Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 20, 1918, Page 9

be given © not use nnr m words. o.-u_; letters only wfll be used, ‘Write -your ni m and ad- aru. plainly at th of the story. Address all eo‘nmnlfinnl to Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. “Whatever you are—Be ‘Whatever yos m—Bo Straightforwardly ac Be honest—in fact, Be nobody eise but you® POETRY. Allied Children. PEnglish children over sea, Boys and girls who talk like me, Who give up;butter, mnd% meat, ,| Ang barely take enough So that Belgian, babies mn.y Not go hungry évery day; We will save and offer, too. And show what Yankee klda can do! Little boys and girls of France! Once you liked to sing and dance, Laugh and chatter all the day, Just as we do at our play. There are tears-mow. in your eyes! We will be your true‘allies, ‘Even as your fathers are, Love shall reach you from afar! Polish boys with.flaxen curls; Dark-eyed small Italian girls, Starved Armenian, Serbian, Greek— Every tongue the sufferers speak! Everywhere in Allied lands Children stretch their little hands, Hungry, homeless, cold and sad, Oh, how it will make us glad_ To remember we have done Something kind for, ever’on And when Right has chqueréd Wrong, Freedom to ome clan belong, We childréif ehall Kave helped to make A friendlier,warid; for kindness' sake! —Abbie Farwell Brown, i the Kansas City Star. ~ A Little Patriot. Little Lucy Robinson, Knitting for.eur boys: She knits most every afternoon, Instead of playing with her toys. She's made six pairs of worsted socks, Although. her sister helped to perl, I really think that’s quite a lot For just a seven-year-old girl! She made a searf for her father, Whe's now in the Medical Corps, If al] would work as hard as.she, America wound Win this war. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. We have begun to receive letters of hikes on the road and to the woods and the Wide-Awakes as a rule report having had fun, a swim, a fire and a lunch. There should be something besides fun in summer walks and journeys. Every day one should see something new and think something ndw, and seeing quickens thinking. 1f . experienced observers can walk out-and see sixty varieties of birds in a day, of 4 score of plants or a half hundred varieties of insects, it|/ is a stupid walk which does not reveal one mew thing or excite .one new thought. : It is a real profitable practice where two or meore stroli together to make notes of the things seen” during the walk, write.-them out, and compare records when. next you go- eut, The eyes were made for use. more constant than the hands and the mind ehould be fed.as Well as fhe stomach or the day may come when .you will find you have-been starved amd have lost: more than ever can be made up: If the stroller resolves to see one new thing or°te gt one néw tHought every time he goes twrt‘h for pieuure, he will acquire the habit of observing and will soon see many things. ev-ary time he goes forth. The naturalist'has such trained eyes that he can téll liirds by their flight and dnsects by their movements, no matter how fast-théy iy, or by. the surroundings of a fallen tree how long it has lain upen theiearth, or by the worn rocks besidé a stream how many thousand years the water has run there or by a knowledgzeé of lb,e cky when a new star appears: Shdrp eyes are not a tltt, but the result of using,the eyes, and. sharp| eyes are oftes a protection as well as| a s@urce of increaséd pleasare and | “nowledge. THE WINNERS OF PRIZES 1—Cnh-rin- flby'p’igh, of Norwich— l—l-.or lluu?, ‘of North, Franklin —Jack Lorimer, Freshman. 3—Carrie A, Gelo, of Yantié—The] ‘Boy Inventors. ' 4—Lydia Dugas, of Vetsanles—’rom Slade at Temple Camp. 5—~Wilhelmine Cnuy of waon—-'me ‘Boy - Aviators. {6—Katie Bobeck, of Cclumbia:——A Thrift Stamp. 7—Anna Gayeski, of Colchester—A |- Thrift Stanmp. §—Laurence Gauthier, of Bmk!yn— The Boy Scouts on the Trail The winners of prize books in the eity call at The Bulletin business office for them at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday. P 1,795 LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Elly D. Zembe of Norwich—I thank ¥you very much for the Thrift Stamp you sent me. I will- t:ry lo earn an- other. Bertrand @ave received the -hodkm and nail the top- tightly and into two equal parts and then round holes big enough for them to get in and nail it on the sheéd. This | was to be their home. ning Wide Awake Letters are rewarded with a Thrift Stamp, with an extra Stamp for every fourth book won, State your preference, stamp or book. reag it. 1 am sending many thanks for the same. Anna Gayeski of Colchester—I re- ceived the Thrift Stamp and thank you very much for the same. I am buying Thrift Stamps and would pre- fer them as prizes in the future. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. Dedication of the Service Flag. On the 19th day of May we dedicated a flag in_honor of our boys who have gone to fight for Uncle Sam. On the flag were 32 stars, including one gold star for a poor soldier who died in ‘this great strugzle. The services were held in the church, after which there were some ggod and interesting speeches given. Then came the parade, which was a very long one. Tt consisted of bands of music, sail- ors. smal children dressed in white, carrying the service flag, mothers of the boys in whose honor dedication was held, Knights of Columbus, and a church society carrying their own ban- ner and the prettiest and best of all— the American flags. > Many carriages, automobiles and different vehicles took part, all making the parade larger and lovelier. There were many people from all parts of the state. After the parade, refreshments were served to all in the schoothouse. Ajthough the weather was very hot and march long and tiresome, every- body felt that it was nothing com- pared with what our boys are doing for us. ANNA GAYESKI, Age 13. Colchester, A Family Trait. At the annual prize day of a cer- tain school the head boy rose to give his_recitation. “Friends, Romarns, countrymen.” vociferated, “lend me your ears!” Then commented the mother of a de- feated pupil, sneeringly “That's Mrs. Biggs’ boy. He wouldn't be his mother’s son if he didn’t want to borrow something.” HAROLD ANDREW, Age 8. Taftville. 5 he The Red Cross. The Red Cross is for the purpose of humanity. It is to help the soldiers and saijors who are in service, their parents and wives and children who are left at home to suppert them- selv It aiso helps the refugees, chil- dren, women and men that have been driven from their homes. The Red Cross nurses search for the wounded and dead soldiers in No Man's Land in France. They take them to the hospitals, and care for them there un- Ail they are bhetter and are able to re- turn to the battle field and fight. If they are so disabled that they will not be able to fight again they are sent back to America. There the Red Cross finds work théy will be able to Go. For example, if he had lost his right arm the Red Cross would find work that he could use his feet, or teach him to use his left hand. The greatest need to earry on this great work is nurses and money. Without the nurses we could not have’ this work carried on. With the money we get the provisions and clothing for the soldiers and ors. The Red Cross societies sew and knit for the soldiers. They also send books, papers and ma: azines for the soldiers to have a good time reading as we do here in Ameri- ca. Even the children have a Junior Red Crose. The children knit, sew and make scrap books for the soldiers. Our sclool is working for the Red Cross now by hemming towels. AN 1 MINER, Age 13. Yantic. The Seal. The seal is among the queerest of animals. It is also a fur-bearing ani- mal, and lives in the Arctic regions. The seal is quite large, the female weighing about one-fifth as much as the male. It has beautiful eyes, and its iaws and mouth are like those of a Newfoundland dog. It has flippers un- derneath its bodv. The ones nearest the shoulder look very much like a pair of black hands. It also has two skins, the outside being course and bristly, and the inner soft and downy. The queerest thing about the seal is its trip to.a small group of islands where they remain until winter, then they go into the warm waters of the Pacific. The male seai goes first to pick out the place. Then the female, and bzby seals are seen swarming in. The smaller seals sare taught to swim in shallow pools. In order to kill the seal. a large club is used, about seven inches long, and very mnch like the baseball bat. Phis is used to stun the animal and then other men kill and skin the animals. Their valuable skins are heaped in piles with layers of salt batween them. Then they are sent to London, Eng- land, where they are cleaned, dved, and dressed. IRENE O'NEIL, Age 11. Norwich. Picking Berries. Dorothy and John were going to the woode to pick berries. Their mother told them not to go very far or thev might meet tramps. They promised her and started off. Theyv walked along until they found a good spot and then began to pick. In a short time their pails were full and they began to think of, dinner, but finding they had left their lunch at home they began to eat their berries. “Listen,” said John, suddenly, “1 hedd some one talking.” “So do 1" said Tohn. “Do not be afraid,” said Dorothy, “it is one of Uncle Sam'’s sailors.” JEANETTE JARVIS, Age 10. Norwich Town. Two Strangers. It was a cold, windy Sunday after- noon after Christmas and I was on my way to the coop to feed the chick- ens with corn and milk. When T had fed them I started for home and what did T spy but two pretty pigeons perched close together on the roof of the house. T took pity on them and went in to ask my mother for some corn io give to the sirangers. 1 got about three handfuls and scattered it in the back yard toward which they were facing. Then I 'went into the kitchen and T sometimes peeped out, but they did not come. I was getting discouraged. but did not lose my pa- tience. = Finally after a-long time they o( Sterling — Iffiew down and began eating, but they Fave ! would: always round look al Last week my cousin came to Visit us, and we took a ladder to peep and see if there was straw enough to keep them warm. he reach the top he asked me to guess what was in the box, but I could not guess. He told me that hidden in a.little of the straw were two small, white and blus pigeons. He did not touch them, but put the ladder away and just then the mother flew into the box. 1 took good care of them for every morning their food was ready on the ground near the steps of the shed. We were surprised one sunny day ‘when we saw four pigeons eating their breakfast on the ground. They are not afraid, but will stay in the same place, This story teaches ail the ‘Wide-Awake children to be kind to dumb animals. CARRIE ALICE GELO. Yantic. Disobedient When n#; mother was a little girl her mother let her play all day with her friends, except one. Her name was Jennie, Jer#ie was g pretty little girl with long, black curls, and dark skin. Her parents were foreigners and also very dark.. Although Jennie was pretty she was not good. She would never mind her mother, and always told lies. When she was ten years old her mother died. Poor Jennie was then left alone in the world as her father had died long before. Jennie was sorty, but it was too late. Dear Wide-Awakes, whatever you do, always obel vour parents. ° ELIZABETH SIMMONS. South Windham My Busy Year. Monday night, once 2 month, T go to| the Junior Chautauqua. It is held in our. School Hall. * Miss Powell is our leader. She tells us good stories and shows us good games to play. Each one of the Chau- tauquas were supposed to earn $0.10 for the Red Cross. We got $4.11. 1 go to the Story Hour Thursday night. We had a candy-pull for our Hal- lowe’en party, and popcorn balls for our Thanksgiving party. 1 go to the Sewing class Saturday, and to the Junior League, Sunday, and once in a month I go to the King's Herald. ZELPHA CODDING, Age 9. Danielson. Graduation in Columbia. On Thursday evening, June 6th, 1918, the children from the six school dis- tricts assembled at the Congregational church for_graduation. The program was as follows: March, Star Spangled Banner, chor- us. Prayer, Rev. T. Newton Owen. Recitation, The Recessional, Hyman Kaplan. Essay, Russia, Samuel Kaplan. Recitation, Wheri Thomas Takes His Pen, Eleanor Frost. Land of My Heart, chorus. Recitation, Our National Flag, Clara Holbrook. Essay, How May the Stay-at-Homes Enlist in the War, Gertrude Phillips. Recitation, The Answer of America, David Kahlenberg. Recitation, Oh, of All the Flafs, Al vin Greene. Three Cheers for Your Uncle Sam, chorus. | Essay, Red Cress History, Mary Bobeck. Recitation, Flowers, Emma Kohler. Recitation, The Sigh of Stars, Blanche Potter. Recitation, Barbara Frietchie, Viola Greene. Loyalty is the Word Teday, chorus. Demonstration lessons. Address. Presentation of diplemas, Clayton Hunt. The demonstration lessons were given by different teachers: one taught a poem, another decimals, an- other a silent reading lesson, and so on. The graduate from the Center was Eleanor Frost; from Hop River lage, Gertrude Phillips; from Pine street, Clara Holbrook: from Chest- nut Hill, Hyman and Samuel Kaplan, ang from Old Hop River, Mary Bobeck, Viola Greene, Emma Kohler, Blanche Potter, Alvm Greene and David Kah- lenl KATIE BOBECK, Age 10. Columbia. Samuel Crompton. Samuel Crompton lived with his widowed mother and crippled uncle in a mansion at the end of the village. ‘When he was strong enough he learn- ed to weave 0 as to earn his daily bread. The difficulties of the work fasai- nated him. He dreamed ani planned how to overcome them. The greatest difficulty was the breaking of tha thread. Every two or three minutes he had to viece the ends togathe., He experimented in making a epin- ning machine for five years. At last he succeeded. It spun a finer, strenger yarn than could be spun by hand. Samuel spent all his time spinning. | The effect of this was mest of the weavers came to buy the yarn from him and this made it harder ior the other weavers, because they were poo=. This was an unfortunate situation for the other spinners. Crompton guarded his secret because of his work for five years. Others were fighting for it. They even threatened to break in Crompton's house to see the ma- chine. In the world the people ought to_know the. best methods. It needed a strong power to settle the difficulties and guarantee Cromp- ton a reward, and to the other spinners means of earning their living and,the world the advantage of better cloth. A strong central government should issue a patent. Patents ik those days were expea- sive. The king had authority to give the patent. It was hard for a poor inventor to buy'a patent. Crompton was too poor to get a patent. To earn the money, he showed the machine for £60. In 1812 paria- ment gave him £5,000 for the machine, ‘Crompton’s invention belongs to the world. It is still the foundation of all modern- systems of spinning. Tt has made the manufacturer richér and, better still. it has made better cloth. - WILHELMINE KRAUSS, Age 1. Lisbon. \ The Circus Comes to Town. For the first time in the history of Squintyville, a circus was coming Some of the peacefu! citizens thought it would do a great deal of harm and would distur® the quietness of the town but others gaid that they would make a try any way. They warted to see the curious animals that they had so often heard about. Cy Brown and Josh Finnegan were two of the enthusiastic y who, went to the circus. Seeing a great elephant, Josh whispered to his friend: “Say, Cy, I bet flntn whar we gets all our leather fro; ‘Cy shrugged his shoulders for did not know. Cy had a great fright when he saw an enormous man-ape. He didn't know that the ape was chained. They were also greatly amused, he to see iflwhen looking around they saw a baby n young Indians. Dolly liked the noise. ed |1t was January first. “lasked Mr. As Georgina ' eight, - mdDol!y '-mnuxhtheyweremwmmtour. four, stood looking, out. of the “M" upper half of the. sitting-room door, 1 ‘which was all window, a sleighload | Ci of big boys went by. They blew on tin horns, waved flags and yelled like | Pettitt was attracted to one child more than to the rest. He was Clarence, and he had the brightest eyes, the whitest teeth and the joiliest smile you can imagine. Mrs. Pettitt talked to him and his mother was so pleased she asked him to “dance for “Is that what it's holler for?" asked the ly.” Deolly. highly pleased. The alflumn was Mr. Pettitt found five cents for the dancer, and a penny for each of the other children. They all gave their money to their mother to put in the bank. The bank was a rickety tin elephant on the ciock shelf, but it could doubtless hold all the riches the Lee’s could save. “I'm dretful thankful” said Mrs. Leé as the Pettitt's were going. “I was kind O' blue before you come. The baby fell out the high cha’ three or fo' days ago, an is 'ad-a misery in is’ed ever sense, an’ the med’sin cos’ a good deal! “She said she was blue,” Dolly re- marked, going home, “and she’s blac! Mrs. Pettitt explained that Mrs. Lee me?t she felt mournful, and told the children they must look up some books and tops for the Lee's, and she would find a pair of better shoes for Clarence. There were no company at their T{New Year dinner which was a fine why we call New Year!one. Dolly was rather glad. She thought there would be more for her, and' she felt very hungry; but do her best. a good deal of dinner was left It doesn't feel like a very hollow- ay in my stomach."” said Georgina. Nor mine don’t” said Delly. Mrs. Pettitt did not understand this, but Mr. Pettitt did. He had heard the talk by the window in the morning. He told his wife the “holler” and “hol- low” day ideas as soon-as he could without letting the children hear him. That night when she put them to bed, Mrs. Pettitt said: “We have had a nice. quiet holiday, and before you go to sleep, I want to tell you what a holiday is. It is a day when people stop their usual work, and rest, and enjoy themselves as they like best. Christmas. Memorial Day. Fourth of July, and Thanksgiving are holidays.” “Why, I thought it was hollow.” said Georgina, surprised. “Any way, they're splendid, I wish they came every day. Don’t you, Dolly?” But Dolly, who. 2lways dropped asleep in a minute, if she were over- tired, only snored gently, and Mrs. Pettitt and Georgina saw that she could not now say what she thought or wished, and had even forgotten her prayers, T'm awful sorry I forgot them.” she said next morning, “But if I say two prayers tonight and ask God to please ’'scuse me don’t you fink he will?” LAWRENCE GAUTHIER, Age 12. Brooklyn. “Holler “Wihat holler' “Why, holler day!” exclaimed Deolly, “Don’t you know papa doesn’t go to the store because it’s a holler-day?” Georgina looked at her sister with a expression of great wisdom. “O my, Dolly, you've got it very much mi nkeu' It isn’t holler, it’s llow, w Year is a hollowday.” “Ig {t 7 llld Dolly. *“I wish wasn't” “Why do you wish it wasn't?’ asked rgina. whlt ?” asked Georgina. it 'Beelun." said Dolly, “I thought if it was a hollerday we could holler the ‘way the boys did. I thought that was the reason they did.” “That's so, we could,” said Georgina, half regretfully. “But it's only a hol- lowday. “Well, then, what's hollow?” asked Dolly. “Why hollow, it's empty—not any- thing in it” explained Georgina. suppose that’ a ‘hollow da; “Isn’t there anything in New Year asked Dolly anxiously. “Not much by the side of Christmas. Then you have dolls and books, and games, and rings, besides the tree, and all you can do with cards, under your plates is to put them where they won't get dirt. At that very minute Mrs. Pettitt, was in the kitchen stuffing a turkey for dinner, and when it was ready for the oven it was not hollow by any means. After the oven door was shut, she went into the cellar with a big basket—a hollow basket. Not many minutes latér she came up with the same basket. It was not hollow then. If you had looked in you would have seen apples, turnips, potatoes. a bowl of jelly, and a big piece of beef. On the top of these things Mrs. Pietitt had a paper bag of cookies and crack- ers and another of popped corn. Then she told Mr. Pettitt that now they were ready to take the basket and call on Mrs. Lee. Mrs. Lee was the woman who wash- ed- for Mrs. Pettitt. She had five little children, and she had to do a good many washings to take care of them. The Lee family were black, as black as could be. Mr. and Mrs. Pettitt, with Georgina and Dolly, rode up to Mrs. Lee’s while the turkey was &ookigz. ®They alil went in. The basket went in, too, and perhaps the Lee’s were gladder to see that than the four who brought it. —— bear creep up steathily to the big LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. one and tickle him. He turned around —_— v;ith a growl, and sesing who i§ was, My Visit to Mohegan Park. through out his paw and gave him a A cuff on the ear. The big bear was ev- rDB:‘rwl‘ndc Jed; One Bunday affer- c : planned to ge to Mohegan idently his mother. ¥ vark. We drove up in the tea 1m At the sight of the oriental march|\ype, we got there my first zhou‘ Cy gave a start, “Gosh all hemlocks. lyas™ty" look at the monkeys. Thore if there isn't the whole East acomin’ to was a crowd watching them. .One |8irl was feeding Jim, the monkey, an visjt us!” ice cream cone inside the rail wien Well, to go on Cy and Josh looked | at more and more wonders and they | \ith 5 quick snatch Jim pulled off the girl's hair ribbon. The girl was quite were well satisfied, let me tell you. The others when asked about it said|fijehy ‘ditto.” Hereafter Cy and Josh will|y, ie—b"igs“&‘ir'éei:'é e i keep their noses up before those Who|cry so, /then she stopped crying. Soon did not sethhe olrcus, - the keeper that feeds the monkeys on SADIE PHILLIPS, Age 14. |opened up the door to feed them. Ho Norwich. saw the ribbon and picked it up and said: “Some girl has lost a ribbon.” “Did you take it, Jim?” How Boys and Girls This War. Boys and girls can help win this war in many ways. First of all, they can save their pennies and buy thrift stamps, and #hen we are lending our money to the government. Then we can eat less candy, and save sugar so the seldiers can have some. The giris can also learn to knit ar- ticies to keep the scldiers warm and comfortable in winter. I think that if every boy and girl tried they could do many other things that would help Uncle Sam and the allies win this war. ALICE M. DUNN. Can Help Win|Then he said: Tlut Jim could not answer, so the man did not know which one took it. But Jim knew. Then we looked around and saw the swan in swimming and saw the pea- cock with its lovely feathers. When it saw a crowd around it would spread its wings open just like a fan, Then I had ice cream and popvom Then we departed for home. I enjoy- ed that Sunday very much up to Mo- Legan park. 4 FLORA WILLIAMS, Norwich. Knits For the Soldiers. Dear Uncle Jed: 1 go to tha Board- man school. Every Friday afternoon & we talk about war news. We are go- O, mother, T am so frightened. Tling to knit for the soldiers. We are d band- was playing in the hall with a big|ai50 making gun cleaners an: I am glad to think that in many mouse, 1 heard a noise. and I said, |zges, “What is that noise I hear?” Jittle things I can do to help the sol th"Ttt)x?t is the old clock tleking," said {diers. Every American child ‘that e big mouse. - cld enough ought to be patriotic and Then I eried, “T am afraid. do their bit to help win this war. 1 have one dear unclé called to the col- _“I am net afraid. Just see me run right over the clock’s face,” said the |ors. I pray every day for his safe re- turn. 2o big mouse. He did run over the old clock’s face. The clock struck one and we both ran home and never will go near that clock again. ETHEL HOLLAND, Age 10. Taftville. Norwich. The Little Mouse's Story. ARCELIA DOYON, Age 8. Glasgo. —_— \ My Second Experience. Dear Uncle Jed: I thought you and the Wide-Awakes would like to hear about my pet crow. One day last week I saw three crows in our lot. Papa wasn't home so I went in and teased mamma to let me have the gun. Finally she let me take it so 1 whispcred to herself, fieepmg put a shell in it and went out and “There isn't room for mine.” | sneaked along under the wall so the Then a bright ,thought came to her,|crows wouldn't see me. When I got and made two little dimples in her|in range one rose and flew and said: round cheéks. “Caw! Caw!” for the others to come “Oh, T know,” she said, “I'll decorate jon, but this one didn't go. He was a poor old Mr. Moon. That will be nicer {long way off and I did not think I than laying my flowers in the ceme-|could shoot him, but might be able tery.” to wound him." So’I took good aim So she went, hop, skip and jump, to !and fired. a black house where an old man with He fell over with one wing sticking only one arm was sitting on the steps.{up in the air, I thought he was dead, “I've come to decorate you, Mr.|but I looked again and he had started Moon " she said. to run, T laid down the gun and ran what ‘do you mean, pussy?”{after him. He hid behind a shock of Moon, looking surprised. corn and in my hurry to catch him I “Cause your arm got lost in the|fell over him, but did not hurt him war,” Maisie went on, “and so I'm v. Now I have him in a coop for a going to put flowers on you.” He eats corn and apples and Then she pinned a bunch of great, “Caw! Caw!” and seems to-be blue pansies on his old blue caat,"and contented. stuck pansies in the band of his rusty ROGER B. MINER, Age 9. hat, . North Franklin. “How did yoyr arm get lost?” she asked, fastening the prettiest on his empty sleeve. “Why, you see,” said Mr. Moon, “one night T was in a wood with a lot of other soldiers. The sharpshooters had lit great fires to see us better, but we hid as well as we could, each man behind a tree, and at every movement “Bang” would %0 some gun from be- hind ,a tree. Nobody was to be seen. It looked as though I was alone in the Maisie's Decoration Day. Maisie trotted after the procession and her tiny hands were full of pan- sies. “The cemetery is f\ll] of flowe: she in. Our Fun. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about our club. A few other boys and I made up a glub. About every Saturday we go on a hike, and we each give five cents to- wards the things to eat. We cook our own lunch with a wood fire, and af- ter eating our lunch we play ball and then get ready to go home. woods, Besides this we go to moving pic- “Weren't vou afraid?’ asked Mai- |tures about once a week. Next Sat- sie. urday we will have the samie fun. “I wish T had been a little more afraid,” said Mr. Moon. “but once 1 was in too much of a hurry to load my gun. I put out my clbow just a little from behind the tree. Some sharpshooters saw it and that is the reason Mother Monn bas to knit only one mitten for me.” “Well, Mr. Moon," said Maisie, ‘T'm sorry vou lost your arm. but I'm’ glad you fought for your country, for if 1 didn’t have any country I don’t know” where I could live.” “Yes, I wish I had my arm,” said the old man, but I would rather have a country after all.” LYDIA DUGAS, Age 10. Versailles. HARRY J. MORSE, Age 11. Norwich. A Trip in the Woods For Sassafras. My dear Uncle Jed: I am at Lake Mashapaug for the summer. I was out hunting eassafras roots to make sassafras tea and I saw some deer tracks—the mother and baby. The size of the tracks told me that. And they were frightened by the noise of strangers. I could tell by the way | they kicked the dirt: We did not get a sight of them. but we found the sassafras after a while. On this trail we also found many lady slippers and we hoped to find many other roots of sassafras to eat. On the way back we stopped at the inn. There were two snakes, one was killed by someone eite, and my grand- pa killed the other one. We aiso saw two weodchucks, who had their home nearby. My grandpa tried to Kill Residents of Ceylon are sending as a birthday gift to Queen Mary 1.0000 guinéas as an addition to the £5.000 which they have already given to the Rochampton hospiuls for limbless uoldhn. | 'UNCLE SAM'S HELPER, by George Morse of Norwich, them, but they were too quick for him and ran home. I can find so many things I have never seen and nature is so wonderful up here. The woods are so thick and deep and full of different flowers. 1 have sent some back to my school. The Jaurel is thick and lovely, just now. The lady slippers are so big and handsome. The sassafras in these deep woods is fine. I cleaned it and scraped the bark off but have not decided whetker to make sassafras tea which is good for the blood, or after it dries, to su- gar it DOROTHY BLACK, Age 11. Stafford Springs. s A Kind Boy. Dear Uncle Jed: One stormy after- noon when Harry was coming home from school he was hurrying for he had no umbrella. He saw a little kit- ten which held up its paw as if in great pain. Harry went across the street, but not wanting to get wet he home. When he got home he saw a little tack in the kitten's paw. Taking it out he put the pussy down near the fire to warm its fur, then gave it a saucer of milk and the cat went to sleep. The next day on his way to school a lady inquired about the pus- sy. Harry brought it to her and she thanked him very much and told him he was a kind_ boy. CATHERINE McVEIGH, Age 9. Norwich. * Be True. Dear Uncle Jed: I will tell you about my school. I go to the Laurel Hill school. I am in the third grade. We do grithmetic and spelling ana sing- ing, geography, reading and penman- ship. 1 like singing and geography the best. When school is over we have gopd times skating, sliding and play- ing in the snow. Here is a little poem for your boys and girls. It is called “The Bird's Song:" Listen, my boy, I've a word for you And thig is the word, “Be true! Be true!™ At work or at play, in darkness or light, Be true! Be true! and stand for the right. List. little girl, *'Tis the very same: ‘true!” For the truth is the sun And the false is the night, Be jtrue. little maid, and stand for the right. SUSANNAH HARGREAVES, Age 3. Norwich. T've a word vou vou:, “Be true! Ee Annette’s Rabbits. Dear Uncle Jed: One year I was wishing for a pet of some kind, and my motner hearing me say it so many times, thought she would surprise me by giving me one on my birthday. In the year 1911, on July 16th, my birthday, I had a great party. One present which I received was what 1 had wished for. It was a pair of small rabbits. This cunning little pair was born in November and was taken from their dear mother when they were old enough to eat, and then given te me. One was black and white with three feet, so T named her White Feet. She had white all around her neck as though she wore a white ribbon. She was not very large, but looked very cunning. T had her so tame she would come up to me and jump in my lap. If I had anything in my hand to eat she would sit up and put her paw out for me to give it to her. She did many curious things that would make anyone laugh. The other rabbit~was yellow and buffy, so I named him Jack. He was a jumper and I made him jump over things that were over a foot and a half high. T would hold up a piece of cabbage which would make him jump very high. Then he would eat it and come for more, 1 was very fond of this pretty pair, and was never tired of plaving with them. I always fed them well and gave them a good place to sleep. They were never abused by anyone in the house. I %ill never harm them and never did yet. ANNETTE CHABAUD. My Bit. ’ Dear Uncle Jed: Perhaps you would like to-know how I help towards win- ning the war. In the morning I sift jashes and in that way save a hod of | coal every day. Every week I sell pa- pers and buy thrift stamps. In this way I do my little bit for the United States. MAURICE BUCKLEY, Age 0. « Norwich. Her New School. Dear Uncle Jed: The new school I go to is fine. T like it. I have just got acquainted with the children. T will tell you just a few of the names of the girls: Ruth. Olive, Barbara, Avis. This is all the names I am going to tell yvou. T will write again. LOIS HOLMAN, Age 8. ‘Willimantic. The Wise Man of Gotham. Dear Uncle Jed: News came to Go- tham that in a few days the king was supposed to pass. The people did not like it because if he saw anything that he liked he took it. The wise men got together and tried to make plans so as the king would not pass. One man said that he would put some wood in the road and so they all agreed to do so, The mext day the king tried every road in town but he could not pass for the roads were blocked with wood. He saw some' men in the road and they said it was the wise men of picked the kitten up and carried it Gotham: eo the king said he would get the sheriff and cut off their noses. The men went back and told them what the King said. So they all got together and said let us act as fools. | The next day the sheriff came by and he saw a maan cartying a door on kis back. Thé" sheriff asked him what he was doing and he said I have a biz sum of money in my house and I am afraid that robbers may rob me. Why didn't you leavz that door home, the robber avill rob you any- way. The man said it is time I knew it Every time he saw men they were acting like fools. Then he went on and men building a wall. are you doing? They said they were building a wall so_the birds could not fly over. The sheriff went back to the king and said the men of Gotham were 4all fools. The king then laughed. + FORTUNA CYR, Age 13. Jewett City. saw three He said what Our Flag and What 1t Means. Dear Uncle Jed: Friday, June 14th, was Flag day. Our flag was made in 1775 by Betsy Ross. It is thought that Paul Jones was the first one to raise it on the sea. It was used as soon as the Declaration of Independence was signed. When it was made there were only 13 stars and 13 stripes. The original plan was to add a stripe every time a new state came in, but they found it would make too large a flag, so in- stead they decided to add a star. There are now 48 stars in our flag. When it was made there were only 13. Our flag is different from the mother country’s because we have stars and white stripes. We get the stars from heaven, and the white stripes separate the red to show we have separated from England. The American flag of justice. liberty, peace and good will toward all men. The white means purity, red valor, and blue justice. Our flag should always be respected because it represents the United States. The 13 original states repre- sent the union of the 13 original states and the 48 stars represent the union of all the United States, VIOLET F. DISCO, Age 14. Norwich. TOMMY TIDD. is the emblem His latest recitation: The owl and the eel and the warming pan, They went man. The soap -fat man he was not with- to call on the soap-fat He'd gpne for a ride on his rolling- pin. So they all came back by the way of the town, And turned the meeting-house upside down. Let us quote vou on wiring your Louse for electric lights.® Al work promptiy and neatly .done. We can show vou a complete line of Lighting Fixtures to select from. We also do motor and generator repairing. OLSEN & MORSE, 21 Willow St., Norwich, Conm. DR.A.J.SINAY DENTIST Rooms 18-19 Alice Building, Norwick Phone 1177-3 THEPALACE " 78 Franklin Street P. SHEA DENTIST DR. E. j. 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