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Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-27
Waixino for Papa.

Dear Uncle Jed: Papa is late this evening. The sun has gone down, the new moon has hung her silvery cres cent in the sky, and one bright star has come out. glowing and sparkling Ike a diamond. Everything is quiet, and the dusky shadows are creeping over the wood and fields.
 T wonder why my Papa does n0i ccme?" says Mark, as he stands on the stairs.
 Just then his Mamma called:
 Mark, come in and get your sup per; Papa will be late this evening"
 Just one minute more. Mamma, then I will come
 Mark stood there waiting patiently. but his Papa did not come. Just then a cry of joy arose from little Mark, and in a moment more Mark was fast ir his Papa's arms.
 ETHEL GRAHAM, Age F.
 ffviJIa
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The Blind Postman.

D~ar Uncle Jed: ] learned a new game called The Blind Postman, and it is played in this way
 First a postman general must be appointed, whose duty it is to write down the names of the other player. coupled with the names of the places they have chosen.
 The postman is blindfolded and led to the middle of the room. while the other players are coupled around him.
 The postnan general then begins to announce that a letter has been sent from one citv to another-say from Trenton to Newark. The two players who have taken these names must rise silently and change places.
 The postmans duty is to try and seat himself in one of the vacant chairs.
 The player who loses his chair must tken become blind postman.
 I hope some of the Wide -Awakes may have a pleasant time playing this game. "
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-27
A Visit to Grandma.

Dear Uncle Jed: When summer va cation comes I always visit my grand ma, whose home is in Swansea, Mass.
 Papa and mamma go too.
 It seems so long before summer will come again. I can hardly wait for I have such a good time.
 Grandma lives on a farm and she
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LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
His Teachers Little Helper.

Dear Uncle Jed: My teacher calls me her little helper. Would you like to know why?
 Every night I sharpen the pencils Every Friday night I wash the boards and clap the erasers and help her clean up, I like to be helper.
 ALPHONSE FOURNIER. Age 10.
 Norwich.
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Self Control.

Dear Uncle Jed: Self control is hav- ing will power enough to resist temp tation.
 You should never be tardy. Tardi- ness adds confusion to the school room.
 You should always see that your books and things for school are to- ge1her, so you won't have to hunt for them a t the last minute.
 I once read a story where school master used to go around with q can dle anl a bell to the boys houses who were late.
 One morning the master was late himself and the boys took the candle and bell and went and got him. He was so ashamed of himself he was never late again.
 The department of the schoolroom should always be of the best. The scholars should never laugh, talk or
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-27
Norwich.
Nv School,

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write you about my school. The schoolhouse is a small house and it is painted brown.
 It Is a private school and there are nine scholars when they are all there. There are only six now, the others are out with whooping cough. go into the public school year after next.
 Nv brother Is in the first grade.
 Some days we have been the only scholars in school.
 Once in two weeks we have d draw ing teacher come. and we like her very much and wish she could come more often.
 Westerly R. l.
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What Lillian Saw.

Dear Uncle Jed: One day I went out for walk and I thought I would like to be eyes so 1 looked around to seq what I could find.
 l found some pussy willows and some daffodfl plants about three inch es out of the ground.
 The birds were singing merri1y. There were quail starlings, sparrows, crows and catbirds in the trees near the pond and a hawk flying around.
 I saw a well with about thirty frogs in it.
 There were two large ships passing on Long Island sound.
 LILLIAN BRETIAUT, Age IS.
 Locust Valley, l.. I.
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Marie Rosa Ronheur.

Marie Rosa Bonheur was born tn Bordeaux, France in 1922. She had lived on a farm. She with her sister and brothers loved animals.
 Rosa was d poor little girl. Her father was an artist. Her mother was a music teacher.
 When Rosa was eight years old she moved to Paris. Her mother died One day she was lost and they looked down to the butchers shop and found her. Her brothers and sister were AIi- guste, Jules and .Julette.
 Rosa was sent to a nuns school. She was sent away to learn a trade. Shs learned to sew. but did not like it, for she wanted to draw.
 She loved the animals and drew pictures of them.
 She spent her time with her friends. She did not go out into society. She died at the age of 77 in 1899, henored and loved by all.
 The most important picture painted by Rosa Bonheur is The Horse Fair, which took her one and a half years Other pictures were Oxen Flowing, A Contented Flock A Humble Servant, A Changing Flock and Wasp.
 ALTA DODGE, Age 12. Plainfeld.
 The Stray Dog.
 One day when I was taking 8 walk I met a dog. He began to bark at me, so I said:
 Lie down, you bad dog!"
 He went on bis way and I walked along just as l should.
 Soon he came running after me, and followed me all along the way went. Then I said to him:
 Are you hungry?'
 He wagged his tail just as if he said Yes"
 So I took him home On my way home I saw a big black snake, and said:
 "Oh, Lookts There's a snake!" The dog bit the snake in the head and killed him.
 I came home safely and the dog came, too.
 Everybody was asking me questions like this:
 'Where did you get the dog?" I had to answer all the questions. I advertised in the papers, but nobody came after the dog. so I kept him and called him LaGdie.
 FRIEDA RETKOVSKE. Norwich
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAkES.
Bad Apples.

6aG APPte6s
 One day Roberts father saw him playing with some bad boys. He had known for some time that his son was learning bad habits He was very sorry, but thought it best not to pun Ish Robert at the time.s
 That evening he brought in from the orchard six beautiful apples. He gaVes them to Robert and told him to put them away for a few days till they got mellow. As Robert was putting them away his father gave him a rot ten apple and told him to put 1t away with the rest.
 But, father" said Robert, this ap- pie will make the others bad.'' Do you think so? Why should not the sound apples make the other bad ones good?" And with these words he shut the door and went away
 Eight days after he told Robert to take out the apples. The six apples that were sound were now rotten.
 Did I not tell you that the bad ap- pie would spoil the others?' said Robert.
 My boy" said his father. did not tell you not to play with bad boys? You have not cared for what I said, so I have tried to teach you a. lesson with the apples. The bad apple spells the good one'
 Robert never forgot the lesson his father taught him, and he never played with bad boys again.
 EDWARD BURNS. Age 13. & Norwich
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play, but use self control enough td conquer these habits.
 HILDRED SPICER. Bristol.
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THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

fee for them at any hour after 1os m Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-27
Rules for Young Writers.

Rules for Young Writers. l. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages. 2. Use pen and ink, not pencil 3. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not usa over 250 words.
 1: Original stories or letters only Tiu be used.
 5. Write your name. age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications to Un- Gle Jeds Bulletin OGsce.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-27

Whatever you are-Be that; Whatever you say-Be true. Straightforwardly act Be honest-in fact,
 Be nobody else but you"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-27

brother CT the stranger In the streets, you will find there is true pleasure in being useful-in doing kindly act for anyone.
 Wide-Awakes. put goodness into every day and you will get more sweet ness out of the day than you put in. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-03
GOLF AND CHURCH
Reasons For and Against Play
ing on Sunday.
DOES GAME ROB THE PEWS?
Men Need Sunday for Physical and
Spiritual Refreshments-A Sober,
Orderly Exercise.
DOES GAME ROB THE PEWs?

From SUBURBAN LIE.
A friend the other day propounded an
interesting problem. Suppose" he said.
shat an entirely new suburban COM
munity were to be created. without ira
ditions, customs or local laws OF its own.
Suppose you were to be made antocrat
over that community, with absolute
power to decree its laws. to regulate its
customs. to guide its forming traditions
Suppose the community had public golf
course and the question arose for your
determination. Shall the golf course be
open for play Sunday? What would you
decreer'
to answer 1t offhand. one way or the
other. in a word. But is 1t so easy to be
sure. when 1t Is answered, that the an
Election and consideration?
l shall not try to answer 1t offhand. I
shall consider some OF the different as
poets and discuss It in relation to other
more fundamental questions.
But first let me set down one or two
circumstances which give me some small
qualification for speaking on the subject
at all First. / am suburbanite.
think like suburbanite because have
lived for twenty years In q suburb. Next.
] am golfer. A man who had never
played golf, who had only an academic
appreciation Of what . round Of the links
can do for his bodily and spiritual health,
would be seriously handicapped in con-
churchgoer. A man who looked upon
Sunday a. merely the one day In every
seven when his ONCE was closed, with no
appreciation Of the day as an opportunity
for the quickening Of his religious expert
ence. would suffer under no less q handi-
cap.
1t Is true that in both these capacities
I am, il / may 50 phrase Il, . ''duffer.'
do not play golf nearly % well az I
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Thorp's Corpse.

From the H0n0o0 Cn1On1cAe.
Testators requests often lead to
strange results. A Scotchman. Thomas
Thorp, left all his worldly goods to his
two nephews on condition that they
erected monument to his memory
with at least one verse inscribed
thereon. These careful brothers searched
long and ardently for verse at once
brief and apt. but they found that the
poets were inclined to run to words.
They asked the aid Of the. monumental
mason, who suggested that the following
couplet would admirably meet the case:
Here lies the corp.
OF Thomas Thorp.
The brothers thought this apt but
wordy The mason cogitated long and
deep, and, to the satisfaction OF every
one. the verse found upon the stone was:
Thorp's
Corpse
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The Englishwoman.
From the Rochester Post Express.

From the Rochester Post Express.
women cannot be lawyers In Eng
land. nutsthey can be queens, marshaIs,
champions of England, sections. church
wardens, constables. workhouse gov
ernors. returning officers. overseers OF
the poor and sheriffs Of assises. And vel
the oDJecfion OF the law society to q
woman entering the legal profession is
that she e not person. Certainly
wnen nnfnsn law entities her to fulfill
% many xvnctions she cannot be called
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Corp. Facey Of Company K, LIST Infan-
try. recently was appointed first sergeant
Musician Edgar II. Gerber was promoted
to be duty sergeant. Sergt. Gerber made
the best score of any one in his com
pany in the regular qualification on the
range this season. His score was al
out of possible $50.
The National Guardsmen of the District
will have Gen. Harries with them the
first day Of their encampment at Harpers
Ferry. telephone message received al
headquarters from the general yesterday
brought the information that he would be
at the depot at 8 o'clock Monday morn
Ing In time to go on the first train with
the headquarters stan.
The mounted detachment OF the Signal
Corps left Washington early this morn
ing for Harpers Ferry by road. Capt.
Terry. commanding the Signal Corps, was
in command Of the force. and with him
inspector instructor; Capt Thomas r.
Clark. n. G. D. c., paymaster, who will
make all disbursements for the troop
while en- route to the camp, and Capt. H.
j. Bryson of the Medical Corps. N. G.
b. c.
The party expects to camp in the vicin-
ity of Leesburg, Va, tonight. and to ar
rive at camp at Bolivar Heights Monday
AFTERNOON. soon after the main body dis
embarks there from the trains. The
road distance along the route to be taken
by the Signal Corps detachment covers
sixty-two miles.
It will not be merely road march to
the camp, but will be one OF work and
instruction for the signal men. There viii
be instructions given In harnessing, sad
ding. riding. driving, shelter-tent raising
and other matters pertaining to soldier
life. while the citizen soldiers are en-
TIere VIII be ninety-one horses with the
signal Corps detachment. In addition to
menf there viii be forty-one horses be-
lonRing to the staff officers. orderlies and
briRade officers. Altogether there VIII be
ninety-three horses to go over the road.
y
Lieut.. George N. Lands. Signal Corps.
lett here Friday afternoon win Q detail
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of ten signal men to connect the camp
with the outer world. They Will erect the
telephone and telegraph wires necessary
for the quick dispatch of the business OF
the camp. In addition to "electrifying
the camp, they will erect the tents efor
the other signal detachment to come py
railroad and will unload the equipment
which was sent by railroad.
*
Changes In the Signal Corps personnel
were made as follows during the past
week: Corp. II. T. Church. reduced to
private at own request; Private James
Eisenstein, promoted to be corporal. vice
Church: Sergt n. q. Davis was promoted
to be first sergeant: Corp. Robert Her
forth promoted to be sergeant, and Corp.
W. r. Landsford also to be sergeant.
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From the London Chronicle.
Tattoo" the word that, starting from
unconnected sources in Holland and the
South seas. has come to represent two un-
connected things by the same sound and
spelling. il an example Of a curious trick
of our language. Another is turtle"
Nowadays what 1t most commonly sug-
gests Is the creature that gives the soup:
SO that we have Mark Twain's young man
in Palestine disgusted because the mud
turtle win not sing. though the. voice OF
the turtle" should be heard in the land.
dove Qsatin ''turtur." representing the
sound Of It's voice). English sailors. COM
Ing across the creature which the Span
iards called s'tortuga" Tour tortoise"
from Latin 'stortus.p twisted. I'm alIusion
to it's legs). made OF II the turtle into
which they were more familiar
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May Name Marine Painter.

1t is learned that there is some talk or
restoring the vacant post Of marine
painter to the king. The late marine
painter was an Italian. a very good sea
painter, but otherwise not very distin-
guished as an artist. How he came 10
be marine painter to the king was some
thing of mystery, but since his death
some months ago the Office has not been
filled. Now it is believed that the king
intends to confer Ii upon French
painter, Monsieur elliot, and the COM
pliment would undoubtedly be immensely
appreciated by the French people. Mon
sieur elliot has painted a fine picture of
the coronation naval royal review, and
the other afternoon the king and queen
went round to the Mclean Gallery In the
Haymarket to inspect the canvas. The
French ambassador was there. and ION
the spot, presented the picture to the
king on behalf Of the French govern
ment.
So there Is every probability OF another
'sfurriner' figuring at court ere long.
King Edward had a prediction for
foreigners in certain capacities. as had
his mother, and one Of them. Sir Edgar
Boehm, was actually found dead In his
studio by one of the royal princesses. Sir
Edgar Boehm was a Hungarian sculp-
tor. and SO pleased was Queen Victoria
with the statues which he made of the
prince consort and other high person
ages that she made him q baronet
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Purposes Of the Sabbath.

Sunday golf is not the cause of empty
pews. But both Sunday golf and empty
pews are symptoms Of new feeling that
Is growing up toward Sunday. Sunday
gclf Is only one symptom. Sunday auto
MODELLING, Sunday tennis. Sunday base
ball. immersion in the depths Of the Sun
day newspaper, all are expressions Of the
same attitude of mind. The tendency Of
the present time in this country is to-
ward freer and fuller use Of Sunday
TOR recreation and play and away from
the exclusive use of the day for religious
observances. We are. broadly speaking.
playing golf and tennis and motoring
! more and going to church less.
The trouble Is, 1t seems to me, not that
we are giving up doing what is right in
order to do what Is wrong, but that we
are losing our sense of proportion. The
fathers lacked that saving sense when
| they made the Sabbath a religious strait
Jacket into which man was buckled Sat-
urday night to be released only Monday
morning. We are going too far in the
| other direction
The Sabbath ought to serve several
purposes. First. 1t is day OF rest from
free his mind and his body from their
| everyday activities. to let the reservoirs
MI up. to get renewed strength for the
| nam business Of lie. Second, 1t is day
| III tue reireSnment and stimulation or
man spiritual nature. The spiritual side
OF man needs exercise just as much as
90 MS physical side and his mental side;
ana mankind. since the world began.
mas not found better way to stimulate
MS spiritual growth than to pay, on one
Gay In seven. especial attention to that
department Of his life. Third. Sunday
snouid be not merely q day Of refrain
ihg from labor, Of passive rest, but Of
actve recreation-recreation In the ety.
rM0l0sicai sense. OF creating anew. The
| oaDpain should be a time for creating
anew the energies which are used through
life. =
| flnaily Sunday shoYld be the family
oay' AZ should be the day when man
sets better acquainted with the family
order to give them food. lodging cloth
ms education and the pleasures of life.
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and when he was faced with the fact
that he would have to marry the girl
he tried to run off to South America.
There was terrible scene with Miss
Waddington's mother, during which
that lady broke down under her grief.
and just at the wrong moment Yaya
Waddington's brother burst into the
room. Seeing his mothers distress, he
demanded to know the cause of it, Nine
Waddington told him, and there and
then Carlos Waddington demanded OF
Ernesto: do you still refuse to marry
my sister, you miserable blackguard?"
Yes" replied Ernesto. Il do refuse.
Then you shall de- shouted Carlos
Washington, and drawing a brace of re-
volvers. he emptied them into Ernesto
Balmaceda's breast at a yard distance.
and Balmaceda fell to the ground with
no less then ten bullets in his breast.
AT his trial for murder Carlos Wad-
dington pleaded the unwritten law, and
was acquitted
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Not on the ground that playing golf
Sunday is, In and Of itself. wicked. 1t is
not. The old Puritan idea that you could
not keep the Sabbath properly unless
you made yourself uncomfortable and un-
happy in doing It may have been neces-
sary step in tho revolt against cavalier
license. but It is false - permanent
guide to conduct. The seventh day OF
rest from labor should be used as q step
ping-stone to mans higher development,
not hung as a milestone about his neck.
II any one wishes to contend that SUM-
day golf Is intrinsically wicked, he and !
have nothing In common.
Not on the ground that it disturbs
public order. hot game Of lone old
cat" In the vacant lot under your library
window Sunday afternoon might be q
disturber Of your Sabbath peace against
which You would be justified In protest.
ing. A full-nedged game of base ball.
amateur or professional, small boy or
grown-up, has decided possibilities az q
public nuisance. AS an incident OF Sum
day 1t Is very much, open to question on
the ground that It disturbs the neighbor-
But golf disturbs no one. The outward
peace and good order Of the community
suner no loss because OF the presence Of
thirty or forty pairs Of men walking
eminently q game Of Quietneas When
ever shot ID being made. every one
within q radius Of nifty yards Of the
player Is frozen into fmmobility and
struck dumb. Between shots the players
walk sedately. sobered BY the hypnotix-
Ing effect Of continued gazing at the lit
tie white sphere. There - nothing In q
golf course and its activities to offend
the eyes or the ears Of the most fastidi-
GUS community.
No: the community would have no
ground for action either In the innate
sinfulness Of Sunday golf or Ii its Of
fsnsivsness - . disturbsr at the. psacs.
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VISIT TO QUEEN
RECALLSTRAGEDY
Nine. Washington Among Not
able Guests at the Royal
Palace the Past Season.
Foreign Correspondence of The Star,

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star,
LONDON. July Is. 1913.
Past are the glories Of the London sea-
son, II glories one may call them during
this reign Of dullness which spreads from
the royal palace downward. and only
leaves us for few brief moments when
royal or other representative visitors ar
rive from abroad Fortunately, these
visits have been quite numerous this year,
and a few more are scheduled later on.
President Poincaire's visit was. Of
course, the most important event of the
past season, not so much because Of the
social gayeties that attended it as be-
cause of its far-reaching political signifi-
canoe. But our most interesting indi-
viduaI royal visitor has undoubtedly been
Princess Augusta OF Hohenzollern. the
fiancee OF the ex-King Manuel Of Por-
tugal, who is destined to become a queen
without q throne or crown, ana VINO
will probably settle down here IN the
modest little village on the top OF Rich
mond Hill.
Che was a most charmingiy natural
and cheerful young girl. like most Ger
man princesses, indeed, who are brought
up very much as well-to-do American
girls are, with plenty Of freedom and no
Silly nonsense because or their nien
In a month or two q visit Is expected
from King Christian Of Denmark, who is
a cousin OF King George. and the taiiest
and most democratic king in Europe.
In the meantime Queen Alexandra
has had most interesting visitor. IN
the person OF Mime. Waddington, the
widow Of the once famous Englishman
who represented the court OF France
In London Since Nine Washington
was last with Queen Alexandra her
ia mily have undergone some tragic Va
cissitu6es The romance which Mime.
Waddington had to tell Queen Alexan-
dra began In 1906. when Carlos Wad-
dington was in charge OF the Chilean
legation In Brusaels. He was the
and Miss. Waddfnston had just arrived
at her sty4enty-third year when there
arrived from Chile q handsone young
secretary OF legation named Ernesto Bal
maceda-
Tragic Sequel to Love Match.
The young couple promptly fell In
love, and In the stress OF their youth
full ardor. and without waiting for any
priestly sanction. they took up their
abode ON the same side Of the house
Drnesto Balmaceda was only twenty
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from Judge.
81 can't live without your daughterl"
well. can yon i've without hsr