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Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-15
eiddy Riaek.

Once there was little mother. She was dressed all in feathers, and hef name was Biddy Black.
 Now Biddy Black had ten soft, fuf. fy little children. Think of it-teu children to care for and to teach al they. should knowi
 But the little mother was happy al happy could be. She scratched and clucked all day long.
 Biddy Blacks children always dit as they were told, and they never for. got. No, Eddy Blacks children nevel forgot. What fun the soft. fat. fluff. fy chickens had! They ran and play. ed and ran and played all day. Thes ate the bugs and seeds that Bidd, found. Oh. they played and ate buzz and seeds all day.
 At night they went to sleep in q feather bed, the softest, warrnest fea ther bed there ever was or ever coul. be. Peep. peep, peep!" said the tel little chickens when they went t, sleep. Peep. peep, peepi"
 ALMIRA BERNTER, Age 12. Danielson,
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Islands engaging in pastimess which theu haliern had A similar origin.

Islands engaging in pastiness which they believe had a similar origin.
 Among North American Indians many of these pageaats were religious and ceremonial in character. as re- suit of the red mans reverence Tor nature in all its forms. Many still are prat ticed today. Some Indian tribes believed that all knowledge was given to animals, and that their Supreme BeiRg did not speak to man, but man. ifested itself through dumb creatures and through the sun. moon and the stars Often an Indian who desired to know how he should live would go into solitude and wait until some animal brought him a vision.
 "Censeauently when he interpreted the movements 0. an animal he would adhere closely to the truth. As Q re- suit of this quality in his dancing and his sense of beauty. he. has evolved pageants worthy of preservation. "The buffalo dance is one of the finest exhibitions of Indian art. When the buffalo in his eastward progress across the plains came upon the semi | civilized inhabitants of the Mississippi valley> the Indians were in dire need of animal food. The buffalo afforded fno1 as well as clothing. moccasins, material for tents. tools and even fuel. | Thus he won an especially reverted l place in their lives and the pageant symbolical of the buffalo chase is one of the most picturesque and highly | developed of their art. It was some | times resorted to by the Sioux as an exhortation when food was scarce. It l still holds high place in the life of this tribe.
 "The Sioux dancers do not hide graceless movements among whifl-
 ing mob. They dare to silhouette 1 themselves in thousahds of pastures
 against the clearly defining brilliance
 of the setting sun.
 "The cast for the buffalo dance is usually composed of a group of five l dancers, two Of whom represent the buffalo, one the hunter and two women
 the mother animal.
 'The interpreters wear garments if
 imitation of the colors of the animal I This sobriety in tone is accentuated eS
 the lower portions of their bodies by .
 few white marks. an occasional bit oi red at the waist. and the soft green o. pine branches in their hands.
 The dancers representing the buf. falo wear long masks in imitation ei
 buffalo heads, thu outlines of whicf
 blend with the shades of theif owx 1 black stained bodies. They irhimati as nearly as possible the actions Of thu T animals, catch their solennity and en. | deavor 10 portray their power 4 Perhaps the most spectacular O 1 the animal dances still in existence i, tho snake dance of the HeOi Indian, ! founded GU . fascinating legend witl
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Going cIammina.

One day when my father was home he asked me if I wanted to go clam ming. I said that would like to go, so he told me to get my brothers boots and also two hoes to dig the clans with. While was getting ready my father went down to the barn, hitched the horse and then we rode down to the river. When we got there we had to- wait for the tide to go out. When it went out we soon began to dig clans. As wasn't nsed to using the hoe my hand got little bit sore, but didn't mind that at all. After a while I saw two men coming toward us who said that they had come from the city. They didn't know how to dig clAms so my father showed them how. In little while we had got our basket full, so we started to get the horse and then we rode home. When we got home we had some very nice steamed clans.
 ANNIE BABcocK, Age 18. Uneasyille,
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OF INDIAN oRIGlN7

whatever ones view concerning the propetiety. of the fox trot. the lame ducH and the grizzly bear one fact about them may be of interest-animal dances are not new" says bulletin issued by the National Geographic so- eiety from it's Washington headquar- ters.
 ''These dances recall the steps long practiced by the American Indians and also by some primitive peoples of the present day.
 'sTAe red men engaged in the buffalo, deer. bear and eagle dances with true poetry of motion and religious feryer Modern ballroom artistry frequently is crude as compared with the dances which long existed among these earlier Americans.
 s.Ethnologists say that the so-ealled animal dances originated in the stories which tribal braves told around their camp fires to illustrate their adven- lures and the actions of their prey during the hunt.
 sDTravelers in the South seas found the primitive peoples Of the Society
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Norwich
Our First Moose.

Jim and Frank Parker were in camp on the banks of the Kehnebec river. They were in their tent en-. toying a quiet smoke. and talking about the events of the day.
 Suddenly Jim was startled by a noise on the opposite shore. He asked Frank if he had heard anything just then. Frank said, mo-" The noise was heard again.
 This time both boys went outside to investigate. Soon Frank said he heard something unusual. Jim touch ed his brother on the arm and point ed to a pair of shining eyes in a thicket on the other shore. Just then Frank saw an enormous pair Of antlers loom out in the semi dark ness. Suddenly huge form emerg- ed from the thicket It proved to be that of a huge bull moose. Jim grab bed two guns while Frank cast off their birch bark canoe from the shore. They both jumped in, Jim with the guns, and Frank with the paddle. The canoe stole over the ripping wa ters without attracting the attention of the moose. Just as soon as they landed Jim handed a gun to his brother and they both crept softly to the other side of the moose that they might get a better aim AS soon as they reached the place Jim took care ful aim and fired. He hit him behind the ear, a vital spot. After Jim shot Franks gun roared. The beast fell and with last yell of defiance, roll ed over on his back and died. The moose was a heavy burden, but the boys carried him back to camp. They were very tired, but happy over the l capture of their first moose,
 1 BILLY RUDD, Age Il, | New London
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-15
UNCLE JEp's TALK TO WIDE
 AWAKES.

Honesty Is the best policy is an old sayinE which has been demonstrated tnany times undoubtedly in the lives or the Wide-Awakes. It may not all ways be the easiest thing to do, but it pays big dividends in the long run Tor as was so truly said many years ego by Alexander Pope. "An honest hans the noblest work of God"
 Over ln China we are told that hon. estS is a prevailing virtue and that eotne Of the Chinese in their native towns and cities leave their places of business unguarded while they go off for half hour or more. Should GUS tourSrs come in the meantime, they nnd the price of goods plainly mark "a. select what they want and leAye the money for them. That shows what it means to be able to trust any And all who might come into theiY snops while no one was there to watch them.
 China. of course. ha5 no monopol, On honesty. We see it in practice enhcnest the great frAyofity. but how much better 1t would be for all if VI cOuld feel that everyone else was toe tng the line of honesty just as fully es we are without hesitating, withou cheating and without reservations.
 There may be many times wher honesty seems much harder and lesi compromising than dishonesty, but i @ only a fAike impression which fl quickly dispeiled ey experience. Al mon are born free and equal and if al ehsut follow the policy Of honest, ecnscieHtiously this would be a muci Happier and contented world An honest man has a reputation of which oe has reason to be proud.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-15
CLEANED FROM FOREIGN
 EXCHANGES.

Sir Eric Geades' presidential ad- dress to the Institute of Transport yesterday put very suceintciy the main clements in Great Brieain's transport problem today. The first of them of course is, that not one of the trans port agencies in this country Is able to carry on upon the basis of the pre-. war revenue. That is well known to be true of the railways; but 1t is also trae Of trans and light railways. of docks and canals, and of the roads. Under pre-war conditions of revenue none Of them can cotinue to exisit. let they are vital to the nation and the State cannot let them die.
 Motor Boatiny@ @Dursng the war one heard very little about the fascinating sport of motor boating. It was very popular and progressive in the few years immediately preceding the fate fuI 1914. and then suddenly all was silent concerning it.
 But the Admiralty knew a lot more
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Men pexoured bx sh.rk.

It is related that upon an occasion. a large double canoe containing thir-
 ty.two natives of Tahiti Island while making crossing to an adjoining land, was wrecked by a sudden suuaiI and all but three of the number were eaten by sharks. The singular part Of this affair is that after being thrown into the water, the men, all of whom were expert swimmers, not he- ing able to right the canoe that was overturned, contrived to make a kind of raft, on which they scrambled. Their comoiHed weight. however, sank 1t
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The Misers Gold.

A miser had a great box of gold which he hid at the foot of tree in his garden.
 Every little while he stole away to this spot, dug up the box, and let the shining coins slip through his fin- gers back into the box. Nothing in the whole world gave him so much delight as the sight and the sound and the feeling of the treasure. One day when he came as usual to feast his eyes upon the gold he found nothing but a hole in the ground. He tore his hair and cried out so loudly that all his neighbors came running to see what the matter was. When they learned what had happened. one oi them brought him a stone from his field. saying, "Thefe, bury that. II will do as well to look at as the gold you never used"
 SARAH M. MceRATH, Age 1z. Yantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-15
A Day in the Wnaa..

One pleasant Saturday three of inv girl friends and I decided to go out in the woods after some pussy will lows. We had not walked far when our attention was attracted by large rock that people call a chair because 1t is shaped just like chair.
 My girl friends said Let's caaan here for the day." I said. "AM right so that is where we camped. We left our lunch and soda there while we went after the pussy willows. All of a sudden I saw some small pussy willows.
 We all rushed to the spot where they were. It was all swaxnpv and our feet got soaking wet, but we did not stop for that. We then started on our way back to the rocn chair where we were to eat our lunch and drink our soda for we were beginning to zei hungry.
 On the way back we saw lying bs tree the bones, skin and teeth Of 8 rabbit. After we ate our lunch and drank our soda we started for horne When we got home we all went to tAt show.
 FLORENCE CLARK, Age 1p. New London.
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nearly to a level with the water, and while thus awaiting relief school or sharks appeared.
 The men tried to frighten the vo- fAcicus monsters away by kicks and shouts, but it was of no avail. The sharks swan to the very edge of the raft and soon one of them leAped up and caught d man. who was speedily torn. into pieces and eaten, The sue cess thus obtained erftbbidened the other sharks. and one after another of the men were seized and eaten until only three remained. Relieved of So much weight the raft rose So high above the surface that the sharks were unable to spring out of the water far enough to reach tlae last three, who thus fortunately escaped | the fofridg death that had befailen
 LAMBS C.. McaRATH. Age 1s l vSnfiH ssr~i 'fa
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The Good Natured Coat.

Dear Uncle Jed: am going to send in little story or lecture. 1 read it today. I thought the children of the Wide-Awake Circle would like to read it, too.
 Children should be seen and not heard, at least so my mother often tells me. But today the children are to be heard as well as seen. Just as stepped up here to speak my piece my
 teacher whispered, Nov, Helen, speak very loud.'' And that is what am trying to do. ain going to give a little lecture. girls. And want to
 be heard and now let me tell you
 when you get up in the morning don't forget to slip on your good -natured
 coat before you go down stairs. You all have one, haven't you And when everything goes wrong at home, at school, or on the street and you think you have enough trouble to put any girl in bad humor then you may de- pend upon it. girls someone is trying to rob you of your good natured coat but don't let it go, hold on to 1t tight, and when you feel it settling firmly | back into it's place, oh. fnyi How jolly you will feel.
 1 HELEN TURNER GREENE, Age '. Plainfield.
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them. Why. fl [ gave them some ra {

them. Why. If I gave them some rd only have spoonful left for myself
 With these thoughts David sat very quietly and soon the npise ceased.
 After finishing the jelly Davy was ashamed to go to the house, So he amused hifnseif by looking for eggs ir the barn. betting the calf and playint with the pigeons.
 As he happened to stroll in thi baffyard his sister Fanny spied hin and running to Him said, "Oh, Davy you missed 1t. Where have you been Why, we hunted for you everywhere Mother gave us a party and we hat cake, raisiss, and apples. We has just begun to eat when Mrs. Steven saw us from her window and she sen E us two quarts Of ice cream left ovel from the dinner party she gave" Am quite out Of breath, Fanny paused and then added, There was Rosie frank and I. and oh! it was so good Davy hung his head in shame, but 1 l taught him a good lesson.
 LYDIA M. DUGAS. Age F. Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-15
Good citizsnshio.

The constitution of the United States provides that all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the Jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States.
 Some of the qualifications of a good citizen are loyalty, kindness, truth. honesty, fairness, justice, industry, taath, peace and helpfulness.
 A citizen shows loyalty in the United States if he fights for his coun- try. If he pays allegiance to the flag, ar~ he sticks to the government in : stead of going against 1t. Many of our citizens fought for their country during the great world war. Others who did not go because of old aea or poor physical condition stayed at home and showed their loyalty hy buying bonds, by working in the am fnunition factories and by having war gardens to feed the soldiers, A citizen shows thrift in the United States by buying Liberty bonds. wal savings and thrift stamps, and hy saving. The women showed their ioy. alty during the war by belonging t. the Red Cross. by sewing for the sol. diefs and orphans, by buying boeds by going to the Salvation Axm1 camps, by giving food to the soldiers and by working in the '. M. c. A 1 camps.
 Any citizen of the United stata, ! can show his industry in the Unite, States by working more hours dan, 1 than they do and by working and say l ing money instead of spending it fo
 articles which are not needed. The people of the. United State
 showed their kindness. by helping tn l Belgian chi1dra,o pVo enr+ 4br~, a .. and clothing which was made by th
 Red Cross. We also collected mon ey and sent 1t to the Ar9nenfans u protect them from the Turks.
 Every boy and girl can show tha
 he and she will be good citizens b. obeying the laws Of the govefnfnen! 1 state, or town, so that when the
 grow up they will make the govern
 Heft better and stronger than 1t i now.
 l ANNIE ApAMCTK, Age F. North Franklin
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-15

ton Of the machinery. Electric pufnps are being installed and new cement shafts will be constructed. Two or three years will be needed to pump out all the water.
 Saloniki Is Importing cream separs- tors from Sweden because the price for American machines is very much higher. The Sweden machines sell at from s23 to s2s.
 Owing to the glut of meat in the London market plans are being for mulated for re-exporting New Zealand mutton to the United States.
 Argentina offers profitable market for toys. The toys displayed in the stores are limited in variety and are also very expensive.
 Not more than forty tractors are used in the whole Of Macedonia
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-15
A Campfire Meetinq

tell Rea5 S5o 9Ro,s 5Sot Jed; d: o,1a am going to went to. I am one of the Camnf7re Girls. I am B years of age. It start ed at z o'clock, at one of the rnen1ber's houses. We talked over things then we were looking at drawings of our brothers, then looking at some books of Jisgs and reading and telling jokas Then two of the members served the refreshments, We had ham and ielIv sandwiches, cookies, cake cocoa and candy. We played games and played the victroia, and then went home had very good time. and hoped the rest did, too. >
 DOROTHY ROoDE, Age 1s.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-15
The Shark.

I am a shark I am called "the ti- ger of the ocean," because I am so large, strong and terrible I eat hu- man flesh. All sailors fear me. I like to follow ships and see what can get for my dinner. Many a man have swallowed.
 am so strong that with a single stroke of my tail I can break a mans leg. If I were caught the first thing the sailors would do would be to chop of my tail.
 guess I am not very good to look at. My skin is a dirty gray or slate color. My eyes are cold and green ish. They say my mouth has a horri- ble, mean expression. am about thirty feet long. Just think of that! I, have six rows of strong, sharp pointed teeth-sharper than any knife you ever had. I can raise or lower them as wish.
 Most fish,. when they .drop their eggs. forget all about them. But 1 love and take care of my young ones Beware! Beware! Don't fall over.
 board! might get you and gobble you up!
 LAURA HOLBRooK, Age 10, Leonard's Bridge.
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regard to their origin. In this weird aac picturesque ceremony they dance with live snakes. furnishing all the thrills Of the circus snake charmer.
 The Indians eagle dance holds the highest place among those founded upon their reverence for the bird king dom. The butterfly dance of Indian youths and maidens has. modern counterpart in one of the famed suc- resses or the Russian ballet"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-15
A Christmas $ Gift

At Christmas morning I found some candy, nuts, doll. and many other things. I found that something was missing for told Santa Claus to bring me a bah and he never gave it to me. So I went to. look for 1t, but I never could find it. So I want up stairs and found it. My mother kept 1t and ney- CT told me where it was until I found it April ', 1920.
 MARY WaNowsK1, Aged 3.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-15
THE BEES WISDOM.

sAia a fittie wandering maiden To a bee with honey laden; Bee. in all the flowers you work, Tet in some doth poison mfk."
 That I know, my little maiden" HAld the bee with honey laden; Hut the poison fofsake. And the honey only take" -canhing bee. with honey laden, That is right" replied the maiden go win from all I meet, oniT take the good and sweet"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-15
Oakdale
The White School wlsR Green Shut.

As this is the first letter have written for the Wide Awake Circle I will tell you about our school. It is white with green shutters and is about two miles away from home. My sis ter, aged T, another little girl and her two brothers and 1 go from here.
 There are 29 pupils at this school Our teacher is Miss Mary O'Cenner.
 School begins at g o'clock. We have spelling. reading and pennanship be- fore the first recess. After recess we have arithmetic and songs. Then school is out for noon.
 In the afternoon we have language Then recess. After recess we have history. Then schools is out to g home If this letter is printed I vii write again.
 ARLENE FRIES
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LETTERS WRITTEN BY WIDE.
 AWAkES,
Spring and Summer.

again. I think we all rather have sum mer than winter, at least I do.
 In summer we can go swimming, nutting, boat sailing and we can have lawn parties and the like. We can al- so play longer for the sun sets lat er than in winter. But I like winter also, because we have lots of fun throwing snowballs, skating, fishing through the fee, and many other sports.
 But in winter there is one thing miss 8 great deal, and that is to hear the birds singing in the leafy trees. Now that spring has come the birds are all returning and soon summer will be here with the bright sunshine and chirping birds to greet us all once more.
 TsnTITSF THpEp
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-15
Davia's Lesson.

Mother! I am hungfyin said Da- vid, as he rushing into the house and his eyes rested longinsly On a saucer of jelly.
 You may have the jelly" said his mother, 'only don't be stfhxy with it,r for David had a fault of being gsiagy.
 David taking the saucer went hlIr . riedly to the barn and seating hina- self in the hay had just begun to eat it when he heard his sister Fanny calling him. "Hum," said David, T s'pose ma told them I had some jealy,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-15
CUT THIS oUT-Tr IS WORTH MoNE1

Cut out this slip, enclose with 5c and mail 1t to Foley 6 Co, 2Ss5 Sheffield
 Ave, Chicago. III, writing your name
 and address clearly. You will receive
 Foley's Honey and Tar. for courhs eelds and croup; Foley Kidney Piils for pain in sides and back, rheama, :, I tisrta, baekache. kidney and bladder ail- ! fnents. and Foley Cathartic Tablets. a wholesome and thoroughly cleansing cathartfc, for constipation, biliousness.
 headache, and sluggish bowels Lee q
 Oseood Go.
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My School.

: I am six years old, and I am in the second grade. and go to school every day. like spelling and reading the best of any of my studies.
 There are q pupils in our school. I have not seen any flowers yet but hope will soon. I hope the Wide Awskes have found some.
 ELfNOR CHAPPELL. Chestnut Hill.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-15
Net Ps.ul.n

A Polish committee Is stnayfng the American Constitution as pattern for the organic law Of the new republic. The committee will probably stop when it gets to the Eighteenth anehement. I-El Paso Herald
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Rulss for Wideawakes.

1. Write plainly on one side of the paper only, and number the pages. B. Use pen and ink, not pencil.
 g. Short aila pointed articles win be given preference. Do not use over 550 words.
 L ofixsnAi stories Or letters cnis t11l be sised.
 Write yont name, age and ad- lfcAs plainly at the bottom of the
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Past unserstsnsino.

Europeans find American politics Co complicated that some of them almost regret that they undertook to study the subject-Washington Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-15
LOUISE LBBER.
Plainheld.
eeins Bad and What Became Of tt.

My mother wanted me to go to the store. didn't want to go, so I ran out doors and slammed the door. The next thing did was to catch my finger in the latch. I ran in the house and bandaged it up. Then ran off to school. After this I will try to mind
 DORIS WATERS, Age 10. Norwich