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THE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE Boys' and 1—Writs plainly on one side of saper ouly, aad ha 3—Short and pointed articles will given preference. Do not uss over +—-Otiginal steries of letters galy will 5—Write your name, and ddress plainly ai the dottem 'fl. sory. WIDE-AWAKE POETRY. Ta My Tntense-Birier. Tattle gaiden mystery-mam. Tell mg o your mative tagd! Tell me whends you chme to me, rostioss rolling see. With jopr mystic atmésphere From wnother hemisphere. It stems to me With you was sent Mmesage from the Orent. tion. The journey in ml’fi‘!fi¢£ $L ERIvad on-mshiag | WaS very rough unil We became aleus- | - b e : % F e there are -evi- beheld a mast Lrble) o "ong My companions likewise wers g2 weriased at 3-;::”;?-&; that we | Shv Eeexiyi *{ were to depa: m o e eif ex- on boy 324 (0 gile B0 | T 0w aen o & s cessive thins| Sz wire dedl “up | Were disuriubted ameng the pupl % B P Phinneps and one e it e n lmmmomwtmumm% By o eha | {673 protty gil took case of 4 fun::l for | E1F1 used me until I was wom awa: one of the unforiunats ones was her| .o the eraser which adormed my i Our bodies wantie - wraps you about, Put your wee gold foot peeps out: agape apd half-tlosed eyee— the imeenso risa? Do Fpar thoughts so far sway opcland oflen stras? less. Pive min fooked areund on ihe dream of Mandal HELEN HAVELES, Ao ¥ he fixing fisbes play?’ pechaps in Egypt-land a camel oer the sand. The Vigit te the Cyuniy. my gunt wrote to my 1 could epend o In the country. Mother| heavy bag of supplies was climbing a cald I coyld go, though she thought I| Steep path on his way to the Itallag T told| front. ~ The path was 5o steep that ne ‘would be sweet as sugar all tye | borse or automobile couid make it. What | ing the nerves directly and by suppiy. mother wrots back, saying 1| there was to be carried had to bo car: w';‘lo‘:s mw:?':r:i} friend of mine.| Youns Italian soldier was very tired. The | phate should produce a welcome trans- Tom lives mear my Aunt Mary's. w0ty to him, toe, so that know I was coming ugain. Lgst summer ere you were made, mother asking if two starved child, v Lours of weary work on ¥oU; wouid make too much trouble. tell me true of souls in Chrls \ to ua thoir hands? e with you was seat from the Ordent RUTH §. TRACY. he would| kept plugsing ahead. Presently, he | $F625¢ in g I told him 1] heard footsteps. 4 brisk old man dress- would be dewn. And #o I went and| ©d in the blue of France came up be- |4t a gemeral improvement in the health, MARJORIE HYDE, Age 10. TALK TO WIDE- us gre tep apt to say or we eammot do thgt bisuse we are ot dis- again it may be that terestad or there is & geod s that we dea't want to trT. A Surprise Fer Graadpa. During my vacation 1 spent o couple | [2¥ P ¥ all, T ®f weeks on my grandfather hw.xn; Hel "ind thus they elimbed, the old man of tro-Phosphate has brought about a THURSDAY —_— FRIDAY — SAWRDAY 2ople orchiards In 00| prance gnd the youns man of Italy. Fin. | magic transformation with me. I gai 4 s d:y’l“w';’: % olf | ally they stopped to rest and, whila they | ed o pounds and never before felt there | Were Testing, some Itaulian generpl gtaft} Well. . N e avpiarea, oni-of i bing 't | CAUTION : Whil Bitro-Phosplate| The ‘Largest Display of Furs Norwich Has Seen the king's personal staff. Of cburse the |i8 unsurpns;‘»ddfz_rl :he :echefdn:sne;»mu,; i o vo soldi by th dsidg to | ness, Zemeral ebility, eic., those tal ) % 7 rindiethr aad he st to me L] thde Yo To stfua e Hiph meir T |t wa do ot Genre i pit on e | This is, without exception, the most complete display of Furs that has ever been In @ fe¥ ! ftalian offickrs stopped. The ome who |showld usc care in avoiding fa i i ] . " ge. shewn in Norwich. - You may have your choice of about sixty stunning Coats, at : all prices from $269.50 to $1,000.00. You will find all kinds of smaller pieces, that they began to fight with s s ! from the small bits which are worn with the tailor-made PO I s e s W) ghan. @ il enveloping stole for wear when more formal dress is required. sepa e \ THE PRICES ARE ONE-THIRD UNDER NORMAL BUY NOW AND SAVE MONEY (e WE WILL HOLD YOUR SELEC- || TIONS UNTIL YOU ARE READY, UPON PAYMENT OF A DEPOSIT You can thereby take advantage of the Sale Prices, and pay when you are ready. T Ty e ey e wet| Sggel Ommert end Kespel Sosy [} The Showing of Small Pieces Is Unusually the' pigs and when T what do you suppose I found? Four lit baby pigs. Then I ran up and told It there iz a will thers s wonderfulls {llus- case of a Bohemian boy |FY worn without dny arms but wh le of the right sement and considershle e can do mueh for 165 You are dreaming, boy! minutes he came down with there he found the four pigs. . I guesa T will have to get to work and | iaculated oo ild 5 new pig pen becauso one time 1 ¢ ltlle pigs and they were so Mo o | belomged to the king’s uses his feet and very awkward for 1 hed lats of fun watching them 2s long as 1 The Lost Children. g e of writing, sewi ¢ a few days 60 I had[In the woods lopking. & to ceme home, But I hepe to see the| They found many flowers pigs When 1 have mnother vueatien. ROBBRT J. STORMS, s boy and others quite 38 rom one reason or another in the way of helping them- they gre also fitted by their Naughty Boy, Dear Uncle Jed: There was named John and he was naught: Ope diy when his mother was markeling he invited some children to his house to play show, and, of course, he 0 B0t 81l of his mothef's and father's best | SiTaizht alead sa ciothes, and just then his mgthe: n it his father with her, and then John went tralght aver his father's kiee, apd it hurt 50 mueh that he could neatly see slars. DWARD HUTCHINS, Azp 9. New London. boy | Was home. They walked for three k as you how ridjeujous it us whe are witheut handi- hat kind to earry the idea thaj ¢ o what others have r overcoming great ob- r came | Srely. met th ere’'s there's a will A Sleepr Dog. Dear Unele Jed: Once upon a time 2 aieeny dog wept o 4 barn and jumped upen § manger full of hay. curled himself up for an aftefpoon . When lie hod slept in eamiort for kome | tine tha axea cams in for their supper. Thea the dog awoke Towled at the oxen. 77" said omp of the oen. WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. Norwich—The Atding the Red ~Helen Wareles of Danielson—The of Norwieh—Tie American In- 4nd barked and “What is the mal- “Do you ester of Norwich—Grac: T never eat such » hyagry: and tired dog. “Go sway and let me sieep. it, preathless. 5 's fathes, an: it “time to _go home. The wm 1nto the 8Utos and Cedeir Way Sang. MARY Angs Of MOFTY, and They all and thanked hexr heartily. . LY Li that evening When Ruth climbed ¥ 4 her father's knee and put her rms ) SESEEEEIE T pyopieTe “Papa, I'm very Bave | 1 —— little klflwy_g Teal chbance 1o .be A Aren’t you' 5 AL S Netn Bitro-Phosphate to 2 e e | P RS RN OLIVE SULLIVAN, Age 14. g Inanomns Norwich, R. D. « ; £ Al 1 jara- e Thn of & Peo (eRBInE (T mants whicn ave con: I was born in a factery in New: York | tinpatly betag advertibed for _the _pur- ¢ity, having many companions. One day | pose of makiag thin péople fleshy, de- & man ¢ame and brought us {ata 3 large | veloping arms, neck and bust and re- Toom where séveral people Were working. placios ugis e “J:’;»gu“;:du?u 3 angles by the | wagons ! lines of heaith S tomed to the-iding. gty dently thou- when I legrued that my excursion vfi A and women! weakness are often ‘due to staryed nerves. Then T was thrown into the waste t - Beed more and burnt with the rest of the rubbis] it hosphate than RAVMOND E. LAMB, Age 12, New London., s contained in modern * foods, RGIA HAMILTON: Physiciansg olatm there is nothing that will supply ow Foch Helped the Bay. this denx;iel;l(cy o e 1 i:dthe arganis A 1, v I hosphate known ong druggists as An Talian boy Joaded fown with 3 | phosphate knox which s inexpensive 2nd is seld by Lee & Osgood and most | all druggists urder'a guarantee of | satisfaction or money back. By feed- ing the body cells with the necessary ried on the backs of men and hoys. The | phosphoric food elements, bitra-phos- 1] load was too heavy for him. Byt he | formation lzl‘tlx:;a z'r‘lfi-’fi?:??’fig?.‘,’; in ishing. o e teace in welght also carries with side him. nd threw it ovg his own should- | {jign. who was once t ting_ her One day two el ren went for o waig wild_ flawers, d did not ne- tles how far they were going. At last they zathered a5 many as they conld carry_sad wanted to go bagk again. Put they 4i¢ not know the way. Ther starts #d to go towards the plage they thought ars came to § Fead. They t on the road buf which way 4id not kmow ashthey had been there hefore. Theyr waiked g that the road will 1 somewhere. They came ut it was geserted id ome little gifl, “1 Te| does wonders for m oo | DOOT COMPICXions curling up ¢ be rear they ¢ . Undemeath most unattractive skin is a clear, pleasi thoughts cams trus for affer a d er treatment! . | > they saw con towards 1 way o eur town? " | Itissurnrising how oiten a brief usc of ~ COATS NECK PIECES . STOLES MUFFS When he came near ther s “OF, kind sir, ean .you tel e homa thav were| roughness and give the + but sl keid their flowe- | (reg) yoa want it © A Night Afield. the bovs secures permission to e “wilt not 1ot s | 370 8fter the men drove away . home:|lunch, each i provided for one smappish fallow. eat it ner eut it himeelf.” ARTHUR MINTZ, Age 1. orize heoks lizing in the afier 10 n‘nmk, LEPTERS OF ACKNOWLEPGMEN' Dear Unale Jed: 1t was a fine autumn w eold. and the sky threatened 5. servie ward they husied - thomeelves eatin ; coffes, and . bake: =npper and making un their beds en pil ere on sale exhibition of hay ae feeling that they were|drumming, 3 Waterbury, Charleg Miller leader rge H. Allen ma western gk, . drum e BUR Was warm, 3ad It had rained o7 Dut of the darkness came ob- | Aansfield gra: day before just cnough to settle tue | scure nojees. N community singing, Tatnam —eas. b < Bt g As so0m 3 T was rezfy T went over te | it Was {he hopping, intermittent mave: Gise minutes Iren of 2 pole eat. TR a §§2 i e i "f e e 2 knali) Dway known as Valentine Hill: | thou: rgaret wers wy i 58, bt Velors. Goldie and Mildred had ing weaknsss mad ctronz and gone & snd had left word that they had | ¢ kept a cheerful voice. He lay awake you sent ma and like aad Fiercnee an ely thank you. WRITTEN BY WIDE- ment of 2 ratlicsnake, and now L o of the first selectman | schoc % for o feeling thet he wa|erty . E0e fres pelsetnn | gchoo town would r s 1 the sehool dis- | turned w their home . ~ 4 5 . fanuseHcuts dar] 4 {u‘m 5 for ar ainst. There speiding the summer Begun @ trall at the first corner bevond. |'ong after Owen fell asleep, With eyes|Fresident So ‘we gtasted to trail them. They had | strained toward every moving shadow,|'Training Seh Accident in the Lamplig left ehalk marks, papers with jokes writ- | his ears intent for every moveht om the | Yoem, Miss middie of the winter, snow covered the greund. and aad other signs to guide us. ended, We went bagk on te the road |Moon rese ond morning seemad near. 8. Goddard, state, 2 H m 3 1 v then we followed the road a short | 'The coming of the sun remdered the|George S. Torrey; un i : P. Bellows and family of leading nosth, Charles La¥ Whitney er Selectman b called on fcently visited his sister, T 3 : : 3 ' = = hose who had made charges (oytside) ) Hannon. ten on them, pletures, camp fire symbols | wrass. He recalled his bed in the gar-| Corps: .3 p. ds | selectmen b been useless! Miss Theresa IHannon left Friday for ret with fervent longing, and resolved to ? . e AT B il s e e o 1y the trail led through a small | néver zgain temp the dengefs of the| oyt cou ¥ thicket into ® mesdew, Here the trail |night. He fell ‘asleep only when the|tion of etate servi L } | Br N. Y. closed their summer | church. Heve We eame to another road | landscape cheerful and friendly agaim,| singing, f s o B | e s We fallowed this road up | a0 he Was zshamed o acknowiedge hoW | rphore was a fai » Sireand haye Wane: skt | Ausisline Scperia a Wil and on tep we found o bridge over | Nervous he had been. When his father ne H # cut made for a railvoad. Ve fousd the etrers under the bridge. They had crogsed the meadaw. uint the raflread tracks, singing as we | Glasgo. Wen! S 2 & 4 . |were used. The following w e Ninety-elght votes were cast at the |hall last Frid our lunch e started home DIANA DOYAN, Ase 12 | ejeqted: Assessor for three years, Fred C. | town mesting Mondas; of that numier Parker; assessor for one year, George S. | there were 50 straight democratic votes | A“ o bome, tired 354 b Tt o e Clark ; board of relief, three yea: 16 republican votes. Nearly all of rrived a ungry, but 4 oed. o had had great fun, L, PARMENTER, Age 13. Beay Uncle Jed: This Is my first letter. am 13 I - |ond I ehowed it to him. He asked 8 |bard Parker, Francis W. Chaffec, George | it ol ana § have 8 Witle sis- | fan who was diggins 3 diteh if he could LHLE Rex was 3 fox tervier and every- | (45¢ Dif shovel. He asked him what he|jr. Join Bunham; collecior of taxes, T. |ley B. DeWol er who had & pet deg. ecla Wo theed Aol @il Fight. The hoy asked me if i wouid n."u'-'wu are oaly ';h‘:nt a‘:m:.h\f heip and 1 s2id T would, I held the grate liam H. Loomis; collector of taxes, A #9art ABd one evering st summer while | 274 e shoveled the cat out. When I was| john Farrell; registrars of voters, Frank “the street I heard S | ing areund 1 saw little | ;o ard, George Whinpert, Maxwell Hutchin- ext door. He likes him. One 80od turn | Sieavne 4. W. R Hicking hig last Hla Red Been D | dagerves anather. 1€ AIWAYE PaT3 Lo be | iy amment the rermnt ot the tore oM buried him the nest duy kind to qumb animals. by an aute and he died in a fo 7 funeral procassion in the neighborhood LUCILLE R. BUTLER, Age 12. went! All | tention of all present. Members of the Which to | cider (right from the press) ; popeorn and they cleazed up, and them | C. A C. and the read lsading fo veme | n the westaris pars of the.toum~ T | Send us a l’w R Parvene abiked with @ smile “Even,| ot sexes at te town meeting Monda Judgs Rl nd- 52 straight demoeratic; Teplied, @f'OR, it was lois ef fun. £00. 50 Azignt: demneratic; win K. Whitehous: e 44 women who were previously made THE BECKONER. I compan gs—tie falling jence of 1he sunsed £ioW! may feel) thelr tree Teaves; They fall Ss they Were beckoatd trozd Yon_shining thread of siream u:nq“ pleasant meads— No more it loiters fringin ! As in the spacious summertime, but A beckoner that bids it scaward Apd wild gray covies of the marsh agd e, - Dight I8 sct “twixt eve and mom- g star, y t late thelr sti Yo moment elr still departuny y were beckoned, forty g wweets 1o They, too, as the: far! Eign includable. that all obey— And they mmst joursey oo—esd ond ! ‘What l;’ckeur behold they in the was* What Hermes with a mystic-braided- T bave it . On, *“w perchace this turning. A staff Caducean divines in space, 4 Earth, Earth berself, in this decresceph: year, " A litle hastening ber goddess’ pace! . Ba 4 P :.;n.o:ndm rih 2na al of Bemk 16 the signal and the eant B 3L Thomas, Tn New Tork Seria “By the sweat of thy brow shalt thou esl decres went forth, and ewer ‘man only must And the law was just turies of toll have wrought, made 'of man, the wisdom of God's Jaw. world would poorer be withapt effort of his busy brain hands that executs Ris His skill doth but enhance the beauty of In man himsclf; for man, without the uflo labor, would be incomplete Theretors fake fd of - P aa heart of grace, oh, weary man ; Yours is a worthy part and n Di- vinity's wise plan Vi To make man’s work a part of him, & thing that sanctifies, : Nervousness, sieeplessness and lack of ! “Oui, M'siere,” azreed the son of Iigly,| enersy, wh;f‘hc X;ifiggesfsfl‘;fi:ulgccom; speaking Frensh o any exces , oon 4 iery and o seized the Yeavy | 875 Klcct Nealth. Miss Geo 2omt s For idleness but sorrow breeds, and labor ‘William R. Walker, in Seattle Post- HUMOR GOF THE DAY He—A self-made enough but we seldom hear of a self- made woman. She—Well. considerinz the kind of ar- ticle the men in the se turn out you can hardl for not taking #t king busizess blame us womer —Boston Traneeript. “Do you think thers is 3 chancs that ex-kaiser will be lirought to trial?™ answered Alies may get into court of * trouble with his landlords."— suit or dress to the long, ister Jones, you're not rich, are “Why do you ask §2 (hat, Bobble?™ “Because when m marry sis,_he just orida Times T told pa you_were et t you object to the # of yout soda dispe rked Cactus Tor el 7 " 1010 i Large and the Prices Are Wonderfully Low TDA LiFSCHITZ IO oip k0’ jge wi - Whipperd. w0 ihe could look you st Hartford after with & bent gaze?—Hou 75, Witppert's mother. thelr marriage to the bungalow have purchased at the Center. v Fryer was in Rogkville a business the first of the week. . J. Mathein, si 4 mueh live ate u i s James V. Hannon of New Britain re- The minarets of Calr ehe is to make v I8 to be “Everybody-at- Congregationsi | 1B FEELS TEX ¥ Any man or woman suffering from lame ad ache, stff joints, sore muscics rheumatie pains or any other symplor or Dladder trouble will this letter from H. n St, Hoboken, N. J. hend down for some vears. as 1 can now. My wife had many @ time o put on or off T obtamed revel with 1 foel mow as if 1_wers Lee & Osgood Co. RS YOUNGER other animals et According to true Japanese etiquette, % fan must never be used in-the presence of democratic can- 4 ———— 1 U. Tyler of Had OBy ke H TPhere were 160 straight repub! v - cratic candidate for governor, spoke be- boys, how did you enjoy #t7' Lincolny BOLTON fore a company of people at the Balton | Clocks to the numbs Kidney Pills. 1 f ten years younge: ed 1o the ruins o Dear Uncle Jed. 1 am gelag to s}l you LE, Anthopy ; volers cast their ballets. The following about a boy who did a brave deed. herty, Robert W. Gardine officers were elected: Assessor for three 1 was going down Breadway today and | Crane; agent of town depo re, Fred D. Finley, for two vears, I gaw o little cat fall down in a hole. |lam E. Ross; auditors, Frank W Marvin W. Howard ; board of relief, Fred it was trving to get out but could met |lard, George M. Andrews: grand -jurors, | S. Doans; selectmen, Frank H. Strong d, A hoy whe lived under me came 3long | Albert E. James, Byron O. Moore, M. Hib- | Nathan C. Maine d, Calvin Hutchinson agent of town deposit fund, Charles N. Loomis; auditors, Ernest F. Strog, Har- 3 grand jurors, Nathan C. Arthur Barréws ; constables, Stedman W. | Maine, M. W. Howard, James A. Con- Storss, Byren D. Houston, Tvan F. Wil- |nos, Frank Baton, James letcher, W cox, Louis Medbery. George A. Lanphear, L. Figh, Richard Hamer, Willis P. W wanted it for, so he told him and he said drew E. Maneggla » constgbles, Charles W. Millard, Edwin L. Slater; town school |'A. Lee, Oito E: Mannel, Theodors Reick committee, Annie Vinton, Alice J. going home the cat followed me hame, I & fed him and tlen gave him lg the hay son, Arthur Blair; registrars of voters, to aceept the report of the town officers; | Theodore Reichard, James Movnihan: N imb snimale. to allow the state of Connecticut to take |town school commiitee, Theodore Reich- remal 3 over as an-ayxiliary trunk line that part |ard, Andrew E. Maneggla. It was voted _ ARTHUR RINBHART, Age 10. | of the highway from Willimantic city line | to Jeave the eare of the highways in the rwigh. to Storrs; to allow the trustees “of the |charge of the. selectmen and to appropri- GHL €. A, C. to change the layout of that part | ate $3,000 for rain maintenance. Twe Satyrday lest. was & ll‘ day fof Spring Hill when the eorle of Mansfild savem- P £ t - o take part in and Witness the ex- £ ercises at the dedication of the tablet to F h f mn he d 8 |ibe saidier bevs who wers in servicy in res ro gar €ns e world war. program as arr: 3 . by the sorumlizes wab Jest cartieh vrr T of the finest tea plantations the main. The literary exergises were * well received, particulary the address of pienle. B. Chandler of Rocky Hill, whe . Y meet hier father | described vividly the scemes and g Her father gave | ments in Francs in whieh ‘some of the ; > : Mansfield boys togk an agtive past. The ; had and | faet that he recently visited some of those X ired by | places enabled him to hold the close at- ¢ g N Ladies' Aid society Were on hand to serve | and | baked beans, ee and ice cream and i toy balloons were sold near by. There I P A ORANGE PEKOE TEA of the main read lsading north past the L X %f-_!.w'd for a free sam| ot | e FVE e 2| Compeny, Stuart & Borkoley St Viwing mostly In New Guinea many d in the sa RICHTER & CO. Member New York Stosk Exchange 6 Central Row Hartford, Conn. NEW BRITAIN Charter 2600 SPRINGFIELD Jewell Belting Company 89, Preferred Stock Net Quick, $300 per shars. Total, $400 per share. Net earnings for the past five years have averaged over fivg times the dividend requirements on this number of Japan d in clerical post en is rapidly inerea; | years ago the only | wowen in that country ania hns placed ! §9.050.000 w . 1 Canadian mans £7.000.0000. a a 1earl velght ! wh'eh ho £2'd t a In additon he fish oup ik« = to- 100 and accrued dividend, * Yielding 8% , HARO! at he ot $1090 Tn s3me parts f T7age ‘Africy © 3 birth ther age hetrsthal 10 a baby 3 hey a trifie o'der then st the age of twenty they are me The wir's Faow of r3 otndr way of LD N, CHRISTIANSON Local Representative 5