Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 4, 1920, Page 9

THE WIDEAWAKE GIRCLE Boys’ and Girls’ Department | _— And Upon your way Alerg the strests you proudly go! Bring smiles to every passer- So patient, kind. ) “Twers hard to find A playmate gentler, Bill, than you— You like the fun, And anyone Can see that you lke “kiddies” t No unkind word Fiave you e'er heard— Ne'er known a blow, O Billy White; Twixt you and me That's why, maybe, em gives you such de- ght! —Louella C. Poole. Whep the Snow Flies. fast summer, where I played around, Acorns lay scattered on the ground. I put them in a hollow tree. To save them fdr the squirrels’ tea. ¥or when the winds of winter blow, And all is covered un with snow, How can the little squirrels pls I they go hungry all the day? Potter Boys With the Tanks. P The prize books livin Hom:“un for m-'.z"'rhi & bnds*‘mn any hour 10 & m. - or letters only | gTORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- a 5 wnxs : tho g could I eaw as _as we carry. 1 eaw many further “back, ;gl went back to pick them, instead 6f taking the road baek to where my frlends we fimmmnflmwuhma but all in vain. I found I had taken the wrong road, and, feeling tired, I seated myself under a.great tree. I soon feil asieep. My father happened to pass that way and saw me fast asleep, with a great snake near my feet. My father killed the snake and woke me up. I felt very happy to be | in my father's erms, and was brought ‘which - usually 100k for, is- the magnificent capitol of Connecticut. This is a grand structure of gray marble and stone, situateq on a_small fi south of the station and catches of all coming out there- from, It rises to a height of about two hundlred feet and on the top of it is a large statue representing a lady helding out two wreaths, - On entering by the main door, lafge bronze monument of Lafayette is confronted while on all sides are memorial souvenirs which all stop to examine. This- spacious edifice has many and departments, rooms and inel those of the govern- or and other officials ot this state. In the right wing of the building is a big_room which contains many flags enclosed in cases, that were used and torn by shells or bullets in previous wars, One can also go up in the dome by getting on the elevator and then as- cend by means of winding stairs. Outside, surrounding the capitol are monuments of great men and al- 50 some cannon which were used in wars. All these things make the law center of Connecticut very pretty and pleasing, OVILA BLANCHETTE, Age 15. Danielson. My Scrapbook. I have béen sick with the influenza, and when I was getting well 1 amused myself by ' making scrap- books. I am making them now. Per- haps you would like to know for whom and how I am making them. Today I saw the snow-flakes fly, They came down whirling from the wky; And squirrels “in the hollow tree Were cracking acorns merrily. —Mary R. Merriman, UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES, How often it is that boys and gitle pine for something to o, something tn keep their active minde and nimble hands busy, something that will be Gomstructive, a service, a good deed, a new task Play figures prominently, of course, in the life of every boy and gitl. There is something the matter with the one who foesn't Ifke it. Having fan Is a popular desire and well it May be for it plays an important and beneficial part met only in the days ®f our youth but in our whole life, though our tastes as to what is fan varies. It has been well said that “all work and mo play makes Jack a dull boy.” And it might equally well be said that all play and no trafning in any- thing else gives him a poor start for the tackling of the problems of later years. Those who are looking fdr some- Ihing to do are not always the sober, Scdate lttle folks. They like fun as well as the next one, and the best of it is they get it. but aside from the sports. the games and other pleasures they also fing fun in eervice, in get- ing knowledge about this, that or the other thing and find real enjbyment in doing satistactorily what will help others and what will fit them to be- s0me better men and Women The longings for something to do, ihe desires to construet, 1o help, to imitate are the manifestations of the pent um ambitioms sseking to deter mine what lne of service, what ef- forts, what work can be undertaken In the future that will permit bf achievement. And in _achievement thers 1s 1o be fownd that Hesirable combination’ of work and pleasure. —— LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Eva Burchman, of Norwich—I thank FOU very much the book you gave Peggy Alone. 1 read it and found ery interesting. ~jorie Gates, of Gales Ferry — 1 Wedeived the book entitied “Betty, the Soribe” and like it very much, It s one of the niecest books I have ever read. Thank you very much. WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Marry Schatz, of Yantic—Boy Bcouts in France. —Doris Johnson, of Jewett City— Timothy and His Friends. ila Blanchette, of Danielson— The Potter Boys Under Old Glory. 4—Maurice han, of Voluntown— Auto Boys' Vacation. §—Raymond Woods, of Notwich—In the Camp of the Delawares. %—Youhg Twins, of Sterling—Auto Boys' Adyenture. i—Marjorie Nason, of Mansfield Center—Boy Scouts With Joftre, §—Helen Swain, of Norwich—The HAY GHKUMIG BRUNCHI FOR TWENTY-8IX HE: IQI!'VLI’ELL AND HAPPY of ¥r. E. J. Tou- & -] g bouse. 1t is dow to the large some e i I am making them for the little girls, or_boys over in the hospital. First, I took some old notebooks and After every other page I cut out two pages so that it would close up better, Then I cut out pictures, puz- zles, stories and jokes, and pasted them in. Mamma, who has been sick also, has helped me make these scrapbooks. MARY CHAPPELL, Age 9, Chestnut Hill, An Exciting Rescue. One ovening while mother was at the store for some bread for break- fast, my little sister who was play- ing with the tablecloth, gave it a jerk, whith upset the oil lamp. She did ‘not realize any danger, so kept on playing. As 1 was deeply interested in a story book T heard the crackling of flames which seemied to come from the other room. I went to open the door which led into the other room, and as I did I was much astonished to see the room all ablaze, T ran down stairs s excited that T forgot my sister. Then I ran to the fire alarm box, broke the glass, open- ed the door and pulled down the Tever. The fire apparatus soon arrived and the firemen put up a ladder against the house. He climbed up and went into the room where my sister was. He found her on a couch and suc- ceeded in_bringing her safely to the ground. He wag cheered heartily by the crowd which had gathered around. RAYMOND WOODS, 1n, Norwich, e Coasting. ‘bad some fine coasting nter. Last year we did as there ‘was not much We have Here this very little, snow. We live on a hill, ealled Black Hill. Tt is very steep and long. Several weeks ago, when the coas was go0d. we could start at' the top of the hill and ceast a mile. It isa thrilling sensation as you fly along the snow- covered ground. We_also go tobogganning and skat- ifg. There has becn such a quantity of Emnow, coasting and skating have been impossible. 1 hope all of the Wide-Awakes have chance to enjoy these sports, too. HELEN F. BROWN, Age 13. Central Village. The End of a Happy Day. Near my house there lived a neigh- bor by the name of Brown. One day while T was eating my breakfast, Mr. Brown's oldest girl came in with the news that they were going berrying, and T was asked to go also. So I hur- riedly did a few chores for mother and putting on my oldest clothes went over. ~ There in the yard they stood Wwaiting, lunch and all. The horse was harnessed and Jack wes helping his mother into the old lumber wagon. We had 4 jolly ride and to our.sorrow we were thére before we knew it. The ground looked covered with big, low blueberries. Our pails were quickly filled. When we had eaten our lunch we started to prepare for home, when I thought of my hat that I had laid down. Tt was quite a ways from thete. My fest were aching, so I ask- ed Jack to go after it. We watched him @ntil he was out of sight. We waited and waited, when at last we saw him coming limping along. What could have happened? After Jack had left us he stumbled into a hornet’s nest and to estape ran down the road. Aft- er running a distance he turned o corner, and cHmbed a fence, but still the hornets were coming. He start- €4 to ran. but he ran right into a bull, and eo this is how he came to be Licping to us. He was lald up for several weeks in bed after that. MARGIE GAHAN, Age 12. Votuntewn. Mary’s Good Luek. Poor Hitle Mary stood on the phat- form of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad station, with a basRet of oranges on her arm. She was tired and th nd hungry, and n oranges. The ptlled away - when “How muth are ydur o " ask- od the gentieman, “Fitty ente dozen, &ir.” “Tll take a dozen,” said the man, name was Mr. Brown. Mary plit the oranges in a snmall ‘them 10 the gentieman, T gAve her a doMar bill in return. She counted out fifty cemts in e and handed it to ‘the man. “Keep the chatige,” sald the gentle- man. ‘“Thank you.” Mary. “You m Wwelcome,” said the gentle- man, then he went away. ~Mary waited the rest of the afterneen, but nobody bn?ht any oranges of her. At five o'clock Mary started for home. On her way she stopped at the s, and bought bread and eat. n she got home her moth- er was surprised, and they sat down {. a I::vm. d)‘-r{ said, “T hope e as uck tomorro: todays o o s HELEN 8WAIN, Age 12. & CIOR - § Lost Her Way. One fine day in summer friends and ] want ta the woads (o Dick s . home in safety. “Norwich. Mary’s Oversight. % The a little girl and her name was Mary Brown. She fivea with her mother in a little cottage. Her moth- er had to work very hard in order to support the house. One day Mary's mother sent her tc the store to get some things for the house. When she got to the store and purchased the articles required, she feit in her pock- ets for the money, but she-could not fiftd it anywhere. She did not kmow what to do, so she told the elerk. He said, “It will be all right, you can pay me some other time.” On her way home, Mary felt in her dress pocket, and to her surprise she found the money. She then hurried back to the house and told her mother what had happened. e mother - said, “You want to look more_carefully in your pockets next e g PLSIE WARREN, Age 12. ETH GOLER, Age 11 Norwich. My Calf. I have a calf and she is a pure Jet- sey. When she was bora I took it and said “It is mhe.” So it was giv- en to me. o 1 get up and feed it mornings with milk and at night I milk its mother for the milk. She is growing very fast. I forgot to-tell you its name is Sylvia. T like her very much. I have three others besides this ome. The mothes gives thirteen and a half pounds of milk to every milking. I hope to take her to the fair next year. She.is in a stall so that'when she sticks her head through to eat 1 can shut_her up. One day I did it so I could brush her off. She likes it very much, MARJORIE NASON, Age 12, Mansfield Center. A Mischievous Boy. There was a mischieyous boy by the name of Teddy Finn. He was always into mischief, and one day his mother had got him all ready for school and told him mnot to stop at the store to spend his penny, because if he did he would be late for school. 2 Now little Teddy did just what his mother had told him not to do. He walked on until he came to the store and then walked right in and bought some chocolate candy and got it all over himself and was late for school. But now I will tell you the rest of his doings. At that- time any child who was late for school was fined five dollars. So Teddy's mother had to the fine, and Teddy was sorry for his mothér and asked. for forgiveness and has been a good boy ever sinee. FLORENCE CLARK, Age 12. New London. My Pumpkin Vine. One day I found a little plant in the path of my father's greenhouse which T took for a squash plant. I trans- planted it among my other squashes, for I had a war garden. Many other boys and giris had. ‘As the summer wore on it grew big- ger and bigger until in the fall it cov- ered 100" square feet or more and 24 bright yellow pumpkins had been as 1 later found them to be instead of squashes, ited them at the county fair and received first prize. REGINALD AVERY, Age 0. Norwich Town. How | Saved the Cat. Two years ago this winter T Was sitting up side of the stove and a littie_kitten came up to our window and T let her in and gave her some- thing to cal_and she slept for two days and nights. We thought she was a lazy cat. but one morning when she awoke she was full of fun, and I had much fun with her. When T would rin she would run after me, and we had a very good time. 1 would take a string and play with her and I would hide #hd she would come and find me. Her name 1s Pansy. BESSIE LALIBERTE, Age 10. Glasgo. Sneezing. Have §ou ever heard anyéne exclajm “God bless you!” after another person has sneezed? This custom of saluting after a sneeze is very ancient and pre- vails in all parts of the world. Some attribute the origin of the cus- tom to a pope, St. Gregoty, who in- stituted a short benediction to be used at such times. The Jews claim that before Jacob men never. sneezed but once, and then dled. Jacob, it is said, was the first man to die a nat- ural death; before that all men die by sneezing. ‘When a king of Monomotapa sneezes those near a!m salute him so loudly that subjects in an adjoining room hear it and join in the salute; then those in othéf roems hear the noise, and also join until the noise reaches the streets and is carried all around the town! . In another countty when a king sneezes his courtiers immediately slap their right thigh. It is interesting to rote that such an ordinary occurrence as a sneeze has been the subject of much superstition from the earlfest days, in all places and among all na- tions. LEO GRBUSKY, Age 9. Versdilles. : The Boy Who Di Not Want to Go te Once there was a little boy who did . So one night ight stay up all night. Then he was glad, and began to_play with his toys, But after a while he got tired of his toys and took his Teddy bear and pic- ture book and got up in a big chair to rest. % At last he fell asleep, but a little man \came and woke him, saying “Wake up, you must not go to sleep; you were going to stay up all might,” The boy said: “I was looking at my - picture book. I was not asleep..” After o while he fell asleen again but the little man came again .and woke him, and the boy began to cry “I don’t want to:stay up any longer. 1 want to go to bed.” 2 “Not tonight,” said the little man. “You are going to stay up all night,” and he stuck his pojnted stick into-the boy’s arm. “Oh, how you hurt me” cried the boy. His mother heatd him .erying and came running in apd asked him what was the matter. Then he open- ed his eves and saw his mdther and he cried, “Oh, mother, the little man said T could not go to sieep and 1 don’t want to stay up all ‘night, I want to g0 to bed.” “Well, you shall” the mother #aid. “You have been dreaming, I think.” Then he was taken upstairs tucked into his bed. He never wanted|{s Red Cross society to_stay up afl night again. FREDBRICK. MeT, THONS, ‘Azs 11, Versailles. | other shops. t enough girls for ;hms woman's business?” the milliner com- Ts if fhat girls don't realize that milli- [ nery is one of the fine arts thit a of it is :‘:nhaflt in tle e . awa job.coul ative work in The a rest is > 1f she has a natural gift for design plus training in a store or s her ?woflum::bu are nu.‘;;,gberlm”apd rom the regular “trimmers” in stores to the head designer in a department store. “Even if she wants to be 2 saleswoman or by in millinery the shop-reom experience is invaluable. The girl who bas made hats has a better ‘idea of what lines are ‘vecoming to her cas- #tomer. Schools of designs usually place their stadents in shops. But there is an ad- -vantage in handling a wide range of hats, such as a wholesale house or de- fament store offers which cannot be ound in any school. = The girl who can combine stros initiative and business ability with skif in duifin shouid ‘open 2 shop of her own, éither in a town where she has friends or in the good buying districts of a city. You would be astonished to hear of the humble beginnings of manv exclusive Fifth Avenue shope. The sticcessful milliner is naturally an artist in design as well as a zood business woman. In addition, she is o sufl:fii}bfi&nh}fiumfl o Fr ttive " ¥bg mey umbhmi you plan to becorhe it _have. the aatirs guslifcaions for o it ul and neat. You must have a. natiiral knack for dra acciifately and cléa have an interest in’ eer I can afford to you to a. "bihn';‘;fix s:hool.‘gfuh m to go al F years. cour get a job as a drafi ”'m'hh tsman schooling than Sonte fellows have to take theit training in 4 t school or a trade school. i‘hgynfgh st aboutasgood draftsmen as you woul neat, well dressed, courteous, and fraak “with her customers, and wide awake to &1l new ideas in trade magazines and Taking Care of Curtains BY BELLE CASE HARRINGTON “T wouidn’t mind this big house if it weren’t for the curtains,” sighed Mrs. Carifn. * “There are always some that need washing or mending.” The caller had brought her daughter Mary with her. Mary had just been longing for some way io earn money; maybe this ‘was the way. So she said, “Let me take care of your curtains, Mrs, Carlin, I do moth-~ Wer * Mrs. Carlin looked at her in surprise. “But 1 meant washing them—putting them on stretchers.” Mary's mether answered. “You can trust Mary. She has washed and meni- ed ours for two years now. I dom't | know what I'd do without her.” This was the way Mary got her first job. Since then she has a regular list of patrons, and she washes and hangs +heir curtains, mrends them, end matchés material or gets samples when new ones ate required. If a girl wishes to be a curtain care- taker, she should ge at it in a business- like way. Carefully mark the curtains s they are taken down, so you will 2nuw just where they belong when you put them up again. It is best to wash etily those from one room at a time. If the curtnins are very much soiled, soak for a few hours in warm cids to whith a tabléspoonful of coal oil has been added. Then gently with the hands in clean, warm suds, rinse, stareh slightly, and put on the stretcher. Mug' people g;e(cr well-caoked_ flour starch, as it “holds up” longer. If the curtains are véry delicate, wash t em in a pillow case, and pin them to a heavy Tug ‘instead of putting them on the i fort t v are going away forf the summier, they may wish afl the curtaing and draperies taken down, aired, and packed away in boxes. This must be done very carefully, every box labeled, #nd all the accessaries ‘pfl ing to which they bel o:(‘l The wide-awake. girl will make her- self invaluable, by keeping posted on everythin xclm';:mml»mm. . She will attend all house-furnishing dis- *30 as to know the newest and est things in curtains, and she will alsa study the household magazines so as 3 know. the prettiest way of arranging Copyright, 1920, by J. H. Millar The Red Cross. started by Clara Barton, The Red Cross of America was While on a visit to Switzerland she heard of the Red Cross and their work. When she came back to the United States she o But their opportunities for advafice- ment are not 86 great uless they show cxcwtional ahiliYfl' 3 “Where could 1 fead more about it?* “You ‘can start with most asy book on elementary mechanical drawing. Then study a book on Prejections or Descriptive These stisdies forh the basis of your t g.” Vi al the Mole. s Building a Box Kite BY G. M. BVIE Although almost any boy feels ea- of building a flatkite or a-tailless w kite, Scarcel, m 23 the eourage to attempt a ite—there- fore, the mB:x‘t envied when u‘i’;hn, winds blow. with a the box kite is mbeymsm.ati’uu of any boy. Here is a simple design: The simplicity of the design depends upon plaging the sticks edgewise so.as to advantage of greag crosswise strength and to reduce number required. With proper joiats, as shown, the Kite will be as stiff a8 if it contained -many more sticks braces. 5 The sticks for the kite should all be !A»incgn wide t‘-mch_ thxkn‘}:d of straight-grained ‘whil The main frame sticks (EF,K,J)”#N m four each be about .34 inches long. Fat ore crogs hiraces s need ks, eath 213 inches Joug, of hene ; x?m:h %n;;’fimez a: shown the crasspicce with: joint tt ent e 3 Bk th 2 é#n m!:ufl (’hroux; e gt i the g ks rame i S e Lram gher weith e oag ‘nok&s_nnmem straightened up otd be paced “from. the ‘ends of the long pieces of light cloth each 10 by 65 inch- Copyright, 1920, by J. H. Millar. States. fully -appreciated for its great ‘work. a mothér.- The nurses wal up the wounded and caring for them. The wounded are placed on ers, carried to the hospital pla the Red Oross nurses. Other helpers of the Red Cross at the Red Cross dogs. A white cloth bound around the body, with two la; red crosses on the sides. A small | During peace, as well as war, the Red Crogs Js working for the' sick and suffering. During the Michigan forest fire, the San Francisco earthquake, the Mississippi flood, the Red Cross Wwas In ti f war the Red Cross is il e falling shell and shrapnel, as Brave- hearted as any of the soldiers, pieking on neat white beds and cared for by Bl can, and then the dog returns. It leads first Red Cross society in the United | some nurses and doctors 'to ' the uhded, Who are carried to the hos- m‘? SCHATZ, Age U4 : o 14, Yantic. n& as a small girl of nine. Her ’ a8 & rich man, and Katy lived: 18 a nice House. One day ‘she went out and met a man Who was kind to her. He took et to see his house. While she was in the house a large- eat started to at Her, but the man stopped it, ind the cat was a whole family of ttens, ki . -.gty mf‘t;d plaving with them, and : “Would you like a little Xltten?” She wanted one, so she said “Oh, .yes, T would like one, if you hPER T v cont sre e man he could one, so Katy took one home. Her mother let “her keep it, # she nut it in a small foom and had a lot of fun with it. ;’ .'l;m:“i; how Katy got a kitten to : EDWARD LISTER, Age 11. Plainfield. s Katy’s Pet. ol Trip to New York and_Hoboken. I would like to tell about my trip to New York and them to Hobo- | kén, N. J, which T took three weeks a0 with my father and mother. We left New London early in the after- and arrived in New York about 6 o'cleck at night. Going through the Grand Central station, I saw the big- United States flag 4n the world, was hung right up in the middle of the station. we got outside we ok a taxi and ot off at the en- trance of the Hudson {ube. Going 4 long line of stairs, we arrived ‘at ie bottom- of the tube just In time to_catch a train to Hoboken. 1 thought we were fiving they 2o so fast and smooth. Finally we arrived on the othersside of the Hudson river ¢ight near the piers where the big U. S. army transports ‘landed with our soldiérs. Taking a car from there, we rode about five minutes and ar- rived at my aunt’s without accident. The_next day my father took me to the Hippodrome theatre and that end- ed my trip. PRISCILLA KRODEL, Age 12. Taftville. The Oidest House in Kingston. - Oet. 17, 1777, General Vaughn sailed up the Hudson river and burned the téwn of Kingston. This town had been a Duteh colony, just south of Fort Orange, now Albany, It became an ican colony. Kingston had once been called Wyltwick, an old Indian name. It had a large wall around it. There are two very old houses there, the fifst United States senate and the hofme of the Van Steinburgh family. rned part of the senate house. her was not touched becaus the Beitish offieer was in love with the Young widow who lived there. She re- warded him by marrying an Ameri- can. I had the plesasure of living in this house in Kingston. It was a very beautiful place. It had large open firéplaces and large beams of wood in the ceiling. Oytside it had all kinds of fruit trees nd flower hushes and lawns. It was enclosed with a large board tehce. The door opened in two parts. All_people who visit Kingston visit the senate house and walk past the old Van Steinburgh house. DORIS JOHNSON, Age 12. Jewett City. The Dos and His Shadow. A dog was once carrying home a fine piece of meat. On his way he had to cross a bridge over a little river. He looked down and saw his shadow there. He thought it was another dos with la larger piece of meat. He dropped his plece and jumved into the water to get the other piece of meat. But there was no dog there. meat fell to the bottom, where could not gat it, and he had without his dinmer. Tattville. A Night Scare. My mother and father had gone to the show and I sat alone in the house. After baving read a few detective stories, 1 went to bed. In the middle of the might 1 awoke. There was a rustle i the kifehen and a kettle fell t6_the floer. His he to go LBO BELISLE. T saw through my bedroom a sight that made my hair stand up. Tt was a white thifg meving about. I quickly ducked under the quilt. it the morning I found out It had besh the white cat Dicky, who was after the fish, HARRY COH New: London. Our Sehoo! Celebration. On the 22a of February our school, inelyding the grades from the first to the 8ighth, celebrated =Washington's birthday. ; The ‘@falles met together that after- noon for the celebration. We sang songs, recited picces, poems and quo- tations. A dialogue also was given by two persons, one representing Betsey Rose and the other George Washing- T enjoyed it very much and hope all the rest enjoved it as well. ANNIE ZUKOWSKY, Age 13. Notwich Town 7 Soil. After a heavy rain most of the wa- ter soaks in the soil, and stays in the ground umtil- the ground dries. When we mix humus with a sandy soil the water moves less rapidly through it. Not all ‘of the water drains through thp sofl. It remains, clinging to soil particles. When the soil starts up the water by capillary action, the water has to move more slowly in the clay, because in its climb it has a seil particle. Hufos means decayed weeds, brush, plants and rotfen substances. 3 L HARVBY, Age 13. Lédyard. Lost in the Woeds. One' fine summer day I went to the woods to plek flowers. After I had mhue bouquet I started , but found that I had gone tob far fto the woods and couldn't find fny way out. Every minute add- el to my feNs. The trees reflecting into a pend made me frightened, for they looked like great arms ready to grab me. I heprd the hooting of an owl which made me still more fright- ened, THIRKINE it was the cry of a wild animal looking for feod. As I ¢d up at the moon it looked like 2 face smiling down at me, because I was frightened. All of a sudden something hit my head, but as I turpedl ardund I was greatly relieved a of to find that it was only failen ffom one Der Uncle Jed: We had sixteen calves but one dled; then my father 1d_three and now Wwe have twelve. #7 ‘brother Raymond and 1 feeq them every night aad morning. We give them ofe guart of ¢hops and a bunch of hay each. My old white hen raised cight chickens last spritig. When they were quite lafge we could not find her for Cross kit is tied around their h a time. One day when 1 was and| asked the government to help her start | They then start on the hunt fqr | pickifig currants I found her under in America. | wounded toldiérs. The wounded sol- |the currant bush, sitting on fourteen Finally she sncceeded in _getting | dier dresses his wounds the best he hatched fourteen chickens money and volunteers and started the and raised them all but one. My mother made a chart and wrote Exact Copy of Wrapper. ~ For Qver Thirty Years CASTORIA our names on it. At night she puts on a_ster for the one who has be- haved weil all day. And amother star for being polite at the table. 1€ we do extra work and do it well we get a star. When we get one hindred stars wa get a prize. Raymond and 1 &re in the fourth grade at school. RICHARD A. YOUNG. Age 8. Eteriing. Planning a Vegetabie Garden: Dear Uncle Jed: My twin. brother iRchmond and I are planning to have a vegetable garden. Richfhond has sont for the Peter Henderson cata- logue and I have Gregory's. We are ing to sce which catalogue has the st seeds. Ve had a garden last year but it did not amount to much becatise it was so wet. But we sold some b and tomatoes and a few heads of eab- bage. Last year and thirty c sixteen ducks we raised : Papa has half kens. }of_all. we raise to pay for the feed. Richmend and I have filled twelve books full of thrift stamps in two years. RAYMOND M. YOUNG, Age 8. Sterling. Jack, the Crow. was a baby erow. For a ved happily in his nest made of sticks. Mother Crow knew just how to spread her wings and cov ack and his brothers and sis- ters at night, and wher] to find the best kind of wiggly worms to feed her babics. Then, too, she knew whose turn it was to have the worm she was hringing. Very unexpectedly one day their cosy nest in the tfee was torn d by some hunters. Imagine how frightened Mre, Crow must have been. The hunters gave -one of the crows to a neighbor's boy for a pet. Thi ohn, was delighted to gzet the r hie bad been longing for a pet all hig own. i Joim hustied around and finished his chores. =0 he could make a place for the bird to sleep in that night. He found a box that was just the thing, so-he put som siats across ‘the front to kecp him in. . Now he must give him something to eat so he wWent into the garden and dug some. worms. Then he dropped ~them _into the crow’s mouth- one by ‘ane. - He wanted to cat often, too. S0 When John couldn’t be around to feed him some- one else must do.so for Jack would keep calling until he got something. But the day came when John anad Jack must- part, as John was going to move to the city and could net take Jack along. He gave him to a little friend who was very pleased to own him. RALPH JOHNSON, Age 10. Norwich. Our Entertainment. We had an -entertainment in the Union hall, February 20, to cejebrate George Washington's birthday. The money that we got was 10 to the Baptist church. They $54.28. The first thing T will tell you is what ‘we did. They were eight dar- kie boys who sang “Down in Virginia.” there was a dance by four girls and four boys. We were dressed up faney, and the boys had hats like George Washington's. Besides that there were girls who sang songs.and there were” two plays. ° 2 ‘When that was over we had ice cream and doughnuts and coffee to sell and then we played games. There is going to be another show and I will have to tell the Wide- Awakes about that one, too. DORIS MAY BLIVEN, Age 10. Voluntown, F g0 made Helping Mother Cock. Mother allows me to help with the cooking some titmes, and here Js the recipe for tea cakes: Put one cup of floar, one cup of sugar, one and one-half teaspoons of baking powder, into a sieve and sift three times. Into a cup put one egg (unbeaten), two tablespoons of melted butter; then fill cup with milk and add to, flour with teaspoon of flavoring; beat well. Bake in muffin tin. JANE SULLIVAN, Age 8. Fitchvilte, g The Blacksmith Shope Fire. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell You about-the burning of the black- smith shop, which is not very far from my_hou: While in-the schoot yard, one of my friends noticed some smoke coming from the roof of the shop, and she said, jokingly, “Oh, the black- smith shop is on fire.” A littie while | after she said this I noticed a _small ! flame shoot- up into the air. Then I said, “The shop really is on fire now.” After saying this, T ran down to ihe hop as fast as I could. A man tel- | partiment, who came up in his-auto. The chemical did not come up, and the reason why it didn't. T do not know. First a little flame would shoot up and when the wind blew in the d&- rection of the house they were In great jdanger of being burned. It was very exciting to watch if ephoned to the chief of the fire de-; bul In a very short time all the people who lived anywhere nder the shog came to help take automobiles and tirés out of ‘the burning shop. It 1ol very funny not to see thé shop in that spot now. 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