Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 17, 1920, Page 2

THE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE Boys’ and Girls’ Depcrl:ment. WwIDE AWAKE POETRY The Boy of the City. God help the boy who never sees The butterfifes, the birds, the bees, Nor hears the music of the breeze ‘When zephyrs soft are blowing. ‘Who cannot in sweet comfort le Where clover blooms are thick and high, And hear the gentle murmur nigh Of brooklets softly flowing. God help the boys who does not know ‘Where all the woodland berries grow, ‘Who never sees the forests glow ‘Whe leaves are red and yellow. Whose childish feet can never stray. For such a hapless boy I say When Nature does her charm display— God help the little fellow. NIXON WATERMAN. NCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE AWAKES. The vacation season is approaching rapidly. It will not be many days be- fore the schools will be closed and every day of the week will be Saturday. This will mean more for some than it will for others, just the same as the long sum- mer vacation always does. The long period without the regular school means more time for play, but play grows monotonous and the time comes when the pleasures of school days which are not always to be had during vacation are desired. Just the same as all work and no play makes Jack a lull boy. so does the effort to entertain one's self, day after day become a task. There is so much time for play that there is a desire for something else and many find the greatest joy lies in mixing their play with a certaln amount of constructive effort There is a desire to emulate the farth- er or mdther, or brother or sister and the result is the no small contributions in the way of valuable help are made by the boys and girls who broaden their educa- tions summer by the knowledge they acquire through the various tasks they undertake. Every 'boy and girl should have a sufficient amount of good sholesome play but every healthy boy or girl finds that vacations can be most pro- ftably spent in making the minutes sount, in helping their parents, in carry- ing on their own little enterprises and thereby laying a consistent foundation for the years to come. It is well to re- r that there is much that every girl can do during vacation days interfering with the necessary amount of play. WINNERS OF PRIZE 1—Alice Fitzgerald of t & Co., Limited —Doris A. Woed of Eagleville—The amp Fire Girls' Career. 3—Gladys L. Barber of Hope Valley, e Harlowe With the Red Cross BOOKS, Norwich—Miss 4—Teresa Kurtz of Yantic—Blue Grass $eminary Girls on the Water. 5—Edna Weaver of Providence—Ruth Fielding Down East. 6—Solomon S. Pollack of Gurleyville— The Navy Boys With Grant at Vicksburg. 7—Catherine Driscoll of Norwich—The Invasion of the United States. §—Herbert W. Joh of Mansfield Center—In the Battle for New York. Winners of prize books living in the dity can obtain them by calling at The Bulletin business office after 10 a. m. Thursday. LETTERS OF A(‘K\OWLFBGMENT. Eli Cramer of Norwich—The prize book [ received entitled Comrades is certainly n interesting one and I wish to thank ou very much. Peter Ghilardi of Gales Ferry—Thank vou very much for the prize book which you sent me called Phil Bradley's Win- ang Way. I hove I shall be lucky smough to win another book some time. Bridget Plopa of Ledyard—I thank you very much, Unele Jed, for your present you sent me.. I have read the first shapter, which is very interesting. I like war books very much. Marjorie Gates of Gales Ferry—Thank rou very much for the book you sent me ntitled Miss Pat's Problem. I have read ome of it and enjoyed it very much. Diana Doyon of Glasgo—Received the srize book you sent me entitled Uncle fom's Cabin. I have not read it through wt am sure it will be interesting. Ac- ept my sincere thanks for the joy and urprise. Ellen Borevicka of West Willington— Received the book Wild Kitty some time ago and 1 thank you very, very much for it. I think it is great. I read it hrough the day it came. LETTERS WRITTEN BY WIDE AWAKES Edith’s Birthday. When Edith was ten years old, her mamma gave her a birthday party, and nade a special cake for the occasion. It iad three layers and was covered with hick white frosting and nuts and had en colored candles on it At supper time Edith and her little riends went into the dining room and aw the cake which her mother had slaced in the center of the table. The andles had just beeen lighted. How etty the cake looked! It seemed too tice to eat. However, Edith's mother cut the cake ind gave each child a plece which they ound tasted as good as it looked. As his cake was a very large one, Edith isked her mother if she might take a siece of it to her teacher. “If ¥ou wish ©o” said her mother. So the next morn- ng Edith carried a large slice of her irthday cake, nicely wrapped in ofled aper to Miss Good. Miss Good was so pleased to think her ttle pupil thought of her at her party hat she gave Edith a prétty hair ribbon @A wished her many happy birthdays. MARY DONEGAN, Age 12. Norwich. Tohegan i and Lowthrope Meado Uncle Jed: I saw my cousin’s piece ) the paper and T was interested in it 1 am going to tell you about the Mo- egan Park and Lowthrope Meadow. I took a walk to Mohegan Park and I aw monkeys, rabbits, ducks, peacecks md deers, and many other pretty birds. *here are boats to go out on the pond in. went and see-sawed and had a lot of un there. One day I took a walk up to see the wwthrope Meadow and it was very pret- y and had many kinds of pretty flowers. BERTHA PENHARLOW Norwich. Little Dutch People. In Europe there is a country called| ! folland, the home of the Dutch people, od the little people there live very dif- erently from our American boys and irls. They wear old clothes and comical lit- le caps, and heavy wooden shoes that . ©_clump, clump, clump with every step. ' The roads in Holland are very different rom those in our country. All through { there are many canals, and in the ummer time when the people want to go aywhere, they travel in boats. Holland as very cold winters, during which the anals freeze over. Then the people have » akate to and from wherevar they want® e = to_go. Holland ig lower than the ocean, and the Dutch people have built dikes -all along the eoast, to keep the water out. There is a. very interesting story told in connection with these earthworks. A long time mgo one of the dikes sprang a leak, and a ‘little boy who was pass- ing discovered it. He put his hand to the hole and screamed for help, but no one came. All night long he stayed there holding the water back. In the morning his father found him there nearly exhausted. He is called “The Little Hero of Holland.” SHINLEY H. DOUGLASS, Age 12. Norwizh. The Cloak. Several soldiers came to a village in Germany, in a time of war, and asked for a guide. They desired an old la- borer to go with them. It was very cold; snow was falling, and the wind was violent. The laborer begged that someone would lend him a cloak; but nobody was willing to grant his request. Only a strange old man who had been driven from his home had pity on the laborer, and gave him his cloak, though he was very poor. The soldiers marched away. > Late in the evening, a handsome young officer dressed in a splendid uniform, and with a badge of honor on his breast, rode into the village. He desired to be led to the old man who had lent his cloak to the guide. When the kind old man saw the o”lcer he gave a loud cry. “This is my son Rudolf!” he ex- claimed, and ran to embrace the youth. Rudolf had been obliged to become a soldier several years before, and as he was upright and brave, he had been made an officer. During all this time he had heard nothing of his father, but as soon as he saw the old cloak, and had heard the story of the guide, he felt sure that his father was living in this village. The father and son shed tears of joy. Rudolf remained with his father all night. Next morning, before he went away he gave him a great sum of money and promised to care for him in the fu- ture. The pedple all said “Because the good old man was so kind God has taken pity on him, and allowed him to find his son, who will take care of him, and put an end to all his troubles. DIANA DOYON, Age 13. Glasge. My Trip to Groton Long Point. Saturday my sister and T went to Groton Long Point. It was a very long ride in the automobile. But I did not| mind it at all. I like to ride very much. When we got there it was very cold. We put on our coats, and went down by the shore. There were many pretty shells, and se we picked up some just as our father called us. I did not want to g0 home because we had not been there long. But we got in the automobile and rode along. We had some ice cream and we stopped to watch the ball game. But we had a very nice time, and I hope every child will have as nice a time as we had. PHYLLIS BALLOU, Age 10. Norwich. Hanging & May Basket. Monday, May twenty-fourth, some of the children in our school hung our teacher 2 May basket. There were four- teen children. One of my girl friends and I hung it. Just as we hung it the teacher came out and we ran down the hill. She chased us quite a ways, but she soon went back. We stayed on the side of the road for quite a while, then we went back. All of the children were caught already and they were just going into the house. Then a few children came out and chased us. We were soon' caught, and then we went into the house. We played a game which was called fruit basket. I had a very good time. At ten o'clock we all started for home. I ar- rived home at eleven o'clock. FREDA"LANGER, Age 12. Gurleyville. Nature. One day in July I was over on my fa- ther's farm sitting under the cool shade of an elm. I was watching the trout dive in and out of the cool waters of a small stream. I was trying to read a book, but the lure of nature overpow- ered me. I picked up a walking stick and started on a walk through the woods. As I was going through the path I noticed a slab of rock. I picked it up and there under it was a busy king- dom of ants. I walked on and one could hear the bell of the cow in the distance. After I had walked a short way I came to the cornfield and saw a friendly field mouse nibbling some corn. I smiled and passed him. As I was going through the tall grass in the hayfield I heard a chirp. I looked around quickly and there in the grass were three baby quail. I pick- ed one up and examined it. It had a broken wing. Just then there came a flutter in the air. I turned around and saw the mother of the three young quail. I left the young ones there for their mo- ther to take care of. Soon I reached the trout stream and walked along the bank untfl T came to the elm tree. When I reached there I sat down muttering to myself, “The man who said nature was one of the mysteries of life was right.” BILLY RUDD, Age 1L New London. A Marshmallow Party. Last winter, when skating was good, the girls and boys of the high school of this village had a marshmallow party over on Locustville pond. Each girl took as many marshmallows as were re- quired. ‘We were supposed to meet at the lower end of the pond about half-past seven. But, as they were not all there at the time appointed, those who were there skated around the lower end of the pond. When the others did come we skated further up to the cove where we were going to have the bonfire. The sticks were all arranged when we got there and so all we had to do was to light it. When the fire Was going good we toasted the marshmallows on two forked sticks, which the boys had cut for us. When we toasted all the marshmallows we skated a little while longer and then we went home. It was about ten o'clock, but we had a very enjoyable time. GLADYS L. BARBER, Age 11. Hope Valley, R. L Summer. Summer will soon be here and-I am so glad. Of all the seasons of the year I like summer best. After summer begins all the leaves are out and most flowers are in full bloom. The birds are always up early and singing happily. The sun shines brightly almost every day, and it is nice and warm, and best of all we have summer vacation for nearly three months. During those three months many people g0 away to seashores and mountains and many other summer re- sorts. There are two lines of poetry I always think of When summer comes. They are: .| Summer will come with garlands in her hair; Driving the mist and shadow far away. MARY C. McGARRY, Age 15, New London. How Y Earned the Eggs to Hateh My Chicks. Every morning and night I fed and gave fresh water to the chickens for my mother. She has about fifty chickens. Some are Rhode Island reds and some are white leghorns. I took very good care of the chickens and my mother noticed that I was interested in them, so she gave me a dozen eggs to hatch. I took a box and put seme hay into it and then put the eggs in the hay and I 1 =~ eha parafnlle St tha han in fke would not break eggs. the first time this wh\n ever DNatched ‘chickens and she hatched the eggs fing!} All the em hatched but one. EVA BURCHMAN, Age 11. Norwich. Forgetting My Piece. 5 One morning I came to school quite late. I heard the teacher speaking about going to the uumbly to speak pieces. When I reached my seat the teacher asked me if I would ltke to speak a piece. I really didn't know whether to say ves or mo, but before I could stop myself I said yes. She then gave me a|" plece which I learned in time for' the Rssembly. - The Kindergarten had to speak first. As I was in it I was about the first-to speak. As I came on the stage I saw many faces that were strange to me. Never before did I see so many people. 1 tried to” speak my piece but it seemed strange to me also. Just then the principal came up to me and told me to say another piece which I knew, and I was glad to say it. ‘When I was going to my seat many of the people were laughing, others were clapping hands and Still others were doing both. I was glad when they were absorbed in the other plays and forgot about me. I didn't know what all this meant, but now I know. TERESA KURTZ. Yantie. My Flower Garden. Last summer I had a flower garden. I had some pansies, rosies and phlox. My phlox was pink and white. I used to make chains of them. I had purple, yel- low and blue pansies. My roses were pink, white, also red. I hope to have a flower garden this year, too. I read the Wide-Awake Circle every Thursday and find it very interesting. MARJORIE WILLIAMS, Age 8. Norwich. Gypsies. A boy told us that he was chased by a tribe of gypsies. We thought we would go and see if he was fooling or not. We had gone three-quarters of the way we heard a noise and turned back. All of a sudden I heard a noise in the bushes. We ran back when we saw a head poking out. I don’t think we were very brave. EDITH BECKE'R Age 10. Norwich. Losing His Dinner. Bdith and I saw a robin trying to pull a large worm out of the ground. When he saw us watching him he flew away, leaving his dinner. We put it on the sidewalk and watched for him to come for it. As he did not come we gave it to the chickens, which ate it at once. The robin lost his dinner that day, but the chicks had a_good one. DORIS WATERS, Age 10. Norwich. Aunt Dode. of my vacations, I spent Sherwood, Massachusetts. While there I became acquainted with.a little girl who lived with her grand aunt the dearest old lady I ever met. Aunt Dodo, for so she was known to the people of Sherwood, was not very tall nor very stout. She carried herself well showing that she had been accustom- ed to correct habits from youth. When I saw her she had on a pretty dress of lavender, trimmed with white. On her head she wore a dainty lace cap and on_her shoulders a light crochet shawl. I got acquainted with Milly, her neice who asked her aunt if she might invite me to spend a day with her. On arriv- ing at the cottage the prettiest picture presented itself to my viewt Mrs. Gor- don or Aunt Dodo was sitting on the back porch hulling strawberries. She welcomed me and told me to make my- self comfortable and that Milly would take care of me as she would be busy for a few hours preparing dinner. We offered to help her with the berries, but she wouldn't hear of such a thing. “Run off and play in the garden” said she “and youll have ‘a fine appetite by two o'clock.” Milly took me by the hand and we ran off tc the garden which surrounded the house. We looked all over it. In the rear on one side were all kinds of vegetables, on the other were currant bushes and a strawberry bed. Down the center was a fine grape arbor. In the front were several flower beds. Vines were trained over the sides of the ver- ahda. ‘We entered the dining room and theer was the table all set and ready for us to sit down and eat. There was a large strawberry short cake, made by Aunt Dodo in the center. That was just one of the good things prepared, for the din- ner was fit for a king. When it was over we helped Aunt Dodo wash the dishes and then sat on the veranda for arl hour or so. At five o'clock I said good-by to my newly-made friends. ALICE FITZGERALD, Age 12. Norwich. During one two weeks in Lost the Big One. Dear Uncle Jea: Mv two brothers and [ went on a fishing trip Sunday, on the river, and we fished from Gurleyville down the river a mile past cur house. had good luck till we come to @ deep helt I threw out my line and waited for o bite and for a bnz time 1 waited but did not get any fish, at last I was going away and pulled my line and 1 had a tug at my hook and I saw a fine pickerel, but I lost it and my line went up in the tree._ We went home with a good many fish, HERBERT W. JOHNSON, Age 1L Mansfield Center. Discovery of Coffee. There are many accounts as to who discovered the food value of coffee. Here is one on the subject. In Europe people say. that it was the monks in an old monastery in Axabia. These monks saw that their goats after feeding upon some coffee berries were livelier than usual Curiosity urged them to taste the berries and see for themseles if they would be affected in like manner’ They first tried chewing the berries, but experienced no change. They then boiled them, but were again dissapointed. They felt that the berry should be cooked in some way, so they roasted some and were delighted to find that the berries had acquired a delicious flavor. One day, however, a young monk made a pleasant drink by boiling the roasted berries after pound- ing them in a mortar. Very soon cofs fee became the most popular drink at their meals. Pilgrims who came to the monastery for food and shelter were much pleased with the coffee served them. When the travelers visited other places they spread its fame far and wide. Thus the use of coffee was extended. Coffee reached Abyssinia in the thirteenth cen- tury. This happened hundreds of years ago, but now the United States is the largest coffee consumer, buying each year 1,000,000,000 pounds, each year 75 per cent of which comes from Brazil. In my next composition I shall tell about a visit to a great plantation. ISABELLE O'NEIL, Age“12. Norwich. The Lost Lunch Pail. One day father was 50 busy at office that he couldn't come home for dinner. “Can't Alice bring me some sandwiches?” he telephoned to mother. Both mother and Alice thought she could, and Arthur begged to go, t0o. So mother packed a nice lunch in a Httle pail and off the children started. As they walked across the m: green of the meadow pretty yellow dande- lions twinkled up at them here and there. They were the first the children had seen that year. ~Arthur began to pull them up by the head. but soon Alice showed him and then she put the pail safely down by the fence. They played in the meadow until a late hour and when they got back to the fence the lunch pail was gone. “What shall we do?” said both at once. They rushed to the father's office and fanrA Bim rabimes ek 0€ Sha gaee mnma A ’l'hl-w 'wn mhnwdllmn'mr to me,” was his Then he went to hll door and called: “Here, ,Bruno,” and out -~ walked - Mr. Brown's 3 “I think he was very and kept care of the lunch-for you,” said their father, and all Alice and her brother said was: “I wish he was our dog.” /FLORENCE M'GOVERN, Age 13.° Glasgo. An Exciting Adventure. One very hot day last summer our family went to the beach. I never went ‘swimming before, so I thought it was easy to swim. I got dressed and went in the water. ‘When I went iff I could hardly cateh my breath; but I didn’t make a fuss about it. I went out near the rope and held on tight, but before I knew it I was under the water. A wave soon brought me to my feet, but before I could say zword I fell back again. A boy saw me fall and pulled me up by my hand. I thanked the boy; then I told my mother all about the excitement I had. She said she will never again let me go swimming, but I think she . will change her mind. CHARLOTTE COHE'N Age 12. New London. A Dog Bully. In the barnyard there was a mother tending her kittens. Suddenly she heard a wee little squeak. It was a mouse! She hurried toward the barn door, where the roise came fro she left her kittens where they were. “Bow! Bow!” came the sound from where her kittens lay. It was Tubby, the dog, protecting Kitty's kittens from a large dog much larger than himself. Kitty heard Tubhy’'s bark and ran very fast to where her kittens lay. When the large dog saw Kitty he ran and disappeared down the street. EDNA WEAVER, Age 12. Providence. Raising Chickens and Vegetables. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about my chickens. April 4th I set a hen with fifteen Barred Plymouth Rock eggs. In twenty days the hen hatched out eleven chicks. One died when it was about one week old. I feed them chick feed, milk and dry mash. For a few weeks they ran around free ‘with the hen, but after a while I took the hen away. Now I have them penned in and they are 38 days old. I also have a garden 21 feet by 42 feet. So far I have planted onions, carrots, beets, parsnips, lettuce, cucumbers, sun- flowers, tomatoes and cabbage. These are all up. If T have good luck with my chickens and vegetables, I am going to exhibit them at the Mansfield fair at Storrs. HANS J. C. STEINMEYER, Age 12. Eagleville. My Garden and Pets. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to write you what I planted this summer. I planted watermelons, sunflowers, beans, dill, beets, carfots, corn, white and red radishes, pumpkins, muskmelorg toma- toes and cucumbers. I am 9 years old. I go to school in the second grade and my teacher's name is Miss Bliss. We have 31 children in school. T have three brothers and one sister. I have four little kittens, named Minnie, Miggie, Teddy and Patsy. Their mother's name is Betty. ‘We have one little puppy named Nel- lie. My little brother and I often play with her. When we tie her on the rope she barks, g EMMA STEINMEYER. Bagleville. Valley Forge. The wind is cold and blowing oyver the old Guif road. Up yonder a soldier toils up the hills, his footsteps stained with blood, his feet peep from his worn-out shoes, his shirt in strings. On his shoulder he carries a rusty gun. The hand that holds the stock is blue with cold. His comrades are no better off. Farther away we see horsemen, and the cannon half dragged and half pushed by men. Congress will prove helpless to pro- tect them. Disease will enter their huts by day. But all in vain, the danger will not frighten them, for they are the Continental army and these are the hills of Valley Forge. ‘WILLIAM BOUREY. Glasgo. Rose's Coral Necklace. Rose's mother had promised her a neck- lace, which she had always wished for, if she would keep her closet in which she kept her toys neat and tidy, and to move everything when she swept every day. If she would do that for six weeks, then she would be entitled to the necklace, her mother thought. Rose was faithful to her promise the first couple of weeks but after that she thought it would not be necessary to move everything every day. One day Rose’s mother asked her why she did not wear her necklace. Rose said: “I have not got it yet.” “Didn’'t you find it be- hind_your writing! desk in the corner?” asked her mother in surprise. Rose was guilty in not keeping her promise, so she worked for the necklace | another limited time and received it on her birthday. CATHERINE DRISCOLL, Age 11. Norwich. Christopher Columbus Risdale. One frosty morning in December there appeared among the scholars a strange little fellow with a large head, great eyes, long, straight hair, a very thin body, and legs that looked like reeds, they were so slender. He could not have been more than 10 vears of age, to judge by his size, though his, face looked far older. His clothes were worn and patched, and altogether he had the appearance of hav- ing been frostbitten. When the master asked his name the newcomer answered “Christopher Columbus Risdale” in a shrill, piping voice as queer as his weird and shrunken body. ELLEN BOROVICKA, Age 13. ‘West Willington. Raising Corn and a Calf. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to have 3 garden this summer, and am going tc raise beets, tomatoes, radishes, lettuce, and I am raising a calf. Its color is black and white and it i8 six months old. I am going to take it to the Mansfield fair in September. Four weeks ago I put it in the pasture to get nice and fat for the fair. I am raising one acre of corn, so 1 can select some corn to exhibit at the fair. ISADORE POLLACK. Eagleville. My Trip to Boston. Dear Uncle Jed: Tuesday, May 25, my father, my brother and myself went to Boston. My father hired a horse to go to Willimantic, which we left in the sta- ble while we were gone. Our train was supposed to come in at 8.35 but as it was three-quarters of an hour late we did not leave Willimantic until 9.20. The stations we passed were North Windham, Clark’s Corners, Hampton, El- liotts, Abington, Putnam, Pomfret, Douglas, Bast Douglas, Blackstone and Franklin. ‘We arrived in Boston about 12.15. Af- ter we arrived in Boston we took a train for . Commonwealth avenue, where we ‘went into a store where automobild parts are kept. My father bought some things for his auto and’ we went into the eity. ‘We looked around for a while and then ‘we went into a store on Washington ave- nue and had something to eat. After we came out we walked around and about 4.10 we started for the station where my £iher mot per Halcte Oue tea'n eeme back of the cemetery. the war.” at it value value value value 24 by 36, 27 by 54, 30 by 60, 36 by 12, $1.50...... $2.50. $3.00. $4.85. cent showing of curtains, all 2% Regular price $2.50. Regular price $3.00. . Regular price $3.50. . Regular price $4.50. have to step border, regular price 30c— from ihe regular prices— 35c values .....eveeiiins 49¢ values . 5¢ values ... 95¢ values .. $1.19 values $1.39 values .....uveenne Net in the lot, so come early. yard— in about 4.55. On our way back we stopped at Franklin, Blackstone, East Douglas, Putnam and Pomfret « There were not many people in the train on our way back so we left one car in Putnam. We arrived home about 8.30. DORIS A. WOOD, Age 11. Eagleville. Farming and Fishing. Dear Uncle Jed: I have my garden nearly all planted and will have it done soon. ¥ I set three traps for some woodchucks but haven't cavght any yet. The oats on which I work are greew and fine. 1 have some good clover to feed my little rabbits. 1 have two young ones, threc months old, and they are very nice. The other day I let them out and they played in the clover lot near the house. My little chicks are getting along fine. They all turn a different color.. I am going fishing Saturday. I am going to fish from Gurleyville to Chaffee- ville, on the Fenton river. I know a mn from Willimantic, Lawyer King, who Lh:uxht. a fish weighing one pound and a alf. A boy eof our school and his brother caught 11 two weeks ago Saturday. My brother caught five fish weighing' from one pound to two pounds. SOLOMON §. POLLACK, Age 10. Gurleyville. up, Decoration Day. Monday was Decoration day. I went up on State street with some of my friends to see the parade it was not very long and I did net like it very well. Af- ter the parade we went home and made some sandwiches and we took some cake and hard broiled eggs. ‘We then went up State street to catch the car to the Cedar Grove cemetery. Af- ter we put some flowers on some graves we went down a path that led from the We followed that path when we came upon a Swamp so we took another path and it was an hour or so before we got out of the briars and bushes, but we came out ail right at the end. We landed in Bolles ‘woods. ‘We sat down there and ate our llmd\,butvhllt\nwnmh:mw T smell smota a1 TN, B VA e 2 SALE PRICE $3.69 QUAKER LACE CURTAINS Do you know “Quaker” Draperies ? best and the prettiest curtains that are made in the United States, and our prices are the very lowest. We are offering during this sale a magnifi- great variety of the best designs— SALE PRICE $2.19 SALE PRICE $269 SALE PRICE $3.00 SALE PRICE $3.98 Regular price $5.00............ SALE PRICE $437 CURTAIN SCRIM Only two nundred yards in this lot, so you will lively if you want some of it. very attractive—white or ivory with openwork . SALE PRICE 21ic veese.. SALE PRICE 28¢ . SALE PRICE 3% . SALE PRICE 56¢ .. SALE PRICE 8¢ SALE PRICE 98¢ . SALE PRICE $1.09 QUAKER MADE CURTAIN NET Only three hundred yards of this handsome Filet white and ivory, and the regular price is 45c a SALE PRICE 37¢ | we aia. BIGSUMMER SAL Is a Genuine “Before the W Bargain Sale @ _.i ltm-mmslflngredufl:mmthpncuofwufifl department. Blgcmlmp.tthethnglyouneed,‘ndstthme Buy now, for the future as well as for present use, for it will be a hhme prices will be down so low again. \ EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS ITS BIG BARGAINS Household Bargains At Compelling Sale Prices In Our Rug and Drapery Department Letymnhomcuwefluympermbenefitbythehwmdprmwhchdn big sale has brought about. Youneedmmhms,otyouwnntnmgnnot too great a_price—here and now it should be purchased. You will save money, and we know you will be satisfied with your bargains. Log Cabin Colonial Rugs In buying Log Cabin Colonial Rugs you certainly get the most for your money no matter how you look Prices are low—the rugs wear well—and they are just as pretty, and as dainty as can be. Note the reductions and see if you can resist— SALE PRICE 6 by b They are the Oil shades, inches wide. yards long, in a $7.51 well or better. square yard— It is Remnants of Quaker Laces, Scrims and Madras, running in value from 3% to $1.00 a yard— SALE PRICE 29%¢ HANDSOME CRETONNES Our entire stock of these handsome Cretonnes for summer upholstery or for drapery purposes is going at a reduction of at least twenty per cent. We have it in $12.00 ‘We all teok branches and in the direction the smoke was it was the forest on fire. Some boys had set fire to we all tried hitting it with our branches. It did not do much good. The fire was spreading so the boy's father that was with us put it out. After that excitement we all ran to get a drink at the spring. In the mid- dle of the spring was a spot of sand where the cool water was bubbling up. ‘When I got home I was very tired but went out riding on my girl friend’s bi- cyele. FLORENCE CLARK, Age 13. New London. NOANK The following program was given Sun- day evening by the members of the Noank Baptist Sunday school at the Children's day concert: Selection orchestry; re- sponsive reading, singing, school; re- sponsive Scripture reading; greetings, superintendent ; weicome, Mabel Bracei; recitation, Our Fathre's Call Edgar Gracey; singing, school;. recitation, What Will You Do, Thelma Peterson ; ex- ercise, The Best Investment, Mr. Spicer’s class; recitation, Worth While, Gmace Rathbun; soug, The. Spring Is Come, primary children; recitation, Let Us Go to Jesus, Alida Langworthy; exercise, The Sunday School Class, Miss Kelley's class; singing, Young Peoiple's choir; exgreise, Around the Cross; exercise, Finer Than Gold, junior and intermedi- ate boys; singing, school; address; of- fering; emblematic piece, The Golden Opportunity ; singing, school ; benediction. Mrs. Emma Spencer, Mrs. George Cut- ten and Mrs. Lillian Lynton have left for a lengthy visit in the west. The meeting of the Eleventh school district is to be held in the school house Saturday evening, June 26. ‘William C. Floyd and son Thomas of New Haven spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Brown. Miss Inez Chester of Bolton is visiting her parents, Mrs. C. L Chester of Pearl street. Miss Elizabeth Spicer of the Simmons college, Boston, is spending her vaca- tiow ws Ler friends hars, e S roturna2 9 feet, value $15.00—SALE PRICE $11.48 8 by 10 feet, value $22.50—SALE PRICE $18.00 9 by 12 feet, value $25.00—SALE PRICE $21.50 DUPLEX WINDOW SHADES hand coated, green on one side and cream on_ the reverse. Value $1.75— SALE PRICE $1.19 15¢ CURVED CURTAIN RODS— SALE PRICE 10c GRASS RUGS—4 Ig SAL GRASS RUGS—27 by 54-inches, regular price $2.00 SALE PRICE $1.55 TEXOLEUM FELT BASE FLOOR COVERING— Looks like a fine printed linoleum, and wears as Good kitchen patterns, worth 8ic SALE PRICE 73¢ INLAID LINOLEUM This is our best $2.50 Inlaid, and we show It in a good assortment of colors-and patterns— SALE PRICE $z19 FIBRE MATTING TRAVELING BAGS Fine for beach use. Value $1.25—18-inch Value $1.00—16-fach STRAW SUIT CASES OF FINE QUALITY—$5.00 cases lined with Cretonne— SALE PRICE $398 $2.50 FIBRE MATTING SUIT CASES— SALE PRICE $2.19 $3.00 FIBRE MATTING SUIT CASES— SALE PRICE $258 BAL FIBRE—FIFTY TRUNKS Vulcanized fibre, hand riveted Trunks of the most approved description, in 34 and 36-inch sizes. Ac- tual value is $25.00— SALE PRICE $18.00 Sizes 34 and 3é-inch, which are actually worth $12.00— SALE PRICE $9.38 Two yards long and 38 . 7-inch size, regular price PRICE $4.398 . SALE PRICE $1.00 . SALE PRICE 8¢ STEAMER TRUNKS in good steamer models spending several weeks in New York Frank J. Schoonmaker has returned to his business here, after spending the ' weck in New York. Arthur Woodworth of Fisher's Island was here over the week end. Contractor Frank Bariow, Sr.. has gone to Boston to remain four or five weeks. Mrs. Frank Howe has returned heme, after a week's visit in Providence. Trouble With This Remmdy. Mr. Marshall's remedy for unrest is “equal and exact justice to all fhen." But that weuld put half the popuia- tion In jail.—Chicago Tribune. ) —e ¥ The twenty-six aldermen of the eity of Londo nare chosen for life. “DANDERINE" Stops Hair Coming Out; Doubles Its Beauty. 4 A few cents » After an application of “Danderine” you can not find a fallen hair or any dandruff,