Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 21, 1918, Page 6

Rules for Young Writers. inly on one side of the paser only, "und Fumber (he 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 will be used. 5. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story. or letters only POETRY. The Town Boy. I've been to the zoo and seen tigers and bears, And pelicans. eagles and rn_oks, But I never have seen a little live ig, T‘ho\rx'[i T've pictures of them in my books. I've stared at the sea lions splashing about, Thrown peanuts for monkeys to catch, But I've never watched baby ducks take their first swim, Nor a hen teach her chicks how to scrateh. Some day I will make 2 z00 of my own, Where children can romp, play and Jaugh, 3 5 fll it with turkeys and pigs an white sheep, 2 and robins and cows and a calf. May Horton, the Minneapolis Tribune. in The Live Dellie. When 1 was a wee littie girl like you, I wished for a wonderful thing! ’ I wanted a doll that could really talk, And truly could dance and sing. now after all these long, long vear Has my wonderful wish come true, For yo: ean chatter and laugh and nlay, So my little live dollie is—you! —W. B. Hogan, in Little Folks. Jack Rabbit. The shorter his tail The more he hears, The extra length Got in his ears! And v He wiggle his nose And never stops it, And hither and yon He hippety-hops it Height ho! and besides He's an engineer, An expert on trenches, My duck, my dear! And what do vou think He digs them for” To protect himself From the dogs of war! From enmemy owls And such like foes He started this Digging in, T 'spose. ~—Philadelphia Public Ledger. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. It was on the 20th of September that Unele Jed found upon the leaf of a cinnamon vine the chrysalid of a lady bird; and he desired to know whether it was to be red or white or black or blue enameled, so he dropped it into his bottle and awaited results. In just nine days a fly appeared ronning about in the bottie that look- ed very much like a house-fly, al- though his head was not red, but he was dull biue all over. He was a fly that lays his egz in living reoms, hatches and as a worm eats them up, and comes out instead of them. Becaunse of this habit they are called ichneumon flies, and there are many different kinds of them, and every one has been named hy the scientists. How do you suppose they name them? Not by their color, but by the number of hairs upon their legs, to be seen and counted with a magnifying AN, Fourth prize, $0.50. Father Cabanal: Chaplain Blue Devils Nosworthy, of Hampton. ONLY TREATMENT THAT GAVE RELIEF Sutfered Three Years Befo Finding “Fruit-a-tives” Cenrxar, WHARF, BosroN,"Mass, “For three years, I was troubled with Constipation, accompanied by Dizziness and Violent Headaches. T took medicines and laxatives, buf without permanent relief. Last October, T heard of “Fruit-a- tives” or Iruil Liver Tablels. I used one box and the results were so 1 ronounced that I bought two dozen boxes. 1 continued using ‘‘Fruit-a-tives” until the twenty four ‘boxes were finished, when my physical condition ‘was perfeet’’. JAS. J.ROYALL. 50c. 2 box, B for $2.50, trial size 25c. At dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited. OGDENSBURG, N. Y. of the of Francs, hy Margaret THE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE Boys' and Girls’ Department glass. . Uncle Jed was disappointed, for he expected a lady-bird, the name of which he could have found out, but he does not expetc to be able to ever call this flesh-eating fly by name. y THE WINNERS OF PRIZES. 1—Clarence Hathawy Mass.—On the Colorado. 2—Blanch Montgomery of Pachaug —Ethel Morton at Chautauqua. of Goshen, | 3—Mary A, Burrill of Stafford Springs—A Thrift stamp. 4—Elizabeth Shaw of Norwich— 5—Hannah Bessart of Eagleville— Camp Tire Girls at Sunset Hall, 6—Edith W. Hathaway of Go Fren Fenton, Marathon Runner. F~Edith Helen Stone of Norwich— Miss Pat at School. S—Lydia Dugas of Versailles—Mil- dred’s Boys and Girls. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT ..Clarence Hathaway, .o’ Maes.—1 thank you very nu: prize book you sent me. I read through the first night that I got it. I found that it was very interesting. Ida Freeman, of Baltic—1 received the prize of twenty-five cenis you sent me and was pleased to get it. I thank rou very much for it. Elly D. Zemke, of Norwich—I re- ceived the prize of fifty cents and T thank you very much for it. Irene L. Stewart. of Jewett Ci received the Thrif: Stamp you sent me and was very glad (o raceive it. 1t will make the sixth Thrift Stamp in my fifth Look. I .thank you very mueh for it. : Cecelia Carpenter, of North Wind- ham-—T thans vou very iauch for the book you seni me and Tound il very interesting and hope to win more books. Elizabeth Shaw, of orwich—Ac- cept thanks for the prize book you senl me some time ugo. 1 have found it very interesting. WRITTEN AWAKES. STORIES BY WIDE- The Spider’s Judgment. To test the judgment of a spider {1 put a fly, twice the size of the spi- der, into the cage. The spider seem- | €1 to recognize the strength of her ve; for the latter, when it got on its iegs, whirled against the side of the 1 c4ge, and wholly destroved the threads ol the web with little difficulty. Tro spider saw that any further use of h silky thread would be of no avail, = i titheless. sne stationed herself nearest to the struggling ,fly and hesitated i there for a few moments. i She seemed lo say to that my silky thread wa |und durable What can 1 | vapturing him? If 1 could only | baust him: but 1 have no means to d ex- i My thread is about as good nothing.” Then she moved slowly té a corner and remained there quictiy for a while, T ndticed that the fly, insteac of buzzing round and round inside the cage, flirted against a certain side re- peatedly, This the spider must have percelved: for she dashed from the corner and sped to the jloor of the cage, on ' which was lying a piece of a thread thicker and more durable than her own. In fact, it was ihe re- maining thread of a larga s:qn’,er that once occupied the cage. The spider hurried {azainst which the fiy whirling, carrving this thread. The thread rended on this side, culangled in dp the side was repeatedly ece of wasts then sus- and the fly got : v time that he whirled ags As often as he Lroke away, he got entangled n it aszain, and his fate was not far off. s strength was a: the point of siv- ng way, as shown by the decrease of his At cene closed with the spider rejoicing cver her final victory, What made her take up that waste thread? Why did spe not use her own thread? W did” she suspend the thread on that side instead of else- where? The answer is hecavuse she had judement, i EDITH'W. HATHAWAY. Goshen, Mass. Four Minute Men Liberty Loan Speech The great war now waging in Eu rope between Germany and America and her alies is a war for democra It must be carried on and America must win for our allies are determined that there wiil never be such a war | again; and to carry out this determi- nation Europe must be made a repub- Me. But war costs men and money. Last year thirteen and one-half bil- lien dollars were spent for this war and it is not yet ended. We have now c¢ne million two hundred thousand scldiers in France. These soldiers must be kept well equipped and fed. Money is needed for guns, ammuni- tion, " ships, aeroplanes, etc. If we cannot give our lives we can lend our money. In the first, second, third and fourth loans America’s people ro- sponded faithfully. Our soldiers are winning now—we must lend the money tc help them keep it up. livery home | should buy a bond. The United States has given all of us boys and girls an equal oppertunity | for growth and development. We have | free schools, libraries, parks, concerts. lectures and all kinds of chances to gain knowledge for oursclves. Now is our turn to help Uncle Sam. We can and we will do what we can to encourage the, buying of bonds. e, ourselves, will save our money and | pérsuade other people to do so. America means liberty to all people. It is a contrast with Germnany, for in Germany the ser rules over the 1eople. Here we have free =overn- men{. We elect our lea: make otr laws. The | same law Thus, ernment. - People have left their homes for freedom. Here they as they choose, and e liberty and Jjustice. We should lift the torch o: liberty high and keep it there. Every person should try to buy a bond. United States lLiberty Loan Bonds are the safest and best investments in | the world. At the end of a certain time we get our money hgck with a large Der cent. of interesd ‘iberts bonds can be bought in v bank in the United States, This is our war © our gov- a nations America and n worship God and we must all help pay for it by savinz focd and lending money. Every city and town should give all they can. Ashford. the town in which I live, was one of the first towns in the state to go over the top in the fourth joan. This is es- pe: ally zcod as Ashtord is a town of six hundred inhabitants, two-thirds of them foreigners. Th how well the foreigners appreciate Uncle his call for money. Our government needs money to win this war for our liberty, our homes and our future. Therefore we must buy and encourage others to buy, for ery bond bought is a step towards freedom and peace. MARY 'A. BURRILL. Staftord Spring: ipdicates respect and am and respond. to said the father of a large family one morning in the early spring. when he came in from doing his chores. Then the chiidren laughed in glee. for a blg2- bird was a sure sign of spring. Bluebirds and house wrens were al- ways welcome ahout that home, for the father imsured their ~ presence every vear bLy putting up boxes for their nests. . ‘ So in the springtime the father cut a small; round hole in one box and nailed that up for the wrens, and made a larger round hole in another box, which he fastened se branch of a tree for the ebirds. With what interest 'the children watched the busy workers when, with patient skill, th brought suitable twigs to make their nesrts. One sprinz. by mistake, the door of both the bir/l houses wer. 1nade large enofigh to odmit a blu~bird. This cansed some confusion on the part of the blue- and the adopted in the midst of sacond b; the builders, but at lengt birds ttled upon one sito, ter much scolding. ther. But, alas! the nest builaing, a bluebirds arrived, and their superior size and = possession of their home. Of course father mad: for the wrens, but the t howse-building was double: When the brooding time of the mother was cnded, the dren were wild with excitement to vees the baby pair of virtue of ngth, took new hox of their il bluebirds. 'Their curiosity was soon gratified: but the sight of the, ugly. film-covered and the ganing mouths was a shock to their feelings, for they had always thouzht habies of such beautiftl birds should be beau- tiful, also. ELIZABET!I SHAW. Norwich The Return of the Mayflower. The mornins sun rose lrightly over Piymouth, where the leng heen astir. The sad had arrived when the good little to rerurn home to England It was a sad blow to them becausas if now the people want- ed to go hom2 to they could not. as the good little vessel would be gone, never to come back It was just ten o'clock and the pen- day ship. “Mayflower' w ple were slowly walking to the shore to bid a last farewell to the faithful littie ves nich had brought them safely across the great ovean. But no one wants to go hack because if they did they wouid have no re us free- dom as they now had in ti-air rude lit- tle village. As the iitile hoat b speck in the distance, tear their eves as they waited vrith hats off and heads But cowed. inere was great many dangers to fice and lots of work to be done. so they slowly went back to their village There they worked nard and re- ew till it extended all we now have religiou EDITH HELEN Norwich. Lord Cornwallis’ the time of the w a brave little girl Randolph, lived on a farm not from Philadelphi Her father and two brothers had oined army Washington. Knzehuckles. Anna and her mother were left alone to take care of the firm. Two vears before the war, Anna's father had given her a calf for a pet. At one time auring the war the Eng- lish was in Philadelphia. The sol- diers as they marched tirough the took the wheat and corn of and took Anna’s pet as well. In great grief she begged for her calf. but her words had no eff2 As soon as they were zore, she ran to the barn, caddled her pony and went at full speed to see Lorl Cornwallis. It was a brave thing for a small girl like her to do A soldier was marching back and forth in front of the general's quarte “What do vou want?” he asked An- na as she galloped up. “T wish to see Lord Cornwalli " she t is vour business with him asked th~ soidier, . “I must see him, let m2 pass,” re- plied the gir! So the soldier let her Tord Cornwallis and some offi were at dinner when Anna rushel in the room. o What do vou want, my child? asked the zeneral. “T want my cow, sir. Your soldiers have taken ier away ani T came to ret her. T am Anna Randolph. and 1 liers with : cow, § hrothe: live three miles from m mother. Have vou seen my you or kindis. in no father the zeneral Put they ara 50 they are “Have the 1cbels, are ves, sir! We are t-ound here, if yon please “And you are a bit of a rebel your- sel(?” 1 rebels “Yes, indecd! T was horn s0.” The general threw back his head and laughed. “And your cow is a rebel, too. 1 suppos § She is th2 nicest cow 1 ever knew.” The general and his © ed again. “ here, my =said Co soberly on't vou knew we are bere to fight the rebels.” “Yes, but yew are bound to respect rights” Anna answered. “Oh ntinued, ised my cow myself. he has wa Teen’ mine. Tt can't belong to you. T must have her T would never steal yo the little girl said, proudly. The general rose, “Come here, my eors laugh- 1y to the! in| a, under the command cf George | le Tebel” | | AM STRONG AND HEALTH' Whenever mother sees that I hav # white tongue or a bad breath sb gives me a Cascaret so the poisons i my stomach, liver and bowels don’ make me sick. Does your mother giv you nice candy Cascarets.cr nasty casto oil, pills, salts or calomel? Mothers! TFach 10 cent box of Cas | carets candy cathartic, has directios for children’s dosage at all ages. A little folks love Cascareis and mothe: can always depend upon them {o mot | the hile, sour fermentation and poiso: | from the child's tender stemach, Liv | and bowels without injury, or gripir — e child. T promise your cow sha be safe in your fomorrow: an take these' he i pair of silver knee | them to remember me. by, and if m soldiers hothei {to me at oncer” The general kept his promise, an the next morning Anna's cow was saf in her own stable. your cow uguin, com LYDIA DUGAS Versailles. LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. A Pair of Robins. | Dear Uncle As T was sittin: ih\' the window t spring, a robi1 | and his mate flaw into a tree near me They were looking for a good tree t« weave their nest in so that Mrs. Robir Redhreast could have some little haby robi; They flew here and there getting sticks and bair and other thing. robins think suitable for a nest. 1 took them all day to get a nest to sui them, for robins are very particular you know I took out some crumbs of bread anc | other things to put on an old log i« see if they would eat them. After tha’ I fed them every morning and the: | cieaned every crumb from the log. was afraid they would get too lazy if I fed them too much. Next week my father made a bird- house pretty enough to please even peacock. It had windows, with smal blinds, a very small porch and only one room inside. They . seemed quite pleased with it. Not long after 1 went near the base of the pole that supported the roof, and: the robins trying to tell me that they sobn. have some voung robins. In a few days the little ones came out of the sky-blue eggs. After they got their feathers they were very cunning: but one day a sad thing happened. One little ,robin, Speckle, fell out of his nest to the ground. Pussy epied him before T did and ca ried the helpless little thing awa where he could torture it T discovered it by seeing Mrs. Robin flving wildly about, near tme place where her darling was kept prisoner. I ran out to chase the cat and finally caught him. The poor birdie s all but dead. Tussy did not know that it was wrong to kill birds, but I don't forgive Pussy at that. After a few davs Speckle began to recover, so that I could put him in the nest with his grateful mother. When T went back into the house and sat down I heard a great chirping outside. T looked out and Mr. and Mrs. Rol happily singing. They seemed to say “We ‘are glad wp ame to live here. We are glad to live here.” unobserved. NCH MONTGOMERY, 3 Age 12 haug. The Nest of a Bobhoiink. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to teil you about a bobolink. 17 I were a bird. in building my nest I should fol- low the example of the bobolink, plac- ing it in the midst of a broad mea- dow, where there was no * of r flowers. or growth unlike an- m; its site. I judge that bobolink escapes the danger to T have adverted as few or no do. Unle, the mowers come at an ear! date than she has anticipated, that before July first, kunk nosin , which unusual 1 well can be in nature. She elects the most monotonous and ot o1 20es through “the she is as safe he great. field Famiiiar Friends. “I heard a bluebird tnis morning,” Third prize, $0.75. President Woodrow Wiisor, by Muriel Goldblatt, of Baltte. LINEN TABLE CLOTHS. ! ton Cloths. | HEMSTITCHED TEA CLOTHS......... MERCERIZED COTTON DAMASK, 39c¢ TO $1.25 A YARD Carefully following the designs which have proved pleasing in the Linen Damasks, and improving on them in many instances, the'manufacturers of this American-made fab- ric have produced actual masterpieces. Ifyou want a Table Cloth of great beauty, | and one which will wear well and keep its high finish, buy one of our Mercerized Cot- Thanksgiving Sale of Table Damasks In spite of the war there are still real Linen Damasks in our Linen Department, and they are supplemented by large stocks of very handsome Mercerized Cotton Damasks which equal in design and appearance the real linen. ‘ Thanksgiving time has been for many years the occasion for replenishing the linen chest. Thanksgiving time therefore sees beautiful displays of Table Damasks in our White Goods Department—Damasks of linen or cotton which will gladden the and the heart of the housewife. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY TABLE DAMASKS 70-INCH ALLLINEN DAMASK......... eye . $2.25 and $2.50 a yard ... $5.00 to $11.00 each $6.00 to $15.00 a dozen ... $1.50 and $3.50 each NABKINSILL o et e Tl eiispfigiealonm miform place she can find amid the iaisies or the timothy and clover, and places her simple structure upon ths sround in the midst of it. There is no concealment, except as Le greater conceales the little. You may find the nest cnce, if your urse chances to lead you across it snd your eye is quick enough to note (e silent brown bird as she darts uickly away; but step three paces in the wrong direction. and your search will probably be fruitless é'Hobr)hn’.{s build in considerable num- bers in a meadow Within a quarter of 2 mile of us. A houseless lane passed through the midst of their ¢amp, and in clear weather, at the right season, one may hear a score of them singing at once. When they are breeding, if [ chance to pass, one of the male birds always accompanies me like a consta- ble, flittering from post to post of {he rail fence, with a short note of re- proof continually YE?G?IeA\. tl‘} I am fairly out of the ncighborhood. Then he will swing away into the ir and run down the wind, surgling reusic without stint over the unheed- ing tussocks of meadow-grass am} dark clumps of bulrushes that mark his domain. e m«‘l?ARE.\’('E FTATHAWAY Goshen, Mas: Age The Race. Dear Uncle Jed: One day a rabb: was hopping along the road. e over- took a turtle that was going the same wa jood morning, Friend Turtle” h:fl said “Where are you going this raorning ?” ; The turtle sasd. “T am =oing (u”lhn viver where the water 1i Zrow “Well,” said the rabbit. “I am ‘.lffail. vou will never get there. The river is two miles away, and at your rats of walking you will grow cld and die before you go so far.” The turtle did not stop to talk. She caid, “T know that the river is a‘ long way off, but I will keep moving all the time.” ot e CECILIA CARPENTER, Age i2. North Windham. A Kindly Act. Dear Uncle Jed: One day a li for her mother. As she was waiting for the man behind the counter to g her the things, an old gentleman en- tered the store. As he stood waitin; for his turn to come he dropped his cane. : (aR group of children were standing by and one saw the cane fall. but in- stead of picking it up ske turned fo her companions and laughinsly said: “Look at that old fool! d his cane, and I do believe he did it on purpose, thinking some one would pick it up.” ihe man to give her her things quick- Iy went over and picked the cane up and handing it to the poor old man, said, with tears in her eyes: “It you will tell me what you want I will get it for you, as there is quite a crowd.™ The grateful man thanked the child and said lay God’s blessings be with u_always, for u truly are noble child. : MIRIAM SECHTER, Age 13. Norwich. Recoliections of Fiorida. | Dear Uncle Jed: I lived in Florida one and ome-half years. [ will try to tell you somo things I know about that state—anyhow, about the part where 1 lived. I was eight vears old ~hen T lived there and so 1 don't know so very much, but I'll do my best. girl went into a store to get something ! He dropped ! | The little ir! who was waiting for than enough snakes. They were every- where. if vou walked along the road one would cross your path every little while. Once my aunt cleared’ out her room and wanted to paint- the bed- stead. She {ook off the mattress, and there in the springs she saw a nest of snakes. Tguess she dreampt about them every night after that. One time we missed 2 number of little chickens. One day we saw a big snake around the chicken coop. We killed it and cut it up anl inside was a little chicken, all whole. 1 can’t see how the smake could swallow it whole. Every other vear there cawe a rainy season. The creek which was about a mile away from the houss swelled and jorerflowed. Luckily our house was on elevated land and we did not suffer frem the flood. But the people who lived on low land mostly had drainage done to their property. Now Tl tell you about something pleasant. My father had over ihree hundred orange trees. We childre¢n quickly found out where the hest oranges were and that tree was -nostly. empty of ripe’ fruit HANNAH BASSAK, Age 15. Eagleville. The Pilgrim’s Kjtchen. Dear TUnele Jed: In the Pilzrim’s | kitchen there is a great fireplace. 1t stands in height five feet. dren play beside the fireplace while their parents are making teeth for iralies, handles for pails, stools and | lother different things. . They have a| | big oven. They have two children and eir names are Peter aiid Susie. | | The chil- | ! | | | UNCASVILLE The members of . the Good Cheer Sunshine society were entertained on Thureday afternoon by Mrs. Frank H. Rogers at her home in Palmertown.| During the business part of the meet- ing it was voted to give the children of the Quaker Hill school $5 toward their fund for the French orphans. It ‘was also voted not to hold the annual i Christmas sale of fancy articles fol- loWed -by supper. Instead each mem- ber is to give $1 into the treasury to ibc used towards their winter work. | Miss Eloise Landphere was a recent i i €uest of relatives in Groton. Miss Leila Chapman has returned after several days’ visit with her sis- ter, Mrs. Winfield Hanney, in East Lyme. * Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Hope recenU_\" epent a week on a pleasure trip in New | York. During their stay Mr. Hope's| business was in _charge of Frank Gero. | Mi Taylor is the guest of her ter, Mrs. Ernest Semmig, of New York. There was a zood attendance at the meeting of the Ladies’ Social union held at the home of Mrs. Edwin Com- stock last Thursday afternoon. The yearly roll call was held by |3 —, RUTH WILCOX, Age 9. |) Plainfield. 1A 5 members, s frem New London, were present. After the meeting an oyster supper was served under direc- tion of Norman C. Allen. An interest- ing lecture on the Yellowstone Park, illustrated by stereopticon slides, was given. This lodge has 13 members in the U. S. service and has purchased a flag in their honor. Each star on the flag has the name of the member .it represents. 3 Miss Grace Allison of Hovloke, Mase., a:ntvhed Eaturday for a few days’ visit a e home of her wuncle, N A le, Newton _ Miss Jennie Tinnegan attended the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Grosvenor at Pomfret, The Ladies’ Aid society of the Meth- odist church is to hold a harvest sup- per followed by an entertainment. James Street, while skunk . hunting recently, was badly bitten by a skunk which was escaping into a nearby wall, Mr. Street, fearing it would get away, picked it up. The skunk turned upon hlmt biting his hand. Mr. Street im- mediately dropped the animal, which was finally killed by his dog. A new platform is being built at the C. M. Robertson (o.’s mill. The bodv of John L. Comstock. “:hnfo death occurred” in Hempstead, N. Y., was brought to Comstock’s cem.. for burial last week, WOODSTOCK VALLEY . My, and Mrs. Chester Hatstat en- ned reletives from Norwich over Thames lodge, 1. O. O. F., at its meet- s last rnest Barnes o7 Erne: Srurb is visiting her brothers Florence Kenyon this week. arl P. Kenvon who s ocen at his ‘uncle’s, Allen Kenvan, has re- turned to Bridgeport. Howard K. Carpenter r-turned to Putnam- Saturday. Elmer Goss is entertaining a friend from Vermoni. A. H. Eldredee is visiting her niece, Miss Harriet Slingsley in Fut- S. A. Cooper Ste . Brockway of Camp Di ens spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Franees irockway. SOUTH CRISWOLD Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin W. Young of Willimantic were in town over the week end and attended the Young- Gustafson wedding. Lewis R. Button called on friends in Sterling Tuesday. Dr. Crandall J. North #nd daugh- ter returned to Auburn, N. Y.. Monday, * after a few davs’ stay with Mf and Mis. Peter J. Gustafson. Prof. Howard Clark has 1eturned fo Camp Devens. Rev. John Thompson has vreturned from a business triy to I’rovidence. ‘The Original Food-Drink For All Ages. One thing I know, ther> were more Safe Tk wINFANTS i INVALIDS Forlnfants,InvalidsandGrowing Children, | Rich Milk, Malted Grain' Extract in Powder. OTHERS are IMITATIONS