Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 18, 1920, Page 9

very Do not use | grandma found her cream Overturnod, and -m‘.'-" streatn And pool boside door, And tnre‘nly tracks on the pariof oor. g er success was most complete, On the feet of two the cream was founq The gullty that— Telltale and Tittletat. , Now, if they come into the room Grandma rushes for the broom, Opens very wide the ‘door— Crandpa, with an awful roar, Pounds his cane, and cries out “Scat, Telltale and Tittletat!” ones? You've guessed at Teiltale and Tittletat— This 18 the moral they teach us, pat: If vou would protect the pail Watch who bears and brings the tale. Thomas Lomax Hunter. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. There is none of us but what knews what it means to be as busy as bees. The little boneymakers are oh the go from sunrise to synset. Théy atténd strictly to business and they pile up large amounts of delicious and. nutri- tious honey. But while we are quite familiar with the bees wo are far less ac- quainted with the bats that fly about at night. Though there fs little evi- dence of it the bats in their erratic fiying stunts, which create all kinds of fun when they dip and glide around a hall or church, are getting, their food as thev are darting here and there about the electric lights. They are after the bugs and gnats to be found in large numbers and it has. been discovered that they are partic- ularly fond of mosquitoes, This had led to the building of bai roosts and the passage of a law in Texas mak- Ing it a misdemeanor for anyone to kill o bat in that state. The bat is therefore a real friend of humanity that works while we siéep fo keep down the hordes of pesky, fast breed- Ing, poisonous mosquitoes. Chasing mosquitbes might not secem like & very desirable or helpful service but apparently they are regarded by the bats quite as dainty as we do ice cream cones, lollypops or charlotte russe, and there is much to be learned from the bate, as well as the busy bees, for they do with a will what they have to do. They don't get all the mosquitoes but they are ever- lastingly on their job and are so high- Iy prized In some sections that great large towers are speclally fitted up for them with far more care than we put up hives for the bees and houses for the birds. Don't be a bat but do whatever you andertake in a way to make your ser- vices appreciated. WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—~Alfred Dugas of Versailles—The Boy Land Boomer. 3—Dorothy |. Tholen of Preston— Down the Slope. 3—Ruth Sellen of New London— Shelled by an Unseen Foe, 4—Susan Hattin of Mansfield Center ~Captives Three. i—Nathan J. Ayer of Norwich, R. D. 3—Boy, Seouts in England. (—Stasia Wasilewski of Norwich Town—In the Camp 6! Delawares. i—Rese Rubin of Norwich—The Potter Boys Hunting Down the Spy. S—Carroll Stedman of North Ston- ington—Roy Scouts in Servia. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Edward T. Marra, of Colchester—I recetved wx you sent me enti- tied Sea Boys. I thank yeu very much. of Mansfield Cen- Marjorie Nason, tor—I received the prize book you I iike it very much. I new. Raymond Woeds, of Norwich—I re- celved the book entitied The Camp of A Bt | The st ‘sat .down and- starteq down the hill.| e Thank you Vi much: forcitc Wi LETTERS. WRITTEN BY WIDE- 1 AWAKES, ~The_ Tribute to the Dog. When n ot the grand army of liberty bt " together lxtlhluture' years, - t in the war should be saved a warm place by the five, limh:n veterans. Here 8 a 1 the dog, that lace besides ‘the addressing a great au- assembled in one of the thea- observan tres in vance of Britain's Day. At. a address the at- tention of th ‘was called to a dog into the theatre that walked into and was attracting general attention as it strayed down the aisle. 1o one touch that dog!” cried Dr. McCualg. “Let no one put him er he should lbie hére. iend of the British soldiers on m field have been the dogs. They beside the 1ion;- they help the lion win, t I have at Rome " an, Irish errier who wears a sérvice star. His brother {g at the front with the Irish Fusiliers. ~ We are not sure whether or not he will be coming back. The casualty list of dogs has not yet been | i o hll u(ppd.’m b!‘hl.! this* dog oul ere . @ represents his kind. Had I my way I'd invite him to the platform. T'd cover him with Red Cross decorations. I'd wrap around him the flags of all allied na- tions to let the world know, this Brit- ish day, what the British owe to their dogs. Let no one touch him. He has a right to be here, ALFRED DUGAS, Age 13. Versailles. 2 My Trick Dog. I will tell you about my little dos. He is very small. I have trained him to do tricks. He rides with me on my sled and he walks on his hind legs. | He stands up and wheels my doll car- riage for me. I put a cap and jacket on him. He says his. prayers and stands on his Bead e loves o ride papa’s auto. 1 put a dunce cap on him and play school with him, Mamma says I must be good to him, for some day he will die. My mamma made me some muffing from the recipe of little Jane Sullivan of Fitchville. . They were very nice, VIOLA VARS, Age 7. Norwich. A Coasting Party. It was a fine night in February. There was a_thick erust on the snow and it was dandy for sliding. As there was quite a few of us children living near each other we thought it would be fine to go out sliding by | moonlight. 80 we all put on our| CADS, :mfl!‘ and ‘codts and 1-«(:; home for the hili about.$ o'clock, One Boy brought his hob sled and we ali | Weo. got about -half way down when the hob sled turned turtle-and we all fell off the sled. But we did not care, we took it as a Joke and started once | again. This time we had better-suc- | cess and had a fine time the rest of the evening. | At about half past nine we started home and as we were saying good- bye to one of our girl friends, her mo- ther came to the door ang asked -us all to come.in, so we went in; and =hc | Had a pleasant surprise waiting for | us. She had made eake, cookies and | cocoa as she thought we would be cold and hungry when we came back. W gorere, but we had not realized it efore, We certainly haq a gre sliding that nleni. ST OROTHY 1. THOLEN. Preston. | A Woman Who Gave Her Life For a| Cause. The American people are very much | interested in the tragedy of Edith Ca- | vell, because it was in behalf, of the | American people that the Aerican | minister in Brussels asked German officials to spare her life. Edith Cavell was a woman of| ability, also a_ brave, frank and hon- est woman. When the war broke out she was living in England with her mother. She thought it was her duty to g0 to Belgium. She went to Brns- sels and started a private hospital and became the head of the Brussels Surgical Institution. When some of the other nurses left they triéd to in- duce her to leave the land of horror and sickness. But she would always reply, “My duty is here” ‘With her nurses she careq for many. wounded seldiers, - including = some that were Germans. But in spite of the many American notes she was arrested and kept in confinement for ten weeks without a charge, But later was tried for hav- ing helped (French and Belgian sol- diers to escape to Holland. tn-?:.doiwba" ‘1; 1»13, she wag sen- 0 death’ and ex: ‘g‘ -y ecuted the er grave was in the prison yard and is probably still there unless the Germans hive removed it, as they @ mohtiment miglhit be built. In London, a. monument. is to be erected Ty, SELLEN, Age 14, & Wh.t Became of a_ Nickel. ne day, while I was sitting in the window, watching ‘the people pass by, T took special ‘notice of a smal boy who had just. picked something “Ip "?mth \ From my place in_the di e Dhnone Talde Eindep, I could see th making sure it was a d one he seemed mich in’ doubt Whoth er to spend in the candy store ! across the street or to buy ice cream next door. Finally he tossed. it up, 1 a businesslike manner, and watched | it intently as it fell to the ground. ?:: wmm-mnm!{::: and chagrin it e er Y, & - and down a HELEN COYL, N ia: e YL, Age 12, Works Every Summer. At home on the farm we have two spwe, some pies, and, some hens, Tn $ er we have lots of pigs and chickens to mell. 1 have ‘ai iha chores to do and T like.that kind of 3 summer “after school is out T alWways go out to work for the summer. 1 s get enough money ,"L,g:’ for my clothes until 1 | work again the next summer. In the fall T do Iots of trapping and hunt. CARROLL STEDMAN, Age 13. North Stenington. The Snowballs and Forts. One day the girls. were.making a fort, when two boys came. by and one| kaid, “Girls, will you ming if we boys make b‘l" fo:‘t and ;e". Wil throw snowballs at yor rlg, . then you Eirls !hrw-?hem at us? How many are you?” el A s said, “Well, T will get four more and that will make it even.” . So they went off to get the other boys. They came back with four boys with them and started in mak- ing their fort while we girls were get. - Brfer-rar-rerer. Zz. - 222, 3 . A growl, a metallic_hiss, and & rat- tle once in a while. What kind of a machinie - is - that -under Jack- Black’s arm? He ought not to’ make all that noise’ flying a k h it et Juek, “It's a kite-reel ““It isn’t hard either.” Kite Reel Does the Work 1n the reel shown here, the frame- work :ansTiJstsgof l: flat_bottom Sk about 472 by 8 inches, two si R e anda-top S0y 2. The reel itsclf is a farge linen thread: | spool (R) with two flanges of cigar- box wood (S and S), each 4% inches in diameter, fastened to its ends. For a pivot use a piece of old brass curtain rod. Fix the spool to the rod by filing flat spots on the rod just where it passes through the two ends of the spool and driving in wooden wedges against the fat spots. If the crank end of the pivot s filed roughly into square shape, tire erank(X) can be fited to it securely. The crank is made of a piege of wood 4 inches long with a ‘long mail driven through for a handle. Run the +kite string throtigh a screw-eye (¥) in the top crosspiece. A loop of cord tacked. on at W can be slipped over the crank. handle to hold the reel and Keep the iteline from running out. The frame- work and other parts must be built efully and strongly to stand the pull of the kite and the strain of crank- ng. An Every-day Xite Three ssticks, one 20 inches long and two, eagh 24 inches long, comprise the framework of a plain every-day kite. Each should be J4-inch thick and $4-inch wide and should have 4 noteh in sach end. Find the exact center of each and bind them together with cord at the crossing. Then fasten a cord tightly: around from one stick to the next, following the outside lines. To cover the kite, lay it on a sheet of light, stronz paper, mark and cut around about one inch outside the string line, then lap the paper over the string and paste down. Belly bands for the kite line should be strung from each corner -:nd brought together iff | front of the crossing. Hang the tail || from a cord fastened to the two lower corners, Read This and Tell Dad “How Movie Camera Works Y GRANT ‘M. HYDR “Every time I watch a moving pic~ ture, Daddy, 1 wonder what makes the pictures move. But everyone whom I at-me and says that I ought a little older, you would ¢ moving picture was years ag most everyone knew 2d in the early pic- ard to sce how it A m sands cf apart and each just a little different from the next, thrown before you one after another, so fast and so perfectly that y melt into one picture and make you think that you are watching one picture in which persons are giov- ing:. Each picture in the camera is about as iarge as a special delivery post- age stamp, d hundreds of them are taken, pne above the other, on a long strip of celluloid. This strip is cafled 2 ‘film,'—that is why movie plays are called ‘film plays” ¥l‘ht film that can be rolled on one big camera spool is called a ‘reel,” and so we speak of two-recl and five-reel plays because of the amount of film uscd in showing them. “The moving picture camera is a complicated affair, with two film reels, a crank, and an automatic shutter. As the camera man takes the picture, he turns the crank to-wind the film from one reel to the other; and,” as he cranks, the film passes in front of a shutter that keeps opening and closing | to take a different picture on each inch of filtn, 50 many per second. Then the film is taken to a laboratory to be de- veloped. Anocther film, or ‘positive,” must be printed from it, just as we print kodak pictures. “In the theatre, the film is cranked again. The projector, or lantern, has two reels, like the camera, and the cranking, which is now usually done by an electric motor; brings the pictures one after another bétween a powerful light and a lens. They are thus magni- fied to large size and thrown on a screen in rapid succession. In early moving pictures-the change -from one picture to the next resulted in a notice- able flicker on the screen, but improved cameras and projectors have practically done away with the flicker and you can no longer count the pictures as they are thrown before you.” {ting snowballs ready so we would only have to throw them. One hoy came to us and said, “If you girls want to I have decided a game that it is that when we boys hit one of you girls she will stay out until you are al} out, and if you girls hit ug it will be the same way.” So we all agreeq to it. - One boy ‘was to say, “Ready” when we were to_bezin throwing snowballs. In five minutes he gave the signal. One boy happened to turn around, when one girl struck him in his neck. He turned around very ‘angry ' and said, “Who threw - that snowball?” The girl that threw it said, “I was the one.” Then a bey ‘l&ld. “John, if you “Well, it is a scale used in the arm; to measure the h:?g‘ht'of things whi are some distance away.+ If you know | how far you are from an object, you & ook “at it with the millscale and “tell how high it is. T reckon you could uy one at one of the stores. 'l show you mine some day. ! "But you can do the same thing with a stick. Hold up your stick at arm’s length so that the top of it just comes to the top of the thing to be measured. Then put your thumb at the point where the bottom of the thing to be mea: comes. on your stick. Now the distance the stick is away from 5 seye and the distance from the top of e stick to your thumb. i “Suppose you kiow the distance the tree is 200 yards and is 20 inches from vorr cy d distance measured or stick is one inch. That makes the ¢ ..ince in yards from you to the tres just ten tinmes as far as the-distance of the stick from your eye in inches. “So, according t0-a law of geometry at I won't stop to explain' to you, e height of the tree in yards ought to be just *en times the height meas- ured on your stick.in inches. That taakes the tree 10 yards or 30 feet high, “Suppose you find that the distance in yards from you to the iree is seven timies the distance in inches from your | w e stick. Then the height of the ‘1see in yards ought to be just teven times the distance measured on n inches.” you don’t want to go to the| trouble o measuring the distance from | your eye to the stick each time, just measure your ‘reach’ and remember it. | Yane reach is the distance from your | eye to the k. Then the height of yous arm is held outstretched.” Get Fashicnable Frills and Fashionable Fluffs BY CAROLYN SHERWIN BAILEY | Still Blustering and cold, and yet spring is on its way making every girl feel that she wants to dress up for it. Old frocks seem twice as cld on early spring days. But why not try to trim them a lLittle? You may be able to make them look like new. Flufs and Frills For a while no one wore ¢ ¢uffs on dresses, but they are now. Straight strips of net e tatting, blue and pink org and edgéd with blue or pink ting, collars and cufis for a blue serge dress made of pale blue and white gingham in a fine check, or of | yellow gingham, and a sailor collar of | coarse white linen. embroidered in’the corners in colored cross stitch! These will do wonders for that winter school dress. And do make some ruffles for the neck and wrists of your best dress, Organdy in white or colors, net edged with narrow lace, or narrow ruffles of colored satin or taffeta will be evtr so pretty. Ribbon Accessories Narrow ribbon in bright Roman stripes or a plaid design will make a trimming for a plain serge dress. Fas- ten it with corase stitches to the neck of the dress, leaving some rather long ends. Turn the ends under in points and attach a large bead to each point the color that predominates in the rib- n. N Ribbon flowers are easily made. Gath- er two-inch lengths of rose colored taf- feta ribbon, two inches wide, into petal shaga Sew four or five of these to- gether in flower shape, and fill the cen- tre with yellow silk knots. This makes a ribbon flower to wear at the neck of your party dress. Bead Trimming Sew beads in as many diffefent colors as you like to a narrow strip of black ribbon, and wear it for a necklace. Ot stitth a2 band of beads to the neck, cuffs, and belt of your dark blue serge. You will enjoy this work as much as you will the result. do not take that as a joke you can- not play with us.” John did not say anything but he had to, get out be- cause he had been struck. Two girls were struck and:that made 2 to 1, La- ter it was 5 to 5. We were very ox- cited to see who would win, Finally the girl hit the boy on the arm so the girls won. But I think if the ! hoys wanted 'to they coulq have beat- |en the girls. We' thought that a great deal of fun. ANGELINA DESROSIER, Age 13, Plainfield. i A Country of Little Islands. In the northwestern part of Europe is a_ very’ small’ country, about one- fourth as large as the state of New York. This ‘country is Holland, or The Netherlands. The largest cify is Amsterdam, although “The Hague” is the. capital. Al through the city are thousands of canals with bridges over them. Canal boats travel on these canals, but when they reach 2 bridge | they cannot go under until the toll- man is paid and he lifts, up - the bridge for the boats to pass under. The traveling is done mostly in boa for there are very few roads. The boats are moved by a long. piece of rope called the tow-line. If the father does not own a horse he and his family and children pull the boat. When the horse is pulling the hoat they travel at the rate of four miles | week and I was on the winning cause ‘We haven't any school that day. } Tar cured me aner o ven ip all o iotua Wike, 15 Feonkiin St Baiimere. Ve onrse!ve e will st "LEE & 08GOOD €O, an hour. When the people pull the boat ‘they do not go so fast. Therej are omany canals that the pity is di- Yided into thousands of little. islands, There are many s in Amsterdam., There are greal dikes surrotinding the city. . A dike is a bank of clay and} other material to keep hack the wa- ter, for this cotntry is below Sen. Tevel. . 5 In ‘the winter when the canals aze frozen over. there comes the greatest | sport of the whole year. Fvery one goes “skating. They” not only skate around their home, but go for miles to see their rplatives and friends. The people learn to skate almost as soon as they learn to walk . Other peo- ple who .do not like to skate have | chairs with rinners on the bhottom. NATHAN JOHN AYER. Age 10. Norwich. A Cow on the lce. Dear TUnele Jed: T thovght T would | tell you about the man who 2 cow He was ri near our house on ing in a wagon and it was so slippery ‘the cow could hardly walk. They came to a place where it was more slippery than be- fore,’ % The man got off of the wagon when he saw the cow would not go. He took Off his coat and threw it on the ground for the cow to walk on. The cow would not do so. cow to the fence. and wWent after a hox which was near a store, not, far from our house. He took the hox, put | some ashes in it and scattered them on the ground for the cow to walk on. The cow did not want to go but he pulled her on and she walked through the snow and ashes. He left his wagon near our house and his coat, also. He then came back and took his coat and wagon, and rode on his way. We thought it ‘was fun to watch him, but T suppose it was not fun for him, STASIA WASILEWSKI, Age 10. Norwich Town. Daddy’s Hens. My daddy keeps twenty hens, some of which are white and others black. are all good to each othe: Every morning, noon and & to feed them. Besides ing 1 feoding 50 them I have to hunt for their eggs. They do not lay just in one place, but in their own suitable places, One( place was in daddy’s hay barn and ancther in their coop. I.enjoy doing it, and it soon became one of my favorite chores. NNTE, ZUKOWSKY, Age 13. Town. A Norwich March. s is an awful month and ing, which reminds me that I wore out my old skates last week, so T am go- ing to have a new pair next winter. . We fellows had a snow fight last st we all thought it the other fellows had gi given up the game our- bunch built. a snow man. making it look.like the Tittle keeper, 0 much “so, that we w the real man t6 come along and see if. Then we started another snow fight and our side won a W 1 have all our aturday a2 e- HAROLD BLANCHARD, Age 13. Taftville. . My Puppies. ve three little puppies nd_their e e, I Dally. her’s name is Maggie. They are ahout three months' old. When 1 had them in the cel- v the furnace, but now they a in the barn. Next fall they will go hunting with their mother r They are growing very ike them very much. STANTEY STORRS, Age 8. Mansfield Cent * Jack, the Pony. James' father and mother had gone o New York: The children took Jack the ‘pony, from the thought they would like to b led the pony to the st se it would be easier to get on his back there. They took turns having the first because he v dest. - He jumped on dack’s and Jack began to run snd race around. Jack stumbled over a rock and fell. James fell from the pony, struck a rock and split his head open. His grandmother sent for a doctor, James was veryeglad that he was not killed. EDNA WEAVER, Age 12. Providence. Cunning e We had a_big sow and she had little pigs. We didn’t know anything about them till one day we heard them squealing, so we went way down to the end of the field and found them. They were so cunning everyhody wanted to see them... The mother of the had lain on ohe or two I do not know which, .then we sold seven and kept four. 3y father and g father are killing them foday. T hope we will have some more little pigs some da BETTY B North Stonington. ON, Age 9. A Fishing Trip. One bright summer afternoon my friend and I decided to go fishing. We dug some worms and started off with r hook and lines- toward Norwich Town. ‘When we came to the brook we cast i i the water. It was minutes before anything exciting happened: I pulled up a large, speckled trout. My friend did not have such zood luck and only caught one little trout, which he threw back into the water to grow larger. . We then decided we would leaye for home, We rode on our we reached homg y mother surprised. 'She cooked it for supper was and I never: tasted in my_iife. RAYMOND J. WOODS, Age 11. Norwich. anything better | Am an Apple Tree. g 1 am an apple tree, standing in an old man's, back yard now, but once I was an apple seed. I was in an apple, hanging from a limb qut in the woods. One day two hunters;’being very tired from. hunting, spt down against the tree to rest. One of them - caught sight of a couple of apples over his head. He got a stick and knocked them off. I was in one of them. The apples were not very good tasting but he decided to put them in his pocket il Jater in the day. ‘He thought he might want a bite before he reAched He then tied the | § AMERICAN VOILES are the most attractive, low-priced dress fabric to be found this season. The designs and col- ors are the equal of much more oxpensive fabrics, strictly new, and very pretty. Width is 27 inches, and the price, 20c a yard. FANCY DOMESTIC VOILES in widths from 38 to 40 inches will be the most sought after weave for Summer wear. Un- usually effective designs and color combinations in a won- derful variety give you almest unlimited choice. You will find various qualities, at 49c, 69c, 79 and 98c a yard. % GAINSBORO SWISS is a dainty, dotted Swiss with white or tinted ground and delicate floral or spray designs. in a variety of colorings. It looks liks Summer itself. The price is 69c. VOILE ELEGANT AND SIK STRIPE VOILES are shown here in many exclusive de- signs, in three and four-color combinations. These are very sheer, crisp Voiles, and smart to the very highest degrae. Widths from 38 to 40 inches. Priced at $1.15, $1.50 and $1.59 a yard. . Where Spring \Awajts : Dainty Cotton Dress Goods For Spring We think we know why “Winter lingers in the lap of Spring.” Old Winter isn’t to be blamed, for he glimpsed the beautiful textures, -the delicate colorings, the inspiring designs in Spring’s attire, and he waited a bit to gladden his eye and warm the cockles of his wintry old heart. The Boston Store display of Spring Wash Goods is already A FEW.OF THE ATTRACTIVE WEAVES IMPORTED SWISS ORGAN- DIES are going to prove very popular, the sheerness of the fabric biing most approp for Summer use. Designs, GLENGARRY RAMIE SUIT- ING i remark: Ieading colors. Price consid- ered it is attracti a clot’ as you will _find snywhers. Yard-wide ahd sell for 63 a yard. BARNSLEY LINENE SUIT- ING is ancther fine linen-fin ish fabric of suiting weight, in all the best colors. It is a yard-wide, and the price ia only 59 a yard. THE MARCH DELINEATORS ARE NOW IN. & pinglr taking his game from his pocket he put his hand on the apples. He said: “There are those old cider apples now.” and he flung them into the rub- bish pail near by. Next morning he dumped the pail for the chickens. It happened that he dumped it on a slope and the apple that L was in began to roll. It rolled and rolled and I began to get dizzy. Finally it stopped right in a flower bed with wire over it. The chickens tried but couldn’t get the apple mor me. T was so tickled because they couldn’t eat me that I laughed at them. By anid by, after the apple was de- cayed, the people pulled up the flowers and in doing so covered me up. The next spring I began to push some sprouts out and I changed into leaves. I grew every year and no one noticed me until T was a foot tall. Now I am a big tree, bearing big red apples, and T'm sure you would like to eat ore right now. SUSAN HATTIN, Age 14, Mansfield Center. A Surprise. About two years ago while camping at the Wildwood park, my mother sent me to a nearby farm for some milk. T took my fish line aleng with me to fish in the mud hole to see what luck I would have and.no soon- had I thrown my line in than I had 1t big bite. I thought it would great big fish, bu' to my surprise It was a great big buil frog. It was a great jole which I enjo ‘»d_very* much. VICTORIA BASLIY; Age 11. ille, Day’ A Band of Gypsies. Tn the days of long ago a family lived in a little hut in the country. The youngest child was Doris. One she was out in the yard playing with mud pies and swinging in the inz. All of a sudden she ran into the house cryini Her mother, very frizhtened, asked what the matter was. Doris said that a hand of gypsies were talking to her bhut she did -not know what they: kaid and became frightened. Her mother ien went 0wt where the gynsies were. The mother: inquired what the gyp- s wanted. ' They eald that-one of reir bands had been along this road and were on their way here. They snid that .they were going to kidnap Doris. Her mother took her by the hand and led her info the house and pulled all the shades down and locked the door. The gypsies were never CB CLARK, Age 1% New London. My Pig. T.ast vear T'hada pig. When daddy got it for me it was in a bag. -y called me out in the kitchen and asked me what . It was. Pretty soon it squeaked and T knew !t was a plg. I fed it morning and night. T named her Polly. In the fall T had her dress- ed off and sold half to the butcher and we kept the rest. The _money which 1 zot-for the half I sold I put in the bank. DONALD HAWKINS, Age 8. Tagleville. Fed Birds and Squirrel. One day I saw a flock of birds in the yard and daddy told me they wege English starlings, and- because there was so much_snow. they were hungry. So I put some crumbs out for them and after a little while they came and ook them. Now they come every day and more birds, too. One day a little gray squirrel came and he was timid at first. Hé Kept coming nearer and mnearer, and when he tasted the crumbs he wasn't afraid any more. So every day I put crumbs out for fhem. home; but he forgot all about them until he got home that night. Whi;q One day mother saw a great big rat eating them and when the birds saw the rat coming they flew away. I think I would rather feed birds than rats. JANE SULLIVAN, Age 8. Fitchville. My Trip to New York. I am going to tell you about my trip to New York. 1 was on the boat. I stood on deck just as the boat was coming into the pier. It was early in the morning, about § o'clock, and in the distance we could see the sun rising. It was a wonderful sight. Such a variety of colors! Upon leaving the boat we walked a short distance and took an elevated train to Aunt Fanny’s house. It was a great rprise for them to see us, for they’ knew nothing of our coming. Later, during the afternoon, Cousin ily took me to see the park on Fifth avenue, where many people were out skating _and horseback riding. They were all in such a hapy humor and they seemed to be enjoying it all so much, that I just wished I could be with them. ° The day I went to the museum of art I saw the most wonderful paint- ings and statues. one of.which im- pressed me greatly. It is called The Peace of the World. It is a_ Jlarge bronze statue of a little boy léading a lion, Next to this and belonging to the eame statue {s a man hammering swords and other war implements Into farming tools such as scythes, hoes. spades. etc. T enjoyed myself immensely and hope to be able to g0 again next year. ROSE RUBIN, Age 1%. Norwich. Huekleberrying. One day in summer father mother took- us huckleberr$ing. We started early in-the morninz and went in 4°team. We had a nice ride and 1pft our Horsé and wagon in the yard of the owner of the lot. ‘We had filled our pails and had eaten our lunch when my sister, seeing a fine clump of low huckleberries, started to pick more berries. Suddenly she screamed and we found she had ‘fun into a hornets’ nest. We then started for home. The lady Who owned the house in- vited us to dinner and we accented the. offer. She offered to put something on my sister's- gting but my sister re- fused. After dinner e all went home, a merry party—all but my sister. We measured our berries when we reached home and found ‘we had picked 20 quarts, so we felt well re- paid for our pleasure trip. H, Age 10. South Windham. ‘The Boyhood of Franklfin. Franklin's, boyhood was full of hard work. His educatidn was very scanty but he early showed a remarkable fondness for books. He once said that he-could not remember when he did not know how to read. He was placed at school in his eighth year. In his tenth vear he was taken from school to assist his father, who was a tallow chandler and _soapmaker. e lad worked at this distasteful business un- til his twelfth year, when he was ap- prenticed to his brother to learn,the trade of a printer. At the age of 17 as the result of a quarrel with his brother he ran away from home and finally found himself in Philadelphia with a dollar and a guarter in his pocket. This famous man s said to have invented stoves. One of Frank- lin’s most eelebrated writings 1s “Poor chhurd'aj gsl%-l’n}:n." T PHALEN, 2. Taftville. AspL e My Pet Bantam. 1 have a bantam that has nice fluffy white feathers. She also has purple skin. She is called a_silky bantam. I named her Jemny. I used to have two roosters. The first one was run over by an automobile and was killed. The second one died. When I had the Itle and hen and rooster I called them Jenny and John. She likes corn to eat. I like to feed her. I often feed her mash and oats, but she likes corn the best. I lfke ot but she likes corn the best. I like to silky and soft. She was so tame she would come up and eat out of my hand if 1 held my hand out toward her and kept very still I like her very much. This year I took the little bantam hen and rooster to the Mansfield fair and got first prize. MARY STORRS, Age 1L Spring Hill. 8. F. B. Morse. S. F. B. Morse was born in Massa- He went to school when he ears old. He graduated from Yale college when he was 20 years oM. Morse sepnt much time in training and studicd of Benjamin West. When he was 40 years old he began to ex- periment with electricity. He spent all the money he could get on these experiments. After twelve years of hard work he succeeded in inventing the telegraph. Alfred Vail helped him secure ‘a patent and congress voted $30,000 to build a line from Washington to Bal- timore. Morse was much honored because of his wonderful §nvention. FRANCIS KUNASHEVSKY, Aze 11. Yantie. The Duck. H One day as I was going to om neighbor’s T met a man and he had duck. It was about dead. He gave me the duck and told me to take # home and give it something to eaf and put it in some water. He said he found the duck on the ice, frozen i, I feed the duck every morning and night. When he is able to fiy I am gOIng to let the duck zo. EDWARD T. MARRA.| Colchester. Being Kind Pays. George 'and Alfred Redding lived In Boston. Both of them were 12 ye: old, but Alfred said he was an i taller than his brother.. Both boys hail a thrift card and each wanted to ha his filled first. George by wor a little harder, doing errands, to get twelve stamps, two more _than his brather. ] One_day as the two bovs werte walking to school they saw some other boys stoning a dog.. The twins both kind to animals and they w-“ to see everybody eise the same; sb they went and stopped the other from hitting the dog. It was early, they took the dog home and gave @& something to eat. 3 That night Mrs. Redding showed the twins a piece in thé paper. ¥ offered a reward of ten dollars for the finding of such and such a dog. en hed Soished reading it, George nak “Why! That's the dog. we found!” anf Alfred repeated neacly the same !h|3$ The next morning the twins took dog to his owner, receiving a crisp top dollar bill as the reward. i They did not go home immediael but went to the postoffice andl bou, enough thrift stamos to filli ‘each their books. As there w: me mo money loft over after geiting a war savings stamp. they divided the mon and each ‘started another theift cas They say “A tbrift card makes vog feel like a feal AmericAn,” and 1 hope evervbody rise crrees. b 4 Irritating Coughs St ey ‘and e 4 E 5 5 el 1 i ] 3