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Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-29
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDEA
 WAKES.
On the Banks of the Rhine.


 The real heart of Fairyland and the the River Rhine. Fairy tales almost all come from there and the little men and women living on the Rhine are so much like the little people in the fairy tales that one cai1 hardly tell which is which, or help believing that fairy stories are true.
 I know a little maid living upon the banks of the Rhine. She was only six as quaint a little lady as ever moved in marchen meadows Her name is Snipschen. It is not her real name, I am sure, but whenever I asked her she always replied:
 'tSnipschen, mein Frau.
 Her home is just across the river from a great city. with a cathedral and royal palace. in plain view, but girl. I don't think she ever went to the city except on market days. when her father who was a fisherman, car ried over all the fish he could eaten, to sell in the public market
 Then she got into the rowboat be- side him, all dressed in her Sunaay best: with her thick wooden shoes that had been washed and secured till they fairly shone, and with stockings on-for Snipschen never wore stock ings except on Sunday and market days, with a curious. tucked-up dress that made her look the veriest little
 
 vain to control her curling brown hair. She would brace one foot upon the side of the boat and tug and push on one of the oars, while her blue eyes danced for joy, though both of her little hands together could not have reached around the oar-
 Snipschen's mother did washing for people in the city and that was where I met her first. used often to see her when I took a walk upon the river bank, opposite the city.
 The women all take the clothes they have to wash down to the river, and there they scrub all day. with plenty of fresh water at hand. and spread the cloths Sn the bank to dry. I began by watching Snlpschen trudging up and down from the wa ter, taking the clothes. as fast as her mother washed them. and spreading them out to dry. She had no hood and no stockings on, hose days, that was when I asked her what her real name was.
 One day I found her sitting all by herself in a quiet spot. looking earn estly into the water. asked her ii anything was the matter. and she re- piled, I'm only just waiting for the fairies to come and tell me something that I want to know
 I thought that perhaps I could tel her, so I said. See if I can't be 3 fairy. What is it you want to know 9 She looked up. and said. Why are the roses red. and why is the heaven blue?"
 I did not try to answer her, for to tell the taIth. I should like very much to know myself.
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A Birthday Party.

Dear Uncle Jed: One day in Janu- ary one of my friends had a birthday party, and was invited. I went down right after school. My sister went along. When we got there we found we were the first ones there, so we sat down to wait for the rest.
 After a while they all came, and we began playing games. First we had a peanut hunt. I only got four peanuts. After that we played Going to Jerusalem.
 After that they hung a large cloth donkey on the wall and we had to pin tails on it blindfolded. The one who got the tail nearest right got a prize. I got the prize for that, and it was a box of cracIseriacks.
 After that we played that we were parcel postmen. There was parcel hidden in the room for each of us, and when we all found ours we opened them. They weN packages of trans fer pictures.
 Then we had supper. We had two very nice birthday cakes. three kinds of cookies, and cocoa> We also mad candy and peanuts.
 I had a very good time, and I hope all of the Wide -Awakes will have a very happy birthday. ANNA ANDERSEN, Age II.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-29

Mir Lane, his son. dog Shep. and Aunt Cassie. lived in a. pretty cottage near the seasnere in R.. About opposite, some distance from the beach. was a large rock called the Seagull, nearly as cruel and treAcher- ous as Boiling Rock. which was sit uated nearer to the lighthouse to the eastward: and which wrecks every ship that comes in contact with any of the boiling waves. for the sue tion of the water at this point draws a vessel in the boiling water on to- wards the dangerous rock before she can change her course
 The Life Saving crew was stationed on the mainland between these two rocks
 One evening when the September eQuinoctial storm was in full force, Mr Lane read a story to Robbie, who laid before the hearth where a bright blaze glowed with his arms around his dogs neck. about the heroic acts which were performed by dogs in the old world in the mountain regions where they often saved the lives of lost travellers in blinding snow storms. As Robbie listened he patted Shep now and then. and when the story was finished he exmessed his thoughts by ssThose were good. brave dogs, Dad; but no better than Shep. for he is a true Saint Bernard"
  pet has never been trained. so he could not excell those dogs.' q believe he could, for doggie's natural instinct would enable him to succeed. Shep surely excels in long distance swimming, for he has swam out to Seagull and Roaring rocks. '' replied Robbie.
 As his father snilingly remarked, that he feared the dog would never win in such a contest as prizes in that vicinity were not likely to be giv- en to dogs for swimming long dis. tances." He was interrupted by the loud booming of guns.
 They hastened to the door and above the loud roaring and believing l of the wind ard waves the guns could | be distinctly heard. and the intense da rkress, which was caused by the heavy clouds, was frightened by con- tinual flashes Of bright light from sky rockets.
 MT. Lane exclaimed, "A vessel has struck the SeaguH Rock. and taking | his field glass he and Robbie donned their rubber coats and hats and start led with Shep for the beach where a large crowd had preceded them. l The Iife-boat. which had been quick Iy launched. could not ride those mad waves, so the crew rowed along the shore until they were opposite the wreck.
 Flashes of light were seen. then the gloomy darkness. then more flashes, land after a while the hfesaving crew
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La Miserere

Five hundred years ago in a province in Spain lived a duke who had two sons.
 A gypsy woman stole one of the sons and brought him to her home in
 the mountains. She brought him up
 as a gypsy. He had a sweet and lovely voice. The people called him a trou- badour or wandering minstrel The duke died and his remaining son became duke. Unfortunately the two brothers be- came in love ". tn the same lady. The troubadear fought with the duke and captured him and put him in high tower.
 One evening the gypsy mother came l to the dukes castle. She heard the bell toiling and the monks singing the Miserere. She wondered who was about to be hanged. She heard he- betrothed singing low hard it was to he hanged and how ;Iard 1 it was to leave I CT. She sang back to l him while the monks were singing the Miserere.
 1 EILEEN CooNEY, Age 13. !
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-29
My Trip to the Movies.

One day my mother and I went to
 the moving pictures. It was a nice day, and we went in the afternoon as
 soon as school was out. We walked to Hanover, a little village two miles
 south of my home, where we stopped
 at my brothers house and waited un- til my brother came from the mill.
 evening When they had 6aten SUD-
 per they took us by automobile to Baltic, where the pictures were to be shown.
 There were so many people that we
 could hardly find a seat. We had a
 good time there, Then we went into
 an ice cream parlor and ate some ice
 cream. When we finished we started
 for home, feeling quite pleased with our evenings entertainment Baltic
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-29
Skunk Hunting.

During the winter season skunk hunting is very popuiar. Moonlight pishts are not good because skunk would see his shadow and would stay in his hole. So the darkest nights are best for them to run.
 To go skunk hunting it is necessary to have @ good hunting dof. stout stick and a hashlight. A lantern can be used, but it gives the skunk an op- portunity to see the hunters and he is clever enough to run
 Skunks are usually found in open iots. They live in holes which belong to the woodclucks. They do not dig holes Of their own because it is too much trouble.
 The hunters start out and the dog finds them. He barlls savagely when he sees the skunk Then the hunter runs up and strikes the skunk on the head. He is brought home and siin- ned.
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Baltic
My Two Little Pets.

fhave two little puppies They were born in Lisbon, Conn, Sept. 9, 1916. Their mothers name was Tootsie, and their fathers name Tip. The puppies names are Prince and T,Q- They had three little sisters.
 When they were two months older the mother was shot, and five days later the little sisters were given away.
 The puppies are one-half shepherd and half Aireda1e. When spring comes I am going to train Prince for nunt- ing dog and Tip for a house dog. love them just as if they were my two little brothers.
 ABRAHAM WASSERMAN, Age Iz. Baltic
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-29
Ruiss fer Young Writers.

1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only. and number the pages.
 Use pen and ink, not pencil. S. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 250 words.
 4. Original stories or letters only will be used.
 s. Write your name, age. and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications te 5Acle Jed, Bulletin once.
 Whateger ycu aSS-Re that!
 Whatever you Say-Be true!
 Straightforwardly set,
 Be honeSt-in fact,
 Bs nobody else baS you"
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Honesty.

merchant required an additional clerk and advertised for a. boy. The first boy who answered was usllered into a vacant room and told to sit in a certain chair and wait. Looking around, he saw upon the floor, just by the chair, a one dollar bill. folded closely, as if it had been inadvertent Fly dropped. He picked up the bill, and satisfying his conscience that Finding is having even though on another's premises. he put 1t into his pocket. :.
 Almost immediately the merchant came in, and after a few questions dismissed the boy as not satisfactory.
 The next boy was seated in the same chair, and he also saw a one d011xr bill lying in the same manner beside him, but he picked it up and laid 1t on the tabie. The merchant entered, and after some questions. pointed to the bill and asked where it came from.
 The boy said. 'he found it on the floor and put it where it would be safc.'
 ~The merchant said, "As it did not appear to belong to any one. why did you not keep it
 The boy replied: '.Because it did not belong to me.
 Ny boy" said the merchant, You have chosen the road te suceess. The other boy chese the wrong path. But
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how did you learn the right p4th The boy said. My mother m4de me promise never. under any circum- stances, to take what did not belong to me; and I promised.
 Later on in life this boy became secretary of the treasury.
 MARGARET HEIBEL. Age IF. Taftville.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-29
MOTHER eRAY's POWDERS
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 stomach troubles and bowel irreGn- larities from which children BuRar oufing these days. These powders Are easy and pleasant to take and eESei
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Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-29
The Adventures of a Tin Soldier.

Dear Uncle Jed: One bright day in winter lay proudly displayed in a toy
 As I turned to the doll dancer at my side, a sound of tiny feet, batter ing over the snow, caught my ear, and presently a little fur-clad figure ap- peared before me. Her kind face and gentle eyes told of the good deeds that she thought secreted in her heart
 |. How I wish that little girl would
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LETTERS TO UNCLE JED.
Went to a Picnic.

Dear Uncle Jed: One day I went to a picnic with my sister. We rode dp on a car to lake where we got off, and went where the picnic was going to be. We had a swing and many games. When it was dinner time we sat down on the grass and ate.
 We had cake sandwiches, lemonade and many other things.
 We started for home at o'clock, and were very tired but happy.
 SUSIE HOPKINS. Brooklyn
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-29
The Birds Home.

Each Ino1fler bird has her own way of making the nest. but there is one thing almost all of them try to do, and that is to hide it. They cannot put their homes out in plain sight. as we do our houses, because so many crea- lures want to rob them. Squirrels and snakes and rats and some big birds, and cats and many others like to reat eggs and young birds.
 So most birds, try, first of all, to warblers go to the, tops of the tallest trees and hide the nest among the leaves. Orioles hang the swinging cradle at the end of branch, where cats and snakes and naughty boys cannot come. Song sparrows tuck the little nest in a tuft of weeds on the ground and bobolinks hide it in the deep grass.
 After a safe place is found they have to get something to build of.
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THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE.
Boys AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

and find it very interesting. I thank you very much for it.
 Sophie Musiai, of Mansfield Center: I received the nice prize book you sent me, and I am very much pleased with it. thank you very much for the book,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-29

svvav. assa savs me . home in green velvet case in Slafer's Memorial.
 There F live heppity and many they do not know the history of my life. This is why [ ten you this
 FGDSSH NEYWK. Age Is.
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An Arrowhead.

was fast asleep under a thin layer Of sand when one day a little IndiaE boy found me and exclaimed, Ugh 1! make um fine arrow! had not the
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THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS

,. 1-HiIIen Brink, of Norwich-Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie.
 2-Anra Andersen, of Norwich-Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures.
 s1Antienet4e Marke~itx. of Baltic Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall.
 LMiidred E. Grandy, of Yantic- Grace Hariowe's Plebe Year at High School.
 5-Flessie Meyer, of Taftvilie- Tom Swift in Captivity.
 s-Marsaret Heibei, of TaftvSfe- Tom Fairfield at Sea.
 7-GFase. Kern, of Norwieh-1om Fairfield ir Camp.
 s-kenneth V. Fryer, of North Franklin-Tom Fairieid,s Hunting Trip
 Winners of prizs beeks living in the city, may call ct The Bulletin Nsi- ness office for them at any hour alter 10 a. m. on Thursday.
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LE4rERs oF AoksowrEDemeNr

Hazel MeDanieis Of Mansfield Gen. ter: received the prize beck and I thank you for it.
 Clarence Hathaway, of Goshen: re- ceived the prize book you sent me, en- titfeds The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon. T have read it through
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07

TOWHERE does curiosity thrive on
~ silence more than in the atmo-
snbcre Of the theatre, and the fact
that players and playwrights gener-
ouv court rather than avoid personal
oxnloi<ation heightens the interest IN
the few exceptions One of the most
noteworthy Of these exceptions IS SIR
lanes Barrie, always fascinating
6cura in the world of literature and
tho theatre. and especially so at this
season. when, for the first time IN
several years, a new play from his pen
is being presented in New York
Were Sir James addicted to the
harmless habit Of posing for his pct
IRE in his study, surrounded by piles
of manuscript and with the litter OF
MANY books about his desk; had he
frequently enlightened the magazine
reading public on How 10 Write a
PLAY" or where an Author Gets HIS
Inspiration" or "rhe Star System; It's
Uses and Abuses" or any Of numerous
kindred subjects which have occupied
he leisure hours Of many Of our fore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07
The Weeks GriSt

WIFE, evening at the Iyeum This hypo
chOndac comedy produced here by Henry Miller six seasons ago
with which, it is believed would have been
greater OF been selected IS now
being revived by Miller with a cast Of notable players
Tempest will appear the piece for the f time and Laura
Hope will hav. her original role The others the company will
be Norma Mitchell Henry Kolkcr W. Eugene
OBrcn
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR the Park The
illness of Mr. Hake last year unprecedented
Wise Faf this robust and bOirOu' piece
the character such that he was hailed as one OF
Both the production supporting The Urban
the property been succeeded by sets designed
by Joseph Phys the Phsc equipment said be equally
superb Collier will be Mistress Ford as she was in SIR her
production last and Isabel irving VIII play 's'es
Page less associated heresbouts with one Henri
CrOsman go .,,
Gordon Burby Fuller Mcish and Alexander onsOw
rur Tomorrow evening at the
Of plans brings Elliott the Of THE Brat 1t Is
tho work Annesey vhe author of Quinnys and played
successful engagement in London under the name oil VINO Is ne
taken from Mrs Bi0e L0'nde's novel Of
Prominent the cast arc Lionel Atw Phyllis Be
evening the css. This y,.nr play g. by
will be the offering Of the resident frencn com
pany Lillian Greuze will play the leading role
CEprloN SHOALS" Wednesday the Princess It is several
seasons since Nine the legitimate stage OF
New York This drama by H. Austin adams is
the of lengthy Nazmova season. " WI" NC ~
tinued ethe Princess elsewhere
# Austin Adams the author of CeptiOn Shoals the who
wrote God and Company absorbing for few per-
Society So far as the new play
avaiable even the te s
advance Bryant Nazmoas leading man. ana te
cast will include Spearc Henry Harmon and Mitchell Lewis
evening at the Irving Place ms play "
she'll so far As
the late wright
Hedwig but none
these plans The production at the irving race
will Of course in Director Rudolf Christians VIII play
Hjamar Eckdal
"HAvE HEART" the Liberty After stretch M
ffth intolerance" the reasonably les
VIII the
work OF Guy Bolton and r. u "odhouse
miss Sprngme of melody held out by the ac' ~
Jerome Kern fashioned further that the piece
those grly things. - - NJ,
Louise Dresser and will be Eileen van ben
Navaso Arcaro Billy Van fresh from the oblivion
Gins Tburston Hail. Mcdonald Roy Gordon James BRADBURY
what is he doing Eugene Revere Joseph del
Puente. Eugen Keith and Paul Mountaney
ON FOR THE NIGHT evening at the Fulton Here we nave
The sudden arrival OF SOMEBODY
and the non appearance somebody else precip' SITUATION "nere
passed off husband ana thupoh 'e
to be furious and humorous
will b Lily Cahil, Marie Haines
Joseph heoerI
Martin Eileen Wilson, and Edwin forsberg
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07
Lozxz5e IyrYVeT IN HSDy Il Hesrr-"
LIBERTY
THE IDEA is THIS

NTOW here is Margaret Wycherly
Y with a thought. II is not to be
assumed from that statement that the
thoughts Of Miss Wycherly are so far
apart as TO be entitled TO bulletins. It
is merely that it has been the observa-
ton Of the pessimist that thoughts are
rare birds, particularly when the hard
working reporter drops in for a story
Generally the chatter and the chattee
converse aimlessly for twenty minutes,
hoping that some chance remark will
lead to a good yarn, and then the re-
porter departs with the remark that
he's very much obliged indeed, and the
actor says: "Oh, but I've been very
stupid; l didn't give you anything at
all" And generally he's right.
Miss Wycherly-s she's at the Forty
eighth Street these days with "The
Thirteenth Chair" if that is relevant
to the ides-spoke as follows:
"The stage is no place for men or
women unless they are prepared to live
from two to FIVE years on incomes in
dependent Of their stage earnings. The
problem of every girl who makes up
her mind to follow the stage for a liy-
ing is how she is going TO earn her liv-
ing for those years. Girls should know
and should keep constantly before them
the fact that the average salary for
beginners is $50 a week, S25 at the
most. This would not he so bad II
they worked ffty-two weeks in the
year: as matter Of fact, they arc
fortunate If they work half that time.
and am speaking now solely from
the girls standpoint there is no pro-
fession which is more eXacting in the
matter of clothes. Neither the public
nor the management will have anything
but attractively gowned women, and
girl must provide her own wardrobe.
On the stage, too, girls are usually OK
pected to provide all sorts Of small
odds and ends for their wardrobe, and,
really. it runs into money.
81 have a friend. a woman who has
long been in the foremost rank Of
American actresses, who had the mis-
fortune one season to he connected
with several plays which did not prove
successes. In all, ! think. she was cast
in six different plays during one year.
At the end Of the year, when she cast
up her accounts. she found that she
was more than $1,000 poorer as a result
of her years work.
"If a girl can get by that first five
years, why, the stage is wonderful
place for her. But my advice TO young
women who feel that they are called TO
make names for themselves on the
stage is that they first fit themselves
with some trade or profession at which
they can work during the weeks and
even months when they are deriving no
revenue from their stage lsbors."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-07
THE RETIRING SIR JAMES

most dramatists-the little interest
would be manifest in how "A Kiss for
Cinderella" came TO be written, where
il was written and whether Mr.. Barrie
uses a typewriter or scribbles his dia-
logue with pen or pencil. But mas
much as such facts cannot be ascer-
tanned, these Barrie mysteries" always
present material for speculation.
In recent years only one scquain-
lance hs. brought from London frag-
mentary report Of how Barrie lives
and where he works, and from this
account a striking analogy may be
drawn between the drsmatist's own
study and the studio which forms the
first act stage setting for "A Kiss for
Cinderella"
According 20 the Barrie-ite who en-
joyed the privilege OF being invited to
his chambers, the Scotch drsmstist
lives on the top floor Of Adephi Ter
race House. overlooking the gardens
OF the Victoria Embankment. On the
first floor is steamship Office, while
the second and third floor apartments