Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 6, 1918, Page 9

THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT For The Bulletin They must be either 2 3-16 wide for single column, and 4 6-16 for double column. The lines must come within these measure- ‘ments. Rules for Young Writers. 1. Writs plainly on one side of the . paper only, and number the pages. ES 8. Use and not pencil. R e be given preference. 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 Address all communications te Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. “Whatever you are—Be that! Whatever yos say—Be true! Straightforwanrdly act, Be honest—in fact, Be nobody else but you" POETRY. Let Us Be Kind. Let us be kind. The way is Jong and lonely, 4 And human hearts are asking for this blessing only— Let us be kind. We cannot know the grief that men may borrow, We cannot eee the souls storm-swept by sorrow, But love can shine upon the way to- day, tomorrow— Let us be kind | Let us be kind. This is a wealth that has no measure, This is of heaven and earth the highest treasure— let us be kind. A tender word, a smile of love in meet- ing, A song of hope and victory to those retreating, A glimpse of God and brotherhood while life is fleeting— Let us be kind. Let us be kind. The sunset tints will soon be in the west, Too late the flowers are laid then on the quiet breast— t Let us be kind. i And when the angel guides have sought and found us, Their hands shail link the broken ties | of earth that boung us, And heaven and home shall brighten all around u Let u. be kind ected The Young Robin's Bath. tle speckled beauty! splash T'll not hurt you, don’t be troubled, only stay Make the water in your fish tub fiy in | You're the finest little robin here to- her robin with a cry flew to a tree, But this voungster didn’t seem afraid of me: 80 he spattered in the water, full of | Zlee, Giving to me every chance there was to sce. S0 he spread his epotted wings and | fluffed his breast | In a way he had not room to in his| nest And his black eyes chone their bright- est and their best As he splashed the water round with lively zest. | | | | | 'Twae a pretty sight to see the water Like a fountain, o'er the robin, toward | the sky, And sweet to hear his as ittle And to see to dry. happy m shake his feathers out | —L. Myrtle Sours. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. The wav to know things is to work | to find them out. The most espensive thing in life is the laziness of boyhood and girlhood. You caunot know things by doing as yoa please, only by doing as you must. Neglecting the lessons not liked is a £ad mi ey are the very lessons it pavs to tackle. The lessons we enfoy and learn casily are not the ones which will. per- fect us in knowledge. We cannot get a masterfol grip upon knowledge it we do mot tackle lessons which seem to baffle us and master them. The spirit of mastery is attained by work and achievement and efficiency are the wages of toil. The joy of success is not the frmit of laziness. 1f you wish to experience real pleasure, you must find it in the successes of perseverance. Bvery good thing in life is worth workirg for. Get the habit of tackling work with a will instead of putting off things until tomorrow. The energy wasted in constant complaints if applied to hard lessons will make them easy to learn, Knowing when and how to tackle work makes work easier. Half the world fails because the distasteful job is postponed and tackled last when it is the thing which should be taciled and conquered first. The things we do not like need at- temtion When we are frash and ener- getic, not when we are weary in a worried moed. We must learn early in life how to conquer little difficulties as this 1s the strafght wav to conquer bigger omes and every vietory is a reward. Those who plan to do the hardest work at the close of day in this world instead of early in the day are the omee who do the poorest work if they @o not fail utterly. THE WINNERS OF PRIZES, or t—irene Evans of Plainfield: THift Stamp. e : 3—Anna Gayeski, of Colchester: Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge. W of Columbia: A of Norwich: WIN A THRIFT STAMP Winning Wide Awake Letters are rewarded ‘with a Thrift Stamp, an extra Stamp for every fourth book won. State your. preference, stamp or book. Ruth Fielding in the Saddle. 6—Helen Grauman,* of Norwich: A Thrift Stamp, 7—Elizabsth J. Brown, of Pomfret Center: Boy Scouts in the Maine ‘Woods. S—Helen M. Bates, ot Plainfield: A Thrift Stamp. —*Please call at The Bulletin busi- ness office for Thrift Stamp, or send full address. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. helmine Krauss of Lisbon: I thank you very much for the thrift stamp. 1 will try again. Dorothy Pasnik of Norwich: Please excuse my neglect in not writing to thank you sooner. I was very pleased and surprised to find I had won a prize. 1 thank you very much and will try to win another. | Ruth Davis of Canterbury: I received the thrift stamp you sent me and I thank you for it. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. Tame Squirrels. I will tell you about tame squirrels | that used to come to our house last summer. There was one that was very tame. We used to call her Bushy. She would come down from the tree when we | called her name. After first making aure that there were no cats around, for the cats used to watch for her and try to catch her. Sometimes she would bring others with her; but we could always pick out Bushy, for she was so tame and always acted the same. She would come into the house and eat peanuts out of our hand. When we did not see her, she would climb upon the screen door and scratch until we came. 1 hope they will come back ummer. IZABETH T. TAYLOR, Age 7. imantic. A Dream, There was once a boy who after coming home from school had to write a story about a potato. After he had written a little_while he wanted to know why we had to write about a potato. Ile at down to a desk and started 1o write. but while he was writing his wead drooped lower and lower and ery soon he was fast asleep. While he was sleeping 2 potato with a sword at his side came in and awoke Tommy and said “Tommy, my boy! I will help you to write about a potate because I am General Potato. Tommy said: “Why do_we have to write about a potato. Mother said ould write about a potato before I went to bed.” “Then.” said General is potata wee many a slac Potato. “this and vou must eat as potatoes as you can or vou are right” said Tommy. “Tll eat potatoes as I can, and tell her to fry me some potatoes in- d of toasted bread.” Then 1 won't cal said General Potato, getting Goodby ing him, s only a dream. CHARLES GUNDEBMAN. Lisbon An Ostrich Farm, | It is very dangerous for the keeper | 1o en he enclosure of the ostriches, when the male is near. The quick temper and are easil d. When the keeper or anyone an enclosure he has to carry a stick with which to catch the K of the that it will not; him The male bird is sometimes worth 730 or $7%0. The beautiful feathers he tail and wings sell readily in bird so One man is said to have earned about §13,000 in one yvear, After the rainy season the male bird scoops a hole in the sand and the female lays hér eggs there. One egg is laid every other day, until fifteen or twenty eggs arc in thé nest. For a while before setting, there is a llttle sand placed over each egg to protect it from sun and heat. As soon as the young ostriches are 2iched they are taken away from the old birds and kept near the house. They are kept warm at night in well- covered boxes. An ostrich will chase a man - on horseback when it will run from a dog or any other smaller animal. It cannot kick lower than three feet from the ground. g Tach egz weighs from three to three and a half pounds. About ‘three hundred feathers are picked from each bird, from the tail and wings. The feathers of each bird are worth $30 a year to the owner. The birds &old at one time for $6,000 a_pair, but now you can get them for $50 a pair, and raise them yourself. HELEN BRAUMAN. Norwich. My Trip to Newport. One hot day last summer my uncle came with some tickets to take me and my Aunt Marle to Newport on an excursion steamer. We took the boat at Providence. I was visiting in Paw- tucket, R, I, for my summer vacation. After a little while we ate our lunch, which was exceedingly delicious, Then we took a little walk on the boat, which was very large. The band played many heautiful pieces and we all sang The Star Span- gled Banner. It was very nice, Then we saw two 50od looking men coming toward us, and talking with them I found one was a Belgian and the other a Frenchman, and I asked them to sing, as they told me they could. They sang La Marseillaise, which soundéd very beautiful. It was a very pleafint afternoon ang the sun was shining radiantly. ‘We reached- home at 11.35 p. m. and 1 was very tired but happy. I went to bed dreaming of the pleas- ures I had hadiin Newport. -1 got up very late on the next morning and was very drowsy all day long. °_ GERTRUDE POIRIER, Age 13. Danielson. A School Garden. The way we come to bave a school garden was this. One day a man cime in and wanted all of us who could to bave a school garden. Of course. all of us said we woul have one. So the next afternoon the teacher let us cut of school to go with the supervisor to the garden. g The land had been plowed in the morning. The supervisor measured plots for each of us. Then we set to work, We planted the garden. When the plants came up we weeded and wa- tered them. P One morning When We came out weo noticed that some of the plants’ leaves had been bitten off. It looked like Mr. Woodchuck's work. So we looked around for his_hole. We set a trap there and Mr. Woodchuck never cime and ate our plants after that. When our plants were, big and dipe we took them to an exhibition. One of our number won the first prize. HOWARD WILCOX, Age 11. Plainfield. The Old Hop River School. The Old Hop River School is located about two miles from Columbia Center and two miles from Willimantic. The people in this district work in fac- tories or on small farms. They are all very much interested in Red Cross work, and on Saturday we had $37.12 as a result of this second Red Croes ‘War Fund drive, All the children in our school are members and have worked hard for this organization. ' We have made three hundred dozen gun wipers, forty-three face cloths (knit), hemmed a dozen towels and made two dozen scrap books for_the children. At Christmas time, instead of changing Christmas presents we zav the money which amounted to § and in April we contributed $1: a special gift. s During the summer we expect to meet at least once a week with our teacher to continue our Red Cross work; and perhaps plan an entertain- ment. KATIE BOBECK. Age 10. Columbia. A Red Cross Entertainment. We have been very busy the past week preparing for Red Cross en- tertainment which was given in the Old Hop River school house on Satur- day afternoon, fo- the benefit of the school's second war fund. ‘We memoried practically all of our congs and poems so that there was no prompting. There were 36 num- bers on the programme. In the composition, “A Brief History of Columbia,” Alvin Greene told us how much Columbia has done in war| work. The children in one district have m war saving certificates and} t stamps. Our school has only . but we have earned every cent of ours. Three of our children have $50 Liberly Loan bonds. In the Third Liberty Loan campaign Columbia went 150 per cent. over its cuota, ve four short plays: “Keep- was well carried out with keeper, and s small children. Another play, “Masquerading,” was a comic play, represented by two chil- dren dressed up in ancient clothes, who finished by singing “Auld Lang Syne.” The third, “Visitors From Story Land,” was represented by Blanche Potter as manager; “Red Riding Hood “Silverha Alice Chartier as Helen Green as d Kahlenberg, as ler;” Lucie Greene, * Katie Bobeck, a “Lit- . “The Kev," was repre-| d by five children, one of whom his arithmetic and n great distr The closing recitation Red Cros ' was “The few people present, fee was given. MARY BOBE( | aithough | | | Columbia. | { | i | i From Farmer to Soldier. s war broke out 1 was ent farmer working on a farm acres. T ne, when unexpectedly was _declared, and 1 was among number in the first draft. Two months_elapsed hefore I was R a ailie: of fift; twenty: was then nearly war the t to camp. T cannot go into defail! and hardshins Aurin; three monigs spent here, ne of all the doing the but i her the lack of food nor cloth- h mado of the weath mid-winter. Notice was given us that we were to for France the next day. -The ev- s spent i King our equip- ment and writing letters to the dear ones at home. The next d: rain was begion did not prevent our sailing. On our voyage we encountered many storms, but at last we reached our destination. The day was spent doing odd jobs for as you remember we had just ar- rived in “Sunny France™ Some davs elapsed and then we were set to work digging a trench. Aft- | er much labor the work was accom- plished. While resting we heard a shrill, Ger- man blast. Snatchinz our arms we rushed toward their camp. Having plundered and killed many men, we Teturned to our rendezyous. Many of our comrades were killed, but the Ger- man camp also was 1 terrible sight to witness after that night ruid. CATHERINE PLIZZA, Ake 13. Colchester. r, for it was then | i s foggy and a slight ing to fall, but this My Brother Leaving For France. 1 wrote to the Wide-Awakes some- time ago telling them that my broth- er was in the army and had been at Camp Gordon for six months. About a month ago we received a letter caying he was leaving for Camp Upton, Long Island, and would like to have some one of the folks come to see him as he would be there but a few days. My. mother and two sisters and; brother-in-law_started for Camp Up- | ton at once. They went by boat from New London and then got the train for Camp Upton, the next morning, ar- riving there at 11 o'clock. It was past 12 when they found my brother, as the camp is very large. He was just washing his dishes when his visitors were an- nounced. He looked very fat and strong, and was delighted to see them all. They stayed with him until 5 o'clock and then had to bid him fare- dinner After a short time the boat anchored and we got off and took the trolley to the city, which was a short distance away. We then went to a drug store and had some college ices to refresh ourselves. We then took a delightful little stroll through one of the city parks. We met hundreds of sailors on the streets, as Newport is a naval station. ‘We walked to the harbor for our boat ‘which was about to start. On the way back I saw ten warships along the coast and I saw many nice little light- houses. We: reached Providence at 11.15.p. m. and took the troHey for Pawtucket. well. The parting was very sad and hard to hear, but the folks managed to get:hom4 early the next morning. The following morning we received a card saying they were starting away. Two weeks after that we rectived an official notice that he had arrived safely overseas. We haven't heard from, him since. but pray and hope he is. well and alive, as most of Uncle Sam’s-men are at present. ANNA CGAYESKI, Age 13. Colchester. The Three Spinners. 4 There was once a young girl who' was lazy apd, ——='¢ =at spin.. The & & 3 Q > N ~ iz HER NEW HAT, by Ethel E. Place of Danielson. Franco going to school . wil a raid. ; £ I am glad that I live in the Unitad and girls. but use our money for_ stamps. 1 feed the hens and go every night, 2 . BWITH BROKER; Age &. A Gentleman. Dear Uncle Jed: Once there was a little boy who was very unmanly and But ‘one day I passed him and he tip- ped his hat politely and said a few po- lite words, and I'was very much as- tonished at his unaccustomed poi ness. - But comerto find out ‘he had-a new teacher who was-teaching the pu- pils politeness. I was telling my mother about it and she said that was one sign of a gentleman, providing he tips his hat to his mother and sisters, as well, and aiways thinks of other: people first; and then if he wears patent leather shoes, or no shoes at all, he is a trus Zentleman. IRENE EVA! Plainfield. Driving Home the Cows. Dear Uncle Jed: TLast summer my sister and I drove home the cows ev- ery night. One night -about 4 o'clock it began to look as if it was going to rain, so we started after the cows. ‘When we got to the barway the cows were not in sight. We started toward the spring. we usually found them if they were not at the bars. We did not get very The sl minute. lightning swept the sky. How we hurried, but not fast emough. I let was getting blacker every the cows through. drenched to the skin. My sister did have a thunder storm. MARY WILLIAMS, Age 10. Jewett Cityl Helping Uncle Sam. mother might say as she liked, had no effect. At last up a loud ery. At once the queen came in an ed what was the matter. expose her daughter's Jaziness so she | make her said: “Because I can stop spinning.” not i TR ST s cer 521t beads are: one cup of fine table thrift stamp Nt e Ansvered: e S MEYEr|cuit, one-half cup of cornstarch and u would helpto buy our soldiers ammu- -2 S e A ttle water to which the coloring is | Hition. 3 Tiing of the spinning wheel S0 let YOUr | 54ded. Heat salt very hot. Mix| _ HARRY MORSE, Age 10. “The maiden was frightened because | COrnstarch. e dye may be a sim-| Norwich, e G e e jPle dve or black ink for black beads | v - € 20 aiara et hat o hew the |2nd red ink for pink beads ix the The Greedy Fox. door opened and in came thre men, one had a larse underlip, the sec- and ond had a broad flat foot next had a large thumb. The girl told them her troub will 3 we spin the flax for vou we will yeu good fortume, so they sat snd spun-it all. wedding and the three women c: When the bridegroom saw th e said: “Who are those funny women?" And the bride answered: “My aunts.” “Why has that one got He asked: 1 large underlip and she answered: the om licking.’ she lost her patience and struck the girl who set iey said if vou marry the king's son u invite us to vour wedding if The day came for the Then he asked but it | pull in tw bark. they a k- Salt e wo- the le and | ild be strung on a hatpin, or pick a fight. The fox said: -“How Deing | Vit of wire, and left to dry thoroughly, | dare you dirty the watér that I am down | Which will take two or three da drinking?” ame, _ Isiiver metal beads beiween the pink | runs from you to me. torn, i he |Ones makes a very pretty necklace; | The fox said: “I have had enough|{He lav on the bank in the peaceful 2n7e | 3150 pure white ones with zold. to do with you a year 25o.” mourn, HELEN M. A rose pink strung Beads. Dear Uncle Jed: The ingredients of BAT off of trees and eat the When they get the bark all off take the twigs out again and make an addition to their dam. JOSEPH UNDERWOOD, Age 14. | North Stonington. The girl's mother was ashamed to | cornstarch with a little coloring wa- ter and then add hot salt, m a soft paste or dough. e dough thoroughly, allowed to dry a few min- tiny gilt or In case the dough is not ali used at once. wrap in a damp cloth, where 3t will keep indefinitely. this will 1 knead then break off Age 11 you the way every b do their bit.. One wax ber of the Junior Red Cross. 1 am in the sixth grade room has a hundred per cent-in thri stamp: I have only four stamps, but I am a member Junior Red Crose, One twenty-five cent Dear Uncle Jed: drinking lamb came to drink. The lamb answere ow can 17 1 ago?” States. I feel sorry for those little boys We never buy any more candy now, | fter milk everybody used to hate to go by him.! ‘We called for a while, but the cows did not come. where far when we saw the cows coming. All of a sudden.a flash of down the bars, and. my sister drove Before we got_to the house we were not want to go and drive the cows when it looked as if we were going to Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell ¢ and girl ean s, to buy thrift stumps, and another is to be a mem- and my thrift of the There was once a wily old fox who was so disagreable that nobody liked him. One day he was from a brook and a little The fox was so mad he wanted to The lamb said “Dear sir, how can that be, for I was not born a year sas masks on, and some had heen hurt in = er COCKS OF THE WALK, by Roger Billiner, of N‘l‘fll‘ Frankdin, The Dreadful Night. wind was high, Dark clouds swept over a fitful sky Came ‘a dash of rain, it was icy o And bleak as death was No wold. He crawled along on slimybank, For h. trol, To do his bit, with death his dcle. Back in the trench with the vermi vived. ing death, He thought it safe as Heayen there; He shut his teeth to do and dare. of flame, He could not go the way he cam raid, But on he crawled on bank, A death-defying, fighting Yank the low, “But where T go some Huns will go I cannot tell of the awful fight, Of the seething hell of this April n Of the Yankee boys who did their West. t went, “Well, it was some of your relations 1t was a wild spring night and the John Smith was only a common Yank, was the task as a lone pa- But though in the trench he was fac- Yet now as he crept with bated breath, Nov: the wild night opened with a burst For the Hun was out on a mjdnizht In his heart of hearts he was afraid. slmy “They. may get me vet” he muttered st, And died like the sons of our mizhty But the crawling Yank was shot and And suffered there as the long hours For him no Red Cross nurse was sent. S true v Taptih To the boy who fights Tor- white and ble, =~ ¥ For by his Uncle he mists When war has started in #é He'll give up Nife-and all he' For ne’s a fearless patriot! Here's to the girl that ®oes” her shate; ‘Who knits the boys: warsthiigs to wear. 3 . In idleness she wilt not ‘siti . But willingly she does her dit. 3 The gallant boys to war go forth— there, fiom\.&ns; and West and South and H ith his mates h: fought for EXUERE S 5 :},‘ 15, f0ad Al tauah Her u\tfil_zghts are with them as they v ha , = ‘had Lo The:d?e:f been gassed, and some had |, S L AN decs But thanks to his mask he had sur- grow pale. 2 2%} And as they speed across the mea, The menace of Autocracy, At cnce grogs dimmer than befors Some months will pass, and then,fe'll see - . The Conqueror—Democracy! Then blood and battle both.sill. cease Granting us 2 longed for peace. So here's to the mothers and. sweet- ‘hearts true Who gave their beloved to the red, white and blue; And through our joy, our hopes and tears - » We give them all a loud three cheers! L T Canterbury Green. Red Cress. When our boys are far from mothers Tn thet country “over there.” ‘Where the nurses of tie “Red Cross™ Help and cheer them every where. With their prayers and deeéds of meér- 2 not of earthly gain, Thinking only of the soldiers . They would help to. bear each paim. And the mothers, how: they bless them For no faoney can repay. Deeds like those that they are doing, Near the battle fields each .day. We can help them with our monev: We can do the smaller part. - Knowing well our Heavenly Father: Counts the good in-every-heart. = But we all must bear our crosses. Saving everything we can = Red Cross” near the trench- al 3 . H Will work hard to save, each man. sarde. of ‘the'ofhers, and the ‘one Plainfield. then, and in spite of them all I shall {And, why? Because he would never the flat foot answered: “From tread- cat you alive” and he did! giv ] AT ing " TFhen the other answered I have My School. _ MABEL GAFFNEY, Age 13. |A cent that soldier boys mizht live, il rwe syt foais 71 e Desir inclos e Baltic. Back there in the states he's been too | . * And the prince said: “From this|tend is the Da 5 e fories o Saigi tim:on my’;ovelv bride wiil not spin,” :I"l» (’;f :iém 2 Her Precious Jewels, To s;_w;:‘l a cent in the n,h.oou,l 2nd this is how she got her fortune. |ecach room. Dear Uncle Jed: I am a new mem- S R 5 MABEL GAFFNEY, Age 12, | the lower floor and four on the upper | ber. lThavedbeun readlngl the stories [And zaw ga he lay on the blood-stain- Baltic. floor. School be; t 8 o'clock in|every Thursday and so I thought I ErEsOChs b : s | the morning and closes'at 5.30 in the |would write. . }Ic cried d}oudt‘:ga nghfitet;u-h?ngrm LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. [afternoon. We have an assembly| Cornelia was a beautiful lady who|For ¢ase for the'pain and the broken {room on ihe third floor which we also | lived in Rome many years ago. Shef . bome, =~ o Wild Animals Home. 1e as a dining room. The children|had two boys, and never did -mother | FOr o S AL e St < ot . 5 o |Who bring their dinners ail eat one|and sons love each other more tender-| KN 4 Sl L s e M e A table in this room. We have a|ly than they Rut no Angel of Merey to him came: t The coyote is a very cleve He is related to the wolf family ive in the great plains. There areat many tone Park in Wyoming The coyote lives in a hole i und, When they come out o hole they sit up on their hin and look anything to harm them. of them around TYelow 1l ‘around to sec if there is g they all meet and sing in animal, | téacher also who They | As T live three m i have to bring my I am twelve yi the sixth grade. “ | f their d ez Wauregan, at wa , England @ akes charge of us. from the school ner. s old and T am in MILDRED WILDF His Love For the Flag. Dear Uncle Jed: Two countries were Holland. One “How beautiful our mother is! boys would say softly as th g0 about ‘the house anq garden. jsuch_sons! | or their games. One day 3 est of silks.and wearing the costlies| of jewels came to call upon Cornelia. She brought with her the her “How fortunate I am-to have two the mother would think las she watched them at their studies lady dressed in the rich- | ‘T can't afford, a basket of He must die, and he 2lone to blame. The asyful hour: was dying there With none to pity, none to care. He had not cared when back at 1om Not a cent to.spare, what'e'er migh come. let the rich men ray the hours t|But when v, brought him a: no pi Then of the dreadful e knew what every cent did ‘or AlGs Nativity. . “And the angels sang: < Glory to_ Cod in-the hizhest. And on earth peace, good ‘will toward men. 2 ¥ ' o it a dream' where wings. gleam, That the angels troubled are? That they know not where 'to lay-the fair 2 e, o ht | ‘the white el wonderful beauty. Presently the lady \the Red Cross do. For the world is so fal of war? Yap! Yoop!! Y-o-w-Vah-|stormy’ day Deople” were | toolc from the. basket rare jomels. of 5 s o e looking towar They €aW a|a)j kinds and showed thém to Cornelia.|In 2 h of pain. his dread "a=na¥ | O, there is no bed for His little head, te can run N e =il OA salll (A e aev shouted, | e jatter thought them exquisite. | Could there be no help for such as he?|The nursing angels feasy *' can run faster than a horse can zal-|They must have help. re admirall yhen the .last had . been |The cash he had kept for his own use. | There is no nest wheére His head ecan lop. : % .. |came forth and asked: “Who will take | yrougnt out, the said: “I have = jeered at him with wild abuse: rest, s b They live on other small animals a message to one of our shint at sea?” | quaufM Bl E8 VECAR where | “Ye would not give us a life to_=ave.|The wars they aré so ne¥: at they Kill. 5 A small boy came forth and said he | are yours?” Now we can't give you a decent i "2 The buffalo is a_vety large’ anima, | wanted to, that he could swim well | % 4¢"that moment Cornelia’s boys re- grave. ¥ O, the church is fit and the candfes Sl ol s oo SN ‘}"."*"“»‘“lc*";)'e bt | turned from school and came up.to|If vou spent us in the Red Cross lit i rained. They are e t‘ b d promised the day|greet (heir mother. Putting her arms way And the bells they toll' amain, tampoded any time. When tr Lo the one who went |apout them, Cornelia said proudly: [A Red Cross nurse would be here to-|But the Babe thev lay in oxen's hay— stampeded nothing will stop them he Dutch had heen driven |uThege are my-jewels. There are none day. Hé cannot sleep for pain. eath. < s , the admiral asked for little | more precious in Rome; no, not in all | But as it is. vou let others die avah 14 The hoodoo cow or the female huf- zive him the money. the world. And now Yyou suffer without reply.” |0, fs it a dream, Whére ‘the white falo is v ’:PntlcR r\;\l;' when they ittle bov sali “T didn’t do it CATHERINE DRISCOLL, Age . ¥ .wing! gleam, s # voung omes. uffaloes are very f money.' T did it for| Norwi ¥ Vo e alkew = is ite ' =¥ pUnEl apeicy ullslooan ey Norwich. He woke with a start in his own whit most all gone. The skunk He is found almost all over the States. He has but ome fend himself and he doa't only when s necessary. ever smelt the disagreeable smell vou would say he had a zood wav fend himself. one he stamp his foot ground as if to sav, keep away if you come nearer, he will himself in a way that you will forget. The beaver fs the most industrious dams animal of all. Tle builds brooks. He builds them out o 2nd logs, and he hauls mud on hi He chews down the trees wi mouth. When he wears & mud on his tail. were hunted until they were al- a fur bearing animal. ¥ to de- use When vou first get n on teeth off too short to chew trees down he hauls THey are never idle. When they get their dam done they ntown. United that If you We spend every to de-| ¥ ; doing patriotic worl the |ed “The Marseillais " then |Home Fires Burning. defend | U. S. A never poems about it. in f mud s tail. h his darncing. We snip the soldiers, cloth and Toast week the I We know the names of of the army and their rank. We have physical training and folk to fill the teacher ENNIE LAMOINE Aze 11. The Poguetanuck School. Jed: T go to the Poque- ol. We are working hard to | r boys win the war. Friday We have learn- the “Keep “Loyalty to and lots of other songs We salute the flag and have learncd the officers pillows teacher takes them to the Red Cross rooms. showed us a pisture of the little children over in afternoon Falling in the Ham. the yard to get my hoop. the back room. When I.went to ge my hoop I fell in the ham. She put some soda ori me, and the nex day I felt fine. DANIEL O'NEIL, Age 6. Norwich. i Patriotic School Exercises. Dear Uncle Je Junior Red Cros: to join. _Several It costs oT | vet. Friday. we sing songs, reci read out of _patriotic leaflets. e ——i —— RED CROSS NURSE, by Grace A, Burrill of Si;iford Springs. We copy recipes. minute recess. sical exercist Sometimes we pillows. and stayed all night after vacation, have our vacation the 22d. MARION BROWY, -Age 10. Moosup. ASHFORD Miss Leola Poole iz summer. Springs was very-interesting. Mr. and. Mrs ed.in Southbri ge Sunday. ‘brother, John Whitford. Mrs, Albert Clarke js M. Kaiser repliet eqtally Dear Uncle Jed: One.day I sat in my mothers’ ham.. The way.I happened to fall in was, I came running in from It was. in I cried so loud my mother thouzht I was Lxlledt. AnalribYer acatn: will Thkeepimy tro To.the Red Cross fund will T turn all 1 hove joined the 26 cents in the school have joined. We haven't received the pins We have a patriotic afternoon every First we salute the flag. then quotations and My teacher reads patriotic stories and then We have only a five- After recess each child tells a cur- rent event and takes part in the ph¥- p do knitting the last 40 minutes. The boys make (rench candles while the girls are knitting or cutting up rags for T went up to my'friend Helen’s house night or her birthday. She is coming down to my house some We are going to home for the The Memortal services held in War- renville Friday were well attended. The address by Rev. Mr. Puffer of Stafford Thomas Fitts returned home Sunday after spending aweek in- Willimantic. Frank Bennette visit- Mrs. Mclntire and son motored from Providence Sunday and called:on her To -an address from the: Congress of German Chambers: of Commerce, the —"The last few months have brought us successes which justi- ¥ our title 'to a 'strong peace which shall open new rodds. to . vietorious German: commerce and give complste freedom - for - the development - of otir industry. To this employers are| casville. entistad > ' 2 That the angels’ trouble'sore— , - bed, In the cradle 1ow the Babe weeps po, He screamed and covered his eves|For the world that bleeds with war. with dread. O'NEILL LATHAM. “It’s hell TI've seen,” to his wife he said, " Tve been in hell: by my own life, ROCKVILLE tITve seen how the are dying there, ; With none to pity, none to care. in That T can spage, in this Great Driv Thank God! alive.| FLIZABETH J. BROWY. Pomfret Center. To Mothers and Sweethearts. Evervone speaks of the man, ‘Who vow is serving Uncle Sam But here’s to the girl who's he: KNITTING FOR THE BOYS *Twas a dream, and T'm uniformed t is’few days. OVER Tl:lER:E \ Memorial day was observed M with services in the church as usual. The address was by G. R. Notter of Westerl: Rev. B. G. Boardman-of Kingston preached here-in the: S.-D. B. thurch Saturday. > 4 1oy The family of Adelbert. R. Clarks have all been ill > B Mrs. Mary K. B. Sunderland, ‘who has spent the past winter with Mrs. Phebe Kenyon. returned last weck her home in Wickford. - Mrs. Byron L. Kenyon has been ‘the guest of relatives in. Wickford for a~ Gk e