: ard: good: lay: oats to make them and go. Our school is not far and we & 5 b it 80 home for lunch. 1 eat my lunch « blessing to them and others all the | {h°, children, h;durelwmed them eof e, ppiniii; on Rtu one cyffi:'kdhu‘. The oxen drank up every drop of the | ,vine “31g Peter, Olg Peter.” The |ers; the others don't lay very good, ex- [and them clean the house and wash = Joyfully radually their number|and at sight o e cl s heart|water; but by that time little Marya|gov P8 o0 St o him cept three brown leghorns, which lay |the dishes and go back h days of their lives and all the days of | dwindled until they had all ceased to| sank. Yet she dared not Towol s oo woas cher and gave s 4 D o L ohen:. eternity. fail. ‘without the needle and thread; so she| On again went the witch, and on | YBIPPIng and made one boy hold a Dl’;lh!i' f!-"re.e oot s T i ha?’.h:...lu;?me t‘mm‘_ Ir‘t:;n school 1 Erarsity is a big word for us to e | The children walked home to their| stepped timidly towards the hut, and | erars hor ran Hitie Marve. She put e e e A el netts 6o tREC T Wom't UG | the kouse and read Doske T OesB dinners in groups of twos and fours.| as she drew near it ceased spinning to thi d, others laughed. and Uncle Jed does mnot know of a0} Gear Sighed one girl, “ do wish | and stood still. She opened the 00 | ng hanrd the Babe Yase coming. Trig| This is one way they were punish- word in any language which stretches | Spring would come. It's so dull now.” | and went in. ed long ago. their eggs. g I have one old hen sitting on 15 When my sister comes home from the mill she gets the table ready and out like this word. He once heard a i was the answer, “you see the “Good morning, Granny,” said little PR é;\n’am EVAN, Age 12. fl'fi‘ expect them to hatch about :fl::u :;l(hd:‘i;’-c;):v;ydg’—‘:n?:f ;h:[:’ly God-fearipg and man loving preacher | S¥ ft's- Speig., ¥ "k se ) ARG sl S I chase my chickens in every night |says it is no: nice for me for 1 am say “If every grain of sand upon all|for Spring is in the air! > gnawed its way. s A Brave Rescue. wh.nu(h'y dun':h':r‘lit to 'z° in. zl(hu’ m:rfl'.l :l‘).l;;euch things. i a il o 't W o T everyoi - the coasts and deserts and islands of | Instantly things srew brighter The| *T have d mle o borrow a needle|®'wrlcn tne Baba Yasa reachea this| There once lived in New York s =1L Ol soowter tiat Gdewi’t want to gn | Afer Suppes everyone soes to bed, the world was Scounted assa miliion ;:rz%.:T;n :{;Wd fl;"t & n':' and a hank of 2 spot, she was so mad with rage that very small girl nine years of around the barn a couple of times.|the work. Then we read books and vears when every grain has been|qlouds, who, in turn, teld it to the | weave, meantime As she spoke, the|51S Fould not turn back = With teeth “‘..,y' LS SeTen e o e e e T aat hoar op | 50,13 bed, counted eternity has only just begun.|sun, all in their own way and lan- | Baba Yaga rose from the loom where fandy she to force a path. and see if there is any more cggs. Some nights when I am not sleepy the i One ‘when her mother was gone It is such a far-reaching word, vou|Buage. Old Xing Sol was so pleased [she had bsen weaving, =Marva took f;‘;k::"h“_"::'mm(‘,"m"m ““" e N e itn her sigterand| After I get throush with them I get I_wash the dining room and kitchen he smiled. yes, smiled his very bright- |her place, and the Baba Yaga went wood and do my other chores, | fors. % see, that when you attempt to define | & “"s04 "Mother Wind sent March |out. As she wove, the girl's tears fell | SItHer €0 nor come; and for aught we |brother a fire Froke eut B e kit Teatmy supper and go tobed | |\ BLSIE RIFEN, Age 12 it you can never get farther than the|Wind back to where he came from and ;fast, for she knew she was in sore | ey Tittie" — about § o'clocl ansfield Center. beginning. called her gay breezes to take his|danger in o R et a g g HQ‘R% hflvfiv::&mcnon Age 11. TR s S i ace. v v, tl Baba Yaga lo or! nware This kindly habit of such great|PI%, Lo\l i change was being[at ihe. window: CAré veu ‘wesving. s frightened, s pudding dishes will take away brows worth is the having of a kindly word | wrought, another change, more won- my pretty one?” she asked. S % B8 and Godia. .| spots. and a smile for every one not omitting | derful taok place beneath the earth. “Oh, ves, dear Granny, I am weav- [ from + Uncle Jod: Near the foot of & those to whom most people say un-|This was tne Miracle of Blosao: "':l““r: ‘.fl"fl said Marya: and the witch went| “ige what are you now afraid?’ he ary |:arge mountain in g very lonely place g Wit the sleepy little flowers wers awak- | Little Marsa looked round and saw |35ked; and when ghe told him, he was ) ol < sl caifhidis Cuicn ibe Words which are not kind are by|ening. At first it was only a stir here [the cat. It was glaring By e p: e Sopuea it M1 bofl-hsmy oo B one Blass of English peopie called|and there. But there was a general | her, but she tossed it a bit of bacon, ok e wi ;"‘“m( e '”k“ arya by g B sl;‘ ey oatied Bob restlessness, and finally a little white | whereupon it purred. e hand, and they entered her father’s. fire 0 y 3 p “nawsty” words, and that seems to fit - o ried | COttage. There he told of all the ter- Bob had no children to play with, snowdrop awoke. Spon all her -sisters | “Help me to éscape from here,” ci s i, R S them very much better than “nasty,” | were talking together, there . bustle | Marya: so the cat gave her a towel | Fors she had dorne: and, as he spoke, taking but he amused “‘ed 'l,in pe - the regular dictionary word. aroused some May flowers and so it|and a comb. his eyes were fixed coldly and sadly which were a small- dog uncer ani e ‘ .| was until all the flowers had awak-| “Run for your life,” said the cat; | o0 her stepmother’s face. ran two snow-white geese called Snowball A rhymer of Words sang years ago: | .;oq. At last one crocus more ven-|‘but every now and agein lay your woman’s heart g and Whitey. = ¥ “If you have hard work to do, do it|turesome than the rest pushed a tiny |ear to the ground. When you hear the Z Ome bh -h- e mwn lv ying witl now! If you have a song to sing, do it | green shoot through the earth. Baba Yaga coming. throw first the|wicked plans; and from that day on- WHhil Bouncer he hear ;ar A It was Haster Sunday! We have|towel and fhen the comb between|ward she ceased to be unkind to ing a great noise. an: sow! If you have kind words to say, K o - M g s 1 e B0 a0 Kb i - |our favorite Christmas days, the|yourself and her. ‘Marya. ‘Nobody urried to sec W say them now! If you have a smile| nowy white kind. Little Marya thanked the cat; took| The wise woodman ecame often to . becaus Before Bob could think, Bouncer ran to show, show it now! Let the people A better Easter Sunday was never | the comb and the towel, and fled. The|the cottage: and when Marya grew up, across the lot in charge of a large fox round you kmow, how you love them created. The earth, following the ex- | door would have creaked, but she oiled |1 she might be his wife. |as ten peopi who escaped into the woods. v ample of the people, donned her spring | its hinges: the dogs would have torn fath his consemt. So little !wu'*m Had it not been for Bouncer, Bob ere they go! gown. Colors, pinks and blues, greens|her to pisces, but she threw them |Marya m the wife of the wise | when i sirl n 'would have had two lw. And this little word NOW is thelang violets, brightened the landscape, |rolls; and, by and by, she got safely |3 and all her after were irs MAURICE F. G , Age 13 -.:"" Horse” drawn by Raiph Olsen wuickest word in-the Bnglish languagh. | Gay blnebmu\tn “robins lent their |away into the forest. Scotland. Baltic. A