Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 12, 1918, Page 9

/ 1. Write p paper only, 2 3 be given preferenc 250 words. “ 4. Original storles or letters only | will be used, §. Write your name, age and ad- number the pages. Use_pen and ink, not pencil. Short- afa peinted articles will Do not use over and Girls' Department subway and then the trolley. another troliey when. We took we separated, ! of the |And each went home tired but Happy ot and eager to tell of the day's sight- seeing. o MARY PELECHATZ, Age 14 Willimantie. |, . How Mildred Helped. Dear Uncle Jed: 1 will tell you what {1 have been doing this summeér. JI visited in Norwich for ten da 6 dress plainly at the bottom of the| first of July. When I came home we story. . pegan to pick huckleberries. My sister and I picked enough for POERTRY.. four quarts of canned berries. and each . & SEehee received half a dollar. I bought Thrift Babes in the Woed. stamps w:ni‘::h::.y ;::lfiu picked sev- a o you ¢ eral quarts or. ate 3'6:3‘,”: mgh" pick berries, so only went a few times. Two poor little el 1 have helped my mother with the Whosé nafiiés 1 do net. know, housework a good deal. She $ays she Were stolen awhy 6n a fine suramer's Ane le:ffln': weod, ‘as I've heard peo- le . ’ say? And ' 8o when it was night, sad was their plight, The sunm it went down, And the moon gave no v sobbed and they sigl bitterly cried, the peor little thinge, they lay down and died. And when they were dead, light, hzt.i and-they The robins 20 red Brought strawberry leaves, And oyer spread, And all day fiong They &g them & song: “Poor babee in the wood! in the weed! And den’t you the wood —Kansas City Star. The Flag Poor babes member the babes in Whén of a shirt, a-seldier's coat And stripes of flafinél made, TUpon the smoky battle The - was, first dis Cembining. in its brave design ezé The migdight *and~the morn, Béhold! it barely coyeréd then A natfén’newly Bfit since it put the foe to rout born. Its stars of glory bright ° Have grown =o fast that every'land 1s guided by their light. The dauntless stripes of white and red Fort, Stanwix saw unfurled Abeve a few intrepid souls Now shelters all the werld. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- Do you Khak, that .among will be? No one was who did net every day. . One néw word every day makes ui'h ®ords in a year; and one néw fact ts up just the same. féw people havé at their com- ¢4 learn red, doN grown | tolks thebé ‘dse fnamv who think they are wide-awake “l;m are not and never | ever wide-awake yet something is an Sagy_three véars' work. Th ‘& oth ;:\d over one thousand words, and haven'l studied very hard, and | cr twenty-five thousand words ithe dictionafy are all useless to néw | ¢ em, they 4re sound asieep in their Pelation ta the grédfer part of the selling nook and they can only un- wnd very little, Ac Wide-Awakes going to =school you are very much like young birds learhing to Ay, _ ool ool oLk Tour parénts and teachers are try- ing 15 awaken you to the blessing and ue of knowiedge and you must all stydy hard to betome wide-awake to 4l the requirements of life. We owe the schosl work we are 4oing to ourselvée, and if the debt is never paid we shall be poor indeed. We must dll {1y to he real Wide. Awakes, and to réalize that work is a joy because of its benefits. Tt takes knowledze and knocks to geep one Wide-Awake, THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 2 of Jewett City— Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie, 2—Beatrice Ableman of Norwich— Camp Fire Girls on Edge of Desert. I—Hanmah Bessart of Storrs—A Fhritt etabifl. 4—Clarence Hathaway of Goshen, Mags—Jack, the Runaway. 5—Albert Philligs of Versailles— | did not come. coyld vait no longer and went hunt- ing without Gellert. aport swiftest will greatly mies me when I begin 26+ ing to the Academy, as I will stay in Norwich. B 1 have worked in my flower garden a lot and I eertainly have plenty of flowers. I have the most of bachelor'’s buttons and cosmos. I also have cal- endulas, nasturtiums, four o'clocks, pinks, zinnias and several other kinds ot which I do not know the names. 1 bought some firebush seed but it didn't come up. We haye been in the brook back of the house a lot and I have tried to learn to swim, but have so* far only succeeded in keeping afloat. MILDRED GRANDY, Age 3. Yantic. Are You Worth lt. A rich man who had a lazy son once complained bitterly that he had spent thousands of dollars on a boy, and he wasn't worth the price. Am I worth it? is a question- that every boy may well ask himself! You come high, you boys and girls of America. There is the money your parents pay for your education and upbringing, and beyond the money price, there aré the hours of ‘toll and saerifice and love and sympathy that you have cost. Then your country has something invested in you. The school stands “|epen to educate vou, bé you rich or poor. Protection, care of your health, hours of play are provided. Egual opportunity is yours. Men have died in the past, and are dying today to give vou liberty, saféty and a c to show what you are worth. jcost an enormous price. What can |You do to show that you are worth it ALBERT PHILLIPS, Age 13. Versailles, Will You Take a Dare? Maude and Winifred were playi jdown in the meadow one d by a ditch. “Can _you jump acr that gilch?” asked Winifred. “l can, but it ig nswered Maude. sald Winifred, s and 1 ss it many i “I have ne it have not ve nel, but if once you should miss ecen within half an inch, you would tall and hurt yourseif badly. Just see how deep the ditch is'und it is fali of rauddy water, too,” she added, looking down into it “I will dare to jump acrosg it tiough,” answered Winifred, “it can’t hurt me a bit.” She stacted to jump acréss, but, alas, missed. within half an inch and came down into the water with a splash. Maude, without waiting to stop for anything, zed her jumping rope, tied a loop and threw it around Win- ifred’s waist and with all ler strength pulled her from the water. »Winifred Mas not Rurt, but she took-4 bad cold from béing in the wa- ter. Bhe had to stay in tiie house for several days, which she did not like at all. % “Next time,” she said to Maude, “I will follow your adviee and not jump Acrogs that ditch. I have leazrned my letson now." JANE FELLOWS, Age 12. Washington, D. Beth Gellert. Princé Llewelyn had a favorite greyhound named Gellert. It had been glven to him by his tather-in-law, King Jonn. Gellert was us gentle as {a_lamb at -home, but was a lion at chase, . One day Lleyelyn went hunting and blew. his horn in fromt of his castle 4nd. all hig -other hounds came al (he call except Gellert. He then blew a but all in vain, Gelleri At last the prince lotider blast, He had little because Gellert, the and boldest of his hounds, that day The Na s—El Boys 6n Leng Isiand Sound. beth Shaw of Camp Fire Girls in the Woeds. or Frost of Cushman, Mass, Norwich— —Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill. 3—Mary Pélechatz of Willimanti Mistress Moppet. Winners of prizes living in the eéity may call at The Bulletin business of- fieé for them at any héur after 10 a. m. on Thursday. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Lawrence Gauthier of Brookyln— Many thanks for the Thrift stamp. I certainly apprecidte it. Anna Kramer of Norwich—Thls is to thank yeu for the Thrift stamp which You gave me for the story which I sént. Many thanks again, Olive Guile of Norwich—I thank you for the Thrift stamp you sent me sev- erg]l weeks ago. I am going to try for more. 1 think Thrift stamps are the best. Grace |. Mahofey of Colchester—I thank yéu veéry' much for the Thrift stamp I received. Hope I win another. Mildred cnn;{ of Yantic—1 thank Tnele Jod for The Aeroplane Boys in the Beeret Service. but I think I pre- fef Theift stamps as prizes now, be- causg T am filling a book. ’ Mary Pelechi®ts of Wilimantic—I thank you very fnuch for the prize book, Boy Scouté Afoot in Frs that You sént me. 1 hive read alifest all of it and have found it very interest- inge. STORIES WRITTEN BY 'wnbz-l AWAKES. ¢ = i A Trip to vu-k City. | When 1 was went to seh . take as many ( as wanted to go to | do. New York city for the. day. Six of us 16 20, and we started early in the day. We took a trolley as far as the ata- a rage and as he opened Ceilert boundéd out to meét him. The the gate prince was startled to see that the dog's lips ahd fangs were dripping with blbod. He started back and the hitund crouched at his feot. Prince Llewelvn had a litile son with whom Gellert used to play. A thought crossed his mind that forced him to rush towards the ochild’s nursery. The nearer heé approachéd the more blood and disorder about the reom. When he &anhed the nursery the cradle was turfied over and daub- ed with blood.. * The prinée grew more and mo™ frighténed and looked for his son ev- arywhere. He could not find the child but he could see that much blood had bheen shed, He felt sure that the dog had destroyed his son and he shoutad for Gellert, “Monster, thou hast devoured my child!” He drew out nis sword und plunged it into Gellert’s side. The dog fell with a deep vell, still gazing at his mas- ter's eyes. Hearing this deep yell a little child woke up from under the cradle and the prince found that his child was unharmed. Beside him lay the body of a great gaunt wolf, torn to pleces, and cov- ered with blood. Llewelys learned what had happened while he was away. Gellert had stayed to guide the child and had fought and slain the wolf that had tried to kil] the prince’s Tork anu | at § o'clock in the morning? temeher décided lo' what nearly all the children in India ton and then togk the _trdn»mmn! e subway. - o The "I’I.h"ly 18an undmn}d s- sage . s very 4 U 18 lighted by electric ltghu.%n we. got to the eity we went to the edge of the Hullson to see the boats come and go. A o 600 that they. wire SHIE 40 Digh oo éause of the dense mrnt#: & greAt number of families might’ mg walking m a tew pours, we staried o go &.’_kn’_m hedr, The prince buried Gellert and over uis grave raised a large cairmn of stones. The place is called Beth Gel- lert or the grave of Gellert. MARJORIE BEAUREGARD, Age 13. Taftville. The Children of India. How would you like to go to school That ie Théy stay until 9 o'¢leck, then 30 home to breakfast, then back to school at 10. At 2 o'clock they go home to dinner, returning td school at 3, where they stay until evening. They do not learn their letters as we do. The teachers write five letters in the sand on the floor and then the boys and girle copy them and study until they know them well, then the teacher smoothes over the sand and writes some more until they learn the letters. They learn to write them on palm leaves with pen made of wood. The last thing is to write them on slate and on paper. | The peope of Indial are cafled Hin- doos and . have dark skin, eyes and bair. 1t is very warm: most of the people wear little clothing. The girls are ‘'very fond of jeweiry and no mat- ter how poor a family is they try to Rules for Young Writers. - not a sais thing | on the fioor. The poor people live in houses made [pe of dried mud, with roofs of bamboo polas and straw, and scareely any fur- They sléep on mats made of paim leaves. The chief food the Hindoos i8 rice. I eats first and when he has eaten, women do most of the work here and the girls have to learn to work, but men and boys do all the 2 The Hindoos worship over thirty thousand gods. When one wanté to go o heaven, he goes down to the Ganges river with two jugs, each under one arm. He wades into the river, An- other man with a®tup in his hand fiils those jugs with water while he cries: “Yow're.going to heaven: When the jugs are filled to the brim the man is drowned. Thcugh the people of India know how to go to heaven, not many are anxious to go. R. BUJAK, Age 15, GABRIELL! Mansfield Center. Graduation. It was the class of 1818 that was $0 happy on June 6th. It was a beau- tiful day, but rather cool. « 1 stayed down to my teacher’s house that day to help her trim the church ang do a few other necessary things. In the morning my teéacher. Miss Duryea, and two other school children and myself went out picking daisies, Our elass colors were green and gold; our motio was “Aim High,” and | our class flower was the daisy. Miss Duryea and | made a large placard.in green with “Aim High” oh it in gold letters. We hung this up in the front of the church. There were cleven in my eclass, and we were seated in a semi-circle on the platform of fhe church. We had quite a long program, in which I recited a poem entitled “When Thomas Takes His Pen” After I re- cited this I wag given a bunch of car- nations and a dozen peonies. ‘After the program was over, Wwe marched out of the church, with our dipomasl neatiy tied up with green and gold. It seems-to me that no onme could have a happier graduation than I had, but I hope all my friends, the Wide- Awakes, will be as well pleased as I was. ELEANOR FROST, Age 12 Cushman, Mass. Nathan Hale. In the year 1777 one of Conngcticut's greatest patriots, N¢fhan Hale, went on a very dangerous expedition. He was going to try and discover the British plans, which he knew, was death if he ‘was caught. But he did not hesitate. Bidding his friends good bye, he started out on his errand to help his country. It was a bright starlight night as a form crept along in the tall . Slowly, silently he passed the séntries, through the great gates of the cnemy's fort. He found the in- formation he was looking for, and was about tf leave the fort when he was recognized and captured, Caught as a spy, he was told he must die at sunrise. So he asked. the guard for a Rible and pen and ink which was refused. So he sat drearily down to wait for sunrise. Sunrise came 21l too soon. and he was leéd out by, a squiid of soldiers to the scaflold e mounted the ladder 'mid a death stillnese and as he looked | at the sorrowfu! fdeés of the péople for the last time he <poke those brave words which never will be forgotten: I regret oniy that | have but one life to lose for myv courn JITH H TOWE, Age 14. oNrwich. Catching Up. here, I wanted to tell papa some- thing Before he went to town. I'm oing to see if I can catch him.” And with that Ellis was off as fast as a pair of rather chort legs could carry him. So hard did he run that he caught up to his father before he reached the station, and told him his message. You may overtake a friénd who hae got the start of you, but there is ofie |y thing vou can never catch up with, and that is time. If you let 6ne min- ute get away from you, vou can never overtake try your hardest. NORMAN SHAW, Age 10. Norwich. The Butterfly, Did you know that butterflies are scaly-winged—that is, that their wings are covered with little scales which lap over each other iike shingles on| the roof of a house? These scalés are very beautiful. They are of various <hapes and painted with all the stiades’ of color you can imagine. But you cannot see half their beauty unless you canslook through a migroscope. There is another wonderful thing about the butterfly, and that is its trunk. To you it looks like a little thread coiled up at the head, when not in use: but examine it with a glass, it proves to be a beautiful and perfect contrivance for sucking up the juices of flowers. If vou watch a buiterfly feeq himself from. a lump of sugar through a glass you can see just how it was dona. Tirst, the little fellow would send down from his mouth some liquid which seemed to dissolve the sugr, and then he would suck up the dis- solved fluids into his mouth. Thus he could eat sugar and thick honey which he could not otherwise get through his dainty little tubes. But the trunk is not the only beauty about him. He has lovely eyes ang 80 many of them that it is no wonder he ie so hard to catch. They are what are called compound eves, and one little butterfly will have as many as thirty- two thousand of them. He needs them, however, for he has hosts of enemles. swifter in flight than he is—such as birds and dragon flies, and if he did not have eyes looking every way he would stand little chance for his life. * Another help to the butterfly is his zigzag sort of flight. Birds who fly after him are constangly dodged and thus he gets away. Sometimes a bird will- chase one butterfly for a long time, unable to catch it, yet evidently astonished at his failure. Another safety for the butterfly is the color of his - wings. However gaudy the outside may be, you will notice that the inside or underside of the wings is generally a duller color. Now when a butterfly is at rest he holds his wings up over his back, near- 1y touching each other, so of course the bright side is hidden, and the dull colors on the underside harmogize with the tree on which he rests, and he is almost_invisible. IZABETH SHAW, Age 18. Norwich. % They Helped Uncle Sam. Dear Uncle Jed: It had always been the habit in our schoo} for the gsrad- uating class to have a party, the day after the graduation. At the party ice eream, cake, -candies and other goodies were served. I graduated ih the month of June after the war had béen declared with Gefmany. It was decided that instead of ‘wast- ing all the sugar, flour and other things for the ice cream, candy and cake, we would have a “hike” We had to start early in the morning and walk far out into the countrv. We all came home tired, but happy. Ev- érybody had a hice time, and yet, ai the same time, we had helped Unecle Ham and obeyed Mr. Hoover by-con- serving sugar and fleur. NAH BOSSART, Age 14, for their girls, Thel Bagleville. mgujm you { songs. fdier's how and better it is to persever than to give up .and iep'ne when a i pens, or when things e | country children and mothér sit down. The a Wl it and the structu plants, John .J." Audubon. Hc had made up his mind to write a great book about the birds -of America; and as he could draw and paint beautiful- Iy, he went out into the woods and shot wild birds of bright plumage, of which he made colored drawings while the bright tints on their feath- ers were yet fresh and gay. He went on with his work for years and at last had collected a thousand drawings. Faney ten hundred draw- ingg of birds, all large and beautiful, and ali carefully finished. But by ac- | cident a fire broke out, and the whole coilection was burned. But what did Audubon-do? Instead of repining over his misfortuns he be- gan his work all over again. He made fresh drawings, and worked night and § day until he had a thousand new ones ready. d And then he produced a great book, which is considered one of the finest the worid; and which will cause his name to be always rememoerad. CLARENCE HATHAWAY, Age 14. Goshen. Our Red Cross Play. Dear Unele Jed: I am writing you about a play that eight giris and I gave in June. The names of the girls | are Rose Toffel, Hannah Curiand, Lil- lian and Rose Goldstein, Alte Seit, Lose Weiner, Bertha Kenig, Sarah Norvick and myself. At the play we collected four dol- lars ‘which was given to the Red Cross. There were many people present. The play tobk place in the crehard of Mr. and Mrs. Levine on Spring stréet. The plays were as follows: The Wounded -Soldier's Prayer— lose Goldstein, wounded soldier; Bea. trice Ableman, and BerthagKenig, Red Cross nurses. Four Pilgrfm Maids—Lilllan and Rose Goldstein, Alte Beit and Sarah Norvick, pilgrim maids; Rose Toffel, Mrs. Aglly. . The Golden Ball~Beatrice Able- man, millionaire; Bertha Kenig, his wife; Rose Wéiner, his daughter; Lil- lian Goldstein and Rose Toffel, her playmates; Sarah Norvick, her lover; flannah Curland, his other daughter; Rose Goldstein, captain. Jennie's Valentine—Rose Toffel, Jenny, a poor girl: Lillian Goldstein, her mother; Alte Beit, Grace; Beatrice Ableman and Sarah Norvick, her playmates; Rose Goldstein, saleswo- man. After the plays were ziven these gs were sung: Keep. the Iome “ireg Burning, It’s a Long,, Long“Trall Awinding, Buy, Buy Till the Boys Come Home. Rose Weiner danced a few dances and Lillian Goldstein sang a few At the end of the =ntertain- ment the Star Spangled Banner and other npatriotic songs were sung by all. . The audience was so pleased with the acts of the Wounded So! 1 Pra, and The ' Golden Pall, that the children were asked to play them over ag The Wounded So dier's Prayer was 2 short play. The d Cross nurses spoke to the wound- od soldier said hLis dying prayer that he composed all himself. The Wounded 8ol Dig for me a grave, O, God! far (rom the Prussian foe—- Far from the battlefisld, Where the peuceful ilowers grow, And where the unstained rivers flow, Grant it to me, dear God! While in my grave 1 lie, Let thé cruel rod of tyranny Die, die, die, R 's Prayer The entertainment was applauded Ly thé audience and the people went home very happy. BEATRICE ABLEMAN. Norwich. . The Party Mamma Forgot. Dear Uncle Jed: It was nearing Eessié¢'s birthday, gnd Bessie, as you may know, was very glad about it. Manima was busy all the time and she didn't even think of her daughter’s tirthday. One day Bessie came to her, and asked, “Mamma, may I have a party on my birthday which is coming soon ?” Mamma thought a moment and then answered, “'Yes, my dear, you may.” . This made Bessie so glad that she couldn’t help thinking 'of it all the time. She went out on the porch and sat on the swing and kept swinging for an hour or two. While swinging she wag always thinking about the party she was to have and whom she should invite. "How Is Your “Culebra Cut”? ‘The Panama Canal is a clear passageway as far as the Culebra Cut. But Gold Hiil has a way of slipping into the cut. And until dredges can clear the channel, the industrai schedule of the world 1s out of gear. How about your own canal? The intestinal canal is a clear passageway as far as the large intestine. ‘There, if you become constipated, waste mattet is allowed to stagnate. ' It becomes unnaturally dry and undergoes abnormal fermentation and putrefaction. Germ activity 1s increased. Your whole system is out of gear. Result, the production of irritating and poisonous substances, which are absorbed into your blood and carried all over your body, liable to pro- duce disease anywhere The longer such stagnation ’ is allowed to exist, the harder it is to clean out the cana! 90% of human disease originates in the *“‘Culebra Cut.”’ If engincers tried to blast out the sfide from Culebra Cut they would have more slides to cope with. [f you try to blast out accurnulated waste from your Culebra Cut with pills, salts or purges, you will thcrease your constipation—and next time you will have to take stronger medicine in a larger dose. You can’t dredge your canal. You can clean it out with Nujol. Nujol softens the mass, and supplies the intestinal canal with sufficient moisture to repiace deficient mucus. It causes the obstructive waste matter to pass gently out of your system at a regular hour, absorbing and removing the poisons as it goes. Nujol regularity keeps the traffic of your mind and body operating on schedule. You admire the Panama Canal system. Why nce safeguard your own? Your druggist has Nujol A — 1 ————————— T T S PO 5w Warning : NUJOL is sold only in sealed bottles bearing the Nujol Trade Mark. Insist on Nujol You may suffer from substitutes Nujol Laboratories STANDARD, OIL CO (NEW JERSEY) 50 Broadway, New York a party even though Bessie didn't get the party up b¥ herself. played games, ran races and did most everything else ‘80 as to “let have a’good time-on her birthday. each handed Bessie a present. were off, thinking that they had had | a good time. MOHEGAN After they all left the table they ¢hurch Sunday as usual. Mr, Sturgis of New London- call on_ friends here Sunday. Bessie When all’ were 20ing home they of Mystic are visiting Mrs. Hunteér. And with a kifid thank you they Madison.—Sept. 1tth was the last STELLA GASKA, Agé 10. Jewett' City. for the season. At last mamma came out and_sat on the porch swing with Bessie. Bes- sle was always ihinking of her birth- day, while her mamma was not. In a little while Bessie thought of whom to_invite. First she said, “Mamma, when vou told me that I could have a party on my birthday I came angd sat here on this swing, and thought of whom to invite.” “I_think I will invite my teacher, my schoolmates, grandma, grandpa, and all the rest of my friends, but you and papa dear must be there. “All right,” said mamma, “I think that you are golng to have a/ good Bessie was so glad that day for mamma always did- what she said to let Bessie have a birthday party. The next day Bessie went to school reached the schoolhouse door, the schoolchildren were all playing games. room where the teacher jwas. Bessle told them that she was going to have thém all to be there, They each gave her a kind answer. Hessie got home. she went to spread | her glad news in every ome of her ‘Friday when Bessie went to acaool] again the children all spied a broad edch started to speak Bessie welcomed them and told them that the party Saturday. When the day came Bessle was up she was all' through with her break- fast so she went to meet her friends. thing about the party. And when Bessie marched into the hall with her her to stay in the hall until she called her and the others. Mamma was sor- slill she was glad Dbecause Bessie didn’t know it S0 soon papa was off for the town to buy thé dainties. While papa was Papa was soon back from the towm, 80 Yoth he and mamma were busy. order on the table, while papa was unwrapping them. mamma opened the -door ‘and- -bade: each oniot‘n take a place at the table, ent for Bessie. 5 When each. sat himeelf in.a smiled ‘for they dered ‘how ' world -could Bessle ever get u time on your birthday.” she was going to do and now she was with many glad thoughts. When she She cailed them all into the school- a birthday party soon and she wished After school was dismissed, when friends’ home. smile on her face. But before they | was to take place on the .fonawinz early in the morning, in a little while Kut surely mamma didn't think any- friends mamma called Bessie and told ry that she forgot about the party, bat Mamma told papa about the party, gone mamma was setting the table. Mamma was placing the things in When the table was all dressed Everybody at the party had a pres- fortable chair, grandma and . Won There will be services held at the Mrs. Denison Dayis and Mrs. Toby the special exhibits.at the historical rooms, and the latter may be closed THE lol.flmn.a > He moves among his fellow men, gaiet and s t and el Ready 15 J0in" the pailins Fost tnat fights the mighty Wrong; He doesn’t feel like a her is just a human boy, With a modest pride in his uniform - and a deep sustalning joy. - He's not a part of the conguering horde—a vast inhuman plan;: He has not known the savage spur that Ve finds the brute in the man: '8 a . ttle shy iittle kind— But he'll set his lipe and si nf' his gun i and. a 6 rather dreads to kill, and g0 to it with & will He wouldn't be called a “crus he wouldn't pose as a kn 5 But his soul has felt the mgg,_ the sacred sword of righ: He's stprin‘ging now to the stes ense of a world whose wott are sore, $ Anad there’s 3 light in his grave/péung eves thai was never therey be- fore. 2 a Oh, mother of his, be glad #f h Be' proud of his wufing,,‘flnrz‘.‘%’, So ready to piace his life/at sf 80 eager to play his gart, . ¢ Be true to him, and hesbrave to Bim; steady vour sighing breathy He is yours today on the spirit's helght —he is yours in life or death. Soldier of ours, o sut, then, with gal- lant soul anf gay! Young menhood is the bravest thisg in all the world today. % fou! Could we hut fight or die with The time is sad and long; But our hearts are beating high. with ou to the drum and the march- ng song. —Marion Couthouy Smith. HUMOR OF THE DAY “Don’t tty out a man's friendship ¢ too far.” “Huh?” 2 “If he agrees with you on any en subject, let it go at that."—Louigville - Courier—Journal. Man’s hair turns gray befors wo- man’s; N That's known in every clime. The explanation's easy, for He wears his all the time. —Punch “As surely as I can determinme.” said the supercilious young woman, “you are what they call a literary hack.” “No,” replied the young man, wear- ily. “'m not even a hack, I'm .a jitney.’—Life. o * “What became of Piute Pete™ asked the visitor at Crimson Gulch.. “He joined the army,” answered: Broncho Bob. = “Thought he was too old to fight.” “He was. But he was such a fighter that nobody t tell him so. —Washington thaSr. THE KALEIDOSCOPE - In China there are oil ar salt wells more than 2,000 feet deep which haye been drifled through solid rock by hangd - with the most primitive impleemnts.- It has been estimated that Noah's ark was 547 feet long, 91 feet broad. and 54 feet high. Its capacity, ac- cording. to Bishop Wilkins, was 72,625 tons, B A rich deposit of asphalt has been- discovered in the Philippines located s0 near the water’s edge that no. in land transportation whatever is neces- ° sary. E All the public swimming pools and- isome of the public baths in London are being used for communal kitch-" ens. With their steam plants and heating appliances they are very adaptable. 2o For the first time in their lives, refuge children sheltered in the Lux~. emburg asylum in the Toul sector .in France are bing taught to-brush and care for their teeth by American Red Cross nurses. 22 Chicago’s Liberty bond buyer with the longest name is Constantinos J.- Papatheodorokoumunduigiotomlchala- koupulos. He bought a $200 bond and wrote his entire name on a single ap- plication blank. The durability of wood in facorable circumstances is almost incredible. Pieces of wood, wooden caskets . and wooden articles have been taken from gyptian catacombs . eonstructed 2,000 or 3,000 years before the Christiar era. PFach state in the Union is repre-, sented by a star in the flag, the added star making . its first appearance on the 4th of July following the admis- sion of a state. During the Civil War the flag had thirty-six stars and it now has forty-eight. The principal destination of mica exported through the custom-houses of Argentina during the year 1917, ac¢cording to data furnished this ed of office, was: -England, 71,012 pounds; pounds; Italy, 2,808 United States, 52470 12,099 pounds; and pounds, Spain, Tulnd prise, $0.75, The Swell Dresser, by Elly Zemke, of Norwich. = = - = - b - s < - . o k4 - = - F L= 3«-' a ATEAL SRR SR R D EHR AL PREQERYRRBREHLZERD AR 5 SR TN E AR R ELEUCREE RSN RREERANTERREFIPEARRCERLDE PRI e AR AWBES 5 3 IREREREERERRDESREATIRAN