Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 12, 1917, Page 9

1. Write plainly on one side of the only, sad number the pages. P Use pen and ink. not pencil. & Short end poinied articles will e given preferencel Do not use over 250 words. 4. Original stories or letters only will be used, 5. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the all communications tc Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. “Whatever ycu are—Be that ‘Whatever yos say—Be true Straightforwardly act, Be honest—in fact, ¢ Be nobody else but you’ POETRY. The Perfect Day. @od made a dav of blue and goid, Sweet as a violet Ana merry as a marigoid; It may be shining vet In some blest vale, some dreamy dell Among the heavenly hills. Where, here and there, the asphodel Is flacked by daffodils Ana gentians, fowers that twinkled on The fields our childhood knew, Too lovely for oblivion, Fed with immortal dew. That summer day, all murmurous With laughters of old mirth, How tenderly ‘twould comfort us, Still homestick for the earth; With what dear touch 'twould fold us in, As to 2 mother's knee, From those strange spaces crystalline Of vast eternity. A day God eaw with emiling eyes, The summer's coronet! THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT Boy Allies in North Sea Central. 4—Amy Ulrich, of Norwich: The Boy Allies in the Baltic. 5—Joseph Korenkiscicwesz, of Fitch- ville: The Boy Allies Under the Sea. §—lda Horwits, of Colchester: The of Mansfield S—Regina Savageau, of Versailles: Wits End. The winners of prize beoks living in the city may call at The Bulletin bus- iness office for them at any hour :1-» ter 10 a. m. Thursday. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT McGrath, of Yantic: 1 thank ¢ much for the prize book you I have read it all and find it very interesting. Arlene Pearl of Augusta, Me: Thank vou very much for the lovely prize book vou sent me, Ruth Fielding on Clift_Island. 1 like this series very much. Helen R. Klingon, of Colchester: Accept my thanks for the interesting brize_book entitied The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp, which you sent me. 1 thought the book interesting and en- joyed reading 4t very much. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES, The Secrets of the Whispering Pines One warm sunshihy day in early spring my friend and I, who were lov- ors of nature, decided to take a walk to the woods and see if spring was awaking. We walked and talked about the wonders of nature until we came to a pine grove. The grass and flowers were spring- e e ing up and the birds were singing A — ne Lee Bates. |iovously. The flowers had already Kathar One Meorning in Spring. There came to my window one morning popped their heads above the ground and looked as if they were zlad to see the beautiful warm spring sun- shine again after a long cold winter. The pine needles formed a soft car- oy il vet under our tired feet. o she came there|” ¢ set down and looked up into the b g The sunshine, the birds, the The song that she eang was prettier | L 00 "% fowers and trees, thrilled e . us with jov, so that we thaught we Than I ever heard played on flute Or|yere in fairyland. We sat there un- o i we fell asleep ‘and dreamed beau- tiful dreams about our wonderfu She raised her bright Wings to so2r | uirviand we discovered. When we far away, Then restinz a moment seemed swect- ly to say ~ | “6 happy' O happy! this world seems to_me, é Awake, littie girl, and be happy with me.” But just as she finished her beautiful eong. With a zun on his came alonz He killed and he carried my sweet bird | away, And she no more will dawn of the d UNCLE houlder a man sing at thel JED’S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. i like bple trees in mmer days 1 suppose some of vou to run out and-sit under the a the orchard on pleasant s [ed_was awoke we saw that all that we dream- true and not only a dream this the Secrets of the Pines. IDA HORWITZ, Age 15. Colchester. We named W spering Why a Rabbit Has Long Ears. When I get my work done I go into the weods and set figure fours, or stone traps, for rabbits. In the morning I get up about 5 o'~ clock and o to the woods to find a rabbit. or all my bait is gone. _In the winter the traps would some- fmes be frozen. You can raise rabbits if you catch rem in the snares. You have to hs eful with them, for they will if you pick up a rabbit like a cat by Kinz him in the middle of the body rom the ground. The proper way t X a rabbit up is by his long ears. < why a rabbit has long ears! JOSEPH KORENKIECIEWICZ, to sust and shade. There more there for vou Age 12 to enjoy than thie. A great naturall teh John Burroughs, has enjoved sitt N under the apple trees all his life n0t| . il kimg was in need of a ser- only for the air and the shade but 0| an: who could be depended upon to etudy all the life in the orchard. The|do what he was told. So, in hope of birde and bees and spiders and wood- | Settinz the right man, he hired two chitha Fopin 70 chueks. He has written a book enti Poics metbonic 'to s ieall oib Thon b tied “Under the Appie Trees,” and in|.nd showingz them a large basket, bade this he tells us “next to trees, rocks em fi water. Tgen. arter 1 of terest in any land- | Promising to return at night to see = = voier = oany land- | G they had done, he left them to ecape” And he tells us “The Old Penny Royal rock on the country road abutting his farm has crept out of the roadbank in his time three or four feet.” Rocks move siow, for this rock had been four score year In doing this little stunt representing the fiving leap themselves and went away. The men were very much in earnest when thev began their work, but af- ter pouring five or six buckets of wa- ter into the hasket, one of them stop- ped _and said: What is the use of doing this? As we pour the water into the of a grasshopper. Stones move, but s ooe, T3 e notng e they move too siowly for man's notice. no business of o re- The tent caterpillars you sec in the companion. “We are paid apple trees are wonderful creatures if they be pests. These creatures double thetr original size every day and when { seems use work, and whether or not it we ought to do it.” vou piease,” said but as for me, I “You may do as the first speaker, full size are sixty times their length |Shall not waste my time on ar at Slti. They will travel a mie m |(ol=h Worll and thowine down B two weeks—they will follow a leader| 'The ofher man continued at the around the top of a flower pot four|work u 2bout sunset, when he had days without food or water and ai |nearly emptied the well Lookinz inio B basket he saw s slitter- perish. They build wonderful nests,|ing Stoopinz, % look closer, he found and they seem to feel the approach of it was a rinz of great value, which a storm and seldom get caught out in | his bucket had scooped up from the . When they disappear they | POtfom of the well. o ssapl s st o v T Know why the king wanted R Sptne & nd live there | ne water poured into the basket.” he all_winter. said to himself. “Had it been poured The orchard is a fine place to find | ©n_the ground, the ring might have out things if yo THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. have a mind to. been trampled into the mud and been ‘Shortly after, the king came up with some of his officers. As soon as he saw 2 R o e the man had obeyed his orders, 1—Nancy Tetreault, of Versailles: | ;0\ 1'"they seemed to be foolish. The Biz Five Motorcycle Boys. i 3o e oo Here was one to be trusted, thought 2—Wilbur Brown, of Norwich: The | the kind. so he save the man a place Boy Allies in North Sea Patrol in the palace, and, not long arter, 3—Derothy King, of Plainfield: The |made him master of the other ser. TOMMY TIDD What Tommy Tidd says Just do your part and take no count Of how your little help may mmswat others add their bit to Jt— Of laughter, sunlight. gladness, wit, Just do_your ‘part and do not fear But what some heart will feel cheer: Just do your part from day to dav, ‘ike sunbeams on the common wa And, o, how steadily they srow, These parts that soon together flow In ome wide, beauteous stream cf love Lit by that Living Light above! its vants. LEONA SULLIVAN, Age 12. Taftville. The Rice Plant. 5 Rice is a very valuable plant. It is main support of the Chinese. It is ¥ good for sick people. It grows in swampy places because the seed is hard and needs something to soften it. The fields are flooded when the seed is planted. When the lLarvest time comes twe water is drawn off so as to be dry for the horses to cut it When the horses have cut it the rice is sent to the market and the kernels thrashed out. The white pow- der from the kernels are made into peari buttons. This is how we get many of our pearl buttons. ATHERINE A. DUN% Norwich. The Girl in the Snowd Bob Bliss, Harry Grey and James Spear were making their way to the ice-covered pond, each with his skates slung over his shoulder. “Say, boys, look at that crowd gath- ered about somebody. I bet that that somebody has hurt himself.” . Agze 10.. Let’s hurry,” exclaimed Harry, and away he ran. followed by James: but Bob hesitated, then started to run after his chums, and stopped. Yes. He was sure he heard a_faint ery. But where did it come from? He waked a few yards away from the spot where he was standing. The voice seemed to come from one of the drifts. “Help!” came a_sobbing voice from the large drift. “Oh, someone, come, please and take m-me out!™ Bob ran quickly to the &cift from which could be seen 2 mass of hafr. But before he came there the girl had fainted. He {ock her in his arms and rubbed her with snow:, after whica she showed signs of lifd.' When Eob saw that the girl a child of ne more than nine years of age, was reviving, he in- stantly biew a long bast on his whistle die | farmhouse, where sne was taken care 1 had not heard. the girl's 'she mizht have been frozen to| "HELDN R. KLINGON, Age 13. Colchester. ries Chicago. The second city in size in the United States Is Chicago, Iilinois, and is a port ef entry. It is situated in the northwestern part of Iilinois and on the southwestern shore of Lake Mi- chigan. This city is a great raiiroad centre and is also the centre of west- ern and lake commerce. It has a water front of thirty (30) miles and is con- nected by steamship and railroad lines with ali parts of the country. An in- dent: portion of the northern shore is protected by a massive wal The lake shore is shielded by break- waters forming a splendid harbor at the mouth of the Chicago river, which flows through the city. It divides into three sections and flows in_ opposite directions, known as the north, south and west sides which are connected by bridges and _tunnels. Chicago is surrounded by some of the finest parks and boulevards in the country. This city is one of the great- est livestock and grain markets the world. It is important in the packing and slaughtering industry. The Union Stock Yards cover an area of 4,000 acres with twenty-one thou- sand cattle pens, and fifty thousand men and women empioyed. The re. ceipts in the stock vards average $300.000,000 a vear. Fresh and canned meats are transported to all parts of the world. The steel and iron industry is con- ducted on a large scale and the city has some large rolling mills. The wa- tér supply is obtained bv means of four tunnels running from ecribs for miles into_the lake. DOROTHY KING, Age 12. Plainfield. How Are We Judged. A man passes for what he is worth. Very idle is all curiosity concerning other people’s estimate of us, and all fear of remaininz unknown is not less so. If a man knows he can do any thing and do it better than anyone clse, he has a pledze of the acknowl- edgment of that fact by all persons. The world is full of judsment davs, and into every assembly that a man enters, in every action he attempts, he is gauged and stamped. In every troop of bovs that whoop and run in each vard and square. a newcomer iz as well and accurately weizhed in the course of a few davs and stamped with his right number. as it he had undergone a formal trial of his strength, speed. and temper. A stranger comes from a distant school, with a better dress, with trin- kets in his pockets: with airs and pretensions; an older boy says to him- self: “It's of no use out tomorrow.” As much virtue as there is. 50 much appears: as much zoodness as there s, %0 much reverence it commands. The high, the wenerous, the self-devoted sect will always instruet and com- mand mankind. Never was a sincere word utterly lost. Never a magnanimity feli to the ind but there is some heart to greet cept it unexpectediy. A man passes for what he is worth. What he is engraves itself on his face, on his form, on his fortunes. in letters of light. (oncealment avails him nothing, boasting nothing.. There is confession in the glances of our eves, in our smiles, in our salutations. and the grasp of our hands. His sin be- daubs him, mars ali his good impres- sions. Men know not why they do not trust him, but they do not trust him. His vice glasses his eve. cuts lines of mean expression in his cheeks. pinches the nose. sets the mark of the beast on the back of his head. and writes “O fool! fool!” on the forehead of a king. REGINA SAVAGEAT, Age 12, Versailles we shall find him Totem Poles. In front of the rude cabins of Alas- rise frequently tall hide- ous pos sometimes 100 feet in height. From top to bottom they are usual carved into grotesque resemblances to human faces, or else to forms of bear wolves, birds and fishes. they signify is not alway certainly commemorate heroic deeds in the lives of those beside whose homes, or sraves they are erected. Some also indicate by certain marks, resembling coat of arms, the family or tribe to which the dead may have belonged. One totem pole may hear and a gun. Most three or fou feet in diameter and about thirty feet high: though some attain an altitude of sixty, eighty and even one hundred feet. The height of the pole is supposed to have de- noted the rank of the deceased. Some of the natives value these an- Just what clear. Some represent a of them are cestrial relics to such a degree that they refuse to part with them at any price! It is supposed that cnly rich natives could have had the honor of The carving. however be, as repre- a totem pole. crude it may seem to sented a great deal of time and labor|dark, and then they lay still in their for the mative sculptor. Moreover, it ‘was customary to give a grand ban- quet, free to all comers, whenever such a pole was raised. Hence one of these decorated family ornaments probably invelved in all, an_ expendi- ture of several hundred doliars. JESSIE_ L. BREHAUT. White Piains, N. ¥. Bruno And Piggy. Mr. Kane's Druno is a great New- foundland dog, so large that when he stands on his hind feet he can rest his paws on Mrs. Kane's rhoulders. But, though so tali, he is only a year old.‘merely a puppy, and as full of fun and play as you can think. Mrs. Kane and he are great friends and he seems to think she belongs en- tirely to him. For A long time she had no other pet: so Bruno was pet- ted to his heart’s content. But ene day Mr. Kane brousht home a pig. a little, pink-skinned fellow, with white bristles. looking pretty enough for any lady to take into her lap. Mrs. Kane was charmed with the pig and made a pet-of him at once, much to Bruno's disgust. He would act as sulky and jealous as could be whenever Mrs. Kane petted the pia- £Y. and would never notice the littie fellow., unless to give him a spiteful iittle nip whenever he had a good the: One Pigzy was so little that sim the run of the yard. Mrs, Kane heard a fearful and stepped out to see what was the matter. What do vou think? Bruno had the poor little fellow in his mouth and he carried him to a puddle of black, sticky mud and dropped him in- to the very middle. where he stuck fast, squeaiinz louder than ever. Then Bruno came running to his mistress, with his tongue loling out, and his brown eves twinkling, as much as to say save day squealing 've fixed that haven't I “Shame on you, Bruno!” said his mistress. “A zreat dog like you teas- ing that poor little piggy! Go straight and zet him out!” Bruno turned and to the puddle. tle pig. brought little dunce now, scampered back He fished out the lit- him back, and laid him at his mistress’ feet, the dirtiest little piz you ever saw. She had to get warm water and a broom and scrub . Ana ail the while Bruno sat there with his head on one side, and tongue hanging oat, watching her. And T almost think I could see that dog laugh! ANCY TETREAULT, Age 14 Versailles. The Cruel Boy. robin had dax As a nest to seek f00d for her voung birds, a cruel boy killed her with a gun one left her The poor little birds did not know THE TRIALS OF Things were stormy in the kingdom of rats—more particularly in the royal palace, where lived the rat king and queen. And all because the one prin- cess of the realm, Nibble, had bestowed her affections upon a rat of poor fam- ily. You, the most beautiful princess in all the ‘world, to marry that penniless, low born creature!” cried the king in a passion. “Really, Nibbie, one would think that you had no pride—no appre- ciation of what a mishty personage you are. You are not fit to be trusted to find your mate; therefore, your mother and I wiil pick him out for you.” Poor Nibble sobbed and protested that she loved none save Frisk, but her stern parents locked her up tight in the tower room of the castie and sal- lied forth to find the mightiest being in all the worid for her. “It appears to me.” said the king, “that the sun would be a fitting match for our daughter. Surely, he has more power than any other force in crea- tion. He alone, it would seem to me, is worthy of our beautiful Nibble" hana. ‘Yes, he must be worthy,” agreed the quéen, and, taking hands. the two ran up a nearby sunbeam. They trav- eled fast, but the journey was a long one, and’ they were both puffing with weariness when they came to the au- dience chamber the sun “We have come,” said the king rat, swelling out his ‘ittle gray chest in his most pompous manner, “to bestow up- on vou the hand of our beautiful and only daugnter, Princess Nibble. You have been chosen for this happiness, this homor, because you are the stronzest being In creation nad noth- ing_can oppose you." “Many thanks.” said the sun, bowing 50 low that the little king and queen 3id not mee the twinkle in his eve, “but, indeed, you credit me with a great deal more power than I possess. If you are anxious tiat your daughter should wed one even more dauntiess and powerful than I, I will haye to refer you to the cloud.” Very often, T must confess, when I would dearly love to warm the earta with my rays, along comes the THE PRINCESS ciould and forbids it, and I am power- less against him ‘he king and queen thanied the sun for his generosity and courtesy, and journeyed on into the land of the cioud. Standing before the cloud’s throne, they told their story and offered to him the hand of the royal princess, the peerless Nibble. The cloud pooh-poohed their idea that he was the most powerful force in the universe and referred them to the mighty wind. “For.” said he, “I can never with- stand his power. He will be delighted, I am sure, to accept ¥our offer of the princess’ hand.” Agaln the King and queen thanked their informant, and, making haste back to earth, they met the wind rushing over the crest of a great hili. So much noise did he make that the royal rats had a good deal of trouble in making themselves heard. But they toid their story and made their offer as before. After a little hesitation, made answer. “You are good.” said he, “to helieve so implicitly in my prowess, but I am placed in the sad position of having to refer you to the wail outside your castle, which was set up to check me in my flight. If you would have your daughter wed one mightier than I, let her wed the wall.’ So the patient parents. not to he daunted, wended their way to the wall, told their story and made their offer. “The wind is right,” answered the wail. " “I am_mightier than he, but against rats 1 am powerless. They can bore through me, weaken me, un- dermine me at will. No, I am sorry to sav that the rat is greater than I. Wed Your daughter to a rat if you would see her wed my superior.” Thoughtfully the king and queen returned to the palace and found the little Princess Nibble, thinner and er than when they had left, bitter- ¥y bewailing the course true love had selected for her and her lover. But they made’ her completely happy by restoring Frisk a: once to her and telling her of their discovery that a rat the wind was, after all, the mightiést thing in[as we went alon, existence. i Jess dnd lought to hold down khe title for awhile eh, WHAT« Jess and I, Sth prize, by Clara S. Gordon of Norwich. Bl = why they were left so long without food, and they kept chirping till it was nest. There were five voung robins in the nest: and that night three of them became so cold and hungry that they died before morning. The other two lived until the mext day, when one of them, on getting to the edge of the nest, ' fell out on the ground. and was caught by a cat. The other poor little creature kept chirping. a. long as it had strength to make a noise, and then it died alone in its nest . Thus. these five pretty voung rob- ins were left to perish in this cruel way because their mother had been shot by a_wicked boy WILBER BROWN, JR. Age 2. orwich. The High School Certificate. It was very near the close of ti school vear. In the eighth grade the teacher was asking her pupils if the: wanted certificates for high school. In that town it was necessary for the graduates of Grammar school to zet cortificates from the superintend- ent before they could enter High school. “Wha exclaimed the teacher. Aren't you going to High school, Al fred You are the smartest boy in the ma'am. T can't go. Il have to_work,”said Al “That’s too bad.” said the teach But if 1 were vou. I'd take the certfl catc and then mavbe you will be able to =o to High school. “Airight, Il take it. but T don't see the use of it,” said Alfred, “though I do want to go vers much Ifred’s father was a poor working man. He was working on an inven- tion. but with little hope that he had the ‘power to perfect it. But that summer after hard study of the in- vention he found out his mistake and after completing it he sold it to the government for a large sum of mone As Alfred’s father was now rich, Al fred attended High school and was very glad he had taken his teacher's adv taken a certifi- cate. at e and GERTRUDE GLASS, Colchester. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Cry-Baby Cookies. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to write a_few recipes. I wisn some of the Wide-Awakes would try them: * Cry-Baby Cookies—Two teaspoons cinnamon, one cup sugar, one cup mo- iasses. one cup lard, one cup sour milk, two teaspoons soda and from four cups flour drop in dripping pan: salt to taste. 2 Snickdoodle Cake—One ecup sugar, one heaping tablespoon shortenins, two ezgs, two-thirds cup milk. two ta- blespoons baking ~powder, two cups flour, nutmeg and sali: sprinkle top with’ sugar_and_cinnamon. ANNIE McGRATH, Age 12 Yantic. Graduation. Dear Uncle Jed: Friday morning there was schooi, but there was not any echool in the afternoon becauss the graduation exercises of the eighta srades of the town of Mansfisid were heid at Storrs. As soon as school 1 went home to get ready to go. Seven of the school children went to Storrs with my brother and 1. We | started from my house about 1 o'Clock. We got some water fo drink when we reached our tegcher's house and then waited a littie’ while before we went to the armory. where the exercises were heid. The exercises began at 2 o'clock. st ail the children sang The Star Spangled Fanner. Some of the gradu- ates recited pieces. One girl danced a Spanish dance which was very nice. Ten of the girl graduates danced a folk dance. Six of the graduates took part in the flax arill. B One girl sang and some played on the piano. The graduates sang the ass song. The children sang Flag of the Free. Afier the diplomas were given. America was sung and we started home. There were twenty-nine children who graduated. | enjoyed the exercises. iet out at moon, THAT BUGS ) CANT REACH LT Le Rasmuseen h Gordon of X of N Pity the Helpless, 9th prize, br A Solar Plexus Biow, by Dor Norwich, Like Every City and Town in the Union, Receives It People with kidne . ctired. When one suffers th tures of an aching sought £ E o cagerly remedies toda not Doan hrought Here is Norwich e merit Jennie 1. Spauid - Mrs Ave., says: “Exertion of - seemed to make m - achy. Dizzy spe were fréquent. T used Doan’s vt Kidn stated, * cars. 1 for 5 ered compar cars renova In the last The Scrub-Woman, 11th prize Bdn vie ALFREDA K. WALKER, Ase 12. Mansfield Center. Dear T'ncle Jed: Three 3 ago this month I had my first camping ex- pericnce. There were six of us and bright and early one morning we started, each one loaded with pack- ages of all sizes and shapes. 1 was destined to carry a grocer's basket filled with bread which 1 put uinderneath the seat of the car. We, had to change cars and when I taok the basket from under the seat. the paper which covered it had blown away and I had to carry the bread, un. covered, 25 miles further. After'a two-mile walk up hills and throush the woods, we reached our destination, a ome-reom camp with nine bunks. After a rest and a light lunch wa took off all high coilars and shees and. rolling up our sleeves, jumped into a large rowboat and took a trip around the pond, visiting the different camps When we came back it way 4 o'clock The Voiunteer, 5th prize, by Mary Woods of No and we went to a farm for milk. The in progress to cost x farmer's wife took us ail over t 310,000,000 . place, showing us the pigs and cows APhd i i and when she took which was loaded ha decided we would vizit the which consisted of into the visited a neighbor who had a and plaved. sang and made mer til 9 o'clock, when we all went h fo. to our bunks and slept soundiy—cur |37 3 ) et ana $1,700.000 to ANNA UL A\ze 14 “Our feeling Norwich. sa that the ana needed b g S The New Haven, he in serious need of o when those NEW HAVEN ROAD HAS ROSY FUTURE| saye, will not he motives and be tered de on Willimantic and 1 Shore Line Will Be Taken Out. {vered but if the eompuny had plen ¢ money to enter the equipment mar- | ket it would buy more coal care. Thers Edward J. 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