Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 13, 1917, Page 9

THE DOG'S EWI IETMAS DINNER. By Xate Tannatt Woods. The chureh-beils rang out one Christ-| mes morn Merrily om the clear, cold air: They seemed to say, “Our Christ is Born: . Come, worship him here, both youns and fair” Ana by-an ed 4 litfle fairy. with goldén hair Wailked up the steps witR her grand- sire old, And paused in a pew near the chan- cel stair. Her goiden locks floated softly down, Just kissed by a band of ribbon biue, Whieh ha'd it back with a knot on the crown . And left her bright eyes peeping through. “The least of these” the cld priest said: And_Bessie whispered, “The least of While she bowed her light-crowned iden head. And whispered, TFather” on bended knees. At last, when the people went their With words of kindly gresting and !.ntlemt;md Bess was heard to “is ‘the Christ-Child makes us happy here.” . when they slowly toll- “Our And azain, when the feasters were happy et home, And grace had besn sald for boun- ty given, " Little Bess said softly,” “The poor have nens, But Chelstmas will wait for them up in héaven.” At the feast they missed the thought And, searching without and within, founa on the steps, where she sat iled, ! ‘While the dogs of the household were gathered round. There was Hero the hunter, brave in the chase, And Lion the fearless. Pug. 7And griszly Towser, fleet in the race, And dear little Snip who lived on and puny f Fars From a plate on her lap the little ueen gave Bach doggic a morsel of Christmas cheer. While over her hesd sat pussy-cat Dave, Haif ready to dle with envy and fear. All over the steps tho holly-sprays Tell, . Even down to the feet of the little queen. Who watched her loving subjects well, And declared “such a dinner never They found her there: and an artist arew The picture at once, dear readers, for you: And little Bess said, “Papa, if you Aren't our dear doggies ‘the leagt of| these' ™ UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. 1t we practiced what older people “whe leve us tell us to to get on in the world, the world would be a pleasnter place to live in. Ome dear old grandma has left for young people these nice rules of con- auet: “Speak vour words piainly; do not matter or mumble. If your words are worth saying, they are worth pro- moumcing distinctly and clearly. “De mot say* disagreeable things. It you have nething pleasant to say, keep stlent. “Think three times before you speak once. “Have you something to do that you i THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT find hard and would prefer mot to do? Do the hard thing first and get over with it. If you have dome wromg, go and’ confess it. If your lesson is tough, master it. If the garden is to be weeded, weed it first and play after- werds. Do first the thing you don't Hke to do, and them with a clear con- science try the Test.” This is as good advice as any one could give young people, and these rules are just as good for grownups as for little ones. “Attention!” is & military command. It is like saying: “Now, put your whole mind upon yeur work. | “Byes Right!* is another mititary [order to teach the men to look one !way together and to keep looking. Soldiers would appear to be disorderly jit they were looking every way and GUARDING HIS HOME, by Dorothy Sneestone of Providence, R. L 114 not look at their commander Ofln, ang ate just a fow pieces of toast,|them in about three davs they could their company line. and went for a swim in the - lakes. | come to our camp and take what we It is good manmers To look at those Later we went rowing in our canoe.[had borrowed and we also left some who talk to you; 2 good hebit to speal vour words plainly; and & sensible. “we stayed there two weeks. Then we|s) 1 practice not to say irritating things evan to those we disliks, for they can usually say’ things very much meaner’ and hurt your feelings worse than' vou hurt theirs. Tt is also a good res luhmon to do first the things you most } distike to do and to Go them well, for. that leaves nothing to dread, and Dbefore. vacation. LILLY KAPLAN. Oakdale. Odds and Ends. There was onge a maiden who was very pretty but" careless. When she sat at her spinning wheel she would not trouble to unravel a knot in the came home to spend the rest of our!sent to us,” and all getting o k: We came home and went on as the day | beads for them. At the end of three days we saw a hip. 1 signalled and lifeboats were board the ship we were carried to San Fran- cisco. The water was calm and still ind the rest of the voyage was pleas-. ant. JOHN LEE. Age 13. Norwich. The Red Cross Turkey. “Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! 1 know and quickens our spirit of industry 30| flax, but tore it out and threw it uPon |yhat I'll do,* shouted an old bronze i |th we can do much more in less time. You will never be sorry, Wide Awakes, if you take grandma’s adwice. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE -BOOKS. 1—Inez Guile, of Norwich—Mistress Mofret 2—Lily Kaplan, onkasket Mystery. 3—Lydia Dugas, of Versailles—Dare oys at Vincimnes. > 4—Mary A. Bureill, of Stafford Springs, ‘100~ points—ONE DOLLAR. -Gertrude Robinson, of Packer—I Toublet and Hose. 6—Iirene Evans, of Plainfield-—The Boy Chums on Indian River. 7—Edna Weaver, of Providence, R. L:—An HEvery Day Heroine. s—1lvy Fiske, of Bpringfield, Boy Chums in Florida Jungle, |LETT_!RB OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.! Catherine MeVeigh, of thank you very much for the prize book. T read it and foumd it verr in teresting. Evelyn Caren, of very thankful for'the besutifui prize book I won, and hepe d will be fortu. | of Ouakdale—The i iB gium.” T have it partly read, vy Fisk, of Spriugiieid. asc I received the prize bobi gntitied ‘Mar- jorie Dean,” with pleasdre. 1 am ing to start reading :t tonight ar. know I shall ifke ft. Florence Sholes. of Willimantic.—I was very much pleased with the prize book you sent, “Miss Efliot's Girls”| and thank you very mueh for it. 1! have read most of it and find it inter- esting. Miriam Shersheveky, of Norwich—! thank you very mucih for the prize Dbook you gave me entitled, “The Boy Scouts Down in Dixie” I think. 1 shall find it as interesting as the oth- ers T have' won. Delsie Ames, of Willimantic—I re- ceived the prite book, “The Daughter of the Fofest,” and I thank you very much for it. ' I mean to try for an- other one before long. I have not read it through yet. I am interested in it STORIES WRITTEN - BY WIDE- AWAKES. A Thanksgiving and Christmas. In my story I am zoing % tell you about Christmas and Thanksgiving. I will speak about Thanksgiving first Decause it comes before Christmas Now, we must know who made it. The Pilgrims gathered corn in the autumn und the band of Pilgrims and Indians sat down to feast. They had corn, deer meat, roast ' turkey, and fish. ‘was called ‘Thanks- giving. Now ving is held all over the United States. Thanksgiving was heid not long ago. It ajgvays comes on the last Thureddy in November. We had a good time at Thanksgiving. We had spare rib, mashed furnips, boiled onions, pies, cakes, etc. Not long after Thavksgiving comes Christmas. I suppose most all of us have a Christmas tree or stocking, and at night Santa Claus®comes and hangs gifts on our tree, or fills our stockings. Good girls and boys set toys, and bad boys and girls _get switches. In the morning when we set up we almost tear the tree down because we want to et the presents off too quick. We are zoing to have a_ CI tree_at our Al "of us are going to speak pieces and sing. After it is ever we :rno‘um!.d and then o, will siide down an 've more fun besides. I wish all a Merry Christmas and a. Happy New T:lr. - INBZ GUILE, Age 12. Norwich. e The Vacation Camp. e s made four, and with myself, five. Jessie, Marion and tweive years old ‘were eleven. Jessio’'s mether. spot camp. e found a place which was suif Ws Ut up two temts right meer other. ~ Jjemsie, Esther and I siept in ¢he large- one and Marion, Ruth, and ;::h- mother, slept in the smaller | M= Norwich—1! Norwich -7 am|srom’ sunrise nate enough to win another. The name | of it was, "Red Cress Giris in Bel-|three times a day. X near and old Farmer Jones was very | mark. T{tifol turkey’s head. e 'floor beside her. ana spun them, and made herself a pretty dress out of the material. married, and on the eve of the wed- She had a maid servant who Was|gor old Doc. Strutter, I wiil. industrious and collected these | France on the first steamer across odds and ends of flax, washed them,|tne Atlantic in the morni Turkey. “I'll be a Red Cross nurse i go o 1 don't d take my I'm up for care if those old Germans head off the first thing. The idle maiden was soon to ¢ be|my country and never before was I willing te give my life for a Thanks- ding the busy little maid eervant put | zivin® Ginner on her pretty dress and danced right merrily. The bride, who was watch- ing her, said to the young ‘man: “See how that girl bows and bends. |y, Dressed in my cast-off odds and ends.” Fhe bridegroom asked his bride what she meant, so she told him how the ing as he had said he ‘The turkey started the next morn- would. He ided in France after a most sea- ick journey, and there to- his surprise as old Doc. Strutter waiting for him as he had heard he was coming. The second day he was there a German buillet came whizzing by and kiiled him. Such- is the end of our Red girl had made herself a dress out of | Cross turkey. the pieces of flax which had thrown away. When the bridegroom heard the story and found how idle she must be, and how industrious the poor girl was, he £ave up his bride and went and chose o other girl for a wife. instead. LOUISE OUELLET. she orwich. The Bronze Turkey. ivarmyard, strutted back. and i until sundown, only |stopping to eat. And ea ike a giant! Thanksgiving was proud of the turkey that was to dec- orate his dinner table. The time came to chop off this beau- Farmer Jones was filled with sorrow. The Jonses ate chicken for Thanks- siving. RUTH WEATHERHEAD, Age 13. Willimantic. Farmer, Brown’s Pet Turkey. Thanksgiving day was approaching, As Farmer Brown was uhl.rpc!fln‘ his axe, a feeling of sorrow passed ‘Over. him. He dropped his axe and his face turned pale. What could he do? He knew that his good oid wife would be expecting a turkey, as she had had one for'the past thirty years. After about fifteen minutes’ thinking he hitched his horse and drove to town. He bought a turkey which was served at the dinner table. ‘For one more year, anyway, the turkey will proudly strut about the barmyard. LILLIAN PATNODE. A Rabbit Bath. Once I was walking 'through the woods with a meiting snow on the ground and looking for bird or animal tracks. Suddenly I saw” some rabbit tracks in the snow, and looking saw they came from a hole which a woodchuck had abandoned. 1. followed them a ways and saw where § rabbit had taken a snow bath. The snow had dirty spots wheré the rabbit had wallowed. I like to see the tracks of the wild folks. ROY ROBINSON, Age 11. Packer. Lending a Hand. Very few of us realize how helpful we can, be in this emergency and cat- astrophe which the kaiser has forced upon us. 1t every one in our ¢ountry would save eight ounces of bread crumbs daily it would make a saving of fifty- fivé million pounds of bread a day. Even the Wide-Awakes saving eight ounces of bread a day can save seyeral soldiers’ lives in France, perhaps. We in our family are savin ROY ROBINSON, Doing Our Part. We should all find some way & which we may help our country. Even little children can do their part in helping out in the food supply. If the young men of America am willing to go to France to fight for their country, why shouldn't we do our part? hings that g Shou o lo sare we shoul to save. Meat also is nebded for the soldiers i ‘The -solditrs need food to ivé them strength to fight. It is our duts to ‘preserve it for them. we rOw away. ‘Som 3 should think of the. people. Whe are dying for want of food. Captgin Maytham was a retired sea captain. who had visited n every seaport in the world, and was Yond of Ilfll;‘&v;r his past experiencés. I once bim tell this story. I started from New York San Franciseo. - The water was calm and still till we neared the Straits of Magellan. A wind came up and toss- 24 the boat to and fro. When we en. teres e straits it began to sprinkle and then the rain came down in -tor- uddenly 1 -heard rents. S 2 Knowing- the ship had struck a leap the life’ boats to -be -low- 1_ordered He ate |selling matches? t?’ g0 to |~ RUTH W. POLLARD, Age 10. ‘Willfmantic. Lesson. Helen's Once upon a time there lived a rich little girl named Helen. She was 11 years old. She was very selfish and greedy. One day as Helen was go- to a friend’s house for tea, she ret a poor little zirl who was selling The bronze turkey, the king of the |matches. Helen was passing by, and forth | zaid in a mocking tone. “Why don’t you dress up 4nstead of Look at me in my new dress and bonnet. I look ten times ¥Farmer Jones fed him golden corn!more lovely than you do.” A woman passing by heard the She at once came upon t! scene and said: “Don’t interfere with her business—mind your own." So saying she took the child by the At this thought |hand and said, “Where do you live?” “In Mrs. Gréen's shed, ma'am.” “Where's your father and mother?" “Dead,” echoed the child. “Come with me and you shall made comfortable.” Helen grew crimson with shame, and said: “This teaches me a lesson, whicn I shall never forget.” So- say- ing, Helen went, ELIZABETH McLAREN, Age 11. Norwich. be The Training of An Athenian Boy. As the Greeks believed a beautiful body indicated a beautiful soul, they made bodily exercise an important part of a boy's training. In Athens gymnastics were taught at the wrestling grounds, which were rartly shadeq fields on the outskirts of the city. Here, with naked bodies well ofled, the boys practiced wrest- ling, jumping, Poxing, running and throwing the discus and the spear. When the work was over they scraped off the oil ayd plunged into fresh wa- ter for a bat At sunrise every morning in all kinds of weather, the boys trooped to school. The school buildings |were ill furnish- ed without -desks. At school- they were taught music and grammar. Music included sing- ing and playing on musical instru- ments, though the main object was an acquaintance with the poets. In the studv of grammar, throush the use of Homer and other Greek poets, the boy was not only to learn how to use his mother tongue, but also to yain knowledge of life, of- the gods and his relations to them: and also the! kind of service he should render to'his state. < JOSEPHINE BOROVICKI, Age 15. Storrs. Méther’s Bill. Ten year old Tommy overheard a conversation about certain bills for services rendered which had to be paid and thought it would be a brilliant idea: r's dinner plate. Mother owed Tommy for carrying coal six , thirty cents: for bringing water 16ts of times, thirty cents; for deing ten errands, fifteen cents: total, -se'y- enty-five cents. His mother read the bill_but eaid nothing. That_eveming Tommy found on his plate the seventy-five cents, and also another bill which read.as follows: “Tommy, owes mother for his_happy Fome. of ten years, nothing; for his food and clothing, nothing; for nurs- ing him through & long iliness, noth- ing: for being good to him, nothing total, nothing. ‘When Tommy saw the seventy-five cents he ' was pleased, but when he read his mother's note his eves filled up with tears and his lips quivered. Then he took the money to his mother, threw his arms around her neck and begged that she would let him do lots of things. - Mother’s bill is rarely presented, but every child should endeavor to pay it in loving service. LYDIA DUGAS, Age 13. Versailles. The Hallowe’sn Parade. Our Hallowe'en parade was wonder- ful and comical. A lot of the girls on our street dressed up in_all sorts of uniforms such as boys, sosts, etc, It was a sight worth seeing when we all matched up for the parade. We sang songs, hooted and made enough noise to be heard all over |town. Small children chased us, in- tent on finding out who we were; We visited the homes of many friends and they tried to guess our names, but were not ‘successful. Before we de- parted we all removed our masks for a minute. They declared we were the best “make up” out -that night. ‘When we were tired of visiting some one said: “Let's have some real fun. Excitement! ‘We were ready for any darin a person mentioned. One of the girls told of a house on a back street where someone was having a party. Having rapped on the door, slammed the blinds, ete., we at last angered them so that they ordered us away two or three times. Then we set a small stool in front of the door, yodled and ran. A 'man ran out, stumbled over the chair and fell full length. Angry and sore, he chased us a long distance. After that we succeeded -in- getting Chased several times. We were having the time of our life when an accident happened. Someone threw a stone; it went through a win- dow and hit a lighted mp, breaking it to pieces. We didn't stop to sée how much mofé damage was done, but ran as fast as we could. Two or theae & stunt girls fell down and another lost her hat. We were an excited, frightened and overheated crowd when at last we cot together again. We decided that we'd had enough “fup” and with jolly “Good nights! “deparied for home. MARY BURRILL. Stafford Springs. Home After First Voyage. There was a very happy family th: lived on a small farm in the Cor- necticut valley. There were five children. Their names were Florence, Mildred, Frank, Fred and James. Florence was the oldest. When Fred, the oldest boy, was 16 years old he wished to be a sailor. His mother re- fused, but Fred was not satisfied un- til she let him join tix navy. Young Jones decided to go to England on his first voyage. Fred started for England April 16th. There was a very hard storm while Fred was on the ocean. He was frightened. His ship did not get to England until May 6th. He liked England very well. Freg worked there five months, but did not want to work any longer because he was_very. anxious to get home and see his dear mother, sisters and broth- ers. Fred wrote home and told them he would be home Nov. 6th at 11 o'clock. The children waited very impatiently for_that time to come. ‘When they awoke Nov. 6th it was a very pleasant morning as the sun shone very bright. At 11 o'clock the children thought it must be about time for their sailor brother to arrive, 50 they watched for him eagerly. Everyone wanted to be first to see him. - Mildred saw him first. She said: “Moths Here he comes! He is very tall and is carrying a very big pack- The children were very glad to see their brother Fred. - Mrs. Jones soon had dinner ready for him. Brother told them all about England and his voyage. He bronght each one of them very useful pres- ents. Fred gave his two little broths ers sailor suits, and his sisters very pretty dresses and each a_ string of pearl beads. Fred gave his mother cloth for a dress and a coat. He also brought many other interesting tnings from England. GRACE A. BURRILL, Age 13. Stafford Springs. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Thanksy g Day School Exercises. Dear Uncle Jed: The Thanksgiving day exercises at the school I attend were _interesting. Our school is a very small one with fourteen scholars. It is the Lantern Hill district, No. 14, of Ledyard. Eaci cne of us had pieces to speak or read, The names of some of the pieces were: The First Thanksgiving Day and A Thanksgiving Ride. Mine was A Little Pilgrim Maid, Another girl and I sang -a song, to the tune of Jingle Bells. We all sang America and a Thanks- giving song. I live 1wo miles from the scHool and bave to walk the whole way. ALICE E. LANGEVIN, Age 12. Mystic. - The Scouts Rally. Dear Uncle Jed: I am ‘going to tell you of the Girl Scouts’ rally during the Eastern Statés Exposition. We had a special car meet us at Court Square. - When we arrived we had to wait in a room until jt was time to march -in. © While in there we wére formed into- companies. We started at' 7 o'clock. We marched around the arena. Thén the Pine troop performed. A troop in Eoston lent them a trek cart. It is & wagon which is used when Gigl Scouts camp. It can be unpacked in one and one-half minutes and packed again in two minutes. = The Pine Troop pitéhed five tents, made a fire and bofled some water. led FEEDING THE BIRDS, by Rose .Bagan, age 10, of Willimantic, A TINY WIDE-AWAKE’S VISIT TO FLOWER LAND# (Written Specially for The Builetin.) Have you ever heard of Tom Thumb? Well. he was a very _little man, and I had heard that he had a little girl who was so tiny and re very wide-awake _that they always called her Tiny Wide-Awake. and I thought the children who »icns 1o the .Tide Awake Circle would lke to hear about her. She was so very cumning and lit- tie that she used to hear a great many things that the grown ups never knew about. The bees and birds and grass- hoppers used to whisper lovely secrets to her, when she roamed out in the woods or fields, where she loved to g0. She was very kind to them and fed them crumbs and goodies that she knew they liked so they were friend- Iy to her and were glad to have her ome and see them, when they would be afraid to have any grown ups around. ‘ One day when she was out under a great big tree, sitting on an acorn, for vou know she was very tiny, a great big grass-hopper came along. “How do you do, Tiny,” he said, as he hopped right up to her, “would you like a ride this nice day?’ “Oh, indeed I should, Mr. bopper.” “Then hop on my back and sit very still. I am going to the Flower wed- ding and I'Il' take you alongz, too.” “Who is to be married?” asked Tiny. “Wild Rose is going to marry John- ny-Jump-Up, at four o'clock. We will have to hop along quite fast to get there on time.” And away they hop- ped, for Tiny perched herself on his back, and chuckled to herself as they flew over the leaves and tall grass, only stopping once in a while to rest on a pebble. At last they could see a great bunch of flowers at the edge of the woods. “There they are now,” said the grass hopper. In two or three more hops we’ll be there, and right on time, too, for I hear the choir already.” “Who is the choir,” asked Tiny. Grass- “The bees. Don't you hear them humming 7 Right in a shady and velvety place in the woods she saw a very wonder- ful sight. High up on a very big fern sat a number of bees, buzzing and humming a sweet song, and very ap- propriate, for they were humming the | same tune that the grown ups have, To a Wild Rose. One more hop and she and the grasshopper were close by_the choir. “Now,” he said, “hold on tight for I am going to jump up on that tall daisy, so we can see all that's going on.” and up they went. ®he could see all around from the top of the daisy. There was the par- son, Jack-in-the-pulpit, standinz straight and tall, waiting for the bride und groom. First-came the maid of honor, Black-eyed Susan, dressed in a yellow gown and carrying a tiny bunch of ferns, then the two brides- maids came slowly along the velvet carpet. Tiny saw that they _wer Daisy and Pansy. Each had a dainty gown and carried ferns also. Then came the pretty flower girls, and each one’s name was Violet, but they were all_dressed differently. One was in a white gown, another in vellow, still another one had on a blué gown and another had a purple gown. They carried long streamers of sweet gras and tiny biuets, and this formed an aisle for the bride and groom who came together. Tiny gave a little gasp of delight when' she’ saw the bride, Wild Rose, fgr her cheeks were such a_delicats pink, because she was _very happy. She had a long fai Hike gown and a lovely cob-web veil, that the fairies had made spe- cially for her. It was trimmed with Queen Anne's lace and rose-bud trim- ming. She carried a lovely bouquet of trailing arbutus. Johnny-Jump-Up looked very neat in his suit and he had a butter-cup in his coat. When they reached Jack-in-the-pulpit, they bent very low before. him, and h% nodded and said a few words and they were married. Then the butterflies flew around and aave them their good wishes and e erybody wished good luck, and some- cne gave them' a bunch of four leaf clovers for luck.. Just then a great big gold butterfly flew down and the bride and sroom jumped on his back and flew away. Then someone after them until sight. “Oh, wasn’t that a perfectly beauti- ful wedding.” exclaimed Tiny. But they don't have a wedding feast with lots of goodies like my people do.” “Oh, yes, they do! See, they are getting it ready now."s “What will they have?” asked Tiny. “They will have Swamp-cheese, b ter and eggs, flowering quince, honey- suckle and apple-blossoms.” That is lovely, just like biz folks have, only Iots nicer, and they even have an aeroplane to g0 away in,” said Tiny. “And_one that will not fall and let them get hurt” said the grass-hop- per. “Get on my back now, for this is vour aeroplane and it is time to start home again” and they flew to the acorn where he found Tiny, and after thanking him she ran home to tell about her lovely trip. VADA WILCOX. threw they lady-slippers were out of Then they took all the tents down and went out of the arena on thé run. The Rose Troop signalled next. Our troop, the Oak Troop, gave an exhibition of knot-tying. A ‘troop Fave a fire drill. For the burning house they had a wagon with a wooden structure on it. Some =Zirls went 80 as to be there when the house caught fire. The bell rant and some girls came up with a ladder, others went up into the house, while others opened and held a fire net. A few girls jumped into the net. The girls in the house carrieq some down on their shoulders and let others down by ropes. They made streichers for those who were burned. Some girls bandaged. - After that we matched around the arena and there we cheered the coun- cil and the scout commissioner. IVY FISK, Age 12. Springfield, Mass. Had a Good . ‘Dear Uncle Jed: I had a very good time Thanksgiving day. After we had dinner; I played many games with my - brother. When evening came I watched the boye burn their barrels. They had not many barrels to burn for they were not -allowed to collect them. It seems too bad not to see them burning, for every other Thanks- glving day I have seen them. 1 hope vou had a merry giving, too. CATHERIN Thank: McVEIGH. A Trip to Boston. Dear Uncle Jed: One Wednesday in August my father, sister and I left for Boston on the 4 o'clock train and when we got there it was too late to o to my cousin’s house so we stayed at the Essex hotel in Boston over night, and the bellboy showed us to our rooms. The hotel is ten stories high and when we lopked out on the people it seemed as if we were in heaven We told the bellboy to wake us up at 7 o'clock, but we woke up long be- fore 7, it being a strange city to us it was quite nolsy, for there was an elevated railroad .across from our room. ‘We got up next morning and ate breakfast in a restaurant and_had to wait on ourselves—bring things from the counter to the table. After breakfast we went to our nearly everythin day w We had a fine the scenic railroad and the ligh we went down I c Coming back it sta my cousin was when we were g was thundering Id her it was th on the boat; and her by telling her God ter just the same : the storm did not We landed at Rose sun was shining them good-bye Plainfield, having cur lives. By IRENE Plainficld Jed bird Dear Uncle most_graceful ter and is sometime much at home W, public and_priva bats on the water serves as a sail There is nothin Golden A bunch To make each “Good morning, That unlocks eve thi a When evening comes, say, And close the door of each glad When at the table, When friends give ar use the little “Excuse me,” “Beg ¥ ‘When by or, if With Kindly harm Forgive me"” I This is its motto: “B Brazil's there. All former ca ceeded and coffee m ties being put A Fa cousin’s house in Dorchester, and we all went to Revere Beach and went in| countzy. The fact Deen [iven enough Eagle “Thank mavod at the prospect their curved neck e b in every direction heautiful after tak ter. Swans fly 1 curves. The bird is beau seen in_early spring or tumn. She lays from tw Her nest is made of halr. The young & g do not become white years old. Australia_has a black swan America has a swan with a and neck DAISY FARNHAY Thanksgiving Without St Dear Uncle Jed: It snowed before Thanksgiving. We my cousin, who is a Schoc and her mother, who is years old, over to spend ter went over to see if ccming, but my aunt did no not been out for a long tim I shall alwa; Thanksgiving as we had no will tell you what we had for Chicken pie, roast pork and mashed potatoes and _tur and butter, mince and p cranberries and grapes. T ries were sweetened with syru EDNA WERAVER, A Providence, R. L TOMMY TIDD. at Tommy Tidd says Keys. of golden kevs ; with gladness s the ay for me “Good n 1r_you ple: I take from off my bunch of ke nything to your pa: Tve give: shall be 3e ye k T'll often use each golden key And then a child polite 'l be. this v lculation, en are ev of sux or. the ot. Complaints are growing the G ageénts have too much leewa is. the Fope forgi On a golden ring these keys Tl mari g den Xk cht” istake some harm I d From the Commerce Reports coffee crop likely to exceed anything ever ‘Overworked must learn neglect their not to _