Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 26, 1921, Page 8

Yoo uwsed. §—Writs vour name, age and address bisinty at the bottom of the story. WIDE-AWAKE POETRY. OVLY BOY IN MOTHER'S EYES. Wyile walking down a crowded city street the other day, 1 beard a little urchin to a comrade, twrn and eay, *Say, Chimmey, lemme tell youse, T'd as happy as a clam, I only was de feller dat me mudder tinks I am; he t'inks I am a wonder, and she knows her little lad Could never mix with nuttin' da was ugly, mean g bad. lots of times 1 sit an' timk how nice ‘twold be, gee, whisz! It a feiler was de feller dat his mud. der t'inks he is™ My triend, be yours a life of toil or wn- diluted joy, can still lghrn a lesson from this =maT unlettéred boy. t aim to be an earthly Saint with eyes fixed on a star; Just try to be the fellow that your moth- er thinks you are —Wwill S. Adkin, in the Internatiomal Journal of Burgery. 1t ©h, A CHILD'S DEREAM. 1 had a little dog, and my dog was very small: He licked me in ed to my eall Of all the treasurers that were mine, I loved him most of all. His nosc was tresh as morning dew, and blacker than the night; 1 thought that it could ever snuff the shadows and the light; he face, and he answer- And his tail he held bravely, like a ban- ner in a fight. His Uody, covered with hair, was very good to sme - His stomach underncath was pink as any shell, And I loved him and henored him, more than words can tell We ran out in the morning, both of us to play. Up and down across the fields for all the sunny d too swittly—he ran But he right I called for him, en- las, could mnot speak, though him pass, s waving tall rass. susand ways and ¢ come; nd the hedges were horri- never heard, my ew numb. I prayed; “If the power et me d 1 cannot bear I came upon a great yel- s petals, such was that Frances Col ‘incinnati Snquire LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Florenee Holbrook of Leonard Bridge— acknowledge tha receipt of the have enjoyed read- Yantic—I re- i Pru- me. it and found it very at tnuch Brown an—1 re- book ¥~ much tory was the and 1 was so iank you very ery good WINNERS OF |—Helen B Fire PRIZE Campbell, Girla at BOOKS, __tda Winskor C#mp Firs Giris on the Farm 2—Lencre Chapman, of Norwich—The Chwp Fire Girls at Lonz Lake 4—A. Evelyn Brown, of Eagleviie- The Camp Firc Girls in the Woods 5—Ruth EBaten, of Norwich—The Samp Fire Girl the Mounta §—Luther Day, of Dayville—Black Rock 7—Rath C. Bayles, of Moosup—Littl Prudy's Cousin Grace 3—George Stillman, of New London— Boy Scouts With the Cossacks Winners of prize books living in Nop- wich can obtain them by calling at The Sulletin business office after 10 o'clock Thorsday morning. ‘I'ne first application of Howard's Buttermilk Cream will astonish you. I'he dullest, most lifeleas complexion (s tursed to radiant beauty and red »r roigh hands or arms made snowy white, yet there is not the slightest wgh of its use. . It actually vanishes frofm sight and the most heated at- ere will not produce the least shininess or greasiness of the skin. No matter whether you are troubled with a poor complexion, wrinkles, puf. finess around the eyes, crow’s feet or Jines around mouth, or just a simple roughnees the face, hands or arms caused by wind or sun, you will find that these troubles will quickly disap- bear with the use of Howard's Butter- milk Cream. jbm“m- to iour en:aplete satis- a package lay at any first-class drug or toilet goods counter, Insist on Howard's Buttermilk Cream, no Cream can take its place, If voa qumutrin, send 12 _ulmh silver - “ * generous t-ial »f ‘Cream and Soap to Howm:“n .--nv 457 Washington Street, Buf- fale, N. Y. sgeod Co. oan sup- oy you. L4 e ¢ WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE lowe's Third Year | - jenough for a walnut cake. I told my sis- Atica’s Dream: ter 1T would like to hunt for the presents. Dear. Uncle Je Alice. was having The next morning I hunted for them = Calling” Tommy {o bim, he said: PR LTSI PO O e A R S .greatly in debt. want -] i he hofse to the city und’ gell.it.! Ask ‘for $150, -but, if. You can't get that! 1 e » v clgver boy. He took STORIES - WEITTEN b E horse ‘to- the “clty, went to a horse BY WIDE-|(rager and. sald: -“I-wish<to sell ‘th‘l: 3 L. AWAKES. : horse. Father te to as for 3150, UNCLE ~JED'S" TALK To - WrpE. |but to sell it for The wrader :in- = AwAREs. . |stantly offered hi oy turn 1t iis only a few: weeks -now. te:the :m'::':a&“-”m closing of lchool -and the. opening of ‘the | less’ than. long: vacation. ‘To those who are fond |a while:and said: of school that doesn’'t mean as much as|lad, and I will give oing to sell,for ‘ou are a v - TY clover “you “$175 “for your it ‘does to'those Who are happy when | horse” there is mo school, but most ot%he Wide- o Awakes are doubtless ghad to see -the g;a t;u ‘snauner time coming and with —— e putting away of the school books A True Story Black for .more than two months. * | Dear Un el o Vacation means something different to | child, we had: ¢ach onme for there are’ those Who 'go | playful, and: I eften: amused ar anl Chom om0, Stay at home, but| playing with him. His'for was as black at least, it means a period | 2, 5al iwe named: ; Blaeki where plenty of time Is available. for o,,.“;{y‘:::';,,‘;:,;;“::‘; ’?h”,,;:.h‘ . play, trips. to the seashore, trips to the | We. were.very much. worriod sheat ohy coustry, and other places. ‘| as:he Bad mever hesn away'to stay any h'douh::l r:member w]';hu fime times you | length of time before. A week. had ummer. oW - you pi2yed, | passed, and as I.looked out - worked, ate-and slept, and how you grew | Gow one. day, I saw Blackie oé’:ey ":;n from being dut in the glorious sunshine | ing through the vard, with one ot his and fresh air. Perhaps you also.remem- | paws held.in’ the afir.. His ber entertaining friends and possibly | biocding and. mother - ioot: miny ime some of you had the pleasure of helping | house and bardaged it up. Ho hod bens to entertain some of the children from |caught: in & steel trap, and had. come ;he biE cities who had little idea of the | home as scow.as he was released. Seuital ;oun'mflde- its - fields He s a member of the family now, 00ds, and streams, umtil you had 2| ang ‘gtifl . limps. He 'is - growing * very chance to explain them.and help to give rly. elght X these visitors a week brimful of fan. - HAPMAN, Ao 100 Having a xood “time, or just as goed 2 Lon ahth':e a:‘ possible is what every ‘ehild should strive for. Sometimes it requires »: 5 Soopl atriva doe. oA xperionas With & Strsy Cat. T e e Siesren, o S5 ik | Déer e Jed: The sigme et wne of others. 'Thers ars those who are |2T0Und the room seemed’ very catching far less fortunate than are those who | 0T in another moment it turmed into a ?,“ :{n ;ml ;"‘“‘,f,'.?d 'Mdu there is plen- ;o-r otp ::Ifufi:"\'nm M:fl‘ryl ‘was telling ealthy and fresh alr, grou; J 4 ze children an ex- cvery opporiunity thet preesnts ‘itent | periente she had with a Kitten. I muc D e bearable for those whe | IrSt. it Fou that ohes aa T ve o, stuffy city houses, with no | s R R : place to play but'in the streets, should be |, It Was about time for dinner and Mary improved. Many a good time is had by| fhought that she would féed her pet first A G [t e e e she had spled sitting out in the garden, but it did net.move. . She called ‘again, but the Kitten just' turned 'its head. and it: seemed- as if-it stuck up:its little nose at her.. Again she called, but with the same. result. % 3% Suddenly, she spied a dash of black and white on the-other side of the gar- den ‘and up it came, up 'the veranda stairs 'and pepped “into the house. Mary looked and there sat tue kitten wWhich which she had thought was hers still. sit-| ting. very. precisely -in -the sarden, hard- | ly moving, an eye-yiker, while her Kitten - was:sitting .in the middle of. the kitchen - floor mewing for- somethinz” to e p ' ROSE WEINER. &5k - Nerwich. Norwich. A Dissppeintment and a Delight. Dear Uncle Jed: Of all ths luck mine seems to be the worst. The hope of a picnic in the woods was shattered on choun: of a rain storm which lasted a ay. 1 wasn't the only disappointed per- son. My twin brother, Will, sat in a corner moodily surveying the weather. | Sister Ruth recHned on a couch reading or at least attempting to, while I was stretched out on a rug before the fire- place, thinking of our lost pleasure. Whils we were lost in dreary reflec- tions, mother entered the room with a mysterious smile which betokened some- thing important. Will and I jumped to our feet; Ruth's book fell-to the floo with 2 bang and full of eagerness we srouped ourselves around mother. Do you.wender .the children’laughes? ; RUTH. EATOX, ‘Age 12, Norwich. ‘ . “How would you like to take a trip My Spring, Dear Uncle Jed: The . good spring -is here at last and the ‘birds are returning from:their winter hemes. 'On some day in early spring -yei may hear-the honk, honk, hogk, of, something over your head. Looking up you will see & flock of wild geese on their way. to thelr suin- mer homes-in the north. This tellg tHat the cold days are over 'and spring’.is coming. to . the attic’\ ghe agked. this seems a trivial matter to certainly was a surprise to us. | we were children mother had promised |us a visit to the attic.wlien we were old enough fo appreciate the valuable things .up thers, £0..0of course her sug- gestion was hailed with delight. ! Will secured the attic key and one by one we trudged up the narrow saircase, it unlocked the door, and entered. | _There are many ‘things which tell us One side |of the coming of spring; for when trees Proy ey «nd’ flowers are budding and birds begn | on the othe trunke. One contained svaluable looms,. jewelry., especiall}l and I joki to sing. then ‘spring * {8 hete’ I think sprinz is the bedt of all the scasons. ) | ! :, RUTH €. SAYLFS, Ags 12. agked mother if she had ralded a castl Moosup. P We stayed in this wonderful piace all 3 & afternoon discovering more treasures T8 Never Pays to Be Greedy. ‘ and at supper time reluctantly descend- ed for supper, but fully determined for| r trip the next day. IWELYN Dear Uncle Jed: One duy I went to the stora to buy some sweet- pickles. When I came back I:took the Daper off and looked for 'the 'biggest oné. When I found jt I crimmed it into my mouth. I e spat it out quicker then I put it'in be- i A Birthday Celebration. |catse it was rotten. Next time I will I thought T would tell |not be so' sreedy, in picking out the big- The day before|gest bl 2 some - walnuts m over and got out the T had just a cupful of them—just CAMPBELL, Age 15 STANLEY SERABER, Age 1. then picked t Occum. maats, company. Allce is a shy little girl given over to do much day dreaming because she did not. have any sisters or broth- ers to play with and she did not.lke the neighbor's children. Now you are wondering who this won- derful : company -is. Just a little girl with blonde curly hair and blue eves and a white dress with 2 pink sash like the zirl in Alice’'s dreams. The little girl was telling Alice of her new dress which she called d I found them all in about half an 1 had 2 book and some other pres- the walnut cake and walnut meats on it for One of my for her birthd: WideAwalkes { ers had a banana eake 1 hove that all the at have already had #helr year had a good time, and 5t had their birthdavs e a zood time. 1 2 queen's 1t and happy birth-| grece. R 3 g The same “izht after Alice had gone brother Charles has a calf. One day|: ‘ped shc ' #/ thinking of the dress the : Charles and T were at school the | sit’ haa S Vot whin! Bhelaud | out of the nasture. Tt was half|geniy heard a volee calling her. On | t 0 when we heard it in front of the|)oq1ins around she saw a2 lttle man i =chooihouse, Charles had to take it back standing . mear her wWith a levely pink He came back (o school on his|gress on ‘hie & T dress on his arm. She quickly jumped to ker feet whem vear CHarles and T went fo the|ep, heard the: Mttle man speak again. | Mansfleld fair o our blescls. Hs 1| Her wasisaying “We have-taken pity ‘en rediandimidecisenine vou and our gotng to crown vem eur A EVE EROWN. Age 11 |queenn B jijpensisxiie She put the levely dress on muickly. fer e he had always lonzed and admired such | Honesty. a dress. She etarted over to the mirror | Dear Uncle Jed: In the widest semse,|to look at herself when she felt hersei? hopesty the-came as truthfulness, In|lifted into a team which was drawn by la narroy | of right w Eur to use ong to us.” To be honest we must do all our home tasks thoroughly, prepare our lessons faithfully, without conyinz from another's exercise.. We should play fairly, without cheating or taking unfair advantage in games or Fports. g ‘When we take library books te read, we should always return them again, because if we would stop and realize how much the town has to pay for the books I think everyone ought to be henmest enough to !'return them. Don't you? Then, agaim, if we find anything that doesn’t belong to us we should ask to whom it does belomg and: give it Back. When we return 'a lost thing this is also being honest. T will mention Lineolnt as an illustration of honesty. One day.a woman had come to buy some groceries. BShe pald him and walked hdme. When: Lineoln counted the money he found that the woman paid him six cents too mmuch. So he walked five : miles and paid her the six cents. - Thats what T call being henest. Den’t you? “Honesty is the best policy.” IDA WINAKOR, Age 13._ mice. At first she lfked it very much but after a few days of not being aflow- ed’ to mse her hands and feet she & net like -it, - She was toMd that a queen is a royal nerson. One day, thinking that-she.weald Wke to take some exercise she started to her feet when she felt herself lifted imto the team .which made [her.very amgry amd she jumped out: of the team. senge. honesty is “that sense makes it impossible to take at which does not rightly be- with:a bump.. When she awoke with 2 start' and oh, how ‘giad she was that it was only a dream. ¢ ° 7 DONA GOLDBERG, Age 14 Griswold. . - b My Brother's Birihiay. big party as usual because We had just party with' ice cream,: cake, candy and violin « from" my. father and mother and 2 pair of shoes from my grandfather. I am ‘very sorry and aghamed .of - mysel? because I “did .not’ give anything I am saving my meney now and next year if he is 2 good boy. I will do my shave. n&u‘! y Taftyille. , Age 10, Colchester. A Truck im the Diteh. Dear Uncle Jed: Once there was.a big truck stuck in the ditch.. There were two men and they hadn't had anything to eat since the day before. When the children came to school:they sew the truck. William said: “Are you hungry?” The men sald, “We haven't had anything to ‘eat sines - yesterday mornidg.” ‘So the whole school gave them ‘some of their dimer. At noentime the whole schosl|the papers...’ i had thelr piotures ‘taken except Mil-| . vonen he ton'and I, 23 we Were in the Woods 108k- | yy 1 ' the ing for flowers. ‘ 4 r Be The truck got ount of the ditch at one o'clock ‘and’ started for New 'York. Wi went ‘back to scheel. 2 2 ° * VINCENT SLEDJESHY, Aged. “Eagleville. k along. the :street:on his way home witen he: happened to kick a - pecketBook, besides- some papers. “He then Who -owned- the. ‘When he saw:Jack he-asked him what home I-found morning when I was go! Selling the Nerse. Dear Uncle Jed: There was once 2 boy | pocketbook -and: opened- it and. saw it named Temmy Brown who lived on . a|was- his, 'and ‘s he. gave the pocketbook their farm was a horse, a cow, and five | way. acres of land. g As he was going -home ha sawia girl One day Mr. Brown received a bill for | crying and - he asked her what the matter $100 which was to be paid in thirt; |vied them hote. “His . THat's what| - The. tzader ‘thought for| ‘Dear Unele Jéd: On May 3 it'was my|box in brother’s birthday. We could ot have & | and resd ft. When sh moved into this town but we had a little | byrned ' to zshes. salted . peanuts: and ‘beside that 2 nice| Occum. basket Dear Uncle:Jed:.Jack was walking |asked the: price.. ‘He toek half:-a. and | was, just leaving.i .- .. R on epening it he saw.z: $10 bill- in :it | . Ome’ can: easfly imapine the meer: =4, | peddier's diemay: on geemz the huge.iren “Will’ 1 take this §$10:or return it te, lts|monster carrying off his:fruit and 'its owner? It I:take'it that would be steal-|value.; = = ¢ oo 4 sl g ing i So:he put-it in'his " pocket - and | +His grief .came started, to!find the addrees that was on|and [Irs: brether:were. the ' only” sup 3y 5 - |of_an invalid: moth " - ‘came .to the house he went |The -sile ‘of . these. eranges door: and -knocked. The ser-|meant'a small fortums te her.. - vants’ happened. te .be "out ‘and ‘the man | - When : his:mother ‘heard ~of 'the. acel- house came to the;door. |dent she igently sald, “Do -net worry, mv | - "|he ‘wanted ‘and-Jack said, “Dear sir, thig [something ‘did iturn «up. / this ‘ pocketbook "andon .seeing your. ad |came rushing into the house after gell; in' the paper.I- brought -the: pocketbook | his' papers shouting ‘“See this uvm'l?a‘- here and”here it is.. The man toek-the ment!" 5 4 pyH small farm with his father ‘and mother. |tg Jack:and a.$5,bill besides, ' He thank- |- They were very'poor and all they had.on [ed.the . man very.much and went on his|board the.’ do,” And to Gomply with Mr Burte his"Sewy | * Teddy< Wright now occunles a po: ‘and e¢axr-,of trust.in ‘the firm of his kind bLen nothér, .. sister, | fActor, ,while' his younzer brother and brother. and: Himself” had, .a. ‘very good Christmas and they ‘hoped that it would |th be the same the, next year. . After Christ-llate mas. Jack “found u.job.and he is still | e working: . T ; GEORGE - “You meed this’ more than went on' his way. He m’d’- horhe,, sbought some grocerie: | New London.: . id Bill, the Rooster. Dear Uncle Jed: AS I haven't w The Birds,» OuriFriends, * | Dear Uncle Jed: The birds are’ our friends. They-help us in many- waye. But some people are ignorant of this fact, and:kill the pretty birds. ‘This'is ery wrong of them. And what is Btill worse, .some people destroy .&e‘m'a‘ nests, and take away: their eggs. It Is"a shame. that people ean not leave the|legs‘and big feet he could go across the birds, alone. - ’ ¢ - " . |yard in a few steps. Every Sunday my Every egg. that is-broken, destroys 2 |unclg. would have to come out and see bird that would have given the World 2|t -~ He wag so tame that he would song. ot IR e '~ |come right'to yeu when you called him The birds are rhany times msde pris-|BM. ' My uncle put him on a rock one omers, " and -put ' into cages ‘where they|gay to have his picture taken. He didn't sufter greatly. . Picture a free-born bird, |jikce that idea so he got down and walk- roamimg at will in the forests, with its companions, put”into a eage, where it ed off. We had him some time but he £ot 80 old ‘that he died. My uncle felt gees no. other bifds, and hears not’ef 4 the world it knew.. The canary is oftén bad over the less of peor “Old BilL" 3 MAY HANSEN, Age 12, the vietim of the cages, because it has| Nortrich, 2 sweet, singing volce. Why can’t peo-|™ . - : ple stop th!smxflfing lnd sm::h_u;(:c o:: KING'S DAUGHTERS' birds, - * Instead . ::n. b:’ut‘ zhu:?y That is. mueh bet- | ot 'l!-OOUNTY conv;n*non ter than kilting the birds with guns, just ( A ed from Page Five) o Bport. 008 the Birds 4o | TeTY Uy circles during the war and e £l from their reports I can't see that any Do you know what of them are less busy now for two of us? They eat up the insects and worme in the farmer's field, which are pests tol, £ S g Bl the other circles in my counties, the farmer,.and cheer the world with The total membership for the counties write and tell you about a pet rooster. I'have an unédle in the city who had 2 pet_rooster. He-called him Bill. .My un- cle. brought it out to our farm to have it well" taken care of. It was about a foot and ‘a half high. , He had such long their merry notes. T think that everyome eeght. to protect|, oo\ Trl "obicn g an over the birds, Instead of XMng them. Don’t last vears iotal which was 70 ‘The S S 5 s rcles which have contributed to this Ca;;glt‘e?l mm' Asge 1"': increase in membership are: Earnest ‘Workers, East Thompeon; Mizpah, Put- nam; Loyal, Norwich; Charitable, Nor- wich; St. Jameés, New London; Cheer- ful- Doers, Central Village; Whatsoever, Jewett Citys Dorcas, Jewett City; Home Chapter, Norwich. "Ever Ready and Burden Bearers re- maln the ‘same’as last year) The great- est gain in number was 11 for the Home chapter. - The greatest per cent. gain was Loyal, 19 per ceht; Earnest Work- ers -and- St.'James gained 17 per cent. - A financial - statement - is always in- teresting. “* You: will - hear in the circle reports, -hew - they have c@ned their |money ‘and héw they have spent it. The fifteen circles who reported their finances ;x_uul‘ $3544.84 and " spent $2021.88. The Mischioveus Buddy Dear Uncle.Jed: - Buddy Rabbit lived in a hollow. tmmn of_am old ' oak tree with .our Httle brother's :father and mother. ‘Buddy was the most mischiev- ous’ rabbit ‘of the family.. He. always used to cause some trouble. One day his brothers and he were romping sbout in the field near thelr home. Suddenly he shoutedout, “Let.us go over to Mr. Smith and.get some car- rots.” _ His brother agréed to go-for they all liked carrots. When. théy got to the garden they all ran.for the carrots. Mr. Smith soon ‘appéared” in ‘the gar- den and at the sight of the little rabbits In his garden was very angry. He t.ook a fake to-chase them away. ': They <all ran -away and escaped. except one little radblt which: was ‘calight 'in the - fetice. Mr. Smith took ‘the rabbit and put Him in a small ventilated box. The little rab- bit was very lonesome and wished some- one would come aiid, rescue him. . ; When: Buddy reached home ' he was very: tired ‘and. frightened for he was afraid he would be punished for the esp- ture . of ithe ‘brother - by Mr. Smith. “Where. 15 Jackle?” asked his mother for | op)y o, il el that was his brother's name: Buddy was | " ne practice. . One eircle has been the? 6ldest rabbit in the famfly among |goriinct, PenCuzt ‘to have a leader fme the brathérs and when any of his brofh-|;omed from Pennsylvania. Let us hope ers . were ‘not in . sight »his‘rno(her. there.will be .a general immigration of ways . asked Buddy -about: thelr .where- | .nthus'astic King's Daughters into Con- abouts. : > o | necticut. & © “At first. Buiddy was afraid to-tell, whére | ~.\we need expect junior workers. Since his brother.was, but finally he told the |ars” Stevens' most excellent pamphlet whale sto His mother was angry'BUl [has been written and printed no one did not punigh him Decause he had told |can: be- emcused from forming junior the truth... But Bnddy ‘had to promifSe | circles upon ‘the grounds of not knowing phemian, Norwich; Home Chapter, N wich ;- Dorcas, Jewett City. + We have expert leaders now, but the time may come when we may need more of .them.. Let every member of the cir- cle think of ‘herself ‘as a possible leader and fit herself for an emergency. Don't say, “Oh, I don’t kmow how.” - Say “T'll - myself knowing that skill comes not not to. cause any mcre trouble. . Buddy |now. . The..directlons are - explicit and decided to ricue his, brother that night. |complste, Don’t let the fact that you .When everyone..was aslaen, and &l |are \busy -hinder you from starting a wag quiet [Buddy crept-away softly amd went. te Mr. Smith's garden. After' a littte hunt ' he fould his brother and whispered .softly ta him. “Jackie, .Jackis, 1.have .come: to take you.home.’ ' Affer some work Buddy managed to -open the box. .THev,reachtd home in safety. When mother rabbit’get up ‘next morning. She found Jackie tucked .smugfly in.'bed. Whan Buddy awoke his mother yas very srateful to him and:to.be sure Buddy never got into trouble akain. IE SHEMEACK, Age 12 junior .circle. I don't know of any leader in either of thess counties but has - just a ‘little . more work than she can possibly do. Mrs. Atterbury and I have. alittle joke between us about the O-cedar. mop and the dust-cloth, but we bpth.: have - Sunday ‘school classes who were begging.to join something, so we have ‘qualified s junior experis. I have not felt in.years gone by like saving too much to.you about starting junior circles for fear you might say, “If Mrs. Prior Is so anxlous to have junior eir- cles started, why doesn't she start one New London. herself.” -1 have started one and now In An.Old Farmheuse. I"challenge you. Will you start 2 jum- Dear Uncle Jed: This is the first time | for circle? I have sent 2 story to the Wide-Awake Clrele. - So I hope. my first story will please vou. It is a description:of an old-farm house. One day some of the boys .and = girls thought it-wonld be a gocd place to eat their lunches. They went to top of the hill. - They tried- to get in the house but the door was locked. They tried all the win- dows, but all were iocked except one. One of“the boys opened it. I have 2 mew fleild of expert work which is much needed. Unless you have arranged a conference or a convention program yeu do not realize the dearth of public speakers in our order leaders, if you have ,any promising candldates for honors in public speaking let’ us know about them and we will give them local oractice and then send them around the state. I've had my turn at you. Now I ought They went in one |t0 give you a chance to tell what would by one. - When they were all in they be- |[make an expert county president. Per- gan to look all around inside of the [kaps vou would tell me that a county house) president who & a housekeeper and a In the kitchen there was an .old table, |mother has no business to ba taken with and two chairs. They were covered with |2n enthusiasm for teachinz when the dust. ‘The floor was ditty. Next was the | COURty reports are comimg in. It is too dining room. Thers wero & few carpets |much like the old Quaker who felt cally and fhree old chairs. There were some |64 (0 o on a preaching teur every year white curtains but they Yok gray,.be- |2t ha.flr;-z time. This renewing acquaint- cause they were so thiek with'dust. Next | 40ce with my. old profession -impressed is the living room, thers was an eid writ- | M0 With the fact that each year we have ing desk, and an o4 chair. There were twe | (0 Tockon more and more with “the largs windews, and soms .. greém cur- | SUTAREET that is within our gates. It tains. After they had losked all groumd, |13 dlficult te get in touch with them. they went upetairs. Thers was am od | LhY 0 et expeet us to visit them and bed. 3nd ‘an old chest in the esrmer. The |theY resent anything that looks lke in- children incked In the chest, and te their | toTference. They e their children surprise, Who o you think- they founa? |24 some of thelr children are very lova- Guess! Then {her ate thelr dimmer, and |le. An acquaintance ormed mm;: went home and te?d their paremts thety | '° ren is always appreciated. Tuck. :1‘1?’& znd a few words :;:.me chfld‘r:: - raw 2 smile from mother HBLEN FREDETTE, Age 1% father.. In my own .tewn we are se velm?tovn: closely allied with each other than the problem faces uws-es how to reach these le. The Doreas circle has helped I.am a two-cent |one - Polish family .whe needed clothing. The Adventures of 3 Postags Stamp Dear- Unele Jed: postage stamp., 1 was made In Wash- | That particolar family needs a lot of ington, D. C. - After I was stamped I|help besides clothing and they may be was.packed .in ‘2 box and ehipped . to (able to impress them with the need of Down, down, she went until‘she landed | Portland. Maime. - On my ‘way I foand |elean bodfes and. clean living. myself floating.in the water. I was dis- | . My own circle ‘helped clothe a weman courzged, but one 4ay a postrmster saw (and three childrer’ who were being sent me in :the. water, picked ‘me .up and [back to Poland -just before Christmas. brought me to the postoffice. . | Because we - were recommended by the A woman czme in and’bought me. SMe | gelectmen . we - were admitted to their pot me on an envelope. . Now I was ‘wen- | confidence. The “lady” as all her neigh- dering where I was going. All'ef a sud- [bors .called her, was of a higher class den .1 formd myse in 2 ‘woman’s mafl |than most of them and prettier children Wyoming. She opened 'the letter |I never saw. Because we had to have ® had finished she | interpreters and becauss all the neigh- threw me into.the fire. . There : I was [bors were interested we made quite 2 few friendy among the Polish and when PRNEST LAFRENTERE. < |there is a letter from “the lady” they » 8 3 come and. tell me about it. They were very uncemfertable and unhappy when A Fortunate . Turdinoss. they first”arrived in Poland, but after Dear Uncle Jed: “A poor boy wag ones |tk “Red- Cross -reached them jghey were ped@iing orangés:at the railway statiom | MOT® - comfortable. The children are of a small southern town. He had.made | l00king forward to the day when they very. few sales during the morning gnd |CD come back to America. I am not was turning a2way, tired amd - discour- | telling these facts to boast of the work agéd when a belated \ paswenger - came | 00 MY own circle but to'encourage any hurrying alemg, and seeing the tempting [Of YU Whe. are situated as we are to fruit - in - the boy's « stopped gain the confidence of these peopls. ‘1 Have given you the three qualities bat: 4id not:-have time to pay as the trate | Which go’te ‘make.an expert—study, in- -3¢ 8 terest and - practice. But is that all that - the making of an ex- pert - Daughter of - the:. 2 Was - it | because X ; | grest” ‘and a great healer that the e | littleseh came.te Him as they would | to¥ their ‘mother. Wag it only interest thet caused ‘Him . to mourn over His re- by Jerusalem? ' I think the chil- dren-saw leve im His face and respond- editeft. - g & No .Goubt . Doreas was g skiliful nee- may tum up. And|&8l&-woman but she maust have given b hing -along . with her garments to ‘Brother ; Harold | cause .the people to mourn for her. Paul had a great influence o r Time- w Paul’' was a great scholar and a pewerful -preacher. - He. might fitly have % . kept.the relationship ath tn:dcher and pu- “On’ il: 4, George Burton, 22, Broad.|Pll but-in his-epistie he adresses Timo- way, }?x York City, . when . ahout to(thy -as -“my well-beloved son.” 2.15 train ‘at. Woodville, S. C.,| -If'Iispeak with the tongues of men took' six oranges withant payment, from |and-of angels but have not love, I am 'the basket, of a small boy selling fruit |D3¢ome sounding. brass or a clanging at’the station. ''The ,owner‘of- the symbol. . If T.bestow all my goods -to little “trem . the fast that’ ‘Who. Was & wido 14 . Something. +Two, weeks after. his: ¢ 0 2 y days. | was-and. she ‘told him thet her mother [ket will please communicate - with the |feed the pogr and if I give my Lody to It not, his farm would be taken aw. ; : 5 ! y.“AS |'was poor and _d#l'n’ he did not have the money, he decided fo|buy any. grocer] sell’ his horse. - ‘| thought” of. ‘the- littls "My {ly -back and gave her y & 3 1. - ‘He ran.quick- quick- o 35 and said, t have any: monéy to|above named gentleman as soon us pos-|be: He went on but he|siBle” - e burhed- and have .not loved-it profiteth mothing” - ‘Love’ never. falieth.” « Rell, Call Held. Thea' eame the Toll call firet of tns to. you “in some time I thought I would| QUALITY — QUANTITY — QUICK SERVICE FARM AND MILL SUPPLIES AGENCY FORT —_— DeLaval Separstesy 2 Paper Cutters | NARK gmy Unadilla Siles Molien Plow Ce. Comasco Engines Colombian Rope Cea. Shinn Flat Lightning Red Complete Stock CNE WEEK ONLY Garden Seced and Corn, 255, Off Special Prices. Corn Planters, Crow Repellent, Comasco Gas Engines. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED 93-95 WATER STREET CASH DISCOUNT Wall Board and Roofing LARGEST STOCK IN THIS CITY TO SELECT FROM SPECIAL PRICES. H. F. & A. J. DAWLEY Telephone 62 NORWICH, CONN. Telephone 219 two guests, Mrs. Helen Menet of Orange, N. J. the general secretary of the In ternational Order and Mrs. Orville tor of Bridgeport, the state president. The sacretary oalled the roll of -the circle’s each responding With its text. The circles were King's Bluebirds 8, Comfort 8, Happy Days 1, Euphemian 14, Grace 8, Earest Workers 9, Mizpah Putnam 1, Loyal 7, Tru Ready 0, Charitable 4, Prayer 1, Cheerful Doers 2 London 1, Friendshi Dorcas 3, Burden Chapter 24, Rainbows § Independent, visiting 3. e Dinner of the most bountiful sort was | served by the members of the circles of | tNiS country. It was voted the -comaty: the Greenville church, the tables being | ¢S be raised to five cents. The résoy decorated with flowers. Mrs. Menet con-|.ution committes presented the follpwd ducted the afternoon devotional ex SRE SO M ] | reading from John 15. Brief prayers fol-| . TUAt & rising vote of thanks te thes lowed. She then gave a talk on the New | Greeneville Congregational church fod Work that the order at large has ta the use of its building. the pastor of the WD, Giving an account of:t church for his helpful message to Bu< Hel connelitat Tontirflle. K mia circle for this delightful Bos+ , to Mrs. Buckingham, and Mrs, ooks are fringed with flowers. Life woull not have been attended with such beauty and grandeur if it had pow been for a purpose. Life is full of em~ blems to indicate that it is for the pleas- ure, the satisfaction of God's offspring. irs. Rector's address was foliowed by violin &dlo, By the Brook (Rene de Bo: deffre), by Mrs. Lemuel Green of Jeweis City. o Notice to Congressman Freem: was voted that the secretary noti, Congressman Richard Freeman thad ers 1, Home Pathfinders 0. . being exported fromy N e I A eth Advertsing| Green, who so entertained with musid s e Tacome by entiess and 24dINE| charmingly, to Miss Kramer, organis tal i = -4 B Menet and Mrs. Rector for their headquart The order is be-{ >t g o P &4 o Gt by OUt~| \ire. Prior, who so ably arranzed he et g - s : g | programme and conducted the meeting, | tauqua, there bging an Old Home Week | ot e - | planned for this year [ uqua | - ""“: "l-h“‘. -~ "7. b scholars are given by the ped to make conference nt and general = Invitatign te Willlmmtia An invitation from Prayer and Trgs: ing circles of Willinantic te hold f: next convention with them was extente and axcepted. A play, The Charfy- Conscience was given by Marie A bury, Chariotte Geer, Mabel Viola Leoitsky, Evelyn Eastland, R Dressler, Dorothy Haslam, Myrtle Ta: lor, members of the Rainbow circle, Ju lic schools nominatio. v for the funds for | tion having respon: The Great One ver Cross membe nior, of the Greeneville % out successfully. church and it merited all the memo: accorged them. A voluntary nip at Tuscaloo, Ga.. tion of $6.50 was presented them af = in their work This closed ghe \ference. endowed Kins Daughters at room for ed couples D the convention slogan for Dont’' push, don't rush, but hit th i 1 for Varmont. We labor, love, sorrow and| 1= play together and lay our gifts on the o altar of Christ. We will fold biessing was her closing admoni- # tion. = GIRLS! LEMONS State President Speaks The state president, Mrs. Or N -« v d: Lineage 4 i et e (e BLEACH SKIN?WHITE Mrs. Rector said it is a wonderful th to be a child of a real king. God him: honored the name of king way back fore Christ was born After speak biblical history and references, tor said: Now can you not see h clusively I have prov own book that we royal name, King’ our eider brother is Ch: made visible thro Taking this state members of a roval fam royal attriubte: no other path tt are traveling in t ¥ disagreeable, it is grand. paved with diamonds. s iaeneagiienesteriastbin possseserserssersessssresssy a quarter pint of d delightful lemon bieach. 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