Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 4, 1919, Page 9

o e will | makes every kind of a machine obedi- Ben and Bud. Ben Worthy is & little boy who lves with Mrs. Judd. He does her ‘chores” for kupl-l“’dhtm— and letting him Bud another boy?" o no; he is a dog. Ben found down near the meadow “T'll take you to the house,” said “and ask 1f you may net And then he called him Bud. seemed just natural They somehow seemed akin— ‘The little boy who was not loved, the dog o sad and thin. And Mrs. Judd said Bud might stay, if Ben wouid be right good. Ang do whatever he was told, and split the kindling wood. 1f you could hear Ben whistle now, and often gladly sing, He hasn't anything. Ben never thinks about himself—he’ looking out for Bud e his friend a pleasant homs he works for Mrs. Judd. To And Bud is such a grateful dog, and loés not chase the cat, That Mrs. Judd right often now gives him a friendly pat. And when they sit beside the fira. while winter winds go woo-o0o! Why, Mrs Bud may come in, too. he in the heart of little Ben « won, beside the hearth, plare for his dear friend, That ) course he earned it all for Byd. For hasn't he been good, And done whatever he was teld, an plit the kindling wood? ~Filen D, Masters. A Chesrful Song for Every Day. A rheerful for every dav, ong. thal's lonely: iate 1o bring may not sing: mission is to find nlace af sorrow < message glad and kind, unto song whos: And as h ld me he ome like I new 1 ain't got o got. father 10in’ o learned to an’ tired, ke o 1 har to show hir al t would drivy ing home tannin' National JED'S TALK TO WIDE AWAKES. with Magazine UMNCLE Obedience is ohe of the most impor- tunt words in the spelling book. c who heir parent: many aceidents, and if they obe ¥ teachers they escape black mark: nd many whippings. obe: Vouth, if they obey their instructors, succsed i what they undertake, Grown people must be obedient the laws of being and the laws of th state, or they will hecome invalids o prisoners for violation of Jaw. Obadience the keynote to suecest of every kind. [t Not only man has to be obedient, but 11l the ereatures God has made have 1 shserve laws by which they and are protected. e heavens over our heads accord ing %@ iaw, and the earth on which we ive has been obedient to law for un counted ages. In this word obedient iz expresse not only the well-being of man but the harmony of the umiverse. All these wonderful ‘machines mai rif:-i%a. but on the " i you ask. Oh, him, poor and hurt, one day ‘Ben, to. say _that. “Poor little Ben; Judd will sometimes say oes not know how glad it makes fnterest I have finished it. I ! hone tihe othe de-Awakes like their books a5 weil us 1 like mine. T thank e | ¥ou very much. | | Margie Gaham, of Voluntown — 1| < you very much for the prize| ou sent me entitled “Tom | his pore | a mortal today, subsist 21l the stars and the planets move as he has cencreted it in the form of iron and other metals. It is obedience to design which ent and dependable. ’ Chilldren who are not obedient are called bad; 5o are the grown-ups, and €0 is the machinery. The law of obedience is a universal law and it secures order and safety and the well-being of us all. So you see to produce the greatest good for the greatest number we must all be obedient to law! . THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Bertha Lichte, of Versailles—Two Boys in Wyoming. , 2—Dorothy Lillibridge, of Voluntown ~Marjorie's New Friend. 3—May Evans, of Plainfield—Mo- ther Goose in Rhyme. 4—8ophie Eilick, of Versailles— and Fearless. 5—Gladys St. John, of Luck and Pluck. G—Harriet F, Park, of Stoningtcn-| Six Little Bunkers. 7—Mildred O'Connell, of Norwich— Helping Himself. s—Jennie R and Hope. The winners of prize books living in the city may call at The Bulletin bus- iness office for them at any hour af- ter 10 a. m. on Thursday. Moosup— of Voluntown—Wait e, LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Louise Leber, of Plainfield—I can- not express my thanks to you for sending me such an interesting book, Tales from Shakespeare. I have read over half of it, and I find it very in- teresting. With _thanks, 3 Leuise Kovarovies, of Ashford—i received ‘the prize book, Marjorie’s New Priend, for which I thank you very much. 1 have read it and found it very interesting. Doris A. Wood, of Eagleville—I thank you very much for the nice prize book you sent me entitled A Young Salesman. 1 have read it and found 1t very intercsting, Bertha Lichte, of Versal celved the prize’ book entitied: “Black Beanty." T thank you very much for ft I wag wishing for the book of “Biack | Beauty” many times. I have read half| of it, wnd T think it is the nicest hook | 1 ever read. Thank you ever so much. | d Lera Salowsky, of Oakdale—-I thank | t you many acs for the prize book | me entitled “Robinson | ved the [ Very book which T found opened the door, he glaneed up and smiled. “Well, M-M-Miss Hover, (hic), how are you? G-give me a kiss, will you, s-sweetheart?” ?k:. uu': £ S He ap) 1 with :hwm‘:fin door, but caught her in began to struggle with him and as they neared the table she caught hold of a book holder and.hi on the head - with it. Believing him to be stunned, she went out of the room and ‘went home. The next day the papers were full of the death of Daniel Fairfax. Betsy caught her breath, and uttered a moan as she read the words. Oh, it was too cruel! Too cruel! She, a defenceless girl, a’ murderer! She covered her face with shame and wept till she could weep no more. A detective was engaged: and the murderess was found out. Mr. Hover (strangely his name was like. that of Betsy) the detective, was in the of- fice Wwhere the murder was committed, when the door opened, and Betsy en- tered. “Oh,” she uttered, utterly surpris- “Good-day,” said he. T will come to business at once, Miss Hover. You killed that man!” “Oh!” ‘she uttered again, and sud- VMenly taking a rosary from her pocket- et she said: “I swear by the rosary given to me by my dying mother, that I killed him in defense of myself.” The detective, séeing the rosary, suddenly pulled one out of his own pocket like Betsy's, and said: 3 “Why, it's Betsy! My long lost sis- er! “Harry!” She nestled close up to him." And now, would you have giv- en your sister away to be ' killed? ‘What would you do? What did he do? BEATRICE HEBERT. Plainfield. My Unlucky Vacation. One day when T was at Woodstock spending my vacation with my moth- er and a little dog, I went across the road after a hall on the -opposite ide of the house, with the dog fol- 18wing. This dog came from Florida. My mother brought him to me and he was three months old. It was a spitz and poodle and its name was Dixie, be- cause it came from Dixie Land. This dog loved to play with auto- mobile wheels, and just as I went across the road an automebile came and the dog ran after it, but the big wheels ran over it's little neck. This ended my vacation at Wood- stock. DOROTHY LILLIBRIDGE, Age 9. Voluntown. Her Little Calf Bud. I thought 1 would write about my lttle calf Bud. He is_three months old and is very cute. -He follows me all around and he gets upon the piaz- za and looks in through the window &t me. Tle is black and white and is registered. Iam going to school and T am In the | tairg grade, I ride back and forth on the trofiev] car trolies We play many games at school. MILDRED COTTER, Age §, suth Coventr; I think it is fun to ride on the 5 i Louise Jerome, of Plainfield—Thank | you very much for the prize ook T re- | colved. T do so like to get them. do not care for fairy st " Tike this 0 | t on arted from Plainfie’ld Friday the hoat-train to Nes ook the New Yo | Wha w t izht to bed i e did not t on the | Larden | ‘2o | deck t harhor v expl ) in it an wonld vioe o afler gett'ne so tired we sson fol !ing early we onend our win m{in time 10 see {New York . | After fanding and getting our unch | wo weni to our hotel “The Broadway | Central;” and after ‘zetting rooms we went for a ride on a Fifth Avenue 'hus, | After the ride we went to lunch. And trom there to a theatve. Then in the evening we went to another theatre. When we got hack to the hotel we were ready to jump into bed and go to_rleen, and so-we di The next morning it o'clock when we were ready to leave | the hotel. Then we went to the Woolworth building and away up in- to the tower (my, we had a jong ride! on the elevator), but when up on the top we could see all over the city. }Iiu- people on the street looked like ies. From there we took a boat to the Statue of Liberty and had to_walk tabout a mile up stairs till we got to her head. That was as far as they would let us go. After going up and then looking around the ‘island, we were ready to zo back to the eity, Then we saw the custom house and the aquarium. After that we had to hurry hack to the hotel, and then to the Providence boat, and from Providence we came back to dear old Plainfield. MAY EVANS, Age 14, Plainfield. W ius !l the big buildings of | . a wag nearly tem s s o e r T . What Would You Do? About eighteen ygars hefore my story begins, at a certain vlage in New York, stood a bey and girl by the bedside of their dying mother. The dyine woman was speaking: “And, Betsy, dear, never forzet what I have told you, and always take care of H-Har-ry the voice died out and when they looked at her she was dead, A week later Betsy received a shock, because Harry was lost and she wae now alone. She was sent to a_school to learn stenography, and eighteen n | years later she was working in an makes from the watch to the phono graph, and from an auto runabout to ship of the air, obey the will of ma: 0 d - | ofMice. It was a fine day and as Miss Betsy Haver ecame into the office she was T | greeted by many a smile, for mest everybody loved her. She was seat- ed perhaps for fifteen minutes. when a bell rang summoning her to the pri- vata office. ‘When she entered, a young man of about thirty years of age greeted her, “Good day,” Miss Hover, I called you' in to dictate this to vou,” and he began to dictats. When he had fin- '-.Ih;d he suddeniy changed tome and “Miss Hover. Betsy. may I take you to the opera tonight?” “Why-er, Mr, Fairfax, really,” she protested with a blush, but seeing ti an'rl;t look in his eyes, she conclud- you, Miss Hover, for you are v eompany.’ evening Eotsy went to the op- she dined at Delmonico's S et next day when she was sum- to_the office again, she noticed of 1 . As i ] and{who serve our Katherine's Thanksg One d her, b ing Dinner. y Katherine's father said to m now going to tell you some s, <0 be prepared, my dear, 't going to have any : dinner. :id,, “Dear father. please Zovernment to pay you.” " her father said, “Don’t t the government 15 having e Lo provide food for the dn’'t you just give up sgiving dinner? ~ Please next day Katherine asked the “Who gives the money to the for the government?” c answered: “Mr. Holt a worl said you or the government, and he sgiving dinner. 8o will you n ‘s An answer eame E to iromi M. Holt. He wrote as Dear Katherine: T will pay yeur fa- ther his pay tomorrow night, s» yeu will be able to have your Thanksgiv- ing_dinner. Yours sincerely, MR. HOLT. Seeretary of Treasury. Katherine's father got his pay the next day. So Katherine had her Thanksgivins dinner after all, BBSSHE GITLIN, Age 11, New London, A Thanksgiving Dinner. Once upon a time there wag a bey whe lived in a little village with his mother. They were very poor and did not have hardly anything at all to eat. And what they did have was bought with the money that the boy had earned selling papers. This boy's name was Fred, and Fred was a paper boy and his salary was a/very small amount. And for that reason they were very poor and did not have very much food. But one day about a week before Thankssiv- ing Fred happened to think Thanksgiving was coming, and te think that he did not have any money to buy a Thanksgiving dinner se he began to cty. All of a sudden a man passing by asked if he had scen a shepard dog o by. and Fred was so angry- to think that he was not going to have any Thanksgiving dinner that he would not answer at first, but he said to himself that man looks as if he was in great sorrow about the shepherd dog he had lost. Fred said, “Yes, he just went ayeund the cormer. If you go this way, I'll go that and we will be sure and meet him. And sure enough they suceeed- ed and the old man was so pleased that the boy had helped find the dog that he thanked the boy several times and zave him a ten dollar bill and said: “Fred, you have saved me a great deal. Whenever you are in need I will be willing to help you in any way, and so Fred and his mother had a big Thanksgiving dinner with the ten dol- lars, FLORENCE CLARK. New London. My Pony Ride, One day my father took all of our family over to North Lyme. We had lett a pony over there. He name was Sweetheart. I was only five years pld. ‘When_we started home I rode the pony behing the carriage. As we were going over a bridge my father's horse wag going fast and my pony was gal- loping and my hair ribbon fell off. T did net know it so rode on. My fa- ther looked back, saw my ribbon and got out and got it for me. I rode until T came to-the Gardner Lake store, then 1 was tired, so my older brofher rode a ways. Then 1 rode again and at last reached m; home on Raymond Hill, a tired Iittle AGNES LATHROP, Age 11, Uncasville. The Army of Peace. The thousands of men 'uad ‘women » Papa. Mr. Bushman, | 't pay him, so I can't have that | government v an [ for the good of ajl the people. . - shelarmy; butt is an army of peace and| What kind of man do we nced for & Are Your Feet Happy? BY 'MOLLIE PRICE COOK Baby Bunting has a perfect foot. THe toes are ‘all even. The foot is soft ahd pink and beautiful Baby. Bunting’s sister Alite has an ugly foot. It has corns and callouses. The toes are crooked and lap over one anotikr. See how.different they look in the picture. Ali:ep Bun‘ing wears “fashionable” shoes. ~ They Bagc high heels . and inted toes. Baby sister iears na- mm shoes, just the shape of her feet. Alige cannot walk very far. She com- plains that her feet hurt. She never shows her bare foot because she is ashamed of it! But Afice was stub- born 2nd would have those shoes! The Chinese women.used to bind their daughter’s feet ‘so they would stay small. When the Chinese girl grew up, she could not walk alone but required an attendant at each arm so she would not lugple over. Funny that American girls should want to imitaie Chinese girls. ~ - : Alice Bunting is handicapped by in- correct shoes. She takes littie_minc~ ing steps that would make an Indian jaugh. She runs’ the chance og’ hav- ing “flat feet” or “fallen arches. The high heels she wears place her feet in a strained position. The weight of the body.is thrown on the: ball of the foot and there is too much pressure over the transverse arch. The heel is up in the air instead of down cn the ground where it can help support the bedy. Thousands of girls and women have foot trouble because they wear | incorrect shoes, The spinal column is jarred and jerked with each step, so headaches and backaches age very commean. 5 Alice’s brother wa the army and went to France to fight. The govern- ment did not give him high-hecled shoes to wear. Imagine our soldiers and sailors in high heeled shoes with pointed toes! If Alice wishes to im- prove her feet, she must buy sensible shoes and walk with her toes straight ghead, not toging out. The De- partment of Social Education of the Y. W. C. A. is starting a cam- paign for correct footwear and is preparing a list of all the firms in the country that ca approved choes. 1Approved shoes have low heels and broad toes. They are shaped like the human foot and arc comfortable, If all girls demand { X . ' sensibic shoes, the manufacturers wifl stop making the kind that de- form the feet. T | Makmg Your Own Bed Q_it BY CAROLYN SHERWIN B, ing, st pinching, and coal searce! Who cares? The very best thing for your health is to sieep with your windows open, and the heat turnéd off. You will enjoy it if you of covers, Why not make your own bedquilt? BY R S. ALEXANDER You think nothing good can come out of Germany? But volley ball did. It was invented and first played-there. Volley ball can be played outdoors or in tfi: ym, in a backyard, vacant lot, school yard, or attic. All the | equipment needed is a net, about the - same size as a tenpis net, 2 couple of posts about 774 feet high, and a bail heavy as a basket ball. Set the posts in the ground or on the gym fioor about 25 feet from each other. Stretch the net between them, the top of it level with the top of the posts. If you can't get a met, a rope stretched from the top of one post to another will do. Mark out your court about 25 feet wide by 50 feet long. A basket ball will do if the kind of ball described absve can not be had. The game can be played by any number of people from two to a dozen or more. The opposing teams are posted on opposite sidesof the net. To start the game one person acts as server. The server places himself with one foot on the back ling of the court away from the net and bats the ball over it with the palm of his hand. The plavers on the opposing side try to bat it back over the net. 1f it touches the ground before they can do so, it counts one score for the server’s side. 1f they are able to knock it back then it is up to the server’s team to return it. If they are unable to do so and it touches the ground, it counts one score for the opposing side. When- ever the ball touches the ground on ione side of the net, it counts one score for the opposing side. The team which first makes a certain nu; iber of points may be declared the wi :mer, or the game may h& played for & certain pericd of time the team mak- :ing the greatest number of points in that time winning. < Considerable science and team work may be developed in knocking the ball from onc person to another on the same side until a chanée comes to bat it over the net into an open space not plaved by one of the oposing side. ‘Winter Tree Buds o BY ADELIA BELLE BEARD You boys and girls who love the weods and trees, go-out now and see the wonders of the winter tree buds. When the. leaves fall, they do not leave the trees dead and bare, but covered with living buds, sure prom- ises of new blossoms, new leaves, and new growth, They are all ready to open shop and begin business when Spring gives the word. During the long summer, the trees were prepat- ing these buds, I:nhcing them at the base of each leaf stem and, in many cases, at the tip of each twig as well. b The Patched Quilt The diamond and the box patterns are the most attractive to use and they will be the closest imitation of the old fashioned quilt, so scarce now, and so valuable. The diamond patch is made by first cutting a paper pat- tern of a geometric diamond figure the size that you wish. Then .cut your cloth by this gattern in patches of con- trasting color. Plain blue and white, or checked ‘gingham in blue and white, and pink and white will be pretty. Sew the diamonds together on the wrong side with small over and over stitches. The box pattern is made by com- bining diamoyd patches in threes so as to make the geometric box figure. Then sew the boxes together as you did the diamonds. The uilt, plain lining first, then a layer o? cotton batting, and last the patched fop, is fastened to quilting frames. Then invite your girl friends to an old fashioned quilting bee, with biscuits, pie, and doughnuts for sup- 3 o A Chintz Comfortable 1f you can use a sewing machn}u. you can make a soft, dainy quilt for your own room to match the curtains. Stitch chintz in 2 1%‘}' pattern so 3s fQ make a_large, bag shaped covering the right size for your bed. Then stitch it on the lm,cgine up and down its length, leaving a space of about six inches between the rows. Gather all g:i soft, vld material that you can for stuffing it, cotton, old stock- ings, ofd linen, scraps of silk, or ravel- lings of yarn. An old sweater, rav- elled, is splendid. 2 the s in the quift between the rows of stitching -with this ma- terial, apd finish it by binding the edges :#h lain -, or ribbon to contrast Wi "5 of the chintz. e wd S | B Y. o, not of war. It is not to frighten men, byt to help and benefit them, It is not | for the zood of Americans alome, bull {der to be promoied to Gather a handful of twigs, from different kinds of trees, and take them home for examination. Cut the buds in half lengthwise and if you have 3 microscope, you will make wonderful discoveries; even without ome, you will see maryelous things, for hidden within the shell-like coverings, safely packed in warm wrappings, are minia- ture branches of leaves and flowers. All the MAPLE TWIGs, of whatever variety, all the Asu and HomsEcmEsT- NuzS, havg each their fl"{ (terminal) bud. Their side (lateral) buds are opposite each other. With other trees, the buds alternate on the stem; first a bud on one side, then, higher up, a bud on the other side, so your twig that bears a terminal bud and has opposite lateral buds is from either a Maple, an Ash, or a Horsechestnut tree. Yeu can tell which; for, in other respects, they are fot alike. Th Maple twigs are smooth and slender, the buds are small, red green, brown or gray. Ash twigs are clumsy and the brown buds thick ard feathery. The Horsechestnut twig is thick and bulky; the buds, large and sealy, are generally covered with 2 sticky var- nish which makes them thine in the sun. It is in the large Horsechestnut buds that the leaf and flower clusters are most fully developed. Girls' Ne 7 Bard and por Serrics {3 g . Copprigit 31y, soldier?. He must be brave and obe- dient: lie must not servy for pay, nor to get honor. for- himael?, nor in or~ higher offic, He mus: serve, as Washington and Grant served, simply for the su Relping his couniry. They were no Foards Prize, $0, Lo0— A EARLY IN THE MORNING, by Irene O'Neil of Norwich, Her Doctor Aduvi Aiken, S. €. — “IT ! years of age had i life. Last T etite, and she could not keep still 2 minute, rot even in her sieep. We much worried about_her, and our druggist, who is a doctor, said Vinol offices, who will do their best for Lhel convenlence of its pegple. 1t wants ‘carless and uprignt judges Who will do no wronsg. Our government cannot really bear to have mean and selfish mein any- where; but it needs men, s good as the very best soldiers, who are in its service for the sake of thely coun- try. BERTHA LICHTI. Versailles. - A Thanksgiving Dinner at Last. “Oh, in about five weeks it will be Thanksgiving day, and I haven't saved any money, especially when I wanted to make a surprise for mother 3 have a big nice Thanksgiving dinner.” The talker was a boy of 14. He was a neat, hard working and’kind_hearted .boy. His name was Thomas William Grey. Just as he said this there was a run- away horse and carriage coming his way. - In the carriage there was an clderly woman who seemed to Tom to be a rich lady by her gress. “Help! Help! Save me!” Was the ary from the carriage. When Thomas heard this ne said to himself; “Tt is my duty to save her." He ran in front of the horse, hiock- ading the way; fivst the horse would turn this way and then that, but at Jast_Thomas _catight and quieted him. When he did this the lady said to “What is thy name, my son?" The answer was “Thomas Grey.” “Well, Thomias,” said the lady, “thou hast this day saved my life: let me reward thee.” Saying this, she drew from her purse five shining gold pieces and handed them to Thomas. “Thank you,” said Tom when he rs- weived the money. ‘That Thanksgivinz day Tom and his mother had a nice dinner after all. HILDA VOGT. Age 10. New London. hi Not a Pleasure Trip. My trip to Hartford was not a pleasant trip. I went up to St Francis hospital to get my tensils and adnoids taken out. I went to the hes- pital on Saturday and I was operated on Monday morning at 9 o'clock and stayed there until Tuesday afternoon. When my aunt came and took me over to her house on Sigourney street and I liked it very much, only I could not go out. The hospital in Hartford is very'nice and large. T would liked to have stayed at my aunt’s_house longer only I had to come Back and 2o to school. I do not like to stay out of school. I am in the fourth grade and hope I will be able to go every day. MILDRED O'CONNELL, Age 10, Norwich. My Pets. I live on a large farm and want to write about my pets. I have a pair of twin Holstein calves. They ara very pretty. Have two kittens and had twe dogs, but one of therh ran away: three months ago and he never came back. I think someone must have killed him. My other dog Jack is a great hun- ter. He kills lots of woodchucks dur- ing the year. 1 have a pair of pet rabbits. One evening last week I heard a terrible squeal and went out and they had got out of the cage, and Jack, the dog, had one cornered in the wall, but had not hurt him. The other one we found i the orchard later in the evening. Have been more careful of them since. T have a box of all kinds of vegeta- es in the cellar for them to eat this inter, I raised fiftv chickens and twenty- five zuineag N> past summer. HARRIET F. PARK, Age 11. Stonington. = The Golden Text. Fannic was just eight years old when her father and mother both died. She was a very selfish and naughty little girl, When she was ten years old she was taken by a very kind old lady who did everything she could to please her. Onb Sunday a little girl about Fan- nie’s age came to have her attend the Bible class, So Farnie started off just to please her little girk friend. She learned the Goiden Text very well, and it never left her mind, “Do unto others as vou wish (6 be done ey “The ¥ind old lady found a great change in the little girl, and made it het place to take: Famnic to Sunday scheel every Sunday GLADYS ST, Mossup. . JOHN, Age 11. Ruth’s Thanksgiving. “Oh! There goes the front gate siamming, It must be mother,” saw Ruth: and so it wa: “Oh! Ruth, hurry and put on the kettle, and then aiter we have teg I'll tell you a grand surprise I have for you,” said Mrs. Johnson, Ruth’s mother. “Oh! mother, tell me while getting tea. please.” d “Well, 1 suppose I might as well dear. Mrs. Gray, the lady whom I ¢ care of last summer, has asked us {0 spend Thanksgiving with her, and T have bought you a new dress and rib- bon for the oces I am But how could vou afford Well you see, my dear, when I came heme from work tonight T saw an nds vertigement in o store wiadow. It reaa lile this: ‘Wanted—Two_salesladic easy work, good pay and applied for the positien and they aceepted me, and 1 am to @eb 315 w e Wl a promise of ralsh i~ 2 montis time. Now Isn't that grand? “T should so But did they nay t soldiers in order ta get their living out of the country, but because the eoun- try needed them. They were soldiers for the sake of the weliure of the peo- ple. The country needg the suine kind of men for its army of peace. 1i wantis obedient and faithful men to kcep its accounts and to carry its mails. [ ‘wants. kind and cpurteous men in i) Baby Coughs "ith.l hat cone fi":%. Eeciny an i in great excitement. did. my de: the dishes and for ight through. Now bring me yo and I will brush yeur hair an 80 it will lock pretty' for tomorrow. warm, and Mrs. Johnson ind were on their way by 10 o'clock. Ruth played with Mrs. Gr ly pumpkin and minge pics, After dinner they went for a dri or Ruth, Plainfield. The Things That Belong to Us. houses with their desks and to the people. The fathers and mo ers and older brothers of the ck have no chijdren of their owi houses and to furnish have sometimes made them, the own homes. They have wished make the children happy in schools. The richest man in the town cani say this any more than the poor m: man, may say, “This is ours, wé o it together.” ‘The children also say, “These schoolhouses and all tl is in them are ours.” Versailles. Our’ First Snow Fight. One morning two years ago, started for school. ber and the snow was falling fast. recess. All the children were glad cause we wanted to make snowmen and snowballs. Suddenly someone suggested havi a snow fight. we could take shovels and brooms make forts, and he consented. and made a lot of snowballs. Then borrowed some flags from the teach and stuck them deep in the snow both forts. Then thé fight started. children got hit hard. school they eaid they were pleased our game, and we can make some this year. Voluntown. MANSFIELD DEPOT Mrs. Sarah Morrison was at Wednesday to Fridey last. day at the home of his daughter, M Perkins, in Mystic. of Nerwich Thanksgiving day. Misses Ruth and Ella McCollum Connecticut college lere: weelk end. dinner party numbered 12, all relati: from Willmington and Norwich. P, L. Garvey and family Willimantic. Sunday last, village held a union par evening at the home of Livingstone. About 20 were and enjeyed music, ganies and refre, hents, The ‘G. A, F. club) met Sat eveing at the home of Miss Clarib Hernberg. The December meeting of Denl Menmorial ehurch and the week!v L of devotion will be held together t (Thursday) afternoon at 2 o'clock the Tildenhome. Stinday. Dec! 7, will be the bezinn F you in advance, mother?” asked Ruth little girl unti] dinner wes ready, and then they had ‘daner, and svch a dinner! There was turkey, mashed potatoss, turnips, onfons and all kinds of fruit, tandy and nuts, with raisins. and love- with Mrs. Gray and her little daugh- ter, and then about 5 o'clock Mre., Gray | Phanksziving day_was that took them home; and I'm sure I don't|{Grover Smith children of know which was happier, dirs. Johnson | Masg., and the E. B. Thompson fam- LOUISE JEROME, Age 13. A great many things in our town belong to all the people. The schdol- charts ang blackboards, for instance, belong dren, and often men and women who have aid their money to build the school- They school- houses a good deal better than their their No one can say of the schoolhouse, “It belongs to me,” or “It is mine.” But the poor man, as well as the rich SOPHIE ELLICK. It was in Decem- When we were in school everyone was impatient for it to stop snowing. But it didn’t stop until the afternoon We asked the janitor if We banked the snow higher than our heads Snowballs came pelting on our heads and some At last we threw their middle flag down. This was the signal that they should stop, and that they had won. The teachers weré watching us from the windows, and when we came in This made us want to make some more forts, and we did. It is great fun JENNIE REIL, Age 11. homie of her sen in Willimantic from W. H. Corbett spent Thanksgiving The Misses Tilden entertained their brother, R. W. Tilden, and his family home Thanksgiving dav and again for the Postmaster Hansen’s Thanksgivi Thanksgiving day with relatives *in Mrs. Warren Porter, in St. Joseph's Thé Boys' and Girls' clubs of this was the best tonic he knew for one in’ I cannot say tco, much for Mrs. LEONARD W. GEORGE. - We ask all parents of weak, delicate children in ti ity to try; Vi Then they swent fo bed and Tuth| Vinol with the understanding that we aremfi\d of fhe wonderful tomorrow, | ill return your money if it fails to The nrext morning dawned clear ai benefit your little ones. Children love thakeiL Engler's Broadway. Pharmacy, Nor- wich. Vinol is sold in Danielson by Berthiaume's Pharmacy and druggists everywhere. —_—— of Christian Enlistment week at Dun- ive | ham Memorial church. Antong the happy family gatherings of the Palmer, {ly atthe home of parents and grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Smith. ‘The C. E. society will hold its De- cenmtber meeting at the close of the consecration meeting next Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Millard of New London visited at G. B. Thompson's Sunday. Miss Curtiss of Willimantic has left the employ of the Mansfield state training school and hospital. Miss Ruth Pollard- of Willimantic visited at the home of her grand- father, W, H. Pollard, last week, S, Mrs. Mary Dimock of Willimantie is visiting Mrs. K. L. Dimoclk. SOUTH KILLINGLY Mrs. Fred Gomo -was in North Ster- h- 1- to ling Friday. not| Mr. and Mrs. Herman Barlow spent an. | their Thanksgiving _vacation with relatives in Manchester. . Several people from this vicinity at- tended the auction at the Keech place in_Dayville Monday. Everett Winsor spent Thursday af his home in Plainfield. Gertrude Hall, who is_teaching -in Revere, Mass., spent the Thanksgiving recess at The Oaks. People who have been in the woods for Christmas greens say they are un- usually beautiful. 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