Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 9, 1920, Page 7

WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE i Boys’ and Girls’ Department. © ~THE - Rales For Young Wrilers. his ;eei;n. “How d you like my pic- 1—Write plainly on one side et ihelture™ he - 1 paper only, and number the pages. “Oh, 1 think it is the mést wonderful —Use pea and ink, not peneil. thing I hlu"nver seen. 1 wish I knew Short and pointed articles will he|NOW te paint Do not use over 258| ANl at emce the bell rang clear and loud. “Oh, dear!” sald Jame, “I am late zinal stories or letters only wilthfer school and that's the 5 o'elock bell” 1 It was siready & t;n u:\hntn late, but te your name, age and address|Jaue did aet care; it not make any piainly at the bottom of the story. rdflnr‘u to her what time she came. Still the better if she missed arithmetic. Miss Betty Ashton, the tezcher, did not say anything te June. 8has teok her seat witheut X g st the girls and beys. Miss Ashton Was engaged in explaiming a very difiicult subtraction example and sho looked very funny. She appeared to Jane 86 comical that she couldm't resist @rawing 2 picture of Rer, 50 she began to draw. In & few miutes it was done and Jano lavwghed as she wrote the teach- er's name besesth it “What (s the remainder, Jane?’ asked | the teacher. “I Gon’t know what it is,” she replied. Seeing & plece of paper in her hand, the teacher asked her what ste was writing. “Y wasn't writing, answered Jane. After sehool Miss Ashton's first ques- tien wus: “Why dida't yeu kmow your avithmetic lesson, Jane®' “I hate arithmetic, but I love to drawt’ “What have you beem drawing?’ asked the teacher. given preference. words. WIDE-AWAKE POETRY ALORT, O joy of life! O fire of heart! O true love with your waving halrl and dusky Wwaving tresses, And eves of deepest, darkest blue That shine with light of heliness. And cheeks that come from damask rose, o soft and smooth and falr they bioom. O Yips that kissing, turn the souls Of men inte a fire of love! Joy of my heart with her beauty amd grace, Born to be quésn and ruler of mea! With voiee whose liquid melody Is fairer than the nightingale O Jove; O light! O happiness! O joy; to bathe one's aching heart In the music of that votce! And the love-light of her eves: Mut. O to kiss those honeyed lips Ts Baim to soothe the deepest grier, A soothing balm to quell all ills. —Martha Penlope Blake. 1 was drawing” —_— “I drew a pletare of—v¥eu,” replied TNOLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE. |Jane, dreading the result. & AWAKES, But no, she was mistaken. “Now, Jane, I ghall not punish you, but don't draw Now than school has epened it BrinES|pictupes when in sehool. Pui your mind vou back to the happy reunions follewingion your lessens, not on silly drawings.” & lanz, and probably much enjosed vaca- These were her last werds, and Jane was es. 1t is & time when sl should be|fismissed. esager to get back to vour studles, back 15 the happy associations that go with rchooldays and back to the work that tis Down &t Senis Rask. The long vacation has Pro-} peai Ungle Jed: I am going te tell vided much time for play, bat it esmnot|you about my frip to Savin Roek, New fall to have mads you realize that yew|IIaven, Comm, on_Aug. We spent Sadies Ssturday in New Haven and Sunday we rward to the W te all locking forwaed to the yeava went to Savin Reck znd attemded ihe ESTHER RESNIK, Age 13. Yantic. - op he; ved. do It hen you Will foliow in the f06%-|gecona reunion of Battery D, 56th regi- | 108¢ Who are older and in turniment, of which my daddy is a member {¢r me comstantly imereasing responsi-|The boss s1 met in the park, coming|aa Diiities. from all divections. Some came by au- ) . i tos and others by train. Every time we |vei the case vou cannot faillneard someone say “Fall in” we knew hat there must be proper pre-|some more fellows had come. They all sartion 1t is necessary to be Stted] Went tossther and had thelr shore dinzer | for the greater tasks of lfe through|afier 4Anet Uie o¥s held o meeting lo 2 goed educat! Sach is the opportuni-] Whils they were doing so mother and |of ty taat is now before each and evary Ib;““ down and watched the people in i B “ _lbathing. The water looked very dirty ir! of sch .1t 2 NS0 NS &ir] 9 (gUROM B8 11 SMmAT] Lok 6 badd ey b vad Tomteed ot white £ to apreciate and make the most of.| sui, in 574 (heve fs red ! The boys giris of all countries de{quite a few places of ammusement., a0t get the cducational advantzges that]| We cams home Sunday night, very you 4o and it is often becamse they in- | tired, but we had 2 lovely time. Daddy valve no great straggle to get them thatl s FSNE 10 take um o the next reunlon mey are Lghils valued until the time of Your Nttle friend. awakening comes after it ig too late te DORCTHY MALCOLM, Age 12. make up for lost or wasted time. Nerwici. r inte your gamee and to be and you strive to o = sports ¥ Oakiand Beach. be among the winners. There is even| A Week 2go Sunday our family me-| Tho governor stepped forward. The greater reason why vou should da like.|t9red to “Rockr.* Around ¢ p. m., after|thief saw him and stood still. greater reaso ¥ 3 spending o delightful day we went to| “Go on, sir!” ordered the governor. land Beach. 3 wise in yeur studies. You will need 211 Oaki tha hein ¥ou can get frem scheol in| My sister and friends were spending a = the many preblems in the battle|Peek there, and hud invited me te 5o ) Aa thers was no reem in their ear for R % me, 1 was obllzed to go with my own WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. folks the following duy, but I didn't cars dn Liftsehitr, of Uneasville—Graee|in the least. My folks had to go home With the U, S Troops in tie | immeGiately. Well, I shall mow tell you everything I @ia during the week. After partaking of a small supper we did the dishes and went out to the 1—Liflian Andersom, of Brooklyn—The|perch. Semgs were sung till bedtime. sirts of Central High Aldimg the Red| 'The next dey I didn't venture into thy Cross. water, but the day after I did. It was {—Bather Resntk, of Yantic—Boy Vol-|fire, and in the afternoon we went dig- inteers With the British ArtiRlery. t‘:{’l“ cmn-'n)x we reachsi b e e e s them | landed and ‘set to work. It worked up after 10°8. =, Thb ¥ morning. % dandy appetite for gl of us Then an-| ¥ aia other Jong boat ride brought us home. Bach day following in the foremoon we LETYERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. :m"thb:tmm' and in the afternoon went Betilh © b, 6 Mo R o the amusement und. o O meiyle-—T rasm% . TUs beat fime I had in the water was Bunny Brown and Sister Sue st Aunt|F7437, Which was my last time. s City Home” sad found it very in- “3“:,:,".,’,;,:”7::: e e esting. Thanking you very muteh. LILLIAN A.\'Dmnesox, Age 11 thy ane. ne 2-—~Dwrethy Malcolm, of Norwieh— te ‘e took a long boatride | ca: 1, mans came running . His name S e e TGt Wk (o] Brockin. Was Hal, When ho the wall e atins o, PO BN BF sant he came upon the body of a dead Ger- me antitled “TUncle Wiggely's Autome- oile” I know T will enjoy reading it. Mow Arthar Became King. o lup the rifie which was loaded and had _Doar Uncle Jed:. Did Jou ever haar|po . or (1o wall to swale 1l the Goer < the story of how Arthur became king? £ ian'f take o LETTERS WRITTEN BY WIDE- me king? |mans came up. It Midnt take them long AWAKES Once mpon a time there lived in Brit- to show u Wh were about to . ain 2 great Ling named Uther. |5 5000 Sl b i i My Trip to Ocean Beaeh. When he died every lord in the lund|gn, h Ome dar my friends and myzelf dectd.|Wanted to become king. Now King UUher | prs o mory hote wort e Germans wen' s to go tn Ocsan beach. Wa decided to & son who was secretly sent to a 0 the next day. We all wanted to take | §00d knight to be Drought up. Ths boy's inch along and spand the day there |R2Mme Was Arthur. The good knight's The dav proved to be falr and it was|Name was Sir Iictor. Arthur, knowing tecided that ene shomld bring cake, anm-|Bothing of King Uther, believed that Sir sther friand of mine ghonld bring butter|Xctor Was his father and loved him| andwiches. fhe next one jam sendwich. |dearly. s, and the last two should bring esndy| TO settlo the bitter strife for King And cookies. T was going to Bring fet. | Uther's throme the archbishop of Can- wuce and cgx eandwiches, terbury at Christmas called the nobles We hired a jitner and went te Oecean|!of°ther im 2 splendld church. Suddenly weach It was about elaven o'eloel when|there rose in the church yard a great 2 got there. We hired bathrooms and|White stone, bearing an anvil. In the 1t on our bathing suits amd went in |20Vl Was @ shining sword; in the sword ‘or a swim. We swam over o the |In Ietters of gold stood these quaint aft and dived off the spring boava.|VOrde, “YWho so pulleth out this sword About one e'clock we ate our tupch |OF this stome and anvil is right wise king ind we went in an ice cream parlor and|born of all Lngland” When they all :ad some cream. °* heard this every lord tried to pull out) After we finished our luneh we went|tie eword. Not one could move it. A = for another swim. Wa siid down the|$2Y Was set for s second trial. Splendid iheot-the-chute and Into the water, We|54med and contests were planned and ted a fine time. Then We went for a|l0 these games came Sir Iistor; Mls real Tip around the lighthouss. I hired a|$o% Sif Ksy, and Arthur. anoe and went paddlinz with anether|, Sir K&y desired to enter the comtests, sifl Al of a sudden the canos tipped |Dut 3las, he had forgotten his cword. and we fell lato ihe water. Wo had|Arthur offered to ride back for it. When bathing suits on %0 we didn't caro. |Me resehed the castle where Bir Kay had e were out for far so We swam after |left it e could not get in; everyone had %is cance and came ashom. It was about | §0n¢ 0 Lendon for the games. 1vs o'clock and we declded to go home.; 1% Was, then that Arthur remembered We dressed and got ready to go but the|20¢IiE 4 sword in a church yard as ke naching 414 net come after ms. We|¥25 riding dy. If he hurried to get it. waitsd for about 30 minutes and then we|YSS there it was, a great sword in an 00k 2 ear and eame up to Montyifte. We | 80Vil, resting on a huge white stone! coked around but we did not see any |Arthur seized tho sword, drew it forth ey t as a Jitney esws up it ba. | WihoSt trewdle, and, at. full speed, 3 to thander and lighthing and the rain | 7098 With it to Sir Kay. ame down in torrents. We 4 G Sir Ector learned that Arthur 2uto and we were giad to get home, | P24 Brought the eword, he commanded *ot mévertheless we had a_good tims. | MM o Feturn to the churen yard sud DA LIFSCHITZ |0 take cut the sword in his presence. Tneasville. This was done. But when the arch- Bishop ef Centerbury heard what had happened he ordered the sword te be put back again. At @astertide, kings and princes, lords and nobles, came from far and near. There are some cows and & little eglf {Bach tried with all their might to re. amed Blossomt. The mother of Blossom |lease the sword. It would not stir. Then * named Canary. All the cows are black | Arthur came. At the totich of hand nd white. the sword seemed fairly to leap from! I feed the hens'and chiekens. At §{the amvil Still the lords were not sat-| clock I go after the cows. Sometimes |lefled. They demapded amother trial feed the calf his milk. and after that, others. Hach time Ar- There are two kittens and a black est. {thur alene could remove the sword. am spending the summer with my| At thé last trial the cemmien people Tandmother and grandps. I lke to help |alfo Wers present. When Arthur drew 2y grandmethér very much. forth the swerd and raised it aloft thay T am rpending = happy vaeation. shsuted and called him king and de- THELMA HOADLEY, Age 10, [Olafed that théy would fight amy lord Putnam. 14 —— How ¥ Am Speadiag My Vaeatisn. T am spending my vacation fin - the, So_Arthur became Lin; CQECELJA L. CARPED Nerth Windigm. of Brit; ER, Age 14. A Brave Cosfession. Eariy one morning Jane teok her beoks nd luneh and started to take 2 wplk prough the woods, as it was teo early to © to school. She hated arithmetie snd obody could induce her te study. On her way through the woods she felt thrill and expected something marvel- us to happer. Somebody was at her avorite place before her. *“Who cauld sat man be?" she thought. “What Is hat queer big wooden thing near im?” A Face Peejed ix at the Windew. One eveniag on the 14th of February Mgry was left alone doing her lessons W:xl.: here méther went out shopping. ry was sitting in the dining’ room flear the windew, trying to do her spell- ing. Just as she losked up she saw a great red thing in the window, the ahape of & and there stood @ man holding it. As eeon as Mary saw this As she was a very inquisitive girl she mped o ret mearer to the man and discovered z:u’l-! with %’%::'m " v he wn&:‘nm‘ a heautiful pleture. e hems dnd ane was wi ing him a fow moments. | knocked at deer. Answe ‘hen he turmed his back and was sur-|&he called 1?‘ Mary. )?:w‘:l‘m to:i“:;. ~wad ta sen gamebolv sles was Big shawl ever her head amd wemt to lesson something He had, too, a cellar We took im;with pro disturbed by sounds .which hand, ready to light, went dow: stairs. struck a light and saw a taking large pieces of meat barrel and putting them in a bag. “Fill that Dag and be off! not disturb honest folks at this time of night!” up your bag. keep me shivering what you want. house at sort of E ished.” | pleasant to rec our destination. We then | ployment for what he had taken, ard t seen runn After he iman with rifle and bullet; ing, went and joined-th soldiers how he Taftville, he darce given club was well attended and & good sum | was collected. visitor at John R. Kaplan Amberst, Mass., having visited relatives | there. from Stonington, where they were visit- ing Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Bousa. Migses Ee: and Decky Miller and Sarah Leviloff were ral at Ocean Beach Sunday. York recently. Miss Bthel Kaplan teacher. York after spending his vacation at A. Miller's. long human hair, men’'s heads have no commercial value. who refysed to obey Mim. - " s‘.fiiri_'h'l'flos ? Ne Matter It You Have Tried Many Others There Still is Hope in Pyramid Pile Suppositories. ramid just as quickly as yo?.'éxfy It shou’m give aulok r’glm |8 and has saved many {rom an opera- tion. Get i, 60 cent box of Pyramid Pile Suppositories at any drug store. It is tho right thing to do. Do it or your own sake, to relieve itching, bleeding or protruding piles, hem- orrhoids and such rectal troubles “Take no substitute. Send coupon for free trial. FREE SAMPLE COUPON PYBAMID DRUG _COMPANY, 3% Pyramid Bldg., Marsball, Mich, Kindiy send me a Fres sample of Pyramid Pile Suppesiteries, in plain wrapper, Name Street, City en the door. “What is the matter with you?”" asked r mother. Mary said whi was doing her en at the win- w. “I think it was a shape of a heart. Was flery red and a big old giant held “0, you foolish thing,” “don’t F Mary forgot about it and thought it ry foolish of her to le frizhtencd. SARAH YOSELEWSKY, Age il Oaka: said her moth- you knmow it is Valentine Kindness to a Thief. Thomas Chittenden, Vermont, was a ind befitting generous way, vas well One winter night, the governor was scemed to | He got out of bed | and with a candle in his the the cellar, he man who was pork out of the me from his cellar. ry quietly, Upon reaching You ousght Tho thief shrank back, frightened. “Be quick,” said the governor. “Fill This is not a fit time to here!” Trembling, s thief obeved. “You go” said the governor. “The xt time you are in necd of food co me and say so, and I will g But do not pi If I eat v ght. ss again you So the man shrank away, but it is the next day he asking f he mi me to rk s found for him, v and well DIANA DOYON, he Age 13. Glasgzo. Mal in France. Hal picked t through acro; hining, yelling “T run for your I =0 and told the Huns. EDMOND RUDEL, .\.:gt‘ 11. CHESTERFIELD B in the FEureka Social Mises Ruth Maker from Fall River is a Miiss Ruth Morgan has returned from Lula and Anna Powers ve Teturned | Abraham Savin returned from New |[§ The Twelfth district school opened with | William' Cooper has returned to New Altheugh there is a steady demand for the clippings from [ M 1know an easy way to clear your skin ** My skin was even worse than yours, ang I, too, had tried so many remedies 1was discouraged. But Resinol Oint- ment and Resinol Soap relieved the soremess almost immediately, and [ was amazed when the blotches began to disappear and:the pores to clear. In 3 atime my skin was perfeetly heaithy. 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I have loved many a2 meadow, dalsy ow, y P Childhood's Elysium in the summertide— And made a little song about a star That is no lovelier than the daisies are. But when young maple leaves turned, ene y one, Their shimmering silver linings to the sun, I jovously renounced all other ecstasier In lh-m:a:n rapture of the trees—old I have loved sloping hilisides, when May came With waxen rhododendron, and the flame Of scarlet columbine and Indian plume: With young green on the brier and new bloom : Then paused where one great tasseling chestout _stood, A towering sentinel to guard the wood And k“\ I loved it more than all of hese, ‘Bec:us‘e one must look upward to elé rees. Whiteside, in Harper: —Mary Brent | | "XMagazine. 05t your city, boost your friend; t the lodge that Boost the street on which you're dwelNng, 11 Boost the goods that you are selling; 0st the people round abeut you, They can get along without you: But_success will quicker find them {}1f they know that you're behind them. ost for every forward movement, st for every new improvement: t the man for whom you labor, 0ost the stranger and the neighbor, to be a chronic kmocker, 1o be a -progress blocker ; 'd make your city better, * ost it to the final letter. —Exchange. HUMOK OF THE DAY L(:!dz—'f:rn! | an old golf course of no, It's comparativels s a charge for ¥ on our t was _one of s —Houston why T didn't enjoy the volun ore American. gh—Her ags really surpris she docsn't look 28, does she? —Not now, but I sup; —London Answers ory plece \ runs bet hock. —Yonk The Patron—I ¢ this bill is rather sir? S paper says meat t youn COPE mot; plctare e an average of blocks are used candidats for th L deliver spieches in nobleman sent to Europe nd piano, and on its arrival ha¢ | all the lower part of it cut off, as he i most convenient to play it while on the floor. known justics in Londom e has never scen a me- ow, whil brother jurisf ed a telephone » in a subway train. - | Seaweed, though not the diet of an ep- B | icure, is, when dry, richer than oatmeal M| or Ind corn in nierogenous constits § | cats, and takes rank among the most mu- itious of vegetablo foods. ‘The dogz depends largely on his senss and in order that that faculty r is.the trouble?” cried the all tha time. As tie porates. the mose nd an averag: yield of more thaw ven tons In 1918, The 1918 crop solé at the factorics for $2.393,715, or $12.33 a ton.