Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 10, 1919, Page 9

fHE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE Beys' and Girls' Department for Youna Writers. nty on one side of tie nd number the pages. nk. not pencil. ted articles will Do not use OVer of letters onmly e twed Write your name plainly at the ad- the % age and @res: attom of tory. POETRY. THE ENVIOUS ENVIED. By Mella Russell McCallum. |They come down through our alley every day, A'looking like their mothers care. L4heir blouses are so dirty and thei lags, Below their tro } and bare. 4 n't ser-knees, are brown jBut they're going to the docks to dive and swim, ‘Where the water ous and dark, i And you don't have to wear a suit ¢ all, | Amd there tsn't mark. deep and danger- any danger-rope ‘Course Madge and PBob ' swimming, too: My father puts us in the tonneau- seat, 1And we geo to the bathhouse in th park, Where the sand is soft around your feet, and 1 ge and warn. It's safe there, and naughty words, And our parents read, and watch u: from the lawn .And then we ail have sandwiches anc cakes, And play around ‘most_gone, you den't hea: until the sun% *And then we pack our suits in rubbe: (We :m\'r rent those that other peo ple wear)- And climb into the car, all tired and d. Al\:hwhxz home thru the pleasant twilight air iI'm told that T am very And yet, when the come, A'bellering thru our ailey. 1 That for a while I, too a bum. fortunate- dir blouses just wish could he For they're going to the docks to dive and swim, Where the water's desp and danger- ous and dark And you don't have to wear a suit at all, And there isn't any mark danger-rope to THE GARDEN. By Lydia Hall 1 have a lovely garden plot Tt's big and squarc, And lots and lots of seed I've planted there. My garden will he gay 1 take such care 1 dig my seeds up every day To get the air. T know Pve planted 'most a thousand peas, So sweet. vou know; It's hard to ftake good care of these And make them grow. 1 love to see them when Like my bailoon I love to see the little roots Come out =0 soon. they puff There'll be a sunflower And pansies, 100, And sturshians to climb on the wall, And Tarkspur blue. so tall, But many, many seeds I 'slect They -are so small, And these poor little seeds T 'spect Won't grow at all. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. You all know the crow, and per- haps vou kmow no good of him—he steals corn, and sometimes, like the blué fay, robs bird’s nests. The ¢row is of mere importance than the America® Eagte, he helps more than he hinders the agriculturists, and those who study his habits most give Bim greatest praise, though he pofls thetr eorn and spoils their larg- est and ripest watermelons. The crow covers the whole coun- try and is an all-American bird. A hundred years ago they used to be reported in millions where today they are seldom seen by thousands. One flock of a thousand was seen the past winiter in this state. €. €. Abbott, the naturalist, admit that while the crows pull his corn and opoll his watermeions, that he lov them, for they have eaten grubs and young wmiee for ten months in the year, and as he saye have earned their right to toll of good things. “Don't kil them,” says Abbott. “This is not the advice of a crank, but of a farm- er” The erow iz our brichtest an ordinaty crow knows more than a Aufl parrot. They live in commu- mities under disciplinary government. They are acquainted with the bird and tides and play on thin ice, running benders, as do the bovs sometimes to their peril as they cannot fly the starling, holds and it is claimed if one| cannot understand their talk, their ges tures readily understood. Tt is! s2id to he as keen a crow is equal | having a liberal education. | And the crow with its constant| * has a series of notes for oc- al use which are really a son how few of us every think ng? erows arc are as 1 crex iace niee, it : voung W heen a s0 fond of yvoung trange one somert: birds in their nests. Had regular crow habit other yirdsj would long ago have been wip- is not = cat up the garbage, and the leag, fish, etc, on the shores of rivers gponds, and really help to keep the h clean, the air pure and thus pro- ‘ctithe health of man N not kill the crows THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.| Sarah Schatz of Yantie—Mary sc_at Washington. .—Rose |. Barstow of lilltop Boys in Camp. —Louize Leber of Plainefiid - away 4—Raymond Ayer iary. the Refugee. i—Margaret Noseworthy of Hampton| Camp Fire Girls Amid the Snows. 8—Hilda Collin of Plainfield—The :righton Boys in Radio Service. 7—Donna Kinmouth Norwich— s Allies in the Baltic f—Eleanor Dayon slotoreyele Chums Patrol Plainfield— | Bob, of Norwich—| of of the Plainfield— in Northwest LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Donna C. Kinmouth of Norwich—T ‘eceived the prize hook you tled The Dreadnnugho oY s antitled The Dreadnought Boys \hoard a Dest Thank you very nuch sent s me Arline Bennett of Preston—I thank you for the nice prize book you sent mb. T think it is very interesting to| read, and =o do others Theodore Bailey of Goodvear—Please accept my sincere thanks for the dol- lar received. from vou one day last week. Your kindness in forwarding this is greatly appreciated by mother ind myself. Albert Lemoine words to thank which T was something mor of Baltic ou for my pri pleased. I am sending STORIES WRITTEN BY AWAKES. Our Farm. farm consists of being cultivated and t of it is pasture and woads - two hayfields, one six acres the other four acres. There are two cornfields, onc of them ts of eight acres and the other es. We found ecars of field inches long. having 1 of corn from tide top to the tom, and the stalk was 2 1-2 in- ches thick and 8 feet high. We have eight cows, two calves, and two good horses, besides. During summer we had summer soarders and roomers. We mad from them. Some of them w cousins. Around trees, all WIDE- Qur the house there being different Tn the orchard we have trees and about 10 other tered | frees. | In the peach orchard there are 20! trees, which vielded v peaches this | ¥ear. My mother canned most all| of them, except the soft ones, which | we ate We had four acres of buckwheat, which we cut. Some of it was used for feeding the hens, and the rest for | flour ] SARAH SCHATZ, Age 11. Yantic. | | are maple kinds. Mother Nature. Mother Nature the wild flowers. on the rocky Ne is the mother of all Those that grow | England pastures or | those that grow in the green meadows. | Now that soring has come, sh made all her children peep out of th hiding places She has made some of her children come up hefore the others, pusey willow: but they all a chance to see the soon. The trees are putting on their new coats, the bees are buzzing around the birds are building their summer| homes and they sing merrily all the| day. TLe insecis are fiying all about. | All the children love Mother N because when they see the pussy lows they know that she h: all her children and will happy. ture | wil- | aj them | ELFEANOR DAYON, Age Plainfield. Landscape With Mill. The point of land on which the mili | stands is a very pretty spot in Holland. | with its irregular shore, the gentle| slope on which the miller's cattle | graze. Three trees that give shade for | the little children playing under them | heip to make a pretty scene. The small but well built house the canals on which the people their marketing. and there is the church that the people attend | line | With trumpets of Nerwich. do g i A bone, a themselves. 1 bestirred myself and called out to them; asking what the matter was? ‘Come here and we'll tell vou,” they | answered. ‘What they were plawning was a sail- ing trip to an island at the farther end of the lake, about nine miles off. After much - excited discussipn, all the ar- rangements were made. Much 1o our joy and delight. the next day proved radiant. ‘The sky was as blue gs turquioise (as story hooks al- wi say) and the water was ruffled just enough for a good sail. We were up early, of course, and packed the most delicious lunch. It made my mouth water just to think of it. | We started off in high spirits—you object? Well, then; in a sailboat—but wo were nossessed of high spirits any- way, and our companions cheered us on our way In the midst of one of our merriest carryings-on Maude - -stopped short, {wilh a look of dismay on her piquant face. “People | forget b “ she it w was more or less superstitious. look at that black cloud over there. That means a storm’s coming.” Her. dismay: seemed. infectious, for | even the frivclous Court sobered down for just a minute and exclaimed: “We're between the devil and the deep sea. all right! About four miles from the island and fivé from home Then the stornt struck us. It struck] hard, too.. We were tossed up and down, ‘and 1 was scared to death for fear the boat would tip over. Jack lost | hat, Jean's parasol was swept away; but the thing that troubled us | most was when we lost the lunch {hamper. - In one- of the sailboat's ! plunges the hamper slid, tumbled—and appeared! q‘ I made a wild dash for it, miscaleu- lated my landing place, and over the ust of Glasgo Sunday In thg houses the for her large family dren cominz home from hool. The mill towering above, a giant in size, with its great creaking arm go- ing round and round, at the same time the grain is ground into flour. mother is cooki nd for the ch! The miller is standing in the door- | At his giant way enjoying the summer breeze. the same time looking up at windmill. He another windmill that is used to pump the-rain water from the low- lands The dock is seen at wiich steamers rgoes of cora the ich the corn und The water is lapping the skore and {2 the distance . seen a boat with ’ts vinzing in the ores: M. BRI Norwieh A Chicken With a Wooden Leg. Tom and Jack had some little white bantams which were very tame and of which they were very fond. There were fwo of them—a rooster and a hen. Neither was larger than a good- sized pigeon The rooster put and held his head higher than the great Cochin China in the barnyard, and he always managed to he ahead of the latter in getting off the first crow in_the morning. In the winter the children were fond of coasting and they seldom tho starting out withou and T) they had named featf friends. These ch ride. Th led, each holdi r would start ometimes the sled would be sent down, carrying the chickens alone. Tip would gene keen ba ut his mate became frightened and jumped when about half way down The children kept these ¢ over three Ars One ni got into the henhou Some time found a bad Adam, on far more airs their rered kens really seemed to like bovs would get on the his pet, and off to ckens for ht weasel Tom and J the er badly crushed that it could neve f any use, and Adam cut it of! he carefully bound up the stump! a while it got better and he made, as well as he could, a wooden leg which he bound on to the stump. At night they put it up made for it, fastened up in henhouse. T chicken good old age YMOND in a b side lived to is AYER, Age 11 Norwich Charles’ and Agnes’ Little Chicks. come Ve mery » and killed them. i rail I went. I don't remember much after my first splash into the * icy ter, except struggling and battling inst the waves, and then something strong bore me un, and I promptly lost consclousness. Afterwards I learned that Rob had dived in and heroically red me. But we never saw nor heard of the lunch basket again. The summer storm calmed down as ickly as it had arisen, but cold, | shivering, hungry and dejected, we! {sailed for home and comfort as fast warned{ s the wind would carry MARGARET NOSEW was Agnes Agnes and country child Specky. had jus | tle chickens. | Charles came | breath. “What's quired. “On Charles were two little| Their pet chicken, hatched ten cute lit- ail of running, out the matter, now?" he in- look at the 1 she replied “Don’t g0 too near her. Grandpa. “she’ll peck you.” But the children were too happy to liste Agnes and Charles ran to their pet chicken and began to pet her. but before they knew it Specky was up in Charles’ haijr. pecking I head and pulling all his hair out ‘Stop her, Agnes! Take Grandpa, take cute haby | happily ittle )RTHY. Lucy's Dog. is bull dog. white and has a nose, and Sit up an She is stub tail ne white foot: beg for her din- br and and a pu he will iy gnes couldn’t get her off 3l 7S e teased the old|come home ecky's chicks. Im-| Some ti v flew toward Agnes.|Once she but she ran into the house, leaving the | NeT ! old hen scolding behind her | Specky soon got over her | went back to her young ones to them warm, but Charles and |didn’t rush to her to pet her like t again. Afte while Specky let th {touch her chicks, and there really w {loads of fun between the children and | | the chickens. i LOUISE LEBER, Age 11. Plainfield her off my| her off!" he is time for h st ) to meet him into mischief. chocolates while She is very fond likes ice cream she ¥ stole was out 1d she Some t th nes baby's har Some times down street t many friends. She | will sit still just her picture fai- when she is spok- fit | Spring. 1 One spring day 1 | friend in the country I was awakened by | the bluet and | of other I opened my window and looke {‘ could see a s i brook over its stony path ¢ covered so thickly green fol was es was fresh and crowed in the henya mother hen called to her chic | ched the dark, moist my| 21 hrown Y Of | rown and INEINZ | of cat 3 A wo sh nt to visi In mor he shrill cr the merry The color hite. They cat oosup gave tten wa in Pk - kittens are Sy is call t out. | wha econd when T in Her most- | sewing hasket ton, because | sot my with flowers invisible gree Iy {th | Th | al in out aa whipped that wa me my N BOROVICKA N i 0 het It Never Rains But ‘It never Yes, 1 I'm expe then but Molly | he both It Pours. =] now 1 Sded oing to ¢ iences to ma It was fown fotiv Kitte wo eal to you ur kitt W | real to you was Killed und | nothe . | mild word ad—danc- 08 che TH WILC in day the summe; Thursday imong BRAVE MOUSTACHE, THE Pauiine Carrington Bonve turn tonight Blue, : t's my marked Bo; you s children the following you tell m ¥s in the old, history by story it had happe good way you remember Couldn’t you once ten who them w poetry. It wa the rhy S 1 ter, somehow 2 while tell o )h, no,” 4 could not the ve! ne wer ed Poliy ent alon sure to come ldn’t, Boy can’t you ay ou Blu rememt made up though 1 could r for tl time a them your- minut member some verses I Youth's Companion but perh you remen self. i never remember tim. then all the chi d until Polly Fli neac d quiet had rave Moust any- nee out to zh and bright, attaring hoofs of ho Flashing of sabre, ANl under pra ket and lance, soldier oi for naugi Marched a Who ked keep, crust, and a place to sleep; to follow the drum’s rat-a. low degree, but his daily Contented tat Stockin hat— Just happy and A soldier to be! less, shoeless, without coat or free He was not handsome; he This humble lover of But the pleasant look in face in the scldier his faithful ey W Spoice the words that he never couid For alas! he was dumb 'Mid the babel and hum! lacked of nd drum his honest Won hearts a place, And wonderful When he drummer > flag bea “Saddles and ers all lift- armor | DOG SOLDIER OF FRANCE ed to hear, in the grenadier, Without cc What cared wishe 1 ve | : ! The f was the hat for that? Iben the captain rode Iy d What name for sword or s silence till Jaco cried up and smiling the soldier withou the drum- , my captain. “F down no name 1 sol everyone | hrown | as a flash— Mous s name i che!” Ani down forme desperate plight Austria 1 poke arce out ' 1 | | | neld tig mirror— ind v and | ndj And the guards cuffie and crash! An action so gallant, so wise a bold Deserves prompt promot che shall now hold nk of a corporal, my nadiers, were ILDA OLLIN. Soldier. told he 1 Tom t soldier The Colonel WS swered by cheers As cockade and sash Were tied on Moustache went off to | white he ol } AhetpfolRemedvor ¢ *Gonsfil’alioniagdm:m‘”“ i shnes' g ““d’u li,e;esroF SLEEP 1 resatting terefrom-inlo17 | ¥ paosinite Signatareof Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Thirty Years GASTORIA THE GENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORR OITY. where he was mother and He had had | not care heart ha had won joyfully friends leg shot off 10w because th victory 187 a the Plainfield. T.ast Qucks. My cou drak istma w > was very all over we to 100 They cents. per T had i 18 very alive. I toc nge mium, He W {ar My dozc 85 « 1 dt ing the I ra ira_ones ge Now 1 goose, Donna's Ducks. eck T 3 wrote will isin from nt Pai two s pre years re ver | wer dfour duck 1o one ov re and to the Nor him f: and received since lot of for the n 00l| Rooms 18-13_A welcomed by ho| - Wednésday | tertainment evening there was no en- program. but business d entire evening, anted demits gnd haing considered. moving the goods of Roson_ left Brookly! March' 29th, for Wi got as far as Nellie by Sunday night, the Center by Monday hey could proceed /no »ods were unloaded and 1 teams. Mr. Roson el at that place. ing van belonging ed at the Cen- It bad moved a to Virginia and s on the return trip, Pa.. to Colum- beinz Pomfret. o from Middle- but arriving no farther on m of the road. re Robinson to Columbia th a pair of ived the own the he for family named ation the weel €lin Remedy sand of Oils that Has Stood the Tests Lotion for Skin Disease | Dic. A J.SINAY YT E\ETTST WAMWIR e Building, Norwisk Phers 1177-3 River Line CAPE COD crtation Co., Ine. North and Tuesday. § p. m; Norwich soon brought e tr 11i his might ind mud up to his knees Dut not care for fighting Old Glory.” All for w. 1 the ~ iTun sound, tor: He had a tintype of h his heart. One day a bullet way to him struck . the but it did not ihe picture there while ted And zreat was hig joy. I day they fgned the armiistice. A few months more for him ‘in France and he was on his way home down to R ‘twould fill 2 hi his brave deeds he ved the French flag before cannon and lance— Fetched baskets of bread 5 wonnded and sick ands of G quick And then how From t nands of poleon. read in: zical glanc “To Moustache, of France! —Boston Transcript. book to ; How N he car nice d to |on e = made the W iption with a quiz- Brave Dog Soldier and | : mother over | 1 or other harm =n Pur i druggist: titutes end as uch conditi tism 3 vn as The Aspirin Of nd recommended s—hoxes of 12 tablets; ts; bottles of 100 tablet