Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 3, 1921, Page 7

Rules For Touhsy Wn:::. i j-=Write piainly ofi .6ne" g i, 20 S T it =Use n ant n A hurtu.nd poliited articles will ve Elven preférence. Do nst nse over 250 g——soi'l[lflll stories or letters oaly will 8_used. and addréss (5—Weite your namie, age ity plalily at the bottom of the WIDE-AWAKR POETRY The Figét Valenting 4 & nikel that I earned an’ bought a valenting 5 3 The nicust one that I eonid buy an’ Gee! . but it was fine, All fikeg With l4cey paper am’ With lit- tle hiearts an’-things, A & ciipld id tie ceniiré with fmy Winga, Bl 1t in my ‘rthmetie, se ne one would- n't see, i Af* slipped up-stairs when 1 got house at still as 1 could be 1 practicel for a half ah houf, I guesd to wiite h& mame, For when I use a pen the leitera i .lofil pretes, never e It vn‘A mummt. an’ it looked L & p l d Whet éum written “Helen Brewa' and an’ As' then 1 stamped an' seied B, aw’ quliet as a mouse, 'ox?fll&‘ 1 sMpped down to mail corner near our house. ‘ though the pudding godk bad made was just my fav'rite kind, T culdn’t eat lfl?dllh'met wwith that seeret on thy mind ; AR’ 1 was so excited after dinner, dade dy said: “f think that boy played too hard— he'd better go to bed” I, dldn't go to sleep, I guess, for most an thour of so, - ik t2 But laig there in the an’ kept aiwondering’, “Wiil she know?” Néxt day 'mcet evefything wenit Weone —I was ro ty in sehool, my teacher shooks hep head a hundred times at me! “ But afterwhile our s#piing &n' our ‘rithmetic was done. . . An’ it was noon an' I ran home as fast as I could run. When I got home there my mother she just grabbad me at the deor, A huggeq an’ kissed me harder than she ever Aid before: 7 Her cheeks was pliik as they eould be an° how her eyes gid stilne ™ " Bhe ed an‘ cried -an’ “Mother got her valentine!” ¢ 1 wonder Wow she kneéw ‘tivas mie—pext year I'l mend another, For there aln’t ahy sweetheart good as Just a fellow’s mother! —Natlonal Magasine CNCLR JED'S TALE AWAKES Even if you are not abie to.vote ail of the Wideawalkes are probably looRing forward to the day Witen “they wili bo- come 21 and can be madé voters. This s true of the girls as well as the boys now that suffrage has been extended to women. For that reabon added interest may be taken this year by all boys and girls in the inauguration of the presi- dent ‘ef the United States which takes place tomorrow. It will mark the clos- fng Of the tbrm of President Wilsoh and the opening of tae four year petiod dur ng w Warred G. Harding will serve #s the head of this nation.« There have bBeen years when the int ' augural cerembny, which €onsists of taks Ing an bath to the effect that te will ns- sume and administer the duties of the of- fice under the Constitution to the best of his ability and making an address to the sssembied gatherig and the counmtry, was very simpie. There have. been othérs when it was unusually elaborate and expensive. This year because of condi- tion it will be along quiet and inexpen- sive lines with Mr. Harding the president 15 be cailing at the presidential residence and getting President Wilscn to accomp- any him to the capitol building where the exercises wiil take place beford a large crowd representing all sections of this %6 WIbE- country as well as the .diplomatic rep: | resentatives of foreign. countries. From the taking of the oath Mr. Hard: ing becomes the president of the United States in accorg with the expression of Boys’ and Girls' Department. “The Auto Boys on the Road:™ I read it and fotind it very interesting. % Selomon Cohen of Griswold— I thank | you very much for the book you gent me 1 have read ft and found it very interest: ingt 3 /Lacy Dughs of Vi the book you gent me and you sor it- it was very Bty ; Virgnts Cooper of Cehirali Vilage— prize I thank you very much. for my book which was Little Pflldr I have it very in- it thréush and féund {erdsen ' Leura Herowits of Colchestef— 1 sk $ou very much for the book which have receved from yow: I have read it and liked it very mueh: Elizabeth Stetson of Central Village— T thank you very much for the beek which you gent me, entitled “Hisie Dins: more,” 1 have enjoyed reading It very thueH, Phillp Copeland of Willimantlo—1 re- gelved (hs lnteresting book you ment me, and thadk you very mugh for it. Ethelle Parkhurst of Jewsit City—1 thank you very much for the prise beok whish you have glvea me, It Ia very ins teresting s I have the first two books of that very samie serled. E Grave Gardner of Griswold—I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me entitied “The Camp' Fife Girls i Hes—1, resived | on the Farms. I have read. It through and found it very Interesting. LETTERS BY WIDE- Fairy Land. Dear Uncle Jed: It was a very pret- ty sight I saw from my window Tuesday motning, the Bth. The irees looked as if they were abloom with blossoms. I told some girls afterwards that it was the most beautiful sight I had ever seen. It looked like fairy land to me, as if a fairy had touched, the earth with her and, as she went along. HELEN C.'ANHON, Age 14. Nerwich. ORI The Orizin of Our Snndwich. Dear Uncle Jed: Perhaps the Widae Awakes would like to hear a gtéry about the origin of the sandwich. Here it is Just as it was toid to me: Many years ago in England lived man named Lord Sandwich. He was Joily old man and was very, fond of good time. Among his talénts was huge appetite. This man was very fond of eports. He Was nlways présent whenever there was a huating party golng on, or anyting of the sort. s had a great liking for a slies of meat between twe pieces of bread, and whenever he was present at any of these affairs he would call for this. At first people began to look curieusly at him,, but -when théy saw him 'eat ‘with such evident relish, they bpegan to wonder if there wasn't sometliing in it after all a a a a Bo pecple began to call for these slices |} of bread with some meat inserted in be- tween, also. Gradually as they had no v called it “sandwich,” oid man that had first in- troduced it to the world. . JENNIE LIFSCHUTZ, Age 14. Uncasville, Grace’s Reward. Dear Uncle Jed: Grace had a step- mother, and stepmothers do not fiil the piace Of mothers One spring the governor of Tibridge fond of bedutiful Grace had . step to try for the prize, = Aunic's picture was a faiiure, but Grace kept on with hers. She finished:it and signed it “An <p and sent it to the governar without telling either of her parents or Anni ‘The governor, thinking 1t, sent her a twenty dol Annie’s surpriss canrot be -described. Grice, on hearing of the prize made her confession. Her mother embraced her for not Being unmselfish and took to her from that moment. Grace thougnt that was better than any twenty dollar £old piece was worth. DOROTHY BLATHEWICK, Abe 11. Norwich. Vote For the Best, Dear TUncie Jed: I read an artticle last November on the Wide-Awake page about a girl who wrote that she would always .be a good republican. I doX't believe anybody shouid vote u! republican or democratic, ticket just be cause théir parents voted as a repub- lican or democrat, but i3 be a good cltizen one must vote for the candidate one thinks best. \ the people last November. Nome of the present Wide-Awakes will be able to vote at the next presidential election, but some of them will be able to in 1928 ana many of them in 1832, WINNEES OF PRIZE BOOKS 1.—plary Smucklen .of Salem—The Campfire Girls on the March, Z—Dorothy Lilithridge of Voluntown— Little Prudy’s Cousin G ; 3—Billie Tirrell of Secuts in Coal Caverns. 4—Mary Gallagher of Central Villages The Campfire Girls at Long Lake, §—Norman S. MeFall of Voluntown— Captives Three. §—Helen T. Green of Plainfield—Lit- tle Prudy's Dotty Dimple, L i—Rarle ¥. Babeock of Ledyard—Far From the Frontier. $—Frank Sledjesky of Eigleville— In the Camp of the Delawares, ” Winners of praie books ilving in Nor- wich can obtain them by caliing at The Dulletin business oftice after 10 a, . m; Thursday. Notwich—Hoy LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDOMEXY Mitiam Shapiro of Norwich: I thank you very much for the book - entitled ALLHIS AILWENTS DISAPPEARED When He Tried “Frult-a-tives” or Fruit Liver Tablets Movxr'Berexap Hoter, Laxerorr, N.H, *At 70 years of age, chronic Constip- ation was causing me to suffer with distressing Headaches, Dizziness and Indigestion. 1 believe I have taken more medis eine than eny half-Gozén penple in town ; but nothing did me good until 1 tried ‘Fruit-a-tices’. Right away I eould see their good effects. After taking them for three onths, my howels were regulas, and thé other ailnients disappeared”, FRANE.A. HALE, 50e. & box, 8 for $2.50, trial size At desiess or from FROTT-AAIV: Limited. JGDENSBURG- N. Y. Therg are some people who vote for the men that pay the most money. When I grow up I wiil nat vote for ;cne party right along, I will vote for the st. I think and hope that Mr. Harding will mxse us a good president. NORMAN S. McFALL, Age 13. Voluntown. k World Facts, Dear Uncle Jed: Great Britain at one time'was a great farmink region. But later on it learned the use of coal ana iron. Most of the people who worked on the farms left them and went to work in the factorfes. Then they depended o the Iinited States to feed their hordes of workers. ussia occupies about one-geventh of the land area in the world. | Most of it was ruled by a ezar. It had a population of- about Hne hundred and elghty miillon. It had many mineral pro- ducts it did not know about. ‘proved to be a note, at Bob's feet. The Turks are mosily Mohammedans. They ruled Bwlgaia, Roumania and Al- bania uatll thete was in ii'surrection and the ’run’n% yoke was thrown off. EVERETT THORNTON, Age 14 Jewett City. - — e Prompt Obedlenes. | Dear Uncle Jed: One day Mary and her mother crossed the little stream that came from the pond. Mary asked her mother” it she might play i the water. Hers mother told her &he couid if ehe dldn’'t get her dress wet. After a while there Was & noise like thunder which seemed to come from the pond. “Quick, Mary! Come here!” said her rother. Mary ran where ler mother stoed. Then she looked back. The stream was pour- ing down over the rocks. Her mother told her if she had waited she would have been carried down the stream to the river. There is not always time to ask why. LILLIAN NOMER, Age 13. Norwich, The King’s Party, Dear, Unele Jed: find a atory by the name of The King's Party. The lon was the king of all the ani- mals. One day the king gave a party. He wanted all the animals to come. The Wolf, the bear and nearly all the other animals were there, even tife birds came. One animal did not come, that one was Reynard, the fox. The wolf walked up to the lion and said, “Oh, you wanted us all to come to your party and we are all here but one. That one is Reynard, Enclosed you will|- | the ?x . He never does what you tell him fo d6. He is a mean animal. BESSIE YOSELEWSKY, Age 8. Oakdale. Taking Care of » Horse, Dear Uncle Jed: There have been many horees 1 our house owned by Mr. Collins. Mq‘ n'("n all very nice hors- €3 _and very gentle. TR ) “horses in A Home Treatmen? for Asthma A Woreester. Mase,; doetor gested the fuilowing simple, nrl and inexpensive home treatmen i ral asthma, ehreni¢ brogehitis ahd- eoughs and colds whien threaten to affeet the lungs: AL Leé & Psgood CO-'8, or Erell ble ar 18t's, fae a bottle (e-sen‘t‘fi oil) tablets and Wiy $oivs us, (abled Iy mauki & uiar in- tervals. Though nrmlof: and pieasant they ére se powerful” lgal action that even ig stubbern casee relief otten cemes in just & few minutes;, - ° Many users whe for yeurs haye been obliged to sit up in bed gasping fof breath and unable to sieep r t thal they no¥ take an Oxid! tal g0 to bed and ean then rz dow: and ‘%rmth- i1y and lfl 1y an get & %md night's ?nru sleép, . Les Osgood and druggists every- where are Selling Oxldass tablets on & positive guarantee to refund they full ‘purchase price of the first ['3 it fails to give prompt rellef in any ease of bronchial coughs or astama, e — ] our yard and asksd ms to to take cars of 1t whils he went to the pasturs to bring home the cows.” ke The horse was alright at first but as ‘we did not want him to get into out garden, and it seemeéd to bs the only place he wanted to go, we had to hit /| him several times before he would move away from it, and it wix the most fun. One time he got into 3ur hen yard, though thiere were no hem: in it, and we could not get him out. { ran over to the barn and as luck would have it, there were two men in the barn whom 1 told about Diak, which was the horse's name They came over and had a mighty hard-job to get him out and they put him back in the barn before Mr. Collins came back but he said he did not care, MARY GALLAGHER, Age 13. Central Village. The Little Prineges. Dear Uncle Jed: I have just read a nice story called The Princess Who Gave Away All, and I liked the story so much I'd like to tell the Wide Awakes about it. A little princess (she really wasn't o otincess) had' a birthday . party, - She wa.. § years old. She had so many toys 8he didn’t know what to do ‘with them, because she didn't have anyore to-play with but & dog and & cat. She had lots more toys givea for her birtaday which she didn’t want. That aft:rnoon she -asked Lucy, her nurse, for a large canvas bag. Lucy got her one and asked her what she wanted it for. % “I am going to give my toys away,” she eaid. “You foolish child,” said Lucy, your beautiful new toys away. The litfle prihcess put her things in the bag and started off and Lucy said: “Don't go too far.” “to give Schoolhouses. Were pretty , poor \g 2 i i Tells @ Story® - aches, dizzy spells PALMER STREET ' e Geo. Conrdd, motorman, 211 Palmer 8t, says: “lI have at- tacks of lumbin: at i'l‘mu e:-:;d the oonstant jar: of '3- g Stm.gnm!nn uwhdn first wake up_my batk is lame and sore. - | have uv_u\‘pl"u that feel as sharp as eedle, cutting through my kidneys. 1’ T R M ney °1'dld, They h SEGOND STREET s Mrs. James E, Moran, 33 2nd 8t, says: “Abbut seven years ago a told settled in my kidneys and weakened them. My back ached continually for-soms time and | could hardly get around to do my housewbrk. Mfi Kkidneys didn't act right at all. | had known of Doan’s Kidney "Pills heiping another member of the Pills, and | family so | used them and found "?len ‘e:rod such :f.y Lately | had another af an's rk quickly. @] tack of kidney trouble but Doa w just as sure in curing again ‘as they wero the first time.” know that if more r.opln trou- bled with kidnéy allment would. uge them, they would be helped.” } Is a Bad Back | Making You Old? § a dull, nerve-racking ‘backache wearing you out — making you feel are ? . Do you find it hard 'WEST MAIN STREET Louis Oueliet, prop. shoe repair shop, 145 W. Main 8t., says: “At my work | always sit in a bent position a great deal. This 1 believe been the direct ocause of my back and kidneys bothering me, and | had to quit work for a day or so at a time. When | bent over | could hardly straighten ur again and one morning while moving a machine a sharp pain took me in my kid- neys, and | felt as though | I;.a ny ovar’ | been jabbad with someth sharp, | used Doan's Kidney Pilla and they rid me of the trowe | "SP%S ble” Foster-Milburn Co., Mfg. Ch: possible to be happy or enjoy your work ? It's time; then, you looked to your kidneys. A cold, ~chill or overwork may have weakened the kids neys and brought on that nagging backache and / 7 those sharp, piercing pains.. You may haye head. and annoying kidney {negularities, too, with a tired;-nervous, depressed feeling, -Don't wait until the trouble becomes serious. Taf(rthings‘ éasier for awhile, eat little meat, and' strengthen the weakened - ‘kidneys with Doan’s Kidney Pilli. Doan’s have helped thousands. They should help you. Ask your neighbor ¥ THESE ARE NORWICH CASES: UNION STREET . D —— Mrs. Bernard Neeson, 64 Un- ion 8ty says: “Several years age I had too much uric acid in my biood and my kidneys and didn't act preperly. The uric acid went through my system causing rheumatic pains through- my back and hips. Whon | bent and it seemed as though my back was ready to go to pieces. At times my kidneys wers too free in action. hothing touched m.‘ ca Doan's Kidney Piils and finally cured me. bean troubled since” Doan’s. Kidney Pills years-older than you to keep going — ime wers weak “‘sould hardly straighten | doctored, but se. | used and they me aimost from the start haven't emists, Buffalo, N. Y. things | Men" and “Little Women.” These books the . K when Washington was & bey back In|are very interesting. 2 then e ooy o She caime 10 11740, The text books weré not a bit In- | She died March 6, 1835, Her loss was we?‘eg\ery hor gig“!s ? teresting. The teachers didn’t know much [mourted by all her friends. “What did you see?” So the 'little prin- | cess told them to put theirihands in the bag and pull out what they touched. One little girl gota doll. She then went until she came to A schoolhousé. She peeked in ard ‘saw How many _ children there were and put a toy for each child in the open Window. Now she only had a box of tin soldiers left and was® wondering who she could mo get wol offercd a prize for the bost picture paint- [Eive thém to when she saw two little [ ¥ ed. H® wanted .it for his' daughter’s|boys sitting on a doorstep reading a weddlng pfesent, because she was very [néwspaper. She gave them the eoldiers, which made them vefy happy. a8 they didn't have toy's. The- little princess then turried home- ward with an empty bag, tived, but very happy. - = PATRICIA HARRIS, Age 8. Ashaway, R, I An Intelligent Dog. sta Dear Uncle Jed: This is the first time it out” in beating the boys. went to what was called an splendid big buildings of today. No go- ing to school by automoblle, by train or school ten miles away was followed, still another during which the lad had to row night and morning across the fiver to & Fredericksburg teacher. Military tactios and the manual of arms Were his later tex! brother Lawrence, George was given a place in Virginia jailitia. His commis- sion as major and later adjutant geheral in one of the four military Ristriots of the French and Indian war and ended his life re than the pupils and so had to “take LEO WINAKOR, Age 11 ‘Washington 5 “old -field Oolehester. they were playing they emptied their thother's wash tub. They gid not know what to @0. They. stared at each other without saying a word. Theglittle girl told her brother that no one had seen thém and that they were not gbing to tell anybody.” Ncnsense, sald the boy who was’ older than. the:girl we must Street car in those days. A daily e on horseback for a year to a simbiar went straight to tell their mother. what they had doné, thinking that they would be punished. After théy had told thelr mother it lightened her heart and told themn that because they had told the truth they would not be punished, LOUTS_LABRAMBAIS, Age 11 t books, for upon the death of his te brought him to the days of the that I have writtén to you. The story |as = schoolboy. The rest is history, Brooklyn. below. was told to me by my uncle, Best wishes, g One fine day as Bob .and Tom wers HELEN.T. GREENE, Age 8. - Mow I Got My Oat, - playing ball Tom heard the bark of a | Plalnfeld: dog which seemed to be in agony. . “Listen,” he sald, und both stopped to listen. | “Boy, wow,” again it came. “Iet’s go «ud see what's the matter with the dog,” eaid Bob. They hurried in the direction of the ery and after walking quite a way through woods came upon the dog, which had stepped into a trap set by some huiter or trapper. . Ahey'.released the dog and looking up to gay ‘Thank you!” it-was off. They again started playing ball and 2 little while afterward they saw the same dog rtnning towards them with some- ging in its month. 3 Comigg up, he dropped the thing, which i ing It up, he read: “Comve, I need heip. The dog wiil show you the way. The doz turned . and - started away, looking at times to see if the boys were following wim. ~At last they reached a small house and entering they found an old man in a bed in one corner of the room. ' “Water, water,” he said feebly. Bob went for the water while Tom made #omg medicine he had learned to make fromr his mother. After drinking this the man brightened. 4 Day after day the boys nursed the sick man and after' two weeks the ‘man was able to walk about in the house. “If it wasn't for you boys, I don't know where or how 1 would Be now,” he told the boys one day. “You owe it all to your dog, for he guided us here,” said Bob. TW®0' weeks.later ths boys were pre- sented with a watch each, given by the old mah. ing he in A, he be las. ele shi ‘Wh ¢ ONEL H. HOULE, Stafferd Bprings. Fue Cligmpnk's Name, Dear Uncle Jed: Thefe wers & family of chipmunks in the _deep ‘Woods of Farmer Greens.. You wouldn't eall it a very big family, because there was only Sandy and his mother, Mrs, Chipmunk, But the neighboring folks of the forest wondered why he Was ¢alled Sandy, Frisky Squirrel thought that it was because ,he-was @0 plucky, but Fatty Coon thought he liked to dig in the ean- dy eoil, and it would be @ Zood reason for naming him Sandy. Oid Mr. Coon, who sat in a tree meat by, nodded his head. TaE “You'ra all wrong,” he teid them. “The reason for calling that young chipmunk boy Sandy is' because his real name is Alexander, and everybody who knows something knows that Sandy is just a short way of saying Alexander.” DORIS COUTICE, Age 11. Jewett City. e’ we ‘When Washington Was s Boy. Dear Uncle Jed: It has been a long time since I wrote to the Wide Awakes, but will write a few lines now. I have been sick with the mumps and my little brother Lewis had them. He says they are the -“lumps” and papa-had them, too, and he was real sick and had the doctor several times. My friend Esther had them, too. I don’t tdink. they are very nies, but mueh better than diphtheria of scarlet fever, which I hope we will not have. I am stil] taking music lessons, but my first teacher was taken sick and could not give mé’any more lessons, 80 mamma saw Miss Sanford and now 1 am taking lessons of her, I liked my first teacher but I like this—one real well, too, I can play duets with-my Aunt Nan and my mma, teo. Oh, I like to learn music and I do like to go to school. a e Dear Uncle Jed: Abraham Lineoin, the sixteenth president of the United Stites, was born in Harden county, Feb, Indiana when he was seven yearr old, and from there to Iilinois. could neither read nor write. After serv- representative and staid in ongress till 1849. promise will never be forgotten. years that followed he safely piloted the He died at the hands of an assafisin of the south. He was mournéd by ail the nation, Norwich Town. Dear Uncle Jed: One day in summer two of my friends and I thought that we ‘would go out camping in the woods. We took a hatchet, lunch, because it was a long ways to the woods. ‘We had to cross a brook s0 we cut down a small tree and put it aeross the 8o that we could walk # the other side. Then we heard a noise in the bushes and we looked back and saw that it was my brother and another boy. "We pui the tree over 5o that’ they couldn't across, e We went far into the thought that we would eamp I got on a tree to see if they Wers coming and I saw them cut down & tros and cross the brook. I got down from the 8lifing On the Yee, tres ard put.up the tent. THen We héard| Dear Untle Jed: Not far from my sométhing coming and saw fhat 1t Was 4| sehool there is-a swamp whero the Water great big turile. Wo went zh& tur-| freeggs in the winter. We haven't been ‘s nest and saw some 1ittls’ ént After a while wa heard ing and we got behlnd g that it was the boye. - They wat i different part of the weéods and made a camp there. So we followed them. They dug a hole and pat 2ll the things there so that nobedy could find them and then they went heme, " Then we dug out the hole and took their things to our camp. Then We went home and my brother dldn't evem know that we were ihe omes—that took the things and they never knew, FRANK SLEDJESKY, Bagleville. Dear Unclo#ed: Louisa M. Aloott was born in Germfantown, Pennsylvania, Nov. 29, (ters in_the famlly, where ho undertook the mansgement of there which was a favorite hiding place’ for the Alcott children. *ked® to run n;eu and cl::yb trees. Hve erybody called her a tomboy. ‘Her father was the first teach@r she ever knew. and write compositions. hag to bé assisted Dear Uncle Jed: Onee T went up to m‘ store and there was a nioe littie gray kit- len that the minister did not. want and he eaid I could ‘have it. I brought it down to ty grandmother's and fed it and that night I put it in a chicken coop. The dog that evening got after him and the next morning. I brought him heme and fed him and he stayed in the house that day, The next day he went under the dose stons and the dog drove him up a tree once. The dog lets, him alone now. He comes in the house every day to get something to eat and. now he i5 a big cat ang i§ eatching rats and mice. BARL F.” BABCOCK, Age § Abraham Lincoin:” Kentueky, 12, Hig . father removed to 1809. Mr. Lincoln in the Black Hawk war as a captain studied law and opened a law office 1837. In 1847 he was elécted as a His memorabie answer to Stephehr Douglas concerning the Missouri eorng 185 ‘was nominated by the republicans to a senator but was defeated by Doug- . ® His good debating help him to be cted president in 1860. In the dreadful Ledyard Paul Revere, Deat” Unele Jed: Paul Revere was one of the Massaclusetts heroes at the time of the Revolution. He was born January 1, 1735, at Bos- ton, Mass. He was the son of Apollos Revere, a Frenchman: On April 18, 1775, he made a famous ride known ag the ride of Panl Revers. He told a frlend of his- “If the British march frony the town tonight by land of by sea, hang a signal lantern in the church tower, one if by land, two if by sea’and I on the opposite shore will be, ready to warn the people.” On the same night Paul was captured and made to tell the American plans. At the point of a pistol he marched along the road, but his captors becoming trightened, i+ft him and fied, taking with them his horse. So he was obliged to complete lis journey on foot. After peace was signed he erested an air furnace in which he cast cannons and church bells. He dled at the age of eighty-four years n. SOLOMON COHEN, Age 13, a, p of state through the Civil war. 0 thought hé was avenging the wrongs ISADORE COHEN, Age 13. Out in the Woods. a small tent and some We started early in the morning brook 1l gét ot able to skate thls week on account of didn't touch them; t?:“ Bnow, #0 we have had rides on ul if & bush Each one brought their eleds and we hitehed them all together, caliing it a double rip. The girls weuld have their rides first around the swamp then the boys would have theirs. .In some places the snow would be- gin to melt in the afternoon: and when we would come to those places we would have to get up because If we didn’t it would be too hard pulling. In some other plaoes there was a small, but sharp corner and of course the boys would yank the, girls around there as hard as they could so we would fall. At oth- er places the snow would be melted at the corners and if the boys yanited us at thosé places'and we fell off we would feel very unpleasant. DOROTHY LILLIBRIDGE, Age 10. Veluntown. - F, Age 16, Zouiss M. Aleott 1832. There were four other daugh- In 1834 her Tahed Swved Wb Bostont | whsh Happeaed to Inquilitive detany. Dear Uncle Jed: It was but a Week be- fore Christmas, and the femily had re- celved Bome patkages from some of their friends. But-none were for Johnny. He €aid that he going to lopk into some of théem mnd just see for himself, what ‘they were, H8 said he couldn’t wait till Christmas. ‘When he Was just peeping into the first one he heard a noisé behind him. There | stood his-older sister to whom the pack- RZ poor, &nd they|age belonged. His sister stared at him '{-{,.a.. for a'moment, then she sald, "What did iy ’ - When the moved to Concotd, they llv- in a little ¢ Thers Was & barn Loufsa was a very bright girl. -She Louisa liked' to read storles The Alotts Later Louisa t schodl. At night | you look into ‘my package for?" - I found this piece about Washington |she “ised to 40 much sewing. After many which I Wil gend. X/niwk i j= =aal nice, she’, .the ot T aasla . z i you do that for?” “1 just had to look into {t” ertsd John- ny, “I didn’t get any packages. tell our mother the truth. They both| “I just saw & big box of candy, I only took one picce.” fell 1t was 2" package for Johnny, She called him to come down stairs. When Johnny came down he found a bis pack- &ge waiting for him. very happy. This made him BILLIE TIRRELL., ar Norwich. to ti How Helpful the Red Oross Was. Dear Uncle Jed: If anyone does not know the helpfulness of the Red Cross, Just ask a sailor or a soldier boy , The first thing he will say will be, “The Red Cross organization is the greatest mother in the world,” which includes all thou; Kowo He told me. colt. George put on the bridle and he mounted (o his back. The eolt dia not llke this at all so he kicked and kicked until he broze a blood vessel and dead. That morming at breakfar: Mrs. Washington asked how the colt wis ; “Well you go stralght up stairs, and|cared for. No ome spoke untll George school,” that is, a few neighbors got to- . stay there,” replied his sister. sald “Your col is.dead; I killed him.” hergand hired a teacher whose school x e ‘When Johnny was up stairs he heardl Mrs. Washington was very angry, but ) was j3bt a shabby old building in some h”“"—"l Jod: There wers onO6 |ine doorbell rigg. Mis sister went to the|she sald, “I am sorry for (he coit, bat § rn-out tobacco field, not much like the |orudren playing ln the ~snow. e | door. am glad that my boy told the truth.” DOROTHY P. NOEL, Age 10, Willimantic. A True Stery . Dear Uncle Jed: I have mever writfen' he Wide-Awake Circle before, but I have read:those interesting stories and I ght I would wilte a story. Nearly weeks 2go my uncle came to see us, stayed a while, and when he was starting to go up to the village, 1 asked my mother if.I could go with him and she me I could. My cousin was with All of a sudden I hit my uncle's the good qualities which this society has.|pipe and it fiew away. He sald “Who aid These heroes who were in camp and that?” We told him we both did. He on the firing linds, did not know this be- said “All right” As we went home we fore they started no more than we did.|told stories. Of course we appreciated the good of it,| Your friend, but now under all the present circuin- MILORED PECHIB, Age 11, stances the boys fairly worship the Hed Attawaugan. Cross, — The first thing the bays moticed whea Bt. Valent! they started, was that at some lonely station, where they stopped a hot cup of! coffee, a rosy cuecked appie and what is more comforting, a few kind words, and | smiles, awaited them. Then their delight knew no bounds for aome who knew these lonely stations thought it would have been all desola- tion, But instead, the spirit of the Red Crosg had aiready arrived there before them. It ‘was some later that something. else happened to cheer them up. Some soldlers were brooding and waik- ing listlessly up and down near the camps, thinkjng hdw the family was get- ting on and other such things of home. Just at that moment up pops four or five little white caps with red emblems. These women seemed t¢ know just what they were thinking of, because, they went right up to them and with kind words told each one what he had so long- ed to hear. In other cases when they e going over the Red Cross was always ready for any emergency and wban the boys were| ¢hot they were brought o neat, alry sun- ny rooms. There they were cared for and given ‘all that ig possible for the return of their | strength. All these things the Red Tross does~and many, many more beside. % JENNIE REIL, Age 12. Voluntown, / Why I Like Winter, Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to teil you why I ke winter, What a cold day, and how deep the snow is! It is mot cold for the children who get their sleds out, and go coasting. Of course, we always look for the steep- est hill, Many times we get a row of sleds hitched {bgethdr by a rope and we have so much fun coastinx Another sport is to go skating. Our skates are sharpenel, and we are ready for a glorious time. Bullding fires near the -fce s one of our sports. We have the-most fun gkating,.coasting and mak- ing snowmen, There are morod days than one that our mothers do mot let us skating, or eoasting. We find other things to do. We sit by the-stove, reading a book, and be- ide us, are rows of appics, a jug of ci- der and a bag of nuts. Whilé we read we can hear the wind coming down the chimney, ginging & song. Christmas Is one of the holidays which comes in ber. What 2 mefry time we have! By the fireplace you find our stockings In a row, walting for Santa; Claus to fill them. The night before we have the.best time, getting our presents ready ‘to give away. You would always find a Christmas tree in our homes. 1 These are all the reasons for which I} fike-winter, * 5 MARY SMUCKIER. Salem. % box for jaid ham out: by t chle, We Wort coln, Wi \ — George Washington and the Colt. | Dear Usecle Jed: George Washington's| mother had a eolt that she loved better than any of her othér horsss Tut he had never been trained so he wa- ve wild. One day Grorze said T om ing to 4ame that cold and T will dsk my playmates to help me cateh him and put on the bridle.” He asked his plavmates| to help him and. they helped him catch S S — S How does the man going through the audience convey to the blindfalded lady on the stage what he is holding up for her to name? Read Fred C, Kelly's article in Macch Cosmépolitan. Get it eaid thky had a very nice time. i the Wide-Awakes h:.l 2 good time, tco. The following program was Dear Uncle Jed: We had = valemtina at school. It was trimmed with red hearts. Our teacher picked out four beye postmasters. One girl got twen- ty-six. My sister bosgtt all her val- enties, but I made some of mine. We not sigh our names. Thb children I hope KATHRYN CONINELLY, Age . Norwiciw ur Lincoln Exercises. Dear Uncle Jed: February 11 there were exercises held at Broadway school in the seventh grade, in honor of Abra- Lincoin, earrted America, by school; Life of Lineain, wenty-six puplis; composition on Lin- coin, by Fred Gerber; Words of Lineoin, by several pupils; poem, Barbara Friet- by school; song, Marching Through Georgia, by school; Questions and An- swers About Lincoin, by several pupils; Aineedotel About Lincoln, by several pu- pils; echool; eong, Battle Hymn of the Re- public, by school; poem, Of Lincoln Now Gettysburg ~ Address, by the Sing, by Mirfam Goldberg; Closing ds of Lincoln, by Otig Fellows and James Brassil; poem,. Oh, My Captain, by Orrin Talbert; compositions of Lin- by Lucy Wilcox and Margaret Dodd. ‘e all enjoyed the exercises very much and hope that all the Wide-Awakes em- Joyed theira. ANTONETTA PERRONE, Ags 1% Norwich. More than 250 women enrolled for s short course in economics and offered recently at the University of Min- nesota. - GRIP Laxative Bromg Quinine tablets . s The geriuine bears this signature G 2brn