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- next night she went to the m?é“hx They al at one gfiflicmmd piled | of Girl Soouts. with Clara and was very much pleased 423 2. o eally es batore sleigh. ~The hifriess | After supper Bernica went to her | with all that oceurred. And_sea real Eack Uttle Doy who later.om {Must do_men's work when we are WWhat is it evervons must rieed 3 ; ! Out there who's eaget 4o uéneal’ . ido. tr ! ? : | Lets try to understand sad ves. Sore ot i i Just what it is that you munt be. 2 Will matter not. That men of youimay fairly ask; It real servics ‘here_you_give, shame can harm you ‘hlll you erg‘-vwcel(. e were visited b from Groton seveh! v umemasm "&d ln]g Us how well we di , bug Rren‘v"‘onld have to “zo_some” to kee ith the olub hé was gofig !Jo‘ up “!'2' Bat whatec'cr your/post et feo, There are some things that you must be: P nchest—therein lies however wise; g The troop is nlanning for active| ¥ ust throutth and’ gingham aprons to look like farmer. < b =z A = Rrough, o The Je apians in Uk, i and Sne | eager as be desifed, dnd i bis taste | %, a0d ame o two of the girs dress | s, < ‘;;,,;'::;i“g S MR e S altins o work, znd d,,;,.,a R L mmher- ;¥ho can play vety | changed at any time, pagés conld be n; werfallshto Pltaytfflr‘:\:rthe’l;heemr‘; meeting the captain orders fiem to e rank of the “golden ' s:ub;u:r hm::a;;mb;nad Of ming, |march m. flhg n time "o "'( discarded without speiling the book pm refreshments fo s ime an f41l in,’ which means that each patrol Bvery few weeks .a visif His headings werc An@ be too manly heére to élEim SHORT STOR) ¥, AND WHERE i al ied }be\zfl fresh doughnuts, and j hay rack-instead of a bob sled. They all wear broad brimmed hats and group of khaki-clad g Street.. They. lodked so ..w ‘Bernice atong. “| dna ‘hu’p"py and content “Grandmother looked-out-of the dow at the huvnly fallen snow. “It’s ride,” she - &irls | By faxing each d u:cunng a small donation " they could meet ex- penses.. 1’ mothers offered ‘to innmh “doughauts, app!es .cocoa.., Everybody was warned to biindle in the I;vmst dréss to be found. k3 h sleigh 105 so the tmglmg of” the bells and the happy songs of the girls attracted the atten- tion of everyone. » They rode into the cmmtry and back, and just a minute before the; stiff with cold they were a{ osi of rosy.cheeked girls, ne’s doorstep. - Mable's ther received them and soon sawed them out with hot cocoa, cy applcs. The irls said that their sleigh ride was the best sport of the whole year. A ‘HAY RACK: RIDE Girls in warmer climates where there is no-snow, will find it fun to rent a place. ‘A “wiener roast” is always fun, if arrangements can be'made at I et tg\ em niegr. A young- Iady across e Street was watching” hef, and as Berniee came out of the storé carry- |ing @ weTl fllléd bag she crossed over nna accosted her. “Why, Cousin Clara!” said Bernics, Wmflid you come from?" headquarters,” was the an- Bern!!:s inquired till she found u\aL Clara was speaking, of the Girl beéadquarters and she made an Ap- pointment to go to her cousif's house that evening (o hear about thit or- ganiza Bernite was the datgh= ter. of a wellto-do merchant - in_ a town of northern Mlinois. Fis Wife was too«busy: with social affairs to look after Bernice, .who censeauently chose her own friends and ‘oceupied the time to suit herself, instead of go- igg, to. school.. Her ritsch, an active, -healthy girl .of 20, was one of two licutenants of & troop cousin’s house, .and Clara leq her to the library, where a fire was burning in the firéplace, for it was chilly, though May had come. ow_for a nice talk” sa drawing up.an armcha: Bernice, and teli m at_school today. Bernice biushed \as she replied, “My eacher Is too crose Clara, ‘Sit down, why you were not adroifly changed -the sunject | and said, “You wanted to hear. about the: Girl Scouts. Well; the put into patrols of eight girls each, and these girls eleet a patrol leader and a secretary. The patrol lead: chooses a. girl from her groun her corporal. “What do the patrol® leaders do?” asked Bernice. must form a straight line. The' patrof leaders must then inspect; that, is Advantage that is linked With shdfn “You must be clean—the world de- Clean hearts and minds, a5’ well ‘as IES I LIK] FOUND THER Then followed & list of storles, some: commetits, sometimes ' quo- tation, sometimes mérely & title, note' Baming other !A"x’:“ by -the samy borrow a miagle lan- a nhvw o A pictures, ‘plates, Jokés, and in fact almost texg;"a anytmng of ‘much mérriment—the amount of sport dependin; some picnic for a fire. A hay rack ride can be the source upon the ingenuity of cousin. Clara | are] jsee that each glrl is standing ajand is clean. If all are pre leader ¢ patrol when_the. 2 the fag ¢ oné_d: But a minu(e candy: i | Now, mecting.” All the She is troi has not sold j thi W £ has OF, ?tnbw How to salite t'ha broke in Bernice. day Clara watched Her, ig rignt, but we Girl Scauu m& lute of our own. We. hold the,little finger down by the thumb, while other three fingers are held you want to K 1 Scout’s Han i 'd just love to fim the Girl{ said Bernice. ar to be & meezmg tomorrow night, and 1f you wish to g0 I'll ca “If T wwore y It isA't good for you, aid, Be- vou. ot Zo0d-n'ght, and gon't orget about what CF the secord stage: of her trim uniform hard-earned been very buey this summer. amounting to fifty hushels. “They are vet, but will Ta August ‘another patrol 'm e of 5 Tooms. {stampis and a i Scout. Sniber of”fi‘:, i fer Sroncim oo bre m"‘ifi“_ See! vrnmmhere “May no reason replied Clara. " as Bernice 1 fvouldn't cat 86 much ht 1o buy thrift stamps. | J ome Bernice tm t a had said, and now a full-fledged scout 'of | On the lef: sloeve she wears four Jier trooy hns Her pa- | potatoes hadges ratsed A cron of be £00: detive ae 2 weok during the long oy werked in the Red | A 3 t honor possible to MARIAN VICKERY. bers. Then the. secrotary, reads the report of the preceding meeting, and thief. He looked in the window and | For Over Thlrty Years HARRY SCHATZ, Age 13, Ere poctifies on the ingenuity of |the prestdent asks If ther I& any ng to get in the window to han Yantte. 3 - author Yor, future rea the girls who lay the plans. Do mot |80 "Gt wants to be n up. when he heard someone cry n could hardl ] e i rdly manage him. He Jou must Be wiin rche 1o, beas DISCOVERIES: WIEN MADE AND BY miss a sleigh ride this winter, you girls | “The Teader offers a prayor andreads 5, you dom't!” . Tho mom waiy] o T iinet 10 1t tihes | war eoan tamed azd had 5 Gish thedus Tour portton of lifcs constan une-u. s v Doy e 20l 00 masacine oas [ v ndedon't forgef the fun | o paaim trom the Bible and tells of | 50 frightened that he ran as fast a8 he| Sog siusig. home. Every day he would go to the 0% e cximuie o1 A fan, My sehobl cloged Dec. 13, 1919, fort a0, BORLE of rolime 'n:flh-’c‘i}’ Wighicy | of 8:hay fack side, you;girla- of Mhic some imponiant chargorer N R TSl On the nlateau no ome spoke for a | sea for food and return to the land ¥ m:c.ny puced i :.:;d 'r fiin s{?:. gac=fion. 11 the fm”‘ erE ‘g%’“‘ s == ington_or Rev: Mr, Hanna as visiters| Norwieh DELESSIS, Age 13. |(nte. All looked and looked at the | when his master calied him. ¢ 'od Su in- ‘sphere. came in the = mmr nooxs 8 nv: READ THIS YEAR AN THEM maer this h;ndtu T 25001 o oted JArgument to use in Good 4, 8.7 —b..“A goofl de— ‘.:}i‘ B et alrpian es, 254 mp of the Pavums Cinal Zone; ». 131" A FEW POEMS I LIEE !u some cases. under this hel&lnl. ity bad copled a_poem Tn By o Lappene Verse which might Brove. diicntt 1o m The other six divisions show -fur- ther the bay's -particular’ interest: in lines of study. You may mot like nry’s topics, but perhaps you other sixth grade, The fi Was O, Litile_ Towh of thiéhemn, hicly SUNE by evefvone present. | We also sang Away in & Manger, Holy Night, Jt Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Mark! the Hera.ld els Sing, | § Thcsé gfin were and Adeste Fidi SUDE by eve eryune 2 ee rr-de- Down ite and B’l‘&_g The first ¢l the Chimney A child in- the fourth grafe md sfinr{knnd the fifth s 4t Chrisi we sang My Bedtime. Little star up there, Jook down on me, The while T kneel down here + BY miother’s knee. T'm zoing to kay my pragers T God in. Heav T always have to be To Bed By scfen. I'ms one veo Than 1 And of ir older ncw was last year the cormers have no fear -received aspocketbook. who tell a story concerning a person in the Bible. The first part of the meeting ends at 8 . m., and the rest of the even- ing is taken up with numerous games. The fees are five cents per week. We Rave HBd ten meetings, and -, have about fifteen dollars. We have vot- ed_to buy a basketball, Mr. Gllman made a gift of five dol- Yars to our club. A9 p. m. the meeting adjourns, after colleeting the fees of the mem- bers and repeating the Lord’s pray- AUGUST LASKOW!TZ Age 11. At last not. to_search 1 did ¢ could hardly our things and were to start next day. ready to'go we saw that baby, was not h us. We looked here and there, but ‘ather had to telephone to the police s saving to myself what a splepi- e we would have; but then bal was worth all those rides. A Lost Child. We were to take a trip to We were ‘very .glad and wait. We packed the day came. As we were find ler. for her. Just theh scene below, The the fleld was not; temples were not;! and sound. they! But the people thelr lives! R Norwich plateau, they, the people, were all safe And there was the oid man, by his own act made as poor as Gently the old mman spoke: know now why I set fire to the rice,” great honor to him, .UTH DRESCHLER, Age 10. Towser, the Mat Shaker. village was not; the houses. the but above, ou the Colches\er “You | Central Village. shouted and did for he had saved end with relatives can 'Telephone com; Hill Saturday and into a nearby yard A large truck owned by the LD MARRA. Age 16, SOU'IH TH KILLINGLY A. A, Jacqués was a recent with his daughter, Mrs. Willis i Raymond Barlow spent the week Falls. in Valley pany, used to de- liver- cable, broke Gown on wn‘l had to to awailt Fred Gomo has been working at ?h' H T heard a low sound. I-began to I Towker is a little black dog. He |Ledges a few days. I can spell and. read After enjoving a pleasant afternoon, | like his.idea and want to start a ook Tl Lol it Ty oottrame 1 ot a oo 10 | etonts {0 Janiton. Jomes, who had|. Stanley ‘Phih of' Spster speat thal . For. T'm Sleven all the other grades.went to their own | USing the plan. 2 ~ | came from the trunk. I opened one of | charge of ethe larger sehoolhouses.|week end at P. H, Coffey's. So_why shoulg mother make me go - frodms. Wiriting and classifying your. knowl- Fishing Through the Ice. the trunks and what do you suppose? | While the janitor sweeps he will tel| A. B. Hall and men who were work- To bed at seven. = The fourth Afth dnd sI%th grades|edge’is an excellent way of impress- One day my brother and T went fish- | There was baby, erving! | Towser to go apd shake the mats.|ing at the steam plant in m&n 4 l“_fi"! out at 2 o'clogk ing it upon your mind: i memory ing through the ice. We started at 8| T cried un to my mother 1§ came | There are several of them, and away { rndered all possibio assistance to m;vr "Im a full grown man, he first three grades reémained to | depends upon - deep ' impressions, o'clock in the morning: We set ten | qown. She came down and We told { Zoes the. dog at his master’s command. | unfortunate victims of hhe trotZ cdn Phave soniething of their own. gkmy experiment may prov Worth tilts. apiece. After we got them set|p,by to explain to us. Baby went into | carrying {hem into the street. Selzing | tragedy Saturday. “Mr. Hall safd With Ty g BOE via [ns tar oy e the fiess: | ¢:5iig. Cortainly, such a réference e went und. bullt o fre on the. shore. | tho trunk, (hinking we were nof foing{@ mdt by the corner with bis mouth. | vas the most terribfs experfence of bis Sosi + knee, i (3 en we sat down and talked. 3 B : \vement until ..~: \l:'(‘lr x’:mr pravers ANTONY PERRONE, Age 11. | BOok would prave valuable to a | South—or flyou’ll go down in_the his | ciocic we went and looked” at the 0 5 B crp o e L P e R e o duet that ot | | Mir. and Mrs. A. B Hall, Mrs. 2. 'l To God in He: l Norwich.. student, even if it did not improve | tory of girltiood as a-never-did-it-wall | (ilis. When my brother and I got| ~orwion. | can hardly see Towser at all. Coffey andl_Stephen Douglas were in: TN never mmke &o et his memory. Z - | flower! - back to the fire we had seven fish. A £ hryope attempts to touch his | Foster Sunday to attend the funeralof To bed at seven. My Vaeation. 4 XORE 4 ’lt‘hen t\:e fisfllhordefl g(_fton'xe :'_wd and The Earthauake. work he will bark drd growl. Mrs. Mary! m’*m& F o &P:'u_hm 5 - put on e fire an our dinner. e, is task - | was one 0! e f ke cn‘fsi<.i°§£°fi§“§§e u;fex{flgvne‘:inb:s(;;; The Roll-over Useful 1’_1"'”‘3‘ of C'i’!’::ne Atter dinner T got some wood and | Yar awa, in4air Japan, an old mas Ll “éa?.f‘i sl andng the cemetery at North Sterling. UNCLE JEDS TALK TO Wibg,|mamma and T went to Groton to visit BY . D. ANGELL BY CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY. put_on the fire and then went to look | qwelt with his numefous family. His them into théir places—not exactiy as they should be, perhaps; but each mat on the spot where it belongs. Inventor of Cage Ball *So you would like to'do sorheftets in the air and rows of flip flaps,” said my aunt and my three. coysins. When we got up Christmas morning Ie found g large Christmas tree and at our tilts, When we came back had_four more fish. Then we sat down by the fire and Often. the shops that sell beautiful fabrics for lome decorating have short lengths: of bright cretonne, pillow size, great thatched farmhouse stood neaf the edge of a small plateau overlook= ing a bay and the sea beyond. On wed Tots ef people say things they ought to be -fllmed even to t AWAKES. have been told . that ik ing a bay and the e He then creops up ;:ams master | . 3 T TR e by oot old: 5 Gk e slopes below the plateau-were rice | who pats him on the head-and gives | = aro fhe beit diys in afOgpo rroms tob e Al eppo; the clown, to the two boys Who | Two or three of these will be enough | ytn %5 05" s welock we gathered | haan rness -ought him wealth and | him a piece of meat. : pevson's ife. wenf sHdifg avd had Fieh o zogg un:: had coms t the barn here he funny § to make several attractive things 10f | gur tilis and came home. fitntahad work Yor i1 thocper Lehb ALDEA TETREAULT. It Goes 1ot meem o to boys and giFls| Wé staved tilf Sunday' amd came| man and famous acrobat was doing | yourroom to'go with the new furni- BEDWARD MARRA. |of the region round about. | versames. who are beb 5 3 home by aute, his winter practice so that he would | ture and curtains. Colchester. { - Below the rice fields lay a Jittle vil- KD e DOCNe SEHER ta Pes ORIV, T had a typewtiter, for Christmas, 1| b limber and skillful when the sum- | THE NEW. CRETONNE PILLOW e lage, following the curves of the shore. The Pet Seal. lfe ihe best there is. as Well.a8 t0 Piit | \ike 1¢ vers tuach. wiet's circus season opened. What is the color of your room, Emmas Pets. In the village lanterns. and banners into fe.the Test that'in them fTiés, | I have a black kitfen hatiéd Topsy blue, pink or yellow? Whatever color friend, Emma Maynard, | Showed thal the harvest feast was m| A great many seals are killed each S . ! 2 . i year far their sbft fine fur. Among tho *F&t ev afe’tie fobtinate onds of fand o puppy named Dck. SESNELE UGS HRaTh 4 | matches, make a pillow cover of that urber of pet birds. She has T e e g me | Snetiand Isiands the people used to iife. for thew have-their small trials} ! 2 in the second grafe m !chuol, “You mustn't try to leamn the hard | T8 T T O & cofton ma-| a canary, a parrot and two doves, The evel plateats; the F il T ioRt hiwnt wuls: cosie, Ea ay- B HORTENSE PHILLIPS, A tricks first,” continued Beppo, “but | °O°° P! £ a rou must know, do not like to | n, made a beautiful pic- 'y and have no ides of the loving dire| Lisbon. must learn. the simple tricks. ~Upon | térial. Carefully cut out the flowers | oves, vou fast Bnoms €9 B0 HHC 811 for the old man to see as he sat{9RE who’ killed a seal. A nnam:aer of 408 devars aittion which e g it It S T PR Lo binds from piee of chinta of 3 | 55 S TheY e |8 aooe it i il granason | e Snimole wers caugng and tamed. | giyen them that they may thake fheir The Silkc Umbnlla. ace. based. Now the. first. trick an | contrasting Cz“‘_}g' o“}‘ef_ SeW them With | sentle. quict birds and easily oy kel e R i 4 or and gredter {hun if Has( e time it was| acrobat must learn is the Rofl-over— ; spal over 85 ovpr stiches o the | Fmma SR e e befere ever been. sitting on the step, lhmkmg Pol ohat you kids doubtless call it the somer- | B 8! 5 £ | her dove: e looked at the sea. suddenly dark. It was om_the land! ! Light me a He cried to his grandson. The obeyed at once.- Hurrving to ds, the old man _ tbrast the in. Instantly The little boy, should be artistically arranged, not fog 1imma feeds these birds Lwice | 10 earthauake! close together to spoil the effect. If you want a very gay one use a black cover, satéen’ or cambric. A TEA SET . If you have a chafing dish or a tea service in your room to help in enter- | taining your girl friends after school,* he wotld do. fo-make his mother a birthday present, when all at once sudderi thought came to his mind, he would go and ask for a. job to pass the morning papers. He asked for the job, 2nd he got it just as soon ag he. askéd for it. His mother's birthday was to_be in Ogtober, ahd it wds -alreddy, the first Be sét. If you learn a Roll perfectly, you will have a position in tumbling that must be-learned;. for almost all tum- bling tricks are based upon the Roll- over. THE ROLL-OVER “Now this is the way you do it said Beppo, “take a quick step for- vou Knew that it is :ood in- and obtediént children who heif pafeiits glad, for work an \Ss-my are the deuendame of .every conntry as Well & its security. These Mitle tisks in’school days are the Toundstion for the greater tdsks other day the two dove cé where they were ke long before Emma <oul them.. At last she found them father’s library. They were scated-on one of his large books. The sunshine streamed through the window and the rchi! child Norwich’s Best Drug Store shot forth. ! 7 i her, t K ; SIPNT Wen NeRY Drably torscs ou | in terror, Yan after 'his prandfdther, *hieh fite miy pat upon o oo Wéek of :?:egbe:h ls: :ed‘;;d :: l;::( ward—bend forward and.place hands \;alg{( it;‘l:t :g:!;:ea 't:ilélle (%o:;r’ and small Dretty birdst saia. Bmima. ou do |erying }zr\".mr:figa'::afidrum’;v;xe mi The u(mm in prompt, courteous service. ernment_require of him. dds” en6ugh mohey to buy fhe pres- Use_coarse, -unbléahed finen. Cut | NoU have to read big books to be|whvC - the little things of sclfod] days, littie lessens, and the little qisci- pIies, 233 (he self denials, End the ifttle resolutions which have made all hofé namés glow on the of_history. The aged tell us that from smafl fhifigs have cOme great résults. School 'days are our best days be- @use théy ate @sys of préparaf &nd comtairi life's possibilities fer each ptie of us, just ds Emerson pomt- ea out that an acorn is 2 t#fling thing But it helds within itself the promise of 'a thousand forests and theké cobld be converted into-houses and vehicles and ships. Therg is nothing of little account in this-world, begause everything good: character, - Kowever | ones dresséd up, w!uhed Bis face and hands, and put on his clothes, and hurried down stairs with the present. What do You think the present was? 1t was a nlce red silk LA BLANCHARD, Age 13. Taft\ me How He Earned Two and One-Half Dollifs. I must tell you how I garn two' dolla?"l d a half. T helped Oid'-l.ke care, of cows, I.-drove them to and from the M\lr’ eyery day. Otnie t dudk as ! '58 go- alm Jytom = E‘i m"'m nm: mmen heid W "i'dt:; g"o;‘t‘ RN ing cross nvet a 'lfl an id mioth lends strength to = it thay appear; dnd every lit- 1 act makes us less w—t,nd ub e znd mors worthless We may Be put. fays are /the best days be- mdnu 48 to knowledge which. is_the way to:suctess i What- | with weér'we may undertake,” | uti the top of your By o youre tumin i THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. Tetreault; of Versailles— "8 PG |- Roll-over was easy, and after sevual, w; name is m-. Calia- m PERBONE, Aze 11. Copyright, 1820, by 3. H. Millar €. A There are ty-three members in our club in- B tiny flower bouguets or baskets of flowers from a length of chintz that has a small; bright design. Sew these chintz figures to 6ne comer of each of the napkins and to the four corners of the table cover just as you put them on the pillow cover. The stitches will | hardly show if you make them fine enotgh. Last of all, fold very narrow hems and cross stitch them down with miercerizéd cotton that matches the prevaxhng color of the chintz design. li‘m will be really beaubfu], and FOR PHONE !\UMBERS The scraps of cretonne that are left will ‘make you a dainty telephone di- rectory. An oblong piece of heavy cardboazd -about the size of a cabinet pbokograph is the foundation. Cut.a | piece of cotton wadding to fit one side, | glue it on, and thén cover the whole with some sort of firm lining taterial. | Cut 2 back and front of cretonne, fold #he edges in, and oversew them. to- gether, covering the cardboard. Last d all glue a small note book or pad the éenter of the cretonne, add a d_cord, and kang it up beside tho ne. ght, 1920, by J.'IL. Millar _ cluding .a president, seurtary treasurer and lead: Tyubsday evening ut Eloek s 2 meeting ischeld.in Palgter's hall. The meeting ' is opened, then the Dresident calls the names of the mem- vice president, | wise, In the diming room hangs the parrot in a cage. Emma. had given the par- rot a name—Bob, When the folks were eating dinner the parrot would say: “Give me a cracker!” She Kept on this way, talking every day until finally the folks went away. When the clock would ring 12 the parrot would knéw; but she missed her din- ner for a long while. She had some- thirig on her plate to eat, but did not iike it. One day she heard some boy say: “No, you don’t” By Which he meant yott cannbt make me do it. He was 2 bad boy. indeed. So Bob had lears ed to say it. One Gay.a man passed by who was a | houses, everything. Twice, thrl answer. ants: came. of hi Lotk At the {so terribl On, on it roaring ai ently the people saw the flames and came swarming up the hitl like every man, “Grandfather is mad! ing to the'sea; a long, dim line. lifted_itself to the s rushing toward the shore and drove the spray far up the | mountainside. woman and child | T am afraid cried the b * shotted the old man, point. see now if T am mad!” edge of the horizon they saw Tt was as If the sea Then it came Te. th a roar e* that every face grew pale. came, tmtil it burst upon the It nd tearing ay drew back, =y ¥ rock Prices are Right Main Street NATIO l *Phone, Cor. Shetucket St. Druc STorES Norvnch, 1559 Cieaners Postal “WE CLEAN ABSQLUTELY” HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR PATRONS Furs, Evening Gowns, Gloves and Slippers CLEANED TO PERFECT lON GOODS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED - EVERY DAY BY AUTO GIVE US A TRIAL TELEPHONE 743-2 150 MA!N STREET Telegr aph Office, Norwich