Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 8, 1917, Page 10

THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT e e et . Rules for Young Writers. 1. Write plainly on one side of the B s M ok ek gl 2. Use pen an no 8. Short and pointed articles will pe given preference. Do not use over 250 words. 4 Original storles or letters only will be used, 5. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story. Address all communications to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. “Whatever you are—Be that! Whatever yox say—Be truet Straightforwardly act, Be_honest—in fact, Be nobody else bui you" POETRY. The Chocolate Prince. He turned up his nose at the pudding and ple, And he stamped his feet at the ‘bread; iie screamed like mad at good por- ridge and milk— He'd have chocolate creams instead! Then his royal parents, the King and the Queen, Ang the courtiers, small and great, Called parliament up to sit on his case Which threatened the peace of the state. They found that they daren’t say “No” to a prince, So they passed this amasing decree “The heir to the crown shall have chocolate creams For breakfast and dinner and tea!™ He took breakfast right on until din- ner time came, And dined straight on till he tea’d; And he popped some packets his pil- low beneath As a midnight refreshment feed. But. woe and worse young prince, For parliament, king and queen, For he turned ere long to a chocolate prince, And the softest that ever was seen. for that greedy He daren’t go out if it rained in the ieast, For he knew he'd be washed away; ABd he sat in the shade when the sun came_out And his fellows ran out to play. For safety at last he was hidden away In the strong box beside the crow: But a fire broke out and the box grew hot, And_the prince—he down! —Westminister Gazette. St. Fran and the Birds was melted Over the ocean, long ago, In the land of Italy, Lived a good man named St. Francis, Francis of Assisi. Neither silver nor gold had he, His roof was the sky above, But he helped the sick and needy, And told them of God’s love. And all men he called his brothers, The birds and the flowers, too, And one day he preached to a flock of birds A sermon good and true. They ht;lunemd and twittered about im, Ana when he was old ’tis said, A choir of larks sang to him As he lay on his dying bed. For the birds and the flowers all loved im, They know their friends, you see: He was kind to man and bird and beast, * * St. Francis of Assisi —The Kindergarten Marazine. TOMMY TIDD. What Tommy Tidd says: S’ Has anyone seen our baby, pray He surely must have passed this way. He wore a gingham apron blue, A little dress of pinkish hue; His cheeks were like two roses red, And golden curls hung round - his head; His eyes were like fair summer skies, That looked at ydou gquite overwise. What! Found him? Really, this can’t be Our little one! Come, let me see! The face and eyes are him, I ween— ‘What can this transformation mean? No apron frock or golden curls “Dem fings are only worn by dirls. Big boys like me wear bloomiers, an Today I's changed into & man.” WILL P. SNYDER. THE DRAWING CONTEST H Prizes Every Second Month Pictures to the width of a col- ‘umn of The Balletin or of two ‘columns. Pencil or ink—no color ‘Write name and address plainly on back of drawing, otherwise you may not get credit. PRESENT CONTEST CLOSES OCTOBER 23rd JED'S TALK TO WIDE- , AWAKES. There is an ancient proverb which says: “The Rock makes the pilot,” which is true only in a very narrow sense. The rock makes a pilot necessary, perhaps, but a knowledge of the loca- tlon of the rock so he may avoid it makes the pilot. The forest does not make the guide, but knowledge of the way through it does. _ The trails or paths in Wild regions were first made ‘by animals and man found his way by following the tracks of animals, for the wild children of the woods led somewhere—either to lush feeding places or to glistening living waters, or to their place of abode. The easiest way round with animals is the nearest way home; and the crookedness of many country roads in New England were in the days of early settlement cowpaths, and man Yollowed them first on foot, then on horseback and then widened them for wagon roads. What makes a pilot, then, or a guide is a knowledge of the way learned by observation and by travel. The rock did not make the pilot any more than the shoal or the crooked path of water deep enough for vessels to sail in. . ‘What makes a pilot is a knowledge of all obstacles and the way to avoid them. e g Your school teacher is a pilot not because of a knowledge of the way from the root$ of the tree of knowl- edge to the point where you may reap the fruits of the tree and of your own knowledge of the value of learning. UNCLE" THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Gladys Long, of Moosup. Three Little Women at Worl. —Mary Pelechatz, of Willimantic —A Little Girl in Old Boston. 3-—Arlene Pearl, of Augusta, Maine —DMildred at Home. 4—Mary A. Burrill, Springs— 33 1-3 points. 5—Ellen Belknap, of Sterling—Mil- dred’s Boys and Girls. 6—Veronica Rocheleau, of Versailles —DMildred’s Married Life. 7—Helen Wineskie, of Yantic—The Big Scouts Through Big Timber. 8—John A. Burns, of Yantic—The Big Five Motor-Cycle Boys in Ten- nessee Wilderness. of Staffora LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Esther Levine, of Colchester—I am thanking you very much for the prize book which you sent me. I read it through and thinly it is very nice. Burton Robinson, of Norwich—I thank you very much for the prize book you sent to me. I have read it pretty near through. Wilfred Lister, of Plainfield—I re- ceived the prize book that I was awarded and I thank you very much for it. Alfreda Walker, of Mansfleld Center —Thank you very much for the nice prize book you sent me. When I read it I found it very intcresting. Helen Rogers. of Colchester— You don not know how surprised I was when I came home from school to find a prize book. I thank you so much for it. I know I shall cnjoy reading it very much. Ro: A. Demuth,. of Baltic—1 received the prize book which you sent me as a reward. 1 have read it half through and found. it very inter- esting. Many thanks. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDEA- WAKES. What the Snow Does. A snowfall is always welcomed by young folk, for it means a period of fun that cannot otherwise be enjoyed. To others the dropping'of the damp, white, clinging flakes is viewed wi fears for the danger to traffic and ves- etation. Those who are acquainted with the properties of snow are aware that, so far from being a foe of vege- table growth, as is frost, which freezes and thaws, snow is really a friend and protecto This fact seems difficult for non- scientific persons to understand, yet it is true that snow affords nature a comparatively warm blanket during the cold weather. Bécause of its loose, floceulent nature, snow conducts heat slowly, hence the natural heat of a body covered ,with snow is retained exactly as if protected by heavy wool- ens. Did you ever hear a farmer or gar- dener complain because the snow was whitening his fields or beds? The fleecy coating means to him that the seeds and bulbs under the ground are lhll:lflzd from the rigors of winter cold. As with plants so with human life. Instances are recorded of persons fall- en insensible from the cold, who re- mained for hours under a snow-blan- ket before rescue came, when death from freezing would have been inevi- table had the ground been clear. The Eskimos are aware of this, and when caught out at night in a big storm, rather than risk progress in the cold and wind, they burrow into the snow till morning. HELEN WISNESKE. Yantic. The American Eagle. ‘The American JEagle is noted for its plumage. Tt is often called . the Cinerous, White-tailed, or Sea Bagle, and is renowned as the chosen em- blem of the United States. The name “Bald Eagle,” ig” apblied on account of the snowy white color of the head and neck, which makes it conspicuous. The nest, built in a’ lofty tree, is used year after year by the same pair. It is very affectionate with its young, which do not reach full beau- ty until four years old. BLANCHE GREENWOOD. Plainfield. A Visit to Fort Terry. On Saturday night we took the 7 o'clock car to Greéneville. We slept there for the night. At 430 a. m. Sunday morning we got up and started to get ready to go to Fort Terry. We took the first car out to New London which wsa at 5.30 :- ln‘.h.z.'h‘.t was a special car put on for. purpose. ‘When we were a mile and a half from New London_ the trolley wire broke. We either had to wait until it was fixed or walk. As they al! walk- the boat. On our way to the fort we saw many large boats. The boat we were on would rock very much. We got to the fort at 10.30 a. m. When we got to the tents we had a very good tisge. We atayed there un- til 3 o'clock.. For the boat came in and we had to leave. On the way back it was very rough. There were very many seasick on the boat. We were glad to get off of the boat because we were beginning to get sea- sick ourselves. 'The boat we went on was a government boat. When we got home it was 8 p. m. Wet were glad to get home for we were all tired out. But we still enjoy- ed our journey very much. ROSH A. DEMUTH. Baltie. ; My Adventure With a Tramp. Ome cold, frosty morning in Janu- ary, I was startled by a knock at the kitchen door. On opening it, I be- held a man about sixty years of age. His face was thin and haggard, and there was a look of wistfulness in his mild, blue eyes as he asked for some- thing to eat. 5 ‘When young he must have been a weil buiit man of medium stature. No doubt life had dealt harshly with him, for now he was bent and worn. He had a long, white beard, and his silvery hair formed a halo around his head.” His clothes, though shabby, were neat and .clean. I asked him to come in, and plac- ed a chair near the.fireside, where he could warm his. b mbed fingers. I ther prepared a ~substantial and ap- petizing breakfast, which I set on a small table before him. When he had finished, he turned to me and sald: “Perhaps you would care to hear a little of my history. I nodded my head, for I wa: ested in him. = He then told hi “My parents were wealthy, and be- ing an only child, I was petted and pampered. ‘When twenty-one, I fell into bad company and broudbt dis- grace on my family. My parents soon died and I squandered all my money. Since then I have been drifting’ over the globe. Today I am an outcast in a world of hardship. He thanked me, but refused the shelter I offered him and went his way. T often think of him, and wonder how many more like him' are adrift in the world. VERONICA ROCHELEAU. Versailies. - Fire Losses in Our Town. Fires have done great damage in our town, and theer have been many of them. R One of them was Emma Hall's store. This- store was burned about four- teen years ago. Mice scratching match- es was the cause of it. Great damage was the result of it. About $3,000 worth of property was destroyed. Another fire that occurred was in Charles West's store, about ten years ago. It was caused by an explosion of a kerosene lamp. Considerable damage was done. It amounted to about $3,000. The stors had two tene- ments over it, one in which he lived. but his furniture was saved. Lincoln’s store is built on the same foundation. About six_years later a flerce five started at John Griffith’s. He set a smali of! stove in under the barn to warm small swine. The mother sow rooted the stove over, thereby caus- Ing a fire which resulted in the total destruction of the barn. Two years later a fire began to rage at Mr. Woodbury’s. The lightning caused it. The damage amounted to about $5,000. About one year ago a fire occurred at Willlam Hawse's, caused by a defective chimney. = It burned two houses, a barn and nearly all the fur- niture.” The horse would have been burned if it weren't for Eldred's thoughtfulness. Another fire in a house on Hungry Hill occurred lately. It was owned by Charles Gillo, and occupied by A. Sharrock. This fire was also caus- ed by a defective chimrey. About $1,- 500 worth of goods were destroved. So many fires have ' occurred in Sterling that it should teach us to try and prevent such losses. ELLEN BELKNAP. Sterling Center. A Fishing Trip. Last Saturday mofmng my father said to me. “You go did some worms, We are going fishing. I am going to get a team. Your mother is putting up our dinner. ~We are not caming home until six o'clock. You had be! ter take vour boots, you may slip- in. My father went and got the team. I went to the barn and got some grain for the: horse. At eight o'clock we started. We got to_the pond at half past eight. My father .drove up to a tree and tied the horse. Then I toak my boots gnd-put them'on and we. started fish- ng. In a second I had a bite. I pulled in and had a fish. At noon I fed the horse and then we ate our dinner. . After dinner I sta ed fishing again. . When we got ready to go home I put sixteen fish in the team. Then I put the harness.on the horse and we started and got home at half past six. . We had the fish for supper. They were very good. JOHN A. BURNS, Age 11. Yantic. 4 A Typical Boy's Room. It is a large and pleasant yoom, for it faces the soath. The threée windows on the front give plenty of light and make the room more cheerful. 2 The walls are-decorated with many flags of all kinds, sizes and colors. There are Yale, Harvard, Worcester and-Manchester banners, but the lar gst and most important eeems to be the one saying ‘“Monson academy” ‘on |. it. Numerous pictures are also seen about the walls, such gs. photographs and snapshots = of mates. and cther friends. { : On one sidé of the room is a daven- port covered _with sofa cushions, Wwhich makes the room look cosy. Across from this is the wash stand, while above it.is a burnt wood tie rack full of ties of flashy colors. . In a corner are bats, mitts, two tennis rackets and golf sticks. This shows that much of the time of the occupants of' the room is given up to sports. On the bed is hung the sign “Special Car,” which was once taken from a wrecked. trolley car as a souvenir. This room seems to have witnessed many a good time, and it is very in- teresting to all. MARY A. BURRILL. Stafford Springs. “ My Vacation. After my school was out I Lhow' It ‘would be nice to have a little gat- them nicely, and quite large I thc to go for a visit The Family Horse, by Helen R. Klingon, of Colchester, Conn. prize, $0.25. joyed my vacation staying at home, taking care .f it just the same. MARY BURDICK, Age 13. Fire Losses of Our Town. There has been much damage done iu Sterling by fires. In North Ster- ling a house owned by Mr. La Claire was destroyed. The cause was un- known, as there were very few people passing by. The man, the house and everything in it was burned. Another house not far from Mr. La Claire’s was burned eoon after. It was owned by Mr. Muller. Everything was moved out the day before. Noth- ing was burned but the house. Not_long ago Mr. Hawes' propety was destroyed by fire. Two houses and the barn were burned. Another fire which did great dam- age occurred at Joseph Shippee’s home. It was caused by a defective chimney, There has been so much damage dcne in Sterling by fire. I hope people will be careful in the future and will always try their best to prevent such fire losses. LEAH L”I HALL, Age 12. Sterling. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Our Farm, Dear Uncle Jed: I think you would be interested in hearing about our farm. It is situated four miles away from Jewett City on the Tyler road. It consists of 500 acres of land and wood. Our school is about one mile away from home; but we can get there in_five minutes. My father owns a chestnut mare by the name of Molly and a bay horse by the name of Jack. He uses them both every day. They are good natured. We also have six cows, five heifers and six heifer calves. Ywe own some bens, ducks and geese which I quite often feed. Qur cow barn is being fixed by a carpenter who is roofing the barn with new shingles. We have a cow barn full of bay and a horse barn most full. - This year our apple trees yielded quite a few good apples. We had carrots, beets. and many other things that are beautiful to look at. STELLA GASKA, Age 9. Jewett City. A Silver Wedding. Dear Uncle Jed: The 15th of Sep- tember was the 25th anniversary of my mother’s and father's marriage and in_the evening they celebrated. There were quite a lot of _people there. . They came in automobiles and teams, and some of our near neighbors walked. They brought presents of silverware and money. After everyone had been presented t¢ my father and mother someone started ‘playing on the organ and quite a lot of others sang. After they cot tired of singing, re- freshments ' ~onsisting of cookies and ice cream were passed around. My cousin, one of my girl friends and my- self passed around the cookies and come of the grown people passed the cream. £ No one left until a very late hour, and_everyome said they had a very good time. Eight people who came a long dis- tance stayed all night, and it was after 2 o'clock in the morning before we went to bed. GLADYS YOUNG, Age 13. Moosup. +* He Didn’t Get One. Dear Uncle Jed: One day as I was out in the woods I saw a thicket. I threw a stone into it. A number of rabbits hopped out. I thought that if Eleventh my father came up T could throw in a stone and if one came out my father cculd catch one But he did not, so I had to try to myself. I did not get one; but I was very happy. CARL R. SHERMAN. How We May Do Our Bit. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to write and tell you what we children can do tc_help our soldiers win the war. We can eat less wheat, but eat more rye, corn and oatmeal. We can eat iss beef and pork, but eat more fowl nd eggs. We can eat perishable foods and send the canned food to the sol- diers. We can do without our luxuries and eat plenty of good solid food. We can do without two spoons of sugar in our tea or coffee. Our allies are short of food for their soldiers. The United States govern- rent wants us to save food. The conservation piedge says that there should be a wheatless meal and 3 meatless meal every week. That will save a great deal of wheat and meat for our allies. The pledge doesn’t mean that we Lave to do without wheat or meat. We can eat plenty of other grains :%.d towls. A Liberty bend is a receipt from the government that you have loaned the government a certain amount of money to help feed our allies and help feed and clothe our own soldiers. ZOSEPH E. T. UNDERWOOD, Age 14.] North Stonington. Chatterer, the Squirrel. Dear Uncle Jed: I am sgoing to write to you about Chatterer, the red squirrel who lives in the wall. There a_corn-house near our house and he used to go there to get some corn. The cat used to watch him, but he never caught him, for he wus too cunning for the cat. : One tirne the cat was hiding and the squirrel jumped down from the barn near where the cat was hiding, but before the cat caught him he was safe in his refuge in the wall. One day I found a dead sqiirrel up in the hay mow. _The poor 'thing must have frozen from the cold. I don’t know if this was the same squir- rel, or not, but, anyhow, a red squir- rel used to go to the corn crib after that. After ‘the corn was gone.T did not see him around there any more, but now as there is some more corn there I expect him to come back. WILLIAM COTTER, Age 12. Arlene Enters High School. Dear Uncle Jed: The first of Sep- tember I entered the Cony High School, as a student in the freshman classy > As T had never been in tbr high school before, I frirly dreaded to go the first morning. I went with a girl that went into the Junior high. The first p'ace T had to go was to the basement to remove my coat and hat. I hadw’t the slightest idea where that was, as there are two buildings. 1 entered the cellar, or = basement door and then followed several girls. After turning to the left several times I reached the part of the basement that is designed for the girls. There I saw a girl of my acquaint- annce who is a Junior. 'She took me up into the Assembly hall, which is on the fourth figor in the new building. The Assembly hall is a large room with a stage and a great number of chairs. The walls and woedwork iook lovely, and all the entertainments of _the High School are held there. Principle Cobb had all the higher errpes g0 to their rooms. Then he had all of the Freshmen moved to the front. Then all of the freshmen Loy, unll ]\‘v; n (,;)h- el For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That GOHOL-3 H?i\:gz; AVegetable Preparat simil&linglnel'wd by Regula- tingthe Stomachsand Bowets of 2 GASTOR Genuine Casteria Use For Over Thirty Years o fi rany, NEW YORR Monatch of the Air, by Lillian Murphy, of Norwich. Third .prize,. $0.75. whose names began with any tetter| that they from A to G went with a teacher to the home room. While those whose names began with any letter from G to M -went with one of the teachers. The ‘ten remaining ones went' with another feacher. These rooms are called home rooms and we have to go io them at the end of the,last period daily. The first morning in the home room the teacher will ask you what course vou are going to take. She also gave us a' slip of paper that we had to fill out, ‘teiing our name, age, etc. We then had to go down to the library, where the teacher filled out a_sli telling the_different studies and the ‘numbers of the rooms we had to go to. A It is rather difficuit the first few days to find your way 'out of the building. .But aftsr the first week I had: no trouble whatever in finding my-way to the various class rooms. ARLENE PEARL, Age 14. Augusta, Maine. The Tailor's Story. Dear_ Uncle Jed: There once was a very rich tailor who had the most beautiful ‘daughter in- the town. All of the ‘young men sought her on ac- count of her bLeauty. . Two rivals ccme to her and said: “It s’ for your sake we have came hery “What “do you want?” emiling. “We both lova vou,” replied the two young men, “and ‘each of us wishes to marry you,” She _called her father and he said to thep: “It is geltinz late. Go away pow, and come back tomorrow, and you’shall know which of you two my .caughter has chosen.” The next morning at daybreak the two young._fellows returned. “Here'we are” they said to tailor. “You remember what promised us vesterday ?” “Wait” *he answered. “I am going to the market tc buy some cloth, and when 1 come back you shall hear which of you.” gy ‘When. the tailor returned from mar- ket he called to his daughter and when she ‘had come he turned to the young men. “My'sons, there.are two of you, and I have but one daughter. To whom shall I give her, and to whom must 1 refuse -ber? Look at this piece of cloth. . I'will cut it out for two simi- lar ‘garments; each of you shall sew one. and he-who finishes his work first shall be my som-in-law.” ° § Each of the two rivals had his ap- pointed task and prepared his work under lis master's eye. The daughter had to thread the needles. Now the maif®n was clever; her. father di1 not know: who she like1; neither did the young men. The ' tajlor went out, she prepared the thread while the young man .sew- ed. But for the one she®loved, she gave. short needlefuls, while she gave long needlefuls to the one she did not like,” At 11 o'clock the work was haif finished, but at 3 in the afternoon the young man who she zave short nee- dlefuls had accomplished his' task. The other was a long way from finishing b s S When' the tailor came back the vic- tor ‘showed him the finished zarments and’ he sald: “He who finishes first is the ‘cleverest workman, consequent- Iy he will best sustain the credit of myestablishment.” He had not guessed that his daugh- ter 'zave'long needlefuls. to the one she’ would® not hhve. So it was the maiden, Unéle Jed, who c¢hose her own hu iay 5 . YETTA LBVINE, Age 12. ster: she said, the you Candy for Thanksgiving. ‘Jed: T am sending the ‘a few candy recipes y like to try ‘for Thanlks- siving 1% Butter Scotch: ter, three tablesp: the above ingred when dropped immed 3 Preak into pieces when cold Coffee Drops! Two cups sug: quarter teaSpoon cream tartar, half cup coffee; hoil without stirring unti] it “ha mcve from fire, beat until it nd drop on buttered paper. MARY PE! Willimantic. Butch East s ard The States. The Dutch East Indies many articles wiich the United States must have and the United States pro- duces many articles which they must have. The chief articles produced in the nds for exportatio: ind: rabber, tin, sugar. coffee, ccpra, ' cocoanut o and of all the: a large impor The princi ports are manufactures, of whicl brittle Pour pan. until wate: buttered one- on UECHATZ, Age 14. Iru United produce are United States is the world’s lars producer. Java holds second rank among ¥ world’s producers of cane sugar be- ng only exceeded = by Cuba. The Java coffee holds the highest rank in ali parts of the world; the wrapper tobacco of Sumatra surpasses that of any other country; the t'n mines of Banca and Billiton are of extreme im- portance, and the production of rub- ter on the plantations of Java and Sumatra are increasing grapidly, and only exceeded in output by that of Malayan Peninsula. s The total imports of the Dutch Tast Indies range from $130.000000 to $200,000,000 per annum, and the e ports from ~$250 000,000 to $300,000 000 rer annum, the lars part of the trade being normalily with the mother country, Netherlands. CUT THIS OUT OLD ENGLISM RECIPE FOR_ C TARRAH, CATARRHAL DEAFNES: AND HEAD NOISES. If you know someone who s troubled with head noises, or catarrhal deafness. cut out this. formula, and haml It*to them, and you may have been the means of saving some poor sufferer erhaps from tctal deatness. ' We. be- ieve that catarrh, catarrhal deafness head noises, etc, are caused by stitutional diseases and that salves, sprays, inhalers, ctc, merely temporize with the complaint #nd seldom, if ever effect a permanent cure. This belng 50, much time Las been spent in pek~ fecting_a pure, gentle, vet effective tonic that should quickly dispel —all traces of the catarrhal polson from the system. The effective prescriptio which was eventually formulated given below in an understandable form 5o that anyone cam use it in their owl home at little expense Secure from your druzgist 1 oz Parmint (Double Strength). Take this home and add to it ' pint of ot water and 4 os. of granulated sugar; stir unti]l dissolved. Take ene tablespoon- ful four times a day. The first dose shouid begin to relleve the distressing head nolses, headach®, dullness, cloudy thinking, 'etc. while the hearing should rapidiy refurn -as the system is invigorated by the tonic action of the treatment. Loss of smell and mucous dropping in the back of the throat are other sympioms that show the presence of eatarrhal poison. azd which are often oyercome \by this efficacious treatment. If nearly 50 per Fcent. of all ear troubles are directl caused by catarrh, there must be many pecople whose nearing may be restorea y_this simple home treatment.. Every person who/is troubled -with head nolses, catarrhal deafness. or c: tarrh in any form. should eive .th Eruorl?tln a trial. sale by Lee