Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 17, 1921, Page 8

THE WID Kules Fer Young Writers. . -wmm.-n.m-ot'n paper only, snd number the pages. 3—Use pen and ink, nmot pencil. 3 Short and pointed articles will Be given preference. Do mnot use over 250 words. be_used. §—Writs your name, age and address plalnly at the bettom of the story. WIDE-AWAKE POETET. Once On & Time. “Omee on & time” was a magical phrass, Torilling with promise of marvelous stories Tales of pixies and and fays, boy, —Origiaal stories or letters enly wWill | nles. thing. else.” Tattville. Little Charlie’s Mistake. Dear Uncle Jed: Jennie, “you open the door, if the bell| rings, for Bridget is going out.” Charlie “Charlie, EZ-AWAKE CIRCLE Boys’ and Glrls Depnhunt. him to touch. “You need not be afraid,” him, someone. told for if your father should find out | that you had taken them, he is so kind that he will not hu: R “That is the very reason,” replied the “why I should not touch thesap- | My father may not hurt me, yet T know my disobedience would - hurt “him, and that would be worse to me than any- FLORINE ARPIN. you.” said Aunt i “and: fairylana Kings in their [S8id he would. and went on playing, that glonjes; T was a boy, and these chronicles, all“of them, : Bore me away to & mythical clime Ruled by strange wizards and-] was in thrall of them— Once on a time! many, At length ting- Once on a time I was 'slender young, Love was enchantment and life was a dance, Youth was but coin to be squandered and flung, Days were all sunshine and nights were rémance. Now when 1 think of Yiose days and the fun of them, When I see youngsters still flush in their prime, 1 can sigh, “Well, them— Once on a time! at least T was one of Dnos on a time I had wonderful dreams, Made up of rainbows that glowed in the distance ; Onee 1 sought life, but today. €o it scems, All T have won to is merely existence. This is the fruit of blithe and the merry tales— Middle-aged plodding through worka- day grime— Still, thank the Lord, I believed in the fairy tales— Once on a time! —Berton Braley, in the Saturday Even- ing Post. n UNCLE JED'S TALE TO WIDE- AWAEKES. Many of the boys and girls who have 4na |bell. body was grandma. opened the door. Before I exclaimed : drawing in his breath and backing away from the door.” “It' the littls. man_ {0 take care .and laugh Versailles, The little Tis ed that little Charlie v often fancied he 10 music teacher soon made friends with . Now w! not run awa n_he St. Valentine. Dear Uncle Jed: Lang ago there lived priest named Valentine. mnn was noted in all the country round | the for his kindness. He nursed the sick, mforted e sorrowing’ and was_al- LUCY DUGAS, Age'11. he was a newsboy selling papers, until he had nearly sold out. Grandma was his best customer. She always bought a good agd pald him plums, and mittens, and reins for his stage coach, and all sorts of things that Charlie liked and needed. ing-a-ling went the It rang very quick, as though some- in a hurry. T think- it's tHe music teacher come to give auntic her lesson.” Charlie needed no second bidding, apd quickly There stood @ very lit- tle man, with his coat collar turned up, for it was a cold winter's day. a~pair of black shining eyes looking out from tinder a big fur cap. reat deal of I s face. looking figure anybody: would - have ‘said. ad time to speak, Charlie in kisses, sugar |yio long - knitted Her “Bun, dear,” sald But He had Ho wore o | £y ng hair hanging about man was an odd opiew |ing v |and angd he | AR said he. a monkey ! very heartily. Aunt was afraid of mon- W one.. But and rings. Charlie does day mm iflhen o vas he worked at & country store: ‘'soon’_closed and he was out of He-so0n enlisted in the Black going as'a captain, Al £h; forces in good m.unu -Afier the war, :?!Mnded Tord’s theatre, ‘April 14, 1865. sctor shot him in_the back of his Head He dled April 15, 1865, leaving the whole, R s oot oo e iy, o 2l an ys _of tx lo adho tiful scenery. ue -of boois and oo™ | crs'in one of the lots, and when I stand ©on one of them I have 2 fine view. It is beautiful all the year rourd, In realize- the Abrenam Lintoln We can afl help . to | make Americs, mfe for dembdemaoy. + Dear Unéie Jed: It had been sow- rv and-dress and came out and glay. 3 ke o b When thiey. were dressed and' had eaten | ooy e irares a1t ared olke & e breakfast their mhither bundled up and seit them out to ply. - “Aice. Fred” . said Alce, “Now we'can make & snow mian. Isn't it sphendid Shat to- | yosrer “T'N_have to shovel | i of them. "‘Byt“dnflmefiewunofifl{o{hu- duy-dream that fomsed 'prowdly, Whetl over wwenit: the. pail: which i was - @pilled- on. {he pesple eaid, 'D.n‘t Gourt yous chick- | was born.” ‘ens before thoy Hata” Sl JOSEPEINE WASHILEWSKA. Nerwich Town. 'l!u 849 he served u»raom P " the Civil 'war ‘which W clectdon he helped Yo keep the Union ' people of Wastinghm. Hie o Yo met hie fate. A half-crazed | if 'we have good ideas sudh as BESSIE Bnucmmt. Ass 13 crwh‘lt The Resens’ Party. umam One day when I was|aller families that fought in ben#.u‘t g 4"0 ‘and & hal§ years oM, mother | Charles I during the English. Civil war. -m@ 3 "J’hflu Mother tried-to-get-in, but <could Hot, without going through the ocel- Jar.* Wiier She looked {n the keytole o |He became a skillfyl surveyor, and found ‘ee it ¢he key was there she didnt ses|the work highly profitable, it. Sip losked everywhere but could not!of Lawrence Washington, an elder broth- find it At night when she was putting me to bed she found it in my stodking. ' Tthink thot was 2 good place o hide ings. *‘Love to all the Wide-Awales, N'emd: Dear Uricle Jed: Our home is situsted on a Itfle hiIl. The ‘and in. back of it slopes downward. - For miles and miles I-can see. It is some of the most beau- ‘Apd the cows grazing around make a.beautiful picture. autpmn there are so colors., Even in the winter it i3 beauti- hsun ‘set every day. The other day the we could ge tthe trolley that goes lo wich. He told us we would another hour before it came we tokl Norwich. We got off at then took tM trolley that goes to Willli man| It ' 4 ‘o'clock when We went Yo Tryon's office and asked | to" teleplione down to Mansfieid - ¢ where: my sister lived. Ie telephon but couldn’'t get an answer. He tele- puoned ubout eight times und [Would. got un answer. We wers office till § o'clock. 4 per that sfiss he asked. “May I we zot there. Washington D. the birth of George removed to an estate lone Withouts on the Rappahannock opposite Freder- | the: aouu e’ icksburg. Notding remains of ‘the old | the Jll homestead at Bridge’s Creek but-a stone siab marks the sits of tie nouse finm L e forgotten 'and, all the | bears this inscription: “Here the | sap. % e ground. . Asfof February, 1732, George Washinglon ioto the hold whiere the bid was taken, The difference in- reckoning | The farmhandy; ¢urry on their; backs & today makes the 1ith the 22nd. Washe | hog-skin bag uvz“nm with | netting to ington's great grandfather, John Wash- |keep it from byrst hands Ington, emigrated from England to Vir- ginia ahout 1657. It is generally thought |a that he belonged to one of the old. C&Y-. still we ag his Out.. Delzivmr 0 the mrang It was about half past 6 when Mr. wino he was there. HE m¢~m i the yard fo- hang up her | George Washington received a firm. Engr aann ‘the 535, 1po th& gourd. Then they | TIYon's brother came in and said fie was came to Wuy the 5 Enew 1ow o lodk tiie door 50 |lish education. but nothing more. He tarictn goid Kosung culekdy. axd let 1 | celled in athletic sports and horseman- run-inte- therbag, which-they put into a Ship, and was fond of Hfo in the woods, |barrel, fi: en . thei and make 4. drink, shich they like as ‘we lfke our lemonade, < - MARIORTE muus FREH Norwich. ing to Mansfi ity us. dow. started. On our wa knew it w neare We asked the peop) and could his eousia, So we got in his e Corgetia « By the deatl: We came a li af @ barn was on fire who owned the barn if we could pass. but teey swd no. be- | vaou Ire—— cause the car would cafeh *fire. We Two, D*ulu vaited about an hour before-we star Dear Uncle Jed: This 1s the first time |out ugain, My I have written -anything for the “Wide- | Awake bircle, pot, ¥ read the letters every Thursddy, N I am.writing about &’ conversation, be- tween a postage stamp and a Bed Crol stamp. . Of. coutse this. is pot frue. . Onp day a little gird came into the postoffics ‘with a. postage stanip and a the same parcel. stamp did not Tike being sume pardel with the :postage stamp.. 1t said: “What e common thing er, George came eventually into posses- sion of the cstate of Mt. Vernon (several thousand acres, with many slaves.) .On the Potomac, & short distance below the present city of (vashington. Washing- TSABEL KENNEDY, Age 10 [ton's mission to the French commander - at Venango first brought him into public notice. In 1759 he “married -Mrs. Mar- tha Custls, a wealthy widow. He was afterward the first president of the Unit- ed States of America. PHYLLIS BURDICK, Aze. 13 Manchester. DA LIFTSCHUTZ, ‘Aze 38 Sl ’ Rock, ahis July 3nd and pAnned B g0 ven, for the Fourt: sl one w38 1 wa J up and phdked were ready 'sar We marted “"-u HELEN SLEJESKY. Age 12. |& very Ap to New Haven. . Wher Eagleville. ” e landed in New ifaven wo thoughs —— we would 2o to @ theatre. We wnt Haring a Dream. a theatre and after the theatrs we: wes Trip to Sas n we got ed: Tt asked ‘my sister with ber and wh t she v us and very come alone but safely. Secemery surprised to see us was glad we arrived There are some.big pould- el Abraham Tincoln Dear Uncle Jed: Abraham _Lincols was born in a log cabih in Kentucky D Unci A e cas | 10 our hotel and wént to bed Emdly T the summer time everything is green.|web. 12, 18¢9. Mis birthday is kept eacu |parcel, paper or letter that goes\by malil Parted Savin Rocl We reached ¢ in’ the pastures | year. Lincoln -Lved in & log cabin- maker's dwelling and asked for a night's lodging and the shoemaker showed him a Toom where he could sleep. The man While sleeping was dreaming that it he Tverybody buys you afid every mational- ity ‘But'me! OB, that is different. Only kind people buy me to help out the Red Abrah#n killed a decr when le was | Cross.” In the|which had windows to keep outh the many _different | snow, * iach 'by ten welodk and west 1o friend’s house {0 mrdred® and get int our bathing suits. Tais we d'd and the tw ‘m. But as we wulkg «on. |01 his glase he would buy a VRiage, ana j ¥7L 10 take a swim. little boy ang his mether was proud of nmmo.u.zmmmpbapn ‘Oh, J 0 the water we suw @ seapinme nERr al’ niglit. Alice - suddesiy amoke gyl . e At 1308 h A B0l DULIPE A Whin 1n that what you think of ;me?, Well, J | ieh Mo would eell the village and buy a | 12 0" vl Har 10 ser it and the Av- looking, out she saw tho snow..She| Besides, the prenery, I watch the |never wore out but bé grew out of 'it, | am.mot eo common as you think. Noth- (oo 27d team on which he would swing to her biither and told him 4o hur-|gyn ghone on a spot when the snow lay them Alice,” shontted. Fred, “Come see the ig drift of snow.” .“Of, is' Saturdey.” a_Dath to- the barn, first” sald Fred. Tis This' zoo0d. ways ready to help anyone in heed. Vi-| eat. mot had enough ice and snow to suit them | entine dearly loved the chiMren: and this winter have probably envied the | those Who went to him for food or clothes boys and girls of the far -north—the Esquimos—who have snow and ice most of the time. They would hardly like #uch an éxistence after knowing the Joys of the seasons in this part of the world, and it is doubttul if they Would be satisfied to confine themselves to the cus- toms in snowbound lands. They of course have their games for boys and girls must play =serever they are, and they have a large vameiy of them. They play tag, football with a bag stuffed with hair. They have see- | 1 saws and they get 2 lot of fun out of be- ing tossed in a blanket made of walrus hide. The boys practice archery and| throw spears. They slide down hill, but for the most part the sled is the seat of 2 stout pair of deerskin trousers. One of the athletic stunts is walking on the hands, the legs being outside of the arms | St. held straight out in. front parallel with | 147 of the ground, and of course they wouldn't S -bays unless they threw stones when they can get them. - . As might be’ expected, the girls are (652 of dolls. They are carved out of iwory and.dressed in Esquimo style with ermine, mice-or other skins. They have 4 game where they kick a ball of ice or snow and endeavor to keep it in the air without touching it with their bhands. They also toss pebbles like a juggler, tome being able to keep several in the | " ir at one time with one hand. It is of coursé a case of making the best of what is available. That is what many boys and girls have to do Whether they are in the cold north or this part of the world. It makes no difference where it is, every part of the world has ita rpeculiarities, and be they what they may & good and necessary part of the shildren's aotivities is given up to exer- cise and play. WINNEES OF PRIZE BOOKS. 1—Lsurs Herowits of Colchester— Billy Whiskers. , 2—Helen Sledjesky of Eagleville— Betty the Scribe. 3—Mary Smuckler of Salem—Ths Auto Boys® Outing. 4—Ssal J. Mopsik of Moosup—The Boy Scouts in Camp. 5—Miriam Shapiro of Auto Boys on the Road. §—Bernard Schatz of Yantio—The Boy Scouts in Turkey. i—Irene Bellevance of Moosup—The Campfire Girls on the March. $—Lucy Dugas of Versailles—The Zampfire Girls at the Seashore. Winsers of prize beoks living in Nor- wich ean obtain them by calling at The Bulletin business office after 10 a. m. on Thursday. Norwich—The LETTEES OF ACENOWLEDGMENT. Marela C. Stanton of Norwich: 1 thank you very much for the lovely book you seat me. I have read it and enjoved it. Willism Sledjesky of Eagleville: 1 thank you for the book you sent me. I cad It all through and it is very goo Paulise Eisensetin of Colchester: I re- ceived the prize book, The Campfire Girls on the March, and thank you for the same. I have read the book and found it'very interesting. LETTERS WRITTEN BY AWAKES. A Blizzard. Dear Uncle Jed: Last week in school every one had to write a paragraph about This is what I wrote: The wind WIDE- 4 cold day. It was a bitter cold day. #ve of 3 passerby. Also Jack Frost was busy playing his stunts. He was hers, Bere, and everywhere all at once. hang- =g icicles on to roofs of houses, drawing beantitul scenes with his icy fingers on and many a time he would ni £ T e B, o and nees o7 little children on their way (o and from schpol. Then, as f the wind and frost wers net enough to complets the gicomy day, 2 hall storm arose in the evening to ac- and Mr. Wind on, %2 blizzard| Old 2 varlety of weatil- uight people went to bed saddened by the the blizzard still continued But dawn rose bright ters 0. the was borm. Ahraham Linemn among ) this-he has been known as 't Valentine. It was not long before people began celebrating Saint-Vall Abraham boy wa. Father Valentine today. But after a tinf o more lefters were recelvél and sson the known that Father Valentine was dead. very one thouelit that sudh a kind men |ine ousht to be calied a saint. that day s peop’e he was|“‘Oh, Soon ide chijdren would T think T'l tad news bechme So from | 'said - ne’s birthday by ‘D ago but .good rememiered on tHe fep o DIANA DOYON. ens. Lineoln. 1n Hardin -conts. . 1809, a baby boy. {ne name. of grandfataer, “hat.: In YWhen Fred had' started to mike a pat: aleo, for /we must resoue Whea the path was shoveled dlear to.the. bunnies’” box” In the shed, Fred ‘feidhed: they Lk mother 7’ sal That afterndon. as Alce an played. they, wished they-haa other pets were never turned away. 1o After this kind priest became too o!d o go abouk sad because he thought he wowd never, e able to help them any more. Then he remenbered he could send Toving let- |ing k and sorrowing. his friends began to watda for his lov- ing mesenges that were sure o come Wwhen sorrow or sickness entered their| the fomes. Even toe . When they wWere sick. get a letter fro path. o the front gate?” objected mother, “that there is an'oid lady Fr- bravely forth to resote. her. O 1 1 laughed Alice. Jush'as Ired and Aics wero flnm & ouse. - - They did not.know that i '.h¢ bundied man was thelr father. un ol jdy. This ldy was their.grans- mother. I would have o carry grandma ‘inrough er ail” Moasw maid was. walking along -the, rogd with. 2. pail-of ‘milk upon her head. and.was. shall sall my milk will Bhy> me mw These spolled, ehough to buy a new gown. Le. me See, . green guits me: yes, it ehall he. gréen. mther dame out and said, “I'ihe’n o ~rabis. warm milk for their breakfast. *My, eing rescued.. :Don't -itey, ressue, ' Why don't you . dhovel a ‘asked mdiser. 0o one to rescie there,” lice, “Well, let's bt there way .down the lane’ we: €0 path, 2 sleigh stopged.in front i Wien he Jurbped out, heybegan -eiping -oue | SPOPLS.” “Well, of. 211 things, I'\houafit drifis,” said father. ‘"Why, mother” | Alice, “we did resxue soiebody, aft: JRENE BELLAVANCE, Age’ Counting Your Chickens. . ear’ Uncle Jed: One: day a gountrs king this: “The momey.for whifh 'l Jallowing for-what ilI” produce- at -legst. = These -will ‘be fit. Aty Yo market, about Chriskmas: time m\.fl{- Fantle chickets always »ring a -g00od price, o by ‘May day. I shall. kave momey this dress I shall go to the fair,[fhe your time. A Wide-Awale, LAURA HOROWITZ, Age 1l Dear Uncle Jed: you -abéut .our dog. the .22nd - of birthday. His name is’ Washington,but call ‘him Doodle. Fred, as he watched: fiem fon his nose. No- matter where he is we * Fredl | He will lay down as oon as we tell him. He will go thréugh-a nymber of tricks in-front of ‘company. through .he will get 2 hat and pass it all’around. My brother was .oftered ‘$50 ganterbufl' Dur Uncle Jed: words, ' can be called - the Skating, sleighing, sliding, ski-| ing, tobogganing. and - snowballing are some of the sports. Around where I live | try school. there -is very géod skating. Tvery Sat-|prinei urday, it it is good sk: ather boys and girls go. We have a great Qeal of fun. skating on ‘Fltchville pond and enjoyed Ourselves the whole das: © . Sliding is a great sport. Last winter was. born”at. Bridges Creek, Virginia on Potomsc sbout fifty miles eouth of around him, that grow so strong and B o bt st ator asked if any oné wanfod Abraham slept in the loit of:the cabin Tiarre undk snd Iecti ing could go.by mall unless I.was on with “him ami 1 awked m3 motde on’the leaves which ho bad gaihéred | them. If you think they oould go.fust [ oo v, ", UMK hie arme in B8 | o she said T could go. 1 gokd the a3 beautiful dake: from’ a. distance, T could |from the woods. Ilis father could mot |With You'on, you would he You |feeear he bt Uje Flassware in (he bas-| iator and 1 and 2 few more bove wen keep on writhg about this, Uncle Jed |ecarn his own living because he was not | could not £o' at all-baly for me to the |je¢ TN ® ®| up with him. We were about 2000 fée but T don’t want to take up too much of | syccessful. Lincoln had a Kind heart, he | soldlers, or wherever you ‘are going.” w2 in the air when I heard a cry from @ wuter. 1 looked down and mw a youns girl_drowning, so0 1 cimbed on the Wl of the seapiane and dove off. Win I the water | awoke from my wieep an fond 1= was afl @ drcam SAUL J. MOPSIK always was kind to unimals and he never spoke an unkind word to his mother Linooln liked to. learn. He used a plece of charcoal 3nd a shovel for peweil and paper. Nights after Abraham had _his work done he would sit sud read by the fire- light, or candle. He had only three boks but read them over and over until he understood them thoroughly. H% alway Then the shoemaker woke the mer- chiant up and said in a joke “Go and sell your glass. But the man didn't say anything and went on his way. And after all didn't sell and get what he dreamed. STASIA WASILEWSKA. Norwich Town. The Red Crose was_just going 10’52y something to the postage stamp when' the postman cgme along and put the parcel on: the train that went far away. BEATRICE CATHCART. Jewett City. Our Dox I.am going to- tell His. birthday is on February, Washington's Moosup. Cattipg, Woed. Small Cooks. Dear, "Uncle Jed¥ Here 1s lhry thAl My Trip to Gardmer Lake . © Dear Uncle Jed: Last week a friend| My Dear Uncle Jed: I amh gotng o e ey falr and ““x“lfiii‘i“fi‘.‘“‘uh“"‘ is the best ona- I 'ever wrof ahd 1 were making cakes. First we | tell you about my trip to Gard Lak e e Yt whe e | oa Ao s Tra. peotis mpts ) Bass e r My father decld ‘| thought we would make some drop cakes. |1t was one summer dox about teh o'élock, only have 10 cajl him once and he comes, |ident of the United States. One day, We made some soda biscuits ‘also. The drop: cakes were good but the soda bis- cuits had too much soda Jn them. We|us a couple of boxes and our Jbathing had Joth of fun. suits. We found the walking to be ver Love to you and the Wide-Awakes. Not, but we managed to get there in when a bunch of giris and mysel! started o bl gri g - when in a theatre a wicked man Hamed | o ster, 1 hirried 1o the bouse hiking to Gardner Lake. We fook wit and got.§ofe water and gave it to my Booth shot Lincoln, The people were | father and<he told me fo-t 4 very sad. We like’ to keep Lincol s et stone and so. I @l 'Soon the axe was birthday becsus he was such & good and | ground and ‘we sfarted for the . woods. en he is all DORIS KENNEDY. Age 8. |duc time. When we got there, we hired great man. When we. got thers mhy father began :to $? t 3 for him”but he said Re wouldnt ke | o, ROSENA ¥ARGO, Age. 13 .;h.,f, St Sy g B iy 4l B i Bceg ey g o ac0. Fitehville. went further in_the woods. Soo i 3 BONITA JOHNSON Agell. w ‘Soon T heard a great crish thet seared me very | Cordelia’s Adventore With the Burglar. Try Again. much. Then I knew {hat it was.my fa- Dear Ungle Jed: The dull Dear Uncle Jed: In a littie village.in | ther who chopped down the fee, #nd 80 \"-l had enveloped Mount Tom all we began eating our lunch. The lak was 8o beautiful and with the sky over Y Thay|bead to correspond, 1 feit that 1 was & dame down in rain. As it grew dark Cor- | PAradise, while in ke boat. ‘:‘” — della paused from her story and gianced |blu¢ sky turneq to gray and a brecs it of the farm houss window. From| from the morth arose, We afl Secided to tfie ‘early moming she had been ail akne, |Start for the shore we "‘"""‘ - Her father sald that he would be back |Shore fefor tho siorm began. ~W§ e before dark bt night came and she|® tent a short distance away, feared that her pareats might not come |Started for it. As soon as we got n & Tome until morning. She thought that |tent it began thundering and Nghnin she might go to her friend. Haien Simp-|The rain camé down in torrents.} We son ‘but_the thought of travel were waiting impatiently for the stofe to ceasg. The tent shook as the wing was Winter Sperts Connecticut lived a boy 13 years old. He | T went on. In a little whlle T M-rd a ‘Winter, in other | was a handsome boy with brown hair |strafige nelse which seémed “season of | and .eyes. He was hoping to be an artist |howl, but I soon lknew . tha when hp grew up. owl and T ran to The school where he went was & coun- It happened that one day the 1. offered. a prize for the best pig- ture that was drawn. This boy, whose name was Alfréd, tried’for the prize and was confident that he could win. . The day had arrived when the prize it was really &n owl. 1, trled’ to “Hit- it with ./ store bt the stone came down and hit my-bead. -Of course it hurt me but I,Went on home- ward; grumbling a8 I Went.. Wlhen I got home it was ‘almoé} Right and I'did not 2, I'and some Last ~ Saturday We went g a mile of Mnelinems prevented her. She lad been reading a ook about | blowing very strongly. Suddendy o : ¥as to be given. The principal put the | even eat my Fubper Ku€went tobed. Sae A eroricn it was Wownl Goer. "1 s 65, SN “We have not had.any slelghing so far, |best picture on the wall. Alfred's heart .. ‘ GEORGE, ‘lij!K Age . 12. :hu!{fldmfiom::n‘:r b R s "M’"‘ LR hat Sof = o csocats 1 Gt TolD because we have not had-enough snow |sank within him when he saw it was MansAbld § 4 ko 1t Fhe Sian 3 red sup. |where T was. In a litt'e while the ra this winter, not his. The principal said to him: “Al- i fes - fred, I know - took e win; had stopped but he wind was owing we had sliding most every ‘day, but this |I advise you to try again, even If not for | ‘opgr Uncle'JeA: One beatitiful morn- | enlashing through the wwter and then about five minutés Yéar there 18 not enough snow for it. g rikes: ing 1n August my brather and I.were to | sudden halt. Cordelia took up fhe & we Saw the dem Skfing and tobogzaning . are sveat > VIOLET HARRIS, Age 13, ftake & trip to Connecticut - from New | ard rushied to the door. A man stepped n our ba Fsports of Canada. Jenet ety { Fork. "We started out at 6 o'clockin the | from the carriage and she saw it was not swimmi t was quit T hope we have more snow this winter. TR ing. . My father took us-Gown to the | ner father. She drew hack Intending to he afternoon so © BERNARD SCHATZ The Céntary Flant at ‘in his car! :After wi - goodby. whas 100 late. T start for home ad gon | Deac Unele Jed: I want to. tell ou | o' oucefuther ‘we sBot on_ Jhe bost ala do you do, oousin™ sald fe. when an auto caw ——— “labout fhe century plant. It grows in Mex- | started. We hud our dtnner-at 1 s'cidck from o were asked 18 rideWine George Washingion tco. It I8 85 called because it blooms | on the: boat. ‘It was & logg: timie before =Dear. Uncle Jed: George Washingtorts only once in a hundred years. The farra- tuse and sald we woubl er has great flelds we could get-the trolley: nufi:m to Nor- of century plints {at New Lohden, #o.we got off. ‘Then we |ukzd the uflam on the corner where MARY SMUCKLER, Age 18 HE Patented Cutting and Construc=" tian Guides furnished free with every pattem make it the sunplest of alk pat- - terns to use and insure perfection' of ‘fit and style with the greatest economy of,- material % On Sale at