Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 4, 1919, Page 8

| NORWICH BULLETIN. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 4. 1919 ' : ¢ fHE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE Boys’ and Girls’ Department : B s ~ Roles Tor Young Writers. Brd. I have read if and found It very | L Write plainly on one side of the interesting. i paper onls. and number the pages. Louise Leber of ' Plainfield—i sgive % Tse pen and ink, not pencil You my very best'thanks for the beau- T Seo- “na pointed articles will | {iful prize book 1 have won. It is the | Se giver prercrence. Do Dot Use @Ver | Most interesting book T have won as e D Thanks again. = Rt B TOricinal stories or letters only A ; ! Sand Hill M“dnwd <ed. £ o Grant M. Tde B R ie your mams, age and ad- WRITTEN. BY - WIDE L U R Associaty Professor of Jonrnaliem AWAKES. Mother's Vacation. Two children were talking merrily e r- as they walked home from their school| ©ight name for it. "It is pignic. making beits like the wou oldest one, May, said to her sis-| used to make in Jrench ho . D - rances: “Oh, Frances won't we| Solomon's knot (Fig. rm—God bless her! un all vacation staying Wwith| mocethon the oid-fashiane heerful face nt Mary. No old books to study, and | i e that irips from Rer TOsy| no dishes to wash or wipe.” . . | Jib R0 Curds run thicus (Lrances thought a minute and sald: | 1'% . S jORF €ONCE 1O i i The University of Wisconsin y its callec] e prother once ‘received for hi: Away that's the | o X TP CT raitroad with tin track ke Lot for | SOV S Tun by a spring,” said cle Bob, “zut he was stingy with it ad anvway it only had three cars. jecided to make myself a better one. nd so 1 elected myself president of he Sand Hill Railroad and built a line « heap better than his because 1 had at the bottom of the| POETRY. T™E GIRL OF THE FARM. - . Dunham O'Neil W RSt s we shall have great fun, but| & chair and praciice tying 1| iozens of cars and engines and lots of miling, ou think mamma looks rather| fore sfarting the belt. = B fos S Sheary— Tpd and she never has a vacation?( To tie the first half of the knot (Fig My railroad was buil in a sand hiil { and cheery Al she thinks of is ours, but we| 1), hold the two middle cords firmh | 2% T4 T80 W28 SO0l ' ZagtG am e girl « Doyer think she needs one. You are| between the thumb and finger. Pass the [ 1500 SN 000G G X 00E RV \aone as % ,| thirteen and T am nearly twelve. We/| left.] n i acros - A 3 bless her! | could keep house for & week or twas| o Gpang cord down, under, and acros: | well, but the hill was bigger and offercd nds and let her go to Aunt Mary's” e o el e e A more engineering problems,—bridges At first Mary’s face looked stub-| ;.cf Pass ilic right-hand cord down tn-§ yypnels, cuts, culverts, and what not s et sz’ her| der_the left cord, up over the middlc | \ni°Very time it rained. most of the d for vacation. but saon it grew| 2¢S, and through the loop. Pull i | jne washed out and [ had the fun of again and tke sparkles came| lght. Adet ol building it again. o her eyes.” va| cne, second half s the same. but i | Ty cars ad enigines were very sim- r you, Frances. sai the reverse direction. he leit-hand They i \fay. You are always looking to help| cord (now on the right) goes down | T g 1S had no wheels, but simply else. Mumma won't want| under, and across. The right-hand corc our vacation, but it world of good. Sel " Kner . IOWE he girls told their moth-| SAlomons Joo o ir plan, and no happier girls| < coul found as Frances and May DA il and harm were when they eaw the joy in their R ve her rmother's face at the thoughts of a fon at Aunt Mary'e. b making someone else happy, | ) were made happy themselves. Half-tied JRINNE E. BURCESS, Age 13. anon Not Asleep But Busy. ! vou think I am asleep, I not written for so long; but I am awake, taking care of my gos- and chickens, and T am eding her milk out| Her name is Molly. | le time going berrying. s and get 20 cents & (now on the | ) comes und ap, over, and through the loop. —with thé _“Wénder Oven”’ THE MOST PERFECT COMBINATION OF CONVENIENCE, EFFICIENCY, AND TIME-SAVING WHICH THE EEVER ASL S} WLY. BOWN, sive- HOUSEWIFE HAS EVER KNOWN n of an Old Prayer. | Vith each four cords. making an cven slid on flat bottoms made of t! Ing the burner in position to heat the A s S B bl PR e iy | ) EFSFSRTSSS GAS OVEN, COAL OVEN, IN ONE ONE row of three knots | track I nail€éw sarrow flanges on the friend visiting me and I a little time playinz. rait as long again| ing learned the knot. the easy. To make a belt 1I% inc! i earned almost $15 so far. | | wide "MOUTH, Age $. place was the ! 4rop the and make an_even 1 “wero thoughtrulty | (Fig. 4). Continue untll the belt is | bottoms of the cars. The boiler oi Zil i 5 i tronte s | omplete, 5 5 “acl engine was a piece of candle with il OAL, wood or gas may be used, or either of the first, E tr}p ‘d"d, knlml Finish by dropping successively two _:udc_k h:fadlxght. cgc.‘,hsm < into it TS(‘ | | i combined with gas, to secure any required degree of heat. afrald in the| cords on each side until the belt ¢ bodies of some oi the cars werc made | 3 The oven is always 1 : 2 . or was mot o {27000 T e Tenat i the middie” | oF Gigar-box wood: ofhers of patte. | { | i The oven is always ready; can be heated to the desired tom i 2 mile be-| 7y g fancy colored cords, and a | board with windows cut in them. “They | perature at once; food is beautifully done — on time; there i Fanie; genuity, any girl can make a belt | Were coupled together with brads and | : - b / are no complicated parts — no guesswork — no trouble. Simply one it her o hopping bag, | 10795 of string. stad OO o comra B can B paRe Fhe ;«‘ne.— adic v days' work T had a | s push of the lever does it all. Truly a miracie of helpfulness to the hes B e Gy e pEn * | whole round-house full of engines and | me as 2 be R e Ticry ind of car T ever taw on 2 ral SHOWING BURNER i pesiien ‘e modern housewife. Send for the new illustrated booklet. 4. e road—even & wrecking cranc. ran e oven 15 nz wi L R Bk M s stk recy | EROILER AND DRIF PAN. The Magee National is very compact [enly 46 Inches aver all] ; it Is excep- . > | duy brought some new engineering feat ticnally handsome, easily kept in order and cleanly to operate. Trimmed t Hleating Hatee.n| 0,0t D sput o threughout in white enamel.~ Glass or plain iron oven doors if desired. k: fasits e ]vu cylhc wmtt;'bl moved the whole | " 2 s W he couidnt selll rilroad into the basement and ran it | ” T enough apart to let the flanges run be e A Friend in Time of Need. send away seer eze are many peagie who Gespise | Hother < § { tveen them. Then T had the fun of MAGEE FURNACE CO., Inc., BOSTON. MASS. d treat them badiy, ‘but > liad g « treated decently. and t bow upset iel, us in cases of ove B s 1 switches and crossings. | (B \ the Lath Railroad was a! fun as the Sand Hif | X dog aets muc i ; i 3 RAISING THE LEVER, lifting the hor= SHEA & BURKE o = v entirsly out of the wav, tet wse wish 5% A : mcnal ar wood fire— THIS AUTOMAT~ Norwich, Conn. owned sed doge and | e dog writ er seal- | or the | ure about one o'cl and soon had pails full. | \bout four o'clock we started for home v cousin and 1 were thirst ich Z © was no re ink until we & be = 55 me from the s our surprice N n o+ t by 2 man who meant t ood. cold water. doz saw the man, drink we wa kmow we j e s in his hands .We were ve ways ever balances w ached the m half way home, o 1ing ¢ would be & Foo: B e e g as it was . onlyf TR the rana Tempes YANTIC L ba - Always the et : t et R ctopher Hansen has been cut-| i =il i started to wad her e went t t i z v G e come larga ears of sweet corn,! Bosto a rocky bed and we t dini Nogy the wind ew | weighing a pound and a quar-|as th imes. Every step we srec “of appl H of them eighteen oun ot : rose higher and high ic began orwich attracied many : = 2 was so deep we had to swim. g e Seh) fatloTwad A s hard, and at cloc two | 1 swimmn with one hand and | of the ¥ €8 e Y . e e N houzht the | - bnies 1 droppe olate and e e o 1 SUNGe . 1ekmed & cow | a busing Louls in ‘the in- 2 ard and and soon they were | tin'‘the 2 truck a large elm | terest of Telegraphers than any |« lown the st 1 up on decik !} | union. “He spent in’ Toronto 1 finally ol As 1 came up| T e e nder was not | with his. parents, Mr. and Mrs, Thom- | y : . 2 long but drenched. When | ihe orci Vs resting, and a big iy S at the. lightning was dread: [ i< Gibbs. = c s p home we Lad a good deal |t man Cello und 4 jolly smile e totm| Mrs. Alma Rudelph has returned to| Saturday because evening ‘and start-| I CRAMER, Age 10 | of telling about our experien | calica oyt and join the o o our e again and | her.home dfter.a month’s stay in Now| o B Noewiah Tave atter going to, Norwich That night we went to own and sold | chestra, i Hacd about 4lo'- YOI il a5 i ‘ f Al — {our berrie | ! did ne ) any as wey Mrs. Edwar olier, » s Wi, 1y y her recen i r father and broth- A Patriotic Rob GLADYS ARNOLD, Age 12 this at | been spending several months in town| win B s 39 1t t and soon we rere o S ed, and 1 repli Rl MO 19, | left Saturday for Dalton, to spend X . un. - Bathing outfits were| sunme 28 SRy noa) R e i to. sir, but T < CARL A. 'KINMOUTH. 2 everal weeks with her parents, Mr. 1 n dv'm’;.z:f f suotflh:;.wm_r r‘u}c» Gl The Walk. | music on my violin.” oERch. ot N }and )n.; an’w— .\d‘r;m—. . y is about us in a § ere | Eeix hui Two of my friends and T were tak-| At this they al o | Miss Ruth Bachelder, who « ved untll 6, ard then came back | BOMe, Included among ¢ ing & wall: one lovely May da e o A Cat That Came to My House. | eponding several woeics in etk $i oG R TR e When we werc about a mile from | some time ago e e e cp L D sted better then than at home,|architect was 3k nome we were in the wood . to my hot wab a il [ hes home i Lowal : T T Sl e e R e When we were taking a rest we handed it b i1, but she would every Harold Lamphere of Dayville, spent i B a ot go‘ac.;us anfl(r:r i ] Gy T DT Wmd“ man- | Were startied Ly a noise. So one of | which made |and get bread t ‘iu‘\'r‘:\' wuh'rfrvndlwx" a ¢ 3 ir too damp. | “As the flower of our nation's my friends said. 3 Al one day 1 Niiss Helen Tottingham has retu : 3 was sultry out and we | 200d was then bound overseas to whip | Y, fHenS e i s 1w deck and m Y P ed’ to her home in Franklin, N v 3 muc like rain. Buf 0 rery house, cemed ws if e 5 2 o A 5 TeRRY d hid them 'in Miss Jlsie Tottingham 4 friend, the sun, ei\uxgé‘b'\f-r: the feathered allies of the Amr- | %N & 08 i th Mg miy SloHo. aod [ERE e oree f‘. i Bdward and Fruest Browning hav ca AL ad a glorlous day. We spent | ican farmers were doing their bit. - GeiEipve e\ duio hic' wonds ani ed me with a funny little autounder the HACSC me 100king at|reiurned to their home in Brookly scanning the sand to find HELEN BOROVICKA, |the dox followed us Mhich would run in circles on the|. One E growl, and her| . ¥ ter opending the summe H i 165 and exploring the wongs | West ¥ i “BA 1 IWe all sat down and started to eat| yoiic" \We plaved with it until my fa- | them she did ¢ g ert 3 3 th ~ = e o Inuches, when the dog started in | {1C, came in search of me. As I prom- | ¢yes looked le Pallp: St To | N T vas very lucky fn her ex- | Fixing the Blam. TRECEINE 8 TeRE s Al st e €0 | e the deckc with him we n""‘f'i‘\!::" shelh ive g0 mear them | hey T ever tasted. gonn o Claniey b Jas_wild geraniums and wild roses. |ne ag 1 was the only child in the first | 0ld vow. some da Slngito | Tr day afternoon we went fish- | pose, appened to be a lamp |’ "we also saw a beautiful little pine | Gaza. is not with them I soing to h T enjoy v much, thouzh | e of scall .. |trec just comng up to see the new|“Sy Lassed a very happy Christmas|them dow o A im a zirl The cateh was not o e e el b e the | woslal ; A | which 1 sha’ wavs remember. n vho wanted' a ihough it could have been better. and | he srowled thumping, the pavement| omncs hitle, 4%% scemed to be inte-| RUTH S. TRACY.'Age 14, |Kitten 1 would & s s sday we spent the dav much | IA(INELY with his stick. {lowing us. - S i Scamont. TRt esday, only we went rowing in | il o0k t"‘v“‘“,', oL ihe teum looked as| " Aud when we got home a little boy | = . NS Blr Wil ot iand | e s e e one spoke. | came running up to us and said Visiting in tue Serkshires. a0 Ahuntisss Stare e | Then an idea came to the grou oL b e v fodod: | . ire 1 %4 the Dl teostoren Shin- | neighbor. He permitted a smile SRl = ¥ 4 e L oo, . drive away the look of anger on Aty l - % ‘l“ u 1 this fun, ¥ Yes, io ot eople " bes my- LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. | ; ithout Eiris of wry asewiot| boys" he said merrilv. “T was| (NGF CRTV o0 g, b Do ne Shendwichet,] s Arneld orwich—I re- decided to get acquainted|only Joking about that window pane.! ;" ons of our neighbos ‘tomatoes o g e prize od thank you| with a girl who lived In a cottaze near|l Used to play baseball myself when ed the dog over Saturday on ic nteresting | by; so ¥riday morning I walked right|l Was a .boy. You have a fine team | ™7y (i (08 (R0 0y Sior new hire Farm am vers proud of it. | where she was sitting afd In- | Bere, but it seems to me vou are al| 9 W POW CRC Y SOt 3 i led it Budge. The McFall Voluntown_1| troduced myself. She aid likewise and | little weak in batting. I doubt if there| ANGELINA DESROSIERS, = i e onh i, 105 | the prize ook | 500N were the best of friends. Her | /S one of you, who couid Bl [Elaiaed | : i e el sve 4lieady rees | Tame was Conradine and I.nicknamed | Oyer that corner house. | | gromp here. it JEhneh et ink it a good ook | | Ber “Conny.” Eight pair of cyes were turned toward CHRISTMAS IN MID-OCEAN. | e ST o3 Trienly- 200 ; & & Baien o Haven | The rest of the week, Friday, Satur- | Splinters, the picher as he siepbed| 1t was seven years ago I spent e D O el yre e h b e i | 2 unday, we spent our time|forward. g v @ | Christmas in mid-ocean, vet I remem- Saps= b, yellaw, cors. & 3 . s raives. T mal ok it was fime for my folks| “Daus jhere youre wrong, mister’ per it quite well. Yve were on our| B Iman eame 1o Visit Fiy uncle from i Sealiie I vicy Sl B ome. he said. “T'f you'd been here min- | way from Smyrns, Turkey: where my | A man came to visit my uncie from | g S ge B e and T separated. probably|utes ago you'd of scen me father was a missionary, to this coun- | 3 i i — £ ot et :.:— m\gee t\gd\kot:\ter ‘\,"g"" as she|dat went tem feet over the roof v. on the Adriatic, of the White Star| "*’,— e Mond. ceived the b 3 < - New York city; but we were i JEal o ene, S titled Tom Transport. I pleased with each other’s c i igl i & it T leas & s com- exclaimed grouchy neigh-| On Christmas morning I awoke ear- | peoodbye. - - x E bave read L R srasping Splinters f by the|ly. and the first thing I suw was my | SATIZRING PALMER. Age 10: you ever; re E ft the|collar. “That must hat 2 the ball | gtocking, bursting with: bundies, hang. New London. 1 ery well pleased with their va- | that brokc my indo O YOu|ing on the foot of my berth. 1 e > Norwich—I ye-| cation, and I khow if any ofe of the|come with me and we'll see whether | SOh. mamma: Ob. papa:" I shouted | LAl d The Boy| Wide Awakes would come - to Beach| your father will settle the bill. If hel “Santa Ciaus can come & ship, | as u democrat who sent the fa- Ilorida Waters and | pond thes woul? feel the eame wav doesn't I (R e ot e o TRt SOk L O ol mous mesrage: “If any man atterapt; nd:gy‘zn:::?{::t;- about it o ner ELLEN BOROVICKA "efle:" to haul down the American 1l shoot v o ETL. | West Willington. I was so excited T could hardly un~’ him on the spot & " " S tie the bundles. r frien in connected with & Jenmie Lamoine Votuntown—1 | The Robbery Inl The Berkshires Tt xe man winiup ess i iiin o] adminisiration—Omala Dee b 4 l.omk "D"'lejduél: mfifuq for Wmflhwul It was a gay day in the small town I bhaye had a very enjoyable v -iopen on the ship. Ilow delighted [ 5 e u entitle om Slade the lof Ashwick, for thére was to be the | cation this summer in the Lerksbire|was with 2 black-haired doll in a Ehe “Americat: congu Choige tk‘limz.zd! bmuu;;‘md 1 bave read it|iargest parade it could, ever beast of.| Hills. % gorgeous purple velvet -gown, em- tiansand, Norw: has been opened,. an e it very _grg.gflp‘, Nearly every imhabitant had gone to One of the outings I enjoyed most | broidered ‘in gold by an- Armenian ‘Third_Prize, $0.75. The district comprises the counties of! ”n Patricia Reilly of Norwich—{ re-{see the parade, but Harry Rood didn't| was a blackberrying outing. We | girl! And how important I felt with Gen. Foch's Victory S by Arigus' Nedenes and Lister of Mandal, with nl First Prize, $1.08 x ~ D peived ihe prize bosk entitled Wits care Jf 'a hundred parade were going | started about noon and reached the'a tiny violin which produced a sound! MeDonald, of Nerwich. _population of 155,000, The Bathing Girl, by Margaret Nosworthy, of Hampten, [ :