Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 11, 1918, Page 10

cart down the Ere g e - down narrow lane, an s on briskly, as if the load were only a plaything. Oh, how strong is a kind word. BERTHA MATHEWSON, Age 13. ‘Voluntown. i white toast, corn meal mulns, Liber:y bread and bread pudd:ng, 5, the small pieces of Gake WINA mm srm Size of Pictures Drawn For Him. térested how fo cook Any of tiese In. 1917-"18 sorrow has comg to a good many homes. Tears and sorrow- ing has come to many sweethearts, wx‘v&en :tnd mt::hera‘; ‘ & y story - ~ ‘about a. girl, whose sweetheart enlisted’ in - the United States uv,;vhen the country- first started to callnfor men.. He was at things 1 will be pleased;to serd in any of these reclpes. 5 gl 25 At present we are planning for 2 drama and a tableau .which will be held at ‘the Grange hall in the near future. The drama is for the larxe girls and the tablean 1s for the smuil- er girls, The proceeds will be given to the Red Cross fund, which we hope will help win the war. = . EMMA ¥, - WHITE, Age 12. North Stonington. < For The Bulletin They must be either 2 8-16 wide single column, and 4 616 for luck and God-speed.” At last he was sent across the seas to France. and is now over there fighting. : Her prayer for him every night is for God to keep him safe, clean-heart- ed, soul bright and to carefully guard him, every day and night, &4 has protected him, and many |- others; and we all hope that he wiil continue to do so; and that the war will soon be over, and all the soldiers anq sailors return home. # HELEN M. BABBITT. Daisy. 2 Dear Uncle Jed; I saw fhat you was glving out’thrift stamps for those who win prizes. . 3 I'have-a thrift stxmp book ond =~ few thrift stampe, and hope if T win a prize 1. 'will also get a prize of L thrift stamp. L My teacher sajd she thousht it would be a good thing-to do, so as to buy a thrift stamp book o as to help the government. I have a cat my friend gave ma. Her name. is.Dalsy. She Iz a throe colored cat. She is about thron woam~ 2™ S0 lig calle has never run away since T had her.| Ac-, Frontier Boys in 'Frisco. 3—Helen M. . Babbitt, of Hanoyer— A Thrift Stamp. 4—Rose Kessler. of Colchester—A Thrift Stamp. 5—Ruth Tracy, of Richmond, Vi— Boy Volunteers With Submarine Fleet. 6—Emma F. White, of North Ston- ington—Chumbs of The Camp Fire. 7—Millicent Disco, of Norwich Thrift Stamp. 3 8—Anna,Evans, of Mansfield Cen- ter—A Thrift Stamp, be. given or will be used, . e a 7'at the botiom of the Address all communications t¢ Uncle Office. Hanover. LY 4 Guess Who bly! Uricie ) Fournier of Baltitr e flis How We Can Help Our Country. Our country has within the past 01 ) “The HoBart Avcnie Thrif( Jed, Bulletin “Whatever you are—Be that! Myu-_:z&wml Straightforwardly Be honest—in fact, Be nobody else but you” POETRY Aunt Tabitha. Whatever I do, and whatever I say, Aunt Tabitha tells me that isn't the . way; When she was a girl (forty summers ago) Aunt Tabitha tells me they never did Dear aunt! If I would only take her 4 advice! But I like my.own way, and I find it 80 H And besides ldfnmt half the things I am told; But they all will. come back to me— when I am old. It a youth passes by, it may happen, no-doubt, He may chance to look in as I chance to look out; She would never endure an imperti- | 128 LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Arlene Haskins, of Scotland: I re- ceiveq the prize book you sent me. Thank you. It is very interesting. I shall try again, Shirley Jackson, of Danielson: I tl you - very much for the prize book you sent me. I have read it and found it very interesting. I received the thrift stamp and thank you very much for it. I shall try for more a§ I was pleased to get this one. Mary L. O. Casey, of Norwich: I thank yeu very much for my thrift stamp. I think it is very patriotic of you to give thrift stamps to the prize winners. I thank you sgain, and hope to -win some more, Catherine McVeigh, of Norwich: é thank . you very much for the priz bogk, The Boy Scouts Under Fire in lexico. It is very interesting. " Rose Driscoll, of Norwich: I have received the prize bopk you sent me,| entitled Mildrea® Daughter. I thank you very mucih as I enjoy read- year started to fight in a great war. Almost all the nations of the earth are in this war, and 2ll the nations are gghting against Germany and her al- es. This war began . three among the Europeans. Our country has started figh$ing be- cause we want to remain free and secure freedom for the oppressed peo- ple of other nations, Our forefathers fought for our free- dom, have really given their blood or us, and if we just stood and watched our country fall into the hands of the Germans we would be ashamed to call our country a nation. Many of the soldiers that fought in the Revolutionary war did not live to behold our freedom. 3 Just the same during the Civil war, the people fought against each other so that all people should be equal as God created them to be. Not only did the men help in this war, but brave women helped by supplying clothes and food for the poor soldiers who were fighting to defend them. When the north and south were fighting the people of the south did not have clothing, paper or other sup- 3 > best with years ago camp. After walking about fifteen minutes our division found a good spot. and signaled to the other two divisions that we had found a good place to erect a camp. When they arrived we all started to work, some carrying branches and others placing them in a circle around a tree like an Indian tent. . » After working on the camp for about one hour, we had made a beautiful camp. After finishing our camp, we walk- ed in the woeds for a little while and we found a spring which we drank out of and sat down to rest. Having rested for some time, we all started for home. OVILA BLANCHETTE, Age 13. Danielson. WIS Gifby DY wilial - o, .., of Norwich. Over There,” and we all did a little drill. We were so tremendously ap- piauded that we repeated the drill part. : After the next act was a song en- titled “Somewhere in France is. the Lily.” A boy sang the verses and three girls besides myself sang the chorus. We were dressed as flowers. I was the lily, and the others were a rose .a thistle and a shamrock. These flowers were all mentioned in the chorus. ‘We had a dance of oge hour after the entertainment, and everyone said the whole was a great success. ‘We had taken .in thirty-seven dol- lars. RUTH TRACY, Age 12 Richmond, Vt. . FLORENCE A. GRAY, Age 1L Norwich. 2 ‘ Glad to. Knit For the Soldiers. Dan~:Uncle Jed: T and some -other gir': ~re knitting a blanket for the saldiops, - When We get emough . we will nut the seu-res together, then we wiil have a blznke Jt takes about 1ores to one blanket. Iam glad to knit for the soldiers. TOROTHY BARBER, Age 9. Mystic. A Visit to Mountain Park. ‘Dear Uncle Jed: T will tell vou about a trip T took to Mountain Park Iast summer. Maountain Pr is . situated at’the base of Mount Tom, near Hol- voke mass. It has all sorts of amuse- ment places, such ‘as swings, merry- Zo-rovnds, racers, the crazv -house. and another rlace where they sell ice cream and soda. In another part of the building there are ‘a lot of music hoxes and if you put a penny in a <lot the box wijll bex'n to play a song. There are rubber tuhes and you are supposed to put those to your ears so who would have chi iaticd” < Tn January. we'voted for ' directors » of the se'ling of thriftéstamps. Two girls and two Poys were choseg.. I am one of the directors. g o In January T sold twenty-cieht stam = Ty _thirty-n a this mon*hyd havs sold only seven, but togell more before the end of and. . ex- chanzed it for a war saving certificate and have started fillinz another. MILLICENT ‘DISCO, Age 1f. Victory Gardens. Dear Uncle’Jed: I Hope all -the Wide-Awakes have planned to plant 1 marden for the cominz season ister and I expert to have a gar- den of our own. We are gong t care of it ourselves. ' 'We are going to Ao our best in helping to -win'the war hv food. Almost eyery . one Th our school is going to plant cne. Some of them may think they are too young, but_they all can help. : : Every school ‘n_our,country should nlant victory gardeps. We heard a great deal about gardens last year; Doing My Bit. nent_stare— | /Ivy Fiske, of TR D FE D Dear Uncle Jed: T will tell you about % It s horrid she says, and I mustu't{Thank you've i A Trick, the little country schoolhouse where 1 X K 0 ¢ 1 - . ior Ky Bowy o asaying| Dear Uncle Jed: I know the Wide- |2m & member.of the-Junior Red Crose, A'walk in the moonlight has pleasure, {read it and fo s: “Before | lies would like to hear about aj p€te 06 T oo do their bit x indl E et e all o ;tvn;mgud Ey"}’ ? o their bi BRIt AL ‘St qults mate to Do walking | conon o t'with us in le Mary Owens attended a small| 'L have a Hed Cruss pin fo Weer Bo: o et the | countiry school in the’ outckirts of. a|,, S0me of the Schojar iy - So I take a l2d's arm—just foy safety, | for ;L P Gty oot oney DS fownl ¥ oe e audi :71'1 r‘;"rn ?Ab’t“b rafli;’ien“o uran!:eyveye-' v y0n know=— STt our geods in our | £ the other chiidren lived quite | S e g s ge But Auat g H L R Vi from the sehoor. they carried | tables all by mysclf, and when I sell 50. do our country | their Tunch. |them I will use the money which 1 “"7| One day Mary came to the teacher re(I:e!hvedlo cd “‘;h(’ R;"d Cl""stl et How wicked we are and how good ‘otect us | and. said .I'had a small garden last year, bu they were then! They kept at arm’s length those de- I dd not kaow about the Red Cross “Oh, Miss Ward, what shall 1 do? thert: 10 help | . third day that someone bles for; This is the ) = - | , 3 The.hizher grades at school knit for. z testable men: = C i me’ to help suppiy the |nas stolen my: lunch. I have been o 5 & 2 . " i BY: WIDE- S e i1 s b one-half ‘hour on Thursday afterncor What sn era of virtue sho lived in!— B people who huve no farms. | watching and trying to find out Who|ong ine Jower grades snip cloth fe Our country has to feed us and the | the thief is, but it's no ‘use” Were the men all such rogues in Aunt Another way | Then Mary burst out crying; the|Omfort pillows None of us can kr . L 5 v Y o= iid ith four needles vet, but I Have k: Tabitha's day? : s | couid he'p is by 'knitiing for the | boor chiid was so hungry and troubled | i > » If,the men were 80 wicked, Il ask my | Mary, Battie and L [t was a real Sep- | 5V¢ those things to the soldiets at hef WNCh, . 0 1’ 1o wngver ming, |Knit aulte a few others which I ke r af D, cool aix" papa ; How he dared to propose to my darl- | for Ues st home. 4 am gaing ito, pur mamma chase some thrift stamps soon. ALBFRT STODDARD, Age 11. Norwich. A third way is by forming 2 Junior Red Cross in cur school. There is one great way in which we can help which is most important, and that is by con- serving focd: * o have plenty of mo: :| can buy Liberty bonds, but most ¢ i dren have not the means to do so; but Mary, do as J bid you and we will soon i catch the thief.” | They did not reveal their trouble |to the other children, but laid their iplans accordingly. The next morning | Miss Ward brought a very tempting idoughnut filled with whipped cream and placed it in Mary’'s lumch basket. tc a convenjent! the meadew. | rtant bui in| 5 Was he like_the rest of them? Good- ness! Who knows? And what shail T say, if a wretch should propose? sedately Her Little Dog. Dear Uncle Jed: T have a little doe importance 80 little | of thas an I am thinking If aunt knew of sin, H What a vonder Aunt Tabitha's aunt must have been! And her prandavnt—it scares me— how ‘shockingly sad That we girls of today are so fright- fully bad! v A martyr can save us, and nothing eise can; Let me perish—to rescue some wretch- ed young man! Though when to the altar a victim I B9, Aunt Tabitha T tell me she never did 0! —Oliver Wendell Holmes. Robin. Come to my window-sill, come robin dear, Come, eat the crumbs I have fixed for you here. I only want to feed you, this bright, tappy day So the children can watch you—it's the best kind of play. They call you Mr. Bob, because you are so cute, ? And they wonder, from your musie, if you play clarinet or flute, But, which ever it may be, they like to hear ‘the sound. For then they feel just sure spring has come around. —Christian Science Monitor. —_— UNCLE JED'S TALK WITH WIDE- AWAKES, 1 wonder If most of the Wide- Awakes strive to be prompt. It is al- ways a mark ef merit to ba on hand when you are expected to be. Prompt- ness is always making a favorable impreesion for anyone. Promptness is the habit of being on hand the moment one is needeq and this is why it has been called “the soul of business.” Sir Walter Raleigh was asked how he could accomplish s0o much in so short a ttme? His reply was: “When I have anything to do T go and go it.” Now was the convenient time with that The boy or the girl who is prompt o oblige and true to what they prom- ise are always making a good impres- ®on. They do not have to walt untfl ospportunity . knoeks at the door for they are always in demand. Boys and girls cannot be true un- mza they do as they agree to do: and Bese who are dirty ang shirky and thfnk 12 is smart to do as they please wwickness (o accomplish. Whoever is prompt “gets there!” Someone is always wanting the boy or girl, and they never for' friends or for employment. THE.WINNERS OF PRIZES. 1 | 1 a brindie bu between I and face is has a are round and brown, th queer littie wrinkies between them. His ears a.e| ress his thoughts petual motion. respects nolhing, and knows as yet., We ught his face looked like a bat's and so we named He fea im, We found grapes in abundance and soon filled our baskets. In the mea- dow we found cranberries and decided to pick some, We had a keitle almost full when I discovered some littls round holes in the ground lined v grass. I thought they were ma meadow mice and called to th “Rats” I whispered, pushing h into the hole. But-he a terested. I was still b the hole when haif a dozen 3 Jjackets came buzzing out. It didn’ take me long to vacats I can tell you. Battie also escaped -and neither of us was stung. But in my ‘haste, T had thoughtiessiy left my kettle of cran berries. How the yellow-jackets did boil out of that hele and around our kattle There seemed iiterally to be quarts. And there was our ttle of cranber- ries. We couldn’t go and leave we couldn’t get them and we w to_go home. We loitered about within a sefe dis- tance, picking gentians snd checker- berries while Battie ate cranberries with evident disgust. When -the heez had settled a little Mary susgested that-she run across the meadow past the yellow-jackets and pick up the ke I agreed, of course, for it growing dark. lest he come m ted was al I held the pup to grief, ané Mary dashed across the meadow ang sccured .the keitle with- out getting stung. We took our dog and went home, then, for fesr something else might befall us. And so ended our grape- gathering. DOROTHY E. HORTON. Pomfret Center. My Brother in France. My brother joined the army in 1916. He was sent to the Mexican border but came home within a year. In October, 1917, he was at a camp in New Haven when he heard they were to 2o to France. He came home and bid us farewell, Soon after he reacheq France we re- ceived letters from him, saying he got there safe and wasn't seasick. A few days ago we received another letter saying while in No Man's Land, putting up barbed wire, the Germans opened up on them. He crawled in a shell-hole and stayed there 55 min- utes. After the battle was over they crawled gack to a dugout about one- eighth of a mile, on their hands and . in mud and water. When they reached the dugout some didn’t have leggins and their pants were all torn up. | He said if he could tell us it all it would be a long and interssting story. DNA KENDALL. Versailles. R A Kind Word. One day a man was driving a cart along the street. The ‘horse was drawing a heavy load, and did not turn the way the man wished. The man was in a bad temper, and cruelly beats the horse. The horse reared and plunged, but he would not shu the way his driver tried to make Another man, who was riding with the -driver, went up to the horse and A!'.hcy can eave their pennies and buy jthrift stamps. i hut { indignantly. i “struck” Lee. ‘I can find one today. i you. tonizht.” patted him on the neck, and called him kindly by his name. Tie norwe turned his head and fixed s {a noise, and soon saw Peter Brown standing by the well and working the pump hardle in a lively fashion. The doughnut had been filled with red pepper and when poor Peter tast- ed it he knew that he had been found out. Oh, how it did burn! It seemed mp does not help much Gf course, =00d dezi more than one. 2 Even if it is a little, we are helping our coun- try just the same. I am sure if every one does his share we shall surely win in this terrible war. as if he could never get to the water ROSE KESSLER, Aze 13. |and worst of all the boys and girls Colchester. 7 now came running, shouting: “Thiefl e Thief! Thief!” i Insectivorme S Activitice. The trick played on Peter Brown 1 think was far worse than the ore he played on Mary Owens. MARY L. O. CASEY, Age 14. Norwich. * Lee Brow on the country cousin, had his ideas about whether or not he should like Julia, the hostess, and in spite of his mother's prophecies of a “beautiful me,” he-sighed and resigned himself to the idea of having to play father to myriads of dolls. The first chance of = getting ac- quainted they had, Lee said, a trifle shyly: “H'lo, Julia.” “My name is not Julia,” she cried “It's Timmy!"” Lee gasped. The most striking things about Julia were her pug nose, lack ‘“pigtails” and the fact that she vore Tlcomers, and they certainly The Heart of a Hero. Dear Uncle Jed: A little while ago our schoolroom gave a play entitled “The Heart of a Hero.” It was very good. 1 was not in the play, but I was in two things between the acts. We gave the play in the school hall The hall was very crowded. We open- ed the eéntertainment , with a song, “Loyalty. is the Word Today.” After the first act a girl recited a piece to music. After the next act-was a patriotic drill which I was in. First a boy dressed as a soldier came out and sang “My Red Cross Girlie,” and some girls dressed as Red Cross nurses came out and sang the chorus. Then.I came out and spoke a piece to music. Then some girls in hand suits came out and sang “I'm Going to Follow the Boys The next day Julia, or Timmly, as he preferred to be called, communi- ated mysteriously with Lee. “We got a bug 'round here I het you never saw,” she whispered. “Maybe T'll show it to “What's its name? What does it look like?” inquired Lee eagerly. “It's got a mouse’s tail and a bear's eyes and its name is Jerusalem crick- et” she informed him, her black eyes sparkling. Lee could not see that she hunted very hard, but in the evening she said to her mother: “Lee and I are going to see the guinea pigs.” Her mother having acquiesced, she said to Lee: “Come out to the barn in five min- utes.” Lee went out and was greeted by the order: £ “Sit down, over there! ing the boat!™” “Hadnt’ we better have a lantern?” asked Lee. “You said the bug was rare, and we might lose it.” ‘ “Oh, look at the little baby; ’fraid of the dark,” jeered Timmy. “You cen see ’em better in the dark, ’cause they shine. You have to look at ‘em through a telescope,” she added, more placidly. “Here's your telescope. I'll hold it for you.” Lee could not see what the “tele- scope” was, except that it was white. “Look now! See it?” she let a quart of -water float down th tube of paper, thoroughly drenching Lee. “Oh!” "was ‘all Lee could say. “You better =o intb the house now. Go up the back stairs. Ma won't see you.” Lee obeyed, but Ma did see, and sald: “Oh, you poor child! Go wup -to your room and I'll'be up in a minute. Julia, go to bed—now—and stay there until I tell you you can get up.” PATRICIA CASSIDY. You're rock- Norwich. Our Camp. One bright “sunny morning T and nine other friends decided to go in the weods during the afternoon to build a camp. We all agreed to this and went about preparing to go to the woods. At 1 o'cleck’ we all met together with the tools necessary to build a camp and started on our journey. After having walked for about three- quarters of an hour; we arrived at the woods, Before entering we separated our- selves into three divisions and set off ail in different directions to find a good place where we could build our Just before the bell rang to dismiss the school at noon the scholars heard | at home which is as sweet and darline as can be. She sleeps upon my bed at night, just like a grown-up person. {She is but 4 years old and yet she acts like a girl of 3 years old. . She is a very smart little dog. Just think if T ask her how much 1 and 1 make she puts up, her two paws as if to say “Two.” She always follows me when I go.to school. She says Bow-wow!’ Bow-wow! 1 want to go to school with vou. I love her so very mmuch ‘that I canndt leave her, so I take her along. She does not let anyone wash her but me. IDA BOTWICK, Age 11. 1 Norwich. Making Maple Syrup. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about making maple syrup. We fill a big kettle full of sap and let it come to a boil, then skim often; when it is syrupy, strain; then put into jars and use in winter. WILLIAM GRAY. Norwich. Uncle Sam's. Do Your Bit Club. Dear Uncle Jed: T thought the Wide Awakes would like to hear about the club we organized in North Ston- ington on January 4th, 1918. The club started with ten mem- bers; and new members have been taken in, so now we have quite u large club. We named it “Uncle Sam's Do Your Bit Club” because we are go- ing to help Uncle Sam win the war. ‘We meet every Friday ufternoon to EARNING 'BUS FARE, by Estred Alquist, age 1 that you can hear the music. There are other boxes and if you drop a penny in them you can see pictures of about almost anything you want to see. We started about ten o'clock and went by automobile to Mountain park On our way we had a hlowout and had to wait about a half hour before it was ready agsin. We got out of the auto and went up on a bank w»ar- by. We sat on the bank and told stories and poems. k While we were waiting my brother almost fell into a pond that was at the foot of the Lank while’ he was playinz with my cousin. When we got 1 1 ‘| then it was time to go’ home. started we were still telling stories. When we got there it was time for luncheon so we took our lunch and brought it under some wiliow trees where it was shady. Our lunch -consisted of chicken sandwiches, tomatoes. cucumbers. oranges, bananas, cake, cocoanut and)| After lunch we went on the| -go-round and racers sev b Then we looked at the m from times. 1 pictures and heard mausic thie music boxes. There are aiso a gr tiful sights in Mountain park. Therc are several small ponds with ' pond lilies and gold fish in them They all have hedges of nastrusiums around them. Tt has many beautiful trees and shrubberies in it. There are large flow- er_beds. of candytuwt and phlox. The most interesting place to go ‘s up to the summit of Mount Tom. You o up to the summit on cable ca: nd they are pulled up by chains. When you get up there the first thing you see is the castle. The castle has a Zold-dome which is very beautiful to look at when the sun reflects on it. In- side the_ castle they sell ice cream and soda of all kinds. There are a'so large telesccpes and when you look throush | them you can get a fine view of the surrdunding country. There -is another place where yon can go to have yopr fortunes told. Tt is a penny slot machine and when you T e penny in the siot a cat in- side which is a puss in boots turns around and takes a small card and drops it down the slot and your for- tune is printed on that card. You can} 5o in another place and there arc a lot | of looking glasses that make you look tall, fat, short, or thin. Itds very fun- ny to look at yourself in these look- ing glasses. You cam go outside and look down at the city, the houses and voads look so small that thev seem like doll houses in a doll's village, We had a swiflg in the swings and Defore we started for home we had anoth- er lunch and then we started. When we got back we were all tired, but hapoy after onr day’s trip. VIOLET F. DISCO, Age 13. Norwich. t many beau- The Hobart Avenue Thrift Association Dear Uncle Jed: I thoughf I would tell you how we are doing our bit to help the government at Hobart Av- enue school. We have formed an as- sociation to sell thrift stamps, which D) of Norwich. but we will hear more this. year for upon the boys and girls of America as well as on men 2nd women rests the responsibility of feeding the great army “Over There” who are of our own country and under our dear old flag, the red, ite _and blue. I stop to think how many thous- ands that means, we will see.the great task before us Bui if all of us do our part we will have Ro. trouble in per- form! the tae’ . Of course, we il all helg: . We will do our utmost in Re'ping Amérca and ter allies win the war:Jf we once get intarested in a’ vidtory. garden it will give us a great-deal of spleasure and we will know we are showing ous putriotism. ANNIE EVAN, 13. Mansfield Center.’ Helping Uncle S am, by, Emma Jieyer of Occum. iy WIHEN CHIEDREN CRY OUT and are feveri€h' 4nd don't sieep well, are constipate enc symptoms of worms, ‘motherd find quick relief in Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, the standard remedy for 30 pears, They are easy to give and chil- ren like them, They cleanse the stom- ach, act gently on the break up colds. Relieve headaches and teething disorde: ‘We have 10.000 tes- imonials. Ask your drugzist and be sure to get Mother Gray's Swect Pow- . for Childiany dee: THERE Ismeaivertising mediary In. Eastern Connetticutdequal, to The Bule letin for busingss:results. 7 5§ . bowels and