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Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-27
UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE
 AWAkEs.

The mark of good children is thoughtfulness, not concerning their own comfort, but their parents.
 Some children notice how father works and mother steps, steps. steps all day long te support the home and keep it clean and comfortable for them and they are prompted to help.
 Now what prompts children with eyes to do little things to make life pleasant for Pa and less plodding for Ma? It is a sense of duty. of course.
 Uncle Jed hopes every Wide-Awake boy and girl cultivates this sense or duty, or, we might say. this helDful spirit. which prompts them to do chores and errands promptly, to keep things which belong to them picked up and in their places. and to be ooe- dient to the instructions of their par ents, thus making their hearts glad and life pleasanter for them.
 Where there are half a dozen chif- drer in a family if they take 100 steps a day for Ma they save her 500 steps Think of that assistance; and yet a healthy, robust boy or girl can do as many helpful steps as this day alone and feel that they are real helpers.
 If children realized how such helps brighten and sweeten the atmosphere of home, how glad they would be to do it
 Good children Tighten the anxiety and burdens of their parents, and Uncle Jed cannot imagine children who would wish to make life unpleasant for their parents.
 Now that you know the way to help, Uncle Jed will expect you to take pleasure in helping your parents.
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and in a short time filled his dish and went home.
 Then he told his mother about the old man and the dish.
 AhI happy are we my child" cried she. 1t is the little old man of the forest whom you met. He gave you the dish because of your kindness. See, how it sparkles--it is made of gold. We shall not want for bread now"
 EDWARD BURNS, Age 1S Norwich.
 George Washington the Surveyor. George Washington left school when he was 16 years of age. At that time large part of Virginia belonged to Lord Fairfax, who did not know how much land he owned. because he had never surveyed 1t. Although a mere boy. George had learned surveying. One day the great Fairfax sent for the young surveyor and said to him:
 T want you to survey my land be- yond thee mountains You will find life in the wilderness full Of haroships Indians and wild beasts will molest you, but I will pay you well for your work; and you will not lack food, for the woods will be full of wild turkeys and other gane.''
 The boy accepted the offer, crossed the mountains. and lived rough life for three years. 1t was in this way that Washington learned to be a so1- dier.
 ROSE MURPHY. Taftvifle.
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Baltic.
The Little Old Man of the Forest

The Little Old Man of tsfe ForeSt
 Once there was a poor boy, the son of a widow. who went out to gather wild strawberries. He knew where the berries grew thickest and sweetest. As he gathered the fruit he sang many 8 merry song.
 Soon his dish was full and he start ed home As he was walking along a narrow path in the forest he heard someone say:
 sPray, give me thy berries?"
 The boy turned in fright and saw an old man with a long beard and ragged clothing.
 The man looked at him again and said: Pray, give me thy berries ?'
 "But." said the boy, T must take the berries to my mother. She is very poor and she sells the berries for. bread for me and my little sister,"
 And yet" said the old man. T have a. sick child at home that would get better if she had some of your ber- ries."
 Then the boy thought if he hurried he could get his dish full again in a short tifue. So he said to the old man: stYes, you can have them. Shah I put them in the dish you carry?'
 .No," said he ~niy dish iE new: but wf1. take your dish and the berries in it. and you can have nftne.r
 So ths boy 1enk out to the meadow
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Virginia Dare.

One day ship with a number of English men, women and children on board started out from England. It was bound for Virginia; and glad enough were the people when the ship drew near the shore and they could see the grass and the trees.
 Tt is a beautiful shore" said John White, the leader of the band of col O1lists.
 As soon as they could the colonists set to work to make homes for them selves in the new country. The eli mate was warm, and there was plen- ty' of timber with which to build. The soil, too, was very rich, and they soon had fine fields of corn and potatoes.
 One day a little baby girl was born the first English child born in Amer ica. How proud the father and mother were. They named her Vir- ginia. The people loved her and helped to take care of her in her rough forest home.
 WALTER A. GREENE Age 13
 Moosup.
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of Connecticut. SO they began to build forts
 Thomas Hooker with some men built the three towns of Hartford, Windsor and WethersfieId.
 The New Haven colony was founded by Theophi1us Eaton and John Dave1z- port. They based their laws strictly upon the Bible.
 A little later Connecticut received a constitution, which was the first writ ten one in the United States.
 ETHEL V. J. ERICKSON. MapsfeIf7
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Where Jessie Has Travelled.

Dear Uncle Jed: I read ali the letters of the Wide Awake Circle.
 I think those games Slap Jack and sCensequenees'' were very good. All the letters were very also interesting.
 am going to tell you about my travels. have been to Florida I had 8. ride in a train that was drawn by an engine that burnt wood. Sew era1 times the train was stopped to put on more wood.
 While I was there I saw sweet potatoes, bananas, oranges, grape fruit, pineapples, sugar-cane, cotton and many other things growing saw some alIigators, birds called bug 1ards, and two bears.
 I brought back some cotton blos- soms with me. Those that were not opened were as hard as walnuts-
 I did not want to stay in Florida as did not like 1t there I think Con necticut state is best after all.
 I have been to Oyster Bay. Presf- dent Roosevelt lives there on Saga more Hill
 live in Locust Valley now. There is a beach not far from our house One day I picked up some sheu-f1sh called Muscles" I opened one or two of them and found in them two little stones. T took them home and my friends said they were pearls, so I kept them.
 JESSIE l.. BRBHAUT, Age 1s.
 Locust Valley L. I.
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Taftvi1le.
LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
The Fox in the Well.

The Fox in the Well.
 Dear Uncle Jed-I am going to tell about fox that fell into the well. He tried by sticking his claws into the sides of the well to keep his
 Soon after a wolf came and peep ed over the brink.
 To him the fox appealed v@ry earnestly for assistance, begging that he would help him to rope or something of that kind, which might add him to escape.
 The wolf moved to com passion at the fex's misfortune, could not forbear expressing his concern.
 "Ah! poor Reynard,'' said he, 'T am sorry for you with all nay heart. How could you possibly come into this sad condition ?'
 May, friend replied the fox, If you wish me well do not stand there plying me, but lend me some help as fast as you can. For pity is cold comfort when one is up to his chin in water and within hairs breadth of drowning"
 FREDERICK ERLBECK, Age 12.
 Norwich Tewn.
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A Little Fun With Grandpa.

Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write and tell you about my fun last summer.
 Once my cousin aDd I went after berries and we got about a pint: and we saw Uncle coming in a boat and he took us out rowing.
 When we were on our way home we found a wild cherry tree and hu- ed our pailS with leaves and on the top we put cherries.
 When we got home we asked Grand father if he wanted any cherries, and he said: Yes
 When he went to empty them into dish and came to the leaves he laughed and said he wanted cherries, not leaves.
 GLADYS ALEXANDER, AGs Il.
 RoqHetanNck
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My Doc.


 I have a dog. His name is Dandy. One day I called him He came and jumped up in my lap.
 I also have large doll named Evan gel1na- She is very pretty.
 Dandy did not like her very well, be- cause he was jealous of her. I asked him to shake hands with her. Dandy considered this an insult He dropped on all fours very rudely. was bound he was going to do it, and so I took the dolls hand and stroxed him with 1t. Dandy got real angry at this and turned around and snapped Evan gelina's hand off.
 I was so mad could have whipped him, but he howis so when I do.
 left the room and Dandy was ali alone. When I came back he was not there. I looked all over for him, but could not find him thought that he was hiding and would be back soon, so did not bother.
 A week went by, but no Dandy could I find I was worried by that time. One day a girl came to my house. It was about a month after Dandy had gone. She asked me what had hap pened to Dandy. and told her he had ran away.
 Two days after, when she came again, she had Dandy with her He jumped all over me. She said he was acting as Toby for two show men
 I have never tried to have him shake hands with Esvangelina, and he has never tried to bite her since.
 KATHARINE LEE. Age Il. Norwich
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Itch! Itch! Itch!

The very first drops of D. D. D. Pre- scription for Eczema stop that awful itch instantly; yes. the very moment torture ceases. A 500 bottle proves 1t
 Ds D. D. has been known for years as the only absolutely reliable eczema remedy, and all druggists keep it.
 Go to them if you can't come to uE- but don't accept some big profit suh- stitute.
 If you come to ouT store we are so certain of what D. DID, will do for you this guarankee!--Tf you do not find that 1t takes away the itch AT ONCE, it costs you not cent.
 The Lee & Osgood O.. druggists.
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PRIZE BOOK WINNERS.

1-katharine Lee of Norwich, Hero Chums,' by VIII Allen Dromgoole. Katharine Hampstead of Norwich, The Rosy Cloud-'I~by George Sand. 3-Otho Chase of Norwich, The Young Archer" by Charles D. Brim- blecom.
 4-Ein1ira GareaU of Baltic, Robinson Crusoe." by Daniel DeFoe. 5-HaroId BIais of Baltic, Lynx Hunting by L. A. Stephens. 6-Edwsrd Burns of Norwich. Hunt
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Annry chiIdran.

N Dear Uncle Jed: Once, long time ago, there was a schoolhouSe fin the far west. One day the children were all happy thinking about the fun they would have toInorrow-they were go- ing long way off to a pond named Brides pond with their teacher. The next day came and they were on their way. by o'clock When they got half way it grew dark and dark, and then it began to thunder and light en. Some of the children got very scared and began to cry. and the teacher said:
 Come under the big tree"
 And when the storm ceased the children went home angry.
 IRENE CONGDON, Age 10.
 Niantic.
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English Places She Has Visited.

English Places She Has Visited.
 Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about the cities I have visit ed in England.
 Weymouth Wyke, Dorchester, Upway, Bournernouth, Southampton, Lon don, Liverpool Jersey ana Guernsey.
 Portland has 8 good harbor and pebble beach. Many of the navy ves- sells call there for coals. It is not ed for it's quarries. The convict pris- ons are situated at Portland. While I was living in Portland I saw King Edward
 Weymouth, a pleasure resort, has & nice sand-beach. There are all kinds of amuSements on the beach. There is 8 nice walk with trees planted along the edge. In the center of the walk is a large Jubilee clock to com memorate Queen Victoria's Jubilee. Weymouth Is noted for its yacht races.
 Wyke, fishing village is noted for it's government torpedo works.
 Dorchester is farming district. It is noted for it's cattle markets. There is 8 barraclk for training soldiers in Dorchester.
 would write and tell yonbzbxtbtbzbz noted for its fruit, A wishing we'll is situated there. Many picnics are held at Upway.
 Bounemouth has beautiful invalid walks and parks.
 Ships sail from there to different parts of the world.
 Jersey is noted for it's dairying Fruit and vegetables grow there.
 Guernsey is noted for it's dairy products, also for its frtit and vege- tables.
 While I was in London I heard the clock called Big Ben" strike. walked across, London bridge. I saw the Towers of London.
 Sometimes there are black fogs and people get run over by automobiles, trolley cars, etc, while others walk right into the Thames river,
 Liverpool, a shipping port, has many large buildings.
 JESSIE L. BREEIAUT.
 Locust Valley. L. I.
 The Snow Man.
 Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would write and tell you I enjoy the Wide Awake Circle very much and look for it every Saturday.
 ] will tell you about a snow nan I and two of my little piaymates made the other day. love to play in the snowe- and make snow men and wo- men. Last Saturday morning my two playmates came over to play with me and we started a big ball and rolled it until 1t was big enough, then we took some sticks and cut the snow until we got g. great big fat mani then we made his arms and put some bt1ttons In hfG face f1r eyass and some on the front of hfe cnat:e and twe in
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The Indians.

Dear Uncle Jed; The Indians arc a copper colored people. They have high cheek bones and keen, black eyes Their clothes were made of skins of animals. Their moccasins were made of deer skin. and trimmed with pret- ty shells. They had big rings in their ears and on their wrists and ankles.
 Some of them maHe their houses of bark and skin, and others make theirs of stone and mud.
 They got fish and animals for food. they had to make their hooks and poles. They had to make their bows and arrows when they wanted to go hunting. They planted corn and po- tatoes.
 It was the custom for the squayVs to plant the corn and potatoes.
 The men were supposed to go hunt ing and fishing and make the things needed
 One day an Indian came into the little village of Plymouth and shout ed, ~Welcomei" The man was Sam oset-
 CHARLES EDWIN HOPKINS.
 P1ainfeld. Age To-
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Silk,

Silk, the fibre or thread spun by the silk worm. The cocoons from which silk Is obtained are taken from the twigs to which they are fastened be- fore the moth begins to eat it's way out and thrown into hot water This kills the moth inside and softens the gum with which it is stuck together. The outer floss covering is then open ed at one end and the cocoon with the fine silk is not spun round and round q spool, but it passed backward and forward, first in one place. and then in another. so as to cover the whole cocoon.
 Most Of the raw silk used fs brought from Asia It is chiefly brought from China, India and Japan, but & good deal is made in Italy, France and Russia. Silk thread and cloth are made chiefly in France, Italy, United States, Germany. Great Britain, Switz- erland and Belgium.
 Very fine sewing silk is now made in this county, and very good dress goods, ribbons braids and trimmings also are made here.
 ALICIA HAGGERTY. Age H.
 Norwich.
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Rules for Dolls.

A wooden headed doll should be careful not to hit her head against her mammals, lest she should break It
 A doll should try to keep away rom the rockers, as the rocking chair may break loose and crush her.
 A crushed doll never regains her spirits. :. A wax doll should avoid the fire. tf she wishes to preserve a good com pIexion.
 A rag doll should try in every way to improve her mind. Knowledge is worth more than beauty.
 Often an old doll with cracked head and a sweet smile Is more be- loved than a new doll with a sour
 HAROLD BLAIs, Age 1s.
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NeIlys Colt Dick.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am going to tell you about our colt. He is light chestnut with white feet and face. His name is Dick and he is very frisky when he is nDt let out for exercise often enough.
 Dick will come up and let me pat him when call him. He is two years of age. This is all I can think of about him, so I will close.
 NELLIE GOPHER, Age 10.
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The Settlement of connsot;eut.

Tho Dutch built two forts They were called Fort of Good Hope in Connecticut and Fort Amsterdam in New York A while later John Win throp came from Massachusetts and built Saybrock. This cut off Good Hope from the supplies of Fort Am sterdam and gave the English control
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Nianti
She Has 3 Pony.

Dear Uncle Jed: I go to school and like my teacher.
 I take music lessons on the piano. I have pony. He is brown, and his name is Mischief
 I have a willow cart that ride in, and I like to take other children to ride.
 KATHERINE WELLS WHEELER, Age 8.
 Westerly.
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the back. Then we took my Papa.s old cap and put on his head and we called him Policeman Taft
 JUNE LATHROP JOHNSON, Age 8. ] ChicQpse. Mass
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The Seasons

Marguerite was going to the village one day with her little brother Louis
 "Ohl Marguerite!" said Louis, what beautiful flowers those arei Let me pick sone.''
 Both of them stopped and Louis made 8 lovely bouquet for his mother
 Marguerite" said he. "why is it that the other day when we went to the village together there was no howers?"
 Because it was winter said Mar guerite- Don't you remember how cold it was, and the snow covered the ground? Now 1t Is spring.
 Then she began to explain fo her brother the four seasons of the year. She told him that the first season was spring, and that was the time for flow CTS; the second season was summer, and that was the time for fishing; the third season was autumn, and that was the time for gathering, and that the fourth season of tho year was win ter, and that was the time for skating and sliding.
 Louis listened with attention to all that was said to him by his sister and was very glad he had learned some thing about the four seasons
 EL4MIRA GAREAU, Age 13.
 Baltic
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The First Deer.

I have seen many deer, but none like the first one.
 I was coming up on the car from Westerly My father attracted by at tention to the field on the left. and I was surprised to see deer. It was very pretty and graceful.
 The deer ran when if saw the car, for I suppose it was frightened
 There was a wood in back of the field. Maybe a family of deer live there.
 If ever you should go down to West erly and see a deer on the way back, you might remember that one of the little Wide-Awakes saw one there, tool KATHARINE HAMPSTEAD, Age 10.
 NerYich
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ing of the snarek,'' by Lewis Carroll. 7-Jessie L. Brechut of Locust Valley +. l.. Little Prudy,s Captain Hor- ace.'' by Sophie May.
 s-Jnne Lathrop Johnson of Chicopee, Mass, The Countess of the Tene- ments," by Etheldred Breeze Barry. Winners of books living in Norwich may call at The Bulletin business of ice for them at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday.
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE.
 AWAKES.
The Farmers Rox.


 One summers night at sunset as a farmer and his family were at their supper table a poor boy came to the door. asking if the farmer knew any one who would employ him on a farm, to blow, SOW and be a farmers boy.
 Oh!'' cried the farmers daughter, ''do employ him. for by the look on his face really think he will try his best" So the good farmer took him in to be their boy.
 The tender care of the farmers fam. fly brought him to think of his dear parents, .who had died a year before. He did do his best, and at last the farmer and his wife became very gray, and the boy, now a man, took charge or the farm. Years passed, and the kind old farmer died and left the farm to the young man and his daughter, who was his bride.
 He oftentimes said to the farmers widow: How lucky I was to come to this farmers door. to blow and sow and be a farmers boy"
 HARRY GLEASON, Age 14.
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Bank with the
 Little Bank on the River Bank @

wHEN you want f0 pus your busi- ness before the public. there im mo me diuna better than through the adyertis- fn@ eefuMna af The Bulletin
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His PulIets Are Layinu.

Dear Uncle Jed: thought I would write and tell you about my chickens. They are young bullets and they lay eggs. I feed them every day. I have to get the eggs at night. I get about four eggs a day.
 JOHN F. BAER, Age 10. Poquetanuck
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My Pet Dog.

Dear Uncle Jed: thought I would write to you about my pet dog. He Is 8 brown and white dog and his name is Shep. He likes to play with me. He is glad when I get home from school. He will catch hens or anything you tell him to. He likes to go hunting and he will go to the pasture and drive the cows up to, the house He is a good watch dog, but he does not like my cat
 MYRTLE DAVIS, Age 10.
 Noruviofa
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THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department
nu,.a for Youna Writera.

Rules for Young WriterA
 1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages. 8. Use pen and ink, not pencil 8. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use ever 250 words.
 4 Original stories or letters only will be used. z. 6. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom or the story.
 Address HI communications to Un- cle Jed. Bulletin O9ca.
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"Whatever you are-Be that; Whatever you say-Be true. Straightforwardly act, Be honest-in fact.
 Be nobody else but you.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-20

IT is the uncomfortable strength OF
this impulse that is the cause Of
much OF our social woe
II the effect produced by won.
an who appears improperly clothed
In public places were confined TO
her own circle Of acquaintance lit
tie harm would be done. In fact, IA
miliarity with her real virtues might
completely counterfeit any harmful
influence. But. unfortunately, the
effect is more far-reaching. Every
indication of immodesty on the part
OF q woman tends TO break down in
every man who sees her that In
stinctive respect for the sex as a
whole which constitutes it's strong
est safeguard against insult.
There is little wonder. as has
been pointed out so frequently by
writer's on this subject, that SO many
women are treated with scant cour-
tesy in public places. The growing
disrespect for women is an evil for
which they themselves are in large
part responsible.
Nor is it an extenuauon Of the
harm that may result to say. as
many vel! meaning women do say,
that even though they may adopt
the styles that are under criticism,
they do not carry them to extremes.
BY a peculiar psychological process
the power of suggestion grows
stronger In proportion as the actual
reality Is kept in the background.
When little is left for the magma
ton to work upon, interest largely
fails. When limits are exceeded. the
feeling Of disgust enters as saving
factor. And so it we'll may be that
the woman who carries her audacity
to extremes is doing less zeal harm
than her moro conservative sister.
In art, if it is permissible at all
to raise the question of morals in
art, it Is generally recognized that
the nude Is more moral than the
thlnly draped figure. And In the
real life of human emotions a few
inches Of we'll shaped ankle showing
out from under a fluffy skirt proves
moro attractive to the spectator
than the entire form Of the ballet
dancer.
1t is a rather odd coincidence thai
this charge should be brought
against the sex at-'the very time
when women are showing an
aroused interest in social welfare.
1t Is an interesting question whetherJ
because Of our quickened social con.
science, we have just become more
sensitive about an evil already ex.
listing, or whether we are face to
face with a new situation. the ten.
dency of which is to further confirm
our traditional belief in the delight
tul inconsistency Of woman.