Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 8, 1922, Page 2

‘Willimantic Office 7 21 Charch Street Telephone 1062 ‘What Is Going On Tonight i of aldermen meets in Council town"bullding. ug lodge, No .22, Knights of Pythias, meets at Castle hall, §07 Main ! Jobn commandery, K. T, stated conglave at Masonic hail, Maln street. hundred and fty graduates of the Normal schoc! with frlends ai- tended the recnion held fn this city Sat- . Among those attending were $ Henry 'T. Puyr of New Britain Artflur B. Mor: of New Haven, fornier principals of the school. Geos Phenix. the other ex-principal of thé Wchool was unable to be present, Al es first registered at the hormal and from there went to Windham High school where at 10.30 o'clock a three act comedy, for Fun” was ted by the normal school faculty. m'-y was directed by Frederick Stactner. Between the acts several pi- ano selections were given by Morgan R. Bt. Jobn. The cast of the co: Annle Oates, Miss Edita Morton, her niece, & wester heire: Miss Hester ley ;: Miss Mabe! West, a friend of g.‘.-klhnon Margaret Srields; Jane McCarthey. ryant. M Mary Quinn: Lord an Eng) Bepleman, Arthur Squires: Jack Farl, Bis friend, 2 happy-zo-lucky fellow, Elmer Bllsworth. T ens of the comedy was laid In New York edy follows: Mrs. an Ir followed, when The officers to Henry al, who spoke raised for a m of a scholarship in e E. Dennehy who vears. ' Thus far The committee culty for raising the and comprises. Mrs. rairman; Frederick Ellswortr, Mirlam and Ethel Lewls. Willi- is to be held Hotel Jorn- g toastmast- of the din- Hendry, Dr. H. onds. 50 has been inted b h pds was o H. Sp . Staebner. $Xidmore, Irma Lord . The fourteenth annual dinner fmantic Cit Wedne gen, Dr. J The r_cor An attempt to enter the honse of Fred 3. Tader, a ndham, early S: #ay mo trated when Mr. Ta- ber keard of the dining window an household. The seeing lights in the a get-away. C e Ataed ¥ At the meetinz of Francls 8. Long Post, day afternoon at G. even of 1§ the fourteen eonmittee from A S W. V. discussed fo es. Rev. Joi Methotise Episcopal church. was and extended an invitation to the post to attend services at the church Sunda May 28th when special Memorial day se vice will be held The funeral services exercis- e Fir ‘present ot from the fun 5 Brothers at uiem high mass at St. Joseph's church at 9 o'clo was sung by body was born ch the choir sang, Abide Wi . at ths offertory O, Salutaris, and for a waiting hymn, Face 16 Face. The bearers were William As tre DENTISTS Dr. Jackson, Dr. Strickland NAP-A-MINIT FOR PAINLESS EXTRACTION IAND FILLING. DENTAL X-RAY SPECIALISTS SAMTOBP M, 715 Main Street. Alling Building % Phene 44 mantic : Kiliourey Bros. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS Willimantic, Conn ilady Assistant) 38 Uninn St Phone 2¢¢ JAY M. SHEPARD Buysceeding Fiimore & Shepas Funeral Direcior & Embalmer 90-82 NORTH ST. WILLIMANTIC Lady Assistant. Tel. Connectit MURRAY'S BOSTON STORE Rourks, Joseph Egan of South ‘Manches- ter, Thomas Sultivan . of ge@z?g“:m Paul Flynp of t&u cllg.“& the ‘I.mlly fot cemeters. Kose ¥ 20, died eariy S:mnhy mum"%"m- ‘home ' of ~ her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Adolphe Obernesser, No. 17 John Lmen lfl!s Fontana nun in May §, 1892, the daugrter of Mr. nnfl Mra, Challier Fontana. She Featts ¥ brothers, Plerre and Adolphe Fontana. both of thh-euy Wi show ternon ln a Pomfret, by flueuxn- Pomiret school by tre substantial score of 10 to 6. The firial issue of the game was more or less a guorise, as Pomifret has beep de- feating nearly all eomérg SR mu:h bigger team than Windl opened up in the scoTIng. llmn g me first inning when the Burr brothers each brought in & run. In the seventh Inning the Windhaim lag; showed signs of throw- ing the game away -while Pomfret sought to_revive its players by mueh cheering, but in the inning two more runs were added Tg:mm practically put the game on lce. ltekr playe;s for Windham were o0 *pitched the whols game and besides clearing him- selt out of several knotty probléms, struck out some of Pomfret's best hitters. 5. Heller took second honors by assitsing in x put outs and briaging in onme run. Roach, Pomfret's star pitcher was forced to the showers after the 4ta inning and was replaced by Foster. Merrlll and Ferguson starred for the defeated team with three assists and one Tun for the former and thres runs and two assists for the latter. Alfred Nichols was palnfully injured Saturday morning whilp working en the press at tre 8. C. S. box shop when three Qngers on his left rand were crushhed. He was taken to St. Joseph's hospita) where the wounds were dressed. The hedge about the *praperty of St. Paul's Hpiscopal church was completed recently by the hedge and lvy committee, of whiel Mrs. flam E. Jackson 15 chairman. Mr. and Mrs. C. Harry Branch of Sum- mit sireet enteriained over tho week end, Mr. and Mrs Kefneth B. Millet of New Rochelle, N. Y. Mrs, Isabelle Bradley spoke at the Sunday meetings of the First Spiritualist society. The case of Herbert W. Rathbun. charg: ed with fornication wWas sontinued one week from Saturday, at the suggestlon of Prosecuting Attirney Samuel B, Har- vey, Saturday morning in police court. The reason for the continuance is that the principal witness is now at the State Farm for Women at Lyme. The city board of relief of which Mayor Charles A. Gates, Alderman Edgar Ja- cobs, president of the poard, and City Clerk John B. Edgarton, are members, are to begin meeting Wednesday of this week. The dance at the state armory under the auspices of Company G., 169th infantry was well attended Saturday night. The Tdeal Singing Orchesfra of Webster, Mass., played, Judge and ‘Mrs. Frank H. Foss, epent 1o week cnd at thelr cottage at Music . I. Brick has returned hiome atter winter in the south. He will with William B. Jordan untfl Mrs. Brick arrives in two weeks. Mrs. Herbert Simms, of New London, a normal scrool graduate spent the week end with Mrs, Charles L. Boss of Lewis- ton avenue. Mrs. Adgar ONeil of New York ras left for Providence atfer visiting her brother, James A. Calnen. Many local people who have opened their summer cottages at various nearby beaches are spending the Week ends at the srore. Several local baseball fans motored to Nerwich Sunday to witness the game between the Norwich Kaceys and West Ends of Bridgeport, formerly the Singers. Jonathan Eno, chisf of ths prohibition cement department of Connecticut visited this city Sunday. The week end passed quietly for the local police, no arrests being made. Hundreds of motorcyclists visited Wi minlk Sunday and attended the motor cycle hill climb at Mountain street under the direction of & Manchester deqler, In spite of tre heavy traffic Sunday no accidents had been reporied at the police i station late Sunday evening. Notices have been posted at the Ame: | Friday n Thread company that beginning May. h the operating time of the plant will advanced one-half rour. Under the | now seredule the mills will operate from .. m. to 4,45-9, m,, with the usual hour tor noon. Mir. and Mrs. Lester B. Rood of Hol- Mass,, are guests of Mr. Rood's Mrs. Mabel nood. Nelligan of tris city is ir \ashington, D. C., a delsgate 2id ing the ause of fre Irish Hepubllc, Hembers of the Nipnet Canoe club pight. The meeting was calle in"order to get the opinion of the membe: as to whetrer to continue the orgamiza- tion or to dispose of its property. Grand Knight Arthur P. Bergeron and Past Grand Knight Thomas O'Brien are rdoresenting San Jose Councll, No. 14 Knights of Columbus at the 24th state convention of the order at Danbury today (Monday) and Tuesday. The annual concert by the Girls' Glee club and Windhdm High school orchestra, assisted by Maurlee E. Wallen, tenor, and Ralpr H. Gfbson, violinist, was given Friday eyening at the school anditor- ium before @ large aullience, whicr re- peatedly cailed for encores of the splen- didly interpreted Tnumbers. Hearty praise was given the members of the (Continued om Pags Six, Col. Four) Willimantie, Conn. NEW RUGS AT LOWER PRICES When nature starts to spread her of nlqndtohm:lmtobmnfl?t hme,mlnfidpd:onofwlrmflm & mnewdnpmntnutremvdlmhduwcyhnd of rugs that will home, and may be klZnn ity rugs up to $80.00, rm;ndn for as little as moo ‘We also have 6x9 and 8.3x10.6, and the heflcr qual- Rules For 1.-: Wrtters. 1—Writs plainly- on side of the paper only, numb er 8 pages. Z—Use pen and ink, mot pencil. S—Short and pointed articles will be glyen preference. Do mot use over 250 words. 4—Original storfes or letters only will be uib) —Write your name, age and address Ulll.nly at the bottom of the StOF¥. WIDEAWAKE POETEY - Fishiw Castin’ an’ a castin’, without a single bite, Waltin’ an’ & waltin’, frim morning’ till night. They told me that T'd catch 'em, right in this spot, _ But I gucss they was a talkin’, ulkxn Tot. ‘Whenever I go fishin’, they've uwm ‘em day before, An’ the prospects, they wonk catch ‘em a.us; more. Pishi: ex’ fishin’, 11 it's way into the it Castin’ fy, Wi’ an’ 8 wattn', nigh. Soms Tolks seem to havo the knack of ‘baitin’ hooks, But T guess I couldn't learn if I studied it from Hook An' somehow other folks go haulin’ in the catch, While I just keep on settln’, and can't " make a scratch, Fishin’ an’ a fishin, bite. Yet I g0 on fishin’ tl it's way Into the night. Ko & Gatim, throwin' out my an mot a fish is without a single ~—Charles Bamfleld Hoyt “To a Little GIrl It 1 could be a little flower. In your garden I would grow, To have you watch me every hour And say, “I love you so!" Or 1t T were a little bird, In your cage I'd wish fo @well, That whene'er you spoke 2 word 1'd sing, “I love you well." But if a little thought I were: My home would be your heart; And our love would be so pure We would not wish to part. Then, from each flower, and bird, and thought, That is sweet and fair and pure, May something good to you be brought That shall fore'er cndure. G. W A. UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES Many, 1f not all the Wideawakes have been reading or hearing about General Ulysses S. Grant, the great Civil war leader and afterwards president of the United Statcs, the 100th anniversary of whose birth was observed last week General Grant owed much of his suc- cess in the war to the 'fact that he was always at work. That seems to have been characteristie of him from boyhood. He knew what hard work meant and hs lik it. Grant rm and he enc> as other boys There were those who “Useless™ ona with nicknames. were determined to call him Grant, but nothing of the kind ever came to the mind of his soldiers. It was “Un- conditional Surrender” that they termed him. Like many another boy then and today, Grant found out wha meant to live on a farm: He was able at the age of eleven to hold a plow and from that age till he was seventeen he did all fuch with horses as breaking up the land, furrowing, plowing corn and ipctatoes, bringing In the crop when harvested, hauling all the wood besides tending two or more hors- es, a cow or two and sawing the stove wood. He was like other boys in that all work and no play was distasteful. He llked to foh and he liked to swim. He was also fond of skating and sleighing, but he never cared for himting.' He never hunted in his life and pever used frearms for amusement. He couldn't en- tertain the idea of killing anything. He had a horse of his own when he was nine and had an eye to making money by driving into the country those a riving by stage and seek veyance for reaching their destination. And these trips were not over macad- am roads or for short When was ten he was making trips of 40 cs es the driver of o span and - ng many passengers to and from Cir innatt. As might be expected he Tas fond of horses, taught them to pace and did many. stunts on horseback. Understanding and loving them he was able to do most any- thing with horses. It was his claim that 1t he could mount a horse he could ride hi distances, Grant had certain pecullarities aside from the fact as a boy he didn't believe 1n shooting anything. In mite of his ability in handling horses he was always ooposed to racing them and he always kept away from the race track. He couldn’t bring himself to see even s a boy and young man that such sport was not cruel. The boyhood days of Grant all played an important part in fitting him for the responsible service that he render- ed in after years as the capable military leader who Lincoln declared did things and as the president for two terms of this great nation. WINNEES OF PRIZE BOOES 1.—Helen Sledjesky of Eagleville— A Struggle for a Future. 2—Vernon Warhurst of Plainfield— The Auto Boys' Outing. 3.—Susan J. Carusella of Fagleville— The Castle of the Carpathians, 4—Buth Febel of Gales Ferry—Tne Prize Watch. §5.—Edward Strong of North Plain—The Auto Boys’ Mystery. 6.—Melanise Labarre of Baltle—With the Hero of the Marne. 7—Catherine Geary of Putnam—At the Fall of Warsaw, $—Gladys C. Palmer, of Clark's Falls— Brownie Beaver. LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Bath Moore of Norwich—I am thank- ing you véry much for that prize book. I bave read it through and enjoyed it very mich. Pauline Eisensteln of Colchester—I re- ceived the prize book entitled “Pixy’'s Fol- iday Journey,” and thank you very i 4 :h for the same. I have not as vet, reau it, but from what I know of the other books you have sent me, it must be fine. Laura B. Holbrook of Leonard’s Bridge —1 wish to thank you for the prize book you sent me; entitled. Shelled by an Un- Been Foe. - T have Tead it, and it is very good. LETTERS WRITTEN AWAKES Tracking Dear. Uncle Jed: BY WIDE- 1o most pecple but as the saying goes, ou have to be born to it. OF many years-of patient learning a person might become 8 teacher. 'r:;e g.ha In- dians for ex: home, every brush, . uru or Dird- u o | friend to iem. ~Thiey had very keen eyer and what we would thin] and what we Would iwig -~ would be place where someone had passsl. The Indi- ans glided through the woods as sofily as the falling snow, if the D they were tr: an hour's they would soon gvercome f.hlttht;;r, ks Th&re are many ings to considere in ‘tracking. Ablade of grass bent back, o broken twig, & piece of shale on & rock. old logs and water. A blpodhoud would follow a trall up io of w ater and then stop, why? Because the scent had vanished. The dog could go ho further unless the water was crossed. t out to. track an- snowed 1t would He would first 190k _ges in what di- e would also see make the task easler. for footprints—and the rection he had gone. i a branch en a bush had been dis- |/ turbed, with these things . in mind h would start out and ln most cases would find the man. X V'ER?\O\I WM Age 13. Planifield. A Party in the Woods. Dear Uncle Jed: T am going to tell you about a party in the woods. Ons day the school children and the teacher were going to the woods to have a party. The day before the party teacher told all the chfidren to bring something for the party. My sister Re- becca znd T had to bring & dozen banan- &5 and @ glass of sugar. Then the day for the party we went to ths Woods. First we made ‘the lemonade. Then we all sat down and the teacher gave out same cale, sandwiches, bananas, oranges and lemonade. -Then 2 man came and brought sorme ice cream and we ate it. We went home after having had 2 fine time. T hope all the Wide-Awakes had as good a time as I did: BELLE SEPLOWITZ, Ags 10. North Franklin. 1 | Why There Are 13 Stripes In Our Flag. Near Uncle Jed: When the first flag was made there Were 13 states, therefore when they made the flag they put on 13 stars and 13 stripes. TWwo. years or so later two more states were gotten and they added two stars and two stripes to the present 13. Some time later many other states were added, but the people thought "that {f they kept putting on stripes the flag would be too large, so they kept the 13 stripes as there were at first to stand for the first 13 states of the Union, but that they would add stars to make up the Dumber of the states. | Therefore now we have the 13 stripes and the 4§ stars. A. WITTER. Amston. Looking for Arbutus. Dear Uncle Jed: T am going to tell you | what a good: time T had one Sunday. My | mother, sister, brother and myself went| up to my aunt’s house. We went with 2 | borse and wagon, starting about 9 o'clock | in the morning. As soon as we got up fo | my aunt's house my cousia asked me 1!. I wouid go for a walk with them. Thers | were eight of us. We Went looking for arbutus, but we did not find any. We) went up through the woods till we came to a pond cajled the Green Fall pond. here was a great ledge at the other end { of the pond. At the bottom of the ledge was a pipe and the water was flowing out of the pipe and it Wwas very prett: We stayed there quite a while and then we went back to my aunt's house, and in a little whils we went hom Don’t you think I had a good time? do. I wisped you were wifh me. GLADYS C. PALMER Age Clark's Falls. T kN The King and the Three Children. Dear Uncle Jed: This is my first letter to you. I am 11 years oid and I am in the sixth grade, Once thers were thrss children why lived in a far off country. The children had a very dirty piayhouse. One day the king's bugler told them that the king was coming that way. They Ilooked around and then began to clean it up. Then they put & box on the ground. They said that was to bs the king's throne, but they knew that the . king could mot sit on i. That night they could not sleep and they waited ail morning and affernoon. The king did not come, but a stranger came down the road. As he came nearer he asked the children if he could rest there. One of | the boys asked him if he would be the king and sit on the throms, after they told him about the king. The stranger said that he would have to be going. As be was walking dgwn the road the moon shone on his head, and it loaked like gold. Can you guess who the stranger was? It was the king ELLA BUONANNO, 4 N Cheerfglness, Dear Uncle Jed: Onee upon a time there lived a brownie. He lived in a bole ig the ground. You maey think this o queer place to llve, but it wasn't to the brownie. The door was no bigger than a dime. But it wasn't too small for the brownie, because he was mno bigger around than a dime and one inch tall. His hallway went down and down, not straight, but around and around. At the bottom. there were many doors. Ome led to the kitchen, one to the dining Toom and one to the bedroom. There was a small window With a tunnel that 'led to the top of the ground. He was yery. comfortable thers. His bed was a bunch of thistledown, his cov- ers Were mullien leaves. Hiy lamp was a firefly and bis chair a toadstool. He helped everyone in'the world. He had a chariot drawn by 20 ants and a ship drawn by a dragon fly. In the world bo helped ‘evesyone. Hp did this by be- ing happy and pleasant. This brownie's name was Cheerfulnes. WILLIS SWANSON, Age 13. Fagleville. My Trip to Oakland Beach. Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about my trip to Oakland Beach. We brought things Which we thought were convenient. Those coming wers.my father, mother, sister and I We were seated in the car looking at varlous in- teresting features. After a pleasant ride we reached Oak- land Beach. There people were bathl and baloons could be scen floating in the air. My mother and father left us and went lo Drepare @ Jumch for Us at my aunt’s gottage, leaving s glone. W took the liberty of walking u%und 5 To our sufprise, We met many friends, 50 We Went to the roller coaster with them. After that We took a wim. It was 6 o'clock when we went to the movies. It was very interesting. It wasn't very late 50 we declded to ride around the béach. On the way we felt bungry, 50 We ate lunch at a restaurant. ‘The hour was half past 9. so we di cided to go home. I was tired when I got there. Don't you think it was at in- teresting trip? ROSE GOLDBLATT, Age 1L Baltfe. ¥ My Trip to Larfabee Oak. Dear Uncle Jed, Mrs. R. Irving Hurl- butt, director of our Queén Esther circie, also the teacher of our Sunday school clags, arranged a hike for Tuesday, when we visited the big white oak onthe farm east of our village, awned new by Dr. C. B. Graves of New London, but long ago known as the Larrabee farm. A tree Tracking seems easy (here is said to be the iargest oak.now \ dling milk, painting houses, They assume that CAN A MILK PEDDLER BECOME A CLOTHING SPECIALIST OVERNIGHT? Men who devote the best years of their lives to specializing in the science of correctly ped- installing electric wires, and the like, not infrequently discover that theyhnbundevohdtotlnwmgendum mewmmmlfihfi retai] selling of men’s clothing. So, they open clothi lhuatkepudmngwi!lwlhumnof' t at experience in fitting, knwledgeofm&m" sequentisl; that men will buy anything anyway. How little they fool anyone, other than themselyes. MfipflfMIWflMflHfih mmunw:pmfwuchphym,mdnqqqflu patterned material for each style; that makers. And als met’fimgufleflyunnmmmtbwfmmnhbmform 4 of clothing building is essential to escape t mzfluofmflwhfl vety soon find out that retail g requires business acumen; " The Joseph Fine Co. is composed of men who have grown-up in the clothing industry. Mr. Fine Mbfincwwuhdflhummfidmndplhn.mhwfmflunymou Mr. Benoit, mmudmfim&mhhvoflmhntmtymmmmm Bothmexpm in the art of properly dressing each man in correct outer apparel. ‘is the combined knowledge of these able men that makes possible the carefuil combing of tlmdommgmduubmempthnzCo fmmte;ukhbem-d-mmewwl to their individual specifications. It is their foresight in establishing the growing business of this company upon a strictly cash basis which enables them to buy to better advnnuge md to sell at Iower prices for equal and bet- ter qualities. That is why you can secure the newest Spring and Summer, Al-Wool, Individual Suits here as low as $22.50 And Hundreds of New Straw Hats, at $1.95 N K1 “THE LIVE STORE” 115 MAIN STREET, NORWICH e 54 STATE STREET, NEW LONDON standing in the state of ~ Connectlcat. Pive girls with arms outstreiched with | fingers only meeting could barely span { the trunk of the tres. A book placed by the owner of the property is in a strong box near the free, where the visitors register their names and addresses. It is said that four pages of a new book have been filled this spring. A plenic” lunch wag eaten, after which the pary enjoyed cut of door games. Seventeen wers pres- ent. We all srrived homs ilred but barps. a RUTH FABEL, Ags 14 Gales Ferry. Our Farm. Dear Uncle Jed: This is the first time that I have written to the Wide-Awakes. I am going to teil you about my caif. She s red and white and about eight months old. Her name is Bess. She runs with our other caif out of doors in the day time. We have 31 head of cattle and two horses. We have an 8 and a 1 1-2 horse Dower gasaiing eogine. . We thresh. saw wood and grind grain with the largs one and run the ;egumur grindstons- and washing maching with the small one. I go fding for trout in a brook close to our htuss. I have caught 12 fish this year. EDWARD STRONG. Age 13. North Plain. My ¥irst Swimming Lesson. Dear Uncle Jed: It was on & véry warm day in August last year that I tgok my first swimming iesson. My tutor was a girl friend of mine. We both went dm to the river with our bathing sul 34t 2cet when w8 got in the water It was cold, but after a Wwhilé we didn't mind it. My friend, who was & good swimmer, bégan by telling me how to move my f6sf and hands. I tried it, but it was in vain. The next day I trled it again, and I could move my feet and hands e little. The third time I went I suciseded much more than befors and could swim a littls way. But the last time I went I conid swim pretty fair. I hope I'il he able to do much beétter fhis year. MELANISE LABARRE, Age 13. Baltle, ‘Tommy had been lis- tul ghost stery betore now he couldn't go to sledp. As he gazed into the darknmess Sout hims b8 heata & 2olse la the corner of the ream Squeak, squeak. Again the sound om the derkness.. Tommy raised hlmlel gn his el 2nd peered around the room. As he did so he beheld an object movi ward hhn This was foo micch for Tommy ‘and he ducked un- der the bedclothes. B How long he remained there Tommy did not knogw but when he peeked out fram under the clothes the object was gone. He then turned over op his side and tried to sleep. He lay that way for about & half hour but siéep would not come. Tommy héard his fathér and mother come upstairs and enter their rooms. Finally be dozed off and was having =& very pleasant dream vhen he awoke with 3 art.” "Tnm at the oot of his bed Tommy be- held the strange object again. For & mo- ment he lay still gazing at #f. Then he decided to investigate. Pickifig 0 one of his shoes which I&y on & chalr mear the bed Pommy hurled it at the odject. If leaped to the floor and as the glow of the eléctric Hght fell upon it Tommy saw it was the cat. His fear gone Tommy turn- over and fell asleeh. CATHERINE GEARY, Age 12. Putnam. A Hike to Devil's Denm, Pear Uncly Jgd: Ons sunny day s lot of boys and I went on a hiks to Devil's den. We took some bacon, cszs and some bread. The. road was mud- dy and hilly and it was warmer. There Was ‘some snow on the ground. When we were going along the road we saw some men culing down down trees. then Wwe came to 8 saw mill Then we came to a track and\T walked the track. When we camo %o the den there were high mountains apd steep cliffs. Then we went in the den end made a fire and fried our eggs. Right in front ot the ‘cave thers is an Indian chief burled and there was a stons on top of the grave. When we were starting for home it began to rain. We had to take the trolley but we had a very nice time over um 3 GUONACK, Age 13. South wmumn The Spesking And Spelling Contest. Dear Uncle Jed: On Friday, March 10, 1923, a girl friend of mine and I went to Spring Hill for the speaking and speiling contest. Helen Sledjesky went for the speaking contest and I for the spelling contest. There were many boys and girls; parents of many children and teachers wérs there also. This speaking and gpelling contest was held at the town hall in Spring Hill. The super- visor, of the schools amd the music teacher were there. All the boys and girls were waiting for the time to come for the contest. At last the tims came, the boys 2 girls that were in the speaking . fest taolk their places and the onés in the epelling contest “took their places. ‘The ¢hildren of the Eagleville schesl started singing and the muslc teacher kept time With thém. The time came wiien the first boy went up to the plat- form and recifed his poem.; It' was “Warrén's Address.” The next went up and then the mext until there were nine in 21l Thé&h the children started singing agaln. Afier they finished the children in the speifing contest Jwent 6 the Platform. We all stood in 2 Tow. One of the teachers came with a spefling. book In her'hand. Before we Started to spell, the supervisor of the schools. fold us it we spelied the whole word and if we made any mistakes we had to go to our They gave us only o chance. started to spell. First one boy sat down besause he couldn’t spell the word’ right.. Then one by ome al- mast all of us had to take our seats except 2 boy and a girl who didn't miss once. Finally -the girl misspelled. the word and the doy won the spelling con- test. This boy came from the Ridges school. ~The supervisor at the front of the room began ‘the talking sbout the cantests,. He said that the judges dé- cided that the fourth one that went on the platform won the chn- test. This girl was so surprised. The judges didn't have her name, but this gitl was standing right beside the su- Dervisor and she told them her mame and from Where, she came. After this we' all sang ths “Star Spangled Ban- ner.” While we were going home we saw a horse that was afraid of sutomobiles, and !t jumped but it wouldn't go ahead. At’last the driver got out of the wag- on and lsd the horse until they came to the roed. We then got In the wagon and stacted to go home. On our way homp it etarted to tain but we had an umbrelia with-us and my girl friend and I were very glad that we didn't get soak- ed. SUSAN J. CARUSELLA, Age 14. Eagleville, Our Contest. Dear Uncle Jod: Last year the boys and girls Sunday school classes had an automobile contest. Before Wé start- ed it the members of the two classes did not come regularly and the teach- ers wanted to Have good = attendance every Sunday, so they planped this con- test. It would run for fout months. At the end of two months the one that had the most points would be entertained by the class that lost. We were to go trom New York to San Franclsco in the first two months, and from San Fran- ecisco to New York in the next two months. Each Sunday so many points were given for atténdance, learning of memory tests, etc. We were to go In a car that we thought best. We chose the “Ford” and the boys chose an Eng- lish car. T will write about the contest part and who won the two times, the neéxt time 1 write. EUNICE SEYMS, Age 13. Amston. An April Fool Day. Degr Uncle Jed: T will tell you about the day When I tried to fool our fam- fly, but ended by fooling myself. All night long the smow had fallen thick and fast, and the ground was all white. It Was the first day of April It" was still "very early In the mora- g when I felt some ope poking me. ‘ake up, Helen, quick, it is late and We are all eating breakfast.’ 1 opened my eyes an w that it was Jennie, my sister, & me up. “What! Are you eating breakfast al- ready?” “Yes, weo are. You are late for breakfast. Hurry up! Then I got iy, dressed myself, and went downstairs. ‘As e6on as I stepped into the dining .room everyone said, “dpril fool” -They had bot eaten &ny breakfast: yet and they fooled me by wakiog me up carly and saying that they bad had their breakfast. They were laughiog at me all the morning long. “EN" T sald to myself, “I will have to fopl them somehow or other” I couldn’t think of any way to fool them. Once T heppened to be passing by the barn. I went in to sée if there was anything I could fool fBem with, 1 looked at the bay and (iére lay omé of our cows. I wonder what she is do- ing bere said I to mysélf. Suddenly a thought struck my mind. T ran into the house crying. “Oh!, Coms! Quick! Our cow has a calt.” “Where is she? thay ctied. “Is the barn whers the hay is”* I answered. They all ran out into the barn whils T stood laughing. I did mot go into the barn. After a little while they all eame fn. As they came in I said, “April fool™ They iocked at me and then &t one an- other. At last Jeo o “ApHl fool? Why, what do you mean?. Wow @id vou fool us. Teil us™ 5214 1, “Tou know that yow this orning, £ 1 was think- how 1 could fool you As'T was passing by the barn T tho that T would go in and see If thers any that I could fool you. I went is and happened to look at the hay. In the hay lay a cow. Then a‘thought strack my mind. T thought that I would ge in and fool you by saying that the cow has a calf and that is the way I you April fool” Then I Brst out laughing. At last Jennie sald, “Weil. the cow has & calfl. “April fool” Thes while T stood dumfounded they all shout- ed together, “April foal " HELEN SLEDJESKY, Age 13. Bagleville. Lives On s Farm. Dear Uncle Jed: This is the time. I have ever written to the Wide- Awakbs. I live on a farm. My father plants about eight acres of corn, fivg acres of oats, a#d 2 small plece of, po- tatoes. We have two dogs, Sport snd Jeft. Jeff is & puppy. He and I great fun playing together. I am nine years old and am In the fifth grade at school. ROBERT M. STRONG, Ags §. North Plain. Every man knows of & sure rémedy for a coid that he wouldi't try em himself. & S —————— AR Who Are Thin and Pale Need Father John's Medicine Strength. and weight lost during the Winter should be made up In the sprin; Father John's Medi- cine is just the thing to brin: about this de sired change fo. it is pure nour ishment and con- tains just the elements to