Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 6, 1920, Page 7

THE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE _ WIDE-AWAKE POETEY. He Did 1t. mebody sald ‘that it coukin't be done, But he, with a chuckle \replied but he would Who wouldn’t say se till he tried. he buckled right in, with a trace of i grin v Onh.:flu. If he worried he did it. o started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done—and he did it. imebody seoffed: “Oh, you'll mever do that ; At least no one ever has done it,” it he took off his eeat and he took eff his hat, . And the first thing we knew he'd be- gun it “ith the lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, Without any doubting of quiddit, ¢ started to sing as he tackied the thing That couldn't be done—and he did it. aere are thousands to tell you it cannot be done ; : There are thousands to prophesy fail- ure ; jere are thousands to point out to you, one by one, The dangers that wait to aseail you, it just buckle in with a bit of a grin; Then take off your coat and go to it; st start in to sing as you tackle the thing That “canmot be done"—and you'll do it —Tid‘Bits. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. Bveryone of you knew that April owers bring May flowers and that if,] s are to expect them in proportion to e April rains’' we need have no fear of snty of blossoms. But every Wide-Awake understands at we cannot have all the flowers we int, any more than we can have a first iss garden without deveting much time d attention to the spading of the ound, planting the seeds and keeping ght after the weeds. It will be only a few weeks now before hool will close for the long vacation 4 it is probable that many of the ide-Awakes are already planning the rdens, both flower and vegetable, that ey are going to start and take care of. ere is much for little hands to do in is direction, where the grounds are rge and where they are small. It need t interfere with the proper amount of ay but it can well provide diversion and roduce commendable result: Many vildren can well be proud of the things ey have accomplished in the way of owing flowers. and produce. 3 Perhaps it would never do for the chil- ‘en to be just as busy as bees, for the meymakers are constantly on the go it certainly this is the time of the year sen ambition is strong and when the venile tillers of the soil can find much do and always something to learn by ing alert and keeping their eyes open. WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Catherine McVeigh, of Norwich— ss Pat in Buenos Ayres. 2—Helen T. Greene, of Plainfleld— ans Brinker or The Silver Skates. j—Deris Waters, of Norwich—Eliza- th Hobart t-—Bessle Gitlin, of New London— sty 5—Anteny Perrone, of Norwich—Boy s in Russia, §—Solomon S. Pollack iptives Three. 7—Annie Zurewsky of Norwich Town A Sweet Girl Graduate. §—Claire Feley, of Willimantic—In e Camp of the Delawares. Prize winners living In the ecity can cure their books by calling at The Bul- tin business office after 10 a. m. Thurs- ay. of Eagleville, ETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, Betty Bemson, of North Stoningten— hank you ever so' much for the book won as a prize entitled, Betty the ribe. 1 have read it and think it is ry interesting. I hope I may win an- her prize same time. Helen Keech, of Danielson—Thank you sy much for the book you sent me. ou made a mistake in my name. It is elen Keech, age 11, and you wrote it elen Keech agell Mary Gribbin, of Fitchville—I thank su for the book you sent me. I am now ading it, and find it very interesting. Austin Covey, of Norwich—I thank su for the book I received last week. I ave not yet read it, but I know that will like it. I am going to write an- her story fof next week. Annie Babeoek, of Oakdale—I received ¥y book and have read it and found it ry interesting. I wish to thank you ry much for it LETTERS WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES, My School. Dear Uncle Jed: There is geing to be speaking and spelling contest Tuesday fay 4) at half past two. First there is ing 1o be a teachers' meeting, With the eaking and spelling afterwards. I ink I shall go. School lets out Tuesday ymetime in the forenoon. At school in the: morning we have ords to write and then we have recess id then we eat our dinner. We play isoners’ base, bldck man, or tag. At 1 slock the bell rings and we all go in i stand in a row. Then we march to r seats and learn something. We have cess in the afternoon for about ten inutes and then we come in and stand a line and march to our seats. Then e have geography or history to learn. Then 4 o'clock comes teacher lets us it and we all go home. At home I saw, ilit and chep wood. Then'I go in and it my supper; and at 9 o'clock go to d. In the Mmorning about seven o'- ock I get up and eat my breakfast and en get ready for school. I arrive at hool about half past eight. Scheol gins at nine o'clock. ARTHUR O. N. WOOD, Age 9. Mansfield Center. { our Littie Twins. Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would rite and tell you about our little vins. They are nine weeks old and are ry cunning. Their names are Russell I have two rances and Ruth Florence. Ly brothers and one sister besides the twins. I help my mother de her work by wash- ing and wiping dishes, bringing in wood and going to the store. * BESSIE L. CONGDON, Age 8. Plainfield. Shelf of Food Fer Hungry Birds. Last winter when the snow was deep and the weather cold I made a shelf on the sunny side of our house, and put crumbs of bread and meat upon it for/ the birds. They were always there eat- ing eagerly. I still feed them every morning and enjoy it very much. A RUTH E. MeGOVERN, Age 11, Glasgo. 3 Paul, the Make Belleve Sants Claus. 'Paul was a boy about nine years of age. He was very rich. One day when he was out deors a poor little girl went by. When she was gone he went in the house. He told his mother he would like to be a Santa Claus. So his_mother said he could. Christmas’night he dressed up like Santa Claus. He went to the giris’ house and knoeked on the door. The mother answered it. After hegave them the presents he went home. The little children were delighted with the pres- ents and thanked him for his kindness. CLAIRE FOLEY, Age 11. ‘Willimantic. Jack the Wood Chepper. * Jack is a little wood chopper. He stays at work chopping wood while other boys are off playing and enjoying them- selves. Jack does not do this because he is forced to but because he thinks- it is his_duty. His father is dead and his mother is helpless, Thursday some of Jack's friends were all going on a pienic but Jack was not there he was missing. ‘When Friday came he met at Jerry's corner Horace Rogers. Horace asked him why he wasn't at the picnic yesterday and Jack said he would like to have gone but thought it was his duty to stay home with his lonely dear mother. FLORENCE CLARK, Age 12. New Londo: - A Boy Who Spoke the Truth, Once there was a boy who was go- ing home from school thinking of his poor mother. She was home sick in bed, havink nobody to attend to her; not even a doctor to give her medicine. As he was going by a large park he found a pocketbook. He was very hon- est. He opened it and as he was counting the money he saw a paper with the man’s name on it. The man that dropped it put it there to see who was honest. He was waiting for the per- son who picked it up. Afterwards he came up to the boy saying, “My dear fellow, would you kindly help me look for a gray pocketbook with $50 in it?" The boy said, “I found one but I don't know if it is the one.” The boy show- ed it to him and he said, “Yes, it is mine. My dear fellow you are honest I saw you pick it up. I wanted to see if you were going to tell me the truth, I think since you spoke the truth you may keep both the pocketbook and the mon- prr I think this will teach us to ak the truth. L STEFFA GORDAN, Age 11. Plainfield. At The Journey of a Sunbeam. The home of a sunbeam would be very unpleasant to us. But the sunbeam en- joys it very much. One morning when he awoke he heard Father Sol tell him to go down to earth to cheer up the peo- ple. He was very sad because it was 80 cold there. But he must go. He makes a flight of ninety-three million miles and is at Danielson by 6 a. m. The first thing that alarmed him very much was a rooster’s cry. But as he was going very fast he soon passed the rack- et. Soon he sees great steeples as he called them. These were the oil wells of Pennsylvania. As he arrives in Arizona he does not see any interesting won- ders. Now he’s on the border of the Pacific. He finds that he must fight against great fogs, but finally broke his way through. Now there's Asia to greet him. * He happened to come upon Hima- laya. How cold it was on Mt. Everest, the highest peak in the world! But as he is going at great speed he soon pass- es by. As he entered Russia he noticed again these queer steeples that he saw in Pennsylvania. Soon he is in Germany Where he saw many people at work in the fields, but did not know what they were cultivating. In France he no- ticed many people gathering the grapes. At 6 a. m. he was at Danielson again, ready for another journey. It takes a long time for a sunbeam to end its jour- ney, but when a sunbeam goes around the world mamy times it pgets tired. Many times sunbeams that get left in the darkhess form a northern light. Se then there is an end of a northern light that i# a real end of a sunbeam. STANISLAW OZOG, Age 12. Dmnielson. What Care DId For the Plant. Dear Uncle Jed: T thought I would write and tell you about the care I took of a small plant. Last suamer my mother gave me a liftle, weak plant, that she thought would not grow. All summer and this win- ter I took care of it, watering and | have to play indoors. P ;flckinz off the dried leaves each morn- ng. This spring my mother was very much surprised to see this plant become.one of the largest and strongest of our plants. - 1 think I took good care of that small plant. I also like to read books and take care of them as well as any other thing. ANNIE ZUKOWSKY, Age 13. Norwich Town. Leading on the Flower Calendar. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to te you about my school. The school house. is in North Stonington. The name of the school is Hewitt. There are fourteen children. We have five grades. I g to the same school that Betty Benson goes to. We have four blaek- boards and we have books, pencils, and paper. We are not going to have school Friday, the 30th, and we are going to the high sch at North Stonington to speak. iere are going to be two from this school, one to speak and one to spell. Their names are George Sted- man, and G. Irene Maine. Al who can go are going. ‘We are having a flower calender this spring, as usual. The one that brings the most flowers is going to get'a prize. I have the most flowers now. We have some plants in the windows here. I wish \that you could come and visit our school. L. TRENE MAINE, Age 10. North Stonington. How I Spent s Ralny Day. One day there was no school on ac- count of the rain, so I asked mamma It T could visit some of my friends. But i mamma said not today, because I would (But she said we will have a box party. “What,” I said, “a box full of goodies!" ‘No," mam- ma said, “the goodies will come later. So we all took up a large pasteboard box, a pemeil and a slip of paper, and picked out all the winter things and put them away, and marked the contents of the box on the paper, and pasted the paper on the box. We all worited faith- fully and were rewarded by making some fudge. So the afternoon passed away unaware. Sometimes we are working when we think we are playing. ‘When mamma tells us to carry papa’s dinner none of us likes to, 50 mamma fixes up the lufich basket and asks who would like to play Red Riding Hood. “T will, T will” I kaid. So mamma put tha haskat The Tiny Unkmown Hoise. ° As T came ont feom the weods, I ne- ticed a tiny homse, surrounded of pink holly heeks and o oot things she woke up. asked her if 1 could stay there for night. She said, “ves” . Then we had a good supper and Went to bed and slept in peace till morning. JENNIE PEDACE, Age 11. Norwich., . Marion and Adeline ealied for me. Marion said: “Bessie and Joseph, take your lunch and eeme with us” We said “All right, we're coming.” In back of the naval station are some woods, and there we went. We took with us our lunch and a tablecloth. All the things were packed in our little satchel. Joseph and Marion went berrying while Adeline and I set the table. In the woods was a spring, - we named it “Siiver Spring” We had for our 'lunch ice cream, cookies, apples and@ oranges and some nuts. Wear the spring was a stone and near the stome we were to eat. While I was going to ge ‘bucket of watér 1 heard a shrill whistle and on looking back I saw Joseph and Marion with a big bag of berries. We had black- berries and blueberries for our lunch be- sides the other food, and a glass of clear, cool spring water. After our lunch we played some games and then after picking up the left-overs ‘we took our satchel and went berrying' again. We soon had a big bagful of blackberries and blueberries for our par- ents. When we cam’ back to the spring we took a drink of water and then hunted for some mcorns. We found a great quantity of them. Across a street from the outlet of the woods were some pigs. As we were coming out of the woods that afternoon my father and mother were waiting for us. We gave the pigs the acorns and went home.. So that ended our delightful day in the woods. BESSIE GITLIN, Age 11. New Lendon. FEpringtime, . You Wide-Awakes who live in New England know what it is to watch and wait for the old brown earth to reveal its hidden treasures. The first springtime treasure to make its appearance is shy arbutus, hidden in light sandy leam under evergreen trees or in mossy, rocky places. The bloodroot, which oozes red blood, like liquid, was highly prized by the In- dians as a decoration for their faees, and delights the heart of every child who passes by because of its spotless beauty.( No child who lives in New England but what is familiar with the sight of the Quaker ladies and the various Kinds of anemones which grow so plentifully b: the roadside. : Next {n order comes thé family of vie- lets. Whose heart has not heen gladden- ed at one time or another by a glimpse of ome shady nook in early May where the modest violet lurks? The painted trillium whe flaunts her petals in your face forces upon you the welcome news that winter is over and spring .is here, and close beside the trillium you need not be surpris®d to find the yellow whippoarwill's shoe. But I have not time nor space to take my readérs through the endless varieties of springtime flowers which hold many hidden mysteries. LOUISE KOVAROVICS, Age 15. Ashford. —— April Foel in an Old Fashioned Sehoel. It was the first day of April. In the old fashioned schoolroem on the hill the teacher had set the children to studying to keep them out of mischief. Although it was April Fool day, the room was quiet. The teacher, looking at his book, sud- denly fell asleep. Someone saw this and the children made a great deal of noise, but the teacher still slept soundly. The child with the dunce cap on was the quietest. One boy opened the door of the stove and it began to smoke. Luckily the window was opén and the sthoke went through it. Another boy tried to kiss a girl and two girls standing near by got jealous and began to hit him. One child made a very homely picture on the blackboard. She wrote under- neath it “The Teacher.” A boy put the clock ahead so that it was time to ring the bell. Another wrote on the teacher's desk “Go to your aunt, you slugger.” On the wall were found papers which had the following words on the: ware of Idleness;” another said “Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child.” On one boy's back were these words: “April Fool! He sat down on a tack and gave a terrible cry which awoke the teacher. In half an hour the room was quiet again. That day the children had to stay in school until 5 o'cloek. BESSIE SEIGEL, Age 10. New Leondon. \ Robins. Loek! Look! The robins are here! The robins have come from the sunny south. They were gone all winter. They like to come north when the smow has gone and the warm winds blow. Robins build their nests of sticks and straws and line them with mud. Mother Robin lines the nest. She brings the mud in her bill and puts it in the nest. Then she gets in and turns round lnd&'lmd and smoothes the mud Wwith her "soft breast. After the nest is all ready, Mother Robin lays five pretty blue eggs., And she sits on the nest two long weeks to keep the eggs warm. Just think of that! Father Robin sings to Mother Rebin and brings her nice fat worms for her breakfast when she is sitting on the nest. He knows the eggs must not get cold or there will be no baby robins. Sometimes he keeps the egg?® warm and lets Mother Robin go away to find her own breakfast. It makes Mother Robin work very hard to feed her hungry children. Father Robin helps a little, but he doesn’t like to work very much. Father Robin teaches the baby birds to fly. He likes to do that. It isn’t hard work, you see. Father Robin is larger than Mother Robin, and his breast is a brighte He is a better singer than Mother Robim, too. \ ATl rpbins lke to sing in the rain. They sit in the apple trees and sing “Cheer up, Cheer, cheer! We like the ‘We like the rain! Cheer up, cheer up! Cheer, cheer, cheer! BERNIER, Age 13.- Danielson. Things I Have Learmed a4 Cooking Seheel. This is the first yéar I have attended cooking school and besides being a pleas- wure it has taught me many things. The first thing was the manner in ‘which a cook should start her werk. Ev- erything should be placed mear at hand. Then whén the food had been prepared the dishes umed chould Pe Tashed, dried’ and put in their proper places. - Every cook should be prepared for her ‘work and should be sure that she has plenty of material on hand. She shouM know the table of measures and the ta- ble of abbreviations so that she may carry out her work successfully. I have learned how to make a tasty dinner from cooking the meat and boil- ing the potatoes to making a dessert. I on_ay sem and tald ma pat ta jhava tried out seme of my gecines atlin the Gusleyville | “i%\‘fl New York Mineral Water Co., 200 W. By the glass'or bottle whersver beverages are e | By the case, WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS o i | I e Main St., Phone 562-2—Chas. Osgood Co., 47 Commerce St., Phon: 43—Chester E. Wright, 8 Cove, St., Phone 425-2-~American Wholesale Confectionery, 361 Main St, Phone 585—Levine Bros, 8 Ne. Thames St, Phone 1473—Rich & Rubin, 61 Fairmount St, Phone 562.3, home and have been very successful. I am going to tell you one of the most | Our teacher'’s name is Miss Frances M 2 years old and in the sixth grad successful ones and 1 can assure you | Bliss. that it is very good. It is called Apple Compote and calls for eight or ten ap- ples one cup sugar, one cup water, a glass of red jelly, a stick of cinnamon. ‘Wash, peel and core apples. Put the sugar, water and cinnamon in a kettle and let them cook for a few minutes. Then cook the apples covered with syrup in a deep pan until apples are tender. When taken. out they are whole and should be cored. Fill core cavity with red jelly and add a little whipped cream. I hope you will try this and find out how good it is. CATHERINE McVEIGH, Age 11. Norwich. At the Beach, ‘ Last summer we wént to Lord’s Point. My two aunts, a girl, two of my ecousins, my brother and mother were in the cot- tage Every day we went in swimming. In the cottage cottage' next door there was a boy with whom I played. The mosquitoes were my enemies until we got some ' citronella. i ‘When we had been there about a week I got sick. The next day my grand- father, uncle, aunt and another girl were going crabbing. I wanted to go so bad that at last my mother consented. When we got back I was worse than ever, so we had to go home. I was very sorry, but had to get over it. ‘We are going this summer, if we can get a cottage, as I hope we can. DORIS WATERS, Age 10. Norwich. Helping the Poo: One day a little boy named George was walking in a large city when he noticed a poor old lady looking for something she had lost. George walked up to her and asked in a polite tone: “Can I help you?” The woman looked very pleased and smiled. Sbe told him how poor she ‘was and asked him to help her find ten cents she had lost. She explained how she could not have her bread for supper if she could not find it. George opened his little purse and handed the lady a fifty eent piece which was given to him by a friend for toys. She refused at first but later accepted and entered the baker's shop. George went home and told his mother all about it. He never forgot what a kind act he had done. And I agree with him, don't you? FLORENCE M'GOVERN, Age 13. Glasgo. Going to H: Dear Uncle Je: to close tomorrow the speaking and Mansfield children school. The speaker of our school in Gurley- ‘'ville in Louis Oral and Doris Wood is the speller. I'm going to have a garden this sum- mer, so I can take vegetables - to the fair in September. I plowed the land a few day age, and I'm going to plaut it as soon as it js warm enough. ‘When I get home from school I have to bring in wood, feed the chickens, and do many other things. SOLOMON S. POTLACK. Eagleville. Helping My Parents. Dear Uncle Jed: T thought I would tell you how I help my father and mother. In the morning I feed the rabbits. We have two rabbits. One is blue. His name is Bunny. The other is brown and white. His name is Tom. At night I bring wood and help my father grind grain and saw in his mill After this I play with a hall with my b Then I get my supper and at 9 o'clock I go to.bed with my brother. My prother is 14 years old. He is in the second year in high school. I am 9 ve a Garden. Our school is going noon (April 29) for spelling contest for at Mansfield Center years old and I am In the fourth grade achool My amister is I have three brothers and two sisters. My other sister is 5 years old and she does not go to school. My other brother is 3 years old. My smaller brother is 1, vear old. 1 like school very much. We have spelling, reading, writing and arithmetic before noon. 1In the afternoon we have language and history or geography. - JOSEPH DONDA, Age 9. Gurleyville. A Flashlight Picture. Thursday- afternoon about 3 o'clock Miss Henderson, our drawing teacher, came down to our room. Everyone was surprised to see her come on Thursday, because she never comes on that day. She passed us some toys which we and other schools had made. Some of the toys were elephants, roosters; clowns, geese, tigers, dogs, Teddy bears, squir- rels, donkeys and ducks. She told each one to hold his toy out to see how they looked. When she went she took them ‘again. She also told us that Fri- day morning we Were to have a flashlight picture taken. Friday morning Mr. Hines, the camera- man, came in and told us to clear our desks and to get ready for the picture. He told the boys to pull down the cur- tains. He also made some of the people change seats. Now all was ready for the picture. He told us how to act. While we were looking,at our toys we heard a great noise whith frightened everyone. It seemed that the whole school building was on fire, for there was lots of pow- der in the room, which looked like smoke, and you could see a light in the front of the room. Then Mr. Hines went and we opened all the windows to make the smoke go out. We then went to work. NTONY PERRONE, Age 11 Norwich. Haungry Chickens. It was an early summer merning and there were four little chickens in a group. They were all peeping. One would have liked a fresh green leaf, another was hungry for some kind of bug. A nice, fat worm would have made the third one happy. The fourth was waiting for some sweet, yvellow meal. The four little chickens looked at one another fretfully. © Then they all began to chirp. It sounded as if they said, “We're hungry. We want our breakfast. Why doesn’t somebody come and give us our breakfast?’ Then mother héen in the garden close by, clucked and fluttered, as if to say: “Hurry, children, I have some- thing for your breakfast.” EDNA WEAVER, Age 12. Providence. My Sechool. Dear Uncle Jed: I go to the Bozrah Center school. My teacher is Mrs. R. Miner. I like her very much. T am in the second grade and I am eight years old. I can read, write, and spell, do ex- amples and other things. There are siyteen children in our school. I have two sisters and two brothers that go to school with me. Our supervisor is Mr. Porter. Miss Pendleton is our school nurse, ahd she visits us every month. Last week she weighed us. I weigh 50 pounds. MINNIE SCHATZ. Bozrah. The Trick. Quite & few people come to spend their summer vacation at Silver Lake. A boys' camp is situated on one side of the mountain and I can’t say that these boys were angels. s The boys decided to have a picnic on the east side of the lake, and all neigh- bors gave (as the boys call it), some- thing good to eat, for this famous lun- cheon. They arrived at the lake in good time and went canoeing, till a few of the old- er boys decided it was time for luncheon. ‘When all the things wers spread out on the grass, it looked very tempting. One boy was se™® after water and when e returned they began their feast. The food censisted of apples, pears, cookics and sandwiches. They had just begun on a very tempting concoction of vanilla and cho- colate frosted cookies when—!' With a bound, each and every one of them rush- ed to the spring. During the time they were drinking some of the expressions used were: “Gee!” “Ow!" “Phew!" “Gosh!” and “Gelly, will you hurry up and give some one eise a chance The reason was that the cookies were filled with limburger cheese and red pepper. A farmer had contributed these pretty, but deceiving cookies, be- cause on another occasion the boys had pilfered his best strawberries, which were ready to sell. His revenge had been sweet, but very distasteful to the victims. The reason we happened to about it was that the perpetrator had been hidden behind the trees, laughing to himseif, and he had told us. He con- gidered it the best joke ever toid or witnessed. The boys didn’t, which is needless to add. CATHERINE HAYES, Age 14 Norwich. know A Home Without a Mother, In an old apartment house in New York, lived four little children. Mary, the »ldest, was out working. Hungry, with- out fire in the house, the children were snug in bed trying to keep warm. The youngest was very sick. When the clock struck one, little Mary slipped into the house with some wood to make a fire. She had earned two dollars dnd was in high spirits. When the fire was made Mary laid down a while to sieep. Next morning 'her ‘little sister had a high fever. Mary called the |doctor. He said that the baby was dying and would be dead if he hadn't come. He took the baby away when Mary said, “God save her.” Today Mary is lNving with her three sisters. She also is to a young well educated man and has a little baby of her own. Her sisters go to school and will grow up to think about the home they had without a mother. BESSIE BRUCKNER, Age 12. Norwich. i How Bertie Kept Still. Bertie was play! in the garden quite peacefully wi grandpa came out of the house ready for riding to the yillage for groceries. Put Bertie caught sight of him and asked .to ride too, for she waz very fond of riding. So grandpa lifted her up to go as far as the lane when Bertie said: “Grandpa can't you take me as far as the pond to see the cunning little duck?” Grandpa could not comsent to this because he was afraid Bertie would fall in. So Bertie had o be content on the promise Af a bag of candy. It was about two hours later when grandpa returned to find the whole household looking for Bertie who had not been seen since grandpa bad gone off. Of course grandpa had to jein and the whole premises were searched but in vain. At last they went down toward the pond. Grandpa went to the bhouse and laying on the sofa tHought of the conversation that had passed between Bertie and himself. Suddenly something touched his arm, and a sweet veice said “Grandpa! Where's my egndy?" and she dived in his pocket to find some candy and oranges. Grandpa said, “Why, you Hefle rogue where have you been?” . Bertie opened. her eyes wide and said, ‘Why, OGrandpa, I went under the AS sofa and T a5 a mous asleep =0 1 was as quiet YDIA M. DUGAS, Age 13 Versailles. A Story of Longfellow, Henry Longfellow s very fond of children, and the children were fond of him. He had as a special favorite a neighbor's son. This boy was often ia- vited to the poet’s stu One day this boy was|looking at books in the study when he turned to the poet and sald: “Where is your ‘Jack the Giant Killer'?” Longfellow then said: “I haven't a copy of that exciting tale. The child seemed to be sorry for Long- fellow, but he did not say anything. The next day he came again, hugging tightly In his hand two pennies. He gave them to the poet 4 sald: “Here is some money. Now rou can £o and buy a book of ‘Jack the Giant Killer' for .yourssi.” HILDA VOGT, Age 1L New London. Glad Spring Is Here. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going te té1t you how glad I am that spring has come again. Our school is going to be out the eleve enth of June. We are going to have a pienie. I am glad spring is here again becauss wecan find many flowers. I have found white violets, blue violets, pink Mayflow- ers, blue Mayflowers, white Mayflowers, hepatica, and many other flowers. We have a brook in one of our fields and we have lots of fun in it. We paddle i it and pick flowers which are around it ‘We can also go out picking berries. Lst year we used to get great big pafls of them. I and my cousins picked enough strawberries for our dinner and then ate them with milk and sugar. BETTY BENSON, Age 8. North* Stonington. \ My Brothe: Dear Uncle Jed: I will tell you about my little brother's birthday. On April 18, he was three years old and had a lit- tle cake, which my mother made for him, with three candles on it. He wanted to light them right away so he could blew them out. He had some nice presents from his friends. He is big enough new 10 go out and play with me, for which I am very glad. 1 had a sister who died a few years ago who would have been ten years old now. Also I lost a little brother who would have been five years, old. My friend, Esther Monroe, a little; gifl who my grandma took when she was two vears old, had a birthday the 15th of April. She had 13 candles on her cake. ‘We have nice times going to school to- gether and after school we have a few chores to do. Then we can play. My. birthday is July 11 when I will be eight, years oid. My mother's birthday is the 21st of July and my Aunt Alice’s is the seventh of July. So the three of us might have a party together I think. I expeet| to take music lessons next month which ' I am sure I will enjoy as 1 am very fond | of music. Well I guess I have written enough for this time. ! HELEN T. GREENE, Age 1. Plainfleld. Birthday. Caught 19 Trout Dear Uncle Jed: One morning Wefore breakfast 1 got up and dug 2 cin eof worms because my brother and I were going up the brook to see if we could catch some trout for breakfast. We started about six o'clock. The brook runs by my house into a big pond so we went crosslots around the cormer of a hill to the beginning of the brook and were go- ing te fish down to the pond. We bait- ed our hooks and started fishing. We caught nineteen altogether. We went Aome and fried our fish and had a goed meal. After we did our chores we weng to sehool and now 1 have just finished writing to_you about it. GEORGE STEDMAN, Age 13 North Stenington. - EL e AT