Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 21, 1920, Page 2

THE WILZ AWAKE "RCLE 3 2 NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, o Boys’ and Girls’ Department. Rules For Young Writers. 1—Write piainly on one side of the paper only, and number the pas: 2—Use pen and ink, not pem: 1. 3—8hort and pointed articles will ve given prefercnce. Do not use over i ‘words. 4—Original stories or letters only will be used. #—Write your name, age and addrnll plainly at the bottom of the story. WIDEAWAKE POETRY IN HARVEST TIME The dreamy haze of autumn time Is in the slumbrous air. And drowsy insects pipe and chime Without a seeming care, While leaves are turning red and brown And golden everywhere. Through ficlds of corn the reapers stray |YOU bus: ‘Mid dry leaves crisp and rolled ; And tented shocks in thick array Reveal the maize's gold— The manna God sends down to man, As in the days of old. The summer wanes—her work is dor Her royal banners furled, While leaves that crimsoned in the gun Are downward swept and hurled, And autumn brings the golden grain That feeds the hungry world. Benjamin F. Leggett. AN ELEGY FOR A SQUIRREL Alas for him! The little bright eyes are dim, And this is a Requiem! While he was up in the trees Playing at hide and seek, . Tail fluffing, and stuffing his cheek, And thinking. “Now nobody sees, And so T may do as I please™ A hunter came to se his Wide. And so—a small gray squirrel dfed Campfire Girls Behind the Lines, —Edward McDonald, of Norwi D.~—The Secret of Coffin Island. Winners of prize books living in the 0| ;ily can obtain them by calling at The Bulletin business office after 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Letters of Acknowledgment Arthur Mintz of Norwich—Tne book ou awarded me is excellent. I hope I can win another some day. Esther Corliss of Jewett City—I have read part of the prize book and I like it very much. Please accept my thanks. BY WIDE- WRITT AWAKE The Busy Squirrel. “Good mor little squirrel! Are ETTERS Yes. I am ver very busy. I am working as I can every minute. The cold days are coming soon. I know they are coming. The leaves are red and yel and the nuts are ripe. That is why 1 am so busy, busy, every minute, I hea: know th the the nuts drop, drop, drop. 1 are rive and sweet now. I et nuts to eat when and the cold north 00-wo00. in my nest. It'sin a ee. I carry them in ‘I put the nut: hole in that tall My basket is my cheek. Have you a basket in take to my nest are all rrels can tell good nuts, you w do I crack the nuts, did you say? them with my teeth. Yes, I do. reth were made for cracking nuts. have three baby sauirrels in my v are mretly as pretty can be. Ah. me! that the squirrel’s gay frisking | You can't see them, but they are there. ind peeping. “T mi And whisking and leaping, And ni=tling and squeaki And tidy self-seck The tails that the that they stuff, Should o to th fiuff and the cheeks| Dan £0 now ; my baby squirrels are { hungry and want their dinner. “Good-by! Good-by ! ALMIRA BERNIER, Age 12. making of somebody’s Our Cat. muft iz Dear Uncle Jed: We have a large black Fullerton L. Waldo |and white cat. His name is Tommy. He ——— we about 15 pounds He is utiful. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO wipg | He likes milk. He cleans the milk strai er every morning because he likes the AWAKE foam. When he wants to come in he sits You have all heard It sald and per: | in the window and asks until someone haps some of vou know from experience | 1€ thet “the burnt ¢ Bven if you h Id dreads the fire.” lmow how uncomfortable it is. The pain s fMicient to make you re: alize that it s where is tnvolved and it shows plainly enough d should dread the fire This is the season of the ts not advisable to be carel when re or less fun connected with p of leaves and is something about a fire hildren cannot resist. They to it even though they are wsible for it. They like to s e t sport but 1t is at the same us pastime. Fire is no It burns the little boy rirl quite as terribl it does the elders. It is the effect of p fire that often mak baen burned keep their distance Too often is it at this season of the Wit when temptation rong to 1 hacomes jtoo y with bonfires that chil- »adly burned that they never recover. Reports in the paj rs week told of a little girl losing her hrough getting her clothes afire while ibout burning leaves, ch cases should make allge that it is best to keep tanee from all f Knowing what firc will o it js better to be a burnt child avoid it than WINNERY OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Edward Maloney, of Norwich—With he Flag in The Channel. ~Ruth Brown, of Norwich—Bobsey ' Wash 23— Helen L. Wethered, of Lebanon The Tale of Timothy Turtle nnie Tw I Nothing Like Piuid Ditro Put on Firm, Healthy ¥ to Increase Stremgth, Vigor and Nerve Force. Judging from the gstintiess prepara- tions mmil treatmenté which are con- tnually #heing advertised for the pur- pose of making thin people fleshy, de- velopin s, neck and bust. and re- placing ugly hollows and angles by the soft, curved lines of health and beauty there are ev. dently thou- sands of men and women who keenly feel _ their ex- cessive thim- ness. Thinness and weakness are often due tc starved nerve Our bodies need more SRBUGEL hosphate than is contained in GEORGIA HAMILTON. p,qoriained in Physiciang claim there Is nothing that will supply | this deficiency S0 well as the orgamic phosphate Known amfong druggists as bitro-phosphate, which is inexpensive and is sold by Lee & Osgood and most all druggists under a guarantee of satiefaction or meney back. By feed- ing the nerves directly and by Supply- ing the body cells with the necessary phosphoric food elements, bitro-phos. phate stiould produce a welcome trans. formation in the appearance; the in- crease in welght frequently being as. tonishing. Increase in weight also carries with it a general improvement in the health. Nervousness, sieeplessness and lack of energy. which nearly always accome pany excessive thinness, should soon | disappear, dull eyes ought to brighten and pale cheeks glow with the bloom of perfect health. Miss Georgia Ham. ilton, who was once thin and frail, re- porting _her own experience, writeg: “Bitro-Phosphate has brought about a magic transformation with me. [ gain- s d 15 pounds and never before feit so well.” CAUTION : — While Bitro-Phosphate is Bosurpassed for the rellef of nervous- nems, general debility, etc., those taking it who do mot desire to put on flesh should use extra care In aveiding fat- preducing foods. ve only burned your finger with a match or on the stove you | them to burning | quite th hose who ' have | him in. and he asks to go out, too. He likes to sleep on the beds or on the rats and mice and brings > doors or the windows for us to see. He ‘can beg for something to eat by on his hind legs and by shaking TONt paws HELEN M. WETHERED, Age 8. Lebanon, What Johnnr Thought. ame homefrom Sunday school lled by the lesson. “It was all abeut Midnights,” he said “The what ked his father. The Midnights,” repeated the boy. r told us how Gideon fought the ights and knocked the daylights out Johnny {31 up, the flames dance and | of 'em in no time. HAROLD ANDREW An Adventare of Simbo, the Trader. b was a native of a town in Per ile was a very rich me traded in many ports | One day while out on a veyage a storm arose and drove his ship far out to ere it was stranded on a strange isl- ng for an adventure on started off for the about an hour ! the ship was - shouted aloud and nrayed to Ged, fbut it was of no avail. He was left to dle on that island, about a thousand miles n home. ot far from where Simbo stood vhere many Negr houts were 1 e men 1e down : matter. They were d to see a stran- v for Simbo that this with the Persians. to their village. After for some time he mar- | rica 1 apvily for a few vea buried al day ed. rich man. STEINMAN. Age 12. My Trip to New York. mother, sister, brothy to Nev 1d mysel? We other hat 1 will never forge night while we were stay r and brother wer am, and after nt in if they were brother it my sister was nowhere to be We called and called and called but no answer. We began to g nxious and all started looking for her. iA\l, aunt 1 1 looked under the bed and { there she was laying on the fioor with her | head on the suit case. We asked her | she got under the bed for. She said Ixim was afraid of the sandman. We all laughed and told her the sandman w fast asleep, so she went to bed contented. | RUTH BROWN, Age 10. | Norwich. | Loa o The New Pupil | Monday morning and time for all good boys and girls to be on their way to school. It is nearly time for the beil to ring, and in the distance you { many tots, clad in their warm c | their w to school. | The children come from all directions, | and all near the corner seemed to know { that the last bell would ring soon, for { they walked rapidly toward the school door. “Who will be at the doorsten first?” John Smith, as he stood all ready to make a hound. | “Let us all try,” said Ned, a boy about 10. Then, seeing 2 new pupil in the back- | ground, Ned called out: “Come, boy! We in this school want all to have a fair chance.” | The face of the new lad brighténed, | and taking off his hat he joined in line | with the others. | “He's a new lad” said one. “We can all beat him.” “Do not be too sure,” said Ned. “He may beat at running. Let's ake the starting number nine. You, Willie, start to count.” 1t did not take Jong to reach the goal, and who had beat? The “new pupil,” of course. “Three cheers for the new scholar,” rang out from the group. How those shoufs did ring! Then all of a sudden all came up and taking his hand shouted: “Welcome! Glad you are with us.” All were happy. Some lad called “Speech! Speech!” The boys eircled all around to listen. The boy raised his hand and all was silent. “Boys, you are the finest crowd I have ever met in this land. I am glad I have met you and your leader, N IDWARD MALONEY Norwich. , Age 13. Yvonne. /Ding! Dong! Ding! The bell had just mung, s0d Yvonne wenld ha iate far MARGARET E. NOSWORTHY her work called forth much prai i proportioned, well conceived and ¢ executed. It was If in higher studies aiong this line that the sad and sudden end came to her ing young life. be fully believed er that “she Was univer: wide circle of friends and leaves be- 1 her a wonderful memory of a sweet WAS VALUED COKTBI{“OE 10 WIDEAWAKE CIRCLE Not only the members of a few years ago but the readers of the Wide Awake | Circle will learn with sorrow of the‘ Margaret E. Nosworthy of FHoampton, whose excellent drawings grac- ed the department on many occasions. She clearly demonstrated her ability with pencil or pen and ink and clever i | 1 | i being le perfecting one_writes ally beloved lovely character and per- h she never had been before the idea. to run, though her health allow it, and soon was so t she f delay she started onward g she opened the deor with a hand. But immediately she inting to the ground. ,Being very nd then to have thirty pairs of tened upon her, was too muth. 5 shows what a girl will do to gain dvantage as one can in a gram- ILLIAN ANDERSON, Age --. The Travelers and the Bear. ile two men were traveling v a bear a I One man instantly climbed and concealed Idmeelf, while e other man, not having instantly laid nd and rem: breathe. an lying down, sniffed asked his friend wh face. Then the man r said that he who leaves his > Jurch should never be call- or a_companio: My Trip to Willimantie. Jed: One When I showed me my grandma, | ‘We used to eive him a pan Then he w say we ought to kill him that he had the we have hi: through. Then he. takes what vard he chases them back nice to have a good dog Bunney Is sure a gzood watch He will bark a in the yatd but will our friend, Uncle Jed: Bob was a little boy called Teddy. cars old, was 1 to the ground Upon reaching to meet each other and de- considerable distance when tle distoace away The he was dead to him when he nut NA SADUSK antic in a lots of cow jou ng cords out and his | b; I took u Whip a run. The lef bye to see. MARJORIE But Bob Dog Bunn Bunney., He him when n a b inches wide, Norwich, morning just to see him 1 go out in the| used to 1 today and he never cats mily every morning stands back and waits till let the chicks out every ts out in the vard and If he sees them soing any chil very happy R RIN HART, Age 11 Wi and His Dozs. He had Teddy big collie dog | S3id Mary. hough he was | May. Imost as tall as “Well of Beautiful Women of Society, duringthe past seventy years have relied upon it for their distin- guished appearance. The oft, refined, pearly wvhite complexion it rs:nde'rs instantly, is always the source of - before. poor dog tried z run, but ‘his weak attempts were pitiful| rious stunts. May ran, and Mary, toc ran around iman and told him. The big policeman Y | soon dispersed the b I am going to tel] von | the dog's ropes weak to stan iand took care of him ever since. Now [recovered she Pal and Teddy are fine friends . EDWARD M'DONALD, Age 13. What Her Conscience Did. Dear Unc he woulllt, town after months| went into the bakery and got h then started hom the corner by the hard noticed -that she had not paid for the d. For a w use she could get away without ng for the bread and started home to tell the joke to her mother, but she could not go far because her conscience hurt. her and a little voice in her kept Go back and pay for the The baker thought very much of Leona because she had been honest When she reached home she told her mother all about it and her mother was est. I don't think Leona's conscience hurt her any more. KATHLEEN BELL, Age 13. mantic. Disobedience Punished. “Mother warned me, not to go out,” [day my little cousin was running aftet it “I am very sorry. will be back before your mother re-|westerly. These two were inseparable compan- | T4rRS” cxcept WITh Bob went to school.| ‘No. May, Even then Teddy would come precisely | forbade me to go anywhere. Baby s at 3 o'clock ok h - asleep, she may wake up any time and o see his youns master | aSleen, she r One day when Bob and Teddy were| May looked pleadingly. into me together Bob saw a crowd | €VeS; of boys in the middle of the street. He went over to them and. pushing his way | Vel through them, he fnally saw what they | While- were all looking at. Bob was terrified ! the center, were two of the ringleaders “Please come, Mary said Mary, May was more than pleased, now that Mary consented to go. 20 treatment tin Writs KONDON MFG. CO. N I Get this Little Booklet for your wife There are certain fundamental fact: about coffec which it is nec- essary to understand thoroughly in order to make it properly. These facts arc not generally known, so we have prepared a little booklet, «How I Make Perfect Coffee,” written by a woman whose am- bition it was to have coffec in her home as delicious as that served by the most famous hotels and restaur- ans. At last she succeeded, and in this booklet she tells her experi- ences and what she learned about coffze. Your wife will find it an fovaluzble aid in geming the Bavor of coffce cxactly right. 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All of a sudden the bear stopped. H: and unbound | made one great leap into the crowd. Hc But the dog was too|jumped towards Mary. She screamec Bob carried him home|for help and fainted away. When she looked around to sec where she was. Her mother was weep- ing beside her. She inquired what the R. D. matter was. Her mother told her al that had happened. Suddenly she remembered everything “Oh, my darling sister, where is she? she asked. Her mother told her that baby was quite safe. Then she Whis- pered to her mother, “Dear mother I will never disobey you again. God has punished me for my disobedience.” She never‘again disobeyed her mother. Many times she longed to zo out in- stead of minding baby but the little voice called Conscience, reminded her of her previous disobedience, and of the promise she had made to her mother. MARY GALLUS, Age 12. ‘Willimantic. Jed: Leona had been sent for dinner. 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