Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 28, 1917, Page 9

BOYS AKD GIBRLS DEPMH;IT Rules for Young Writers. Yo, S b pen and ink, not pencil. hert and pointed articles will ven pm«enge. Do not use over | prizes hesides the one from you one side of the the pages. ME AND MAMMY. !Meé asd Mammy know a child About my age and size, Mammy says, won't g0 to Heav- *Cause she’s so gross and wise. $he answers “Yes” and “No” just 80 [can placed them down snd the rain ‘When folks speak to her And laughs at Mammy and me “Ma’am” and “Sir” And Mammy says the reason why This ¢hild’s in such a_plight ‘cause she’s had no Mammy dear | them: afterwards we put some more To raise her sweet and right. To_stand between her and the world, With ail its old sad nofse. And give her bahy heart a chance ts baby joys. ’ draws me close to her T “The Lord be praised, |kind of a roof as on the old fort. We Here's what T call a decent- chile, it's been Mammy-raised —Harold Weeden. 'LOPEMENT. ‘When Grandma wore that bonnet, . An' Grampa wore his hat; Thér took a horse n' bugey “loped—jes’ “YTou're awful pretty!” She said, “You're brave and true.” An’ then, beneath the bonner. T think they kissed, don’t vou? Grandma’s hafr was golden, Grampa’s hair was brown, Théy ran away together, <alk of all the town. Some falks.said, “Goodne: But ffom the. sky above A méntle breeze was singin’ The song of youth an’ love. When Grand: gracious!” rad a dimple, An' Grampa's smile was gav, They tock a horee n' busgy Ap’ rode. fer miies away. they loved each other. (What do vou think o' that?) When Grandma wore that bonnet, An’ Grampa wore his hat. —Margaret UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. s here and those |, The long vacation who make hard glad: and thése who enjor going t0|make matches. At the price charged school feel sad There was 2 ago when the whole month of Au- pupils used to get most fired to death resting so Tonz. A vacation is really a needed res work harder on their other time of wor ‘but most folk vacations than the yaar and have tc do their resting when they get lome. 1v grown fo'ks who ought to These are usual- vacation ought te he a change of scene—something ‘Phree months of play and fdleness is 66 much for any one, for.all should learn something useful every day and 1t doesn’t take more than Ave min- utes, if one just getz the habit. Léts of time is wasted. and if Time lots more is lost te of time amounts to hundred miilion dol- and some one h“as esti- mated that piéces one hundred million eoin would mile high- injurious liquors ten times this money is spent every vear, dollar gold pieces from Nor- for tobacco and a pile of twenty that’ would reach nearly wieh to Worcester, Tnéls Jed hoépes the Wide-Awakes something new and useful every day during the vacation, that they may Bo to many picnics or on’ excursions, and keep open, and their minds, too. for every new and beneficial will try tr thing which Hmes duriig the summer nd must not forget that making life pleasurable for others pleasurable fo; THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKE. it makes it the -—Walter V. Gavigan, of Williman- The Battle-Ship Boys In Foreign naon, of Colchester —The OQut Door i 2—John A. of Yantic—Ethel Morton's Enterprise. 4—Qertrude Blatherwick, wich—=Ruth Flelding at the Red 6—Catherine Gettschalk, of Uncas- rille—Bunny Brown on an Auto Tour. ‘Mildred B. Ellis, of Willimantic —The Robbsey Twins s—Arlene Pearl, of Augusta, Me— Ruth- Ffelding on Cliff Island. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Louise Kovarovica of Ashford: very much for ¥00k which you sent »ading it last evening and was very nueh pleased Wwith it win another one soon. Annis Tomaskovi, hank you verr much for the prize 05k you sent me. a nies book. Rey Congdon, of Moosup: «ou very much for the prize book you ent me The Outdoor Girls at Ocean T have réad it and find it very nteresting. Frederick Kormer, of Mansfield De- I received the prize beok enti- It is a very nice wa T hope 1 shail of Eagleville: 'm very glad I led Storm Bound. wok and T find it very interesting. I hank you very much for it. Liflian Kerner, of Mansfeld Depo book entitled Bun- Sister Sue in the neglect to use these gifts, we wonder 3ig Woods, for which I thamk you Yeby much. T have fbad = oo chap- ters in it, and fi it very . I enjoy reading this kind of very much. Last week must have been my Jucky w because 1 won five of N Beatrice Ableman o g stories or letters only | phank vou for the prize name, age and ad- the botton: of the flm <communications t. Uncle Jed, Office. - “Whatever yeu Whatever:you Straightforwardly act, ‘honest—in fact, nobody else bui youw. led The Out Door of Sl:f;tp\!:fe.enltnh_ave read it, and found it very interesting. 1 like boks of outdoor girls or camping girls STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- 4 AWAKES. The Wormweod Hill Fort. We made a fort this spring. It con- tains two rooms and a cellar. The bowys who belong to it are Johnm, Claude, George, Bdmund and I. One room is Wofm the ofder. alls are made of stones. D e have a doot on the eastern side which is made out of boards nailed to- gether and hung on hinges. z “The southern side is only built haif way up. The rest is a window and we have bags put so when it ‘rains' we can't get in. There is a small window on the western side. There was quite a lot of boards, and so we made a roof out of them. Then we put a layer of leaves upon boards on so the wind would not blow away the leaves. We played in the fort. Tater we thousht we would make an addition to the old fort. . We made a door where a window used to be. Wa made a window In the southern and western walls. We made the same made a shelf and a tab’e inside of the new room, and we eat our dinners on it. Later we thought that we could make a_cellar. Bdmund got a shovel and a pick. We began to dig. Every little while we would strike a rock which we had to pull out. TWhen it was three feet deep we dug a little deeper in one end and the water began to come up. We dug down there about e foot and put boards over it: when there was a little more water we took . pail and dipped it out. There were some logs about six inches thick. We used the logs to make a floor. : In one p2ce there was a rock on the edge which we couldn’t pull out. So when we put on the logs it made a large crack. large enough. for one of us to go through. So we nailed a board on it. but Jeft a hole bhiz enough to_go. through. We made a door just big enough for that hole and put hinges on. TIn one corner we made another trapdoor about twice as large as the other. We stuffed up the cracks in the floor with leaves. We put the bazs of leaves in the cellar. We stuffed all the cracks in the walls with leaves. We have much fun plaving in the fort JOSBPH KULAGA Mansfieid Center. The Story of the Match. " What would you like to do as your life work? Suppose you wanted to now you would have to sell several hundred for a cent, and mighty good ones. too. For matches are very, very cheap. You would have to think hard and figure close. like the men_ who bu our big match factories. Match fac- es are truly wondérful in the way is done by few hands and with no waste of material. A box of matches begins with a ‘oz of wood. How can_ you turn the log into match splints without waste? It will not do to saw them, for the cuts made by the saw would take Half your log. Split them with a sharp knife? Yes, that might save wood: but it is too slow wunless done with smachinery. In a match factory they choose a log free from cross grains and knots. Only the best wood can be used for matches. The bark is chgpped off by hand and the log is stefmed so the wood will not be brittle. . Then it is put into a veneering machine twhich pares off a thin sheet of wood the whole length of the ‘0g. This sheet is the thickness of a match. The log is peeled round and round like an apple until it is all gome. ‘The slice of od is cut up into strips. They look like the veneer of which butter dishes are made. These slices of veneer are then fed linto a chopping machine that cuis them up into match spiints of the right size—millions a day. They pour out heiter skelter. nother ~machine | siraightens the splints quicker than hands could d> it. They are 1aid in blocks, with their ends éven, and no eplint ‘touching anether. Then they start on a trip which gives them a baking in_a kiln, 1o dry them. and a dip in paraffin at the end which wili have the match head. . This- makes the match burn weil. You can see the paraffin mel: ahead of the dame when vou light a match. Now the splints are ready to go to the dipping machine and get heads and be real matches, and here you will see that match heads nave become better, j too. The first matches, made lesi than a hundred years ago, had heads so poor that they were dipped into a little bot- te of acid given with each box— there was no other way to light #hem. Then came friction matches which lit on a piece of sandpaper given with each box. Then thére were sulphur and phosphorus matches <which lit when rubbed anyvwhere: but took their own time and ‘made a bad smell. Then came a safetr match that snapped and i threw eparks when Iit. Followed safe- ty matches that lit onl; LILLIAN M. Study. Almost every one of us, some time or other, have occasion to use our faculties’ for that nurpose which - is called study—the fixing of the mind closely on a subject in' order to ac- quire knowledge and inspiration. Study is not confined to the youthfu: aspir- ant of knowledge, all of us, either old or young, need to atufy—it may not be books, but it is something. Life iz a great school. We are al- ys Deing taught new lessons. Iike the schoolboy, we need to ponder over them, taking the good. rejectinf the bad, and whether we put what we have been taught into practice or not da- pends on ourselves. Man needs to study all the time; when he ceases to study he ceases to live. that ix, he stops getting what he should out of life. Now the schoolboy or schoolgir]l has a great space to cover: his or her work is confined mostly to acquiring book knowiedge, the wisdom of = the ages past, inherited from the world's great minds. Wider flelds of study, for ex- ample, human nature, metaphysics and theology, as well as the more complex problems of the dav, are left for the more mature man and woman. - Children, however, have a great dea] to do, but, sad to say, many do not do their ‘work as they should. When we stop and think how wonderful that power is that has given us such great facuities, and then see how so many (and they had Jocko was very fond of going into the galley or kitehen and stealing a hot cake from the burned. his as many x we see about us? How can & it themseives with sitting idle and g the other fel- low ido it? mfi they refrain from why do they per- | mit n.?'fi- of ambition out and | cast their talent: without a mo- ‘ments’ conside: The will cover of these questions is simply this: Man has ceased to be ; he. is content to leave the other fellow not only do his work but even to create his thought and make his religion. He has perm the in- struments I B by dheiapetum o ©0ld and rusty from disuse. _If you are one who treats life a& an y series of experfences, if in your studies you see on’y worth tasks which must be done because regilations require it, Stop! Wake up to the realization that you are some- body—that these things are fruths which are to be applied. As soon as you, stop looking on your work as im- posed drudgery, as soon as you begin o see that your lessons are to be of riceless worth later, the better will the result all around. Think of what you are studying for. What's the message you want to give to tlg world? Are you utilizing your facui- ties and opportunities in a manner which is helping you gain vour desire? ¥ not, why don't you? Think this over and then sit down at your books, open them, begin the work assigmed. keep vour mind concentrated on the| thing ‘vou have in hand. If adverse thoughts come, if you are tempted to play, dispei them without a mintte's notice. Say to yourself: “I am ztudy ing for a purpose, not wasting valtablas uu':e " Apply this in all things, view all in the light of utilization, and when you have finished the work assigned don’t be so foolish as to think all over, take up something else, be it piay or work, do something., and above all don’t give up studyin WALTER V. GAVIGAN. ‘Willimantic. My Garden. 1 have a garden of twenty square yards. I am going to plant vegetables in it. T have planted the garden and all my vegetables have come up. I think T am going to get a price for my garden that I pianted this spring. ISADORE POLLACK, Age 11. Gurleyville. The Story of an Oak Chair. It was a rough windy night outside and the rain was coming down. Every one in the house was asleep. The oak chair and the table were having a con- versation. “What a stormy night it js said the table. ‘Tm glad I am in here,” said the chair. “I have seen many nights like these,” said the chair. “I should like to hear vou teli your life story.” said the table. The chair began: Many. many vears ago a lavge oak tree was growing in the fields near a house. One stormy night like this many acorns were tossed down by tie wind. The next day I was picked up by a little bby who was walking through the fields. I lay in his pocket about a week. Later I was dropped near a great forest. Many vears passed beforc I was_cut down. When I was small I had to go through many nights like these. One night in spring, jt was very stormy, one of my branches broke. “Did it hurt?” asked the tabie. Yes. it hurt me very much. and it ite a while before I began to grow. After about two years 1 was again injured by a storm Years passed and I at ‘ast became sirong. Many people cante to rest un- der my branches. At one time people were having a picnic under ms nches. 1 could hear them say: “Doesn’t this tree give nice shade This 1 was very glad to hear. But mzany vears later I was cut down and taken ‘to the factory, where I was shaped into this form. I was sold to these people and here T have’ been .over since. MARION DEUTSCH, Age 13, Baitic. The Frightened Bird. On the top of our back porch is railing where a robin made a nest in which were born little robin red- breasts. Whenever we put the porch light on the mother bird would jump out of her nest, shriek wildly and flap her wings: therefore, we tried to get along the best we could without the light. Omne night T dropped some money oh the porch and. being anxious to find it. I put the light on. The robin flew from her nest and circled about my head, shrieking loudly in the mean- time. The lizht was put out immada’- ately. The next morning moth and baby birds were gone and neer came back to dwell in the nest on our porch. HBELEN R. KLINGON, Age 13 Colchester. Sympathy. Outside vas snowing hard, and the teacher considered it her duty to warn her charges. “Boys and girls should he very care- ful to avoid colds at this :ffne,” she said. solemnly. *“I had a darling ltt'e brother. oniy seven years old. One dav. he went out in the snow with his new sled and caught eold. Pneumonia ®et in and in three days he was dead.” A hush fell upon the school room: then a youngster in the back of the room stood up zud asked: “Where is his sled JOHN A. B Yantic, Age 10. At One Dora was a little irl six years old. She loved her dear mamma very much but she had one fault which made her mamma very sad. If her mamma told her to get the scissors she would say “Yes, mamma, in a minute.” If she was asked to do an errand, she would say “In a minute.’ Dora had a pretty pet canary. She was very fond of the little bird because it could sing «o sweet’-, If Dora called it, it would leave its cage and nop about the room. One day Dora_opened the cage and called her bird. Dora's mamma told her to ciose the door, for the &at might come in and kill her bird. ‘Yes, mdmma, T will in a minute,” said Dora. Just thes the cat czme in and_ took birdie hetween its eharp teeth. If ev- eryone had not hurried the little hird would have been killed. - As it was, they were all greatly frightened, but :he scare seemed to cure Dora of her raut. - Now. when reguested to do =ome task, she remembers dear littie Dicky and “what might have been his fate and says “Yes, mamma, T will at once.” JESSIE L. BREHAUT. The Sly Monkey. Many years lago the good ship Eu- ropa sailed from Liverpool for Boston. ‘éfore the ship started a little monkey came on poard and hid behind some barrels. He kept very stiil until they weére a long distance from the shore. Then he came from his hiding place and run ali about the deck. He found a piece of knitting which the captain's wife had left on deck and began to ravel it. > ‘When the captain heard that a mon- key was on the ship he was greatly di€pleased, but the wiilors were glad, ahy 00 Jset out to find this magic fountain % e g o 2 into the ovem and m after him. Poor litt’e mon- oven was very hot and in a he began to scream and strike the oven door with his little hands. The cook had a big pile of dishes. in his hands and the noise startied he ampped tham and ‘many of them were broken. ed the oven door I:fl pul ST but he was badly burned. e doctor was sent for and he rolled him e iiors flnm*m. ‘when he was that she wou! Jumj ocean, the greatest of all the oceans of the globe, which we call the Pa- c opan- led Jocko out ‘were very good to Joeko he was il and fed him Iike _baby till the doctor took off the ban- ‘when he was free, into the gailey again im a lesson . Jocko was but he never for fhis had h o e A BCLLTY AN, Age 11. Colonel and Midget. “Mrs. Clark, Coionel won't stand up exclaimed John, the coachman, as he opened the door In answer to a ““Come in” “Can he be ili?"" asiked Mre. Clark. “1 wili come to the stable imrmediate- Clark's favorite She could drive him, as he wis always gentle. When Mrs. Clark entered Colonel's stall she spoke to him in a kind voice, but he responded by only looking into his mistress’ eyes. Midget. the this_morning,” Colonel was Mrs. pet cat, was gonme, who bad always siept in Colone’s feed box. must be il phone for Dr. Paine.” Mrs. Clark knelt down to pat the horse and there in the hay, something moved. “John, come here. animal in the hay. cried Mrs. Clark. As soon as these words were spoken in strolled Midged, who walked to Col- and in ‘a motherly way said There is a liyt See what it i onel’s side, “Me-ow! me-ow! ‘Colonel answered by putting his nose into the hay, three baby family and Colonel was the guarde- He knew he could not rise with- out crushing the small creatures, so he had lain as still as possible. Mrs. Clark and John stood a moment looking at each other in surprise:. this time they discovered that Dr. Coonel needed, but a basket for Midget and her babies. ; The market basket was partly filied | 2nd cried: . with fresh hay and a blanket laid on e iack’ Co and see what ailk : then John carefully kittens and put them in their bed. LEONA SULLIVAN, there were Molly Pitcher. lived in New Jersey. She took an important part in the battie of Monmouth. artillery man. 16 he in battles, and followed her hus- band on his marches. the sun was shining very was bringing water for trip to the spring band killed served the She was civen a commission 2 sergeant and she was called Captain For her good work in the revolu- she was given half pay officer for the rest of her life. SARAH RABINOWITZ, Age 8. Ponce Ds Leon's Balboa and De Seto. The Indians on the West India Is! and belicved that there was a ~Tondor- in a land to the west of They said that if an old man should bathe in its water, they would make him a boy Ponce De Leon, a who was getting gras ful fountain Spanish soldier, and wrinkled, that there was more for_ he fun in being a boy than growing old. He did not find the fountain and so hatr grew grayer than ever and his Weinkles"ren: dscper. But in 1513 he discovered a land bright with flowers, which he named Florida. He took pe lon of it for Spain. The same year another Span.- jard, named Balboa, set out to ex- plore - the 1Isthmus of Panama. One day he climbed to the top of a very high hill, .and discovered that vast JOSEPH H. MITCHELL, Age 11 Mystic. - The Puritans. The Puritans came to this country t6 worship as they pleased. They lived in log cabins and they had to make their own clothes and raise their own food. They raised cattle and horses, but they had no wagons and they had to_ride horseback. They thought jt very sinful to wear bright colors and if ‘anyone did the deacons of the church talked to them about it. 1f anyone was out after 9 o'clock at night they were arrested d fined, They were not allowed to be out after sunset SBaturday. nights, for their Sunday began Saturday at sunset. Early Sunday mornings they went to church. Everyone was supposed to go. It anyone did not he was arrest- ed and punished, In church the men sat on one side of the church and the women on the other. The boys sat on steps around the pulpit and there was a man with : long stick near to keep them in or- er. Meeting lasted all the forenoon. At noon they had time to eat their din- ners and tham church hegan again and lasted all the afternoon. The Puritans did not have very good schools.. Boys and girls both went to school. but the girls only jearned to read and sew while the hovs learned to write and sometimes GLADYS YOUNG. went to college. Moosup. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. ' In Just a Minute. Dear Uncle Jed: Have you ov heard a small hoy or girl answ “Just a minute!” “Wait a minute! Such a boy was Jack. Jack had a beautiful canary bird. One day Jack went in the next room and left the door from the bird cage open. Captain Jack’s kitten was left in the room and as soon as he saw his opportunity he jumped up on the table and put his paw in the cage. He frightened the hird which made such a noise that Jack’s mother heard it the bird.” Jack who was plaving with his toys answered: “Just a minute!” and con- tinued playing: but that minute was too late for Captain was on the t. and holding the dead bird between nis paws. That served Jack a lesson. and he answered again: “Just a min- SARAH SCHATZ, Asze 9 Her Cousin's Chicken: Dear Uncle Jed: My cousin's chick- ens are in a hen coop. He has n wire fence arcund them with a door in the fence where he can go in. When we were plaving we left the door open and two hens zot out. but when he came home he put them hack in agzai He has a very nice potato garder which has not'a weed in it. CATHERINE McVEIGH, Age 3. Norwich. Nellie’s Pet Cat. Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would tell you about my pet cat, Her name is Eva and she is black and white. She had two kittens. One of them always came after her to the house. When 1 saw him I ran for the other one. Then I took them back again. After ihat they alwavs used to come to the house. When we eat FEva always getz on One evening in early brothers, Jack and Bob Brenton, were seated on a rug in the m-='e of the room, taking a last look at their story before climbing into bed. Thev had an oil lamp beside them on to_the book, might_see. As Jack, the oldest a boy of 10, fin- t6 4 yvear old Bob the story of Princa Ahmed, he leaped back his heels and sighed deeply, entranced. Bob!" he exclaimed, love to have &cope and apple? s and when anyona we could ride to him on the rug and Zive him a smell of the apple and he'd ished reading Then we could be admitted Jack, we had the rug we could tell it to take us_there and— there we'd be.” Just then the boys heard the tinkle of a bell behind them and when y saw—what do you think thev saw? A little man, about one foot with brown tights, a tiny on the tip of his jaunty eap. a long, white beard and merry, “Ve-e-es’” turned they “Howde!"™ he exclaimed in a happs jovial voice. Before the bovs could went on. “My name is Nip, and I un- derstarnd that vou would like a magic Well, that is one that vou are sitting on. When vou wish to take a trip repeat this verse ‘Oh. magic rug, 2 gift from Nip Take us on a pleasure trip.’ sail as swiftiy as a —and you wish to return re- bird. When peat this vaerse: ‘Oh, magic rug, please take us home, These are the words —and vou will return as you Here he made a deep bow and, aft- er taking a few flying leaps. he dis- appeared out of the window. The boys l6cked at each other for a few ‘minutes, to control Jack was the first to do so. He remarked. with did you ever! This_brought Bob and he ex- ouncing up and down, “Tet's All right, here goes!” and as Jack the magic words their con- vevance bore them higher and higher window into the cool air. On reaching the outside they discov- ered. to their surprise, that 1t was nat night sut dav! After going many stopped going made a fast headway northeast, across the blue Lake Mich out of the Tn their excitement they had quite forgotien that ths the rug where they had their interview with the gnome. They had also forgotten that thex were only in their nightclothes and a cool wind vas blowing. Soon they came to a place known by jts natives a3 Lake Bluff. ' - THE MAGIC RING AND APPLE { (RS oM S B 1O e R S C S ek S They were startled out of their dreams LY the settiing of the rug on a ledge, which o cave They were more puzzled than ever now. The stillness was brok- en by Jock. exclaiming, “T have it! We've found the Peri's cave' I know it is!” He jumped up and with the lamp mace his way .toward it. Bob it he folowed less euthusiastically. was car-tul to roli the rug and take it | h him Lo his surprise, it grew | smalier znd smaller until it could be | put in his pocket! Having put it away safely, he took hold of Jack's hlou and shiveréq from both cold and fear. ¥ After going some way in the dark- nese of the cave. Jack let out a blood curdling vell which caused Hob to| jump and his hair to stand o “Oh' T've stepped on somethi and slimy! Boo-00-00!" They walked along in tense silence | a hardly daring to breathe find Prince Perhaps we mis Ahmed or the Peri” suggested Jack in a wisper] but as Bob did not answer he thought it best not to urge him in- te _econversation. Sudderiy out of the darkness came a moan, long and drawn! and Bob gave a panic stricken and fled. Bob produced the rug and with fingers unrolled it to its tural size. Jacs repeated the ma ords and they fairly flew toward—home! They realized the cold. now. and cuddied closer together, ile the lamp puff- ed and smoked under the power of the cool breeze. Tie rug suddenly took a turn,.and the beyvs, as thev feil. made frantic efforts to cafeh ihe falling lamp, but missed They wers falling down— down—down—. TJack o first one to awaken the t mo He awoke at the fir: peep of 1_and lay musing ov his dream The rain was beatine down on the *af of the Ittle cot- tage. ind and the waves combined. ma dismal moan. After many hours o/ wakeful rest Jack grew wideaw: Bob tossed restiess- 1 and awoke. Their eves met. and | they understood. Ther looked around ard found that the lamp was on the stand in the corner, the book was on the dresser, and the rug was in its accustomed plac~ on the ffoor. Faintly In the passage downstairs, they heard a clock strike: one, two, three, four. five, six, seven o'clock. They hurried down after dressing and found that Mr. and. Mrs. Brenton had already ted themselves at the table. Thev inoked up with a pleas- ant good morning as the bovs enter- ed. When all were seated and grace was . Mre. Brenfon looked firs’ at the bovs and then Mr Frenton. =nd her lips_moved as if in silent laughter. “Boys shouldn’t go to sleep over their books,” remarked Mr. Brenton. as he sipped his coffee. mma and T went upstairs expecting to find vou sound asleep in bed, but instead we found y6u in the middle of the floor, deep in -slumber, so we i to pack you into your trundle beds. After this rot knowing wiwre they were going, looked around at ihe waves surging|stand' or. the bluffs anq the sea gulls darting to and fro in the air. T want you to go right to bed. Under- Th aid = —EBunice _Thompson. our shoulders and sits thers until we glve her something to eat. out the diplomas. When we go to bed T and my sister The schoolhouse I always get in the bed Sometimes I scare her. under the hed. she jumps in as quick as she can. in first and Eva was When she got in Eo together, covered with fel Welcome pinned acr were made of app bookcase was a There were that a rat is Once she got the blanket. she was afraid that it was a rat. NELLIE MUSIAL, Mansfield Center, Children’s Cake. I am eending some younger members s well as the older and one of tul Dear T'ncle Jed: cake receipts, of the circle tested and satisfactoryy Children's Sponge: half cups flour, two tablespoons ing powder, the milk and together for filve minutes. send some Soft Jumblies: three cups flou went down ters and cous ing and the we went and F then we went and Wide-Awnkes PLATHERWICK Home Garden. winter and could to school =0 when it came sprir all the people w! their garden TOMMY TIDD had fallen down i were dead The wind had blown the nest T have heans, radishes and cu- are growing GOTTSCHALK, d Cinderella 20 to the Conzre- gned out from a| Each one in hoys that 2o number of girls | to the Congreg: Cindareila, o Willimantic paper with | about it in vere all dressed | th long Aresses | i took in the play like grown ug MILDRED B. ELLIS, Willimantic. We'd koth start ra =hcot all m She Was Valedictorian, the evening, choolhouse, where Rolton Hil r'a be borrowi Ali the children piece was the so took part in two dlalogues, The Re- )oke pieces 7 his rireworks tne a-snooting mine The Flag, Ths Playmates, “Maty .A. Burtlll of Stafford Sprinm_