Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 2, 1918, Page 9

Size of Pictures Drawn For The Bulletin They must be either 2 3-16 wide for single column, and 4 6716 for double celumn, The lines must come within these measure- ments. PR Rules for Young Writers. 1. Write pluinly on one side of the paper_only, and number thi & 2. Use pen and ink, not 8. Short and pointed icles will pe given nreference. 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 story. Address all communications tc Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. “Whatever ycu are—Be that! ‘Whatever youy say—Be truel Straightforwardly act, Be_honest—in fact, Be nobody else bui you" POETRY. Mother Goose Up-to-Date, Mrs. Spratt eats all the fat, And Jack cats all the lean; ‘For Mr. Hoover's ordered them To lick the platter clean. Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Bating wheat bread and There came Mr. Hoover. Who began to reprove her, And now Miss Muffet conserves. preserves; Mary had a knitting bag; Twas solid full of yarn; And everywhere that Mary weni That bag went on her arm. L e Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating his wheat and rye: “No plume I eat, nor sugar nor wheat What a great boy am I!" Simple Simon met Going down the Said Simon to the pieman “What can I zet to eat?” Said the pieman unto Simon, “1 think vou wili like my pie” Said Simon to the pieman, “Do yvou make the crust of rye™ Said pieman unte Simon, “I follow Mr. Hoover's plan” Said Simon to the pieman, “I take your whole stock good man.” Mary had a e lamb, Tts fleece was quite expensive, It followed her to school one day, | And came home feeling pensive. The little maids at schoel that day, Forgot their sums and letters. They d the wool all off its back, it into sweaters. —Minneapolis Journal. AWARD OF PRIZES, 1—Ethel M. Light. of Wlilimlnllf.‘ The Tov Scouts in the Maine Woors. Dorothy” E: Horten, of Pomfret | ter: A Thrift Stamp, | —Geraldine _Garlan, of South- | bridge, Mass: Frontier Boys in Colo- | rado i 4—Edna Kendall, of Versailles: Hilltop Boys on the River i 5—Delsie Ames, of Willimantic: A Thr Stamp. 6—Albert Stoddard, of Norwich: A | Thrift Stamp. | T—Helen Frink, of Norwich: A| Thrift Stamp. i §—Florence Austin, of Waurcgan: | A Thrift Stamp. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT] Edna Kendall, of Versaflles: T re-| ceived the prize book and am finding | it very interestinz. I thank vou very much and will try again, Emily Hopkins, of Plainfield: T was very pleased to receive the Thrift Stamp you sent me. I thank you very ! much, { Dorothy E. Horton, of Pomfret Cen- | ter: I received the prize book, Doro- thy's Scheoling and thank you for it. | STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE-‘ is found in nearly all temperate climes, but s most numer- ous in Britain and Europe. It is gre- garious going in flocks of several hun- dred under control of a leader. The nest of this bird is a crude aWair and built in a variety of places—some- times on the ground, in deserted rab- bit burfows or in pigeon cotes form- ing a ready affiliation with any other variety. The starling is an amiable and in- teresting pet, being easily taught to speak with the facility and distinct- ness of a parrot and combines with this facility a marvelously instinctive Judsment. It has a great affection for its off- spring which is admirably illustrated by the following anecdote; a barn in which a starling had ther young, caught on fire. The bird flew about in mad distraction as if trying to call attention and help from persons in the vicinity. As the flames grew near- er her young she flew through the smoke and seizing one of the fledg- lings bore it in her beak to a place of safety: returning immediately, one by one ghe removed her entire brood of five to another spot where they were deposited together and a new nest formed for their comfort. In its habits the starling is very similar to our common cow birds, though its plumage is very handseme. ETHEL M. LIGHT, Age 12. Willimantie, An Escapade. Johnny decided to crawl under. He eovtldn't climb over. The fence was a tight, board one and smooth and high. Inside was the game. The six- inch space under the boards was his hope. Vith a glance behind him, he flat- tened himself and thrust his head un- der the fence. Evidently what he saw was favorable, for his exertions con- tinued. Digging his fingers and shoes into the grass, he managed to gain a few more inches. Perspiration rolled down his purple face amd into his .. 3 g and grunting, Johnny paused with his shoulders inside. For the first time in his life he felt that too much size was a handicap. the . Horrors! Toot- steps! cop! One desperate lunge convinced him that getting -inside was an impossibility. He must get out if he could. An expression of lively ter- ror crossed his face and he groaned aloud. He was stuck! On and on came the it was 2 man it sounded be knew and "THE WIDE AWAKE CIRC {ing, others swimming and others WIN & THRIFT STAMP Winning Wide*Awake Letters are rewarded with a Thrift Stamp, with an extra Stamp for every fourth book won. State your preference, stamp or book. like the policeman. There was an ominous pause, Then the fence was lifted and with’one push Johnny found himself on the ball grounds., Grinning, he jumped to his: feet antl raced away to the game. . ‘On the other side of the fence the policeman smiled, As he had watched the toiling figure that afternoon, per- haps he felt thai such diligence should be rewarded, or perhaps he remem- bered his own hboyhood days. DOROTHY E. HORTON. Pomfret Center. Potatoes. Tast summer 1 planted some pota- toes and they grew well. I watered them once a week, and took good care, of them so as to have them in good condition. I weeded them every time there were any weeds among them. They grew and grew every day ‘until it was time to dig them. 1 started in the afternoon to dig them, and I got such big potatoes! In- deed, T never expected them to be so big: gl‘his year I will plant more than last year. T wished last year T had planted | more. After all, T ate them, and that's the end of them. BEMMA FINK. ° Norwich. The Potato. Some potatoes are round and some are long, The potatoes vary in size. The skin of the potatoes are thin and brown. There are two kinds of potatees— the Irish potato and the sweet potato. The potatoes were found in America before the white.people came. Thke Indians used to dig the potatoes and throw them in the fire until they were baked. When the white men found the po- tatoes they were very much pleased and took some over to England and Spain, and so the potatoes spread all over the world. This week is potato week. eat all the potatoes we can. Last year I planted some potatoes and they grew very good. 1 am going to plant some more this year. 1 like potatoes and could eat them twice a da: Wi TLOUISA SCHMIDT. Norwich. A Good Picnie. The choir boys of St. James' church were to have a picnic on an appointed day. On_the day which, we were to have our picnic we all met together and got aboard the 9 o'clock car to East Kil- lingly. = When we arrived at the stop in" East Killingly at a store we then walked to the pond, which was about one and a half miles off. When we reached the pond we took three boats which we had hired and rowed to the other side of the pond. Having crossed the pond, we found a good place to have our picnic. When we reached shore we put our lunches and poles on the ground and went f w ed on land, having a good time. About 12 we had lunch and then had ice cream “which we brought along with us, Havinz had a fine dinner. we all went bathing for a little while; then | we set off in groups to go fishing. Tew fish were caught, but we had the me of our lives. Late in the afternoon signs of a shower showed and we all got ready to start back for home. The thunder began to roar. It did- not starc rain- ing until we got to Elmville. When we got off the car in Danielson it was only raining a Iittle. We al! hurried home and had not been in the house long before the rain came down in torrents. We were all very glad to get home without getting wet, and all wish to have another pienic this summer. OVILA BLANCHETTE, Age 13. Danielson. ti Three Patriots. 1 am going to teil the Wide-Awakes about three little girls. Kach one of us have thrift stamps. Their names are Doris Oldham, Elsie Shaw and Mary Shaw. Wg are going to make a Red Cross club and do our bit in making thinzs for the soldier boys. There are only going to be three in the club. The meetings will be held on Sat- urdays. ‘We are doing our bit by buying thrift stamps and by doing Red Cross work. MARY SHAW, Age 10. Plainfield. The Orphans’ Friend. Not many years ago a young woman named Margaret was employed as a servant in a hotel. She couid neither read nor write, and her work, that of washing and ironing, was of the hard- est kind. She was a very pious wom- an, always ready to help, by any means in her power, those who were poorer than herself. One .day Margaret learned that the asylum building in care of the Sisters ‘The Habit of Studying Late at Night. was not large enough for the number ' of orphan boys who had to be take: into it. She had not been able to save m: out of her small wages, but she | a pair of strong arms, a generous heart and a clear head. So giving up her work in the hotel, she went to the Sisters and offered to help them to get a larger house. The Sisters were glad to accept her offer, and Margaret started in at once to work., Her first step was to buy two cows and begin a milk business. She looked carefufly after everything, served the milk her- self, and her customers became her friends. Bvery cent she could spare went to the asylum. Besides, she found time to collect cold victuals at the hotels and make them over into good dishes for the orphans. She never tired tend- ing to these little ones. Margaret's charily was rewarded even in this world, for her business| grew larger and larger every day. Af- ter a time she sold it for a good price and with the money obened a bakery. Though her bread was sold at a low price to the asylums, and thousands of loaves were given to the poor, her business was successful from the start. In time it became the largest of its king in the city. % Everyone had a. pleasant word for Margaret, and as she, went about her work she never foggot to ask help for the poor. At her death the whole city mourn- On every side her praise was SIGNS OF SPRING, by Margaret $1.00. : N spoken in words that would have made her blush could she have heard them. But words were not enough for the people of the city. Within two years from her death a2 monument arose to keep alive the memory of this noble woman who .had labored so long and lovingly for God’s poor. It faces the new lum that was built mainly by her efforts. There she sits, carved in marble, one arm around a little child, and below, on the base is cut her name —Margaret. Theer are’ many monuments in our land to heroes, statesmen and soldiers, but norte is more deserving of a place than the one to this humble woman— The Orphans’ Friend. GERALDINE GAREAU. Southbridge. Many scholars who ' have much kome work to do are in. the habit of waiting until the last minute to do their studying. Some do theirs in the afternoonand then if they want to go to an enter- tainment or some other place of amusement they are at leisure, but other scholars wait until evening and then .do their studying. When it come me to do their work they perhaps think they will go to the moving pictures and then when they come home they'll do it. After they reach home ,they begin studying their lessons and stay up until late doing them. Then this goes on every evening as they have acquired the habit. In the morning they are sleepy, tired and do not féel like getting up, nevertheless they have to. The day at school is not very pleas- ant as they feel rather sleepy and have forgotten half of what they studied the night before. Their en- ergy is all gone after they have been to school all day, but that might they do the same thing. It is not healthy and such students are not being able to learn well. Therefore, pupils up late to do their 1 MARY Stafford Springs. ¥ uld not stay ons. BURRILL. My Cat. When T was one and a half years old my brother brought me a little kitten. She has grown to be a large cat. T named her Boxer. She is a calico cat. I have taught her to play with my ball and with a string. Boxer will catch mice and hirds. When anyone comes into the house, Boxer will come in and get under the stove. Boxer will follow me everywhere I 0. BEDA BUTLER, Age 10. Norwich. A Rainy Day. The morning a drops of 1 and cloudy beginning to It was not vy began to fall v ng before.the rain idly and heavy. No one was to be seen out of doors except chiliren who were running from their houses to the neighbors' houses to play with a friend. It continued to rain all during the day, and it was noon and there were no 'signs-to be seen telling that it would stop raining soon. All during the afternoon it kept rain- ing; it would stop a little; then all at once it would come down in great tor- rents. It was late in the afternoon and night soon came, but it was still raining. About half past 8 in the night it stopped raining and only drops of rain ere now falling. Late during the night it rained, but in the morning when I got up I found that the day was bright. We were all pleased with the rain, for we knew that it wouid make the grass grow green and make the spring flowers bloom. OVILA BLANCHETTE, Age 13. Danielson. ;LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Our Beautiful Sunsets. Dear Uncle Jed: I was born in Norwich .10 years ago, but when 4 years old we moved to New Haven. This year as papa has gone across the ocean to do his share in the great war raging in Europe for freedom and MAKING UP, by Alice Baldwin of Willimentic. third prize, $0.75. Nosworthy of Hampton, first prize, liberty, we came home to “the Rose of New England” to spend BEaster. I will write about the beautiful sun- sets we had all that week before Easter. - Loving all the little wild flowers that grow, and all nature, we climbed tor the top of Lanman’s Hill, about the highest point in the city, every evening, just to see the sun set. ® is impossible to describe the grandeur or beauty. I-don’t think any artist could ever cateh those beautiful tints, to reproduce just as the sun-sinks slowly down behind the hills of the Rose of New England. DOROTHY BARTON, Age 10. Norwich, Why We Should Bu! Thrift Stamps. Dear Uncle Jed: I dm sure we all know that cvery one ought to buy thrift stamps. Just think of the poor boys over in France. What would they do without money ° One thrift stamp lets them have five. good ghots at the Germans. Our government needs money to support cur boys. Every thrift stamp which you buy helps to get a little nearer to the kaiser. If everyone would buy thrift stamps and keep on buying and buying them, pretty soon our bravé soldiers would get the kajser for us. There isn't any one of us who want to see our boys licked, but how are they zoing to lick the Germans if they haven’t food, bullets, clothes, houses, They can’t have it unless we a]l hels and all sorts of ammunition? They can’t have it unless we all help. The kaiser is trying to starve our armies and allies. If thrift stamps and keep on buying and buying and buying them our soldiers will put the kaiser and his whole family i the Rheine. We can get along without candy and new clothes all the time, When the boys come back and have won war it will be o sin if you didn't help, so help Uncle Sam now. TLORENCE AUSTIN, Age 12. « Wauregan. Helping to Win the War. Dear Unele Jed: T am writing to tell vou that in our school we are all try- ing to buy thrift stamps. I have bought three war saving stamps. My birthday comes in April and 1 asked my mother what she was going to buy me for a present. She said that she was ge'ng to buy me another war savings stamp. T want to get all the war saving stamps that T can so that 1 can help to win the war. ISABEL BARRITT, Age 10. Taftville. A Farmer’s Daughter. Dear Uncle Jed: I am a farmer's daughter. A zood many girls wouldn't like living on a farm but I enjoy it. Tn the morning I get up at five o'ci®ck and milk ten cows. At ten min- utes of six I hitch the horse up to go to the depot with the.milk. When I get home, about seven o'clock, I eat my breakfast. After breakfast I feed my hens. it for in the garde: work all day until four o'clock in the afternoon. I then get the cows and milk them. Then it is supper time, that’s what we all enjoy. After we have supper we play many different games. This year T am going to have a large garden of my own and raise potatoes. I think they pay as well as anythi a girl can raf They are easy for anyone. to take care of. T am going to pay for the seed potatoes myself. The money I get from the potatoes and from chickens I will put in - thrift stamps. I have two war certificates and want to zet more. EDNA KENDALL. Then n. Vérsailles. In the Country. Dear Uncle Jed: This summer T PRIZE DRAWING CONTEST. The March-April Prize v on Aj competing pic- tures receivad was 129. > following pictures were the pic- tures winning the eleven prizes, and those worthy of homorable mention: The Prize Pictures. ‘1st Prize, $1.00—Signs of Spring, ?y Margaret E. Noseworthy of Hamp- on, g £ A 24 Prize, $0.75+-The [Investigator, Baldwin of ‘Willimantic, 4th Prize, $0.50—Mistress Mary, by Violet Disco, of Norwich, 5th Prize, $0.50—*Just Look Who's Here,” by Margaret E. Noseworthy of Ham] n, pton, 6th _Prize, $0.25—Down With the Mary Kaiser, b; i 5';11 4 y Burrill of Stafford Tth Prize, $0.25—“Pm Going to Do My Little Bit,” by Catherine E. Kirby, of Norwich. Sth Prize, $0.26—D. Duty, by Geo. B, Morse, of Norwich, ; 9th Prize, $0.25—This Deuce Spot Beat a King, by Grace Burrill of Stafford Springs. 10th Prize, $0.25—Easter Millinery, by Mary A, Burrilll of Stafford Springs. 11th Prize, $0.26—We're Coming, France! by Austin Smith, of Yantic. ‘Honorable Mention. In Apple Time, by Flora Huling of Hampton. Somewhere in Danielson, by Ethel Place of Danielson. Saving Coal, by Austin Smith of Yantic. Her New Hat, by Ethel E. Place of Danielson. All Ready, by Eloise C, Smith of N e Waod Gh e Woo opper, George B. Morse of Ncrwlch?p > " k-Sparrow in Training, by Ro- ge_nl‘_ hB 'elniwr fi( I;Iorth Franklin. e Motor Maid, by Dora K. Eps of Norwich. ik S Hip! Ng Hurrah! by Ida Free- man, of Baltie, One of Uncle Sam’s Boys, by John H. Burrill of Stafford Springs. For the Boys Over There, by Elsie Church of Uncasville. z Three Cheers for the U. S. A, by Margaret Heibel of Taftville. The Dunce, by Blanche Montgom- ery of Griswold, A Red Cress Nurse, by Grace A, Buryill of Stafford Springs. The King of Siam, by Gerard Bour- don of Taftville. Earning a Thrift Stamp, by Mary Casey of Norwich. Uncle Sam’s” Helper, by Geo. Morse of Norwich. of On Guard, by Bertha Froemel that Baltic. TUncle Jed regrets to report several first prize pictures had to be thrown out because no attention had been paid to the size. They must be drawn to fit a single column or not to exceed two columns in width. See - | block at head of department. The next drawing contest will close June 20th, and is now open for all who care to compete. many others. As you look at them it makes you think of how much you can I save. ve. ‘What fun it is to paddle in the water, e | Pick flowers and best of all play in the large barn. On rainy days me and my friends would go into the barn and play. We would play ‘“Hide and go seek,” and we weuld” hide all over the large barn. We play house and have bunches of hay for a bed. Then we would get our little playthings and dishes. We milk the cows so that we ean have some- thing to drink. Then mother lets us have fruits and cake and some pud- ding. There are so many things to tell T will not be able to tell everything. All these things show the country is best. NELLY ZEMKE, Age 12. Norwich. Her School. Dear Uncle Jed: My school is in the country. I have two war stamps and two thrift stamps. We have twenty- four children and altogether $277.08 in war stamps and- thrift stamps. ALICE AVEEY, Age 11. Norwich. A Little Knitter. Deéar Uncle Jed: T am helping win the war. T am buying thrift stamps. 1 have one book full and have my war Il savings stamp. I have six more stamps on another card. Mamma gives me twenty-five cents a dozen for the esgs 1 get from the old heps. 1 am saving all of the waste paper and iron. 1 belong to the Junior Red Cross and also to the Blue Cross. With mamma’s help I have knitted two mufflers, sixty-eight inches long, and one wash cloth. I have also made { twenty-six hot water bag covers, fif- teen abdominal bandages for our school at Windham . Center. Nearly all of the pupils carried “a foot of pennios.” There are abont six- ty-five scholars. We all have our Red Cross pins. DELSIE AMES, Age 12. ‘Willimantic. Every Little Bit Helps. Dear Uncle Jed: A tiny drop of wa- v_Arlene Anderson. 3d Prize, $0.76—Making Up, by Alice ' am going to the country which is my|ter, a little grain of sand, helps make favorite place. I declare I would rath- |the great big ocesn, and our pleasant er live in the country than in the ciry.|land: and I'm trying my best to do Tt is fun in the large barn. We can|my little bit by getting my garden jump in the hay, ride the horses and |ready. feed the chickens. We can have a gar-| My mamma helps me spade up my den with all kinds of food for our|garden. She will help me every pleas- Sammies in France. ant day. She helps me one-half hour ‘What a beautiful scene it is to look { each morning before school and one- at the fields of corn, vegetables and so | half hour each night. T have bought some sSeeds at the school where T go, and my mamma. has also got some more seed and also some potatoes for me to nlant. T am trying to earn all I can to buy thrift stamps so as to do all I can to thelp our brave soldiers. T mean to sell all I can raite in my garden and give the money I get for my vegetables to help the Red Cross work. Mamma says If every one helps each lother do their hit that although it only be a little bit, every little bit counts just the same as each drop of water and each grain of sand helps to make our pleasant land. Mamma, says we must #0 all we can $0_as to win this war, T have earned five thrift stamps and 1 am going to earn more soon. ALBERT STODDARD, Age'11. Norwich. Billie. Dear Uncle Jed: Billle 1s a short stubby boy with red .hair ;and light evebrows. Billie i sa very lazy boy. His mother calls him at half past seven. At a quarter past eight Billie comes sailing down the stairs. The first thing heard from Billie is: “Ma, did you sge my shoes™ “Ma, did you. see my necktie?” “Billie,” his mother says, “If you Ihad put your clothes together fast inight, you wouldn't be hunting for | them now.” i | At last he finds them under the set tubs. . After brushing his hair back, he sits down and eats his breakfast. mak- ing no effort to hurry on his part. At twenty-five. minutes of nine he finishes his . By a little hur- rying<he copld -gét to school in time THE INVESTIGATOR, by Arlene Angerson, second prize, $0.75. and escape being late, but Billie is the‘ same always. The next thng heard you see my book ?” “No, Billie, I did not!” After hunting for five minutes he finds his book in an obscure corner back of the stove. He then stats out for school. He lags along and hears the last bell, but makes no effort to hurry. As the re- sult he. comes sailing in-at half-past nine and telfs the teacher his mother did not @l him up in time. of the engine room officers escaped uninjured. Those who did escape death hag to, batter down the wrecked doors of their staterooms, fight their wa¥ to the deck and then to the rail through walls of flame before they could leap info the sea. Even ip the water they were subjected to a bombardment of burning boxes and a shower of burn- ing powder. The life saving equip- ment was destroyed by the explosion. All but six of a navy gun crew of 23 men were trapped in their quarters is, “Ma, did Don't you think Billie very in- the deck buckling ang closing the considerate? exits. They either were burned to HELEN FRINK, Age 14. death before the ship sank or were Norwich. drowned when she went down. —_— | Captain Butterfield and his deck of- How 1 Do My Bit to Help Uncle Sam. | /i were quartered in wooden dec Dear Uncle Jed: T am going to tell vou how F earn my thrift stamps. My brother gives me money H weak to get in the wood. | My mother gives me money for do-| ing other wi stamp ever: I give the money to my er and she gets the s them we mes, cuiting off all ¢} “We e one of a John convoy of 13 Durst of HorneTi, chored occurred 3 when the majority of the crew was below. at Ak el 1 do not be- oA ;}:‘;:frholla;)‘w‘n\]\'ifl {lieve it was caused by a torpedo, as cartridges for the Brownin | the first explosion was not heavy forty thrift stamps will 3 cnough to indicate that. It was more Browning gun going: for one minute.| ke a small blast, aimost instantly T 'am also saving tinfoil that comes | followed by other " explosions which continued. until the ship went down. from tobacco. When I get enough I Bk “With my mates 1 fought my way to will give it to the Red Cros a will ‘sell it and take the mone the deck, dashed through a mass of make bandages for the wou aring flam and went over the side. diers in Vranee. Some of the fellows grabbed fioat: CATHERINE GOTTSCHALK, Aze 12,|boxes of powder io keep them afl nd a number were killed by these xes exploding. It is possible that a planied in the ship before d, but I doubt it. We were on the way 17 days, and that would have been a long time ahead to have Uncasville. STCORY OF DESTRUCTION CF STEAMSHIP FLORENCE H. Intarnal Explosion Resulted in the |set a time fise. We were in the water " {about a hal our before we were Dadth of 47:Men. ed up by a destroyer and after- New York, Ma e American | Wardsslanded st Breat. : steamship Florence H., carry a car- | _ Bighteen survivors were still in g0 of smokeless powder, which was | rench hospitals when the men who destroyed by an internal cxplosion | rTived here today sailed, they eatd. Many of those left in France were seriously injured. April 17 near a French port, with the death or injury of all but 32 of her complement of 79-men, went down in less than 15 mi according to 14 survivors of the vessel who arrived here today. The explosion -tore out almost the entire starboard side of the | ship, the survivors said, and flame: from the burning powder instantly egveloped the entire vessel. Capt. F. J. Butterfield and all his deck officers were lost, and only two ‘What is regarded as an official state- « ment is published by the Bukarest Tageblatt to the effect that, even after the nature of the treaty with the Quadruple Alliance, the military ,au- thorities, both in Bukarest and in the provinces, will continue their work, | and Rumanians must obey their or- ders,