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Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13

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 There isn't any reason why the house need be bare of flowers and green just because frost flies outside. Almost any plant will be beautiful in your home if you only nurse it little.
 Box and Pots Needed
 A window box for that southern window of the living room will be com pany for you all winter. A long wood en box painted green, or white with green banding will do. Have your brother make drainage pan for it and fasten it on brackets to the sill. A layer of crease gravel in the bottom of the box will help the drainage and the earth should be mixed with fertilizer.
 Ordinary flower pots are better for growing plants than fancy jar. These should always have saucers underneath and you can dress them tip in green crepe paper for everyday, orange at Thanksgiving, and crimson at the holi- days.
 Your Indoor Planting
 Put slips of red, white, and pink ger aniums in your window box, or shoots of lovely pink begonia Set out small, hardy woods fern, myrtle, ivy, or inch plant from the garden for border. These will need coddl;ng at first, plenty of water. not too much sun until they are started, and trimming so that all :ne strength of the slips will not go into the leaves and prevent blossoming.
 Seeds of such friendly flowers as pansies, nasturtiums, morning glories, and petunias will blossom indoors in a toX or pot Give them plenty of water and sunshine, and force them at first by laying a glass over the box.
 Some Odd House Greens
 A long box of cement or terra-cotta that fits the manteipiece will be beauti- iul filled with trailing ivy. Among the ivy roots stick branches of bayberry, bitter-sweet berries, mountain ash or Mack alder with its red berries. These "iil keep bright and fresh long time.
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Plainfeld.
A Successful Day.


 Last winter I joined Go. c. Service corps. It was made up of friends and parents of the soldiers of Co. c. 104th infantry.
 We were trying to raise money to send each soldier $2 on his birthday and present him with s25 on his return. We had, by dances. raised some money.
 At a meeting we voted to have a Tag day. It was to be on the following Saturday. I strung tags till all could see. both asleep and awake. were tags.
 Saturday came at last, and rainy, but we were not discouraged. My aunt and myself were up and ready at 5.30 a. m. We went to Greendale. a few miles from Worcester. 1 received 50 cents for my first tag.
 At noon we returned to headquarters for lunch. I sold about 300 tags ir the afternoon.
 At p. m. we had supper. and my aunt stayed at headquarters, so I had to have a chaperone for the evening. I sold tags till 10.45 ?. m. Thougf it was a rainy day, we were very sue cessful. At our next meeting received mt pay, not in money, but in "Thanl yous' from our boys who had returned from "Over There" MADELINE PICKERING. Age 1S. l Ashford
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He urged us never to forget 1t and. taking grammar. he read to us.
 l was surprised to see how I under stood it. What he had said seemed so clear and easy. I believe l never before had listened so well.
 The lesson ended he passed on to writing. For that day Master Richards had prepared new copies upon which were written beautifully.
 France -Alsace.
 How each child worked and what si- lence. One could only hear the scratch, ing of pens upon the paper
 All at once the church clock struck twelve. My friends" said the master. My friend, IT," but he could not speak, something stuck in his throat He could not finish the sentence. He returned to the blackboard, took 8 piece of chalk. and wrote in big let ters:
 | Viva La France! And with this. he ended the lesson saying: Run on and be merrvt" RUTH. MARIE TOBIN. New London.
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A Dav's Spor.


 One beautiful morning in July three boys and myself decided to spend a day in sporting. We talked the mat ter over and decided to go fishing to a pond about two miles away. We took luncheon, hook, line, and bait but 10 poles for we could cut them on the way.
 We started early and on the way a prize was offered. of a nice fat worm for the one who caught the first fish.
 The smallest boy won the prize,
 While we were talking about the fish we expected to catch. the boy with the nice fat worm shouted, T have found raft" and there it was to be sure, under the bushes in the water.
 We finally pushed it into the water rot on board, and pushed out to the middle of the pond, where we threw put our lines.
 We fiaAed little and swan a lit- He, but after all, we had fine mess If fish. seventy-five in all. As the sun was going down in the | vest. and being afraid that our moth ars would worry about us, we pack d up our lunch kits, and started fol lome. JOHN BARTOK, Age F. i Ashford
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low pine, if your tools are sharp enough. Dimensions of the various pieces are shown.
 First cut out the end pieces GA and .A) each 8x30 in. and form the legs by boring a-in. holes at R and s, l8 in. from the bottom, and saving along the lines. To give firm footing, nail pieces ! and [, each 3xl2 in. to the bottom of the legs. Then cut the sides B and H) each 8x35 in. and nail or screw them 'nto place with their faces flush with the edges of A. The bottom (c) Sx36 .n. should be nailed to A and A and to :he bottom edges of B and B.
 The next step is to line the inside of the box with tin or galvanized iron, Ening the ends first with lap-overs on 3, B, and C. Line the sides and bot tom with pieces large enough to reach from the top edge of one side, down across the bottom, and Up to the top of ;he other side. Allow haif-irch lap over to be tackled on top edges of box. Solder joints to make watertight.
 To cover the lap-over and give fn- Eshed top, fit on D. D, E, and E, each 2 Ei. wide, planed beveled, and fitted Eith rnitered Jo.--a. The. brace c is suggested to give greater stiffness. If .sst wood, use two coats of paint; if saTd pine, use varnish. Fill the box 'Eith rich black earth and transplant the Eeraniuns into 1t.
 Boys and Girls Newspaper Service
 Copyright, 1919, by J. H. Millar
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
Red Cheeks and Pep
BY MoLLIE PRICE COOK

It used to be the fashion for girls to be weak. Femininity was judged by fragility. Nowadays the table has turned. It is the fashion for a girl to be strong and healthy Everybody ad- mires an athletic girl.
 A real girl wants to have red cheeks, a fine skin, and lots of pep" SHc wants to be good to look at, to radiate sunshine so she can impress the people she meets. To be good-looking a girl need not have beautiful features. But she must be 5stdI and nagnetic.
 The girl who is healthy and -thletic should stay that way by right living. The girl who is not should get busy and acquire pep" To try to conceal your lack of red blood by rouge does not fool anyone. A good natural color comes from exercising the muscles. Muscles that are not used soften. Hard, well-used muscles make the body beautiful.
 Fresh air is as important as exercise. We fuss about the high cost of living, yet the most valuable thing in the world-air-is free to all, and we do not use enough ot 1t. Exercise out-ot- doors is the best beauty builder known. And it is the greatest fun! The girls who spend all their spare time out-of- doors show it in their looks, their walk, and their quick thinking.
 There are times of the year when outdoor athletics are difficult Then a girl can open the windows of her FOOT, and exercise indoors. If she has q gymnasium at school, 1t should be keft in use. Here are incoor sports from which a girl can chose what she likes best-and she can organize clubs for playing them: Basket ball; indoor base bali; folk dancing; tumbling; wrest- ling; fencing; swimming; track"
 Don't be an on-looker, girls. Get ir- to actionl Appoint yourself a comrni' tee of one to develop into the peoples most athletic, all-around American girl in your community.
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAkES,
Inc Red Cross Drive.


 "Cicily, are you cleaning house?" I am Red Cross driving, Cicily Rolf retorted. Have you forgotten it is Red Cross week? I have never realized how many things have tucked away that I wasn't using But didn't I make a good job of that sweater?
 Did you wash it?'
 Certainly I'd be ashamed to send a dirty sweater over there.
 You're queer, Cieily. How long do you think a white sweater would stay clean?" x @
 T haven't anything to do with that answered Cicily. She had. always thought EtheIs patriotism a shoddy thing.
 Ethel soon took her departure and left Cicily to continue her mending and packing, but Ethel still tinged her thoughts She's the kind that would bundle up two or three shabby even ing gowns. How can people do it thought Cicily. After putting on the last stout wrapping paper, she started for. Cousin Joslyn's.
 Red Crossing?" Cousin Joslyn ask ed.
 cecilv r<.ded. And everything. mended" T want to show you something; vol will like it." She left the room fol moment and returned with a box O little flannel shirts. Isn't that a gift?' Three dozen of them-all real wooler flannel
 T should think it was!" Cicil1 agreed. Who was it. Cousin Joslyn Can you ten?" Tt was Sally March, She went with out new suit"
 Cousin Joslyn wasn't looking a Cicilys new suit or thinking of it bu the face under Cicily's new hat bega, to .burn.-Unsigned.
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Nobody Knows.

Mary and John White had moved tc a little house near the wood about week after their father died. Their mother bought them dog. Every day they had to go to brook in the wood and pick some berries too. for they were poor. They did not often get their basket full. This is the way they went
 First came the dog. frisking along. then came the children. hand in hand. Mary had a basket for the berries and John bucket for the water. Every once in while they would stop to pick berry or wild cherry. At last they came to the brook. They filled the bucket with water and started for home. Sometimes they would stop to pick berry on the way home. One day they went another way to see if they could find more berries. At last they came to a brook as clear and cool as if it came from well. They waded across, for they were
 barefooted. They found lot of her-
 ries and got their basket full. They
 bucket full of water and started for
 home. As they came in sight Of the
 house they sang:
 Nobody knows where the blackberries grow,
 Nobody knows where the wild cherries 1 grow,
 Nobody knows where the itGe brooA l flows,
 Nobody knows! |, Their mother was surprised and said
 she thought that they ought to go. that l way every time 1 GRACE GARDINER. Age 2.
 Griswold. 2
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Tho Experiment.

October fourteenth our teacher brought to school test tube holder. test tube and an alcohol lamp.
 First, the teacher told us what each part was. The alcohol lamp had a little round wick and burned alcohol instead of kerosene. The alcohol f1ams has much more heat than a kerosene oil flame.
 The test tube holder was filled two- thirds full of cold water and a cork lightly put into the bottle. Then the alcohol lamp was placed under the test tube.
 We soon saw that there seemed to be more water in the tube than at first. The water began boiling and it boiled quite a little while. when all of sudden it began to drop from the bottom of the tube and then a piece of glass broke out of the tube and all of the water came out. That was the end of our experiment.
 What = wanted to see was the cork fly out when the steam pushed it out, but we did not see that, and we are going to try another experiment as soon as we can get tube to fit, or a small bottle.
 The next day we tried the experi- ment again. After holding the bottle over the alcohol flame a little while the cork flew out of the bottle very suddenly. This time. the experiment was successful.
 MARY M. sTEINMEYER. Age 14. Storrs.. T5la
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MAMMA,s POINT OF VIEW.

Who do he look lak? you ask me,
 Dis chile dat An holds on ma knee, Yassum. he walks, when An lets him, Roun' hyer in de shade of dis tree. An out of his sassy blue eve.
 He foller his pa. In de shine When looiin' fer mischief to do.
 Wid smile on his mouf 50 sly. Te's got his mas color an skin.
 Jes' as white an creamy as milk, An de same yaller hair in curls. Lax hern. dat is softer dan silk. Ills pa an him's got de same ways, He shows 'em as fast as he grows Dey gits dey own way wid laffin'- An nussed 'em 'bofe. anf An knows, He's got bis r7a's color an skin As any dat knows 'en kin see; But in ways iovin and fr'eniv
 He's ies' lak his nanny. dat's mel! -Kathrin P Faden, in Southern Woman's Magazine
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Our Nuttina Party,

One day about 5 o'clock my father was out of the mill. So, he said: What do you say if we go in the woods and get nuts?"
 So went with him to the fields. We had fun trying to catch squirrels. and we saw two rabbits. They were gray and the squirrels were gray.
 I was looking on the ground for nuts and I saw blue violet. I picked it up and showed it to my father r He said:, Put it in your pocket and pick up these nuts"
 So I, did. When I got done was looking for nuts again, and I ssSund two forget-me-n -nots.
 After while 1t was starting to get dark, so my father said: Now we will go home"
 When we got home we cracked a few of the nuts, then my father read while I was studying my lessons. and then we went to bed.
 BEATRICE MARISETTE. Age g.
 Plainfield.
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vii hat which we all prize very. high.

seviI hat which we all prize very high ly.
 The soldier who wore the. gAneri- can helmet was killed, and another soldier picked it up and gave it to my
 aunt. The German helmet was all
 battered in.
 She told many interesting tales
 about the people there; the children wear wooden shoes Sundays as well as week days.
 My aunt, along with a few other
 nurses, went to the beach at Monte Carlo. where they gathered many pret- ty shells. On account of coming SC far value them highly. do not know why it is called
 Sunny Trance" My aunt wore. rub. Der bootS some of the time Just before she came home Genera Pershing came in the hospital an6 l shook hands with them all. ANNIE O'CONNELL, Age fl. | Norwich
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Careless Maraaret,

Margaret, dear. don't you want to go to the store for me and get a can of syrup for brothers. breakfast ?.' asked Mrs. Carlton.
 "An right. mother, just as soon as I finish this seam on my dolls dress, 5 replied Margaret.
 But Margaret forgot all about get ting the syrup until her mother called again:
 Margaret! Margaret! Please hur- "! It is getting late and want you to get it before the store closes" I'm coming in minute. mother called back Margaret. Just let me | finish my thread out and I'll bt | there!" @ '4 S It took quite some. time before Mar. \ garet finished her thread. but finall, ahe came into the ]dtcAez to get be-
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Al rramp Got tha Pies..

Betty was twelve years old. She had learned to cook at school She made her first picN at home.
 Betty made the pies and left them In the pantry window to cool Then she went to make the beds.
 A tramp came by and on seeing the pies he took them and crossed the road.
 The tramp sat down and began to eat the pies.
 Betty knew the pies would be cool enough so she went to the pantry to get the pies to surprise her mother. When she reached the pantry she did not see tho pies
 Betty looked out the window and saw the tramp having a party all by himself
 Betty was very disappointed and she took the plates and threw them al him. They knocked the pies from his hands into the orad.
 Betty missed her first pies yer, | much. EDNA WEAVER. Age 12. l PrOyidance
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My Last Lesson in French.

One morning 1 was late in going to school and was much afraid of being ;colded, but as l entered the school room Master Richards looked at me without anger and said very softly: Go to your place quickly. my friend"
 So I went to my place and seated myself at my desk.
 I noticed that our master wore his beautiful frock coat and his black silk embroidered hat; but was much sur prised to see some of the old village people seated on the benches at the fight hand corner of the room. There were old Russell with his three-co lered hat, and the old mayor, the old etter carrier. and still many more
 While I was wondering at all this, Master Richards took his place and in soft and grave voice said to us: "My children, this is the last day that I shall teach you. I have received a mo- ice from Berlin. that only German shall hereafter be taught in the schools The new master will be here tomorrow, and this is your last lesson in French"
 These few words greatly excited me My last lesson in French! How | re- 5retted the time I lost. the lessons l missed. The books that I had found D tiresome now seemed to me like old 'riends. And so with Master Richards And now I understood why these old people of the village had come to ichocl. It was in a way to thank our master for his 50 years of teaching iH good service.
 As I was thinking of this heard my ,ame called. What would 1 not have iven to be able to recite my grammar esson without a mistake. But, oi curse, not word out of me. ana landing beside my desk. began tc hini. Presently heard Master Rich rds' voice say:
 T shall not scold you. my littlc riend. You have been punished nough. Everyone said l had tirae tc earn."
 Then Master Richards spoke to u. f the French language. saying it wa the most beautiful tongue in the world
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coat and hat.

coat and hat.
 ".Oh, mother, can't find my hat anywhere!" exclaimed Margaret.
 Well, my dear. if you had put it up when you came from, Alice's you would have known where it was" re- piled Mrs. Carlton in calm. serene voice. You may put on your blue Tam O Shanter if you will be very careful of it."
 Margaret ran upstairs to get her Tam, but came down without it.
 T guess will wear my old brown one. because my Tam looks too good I don't see where I could have put my ] hat!"
 1 We'll, after fashion. she got started with the money safely tucked away ir her warm little. mitten which Grandma Carlton had given her on her last birthday. She went first to the A & P. then to the other stores. but all 1T vain for they were all closed. and
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UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE
 AWAKES.

This is the season of the "Sere and yellow leaf" and it is just as joyful a season as any other season.
 The sere and yellow leaf has been talked about in way it has not de- served to be. II has no bad character, has obeyed the laws of its being, and is sere and yellow because it has completed the first round of It's being. IL is not out of service, for it is not out of life.
 The sere and yellow leaf Is the sheet beneath Gods blanket of snow which protects from the dire consequences of the frost all things which are in the ground for protection and rest and it helps to preserve and perpetuate the millions of plants and creatures which are committed to the care of the earth.
 The sere and yellow leaf Is being slowly dissolved by the clements SC that it may become part Of the hibtous earth and give life to the herhage and the flowers of spring.
 The plant grower prizes the roots oi old turf and leaf mold for his pots because these produce the best-tht health.est of plants. The sere and the yellow leaves which we see in autumn are the dependable promoters of tht beautiful green herbage and brigh' flowers of the springtime.
 The dry leayNs of autumn are the assurance of Ae green leaves which make the earth in spring symbol oi gladness and promise.
 There should be nothing suggestive of gloom about the sere and yellow leaf which is thing of beauty wher it falls and Is drifted like the snow
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Margaret walked home with very doleflIl face.
 She got about half way there wher she saw Jimmy Brown and Susie Gray .~. .ae I.l l..e leaves and. forgetting how late it was, she ran over and be- gan playing with them. She played until she saw her big brother in kind voice. "Oh, Margaret! What will mothei 1 say? See your pretty dress is all dirty and where are the things mother sen | you after?" he asked
 "Oh! all the stores were closed, an6 | Ohl Oh! where is my moneg?" sht l cried.
 AHaye you lost t. dear?" asked he, 1 brothe rin 3 kind voice. But she had not time to answer. foi
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She Attended the Golden Wedding.
 go to high school at Hope Valley and live. with my sister.
 Two weeks ago next Saturday, the eighteenth of October. MT. and Mrs. Ezra Edwards, my grandfather and grandmother celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage and attended it. There were over seventy five guests present. and they brought many fine gifts of gold. linen. cut glass and silver.
 A poem was read entitled My Col den Wedding Day. after which cake and cream were served.
 The next day picture was taken of the four generations of the family including MT. and Mrs. Ezra Edwards their daughter. Mrs. Henry E. Young their granddaughter, Mrs Henry Dawley, and their great grandson Prescott Alden Dawley. aged foul months.
 GLADYS YOUNG.
 Hope Valley, R. l.
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Drop Kicking
BY I. H. MnLAR

Spectators appreciate it more than any other kind of kicking said Waiter Eckersall ten years ago. The same is true of the drop kick today. It is spectacular; 1t brings the crowds to their feet.
 Practice, practice, practice rnake! drop kiokers. Briekley of Harvard once made five in a single game, but Brickley drop kicked every day of tn. year, fall, winter, spring, and sumner
 How to Hold the Ball
 T. E. Jones of Wisconsin recom- mends that the bali be held as shown
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Her Aunt Was a Nurse.

My aunt was a Red Cross nurse in France for a year. When she came home she brought quite a few sou venirs such as American and German helmets. belt with French. Ameri- can and German buttons. These she brought 10 my brother. and to me wooden shoes. English. French and Canadian money, Lorraine pin: and fla my sister French doll. and a Blue
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Speed. Height, Direction
Eh h---- -~~~s DO
BY GRANT NJ. HYDE

With winter approaching and the time to move the geraniums and other plants indoors from the porch boxes and lawn vases. good exercise for the tool chest may be found in building all indoor flower box. The plan shown here is handy because it stands upon it's own feet and may be moved to the sunniest window and set back on cold nights.
 The material for the box should be clear. straight-grained white pine, zs in. thick, planed on both sides-or vel
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My Surprising Triu,

This summer my parents and my TWO sisters and spent one Sunday at the Drawbridge.
 We started about ten o'clock and went on the train. but when we got off we had to walk quite a distance After we were there little while we went in bathing and We came out ot the water about two o'clock for din. ner.
 In the afternoon we went blackber. rying and picked about a quart.
 We did not get home till eight O.. clock that night.
 ANNA COLEMAN. Age 10. Norwich.
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CHE WIDE-AWAkE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department

by the winds, and a thing of useful ness until it becomes a part of the life to come.
 The elixir of life for. which man has been searcher may be the same which first clothed the earth with verdure and that will go on doing so foi the countless ages before us.
 The sere and yellow leaf is only g beautiful phase of life eternal
 THE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS a1-john Barton, of Ashford-Ton Slade With the Boys Over There.
 2-Annie o'conneIi of Norwich Tales From Shakespeare. 3-Gladys Young, of Hope Valley. R I.-Pilgrims Progress.
 4-Mary M. Steinmeyer, of Storrs- Robinson Crusoe. 5-Edna Weaver, of Providence, R I.-Tom Browns School Days. 6--Louise Kovarovies, of Ashford Marjorie's New Friend 7-Madeline Pickering, of Ashford Alice in Wonderland. | S-Louise Jerome, of Plainfeld- Gulliver's Travels. i The winners of prize books Twin; i in the city may call at The Bulletin | business office for them at any hou | after 10 a. m. on Thursday.