Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 19, 1918, Page 6

THE WIDE-AWAKE Rules for Young Writers. 1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only, and number the pages. 2 Use pen and ink, not pencil 3. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 250 words. 4, Original stories or letters only will be used. 5. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story. POETRY. (Written by One of Our Wide-Awakes of Days Gone By.) Sixteen! Count 'Em! Sixteen! Sixteen ships from Yankee Land!— Hear the Kaiser swear— * Think that clown will send us down? Piffle! We should care! On our way to “close the show,” Men on every boat, From east and west, will do their best To get the Kaiser's goat. Let him sing his “Hymn of Hate! t's been sung before! Let his subs sink all these tubs; We have plenty more! Waiting for the word to sail, Champing at the bit, Quite a job to stop this mob, Let him tackle it! Sixteen ships from Yankee Land, Hear the Kaiser whine! On we come to chase that Hun Clear across the Rhine! Are we stopped by frightfulness? Are we weak or faint? Are we worried, scared or flurried? 1 should say: “We ain't!” This is what we waited for, Worked at, prayed and_cried, Just a chance to sail to France And tan the Kaiser's hide. Count 'em! Sixteen loaded ships On the Kaiser's track. ; Heres' a hunch: Jus* watch this bunch, Sixteen coming back! —Prev. Harold W. Blair. The Smallest Soldier. The soldiers march along the street— And 1 am marching, too— 1 guess the: Before they're through. 1 really cannot walk eo far— My mother thinks it best, After T've gone a block or two, To stop and rest! —Private Harold W, Blair. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. Just remember that the toad you see in your garden is vour friend and is more interesting than the elephant be- cause he lives longer. Man doesn't live long enough to fix he age of toads. for they have been discovered enclosed in water-rocks believed to have lived hun- dreds of years. Mr. Bufo, this is the toad's Latin name, is not pretty, but he is useful. Some farmers say that five toads in a field as a protection to crops as an enemy to pests are equal to a hired man Mr. Bufo when st five miles an hour, and he often strolls from a half mile to a mile from home. seems slow, but he can Uncle Jed knew a farmer who used to make little places for the toads to nd shelter beneath with pieces of shingle pusheq into the ground and they used to seek the shelter he pro- vided There is nothing horrid about a toad. although they might be scared ff should they sec a photograph of themselves They spend the winter deep in the ud or in damp places beneath trees, then can without food longer any known creature and live A toad in the zarden is always a friend because a helper. THE WINNERS OF PRIZES. Dorothy V. Merrifeld of Baltic— The Camp-Fire Girls Go A-Motoring. Florida Reil of Voluntown—A f: stamp. Margaret Torrey of Central Vil- —The Camp-Fire Girls at School. Anna Kramer of Norwich—The Secouts Afoot in France Louise Kavorovica of Ashford—A ft stamp. 6—Grace Mahoney of Colchester—A Thrift stamp. Nellie Sweet of The Boy Scouts in the Rockies. S—Agnes Gayeska of Colchester—A stamp Th Norwich Town— The Bulletin hem at any on Thursday siness of- hour after 10 a. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Arlene Pearl of Augt Me.—Many hanks for the two prize books that I march across to France rtled lope at a speed-rate of | zeg living in Norwich | 'CIRCLE | won, Aug. 15 and Sept. 5. I have found them both interesting. Hazel Salisbury of Moosup—I thank you very much for the interesting prize book you sent me. 3 Gertrude Fontaine of Norwich— Many thanks for the prize book I re- ceived, entitled Ruth Fielding at Sunrise Farm. 1 have read it and found it very interesting. Dorothy Pasnik of Norwi¢h—I thank vou very much for my prize book en- titled On the Yukon. I have rdad it 1 half through and founq it very inter- jesting. I will try my best to win a | good many more books. Louise Kovarovica of Ashford—I | was very much surprised when I re- i ceived the Thrift stamp, for which I { thank you very much. |STORIES WRITTEN BY AWAKES. | ! Eight Miles from the First Trench. I have told the Wide-Awakes about my brother who is “Over There.” He is still somewhere in France. He is {a wagoner now, and is eight miles from the first trench. At the beginning of August my brother sent us one hundred francs, which is ecventeen dollars and fifty cents in American money. We have not received the money ye He is “Over There” fighting for you and me and cvery one, so you and I and_every one must help him. We can help him by using less sugar, less wheat, and leave no food on plates. Somie of our soldiers need sweaters, socks, wristlets, handker- chiefs and different things, so let's not waste—but save. AGNES GAYESKI, Age 12. Colchester. WIDE- Red Cross, and/What It Means to You and Me. Did you ever think what war would be like if there were no Red Cross nurses to take care of the wounded soldiers? It wasn't so long ago that Req Cross nurses were known about. The name of Florence Nightingale is | honored by soldiers and sailors of the new and the old world, for she started what we cail the Red Cross. The Red (Cross was first begun in Europe: in those days the Red Cross was not as zreat as it is now in this European war. Florence Nightingale’s good works nave proven a great success to many ruined homes and homeless children in_this war. When we entered this war the Red Cross took upon itself along with the works of hospital and ambulance ser- vice the duty of caring for the families of those left behind. | There are also Red Cross ambu- !lances that are at the front to take | care of the wounded in_ trenches and the battlefields. Most of these are in the T. 'S, Medical Reserve corps from colleges of our country and are often exposed to great danger. They have to go out in the darkness of night cver shot-shelled roads. The Red Cross in-Europe works not only for the soldier but fcr the home- less families where the Hun: have zone through. To these families the Red Cross has shipped food, clothes and money. For the Red Cross some boys even knit, and in this way try to do their bit. Thus by helping the Red Cross ali we can in everv way we hope in time to win this creat war. NELLIE SWEET, Age 12 Norwich Town. i How You Can Help. The government has asked us .to save food, fuel and clothing, but if we keep on spending and wasting these necessary things the nation all soon face defeat. You want to know how you can help win this war, don't you? having a big part, the If we We are ob, but if we all do our ocner the war will be over. 2n our nieasure money to the government to buy materials for the soldiers, it will be helping. We can do this easily by buying Thrift stamps and War Savings stamps. We are to deny ourselves, then, the thinzs which they need over there, fats and sugar and wheat. Our stomachs and health will be| better for the celf-denial and we shall help win this war. Now that we are in the greatest war of the world's history, we ca rhall win it if the bovs and gi so and mean nd live it, a other boys and girls did Only a certain proportion of our people can go on the battlefields; but the ones who are left at home must {do their part also. If the soldiers are not fed, clothed and cared for, they won't be able to defeat the enemy. GRACE L. MAHONEY, Age 14. Colchester. Cabbage. { How many of the Wide-Awakes have planted in their garden cabbage for the fall and winter? We all know that seed for late cab- bage should be sown in May. The seed beq should be away from hedges, trees etc, or these will take up the moisture from the surrounding ground and failure will be the result. The soil should be reduced to the utmost possible fineness, but should ynot be made rich, as rich ground {the plants zrow too quickly and con- | sequently become weak. ! A soil that has been made rich for {a previous crop would be the one best | | suited. | Thoroughly pulverize the soil, pat 1 Fourth Prize, BRUSHING , $0.50, » 3 UP" AN' ACQUAINTANCE, by Irene 0'Neil of Norwich, | i put out a beat | Rock, and I'll plague the Abbot.” with the edge of a board. inches apart an inch deep. Sow the seed thinly, so that the plants will not be crowded, and they will grow short, stocky and healthy. LAWRENCE GAUTHIER, Age 13. Prooklyn. Flowers That Have No Perfume. On the continent of Australia there are about seven thousand kinds of plants which do not grow in any other part of the world. These flowers | have a very brilliant color rarely seen in other lands, but usually have no | perfume; while, on the other hand, the plants and the foliage of the trees have a very fragrant perfume. In western Australia the grand lily is thirty feet tall and is the tallest of all lilies, and the waratah tree, whose crown of crimson flowers can be seen at the distance of half a mile or more, is remarkable. The bottle tree takes its name from the shape of its trunk, and the fern and grass trees are found only in Aus- tralia. There are no nuts in Aus- tralia, but all'kinds of fruit and cere- als yield remarkably, Australia is the oldest of the.con- tinents and large portions of it were dry land before the surface of Eu- rope appeared above the sea. The first English explorer to wvisit the country was Dampier, in 1688. The name Australia came from the Latin word Australis, meaning south- ern. ELIZABETH SHAW, Age 13. Norwich, A Fishing Trip. 2 It was a warm day and 2 fog was just lifting. 1 thought it would be & good day for fishing, so I went to my triend Elizabeth and asked her if she could go fishing with me, Her mother giving her consent, we started off bright and happy with rods, | worms and minnow nets to begin our | day’s fishing at Crystal pond, which we reached in one hour. Sitting on the bank dreamily, T was | instantly brought to my senses by a | sudden jerk of the line, which I pulled and T could see a large black bass but could not pull it to shore, Two minutes later my friend jumped up and cried: “I've got ome!” But| when she pulled her line in, it was a hig black eel, which she thought was a snake; and screamed with all her might. However, T secured it and made use of it when I got home. _ The next time I felt a queer jerk but when I pulled the cord broke, so I put on a new line and hook, put the bait on and began fishing. In a little while T had a bite, and this time I had a pickerel.:. We continued fishing until 2 o’clock, ate our lunch, and thén went huckle- | berrying near by. We picked two quarts each and started for home sat- | isfled with our first day's experience | in fishing. | My friend caught eight pounds ©e| fish and I ten. The huckleberries we sold and we each had just enough for a Thrift stamp. We had fun frying the eel because it jumped out of the frying pan, Thus ended the day with a &ood piece of fish on our plates and an ex tra stamp iioci‘ur thrift book. OUISE KAVOROVICS. Ashford. S A Boy's Ambition. _The other day as I was sitting on | the porch of our house three little | boys came walking up. One said: “I'm goin’ to be an actor like Doug. Fairbanks when I'll be big.” Another said: “Aw! G'wan! Fatty i Arbuckle’s better'n Doug. Fairbanks.” { The third piped tp: “G'wan, all o' vouse, Charlie Chaplin's better than Fairbanks and Arbuckle put together. I'm goin’ to be like Charlie Chaplin.” Doug’ Fairbanks' admirer spoke up: “Well, I saw Doug. Fairbanks in ‘Headin’ South’ and he was ‘swell'!” I saw that their argument was get- ting very interestinz, so I decided to listen and hear results. They did not seem {0 care if I heard. as they talk- ed in loud veicés and stood under the | tree in front of our house N snoke up Charlie Cha € 1ap- lin in ‘Triple Trouble’ and everyone in | the show was solittin’ laushin, He's t one_ he'is.” don't know a good picture you see it!” This from Fatty Arbuckle admirer. “I saw Fat- ty in ‘Moonshine’ and even the' police- man standing at the door laughed like a human being.” “Well. anyway, I'm going to be kike Doug. Fairbanks.” Im going to be like Charlie “An’ I'm goin’ to be likk Fa buckle.” o they compromised and decided v_are actors they will all join and make a company of their own and all act together. ANNA KRAMER, Age 13. Norwich. The Inch-Cape Rock. There was no stir in the air, the ship was as still as she steadv in the sea. Long ago, a good old Abbot of Aberbrothock Scotland, on the North Sea), had| placed a bell near Inch-Cape Rock on | a buoy, and in storms it floated and | over the waves its warning rung, be- | cause when it was foggy on the ocean the Rock was not seen ,and ships| could come against the rock and sink | —and also when it was hid by the| surge's swell the mariners heard the warning bell and thus they knew the perilous Rock. The sun was shining radiantly, and all things were joyful on that day; the seabirds screamed and there was joyousness in their sound. The buoy of the Inch-Cape "Rock was seen, and Sir Ralph, the Rover,| fixed his eye on it. He felt the cheery ! air of spring. It made him sing with wicked = mirth, for it was he who plundered the ships he'd meet. His eye fell on the bell, and he said: “Sailors, | and row me to the -and about one-fourth of | tty Ar-[in the listeners ears and ball after ball could be, and her | pitiful ils made no motion and her keet was | a town in | {for my week's vacation. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Sept. 19th and 20th Coats, Suits, Dresses, Waists, Skirts, Furs' \ Brilliant in their newness, fascinating in their simplici- ty and effectiveness of style, the new Fall fashions are indeed charming. These are wartimes and “SIM- PLICITY” s the keynote and dominating influence in Fall styles. Designers have abandoned all thoughts of fancy sensational styles and favor forceful, digni- fied, more elegant effects, which simplicity alone can produce. ' - 5 To rea“y know the newest and correct ifléas ‘in Fall Suits, Coats, Dresses, Etc., we urge you fo ndmé and visit with us during our opening days. Wefion‘- sider it a privilege and a pleasure to show you the new Fall garments now. : (e [ ——] 121-125 Main Street catch. o'clock when was prepared and the fishermen startc- | ed off on their fishing trip. H All went well until about 2 o'clock, when the inhabitants of the village were brought to their doors by distant peals of thunder. They saw an om- inous black line near the horizon, and they understood its meaning. The line { Widened and seemed to be approaching | afternoon it was a troop the | nearer and nearer. Suddenly amidst torrents of rain peals of thunder and balls of lightning | was carrying a large silk appeared a grocery cart drawn by a|flag in her right hand. coal black steed. whos sides and eyes like fire, galloping at speed to get under cover. Peal after peal of thunder sounded of lightning lighted up the whole vil- lage. The torrents of rain made rain- pools like seas. It was such a storm as the inhabit- ants had not experienced for a good | many years, and one long to be re- membered. When the storm, which lasted two hours, ceased the anxious. mothers went again to their doors and saw a| ght, for in the distance they could see two men bearing between ! them the only fisherman rescued from | that merry party which left the village that beautiful summer morning. LOUISE KAVOROVICS, Age 14. Ashford. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED A Visit to Bristol. Dear Uncle Jed: About three weeks ago 1 was much surprised to see my brother, who lives in Bristol, Ct.; and much more so when he told me that he | was going to. take me back with him ! we went in everything three large trout and ; s ste were | prize awarded to the one who made reeking with foam nostrils widespread | the most full | one washcloth, five soldier's handker- | nine pigs. | The pig went over and started to fight i pen with a pan of meal. bathing. They caught the guardian cooked them for our breakfast. We had a grand time eating our first meal cooked without a stove. After every- thing was cleared away we sat under the trees to knit. A prize was to be given by the guardian to the one who could knit or sew the most articles. When we came home on Saturday of merry girls who came tripping into town. Helen Ashton was the leader. She American This was the articles. She had knitted chiefs and five comfort pillows. Though everyone had sewed a lot, she had won; but everyone had a good time. FLOREDA REIL, Age 13. Voluntown. The Pigs Got Loose. Dear Uncle Jed: One day while my mother and father were away our pig broke out of her pen with her litter of She ran all over the place. We have a tame fox tied to a tree. with the fox, and the fox' bit the pig on the nose, for she would not go away. At last we coaxed her into her In enjoy reading the Wide-Awakes' stories very -much. I am 12 years old today, and I thought I would try for a thrift stamp. I alrexdy ‘have eight book. CHARLES P. W'GRATH, Age 12. North Franklin.G Our Swimming Pool. He hired an auto to take us to Jew-| ett City, where we took the trolley ‘car for Taftville . We then went to Wil- | limantic. where we changed for Hart- | ford. Between Willimantic and” Hart- | ford there were many wonderful| sights. the most beautiful being the! large tobacco fields, some of which stretched as far as one could see. i One large field was covered with ! The boat was lowered, and he de-! scended and cut the warning hell from | its float. 1 gling sound, and he laughed and said “The next who comes to the Rock will | We changed at Hartford for Bristol, ! our swimming pool this summer that i {we hope many of the not bless the Abbot.” ¥ Sir Ralph sailed away. He came! back, long after, rich with plundered store. as he steered his course to Scot- | land's shore. So thick a haze over- | spread the sky that they could not see white screening which kept the in- ! sects away. When we got to Hartford we could | The bell sank * with a gur- ! see the large golden dome of the Cap- |Tegular swimming party. ° itel shining in the late afternoon sun. arriving there about half past six. i I went to the theatre every night! and had ice cream and soda. After I had spent a most delightful week in: Bristol I came home and am ready for | school. i Wide-Awakes would like to hear about our swimming pool, which is in the Moosup river. It is deep enough to swim.in. It has a sandy bottom, which makes it very pleasant for us. We have a diving- board, and it is great fun to dive into the water from it. My father has a lumber yard near the. river. My brothers ahd I made a bathhouse in log cabin fashion, fom a pile of ‘lumber. Sometimes a number of our friends come and we have a ‘We have had so many good times in ' ‘Wide-Awakes have a place in the river where they can swim, too. Tt is so nice to take a dip on a hot day. MARGARET TORREY, Age 11, Central Village. stamps in my | Dear Uncle Jed: Perhaps all of the| | | E the sun, and the wind blew a gale alli NORMAN M'FALL, Age 11, LB day.d On deck, the rohbe(l; talées hdis Voluntown. Her Vacation at Brookside. stand. sdilors id: | ChPL : ; “W‘r; wi.:l;,hewemg:m fei;:r ?I:e ls:clh- h P Dear Uncle Jed: I am in the country Cape bell.” They heard no sound till' . Beach Pond. - |again spending my vacation at Brook- the vessel struck with a shivering | Dear Uncle Jed: Last Sunday my | side. the usual place where everything shock. They oried: »'Tis the Inche|friends and I planned to go out camp- |is familiar, even the names of the| Cape Rock!” jne 1oe o e : S:fm;rleer& cows..lfier%?:?::l%g‘ox;;h l:l';lll)fl i Ve started Monday morning af ;and ending wi %) an?iuiiefi?lfi?s :Jor!;z;tflisnhdaei;p;‘;r r:nmdm;s;‘ee, ! o'clock and arrived at Beach Pond at|playmates I have the thre;e little waves rushed in on every side, The This place is a favorite and beau- | grandsons of the family. We agree ship sank beneath the waters. ;tiful' spot for camping and bathing. | pretty. well, but sometimes. we do Sir Ralph could hear in his dying. fears as if the Inch-Cape bell and the | there, and some people have Summer somé one ghosts were ringing his funeral knell. Sir Ralph thought he'd plague the Abbot, but was punished for his evil deeds. GERTRUDE M. POIRIER. | Danielson. i A Storm in a Fishing Village. | It was a beautiful summer morning | iin a little fishing village off the. At-| lantic coast, where there was a great | stir. The streets were full of people and merry children who were watching the |, fishermen maXing preparations for a Crowds of people spend their Sundays | cottages there and reside there for the | summer. By the time we got everything set- tled in the camp it was most dinner til The first day we brought our 'unch, for we had not time to cook our dinner. The rest of the afternoon we spent looking around and exploring. The next day we rose at sunrise, hauled our own flag and saluted it. That is the first thing we did every morning. We then went bathing and had a’'good time, though it was kind of cold so early in the morning. But it refreshied us, 1 can tell you. ' Some of the girls went fishing while quarrel a little, and then we hear from in' the family: “Children! Children! Now please stop that!” One day I went to Plainfield with their grandpa, and all went well until on.the way home we met an auto and the horse jumped out of the road and broke the shaft off, and it dropped to the ground. The auto passed by without the men in it even,looking to see what had hap- pened, but we were near a house, and the lady gave us a hammer and nails so we came home' all right; but when we ‘were almost home a colt jumped out of the pasture and frightened the horse. and she came home in a hurry. I have been for berries several times, TN HASTE, by Ethel E. Place of Danielson, Conn, |and grapes and wild cherries, of which there are .a-plenty. DORGTHY MERRIFIELD, Age .9, Baltic. The people of this place met in the ureka Social club Thursday and or- | stopping evesy-automobile to find ouf the driver’s Hebrew ganized ! Ruth Morgan is chairman; Fraser, vice chairman, Tinker. CHESTERFIELD a Red Cross branch. Miss Mrs. May Mrs, Amy Tinker, and Miss Florence The secretary; celebrated Monday. foods. Powers, treastrer. ; Mr. and Mrs. Earl-Lathrop spent the week end with Mr, and. Mrs. Matt A, corners Saves Waste \ Saves Cooking Most ‘stbsactie of all cereal i e DL e Bernard Deckhman spent the week | end with his family on'Long Island. i\ Three men ‘sent by ‘the’ government were at the Sunday, people of this place the Day «f Atonement