Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 23, 1919, Page 11

{HE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE Boys’' and Girls' Department Rules for Young Writers. Fire Gir! and the one you gave me ' Jaialy on one side of the |Mary Lee the Red Cross - Girl and I = B wmber the pages, | think she ie just fine. n and ink, not pencil. Aubrey Trudeau of Taftville. I want + and pointed articles will|to thank you very much for the 50 o v;;lrdl. another picture, which I hope will ap- i Original #tories or letters only |pear in The Bulletin. ' be_used. i Helen Magel, jewett City. 1 thank Write your name, age and ad-|yoy for the book you sent me. I have ess plainly at the bottom of the|yeaq it through and found it very in- Y. P teresting. TRY Edith, H. Stowe, Norwich. Thank PEV you very much for the prize boek you RAB 18 MUSTERED OUT sent me. It was very interesting. Minnie Leona Upton Hannah Bossart, of West Hoboken, N, J, Received the book Motor Maids e ae S haater in Fair Japan' I have read. if and I B A hilie whero the frec winds | BAve found it very interesting. . ““ - X Raymond Ayer, of Norwich. I thank y 2 14 Ma you very wuch for the prize book you e an o hatile haze, |Sent me. Uncle Jed's books are al- Back to my flock o' strayin’ sheep, "The nichts that are ealm aud still, | Ways interesting. The ‘,-r‘,‘“ Jays, when Euid SheeP | gTORIES WRITTEN By WIDE A- While 1 watch on the heathery hili— WAKES. Back to @' o the kind ould ways, fa¥ ae wabfu' 1 The Snowman. : Snow is here. again. Tommy+ and When the ca’ went forth for leal, brave | Jane had made a fine snowman. They dog t a pipe in his mouth, a stick in hi To serve mid ttle's thunder nd, a hat on his head, and a row an’ the poison | of little stones for buttons en his coat. he was finished there was 4. om the road. i, an’ tirawn, an | “What a guy!” cried a boy's voice. | the mext door children,” cried foe: earin Tns; to wonder hént # a8 Sres My mast lamn, An' T was your An' he fight 'em!” said Teddy, stoop- handiul of snow time the fo hildren had imbled over Lhe gate into the field were veady with a pile of Then bey soldier braw ie bullets flew from all me lang Kkindly eryone was hit. Teddy had kent weel what to do, patch on his back, Tommy could feel {the snow melting inside the eoilar of his Jersey: the next door baby | was knocked off, and the I hair come out of curl An’ bore the meseaze that saved the| <At last the snowman w: h hit on the ipe was knocked cut of th, his hat was sent fiying, iis - | his me -land everyone lauzhed. knock the old chap down! Teddy; and then every boy n’to pelt the white ad was very L fell from s uttons dropped off on | Before long_ there w: or thing except an uni they €ay It's owsw hy oae. y heap ied Tommy. “We will owman tomorrow!"” EDITH COLLIN, Age 8. rrh s ™7 M5 [ Hew Johnny Helped the Boys “Over the time of Johnny's 1d_he had to do all ig for him, and me doing nothing. thousht ‘of making a gar- nting vegetables. The to el hiy garden for He worked vey hard € all the bie Stonss and weeds s e . But he thought of the sold - ot ng harder work th ng. Soon the time Pl i me tor plant- potatoes, corn, to- :, pumpkins 1 ush- Johnny took n Sh out of the ga ent to the stores and svid In all.he got one hundred dol- next day he got a one hun- r Liberty bond to buy warm or the soldiers fghti: the cold winters to keep them TALK TO MARY BAUER. AWAKES | Planfied. S I NG o W Mary’s First Skating Lesson. S e e i . Mar s a little girl about 7 vears mother had hought her a for her birthday which th of Janu She was makes us feel me on't want gith ook and ) to learn how to sk : ex which wa established it is won at- | r, who was tack of measles to any one. | he pond. You know there r thought of a plan. ind see if you can rac not go very fast?’ 1 it, so he said: is as wea our lives ar falling, so she gave a bi off she went. When sh i ’ ot | ha bout three or four strokes ow went Her ther id: : i | cannot expect to learn in one r g| You will do better next time rong wir {So th t home Toleed 5 i to ] EDITH COLLIN, Age § St o Plainfield, s exercised the Bessie’s Don't Knows. was four years old, and I d a bad temper for slipped out of bed on the at morning, an1 sually bad temperad, so earn much or have Me gets =0 bad they worth know thev a Good chee now,” she promptly replied. 4 rather have it scram- came to mother. Sh dea, but Bessie kne Neverthelcss moth » task of scramg z ice of bread, the egz on top, into littie irch he accompli lickly that Bessie had hacdly 1t her. Let's call the little Know aid mother. ot to pout and began to te the “Don't Knows" ed good; rrd nearly world. | THE WINNERS OF PRIZE B’IOKS‘ 1 1—Jennie Lamoine, Three Little Women 2. —~Hannah Bossart, o en, N. J.—Th: F1 Reseue 3—Hilda Collin, of ,Piainfie Bobtsey Twine at Snow Lodge 4—Gladys Lawton, of Versailles— Three . ? 5—Agnes Gayeski, Dorothy at Skyrie §.—Beda Butler, of thy's Prizmph. 7.—Edith Collin, Hobbeey Twins o1 a les, A Farmer’s Mistake. inter morriing in December an | automobile with six or seven pas- o | Sengers went rumbling along the hard | frozen country road. There was also One _rererence. Do not use over | cehts you sent me, and am enclosing | s nothinx 1¢7t of | Jught of the boys| i Miary was not thinking apout being "| could be foun who laughs last laughs best!” And with that he picked up his cans, put them in the wagon and turned it around and started on his way home. He was a different looking person when he went back home than when he started. Everything on him even his whiskers were white with milk. The people in the auto not thinking how fast the time was going were still laughing, but they started up the auto and ran along to get the train. When they got there they w just a half hour too late and had fo wait for the next one. o Meanwhile the farmer was on his way home murmuring of how he lost his valuable milk cans; but ail the while he could not help thinking that it was his own fault, BERNICE CHURCH Norwich, Conn. Cla Scarf. Clara’s grandmather gave her a fur scarf for Christmas. 1t was white with black spots, and it had blue ribbons to tie. Clara liked it very much. It was so prett warm and soft. She wore it to grandma's, auntie's and on many a merry sleighride. Sometimes she would pet it and call it, “Pretty pussy” as if it were alive. Mamma told her always to put her srarf in the closet when ehe took it off Clara did not mean to disobey, but one day she was In a hurry andforgot, she threw the scarf on mamma’s bed and ran down stairs to play with Helen Brown. Pretty soon Clara’s little dog came into the room. His bright eyes spied the scarf, ‘Ho,” he said to himself. “Here's a pussy!” Now won't I play 0 he jumped and danced and pull- d the scarf off the bed. He roLlled r and over with it until it was all around him. Clara’s mother came into the room. She about the floor. White fur and brown curly hair were all mixed in a ball. A pair of bright eves peeped out and then came a tiny white paw. “Y ou mischievous dog” she said. And she shook the scarf gently and e blue silk lining was torn. But she did not scold the dog. She called Clara and showed hir the scarf. “You naughty dog)) said Clara and { she lifted her hand to strike him, but mamma caught her hand. “It was not the dog's fault,” she said, “a careless little girl left it in his the littl answered Clara, “I'm sor- “Mamma took her work basket and mended the blue sillc lining very nice- y to remember next time she and Clara did_ try and she kept Norwich, Kate's Plan. Tom had tound an oid Howl witi & verse written on it in brown. e showed it to his sister, Kae. “Why,” sald Kate, “That is the grandmother sent to me ‘com Scot- ind for oatmeal ani Tom, n just beef anl bacor ana 1t m 5 €V thing we ldren In America bave ali want and are thankful for it.* uppose sick people zie 1hose who have food ani cannot eat” sald her brother, thougntfull hy, Tom, have Door people of Euro “No, indeed, I haven', sh we ould help ther sister. said Kaic Let's pretend the bo « bank and save food in it ins of penntes. Every time I o withou: si3ar on my oatmeal, r butter, , 'h] \\r)'\ it down on a plece of pa- per in th e \grey said Tom. We'll begin right now and at thc tnd of a mocvh we'll count up and see whd has saved the most meat for those who wantg it IZABETH BALDWIN, Ags 9. Norwicr ou forgotter the ) nave o a_plin In Honor of Roeseveit. This morning, in the wee - bly in ol, we devoted gular time in having exercises in honor of the late ex-president, Theodore Roose- Jan. 6, 1919. We orite songs and then the d to us the life of the csman. ; On the day that he was huried we stopped with our work in school at o'clock for two minutes. I the typewriting room a ou imagine wh gned f fifty typewriters once. It was the le: suld do to ow our love for the noble Americ: He wz lo he did wa loved country He was shocked by news of hi Quentin, being killed, but he would rath him know that he did his duty to & country than to have him living and know_that HAD West Hob the good An Ideal Friend. T have the good fortune to have many friends and more than one real “friend,” but th me than my oldest friend, and never in bave 1 been separated from he few hours at a time, thing, I 2am and a and experi- e ie lite s are the same, o ms, our mottoes, indeed erything as I have:said, we th mall wonder, then- that ~when ope us ill or in troubie the otner is consolable. My _friend s any imaginative games sc_much, find she takes a est in all that T do. I in return Jo all 1 to help her. Were T to write for hours I could not tell how much she 1l understend when that my special friend is—Alotaer! HILDA COLLI e 13, Plainfield Towser Talks, T am not a big dog, a%G T dor't know very much, but ! know mora han I used to. The veaton wie ! another person on the road, and who | XNOW more than I used is becausc I i~Fred Bagur, of | should it be but an old farmer from |2Sked Carlo some questions once. 1 Bey Allies at Verdun | the country carrying eight or nine milk ““‘(“""hT‘““ ‘:1’""' made him so ga S |cans to be shipped into the near-by |2 in, and why he had such an en- LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGE-|city. Those people in the nummohnz[(""ll"g f’"‘"’“‘mn‘ on nis face and MENT. vere hurrying o get the train to New | SUCh @ hump on the top of his head. . o He didn't answer rign: iway, and Carofine C. Lawton, of Warrenville, | YOrK I noticed the ring <xpres 1 thank veu very much for the nice| ‘Honk! honk honk!" sounded the|l noticed the {nauining Aol prize book, T have read it 4 eome | |AT5e automobile, but the stubborn old |y o> et 0‘; ed q ecide aof schoolmates rendime M farmer did not move an fnen. He just 1 something happe: I admt T o readns it 1] know exactly what, hut Mary, the 5 de quietly along without : ary, th taink it is lovely {rode quietly g without saying a oo Margie Gahat, of Voluntown, |VWord: The driver leaned forward and told th2 butler that it made her R ve-sounded the horn. but in vain for S0 very much for the prize farmer looked like a_statue. book. Now I have two of Mary Lec's| “mng olq farmer suddenly puiled his beoks. Ome is Mary Lec (he Camp freins and the horse went to one side. At the same moment the automobile 1150 turned. Crash!! bang- crash! went some- nd broken glass and milk were seen flying in every direction. The old man did not look to see what ned, but turned to the crowd soon as they caught sight of he old man began to laugh. The old farmer was angry and as lic shook his fist he cried, “Laugh as you may, but my motto is, the one z: just to look on, And’ then Carlo 2ald: “One_reason why T am gaunt and thin is because T am not a iittle upstart of a pus. of no earthly use nnder Heaven, nothing to do but waddie seand and accumulate fat. The reason p 3 bave an enquiring expression on my face is becanse I am ever on the lcok- out to anticipate my master's will and do his slightest bidding. As for the hump on the iop of my head, that Is 2 mark given by the Creatnr-—onlw to dogs that have intellect. Pray rhat yours may grow!" This %s ail he said, bu it was enough for ong day and l"as furnished THE PRIDE OF OUR COUN1'n,by Anna Anderson of Norwich. All : 3 Trolleys Lead / Center To of Norwich g January Clearance Sale CONTINUES ALL THIS WEEK Saturday night marks the close of the biggest clearance event of the year. In anfici pation of the lowering of merchandise prices we have made drastic reductions in the price of standard goods of all kinds, in all departments, thus giving you the benefit of the coming better times immediately. Buy now for the present and for future use. me with food for thougnt aver EN BRAUMAY, minatel president, end I, Agnes a Mary Diky ciub so we The Story of the Camel. My name is Jimm Thrift Samps and do ma n'.v\p,\ to_help 2 Iam a camel. My home is in a hot and s try called a desert. some animal, Iam a very hand- and I am useful. hump on my back is only a big lump | That can be called my s because I store £ and use it when I need it 1s to keep me alive when I have I have anoth o which I carry water. water it goes into the When I start on a jou my lump should Then I can g I can go a few w the strange thing rolling | of ed him out. It was scratched and|s lays without eating or The water which I stored in my stomach keeps thirsty when I go a long way off, S a journey would be very and my master. Once I was caught in a 1 laid down ar ay. The dog didn't know better, but | g o girl difl. Whose fault was it, | My master laid down beside m the hot sand storm was on our journey. Without [h(\(‘ Men can not ships, €o men cannot © withont camels. the ship of the dese Bis coat of hair every year. is made into coarse cloth, & His flesh and milk ross the sea withs ¢ that it is just as good as fresh from the cov. In the olden tines the camels very > covered with beautiful chains. tof a camel litter. or covered seat that camel's back. and children Sometimes there are two cribs or ba: s hung on the the people dressed Did you ever It is a large cou fastened on the Wealthy people, women mels back, on 1t is not fun to ride in t The camels can go hundred miles The camels are much used country where our Lord VR ] ZEPHYR DRESS GINGHAMS of excellent quai- moon wis ity. A soft-finish, 32-inch gingham in a com- ] LETTERS TO FRED BAUER, The Rheims Cellar Would vou like Some children school in a cellar. Rheims have school durinz r the German ! part of Franc in_underground lighted up with lamp tried to make the rooms 100k ch by pringing flower o wall of allied flag: dren thought it in spite of the fact tha: idst of ruins and u dren came to school. Americ Going Skatirg. One affernoon T pond near our housc to the pond we put our s bezan to_skate And when the in tha woods, an it Degan to wet dark, We enfoyed tie aften er ta| about our club. club and we 1. in the ecighth | SALE CLOSES SATURDAY NIGHT—DON'T WAIT UNTIL THEN ‘ WASH GOODS DEPARTMENT DOMESTICS, LINENS, ETC. .- per Colored Wash Fabrics at Sale Prices Bargains For, the Hosskesgeq BLEACHED TURKISH TOWEL® 22¢ AMERICAN SHIRTING CALICO— T7elvaloe _SALE PRICE 130 "SALE PRICE 2le .SALE PRICE 25¢ 'SALE PRICE 3% 'SALE PRICE 50 HUCK TOWELS ...SALE PRICE 50 'SALE PRICE 7% 'SALE PRICE 8% LINEN TOWELING _SALE PRICE %c SALE PRICE 30c SALE PRICE 35 SALE PRICE 40c HUCK TOWELING REMNANTS Value 25¢ @ yard.........v........SALE PRICE 18 ALL-LINEN TABLE DAMASK .SALE PRICE $2.25 ..SALE PRICE $250 ONE LOT OF SAMPLE TABLE CLOTHS Many good locking clothe which have been slightly soiled in displaying AT ABOUT HALF PRICE MERCERIZED DAMASK SALE PRICE 3% 8% quality SALE PRICE 79 $1.25 quality. . SALE PRICE $1.00 MERCERIZED NAPKINS = Value $1.80 a dozen. .SALE PRICE $1.50 Value $2.40 a dozen. -SALE PRICE $2.00 NAINSOOK IN 10-YARD PIECES One lot of thiz Fine Nainscok valued at $4.90 a piece.... ......SALE FRICE $3.90 LONG CLOTH SALE PRICE 15¢ ‘*————r——_—* 25¢ value 2%c APRON GINGHAM of Amoskeag and Lan- caster- makes..... SALE PRICE 25¢c 33c value. 45c value 5% value PERCALE of fine quality in both light and dark colerings. Yard wide.....SA PRICE 25¢ 42c DRESS PE CALES of the finest grade. A yard wide and in both light and dark col- orings e .SALE PRICE 35¢c 35c OUTING FLANNEL in plaids ripes, checks and SALE PRICE 27¢ 3% OUTING FLANNEL in excellent stripe pat SALE PRI 49: GUTING FLANNEL—the very best quality. A heavy weight and a yard wid SALE PRICE 43c 35¢ and shirts............... «......SALE PRICE 3% 45¢ VELTINA FLEECE—a very fine flannelette in solid colors... St .SALE PRICE 35c 59c MERCERIZED COTTON POPLIN in black and all the best colors.........SALE PRICE 45c 50c quality.. 33c DRESS GINGHAMS in stripes, checks and plaids—also sclid colors...... .SALE PRICE 20c DOMESTIC DRESS GKNG"‘IAIV’9 of the best ade in handsome patterns, value 45¢ a ..SALE PRICE 35¢c picte line of styles and colorings, value 49c— SALE PRICE 3% MADRAS and PERCALE of the finest quali- ty. Two widths—32 and 36 inches. For waists, drgsses and men’s shirts— / SALE PRICE 3% KIDDIE AND ENDURANCE CLOTH of the Value 36c a yard .SALE PRICE 30¢ Value 35¢c a yard .SALE PRICE 29¢ Value 40c a yard .SALE PRICE 33¢c PILLOW CASES IN TWO SIZES Either 42 by 36 or 45 by 36, valued At 42¢ each. +eee....SALE PRICE 35¢ right weight for children’s wear. Colors 3% CUCKLING FLEECE SALE pajge oo 8| IV SiE e San 45¢ EDEN CLOTH in flannel effects, for waists g At 59¢ cach. SALE PRICE 450 woven in— JED, A saLe price 2o | s;;zz'rls As'rYSsPECML SALE PRICES = Q. y ), value $1.75.. . .SALE PRICE $1.50 Wo Shall Feed Germany. |} 45e quality........... SALE PRICE Sl § b % vl €00 ‘SALE PRIGE uies ncle 3 i - GENUINE SERPENTINE CREPE in solid colors 81 by 90, value $2.25. 'SALE PRICE $200 il and kimona designs, value 35c..SALE PRICE 20c | 72 by 99, value $239. ‘SALE PRICE 219 81 by 90, value $250. SALE PRICE 3229 20: COTTON CHALLIES—a yard wide— i 54 by 90, value $1.75. 'SALE PRICE $159 SALE PRICE 25¢ CAMEO LADIES' CLOTH—a yard wide— 35 FLANNELETTE in a good variety of Value 36c. .SALE PRICE 29 Sivless Rl & yardbityide:.: ... SALE PRICE 20c | “Vaiue doc, 'SALE PRICE 35¢ S ONE LOT OF HEAVY BLEACHED COTTON— SALE PRICE - S UNDERWEAR DEP'T. | ONE LOT OF HEAVY BROWN COTTON— HOSIERY AND UNDERW SALE PRICE Clearance Prices Are “Way Down” ONE CASE OF CROCHET QUILTS—MILL SECONDS—hemmed borders and _actually worth $4850. . E e S SALE PRICE $350 ONE CASE OF SATIN QUILTS—MILL SEC- ONDS—hemmed borders and actually worth $5. SALE PRICE $450 COTTON BLANKETS in full bed izrs—your choice of white and tan.....SALE PRICE $450 COTTON BLANKETS in plaids or plain gray— 3 SALE PRICE §7.00 ONE CASE OF WHITE WOOL BLANKETS in full bed size, value $350 a pair— SALE PRICE $7:50 WHITE WOOL BLANKETS Value $11.00 a pair. SALE PRICE $ 9.00 Value $1280 2 pair..............SALE PRICE $10.00 45c BLEACHED DOMET FLANNEL— SALE PRICE 2% INFANT'S COTTON HOSE in black, white or an, of the regular 2%¢c quality..SALE PRICE COTTON H FOR CHILDRE] white stockings in sizes. 5 to 9% t SALE PRICE 35c SALZ PRICE 40c ......SALE FRICE 42c S BURSCN MADE HOSIERY in a reg- ular W\\!Er‘ weight. Biack and white on|y sold rcgu.:uiy for Sold regular for 8 a 2 S BAr ICE 35¢ 'S FULL FASH""\ED SILK LISLE n black o to 10, quality BURSON HOSE IN BRrWZE AND BROWN 65¢ weight Smashing Reductions In Favored Silks SALE PRI’ E 39 HOSE with mock A CROUP OF PLAIN AND FANCY SILKS in values from 69 {5 $1.50 a yard, consisting of WOMEN'S €ILXK seam. Wil We have ttiem in Messalines, Taffetas and Moires in light and black, gray, brown and feld mor Ragu- dark colorings. . -SALE PRICE 5%c lar price $1.35.............--..SALE PRICE $1.15 3-INCH FANCY TAFFETAS in block plaids WOMEN'S OUT SIZE BURSON HOSE with half-white scle. Regular p and stri Value $2.00 2 yard..SALE PRICE 93¢ 35-INCH STRIPE TAFFETAS in handsomo color combinations. A splendid assortment of these $2.00 silks for your choice .SALE PRICE $1.35 PLAID TAFFETA in every desirable solor combi- naticn and all this season’s goods Regular prices $2.00 and $2.25 a yard ..SALE PRICE $145 SALE PRICE 42c FULL FASHIONED OUT SIZE HOSE of black cotton with half-white sole. ulir 85c quality <.....SALE PRICE 63 ILDREN’S HARVARD MILLS UNDERWEAR ALL OF OUR $250 FANCY SILKS in piaids, stripes and figures are cut to the quick— SALE PRICE $1.65 $2.00 SATIN RADIENT in all geod cclors and black. A hich lustre satin with perfect drap- ing qualities. It is 40 inches wide— SALE PRICE $1.69 CREPE DE CHINE in 2 complete lin of colors. Every shade You could desire. It is 40 inches wide— $150 Quality.. -SALE PRICE $1.29 $1.7% Quality. .SALE PRICE $153 FANEY 40-INCH VOILE AND CHIFFON in the ch sold from $150 to $250 a yard ... HALF PRICE 35-INCH TAFFETA IN BLACK ONLY-—- 5 Quality... .SALE PRICE $159 00 Quality...... -....SALE PRICE $1.78 ALL REMNANTS AT SPECIAL PRICES or flee rdir d cottun vests to ther medium weight and dravers, pric 65c to Y5c a garme: SALE PRICES FROM CHILDREN'S HARVARD MILLS WOO! UNDERWEAR—both vests and drav ing the sale we less ¢l c regular pi CHILDREN'S UNION SUIT REGULAR PRICE CHILDREN'S WOOL UNION FROM REGULAR PRICE OF HARVARD MILLS UNDERW MEN. Splendid medium wei and tights of fine cottol Regular sizes—value $1.15. Extra sizes—; , from 87¢ qualities i SALE PRICE 95¢ PRICE $1.15 ue $1 | town meeting| A bill was introduced by Senator c sug Kenyon to promote public buildifigs mittee of whick | throughout the United States, to give 1. Reilly is|work to the unemployed, a = Federal wn of Meriden be | emergeney public works board with ] »ond The money will | $100,000,600 at its to loek used to erect a memorial building [after Federal project another 1. |in honor of men and women who serv- | fund of $300,000,000 to look after state ed in the war. projects.