Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 27, 1919, Page 9

i \=m 4. Original stories or letters only '.—‘h your name, age and ad- at the bottom of the — POETRY. Major Me. ma says I.ain’'t old enough .il' Army yet, but she eare ifd play ossifer, 1 am Major Me. ever day, out ‘round th’ farm, ‘Cept when it's cold or damp, *tend lke all th’ growin’ things Is soldier boys in camp. . Fve got to be th' ossifer, On "count o'—well, gee whiz, ohey:ain’t no other bays around— T'm all th' one they is! ‘But I don’t mind to be alone, g all I have to do Js play th' rows o' corn is troops T'm marchin’ in review. I ‘tend th' cabbages is tents, An’ s0's th' rhubarb, too, An’ 1 git underneath th' leaves Th' minute taps is blew. Then, other times, when we make hay, 1 Jike to drive th' rake, An’ play th' haystack is a fort Ol Gray an' me must take. But what's ti biggest fun of all Is enemies I catch— i fittle spies that try to hide In our strawberry patch Just let th' berries stick their heads taide where I can ses n(:: I make prisoners of thefi all Inside of Major Me! : +~—William Herschell, in the Indianapo- Hs News. Tommy's Thanksgiving Scare. *“Oh dear, I've got a ‘norful scare; m worried stiff, I am, for 3 Perhaps ‘'twill 'come Thanksgiving Day “Come? What will come? Be alsy, pray fom, you're my brother, and ‘some kid,' But you do take blooming lid and le tout you funny DIT of your sense-pot spare, More'n you lout, Most every minute t aai What is it that you This morning in the way of scares Speak out, and case your mind of cares.” “Oh, we may meet a ‘norful thing, A chaser, bigger than the sun, =pwill bunk into us. spill us of, Just s it we v rrant bun 1 read it in a 'stronomy Just,now, and ol bu.-noo. boo-hoo, What ever are we going to do? The censor 'd keen the news from us That ‘it' was coming. and dear me, 1t just might Jand Thanksgiving Day, And all of us wouid have to die, And mever taste our pumpkin pie. *Oho 3} laughed sport “Twill e to haye the old thing land On' us! Pranksgiving Day, just grand; Why, ‘twill be like a football match. We'll be the ball, and how we'll spin Up to the Moon, and stand and grin At dear old Luna. Then light out And visit Venus (ladies first), then swing To Mars and Neptune. don’t you see, As gmy and fine as fine can be Don't you get fussed, young man, at all, Just hold on tight to this old The Earth, come bunks or brother Ben, “good 1, bangs sulore. * Well eat our turk and pumpkin ple Fhanksgiving Day, though we be kicked sky high Americans are alw 1 UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. It seems strange to be short of sugar, Roesn't it? How do you suppose the worl® got afong without music for Jens of thousands of vears? It is less than 500 years that sugar Bas been made; and the fine white sugars of today haye not been in use 8o years. . Sugar cane is sweet grass, and it beed to be produced and chewed as wweet stic! Candy is thought to have been first made in Ceylon, and, it takes its name from a city there, about the size of Norwich, named Kandy, from which it was ‘first sent abroad. Sixty years ago there were no ice ezeam parlors or soda fountains, and the kinds of candy were molasses and sticks. of a half dozen varieties, like barley, peppermint. sassafras, etc. peppermints and lozenges. "It wps knows there was sugar in beet§ as carly as 1605, but it took man two hundred years to find a way to extract the sugar from the beets; and now there are little crimson particles WIDE-AWAKE Boys' and Girls' Department bons and a thousand and one other confections were produced just after the Civil war, and moved the to the foot of the list of confections. its sweet tooth. It doubtless chewed sugarcane or sweet-grass sticks, hany | while Mamma Bruin tidied up hundreds of years, and perhaps thou- | ouse Teddy ran about = sands, but there was a long period when man was without other swests | than the honey the wild bees made for | pudding wh gumdrop We cannot tell' when the world got him. THE WINNERS OF 1—8ophie Gaska, of Jewett City— Out of Door Girls in\Army- Service. 2—Diana Doyen, of Glasgo—Mar- jorie’s Busy Day. 3—Jennie Lifschitz, of Uncasville— Tom Slade With the Flying Corps. 4—Jennie Steinbach, of New Lon- don—Out of Door Girls at the Hostess House. L 5—Lois C. Sayage, of Storrs—Miss Pat and her Sisters. 6—Joseph Gitten ,of New London— A Dog of Flanders. 7—Lydia Dugas, Chester Rand. 8—Grace D. Gardner, of Griswold— Miss Pat’s Problem. of Versailles— LETTERS OF\ ACKNOWLEDGMENT Jennie Lifschitz, of Uncasville — I thank you very much for the prize book yop sent me. I read it through the first day I received it. It surely{ was interesting. John -Bartok, of Ashford—I tflank you very much for the prize . hook, Tom Sladé With the Boys Over There. I enjoyed the book very much. Helen Congdon, of Moosup—I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me entitled, “Jed, The Poorhouse Boy.” 1 bave read it and think it is very interesting. Emma E. Froemel, of Baltic — I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me, entitied “Two Boys in Wyoming.” I have read it through and found it very interesting. I cqmo( thank you enough for it. | Edna Weaver, of Providence—I re- ceived the bool ‘Torn Brown’s School Days.” I think it is very interesting. I thank you for it very much. and was delighted. I give you my most sincere thanks. Louise Leber, of Plainfield—I, am again asking you if I may join the Wide-Awake Circle. I did not’ write any more stories for some time be- cause T was very busy with other business letters, and also other things; but I am again longing to win books, for they are very interest- 2. Many of my friends ask me to nd them books, and of course I do. One little girl read “The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island,” two or three times, ghe was so interested. STCRIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES, The Rescue. One day the Smith children, Bob- v, Winnie. and Merton, were play- 2 with Junior Jones, beside the creek. Bobsey's foot slipped and he fell in, Junior jumped in an@ dragged Bobsey to shallow water. He could not go any farther, so he shouted for help. Mr. Smith, hearing the cry, went to see what was the matter. Seeing the boys in the water, he jumped in and brought them to solid ground. Bobsey was consclous. When he could stand on his feet he said: “I-T wont’-won’t do it any more!” Meanwhile Junior had seated Wm- elf on a rock, emptied the water out of his shoes, and was trying them on again, striving to maintain a com posure of Winnie and Merton's em- braces and handshakings. After Mr. Smith was sure Bobsey was safe, he went up to Junior and embraced him. ~ He sa® two ‘tears mingled with the water, dropping from his haid. Suddenly Junics took to his heels, and ran home as if the constable were after him. 2 Mr. Smith took Bobsey home. When Mrs. Jones<came to Mrs. Smith’s they made. her face beam by praising her boy. Mr. Smith aceom- panied her home, But Bobsey see- ing him coming slipped out by the back door. DIANA DOYON, Age 12. Glasgo. An Old-Fashioned House. One Sunday afternoon my friend and I were wondering now we would spend the afternoon, and we. decided to take a walk along a country road. As we walked along we discovered a little lane, and our curiousity was aroused, 80 we followed along the path and fopnd it lead up to an old- fashioned hduse. It was a dull gray in color. The roof was sunk in in many places, and nearly all the shingles had drop- ped off. Many of the window panes were worn and shaky. doubt, by the shutters slamming back and forth in the wind; and the doors weer worn and shaky. in it, and this is commercially known s “painbow‘sugar.” Crude sugar was first known in In- @a. A Frenchman discovered that beets contained sugar, a German ehemist first discovered a way to ex- tract it: and a Silesian built the first fhctory to make it in Cunern, Silesia, about 1790, 1t is more than probable that when Nebbuchanezer was condemned to eat grass that he did not find the “sweet- fgrass sticks” as bad as we moderns Iound the war bread of 1915. The chocolate drops and cream bon- Only half the gate was left, and that was hanging on one hinge. And CIRCLE and watch my Y BEAR'S Such, a beautiful morning! the weather ‘was Bruin_and he wi walk that morning. £ They were going to have Thanksgiv- ing dinner with Auntie Bear, Teddy had never seen Jackie, but- hy 1oved Bonniebelle. She was a dear little bear, always sweet and smiley. They had an_earlysbreakfast, and v, try ing to help. He looked on wl n a birchbark basket a fine fat before. ner,. The the summer, the day he had berrying with Racky Coon: and the hornets had stung him. “It is a very pudding, Bruin said with ide. dings are not like mine.” “Shall we stay all Bear. “Oh, yes! perhaps. when you are spoken to.” necktie. carry the umbrelia. weather. may change at any time. have this large bundle to carry.” started on their journey. the hare trees down on bundle and threw up both hands. “Oh, Teddy, dear!” she cried beautiful plum pudding! gotten it!™ 3 them home-to reed'sx:km,' 4 Sorhie Gaska, of Jewett City—I re-| Teddy's little face wore a funny look | Racky Codn was Woking hard at the ceived the prize money you sent me|of dismay. puddin \ echoed. o7 Mamma Bruin. indle.” “No, mamma,” said Teddy. pudding. I am growing about all day at play. come bacl “What a good little bear! brella, on the ground at her feet. shall be glad %o rest.” So Teddy started off. stop to play in the dead leaves, bu: followed by a burst of loud sobs. “Who can be crying like Thanksgiving day’ “I must try to find out.” sounds had come, and soon came Badgers) en leaves. their eyes on the back of thelr d the little consins, Bonniebelle and Jackie. the delight hile- Mamma Bruin carefully plnslcsd lum ich she had boiled the day “They were to take this to Auntie IZE BOOKS, | Bear, to help on the Thanksgiving din- | “plums” in it were dried blueberries which Teddy had pieked in Egone * Mamma “Auntie Bear is a good cook, but her plum pud- night?” asked It is too far to come back the same day. We may stay a week, You must be a very good little bear, Teddy, and keep your face clean and remember to answer politely Mamma Bruin tied on her best white apron and Teddy wore his new silk “Now we are ready to start,” said Mamma Bruin. “Here, Teddy, you may It is a fine morn- ing, but it is always safe to take an umbrella when one is traveling, for the She wound the clock and fastemed the door by placing a large block of wood against it, then she and Teddy climbed out of the window and closed the shutter behind them. Then they The air was mild for November ‘and the pale sunshine threw. shadows of the fallen leaves, which had faded to a _sickly vellow, or turried brown, like the earth they would soon mingle with. Teddy kicked up the leaves as he walked, because he liked to hear them | rustl They had walked a lopg way when Mamma Bruin suddenly dropped her ‘We have for- “Our beautiful plum . pudding!” he “Ob, oh, whatever shall‘wel “I must go back after it,” said poor “You may stay here “You stay here and 1 will go back for the larger . and stronger, you know, and ought to bea | help to you. It will not tire me as it | would you, for T am used to running Here is a fallen tree—sit down here and wait until T said Mamma Bruin, as she settled hersalf comfortably, with the bundle and‘un}i He did not trotted briskly on his way back home. He had ‘gone as far as the dead pine tree Which had been killed by lightning one terrible night a few years before, when he heard an unhappy lfttle wall, that on wondered . Teddy. o he turn-~ ed in the direction from' which the upon an unhappy little group—the five little The tweo youngest were crying aloud, their tears patterinz down on, the fall- The next tvo were wiping urry 3 Teddy Bear sprang out' of bed and ran to the door. He was glad nt, for Mamma .to have a long paws. ':?‘" .ofi;u:m sadly al e others, s deep in_his 'Dock- ets, his fi* drooping dejectedly, "Yioh, what is the imatier? asked m you lost, little -five little Badgers looked at him, , we are lost!” they told B ur mamma, Betty Badger, went away_ vesterday to L our Thanksgi ing dinner. She not come back, and this morning we started out to find her. We are hungry. We shall never find our mother, or our home. We shall be cold tonight—perhaps we may freeze! And if we do not freeze ‘we shall starve. You will have, Thanks- giving dinner, Teddy Bear,” but we | shall have nothing!” 5 At ‘this sorrowful picture the five little' Badgers threw themselves oni the ground and wept together. ‘No, no!” the kind little bear told them, as he picked them up, one after another, and set them on their feet, “You shall not starve,-I promise you that. I will take you with me and give you something good to eat, and then find someone who will take ye to_your own home. Come, follow me. When they got to Mamma Bruin's house Teddy "opened the window, helped the iittle Badgers in and then climbed in himself. He looked all about for something to feed his hungry visitors with, while they watched him anxiously. But all he could find was that beautiful, fat plum pudding, speckled so thickly with plums, whic) had been made for Auntie Bear's Thanksgivipg dinner! Could he take that? What would ‘Mamma Bruin say? He uncovered it and took it out of the basket. The little Badgers looked at it long- ingly. Clearly, there was nothing else to be done. The fittle Badgers must be-fed. He was sure his mamma would give it to them, if she were there and could find nothing else. > 5 Choking back a sigh, Teddy Bear cut into the pudding and gave generous slices to the hungry little Badgers. There came a knock at the door. “Come to the window' dy, “because the door is fastened. Racky Coon looked in. The und v~ 1 y, Why!” he exelaimed in_sur- prise. ““So the little Badgers are here! Well. well! Betty Badger is hunting everywhere for them, and I came to ask you to help find-them. She is get- ting all the forest people to look out for them.” “Then you will take them home!" said Teddy. “I am so glad you came, for I am going on a visit, and mamma is waiting for me. The little Badgers were lost and hungry, and I brought “Will You have a slice™ asked Teddy palitely. “Gladif! Thank you!" answered Facky, When they had finished, ot a erumb was left of the nudding, but the little Badgers wers no longer hungry. The: started off smiling and happy with Racky Coon for thef home at the edge of the West Forest. After they had left, Teddy, fastened.the window shut- ter'and with a_light heart went back to where Re had left Mamma Bruin. ““How long you have heen gone! Why, where Is the pudding? ehe asked when he came in sight." “Oh, T should have gohe back for it myself!" And ' atraid she teit 2 little impa- But when Teddy had told her all| about fhe poor little Badgers, she said ¢ | he had done’ quite right. | o gl must hurrs.” ahe st vor Auntie #ill think we are not coming, and weishall get no dinner at all! We have a long way to.go, and it is late.” When they reached Auntie Bears house Auntie and Uncle and Bonnie- belle and liftle Jackie all came run- ning to welcome them, Bonniebelle as sweet and smiley as ever. They had a fine dinper after all, &nd there were so many good things to eat they did not in the least need the pudding which Teddy Bear in the kindness of his heart- had -given to Betty Badger's hungry children. SOPHIE GASKA, Age 13. Jewett City. | many of the pickets were lying over the ground. beautiful weeds. once, was the little rooms? HELEN BROPHY, Age 12. / A Moonlight Skating Party. skating party? one last winter and six girls present.| We had all l The garden, which must have been covered with I wonder if the walls of this little homestead could talk, if they would tell of happy children who ran through Did you ever go to a moonlight It is great fun. I gave There were six boys The next fair was Mansfield town nir._ T entered quite a few things in cooking: &1 some in vegetables. There I entered bread in two classes, and-got two second prizes. I got first prize on a lunch packed for one; also I got second prize on_guick bread. In the vegetables I got a second prize, Then in the athletics I got first prize in the 25 yard dash, the running broad jump and in the standing broad jump, Our school got second prize for the girls' relay race, and I was-in: this afalso. Our school ‘got the largest “Right now is the time #o start to get _These teach rhythm and coordination -football, was a wonderful ice hockey “'yeloper as th wonderful moonlight night It was full moon and the silvery moonlight made it seem colder than it really was. My guests arrived at 7.30 p. m. and stayed until ten o'clock. Each wone a thick hat and a_thick, short- coat. Of course every ond brought a pair of skates, There is a large pond at the back of my house, general]ly known as “Scofield’s Pond.” It is rather large and just splendid for skating. We went over to this pond and put-on our skates. Then we started off. The. ice was as smooth as glass and one could skim over it as fast as the wind. The first game we played was “Snap the . Whip.” Our leader was. a very zood skater. We played this for a little while and then we played “Fox and Geese” This game is supposed to be played on land, in the snow, but we. managed to have a good time on skates, Next we had skating contests, and there was a prize for the one who could skate across the pond the fast- est. Then we played many other games on the ice. At nine o'clock we came in and had supper. We had tuna fish salad, mash- ed potatoes, cocoa, cup cakes. _ice cream and a”Jack Horner pie. A Jack Horner pie is very nice and large, and you cut it in slices. ¥n each slice there is a simple gift, as a ring or a thimbie, or anything of the sort. After supper we sat-around the fire and popped corn, roasted apples and told stories. We had a very good time that evening, and my guyests told me as much when they went home. \ JENNIE LIFSCHITZ, Age 13. Uneasville. test. very won next St ing W Wave us. In Ject, box. and was my we have in the morning is singing; start second arithmetic; third spelling and number of points in the athletic con- One Saturday Max and I were row- The sun was already setting in the west at that time, When Max told me he heard a voice in_the distance. When we came nearer we heard the word D, rowed while Max did rowed as hard as my strength would allow me. 1t was a Doy about the age of seven who, while fishing, had fallen into the water. We took the child in our boat and started rowing to.the shore. While I was rowing Max asked the He told Max the address and then we toak John (which was the child’s name) to the address ke told us. house and had 2 very good time. While. sailing back we caught a big quantity of fish which when sold brought us. a few- dollars. While: going home Max said, “This Our School. L 2greed with him: and sald the In our school room we have many 2 % beautiful things. We have two black- | - wew Locaier & Gl Age 11 boards and a cupboard. We have five 4 rows of seats, seven seats in every row. 5 A Trip South. I am good in school. The first thing| My grandfather, John N. Gardiner, So we get the banner. I was much pleased with the prizes I this year, and I hope to get more year. LOIS C. SAVAGE, Age 12. orrs. N An_ Exciting Fishing Trip. in a rowhbdt down the Thames. e were in the middle of the river “Hel, a few 1 1 yards away, the steering. The faint sound of the es made the voice very clear to the distance we saw a small ob- and when we came nearer saw his_ name and address. Max T got 2 hearty supper at John's nfl:a most exciting fishing trip in fe.” ted south Oct. 1, 1919, He was on fourth geography; fifth SIXEN history, seventh reading, correct our spelling. is' Miss Oonderdonk. Plainfield. The Prizes | Have Won, Springfield fair. did not ‘get a prize on it. the Hartford fair. another on cookies, Then T decided to send cooking FIith rrize, $0.50. Back to School, of Norwich. SEE by Madeline Thune | class a the Berlin fair. language, and after we are done reading we have to Our teacher is not cross. Her name BEATRICE MARISETTE, Age 9. This yeaf I decided I would send things to the different fairs.. The first fair 1o which I sent things was the T sent, bread, but I The next fair I sent things to was There 1 got ‘two first prizes, one on quick bread and 1 So I 'entered bread in both the adult class and the ¢children’s nd also cookies in the aduit I got the first prize on these. the train two nights and one day from New York to Alabama. He reached Milstead about noon and the team was waiting for him. When he reached the plantation he saw negroes every- Where because they do all the work. He saw many things that he had not seen before. But he had beeh ~south before when he was fighting in the Civil war. He had a good time and brought me some sugar cane, cotton,” pecan nuts and velvet beans. The sugar cane stays out all winter without freezing and so do the velvét beans. Sugar cane is very gweet. I like to eat the Cotch; Formerly Gua ur%‘k. University erl eck, | e Chlexgo The football season is-‘over, But there will be anotherone. next. year. for next season. Here'are a few rules toguide you in ‘yor -be- tween season preparation.- - Have .you a weakness?—if so tematic work will build you up. . For instance, if your ankles are weak take daily exercises before breakfast in v ouscalisthenics, during ail seasons, and especially . three wecks before opening’ the season get a mantal of the army setting-up exercises-and review them. and harden, one's physiqiie so when the bumps come there is a firm resistance. All football players should spend at & least one hour a day throughout the winter months in the open air. Skating develops” open field .runners. Hobey Baker of Princeton, a great dodger in player. Steffens of Chicago developed Bis cleverness - dodging among - the ! crowded ~skaters in Chicago’s parks. The best indoor work to develop foot- ball players is to play basketball. All i gond ‘ends ‘can handle themselves cleverly, on the.basketball court as the | forward passing game cally for basket- 1 ball tactics and cleverness. H In the spring get out in the country on a hike. Stocky legs. with a drive are needed on the ‘gridiron. . This also de- velops a “will to go.” During the summer months, swim- ming, although soitening, is a good de- e muscles are stretched, e chest expanded, and the arms and egs are worked in coordination. Thé l-\mning dive into the water in a fear- jess manner develops tackling clever- ness and nerve. Boxing, wrestlin selop strength in the back, shoulders, and arms. « This is essential for line- men as big, slow men will, in this way, || wcquire aggressiveness with determina- | ton. In spring football practice, work should only be dgne on fundamentals, :| s the autumn season of two and a half menths is plenty long enough to de-; velop the fine points of the game. ;! Work up the special fé‘tures as punt- ing and drop kicking, fBrward passing, : dadging, blocking, etc., in the off sea- sen. and rowing de- O L e AT Written on a Tree Stump BY ADELIA BELLE BEARD ‘When vou are on.a hike through the woods, stop and examine the stumps of newly felled trees or the ends of new logs. There is something written. or them, something of interest that every- autdoor boy or- girl should be able tc read. It is writtén in cipher but i easily read once you master the signs. Look ‘closely at the, top-of a stump. which shows clearly the inside growth of the tree, and you will see that it re- sembles the drawing given here. There will be its rings, one inside the other, its radiating lines, its band of sapwood and its outer bark, and each of these has its own story to tell. The RINGS announce the age of the tree. For every year there is a ring and-all you have to do-to krow how Jong the tree has. been growing, is to count the rings. We are told that we may even find written there which years were damp and rainy, and which were dry, because damp years make 3 wide ring and dry ones a iarrow one. The rings have something to say about the points of the compasstoo. for they are usually wider on the north side. That makes the meeting point c¢ the RADIATING LINES nearer the south 'bu‘i’!d rough cabins. i thanks to the Great Spirit of the white | chair, with his backto the light facing side than the north side of the tree, so.. as a rule, we may read the longest of these lines as saying: “We are point: ing to the North” ~As with the moss on the trees, however, it is not well to trust entirely to the writing on one single stump; read all you can find, then accept the evidence of the-great- est number. > The story the Bark tells dlso has to do . with the question, the very im- portant question: when you happento be lost in the woods, ‘of where to look" for* the north. It “answers this by usually growing thicker on the north side of the tree, When a tree has been sawed off, leaving a level top on the stump, the signs can be more easily read. Boys' and Girly' Newspaper Service Copyright, 1919, by J; H. Milldr cows in and they eat the velvet beans and corn stalks, Pecan nuts grow wild on trees. The negroes pick: the cotton then it is taken to the cotten gin where it is made ‘into bales. Then it is put into juice. They make it into syrup. The velvet beans are planted in the corn- fleld. They srow up the corn stalks. They are so heavy that they bend the stalks over. When vou shake them they sotind like & ruttie box. The pods are black and look-and feel like black velve* When they pick the corn they take off the ears. Tnen they turn the to @ storehouse unitil it is ready to sell. 1 wish I.could have gonme with hi: too. But I had.to go to school, and the nearext/school is in Puskegee. 1_thipk every child . in the Wide- , | Jones “from Knowlton, Quebee, Can- "Hartford. went, too. very hot day. ‘It was so hot we had ;-4 stop and rest under' 4 big tree at Andover. ter some’ [ little ‘girl came along who was visit- ing. her aunt. up to her aunt’s house, -3 * . BY Ri.S. ALEXANDER - - “Come in and have dinmer, It ;l'l%nksgwnfig you gnow.” invited a armer as Hunting Eye was going by. “the Little. India Boy went-inio the kind farmer’s home and was fed-on turkey, mince: pies, cranberry sauce, and many othet wonderful things of which he had never dreamed in the Great North Woods. 3 “What is Thanksgiving?” he asked his Ih st 2 “It is a holiday when everybody eats all sorts:of good things.” Z . “How did it come to be called Thanksgiving ?” ““Once upon a time all of this coun- try -belonged to vour. people.. There were ‘no-white pcople in it: But fin- ally"a band of white men and women llast the kitten, tived of sport. jumped sailing in a huge canoe came over the Great Water to- build new homes here, Their voyage took many days. Many of them were sick, all were dise couraged, for the Great Water was be- tween them and their homes, .It was winter when they landed. They had not even skins with which to build wigwams. They had to go into the forest and cut -trees. from which to Many of them died from disease during “the ‘winter.” Some of them starved. Within three months after they landed more than half of them were in their. graves beneath the snow. “When spring came they plowed the’ ground and planted it. All the summer they eared for the growing grain and in the autum they were rewarded by a rich_harvest; There was enough for everyone. No danger of starvation during. the winter to come. So they set aside-a day upon which to give men for His kindness in thus providing for them. “From them grew the great people who now live in all this country. And even now they keep this custom, Eves autumn after the harvest is gathered, the ruler of the nation sets aside a day upon which all the people feast of the good things giyen by theland and thanks to their Great Spirit for kinggess to them.” _ ¥or Your Ihanksgiving run BY CAROLYN SHERWIN BALLEY Just as important as the Thanks- giving dinner is ‘the fun that comes afterward. You may add much to the fun if -you have some game material ready, simple, and easy to make, but sure to help with the good time. Shadow Characters Stretch "a sheet tightly and without wrinkles' at . one end of the room, Darken the room with the exception of a lamp that you set on a table in front of the sheet. One player is seated in a the sheet, and tries to guess the names of the others by means of their shad- ows shown’ on the sheet as they pass behind her; but in front of the light, The players make this harder by hop- ping, limping, making faces, and hur- Hing g 5 aking' a Vegetable Game ‘With cotton batting, thread, scraps of bright cambric or‘mebr:- er make small models of vegetables. Ft will be easy to make tiny tomatoes, radishes, - pumpkins and . carrots shaping them in cotton and then tyis the colored covering over this. Insi each place a dpebble or -some_other- weight. Wind an embroidery ring with orange ribbon and suspend it by the same ribbon from the chandelier, placing a basket on the floor.at quite a distance from it. The players stand ‘opposite the ri and try to throw the vegetables thro it nto the basket scoring five points " “for each successful throw. ¥ Making ‘Pop Corn Figures Pop some corn in-as large kernels as possible and Jet it stand a while so as to ‘become tougher and easier to work with. Supply each guest with a dis/h of the, pop corn, a pair of scissors and some- of ‘the- fine wire that is used in maing artificial flowers, The fin consists in stringing the ker= ml; op the wirg 50 as to rria e ?m} and grotesque figures, people and ani- m;\ls.s Theqpop 2Drn will have shaped itselé into heads, bodies, and other forms. It takes just a little ingenuity for you to do the S Boys' and Girly' T aper Service Copyright, 1819, by J. H. Millar My Trip to Hartford. My Uncle Andrew and_Aunt Sarah ada, made us a visit Jast summer. We children thought, our Uncle An- drew just about right, for he was so Awalke Circle would like to have gone also.. . . . GRACE B. GARDINER, Age 9. Griswold. = | Z00d to us and gave us such a nice times - . 3 him the peacocks, monkeys and other birds. termelon. home. day. china with giit bands but little Violet admired it ve ke a_cali, the d! and Aunt Emily had gone, They stayed until the Fourth of My father took them by auto to| Mother and we children If you remember it was & _Grandfather and I took a walk af- water. We found some af - yel - near where we stopped. . _\While we were getting the water a. She invited us to come ~.She treated us Lo ice cream and wa- Shortly afterwards we started for . After spending a very happy |- GWE.,DOLYN JOXES, Ago 0. Norwich, The Gold Basket. It was only a fruit dish of whitg much One afternoon Aunt ‘Limily carhe to| o d Slamma bought ini filled with nice large oranges.| After "everybody had eaten an orange; ster Anna put ‘the dich on the table, and thal Was how tho trouble began, -. Little Vielet went out ail. alone to play with the ‘cat, ‘She chased him around and around the room, and at Come down! me down, 80| Violet pulled the kitty's tail, dragging | it backward. She did mot do it| roughly, hut somehow the zold bas- . as Violet called it. got in the perhaps kitty's paw touched it, perhaps Violet's arm touched it- but at any rate the go'en basket was overturned and on the floor in| picces. Violet stared/ in surprice at thel dreadful ruin ahq at the oranges rofl- ing on the floor and under the stove. “Who did that? How did it fall?” thought 'shé, But next moment it came over her that she herself was to blame. “Why, i didn't mean to! The pretty bagket! What will Mamma say, Li tle Violet's eyes were full of tea “Vll go tell Mamma I did dSo I al le i fis _a tiously toward: the spot, saw. a child lying. on the- n_they near shaii we do?" “We'll bring him home to your mo- ther,” _gaid . John. man and weman wer So ‘they. brotight the. v Geoige’s mother saiq ‘the ‘child lenged: to one. of - the ncigh went . to the. ncighbgr sure I heard something beh! b “THE o cousins. pul and 1d fome. 8. They B . - The e gone. y had gone away, “the night before, the poor Hittle aby somic Wil animals. he mon ahd wom: ‘afterwards Georgo s mothe Baltie. . One a¥ty last year, attend a birthday. v Jones. Of course 1 sented. beautiful silk dress stockings that vere had a_pink hat. how happy I was. ing. They played ¢ lin; and all kinds -of think“of.” At supper were drawn. birthday cake in the from the cake. We these ribbons, I won dy. We were gi freshments, guch .{the convenience: and after that we a The Best Party 1 3 rty given' by Mary to. be eaten by an- were not seen to0k ¢are - of the baby wntil be became 4 man. He thanked (Gcorge .and his ’congin, Who . jod, and went #Wway. MARY LEMIBUX. Ever Atfonded. I was invited to was giad jo go f my mother was willing to. let me. ced: my mother and: he con- next day she bought -me & with some silk simjlar. 1~ also At last . the time came that-I should go. F can't telt you My fmother helped me to_dress and I was soon*ready. T had a wonderful e that even- he piano and vio- games you could time - the curtains A Jarge table waé in the center of the rcos derfully -decorated. There. wag & large's . Tt .was’ won- center and there were ribbons drawn te every -chair h drew a little package from a big hox of can- 1 kinds. of re- cream and all We danced later 1l went home and so sorry, No, I'll tell her kitty did it. I ‘guess kitty did it. Naughty ! For a moment she stood thinking “Ne, I won't tell mamima anything. won't go into the parior at all, I'll go; out into the yard and Kitty will he jn here all alone, so Mamma will think kit d it. f I go in the yard aud Mamma finds the kitty with the basket and I'm out playing—yes, it'll be a le! I will not tela le!” 'And with that she ran to the parlor, for it she walkeq she was afraid she would not go at all. She ran every step of the way and sob- bed out, “O, Mamma, it wasn't the kitty; it was me! But I didn’t mean it at alt® And hef mother kissed her and said she knew it was an accident, and she never loved her daughter so well in her life as when she came-and told her the whole truth like a dear, brave, good little girl: for the truthis better than all the gold baskets in the world. LYDIA DUGAS, Ag: 12. Versailles. My Trip to Boston. On Saturday, Oct. 4, with my mother T went to Beston. We left Jewett City at 9.25 a, m., ar- fiving at the South station, Boston at 1235 p. m. The train was ten min- utes late. We went to my brother's house in Roxbury. After difmer my brother took me for a ride out to Mattapan. In the evening we went down town and through some of the big stores. In the morning my mother, my brother and I went to church, and in the afternoon my brother took me to Franklin park. We saw some wonder- ful animals, elephants, monkeys, % lions, buffaloes, esquimo dogs, and camels.. There were all kinds of birds. 1 had a fine time and come back home Monday. MARK C. ALDRICH, Age 9. Jewett City. Mr. Trent’s Good Skating. Barl Trent was an-excellent skater. He had won many prizes for his skill. This little incident shows how he used it to good advantage. A neighbor of his mother’s came in one evering in January to bave a lit- tle chat. The whole family was seat- in the conversatiomn. Mrs. Bowne in the course of her speech tolg Mrs. Trent about an old weman who had been taken very ill that evening at 6 o'clock, She said the town physician had gone to a con- vention that was beim held in seven miles up the river, Farl had been on the river that af- terngon and knew that it was safe ev- here as it could be. 2 Silently leaving the room he slipped into his mackinaw and put his Jeath- er leggings on and started for back. Tle reached the river at a®brisk run, ang buckled his skates on, and started in the direction of Dr. Jamieson's landing seven miles upstrcam. e started first, giving long, even strokes and sliding with that slight exertion, ‘then with shorter until he was fairly flying over the ice. He reached Dr. Jamieson and told him about fifteen minutes after he left his own home. Dr. Jamieson ordered a good. hot cup of eoffee for him, and while the doctor dressed himself and called for his auto Earl.drank the coffee with a relish, The doctor and Farl started in the machine and arrived just in time to saye the old woman's life. For a_long while no one knew who went after Dr. Jamieson until Earl after marrying the old lady’s daugh- ter, was relating his experiences on skates and told how he, as a youth of fifteen, skateq seyen miles after a doctor to save an old lady's life. M. RITA O'NEILL, Age 15. Norwich. The Girl That Told an Untruth. One day as two giris came walk- ing from school, they saw some fow- ers on the side of a house. One girl named Alma said to Lorets ta, “Oh, aren't those pretty flowers?’ Loretta answered, “Aren’t they just Tovely 2 Alma said, “T am going to take one.” So_she broke a flower off. . © The woman who lived i the house was-very angry. Ske came out and said: “Whp broke a flower- from that bush?" Y Alma_ answered: “It was Shogavd it to me.” The, woman stared- at Loretta and Loretta said: * e, it was Alma. Loretta, to_believe.” Then a little boy about-ten vears old came out of the house and said: Violet didn’t decide yet what to do.i ed in the room and all were jeining a nearhy city and there was no one to | g0 after Dr. Jamieson who lived about the river with his skates slung over his 8, Mrs. Roy, It wasn't Mrs. Roy said, “T'do not know which “F wonderful time_ that TUncasville. for. took my doll and back yard. the house. and put on a nice came down stairs. the door. I saw around the table. What do carriage, a set of di I named Rose. One girl brought her father gave to 1 played with, hi New London. Wed. and_Sat. Tel. 299 Rt LILLIE. MUMELSTEIN She said- it was -for supper. After a while little “figures T told my mother about it. I-had a evening. Age 18. My Surprise Party. One day as I came down stairs, 1 saw my mother making a cake. I asked her what she was making it 1 went 0] in the went in My mother told me to go up ¢talrs dress. I went up stairs and put on another dress &nd My mother took me near the parlor door and told me to go in. I opened you think I saw? moving atl All of a sudden they began to shout. I then knew it was a surprise party. ey I went in and sat down. These ‘are sdme of the presents I received: A shes, a doll, which me a goat which her to give to me. * m every day and named him Billy Whiskers. _ JENNIE STINBACK, Age 11. ———— DENTISTS DR. ALFRED RICHARDS DENTIST Office Hours: 5-12 2. m—130 to B p. . Evenings 7-§ Room 3805 Thayer Building esidence tel. 1285 Room 107, Th: DENTIST DR. EDWARD KIRBY Phone 619 Hours 9-12; 1:30-5 and 7 to 8 p. m, ayer Bulding ' M’Grory successor to Jdoam and heavy teaming; el LONG DISTA! BROWN Shetucker St. TEAMING AN Shetucket St. DR, C. R. CHAMBERLAIN Dental Surgeon Building Norwich, Conn. DR. F. C. JACKSON DR. ©: J. COYLE DENTISTS 203 Main St.; Norwich, Conn. 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