Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 25, 1918, Page 6

Size of Pictures Drawn For The Bulletin They must be cither 2 3-16"wide for single column, and 4 6°16 for double column. The lines must come within these measure- ‘ments. THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE 80YS AND GIRLS -DEPARTMENT WIN A THRIFT STAMP Winning Wide-Awake Letters are rewarded with a Thrift Stamp, with an extra Stamg for every fourth book won. State your preferenc or book. Rules for Young Writers. 1. Writs plaifily on one side of the paper only, and number the pages. 2 Use pen and ink, not pencil. . 8 Short and pointed articles will “be given vreference. Do not use over 250 words. i & Original stories or letters only will be used, 5. Write your name, age and ad- idress plainly at the bottom of the ‘story. Py i | Address all communications t¢ Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. H “Whatever ycu are—Be that! Whatever you say—Ee true! Straightforwardly act, Be_honest—in fact, Be nobody else but you™ POETRY. Let's Get Together, op to wonder whether r neighbor's free from sin the trenches. at the plow. The brave me: The sk at the benches— Each class is helping now Gardeners. Cares are the weeds of life Which, when they start May spring up over night And choke the hea Joys are the flowers Where sunbeam: To sweeten all thi And thrill the soul And in the plots assigned To men to hoe, Each gardener must say Just what shall grow. —Ralph M. Thomson. Facts. Today we had a tea party— My Cousin Belle and me— With all our dolls—we had a cake Nurse gave us for the tea. And Belle and me, we ate the cake vou see— dollys reaily never ea 0 out to tea! —Milwaukee The Big Dog. One day 1 met a dog, was too scared to run! ded him a cake—you see oug’ he cakes and buns for tea. Free Press 1 was afraid he'd eat me e him one s Tribune. Mothe's Busy Day. look out, vour feet are dirty! her' shirt t torn? red: done the washing— se the woodshed door? i, vou children, ay minute— every stop smok- | Let me think! UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. More people than ought to believe nat the sunflower alw: keeps it: e towa Son® people have zrown for years and e to be true. althouzh the sun- ower does mothing of the kind not calied a sunflower be the sun from east to because of its imag- | ance to the sun because | ze and golden col Awakes ws daily, but w sunflowers tle Prudy's Capt. Horace. 2—Doris A. Wood of Bagleville—A Thrift stamp. 3—Helen Bates of Taftville—Afloat on the Flood. 4—Roger B. Miner of Franklin—A Thrift stamp. 5—Laurence Gauthier of Brooklyn— The Rivals on the Trail. 6—Rose Eagan of Willimantic—The z Five Motorcycle Boys. Margaret Nosworthy of Hampton —Boy Scouts Afoot in France. s—E. Anna Kramer of Norwich— Afloat on the Flood. The winners of prizes living in the city may call at The Bulletin business office for them at any hour after 10 a. m. Thursday. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Katherine Taylor, of Norwich Town —1 thank you for the prize book and Thrift Stamp vou sent me. Should T be fortunate to win a prize please make it a hook as I am very fond of reading and much interested in what T call Uncle Jed’s library. And as T am equally interested in stamps, my mother gives me a stamp every time I win a book. Leona Sullivan, of Taftville—Many thanks for the beautiful prize book entitled “The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings.” Hoping to recelve another soon Edith E. Purvis, of Norwich.—Many thanks for the Thrift Stamp. I'm out to help win for Uncle Sam. Stella Gaska, of Jewett City. — 1 thank you very much for the prize book T received entitled. “The Red Cross Girls in Belgium.”, 1 have read it and found it ve interesting. Stanley A. Kraba, of Versallies.—I ceived a Thrift Stamp and thank ever =0 much for it. I never e pected a prize for the story. This is my first Thrift Stamp I received for writing stories ta the Wide-Awakes. T am going to try my luek for more. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES, The Deserted Farmhouse. On a lonely country road. about six miles from any village or house, is a larze rambling farmhouse. It has not heen occupied for many vears as can be seen by its outward appearance. The rain has washed the paint off, the windows are devoid of glass, ev: erything has gone tq rack and ruin The front yard, if such it may be cal! ed, is all over-grown with grass a weeds, The fence separating the front vard from ‘he road has rotted and is falling to piaces. Rigit across the road in front of the house is a large barn, one side of the roof having fallen in. and the doors have begun to sag, the hinzes being so rusty, they cannot bear the .weight of such heavy doors. AGNES E. SCHREIBR. Stafford Spring: Honesty is the Best Policy. One day as Johnny Jones was walking down the main street of the city' of Watersville he saw a shining object, and he picked it up. It was a diamond ring, and _even Johnny, with the little knowledge he had of jewelry, could see it was a very €x- pensive one. Johnny, who happened to be out of employment and “down and out” in_ financial standing, wa: sverjoyed. Thne first thought that en tered his mind was to bring it to the| pawnbroker's and pawn it.” John walked on. When hé¢ had gone almost to the end of the street he saw two men walking rapidly, and one man. the older of the two, seemed to be very excited. Johnny had no intention of listening, but on account of their high-pitched voices in which hey spoke, Johnny could not help overhearing part of their conversation. The older man said: “I am sure I lost it on this street because I eaw it on my finger when 1 left my office. I didn'{ motice that it off until T was on the next street, so T must have lost it around here.” Johnny stood perplexed. There was no doubt that the ring in his pocket | belonged to this man. He did not know | hat to do. If he gave the ring back | skould notice The | faces | at, | Srou | two of | morth, one to the east, of sunflowers them are fac one southeast Their one norfhwest and one | location in relation to h they | v face | y may | r zarden. Learn to know | & bee flower from a moth flower, and a 8y flower from a butterfly flower and & bird flower from other flowers. The sunflower is really the gold- finches flower, although later in the season it attracts sparrows and other small birds; bee-balm and the honey- suckles are the flowers of the humming bird; petunias and morning glories are ! moth fowers, and most all small flow- | ers are bee fowers; the milkweed is| the butterfly flower, and the snap- dragon is the bumblebee flower, be- cawse it admits no other insect to its) homey cup, and its door is always closed to all except its favored guest. The bumbiebee opens it by lighting on the lip and springing the flower open by its weight. No other insect is heavy enough to open the door. One is not wide-awake just because his ayes are open, but because he makes his eyes useful, as they were intended to be. The insects helr the plants to per- fect their seeds as pay for the honey they get from the honey cups, and the birds sow the seeds of the flowers they fesd upon, and thus provide for their future suppiies. Xnow jour garden, and you will have things to talk 2bont instead of folka. THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. _1—Stella Gaska of Jewett City—Lit- ts owner, it would mean a few, - Eleventh Prize, $6.25, by Bonte of West Willington.—A Colo- Ida .Ia nial Dame. jof a lark breaks forth upon the morn- Plow. Sixth Prize, $0.25, by Edna Kendall of Versailles. — The Man With the “meal-less” days until further employ- ment. If he did ot give the ring up, it would mean that he was a thief. As he stood there pondering he thought of the proverb, “Honesty is the Bes" Policy.” Without ‘a_moment's hesita- tion, Johnny started to walk rapidly up the street and soon overtook. the two men. He soon restored the ring to its owner and told of his situation. The gentieman invited him to ' his home for dinner and then he offered Johnny a position in his office, and when Johnny was going home the gentleman insisted on his taking a re- ward, of $25. ; Johnny went home in great spirits that night. The next day found him in his Mew position. Johnny Jones is still a- firm .believer in ‘the proyerb, ‘Honesty is the Best Policy,” E. A Norwich. Unconditional Surrender. “Doos seem to me,” said Aunt Eunice “THat you are not making much progress in your lesson tonigh “I am not” said Margy, dropping her book and almost ready to cry. L haven't for the last week. I am Jjust wasting my time.” : “What is the reason? ‘asked Aunt Eunice. “The reason! 1 should ‘think there reasor enouzh So many dreadful thinzs happen'nz. T used to think the world was such a nice; happy. place, and now—. Al at once the tears were | running down her cheeks. I don't see what people are made of to go smiling to the movies and so on..T believe it would choke me to smile. “So yéu are rcady” Eunice said Aunt to surrender to the enemy?’ _cried Margy, I should think not But that is what you are doing When you yield. to those thoughts, so that you are unable to wear a braver face and are not able to do your work well. “There are different ways of fizht- ing” Aunt Eunice continued. “Even our sold’ers do not all fight the same way, and with the same weapon. Those at home haye dangerous - foes to fight. Selfishness, is one and down- heartedness another. Why, Margy, suppose evervbody surrendered to General Down-Heartedness! 1{ow long do vou think America wouid be an important factor in the war? We must never lose sight of the fact that in giving up to this feeling of down- heartedness we are surrendering to . Thefe is fighting blood in Ycu have no excuse: for 5 the coward.” Marey puiled her Algerba toward d took up her pencil. Her face ttled into 1'mes of zrave determin- | ation. To Aunt Eunice the look meant “Uncenditional surrender.” KATHERINT TAYLOR, Age 13. Norwich Town. The Song of the Lark, This famous scene, by Eereton, is laid in’ Eelgium on a fresh morning in early fall. It represents a young | peasant ‘girl, attired in her picturesque 2arb of simple homespun, on her 1o the wheat fields. 1t is early morning; | rising -above the hili still sparklin the sun is just and the dew is on blades of grass. The peasant girl, happy, rugzed and care- iree, with sickle in hand, passes d the path to her work. Suddenly from a near-by bush the sweet h ing air. Louder and louder it swells The young girl standing in rapt atten- tion. her own song for the moment hushed, listens to the wonderfu] mu- sic. As suddenly as it bezan the song digs away, leaving the young girl filled with wonder and admiration that such a magnificent voice snould come from such a tiny throat. She pass on to her work, and vet for days a even wéeks to come she does not for- get the song. Perhaps the artist wishes to convey the meaning or. thought that the two might be compared. It may be that he wishes to teach the onlooker tae| value of a song: Again, too, the pic- ure may ‘have been painted to repre- ent youth—the eariy morning, the be- zinning of a new day, and the voung maiden just starting on her journey through life. DORIS M. East Willington AMIDON, Age 15. Games For the Young. Magic bridge is a game popular with the. children. For this they join,| hands and form a ring. If the number is ‘large; there should be four “bridges” at the quarter points of the ring, these beinz numbered one, two, three and four—one opposite three, and two op- posite four. The bridzes are formed lay two children-who raise their joined nands for the others to pass urder. The pianist leads with a bright fa- miliar air and the. children all foilow singing tra-la-la, tra-la-la as they dance’and skip along, keeping ‘step to the music. They go one or more times around then in a circle, the leader indicates . where a “bridge” is' to. be made. Two children raise their joined hands, and the two children standing opposite in the Ting cross the center of the circle. All the others following after, pass under the “bridge’” Then, turning to right and left respectively, the two lines follow the path of the cirele as formed first, meet, join:hands again and a new circle is formed. An other “bridze” appears as if by magic and the children opposite it lead again through it, the while keepinz the mer- ry_measure with song and dance, This is a good game to play when things begin to get a little quiet at a party, as it makes the children zet up and jump around: in fact. children al- ways’ prefer games in which -there is need for activity to those which put'a tax upon their mental capacity. LAWRENCE GAUTHIER, ‘Age 13. Brooklyn, My Dream. One night recently | had a dream. It seems very funny to me. I thotght I was skating somewhere near a river. When a boat came in and the eaptain said I would have to 2o to France, so I put on my hat and coat and when I came to the river the boat was gone, but beside the river there was a path going the way the boat went, so.I started to walk that way. I had walked a while when I came to the end of the path. There was another boy thers who| got. left: 50 we ‘waited a while and the boat came back., Then we:got in and went across to France. When T got there I'went to the bat- tlefield and all the fighting there was with 2, lot of paper balls they were throwng at each other: also a- lot of fire. crackers. I picked up .a large giant cracker, lit it and threw it at the kajser:, It hit him in the stomach. It exploded and blew a. big. hole in him.. Then I woke up and was in my own bed, .but 1 wished I had put a hole in- old Bill. ROGER B. North Franklin. A Turtle Ship. When you go:to Califorhia vou sail on the Pacific.ocean. A MINER® many turtles live.there in.the Perlidps you have seen turtles country, - They ure small and ‘could swim'in‘a padding dish. But the ocean turtles.are: very large. :One of them can carry .three or four children upon his back. I Onle day Unele Will+was ' standing upon a Steamer’s deck”watchinz the turtles, The ship had just rua over one. You ‘ought to- have seen him He wa$ asleep you know when the ship hit him, He awoke very suddenly vou may be sure. He acted as fright- ened as if he had been -a' bad boy caughts stealing cuokies. He tumbled over and over, and. flabped his ilippers very funnily. He looked as if it would ihe a ‘Telief to him to be boiled in a soup.. A While Uncle Will was laughing at {him ‘he saw another comic sight. -A Iiitle way off another turtle was sound asleep. On the turtle’s back a crane Upon’ one leg. He.was:as still as if he were asleep too.. He' was captain and ‘cook and crew of his living ship. He- looked very happy. Now, if vou could stand on one leg and go. to sieep on a turtle_would:it not.be mice? You see if you got shipwrecked on Robinson ~Crusoe's island yeu couid cat your ship. Only- it your ship dived beneath the water, and -you could not fly like a erane, ,what would become. of you? T.guess 1 would rather play goinz to sea “in. the rocking chair, wouldn't you? - -~ = HELEN BATES, Age 12. . Taftville. My Twin Sisters. g One told evening in January I had a greaf surpr Some._ twins had been born at my house: After much discussion they were mamed at last. Their names were Barbara and Be: trice. At first they looked so much alike that we had to have rings to tell them from each other. . But as they grew older they -changed. . One had brown eyes and the other had blue eyes. One day my mother laid them on a quilt which she laid on the floor. She was going to see if they would creep. But instead of creeping they threw themselves on their back. They don’t walk vet. I like to hear them lay and cqo: .but don't like to hear them ecry. They wili be six months old July 50, above the advancing hosts; they cover the bodies of heroes when they are buried; they are the sign that a victorious enemy has captured a fort or a city: they wave from every man- of-war, every pleasure vessel and from every merchant ship; they tell when a ruler sleeps in his castle; they an- nounce the birth of an heir; a flaz of red warns people of danger, and when a hero dies a flag at haif-mast silent- ly tells the story. The first flags were called banners. The king's banner was called royal standarg and bore the arms of the sovereigh. When a knight was only a knight he had simply a pennon but when “he performed some brave deeds it was enlarged into a banner. Red, white-and blue are the colors most. often met with in flags. Yellow, too, is @ common hue; but orange is used only once: green is used a few times, ‘and black, which has been dis- graced, is now almost unknown. Some flags are continually changing. That of the sultan of Turkey bears the personal arms of the nation and varies at each acgession. CATHERINE A. DUNN, Age 12. Norwich, An Automobile Ride. On a Sunday afternoon we went for a ride in the country. All we could see was flowers and cows in the green pastures. Wer stopped daisies. When - we got ‘home we had com- pany, and there was a little girl, and we went to the lake. I wish -to go azain to the country. LEONA BERTHIAUME, Age 1L Dayyille. and picked yellow Hampton’s Big Parade. We had a big parade here in Hamp- ton on the Fourth of July, and for the first time in thé history of the town there weren't any firecrackers or torpedoes or sky-rockets. There were soldiers in the parade, and drums, and flags, and a canning fleet, a Li- berty fioat with a big bell and a god dess of Liberty, a tractor;-more flags, two cars- of mothers ‘of boys in the service. a “Better Babies” car a Red Cross division, a Red Cross Ambulance Wwith a-nurse and an orderly in it and 1 marched with our girl's club here and carried the town service flag, and there was a flag raising, and a Betsy Ross dialogue showing the making of the first flag, and a lot of patriotic tableaux and all sorts of things. It certainly was exciting. We .have started a canning club here—each pledging ourselves to can at least 50 quarts of garden products or fruit. T am going to do the best I can—but 50 cans is an awful lot. MARGARET NOSWORTHY. Hampton. The Sunday School Picnic. The' Sunday School picnic was July 13, 1918. The truck was to leave the church ‘at 1 o'clock p. m., but was delayéd by the rain and left at 2 o'clock. There were so many people that it made two trips.. The picnic was at' Mr. Bartlets. I wén the prize in-my ‘clags.” There was plenty. of lemonade, sandwiches, cake and ice 1918. MADGE SWAIN, Age 10. North Stonington. About Flags. Flags .have dlways played an im- portant part in the history of (h:1 world? In war they are carried high the . By H. DARING. “Now what's that?” Fred Darcw stooped down to look closely at the outside of the birch-bark canoe just finished by Shaw, an Indian boy. “Why, jt's a swallow, a perfect one. Why di& you paint it on your canoe? Shaw's face glowed with pride. “It's her name. And it is my name. Shaw- shaw means a swallow, in our tongue. “Do_you all have Indian names? Everybody. calls your brother Jim.” “Yes, but our mother named him Nagow. He is ashamed of his people,” and Shaw shook his head. Fred understood. With his parents he was \spending the summer at a small village on the shore of a Canad- ian lakeé. The Indian settlement was near, and Fred had come to know Shaw well.. The Indian boy was alone in the world, save for an idle, reck- Jess brother, who often abused him. “She’s a dandy!" Fred stepped- back to eve The Swallow. “I say, Shaw, did you _ever ‘hear of Hiawatha “The one that my people call Mana- boza? The good missionary at Moose Factory has taught Us that the stories of our_ wise old men were about the ones who were just men. We pray to the true God. “Of ‘course you do. But I meant the book by that name. It tells of making a canoe -just. as vou made this one; it tells 'of -the cedar frame and the birch-bark" cover sewed together with the roots of the larch and the seams caulked with the ‘tears of balsam. Shaw disniissed the matter of the book: with a wave of his hand. “It's| the -only way to make a canoe. The Swallow will ride the lake like a leaf. Now. I can be a real guide and go out with ‘parties of fishermen. ‘Would you sell The Swallow; Shaw? You could make another. Father said ! if we could find a good canoe I might take it home with me.” Shaw shook his head. “The Swallow is not to be sold: She will help me earn food and clothe: Fred did not press the mutter of the | sale. He lingered for an hour on the bit of sandy beach, shaded-by a group of- silver-barked birches, where Shaw was at*work. Ordinarily the Indian boy' was shy, but he had come to feel at home with Fred and talked freely, telling the legends of his tribe. Three days later, Rayiaond Howe, a | boy of Fred's age. called at the cot- tage where the Darcy’s boarded. It was. still early in the morning, and Fred was reading on the veranda. He called: “Hello, Raymond! Now what'’s wrong: “I was over to Pointe-Bleue yester- day with Henri, the errand boy. from the hotel. On our way home we touch- ed at Cedar ‘Bay. There's a party of fishermen there, Tough fellows from the States. One of them told Henri that he was expecting the Indian Jim, there today. Jim has promised to bring the man a birch-bark canoe for about half what one is worth.” “Jim! Where'll he get a canoe? He's too lazy to make one.” “He will steal The Swallow, the boat Shaw has worked so hard to make. “See here, Raymond Howe! If you know that lazy Jim is planning such a trick as that, why don’t you notify the ice " . Steady there, old man; this is not Chicago. The village authorities would not” interfere with trouble in an In- dian family., I am not sure but the Ition~ of visiting the camp. I played in a band. Inavy blue trimmed with black stripes | military | on his knees begging for merc: tribe would say that the older brother had authority over the younger.” The two boys talked for a half-hour. ‘Then Fred went into the house to tell hi§ parents that he was going away with Raymond for the day. Their first move was to go to the hotel. It took the contents of both their purses to_'hite the only automobile at the place to take them ten miles along | the shore of the lake. “How will you get back?” the chauf- feur asked as the boys left the car. “Oh, we expect to meet a fellow over on-the Point,” Raymond replied care- lessly. The two struck off = through the woods, following a rough trail. This led to a wooded point of land that extended out into the lake. Raymond had learned that Jim was to stop there, on his way down to Cedar Bay, to leave a package of mail for a camp on the Point.. The boys had no inten- Instead, the little they made their sway to landing under the trees. here's The Swallow,” Raymond cried. “Jim's up at the camp. be’all right if some of the men don't walk back here with him hey'll not do that; Jim is not the kind one chooses as a companion. Say, but The Swallow's a beauty! “She sure is, I don’t wonder that Shaw is proud of her. I suppose we might put off with the boat and leave Jim to foot it back home. “But he would start out again to- morrow. by scaring Jim so he will leave these parts.” They hastened their preparations for Jim's return.. From a big bundle which they had brought with them, they took out two suits which Ray mond’s brother had worn when they The clothes were and gold braid. When these'had been donned over the boys' clothes, and two looking caps and two false mustaches added, the boys were most important-looking. Raymond fastened a‘mock sword to his side.” ‘Here he comes,” Fred whispered. Jim came slouching along the path. Out from. behind a big pine stepped the boys, one armed with the sword, the other with a pistol. “Hands up, you thief!” was the order.- instantly Jim's hands went‘above his head. The boys began to ques- tion him about The Swallow, and he confessed that he had taken it from Shaw. “But I had the right! I am the oldest,” he explained. ‘We'll see about that when you are locked up.” and Fred grasped his arm. Jim* was badly frightened. He did not recognize the boys and went down Never once did ‘Jim think to question the authority of his captors. “But you'll come back to steal again.” Raymond said when Jim offered to go “down below.” “No_no! T'll stay there, T will!” At last the boys consented to his going. Jim hurried away, only too glad -to be free. Fred and Raymond got into the canoe. ‘Shaw will be glad” Fred declared. “All wo will need to tell him is that he will not again be troubled by Jim. Shaw was glad. He was so over- joyed that he promised, during the winter ‘to make each of the boys a canoe—Boy's Companion. ¢ 1 cream. All had a good time. "I arrived home about 8 o’clock. HAROLD MELL, Age 12. Norwich. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. A Fine Garden. Dear Umcle Jed: I have a fine gar- den. 1t contains cabbage, beets, radish. My beans have come up fine. T am the youngest In the fami They all fool me and 1 fight them. Now they call me Kaiser Bill. 1 don't like that name. I am no German. I stand for Americ: ALLEN BENJAMIN, Age 11. Norwich. They Were Actresses. Dear Uncle Jed: 1 thought I would téll you about Rockville. My grand- father and grandmother live there. S0 1, visit them every summer. I like to 20 there because 1 have so much fun with my plavmates. They have a large barn, a large stack of hay, a swing, a hammock. Every week we go tol Crystal Lake. We go_in bathing on| Sandy Beach. We had a show, too, and Mildred and I were the act] .It cost a pin to see it. We had it in the barn. RUTH DRECHSLER, Age 8. Willimantic. My Garden. Dear Unlele Jed: T thought T would write and tell you that I have a gar- den. T have a flower garden and a veg- etable garden. T have planted in my flower garden asters, corelopsis, California poppy mignonette. sweet alyssum and chrys- anthemums. I have plantsd in my vegetable zar- den parsnips, carrots, beets, turnips, lettuce, radishes, beans and squashes. T had a garden last year and took things to the Mansfield fair up at tor und I got a prize. I am going to try and get a prize this qeur. I got two dollars and seventy-five cents last yvear and two dollars the vear bef With_this money I bougkt a War Savings Stamp. We have u pair of oxcn a horse two cows and one heifer, which is a_year old, on our farm. I milk one of the cows, the other one has a calf. 2ht 1 get supper. After supper T help viy mother do the dishes. T am nine years old and am in the Fifth grade. I have a garden and have planted radishes, lettuce, beans, to- matoes, cabbage. parsnips, carrots, beets, and_ squash. DORIS A. WOOD, Eagleviliz. Age 9. Frankie. Dear Uncle Jed: Frankie's birthday party was a very pleasant one, so I write you about it. member going into the nursery while he was being dressed. Mamma was just arranzing his curls whi'e he stood on a chair in front of a locking clags, admiring his little self general- Iy, but most his pretty buttoned shocs which just matched his sash. When he saw me at the door, he cried cut: “I ready now; wait for me.” And jumping off the chair, seizing my hend, he tripped away down stairs chattering merrily as he went. The time of the vear was the end of April, and Frankie’s home being in the country and ths weather being fine nd warm, some of the festivities took place out of doors in the gzarden. There were dances and all “sorts of games on the dry. sunny n. A seft, westerly wind was blowing on the happy children the while, bring- ing health and cnjoyment wi its balmy breath, le the fun was at its heighth ,a Eighth Prize, $0.25, by Lillian Mur« * phy, Norwich, Conn.—The Littls Red Cross Nurse. 3 v We can best befriend Shaw | curious figure appeared upon the lawn. It was a,queer looking_old . woman, with a nut-cra large basket on her arm. She hobbling along hers and there, out, among the children. From the baske: came balls, tops dolls, and all sorts of toys for the younger. ones; useful. presents for the bigger children; a can, a ball,-3 top, a cart and a .real, live, little'spitz dog, with a_collar on, for little Frankie, who was greatly’ pleased. Was there ever such a -cyrious old woman; or such a basket that held so much? How they all laughéd when presently she threw . off her -mask, bonnet and cloak, and; behold! Fran- kie's papa stood hefore them! It will be a long time before our little ‘boy forgets the fun he had on his fourth birthday.—Unsigned. in and Helping Win the War. Dear Uncle Jed:—I thought I would tell you about the show in our back vard: The actresses were Ruth Doris and L It costs two cents in the after- noon and three cents at night. In the audience were twenty children in the afternoon and eight ladies. After the show the children played games and each was given a cookie. We'll | 2 program. At night in the. audience were five children and four ladies and - four gentlemen. We secured $2.14 from the people. This money is to be given to the- Red Cross -Wednesday -afternoon at the High School. was the program: (1) Little i Act 1, TI. (2) . (3) Old King (4) Jack and Jill Little Tommy (6) The Night hristmas — Recitation. (7) America. (8) Salute to the Flag—! citation. (9) Grandad Coco-Nuts Party —Recitation. (10) The Star Spangled Banner—Song. It would be nice if the Wide- Awakes would each give an _entertainmen during vacation and give the money to the Red Cross. It will help win the war, ROSE EAGAN, Age 11. Willimantic. urse—Recitatis Play; Act 1 (5) 1 The Statue of Liberty. ty enlightening the world. It ple of France as.a.token of friendship. sand French people. It was fréé-country. The statu one feet high, while the one hundred and fifty-five feet high We get 'some idea of its, size, placed in its head. and a barrel hoop would around it if used as a ring. HELEN E. CAMPBELL, Age 12. Norwich. My Pet Dog. Dear Uncle Jed: His name is Puppy. becauge he g woodchucks . and it before he eats it. order to save our crop. 1 feed Puppy with milk and meat give him more milk than meat as want to save and help Uncle Sam. Puppy is a good watchdog and {drives the cows and also, when our ‘cows are in the corn out into the pasture where their lis. o | whenever T want him to. low. When we used to go to schoo he would follow us, too, STELLA GASPA, Age 10. Site Jewett EAST WOODSTOCK July Guests—Canning Demonstration By Mies Embleton—Gifford Home Opened. d-face, cafrying ai e. went | Each had| was given to the United States by the peo- It _cost two hundred thousand- dollars which was paid by one hundred thou- placed there also to teach -that America is a is one hundred and fifty pedestal - is when we are told that forty men- can be|now for fall planting. Orders deliv- Its fore finger is as long as the distance: from the ceil- ing to the floor of an average room just fit I have a pet dog. He is a brown and white shepherd. He is a good dog kills and eats them. Sometimes when | he catches one he has some fun with | he sometimes he runs as fast as he can and gets them When I have time T =o under shady tree and play with him for like him. He'll shake hands with me If I zo anywhere he is ready o fol is visiting her| Mr 1. Upham son, E. L. Upham and his family, at West Newton, Mas: Miss Jessie Wethey of Norsh Scit- U SheTriad “Fruafes” : (or Fruit Liver Tablets) e 112 Coung St., St. Jomx, “1 feel T must tell you of the great benefit T have received from your wonderful medicine, ‘Fruit-a-tives’, Thave been a sufferer for many years from Violent Headaches, and could get no permanent relief. A friend advised me to take . *Fruit- a-lives’ and I did so with great | suceess; and now I am entirely free | of Headaches; thanks' 10 your splendid medicine®, g MRS. ALEXANDER SHAW, - 50c. 2 box, 6 for $2.50, rial size 25¢. At all dealers or sent on receipt of | price, by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited, QGDENSBURG, N. Y. New York & Norich lire Hart Transportation. Corp. Telephone 1450 |Leaves Chelsea Dock, ~ Norwich, Dear Uncle Jed:—We take ‘a boat | Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and land at Bedloe's Island upon at 5 p. m, which is situated the Statue of Liber- Leaves New York. Pier 4§, East River, Maondays, Wednesdays and F days at 5 p. m. F. V. KNOUSE, Agent. TREES your TREES and SHRUBS Crder iered anywhere. Maplewosd Nursery Co. {T. H. PEABODY Phone 986 FOR YOUR SOLDIER We Have— % Wrist Watches He caught five of them and we| Fountain Pens : Aol k) e et Comfort Toilet Kits ™ Tag Chains | i 1 Signet Rings Lockets. Give Your Boy a Keepsake. + | The Plat-Cadden Co. "ewelers, Established 1872 1 spent the week end at Valley, Farm. Canning Demonstration. Miss Charlotte Embleton , gave a canning demonstration at the chapel last Wednesday: afternoon. About 23 were present. - Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Faulkner and .| two children of Hartford, Mrs. George S Lincoln, of Mal- re guests of, Mr. and 3 Monday.” Miss Flor- ence Bunce accompanied them to outh Manchester. uate Mass.. spent last week with her |~ ¢! i ! Mr. and Mrs, Gifford opened their e, e e ey is - fauilly, |house here Saturday. ~They have oy P it g TATIY | been in Webster since last fall a stay of several weeks at his home s g e e S o Original Big Bill. » 2 Mabel Richardson of Middletown is William the Last has reigned ‘30 spending a vyacaation of two weeks!years at an average cost to humanity Roscoe Alton and family. of £3000000,000 a year. If is no joke lith Eddy of Springfield, M to call him Bill—Brooklyn Eagle. i e Remedy Diarrhoed and| i) GASTORIA For Infants and Children. 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