Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 14, 1919, Page 8

4% Rules for Yeung Writers. 1. Write plainly 5 and Do i3 gx::n’"m pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over ¢ Griinal stories or letters only] [ %flh your dress plaimly at the bottom of the story. POETRY. The Prisoned Pupil. She kept him aftur skool when awl the burds ‘Were singen swetely in the woods an RS cricikets fddling ' the temperature is on one side of the|below 65 degrees; and when you dothe ‘temperature i3 above that point. .These crickets have a fddle-bow upon their. front wings which they draw across their hind wings to' make their - music. The female is not a - fiddler, she is a quick Interpreter. of = the sounds we Lear in the grass. / THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Jane Fellows of Was! D. Fire Girls® - and C.—Camp- Pranks. 2—Gladys ‘Arnold of Norwich—Six wurds Kood not deskribe his sufferens, theiy o, "Bunkers at Cousin Tomm's. air Was full uv olossoms an the urth was are Ecksept to himm, becawse he did not no His jogafy she wood not let him go. An when he burd us cloas the dor the teers Rolld down his cheeks menny yeers In just a singul owr, it was like sum Old torchure ur sum krewel martur- dum. . an / he liva How kood he study when he noo that we zoen gayly homewurd glad an free Wile he was kept a prizzuner becaws He did nét no ware venna zweela was. An when he thot uv how weere ap Were too go In swimmen aftur skool his greef an wo Was almoast moar than he kood bare an yet She sturnly kept hi not let Fiim leev his seet altho he felt he must An so she bowed his spearut in the au An aftur wile when its too late to play She lookt at him in sutch a skornful way Aztho he was a minle an sed He mite go home, his proud and hotty| hed Was bent with greef and he went lowly owt The skoolroom dore and then lookt| awl abowt tho releest from prizzen an the brand i on him was moar than he kood stand. And he went sloiy homeward bowd shaim. the krimes dun in thi natm.; By JAM . FOLFEY, Author of “Boys and Gi Marjorie’s Feast. have a piece of nice Bit of lobster salad, 3 take your ceffee strong and clear?” Much more T heard behind -the maple tree About ice cream, and caramels, and cake. 3 “What careless mothers entered > air, of clean DICOTT MAREAN. UNCLE JED'S) T;LK TO WIDE- AWAKES. vou all heard black and who was talle before the | have 1t T suppose t—the and gra fiddle; hoppers and and | from the time he is heard fiddiing for his mate, frost come to of foliage and to p the crop: which a touch of frost ripens, like the apples and the grapes and the nuts. The time of the Fall cricket's fid- g is hedged in by ten degrees of temperature, and he isn’t heard when the thermometer is below 65 degrees or above 75 degrees. His musical per- ormances are so attuned that to those acquainted him he is a living hermometer and they can tell from | dotind of his fiddle within a degree | or two of the temperature. He is now | sounding two notes. but he has 10 or 12 on his list. He 'has ealling notes, love motes. warning: notes ‘tallel The American ‘sports fizht roosters, he Spanish bulls and the Chinese lets, and there is no conilict set up fiercer than. that of in a rage of jealousy—the victor tears his cnemy limb from limb. The Chinese place the crickets in a slass lar with a female, and the ‘ri- vairy of the males calls ‘immediately ‘Qusy as intense as that shown by any other creature. STORIES ton, Virginia, December 28th, 1856. He graduated at Princeton University in devote himself as teacher and writer, mainl polit! and political e and of his life which hie spent as a College he zave evidence of marked ability a: admin‘strator. her cousins. Lcalled, had taught her “No, dear,” she * it is o half past five and nothing like time for breakfast, yet. - That was just Polly| and battle; again did she the . crickets | for a’ fierce battle backed by a Jjeal- | | pleasant ride. Now when you do not . hear - mine coi Ii you are embarrassed by a pimply, Biotchy, unsightly complexion, try Resw tOintment and R esinol Soap regularly or 2 week and see if they do not begin‘to fnake a biessed difference in your skin. the | reached Norwich I found it was much | smaller than - Providence; esinol 3—Blanche Fournier, of.Baltic—The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore. 4—Lena |. Gleave, of Plainfield—The Bobbsey Twins in the Country. name, age and ad- |Sounds of love and waraing.' 5—Jennie. Lifschitz, of Uncasville— Tom, the Teléphone Boy. b 3 6—Sophie Gaska, of Jewett City—! rt. ' Tom Slade on a Transpo: 7—Jennie Lemoine, of Voluatow: - Tom Slade With -the. Celors. 8—Katherine Taylor, of Town—Campfire Girls' on the Road. < The winners of prize bosks livi;. the city may. call at the Bulletin i. iness office for them at any hour . ter 10 a. m. on Thursday. ) LETTERS OF ACKNDWLEDGMEP{T.E Mary’s Birthday, by Florence Fei- lows of Washington, D. C. Sephie Gaska of Jewett City—I Te-| ceived the prize book yvou sent me and am very thankful for it and also for Maurice H.. Buckléy' of “Norwich—I teceived the prize book amd I thamk you very much for it. - I hepe to win more. ‘ Ruth S. Tracy of Richmond, Vi.— Thank you very much for the prize book entitled The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House. joyed it very much. Jennie Lifschitz of Montvifle—T re- ved the prize bock you sent me Fri-| entitled Miss Malcolmn's Ten. you very much. I have read it! d it was very interesting. I thank . Harry Morse of Norwich—I found the prize book entitled The Boy Avia- tors in Africa very interesting, and I am going to work for another. Yvonn Harpin of Baltic—I received the prize book and was very glad. I started to read it as soon as I got in, and think it very interesting. I thank you very much. WRITTEN . BY WIDE- WAKES. i Woodrow Wilsen Woodrow Wilson was born at Stan- 1879, and took the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at John Hopkins Univer- sity in 1886. He practiced law for two years, but gave it up in order to jurisprudence, and After serving as professor of history| later at Wesley hie was apooint; and Politics at Prince- 1290, 2 became prestdent of Princeton University, a position _in which he remained till 1810, when the peopie of New Jersey made him sover- nor. But before the ena of his term of office he was elected president of the United Stat During that part number of e in the field He of w wrote a ich wi Professor. vers governor of New Jersey, ty-eighth presi- dent of the United States in 1913, Durinz the great Worid ~War, h did much for the rights and demo: atic fealinz of the world. HARRY SCHATZ, Age 13. He be Tantic. Polly’s Joke On Marcia. Marcia was spending the week at who owned a parrot “Polly.” She’ was a brizht bird and Isibelle ny things to One moining Marcla was wakened | by a call: “Come to. breakfast!” it_really be time for breakfast.| Marcia £a'd . to herself,” the not even up.” She started to get dressed, but her unt ITZate heard her moving about 2d s who It was farcia answi Tt is T ed. the maid saying that breakfast was| O get one.” ready.” Aunt Kate laughéd tal ngz.” Marcia went back to bed very gzlad that it was enly Polly, and mistake Polly’s voice for the maid’s. JANE FELLOWS, ‘Washington, D. C. Age 13. Her First Visit to Norwich. Last Thursday I came to Norwich for the first time. My mother went to the train with me and after waiting many minutes the train started. My uncle met me at Plainfield with | h's auto. We started along thel smooth roads and I found it a very We_ passed many mills to Norwich. When we on .the way but much prettier. If I lived: in Norwich ¥ would like to live in Norwich Town, it is so old and historic. T can see, now why they call Norwich, “The Rose of New Eng- land.” One of the trips T have enjoyed is the trip down the Thames river to Ocean Beach. The river is very pretty as it winds in and out hetween the hills on both sides. _When we studied about the Thames river in school I didn't realize how pretty it was. e have planned manv other rides which I know will be very enjoyable. GLADYS ARNOLD, Age 12. Norwich. Churning Under Fire. So much that has ‘been told about the war appeals to lovers of animale, more especially the dogs and horses: but the stery told by a recent visitor to the war base is of much interest. Outside many cottages in northern France a wheel some six feet in dia- meter may be seen fixed into the wall, the purpose of which seems rather puzzling, even after one has seen a dog enter it, and set it continually revolving for about an hour. At the other end of the wheel's axle, inside the dwelling room, a churn is fixed, whick is filled with milk évery morning and always at the same mo- ment the diq arrives. steps into th wheel, causes it to revolve its need- |. ful- hour, steps out when the hour is | wheels: to the came they. stepped into I'and began to furn them. At a corner of wheels could Le seen. each of them when: the action was at its height, crumbling about . the men who were trying to defend them. But the brave dogs went on as though nothing were happening. The~fragmefnts of a rhell struck one of the wheels and all but put it out a splinter of spoke acting of action, as a brake against the wall. The dog They smoke. news, ring - the - bells, from the mill sounded. “At school tie excited children rang the bells, dows, thine: Mucih nsise was ' made and no one | really knew why théy were making it. ! While all this was' goin: | pone explain tio: the _people glad; of the great I | house. =l B er | néssible. did Deolly. leonards. Jjoy the fraits of his-labors the prize in drawing which I recéived|return in the evenin; thare an Wco@} some time ago. ) Early one mol the They to dogs. the the market. place taree .such A dog was ‘in and the. houses stopped in_amazement. but then, see- z the. other dogs stiil at work, set himself to overcome his dificulty and finally succeeded by making bounds upon g bullet hit him and he fell dead without a groan on the floor of his wheel. A few moments-later one of the other houses was hit, and both dog and wheel disappeared with it. The third dog completed his churn- ing, trotted out of his w_l;ng;e! ané noth- ing more was seen of Hi several nis cal SOPHIE Jewért City. The Last Day of Scheol. At the X GASKA, Age 15 My After the: 'On the afternocon of Nov. 11, 19% about 3 .o’clock a moise was heard, it was the gong of 4 mill from a near town. cited for mone knew what it. meant. Fveryone thought .it was a large fir: imagined they saw' flames and Automobiles seem to shoot by, going toward the other town. Every- onc was in suspense. ing from. ene hou At once the people became ex- and looked from. the win- at the same tife message Wwas ar. JENNIE LAMOINEAge 12! Voluntown. 2 Deliy’s Playhouse. Louise -asked.Dolly :“Where?" Dolly did not.say anything but took her to the-chicken' coop which is in back of the house. : Louise took: a.good look at it and afterwards said it was too dirty. Dolly ran down to the house and. got They swept it as clean as Then they washed the floor. Then the windows, which was all to be done. : Touise got her playthinss, and so Theéy arranged them as could, and .the chicken coop twas afterwards. cailed “Dolly’s plzy]!;;‘use " broom. nice as thev CHE FOURNIER, Age 11. Baltic. Our Trip to Rocky Point. ‘We went to Rocky Point Friday, the There was a party of eleven of us and it took two. automobiles. Vi < 4 When we got to Rocky. Point the first thing we did was to have our .dinner. After dinner we took a stroll down through the midway and there we saw the cutest. caze of trained Thelr ‘trainer made them walk on a sreat big ball that was to represent. the earth, ride in an auto- mobile, get up in high’ swings and swing, and to play dead. After that we had ice cream; water- melon, then cnjoved the rest of the sights. 3 ‘When we returned to the auto it was most time to go hume. way when one aute had/a’ blowont and our men folks had to get out and fix, We_ ‘hardly zot started when the other had to. follow suit. After beine stopped for ‘about an hour; we started once more. . ... > 3 The first town'we ‘came to, as we Fourth .of Jnl: in .an auto. were all very thirsty, we stopped and had lce cream. Aft more bad luck' and :enioyed minute of the ride till -we got home day. > LENA IDA GLEAVE, Age 8. Plainfield. . Jitn's ‘Return. auite tired, but happy,.after a jovtul ud i of -Jim, their ever, he was rell | =ented him with the est. one. bt ‘. The nal:hbv"{ r BT while 'the latter told| | fruit. The old man died in a few when they . 2 ‘regiment of Huns was marching that way unex- pectedly and began to ehow their in- telligence by pouring ‘a hail of shells on the village, stripping . or converting them into liitle mounds of ruins, before the unfortunate inhabitants ‘had - time to get ready for defemse. I have read it,and en- think of afixing the churns But that made. no_difference When their busy hour wheels roofs did not the were A shrapnel £ School an ‘easy A -sentente was ich each child had to make -a. paragraph. 3 The Cause Was Soon Ex) were written, we had to recite them: and this' ome was. mine: People were zo- . to another for then all the peopie began to and- the large gong imagining on a tele- received which ed’ the cause of this ¢ommo- It was something that made all for it was the end | them, yrun, when the gypsy said: One’ day my cousin Déily and her riend Loujse were looking for a play- They looked all over but could not find any.. After looking a while heara | Dolly said to Louise: “I know where | they |and bezan We rode half|one was that he had bought. that we had no every Tewest and shini hearing of his H Z e solpboy Male o Sl A ety out camp and trench life. Len. .| joyed the stories immensely and urged' for more and more. They ¥ e all When‘evenlng came 1o * Norwich. The Queer Looking Old House. There was once unon a time a very old man who lived in a queer looking old house. He was very lonely because | all_of his’triends were dead. On the other side of the road lived a rich man _ and his wife. Then he learned that there was a very old man lving in the next e. So one day he took a basket of things that he thought the old mar might enjoy. Among these things was & lit- tle bank with a ten dollar bill in it. The old man gave the boy some nice months. The little boy grew up and was mar- ried, and where the old house was standing a new one is now In its place. | His wife one day was makiig a, flower bed, and she found the'bank.| all covered with dirt and rust. In it: they found a handfail of bright zold dollars. They polished the bank and it was as new as ever, and the flowers grew up well and had prettw blossoms. = RUTH WILCOX, Age 9. Plainfield. Our Club. Our club consists of ten girls. Mrs. Meade and Mrs. Dart are at the head. We have four officers: President, vice president, secrctary and treasurer. I am secretary. We have our meetings evening at half past seven. can and sew. We cowed cooking caps and aprons. We also made slips. Last meeting we baked oatmeal cookies. . TWe entertained the Uncasville club Saturday afternoon.. We played such games as My Grandmother Likes You, Cat and Mouse, Fruit Basket,, Fish, Beast and Bird. After a while we served Jemonade and cookies. We have a great deal of fun at meetings. As soon as we come we get our sew- ing things, or our cooking utensils, and we get down to work. We have a merry time talking and working. After a while we fold up our sewinz and put away our nots and pans, xnd the president calls the meeting to or- der.” We talk over what we will do| next meeting. Then we play games for .a while and the mestinz adjourns. JENNIE LIFSCHITZ. Montville. £ 1ittle. My Trip to New Yeork. my mother received_a. letter from my aunt saying that she would like toifast asleep. spend tlie summer vacation with us. e were very glad to have her come.|a rabbit's, and She stayed here the whole .summer|'was changed into a rabbit and he saw and when she hiad to go home she took /o boy come over the hill with a_stick to chase him. sprang . up, me along with her. I was waiting for the day to come when we should leave, as I never wa there vet, At last the happy day ar rived. My father took us to New Lon- don. Yye zot on the boat, walked around and then went to bed. . The rtide was very good and T en- joved it immensely. T gzot up early in the morninz. We ot off the boat and went to my aunt's house. We stayed there a week .and then went home. I went home with - my cousin’s friend. We went up to the restaurant and had supper. I.then went to bed. I got un' early next mornins.’ My father met us by the car. When 1 came home T saw my sister who.iwa: away anl TDA LIFSCHITZ. 1 summer. Uncasville. Ruth Standford and The Gypsies. One fine day Ruth took Helen, her sister, for a walk in the woods. It was a warm day and they were tired, and sat down. Suddenly. in back of they heard the bushes cracklé and. turning around. they saw a Zyp- woman: % erc frightened, and started to “Children, I see that you are tired and hungry. Come with me to our camp.” Then she took the children with her and started to the camp. - When arrived Helen was frightened to cry. Then the Gypsy pushed them into 2 dirty looking car- {avan and gave them something to.&at. Then she showed them a place to sleep. so they laid glown and went to sleep. Ruth had slept two hours when she awakened with a start, and setting on the floor, with a pearl necklace in front of her was the EYDSY. Then. the gypsy went out and a| gypsy bor darted in. “Little missie,” he said, “meet me at 12 tonight and darted away. Then Ruth yent to sleep. At mid- ht Ruth ‘awoke, took Helen in her arms, and went to the door. Out- the gypsy boy- he caid, and they went off into the darkness. Spddenly they saw a bright light and_running toward it they saw it was Ruth's father. He | tookk them home,” got the police, got the gypsies, and the g¥psy boy turn- ed into an American boy. and they lived happily ever after. 3 JANE CARRUTHERS, Age 13. New London. A Story of a Monkey. : A ‘father and son Wwent:tolthe .eir- cus. They wanted to go early so they could spend plenty of time looking at the animais. They had ' been all] around the menagerie. and had seen the lions, the tigers, the’ hippopota-| face. mus, the giraffe.. the elephants ani camels and all the other creatures. Last of all they came to.the mon- key cage:; there was a larger crowd, there. than anywhere else, and eve: one was amused at.the antics of Thex were .chasing one ah- | the “cage, vlaving other about forming in all kinds of ways. T The father had_a bag. of bananas He took ome oigt of the bag and held it close to the cage. Some .of the other monkeys Pestntiots, Invalideand The Original Food-Drink for Al For Infants and Children Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria For Over Thirty Years GASTORIA party at the ! 3 35 CENTS tried to get it, but the boy's father R D Rt would not zive it to them. Finally ‘the boy said, “Let me give one of the bananas to them what they will do?” Monday | handed him one from.the bag. We cook, | monkey reached for it with one paw, buts the hoy moved it further away but after a while -he gave in, and let the monkey have it ‘The moukey took it and went ani sat himself on a ghelf in the corner of the cage. pulling the skin from it. Ghost. | He did look like a funny little man, ¢s -were almost like hands. The mobkeys even have thumbs oniy Monlkeys are more like people than any other ani- mal, but yet they are a long. long way HARRY BE. MORSE, Age 12, The bov's father to tease him, CANTERBURY PLAINS Mr.-and Mrs. Herman Shultz aud, 1155 Grace Dawley Conrad Grabbe have returned to Ad-| WoI° In Provide pending a few days wih| v 5. P. Sabin, er of New disén - after fand his_pa n; his brothers, A. B. Hicks and Cl Hic Weller of New Yo laay at the home of Fred Richmond in iting the latter's, sister, Td. Eastland. ’ of Providence visiting his parents. Gertie Hansen has who has be=n visiting in weeks; returned home Saturday night. nd" Mrs. Harry Cooley are en passed the ex The Rabb lived on .a farm to_go to work James Green {the country with his uncle. who had some rgbbits which he gave tertaining their sister and her family from New York. Several from the Plains atten James liked to chase | with -a_stick | summer JiNes got a tae rabbits. One day in ck and. began * After he had Ore day at the bezinning of summer | chased them he was tired so he laid himself under a tree and was, soon As he slept he dreamed | that ‘his ears ‘were growing lan is. feet short, how glad he was |to see that he was not changed into a rabbit, and after that James did not e rabbits any more. MICHAEL OSEEP, Age 10. To the Field of Corn. T'is_the neighbor's boy that I speak He's about the size of my lad. PBut mine knows a dad’ t While he is lonesome and sad, his great brown eyes sparkle of life's And 'my lad is zall mis- my boy is first of all. Thislad I held dear to me, Edch morning he's up, the dew stifl on the grass and moss, and he whistles a merry tune, while he gpes and wat- He comes back soon | to .drive the cows to pasture. where ‘théy’ll stay for the rest of the.day, then llke 2 man, with his hoe on his shoulder—I * watch him walk ] The Steamer Nelseco I Will Make Sunday Excursion to Ocean Beach every Sun- ‘during the season, leaving the Railroad dock at foot of Market Street, at 10:30 A. M. and arriving at the Beach at 12 o’clock. Returning leave Beach at 5 o’clock and reach Norwich at 6:30. This is a brand new boat with Deisel Engine and ample accommodations for 600 passengers. FARE 40c EACH WAY. In the path 'meath the Flm tree he and -stares in Then the running stream he to the path that enters the *Tis on and on, to the field of corn where he spends the rest of the day, .when' he longs: for evening to so the hoe can be put when he comes back home at sumset, He is no more the same, for his shirt is wet with the sweat that. the hot sun brought when it came. tles n6 more the merry song. He whistlgd when he for he comes back home all tired and Woin by the hard work of the day He'll rest for the night and then in| the morn, he will return to the field of went away ALMA CHARTER, Age 16. Willimantic. “l Can Stir ItI7 “Please cbok, let me stir it?” “Oeh, no. Miss, you couldn't cook. V. Esther thought she ¢ould, but didn’t tease. A few hours later Esther came into the kitchen again. On the table the same big bowl same stuff the cook stirred. Cook nowhere to .be seen. In a jiffy Esther was on a chair with the spoon in her hand. she said to herself & easy .enough. . She had been back in the sitting- room awhile ‘when the cook appeared THE HOUSEHOLD SEASONABLE GOODS FOR GARDEN Rakes, Hoes and three and five prong Cultivators. Italian Grape Hoes. Planet Jr. Wheeled Hoes, Cultivators, Plows and Seed- HOME Two and three burner Oil Stoves, wick or.wickless. “T can stir it” She stirred till she Ovens—one or two burner. Toledo Steam Cookers. and Pyramid t rats for there's a ghpoon in it “Mrs. Barden was going to say, who could it e, when she spied Esther's It ‘was very red. { “Esther, child, did you sponge for ‘her bread?” Asbestos Toasters. Full line of Pure Aluminum Sprayers—hand and knap- isturb cook’s asked Mrs. -“Mamma, I.didn’t see any sponge and bread” answered Esther. “but I stirred something in a big-bowl. Arsenate of Lead and Bor- deaux Mixture, Black Leaf 40. Galvanized Watering Cans. Garden Hose. Coolc said 1 nd 1 could stir it.” -Mrs.. Barden conyinced Esther ‘that it wasn’t wise to touch -anything- in the kitchen without cook’s permission. Bsther told cook she was sorry she had. made her.so much_trouble. . NE TAYLOR, Age 14. Pyrex: Oven Glass Ware. O:-Cedar Dusting 'and Pol- ishing Mops and Polizh. Electric Flat-Irons, Paints and Varnishes for all purposes. " The Househoid Bulletin Building 74 Franklin Street Telephone 531-4