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The San Francisco Call Junior Section Issued Every Saturday For the Boys and Girls of Sam :Hranoiseb arid Califorriia HAVE YOU SEEN ALONZO? THE JUNIOR CALL DOG SCENTS THANKSGIVING DINNER A FAMILY CHAT WITH THE JUNIORS Although The imior tall lias only teen in existence a few weeks, it lias abundant cause to welcome the idvent of the Thanksgiving season, »o fraught with the satisfaction and joy that come with the knowledge if complete success have l>een those few weeks of its existence. Every day brings increased evidence of the popularity of The Junior Call among both juniors and adults of the west. The teacher?*' comer today is de voted to physical education in the public schools and Professors Barth and 51>ihling. supervisors in the San Francisco schools, have furnished a comprehensive article covering this important department, which is complete in every detail. It be comes the duty of the schools to improve the health and vigor of the children, if the American people are to maintain an adequate physi cal, mental and moral standard. Acain The Junior Call repeats its invibtion to the educators of Cali fornia to avail themselves of the columns of the teachers' corner to assist in tbe dissen:«iiation of infor mation regarding the work of their particular departments. There is no teacher in California who can not, oat of his or her -own knowledge and fiperierce, assist some other teacher, as The Junior Call also de sires to assist. The Junior Call ap preciates the work of the teacher. It knows that the teacher is not work ing for individual aggrandizement, nor for the benefit of any individual child or grcup of children, but for America — a bigger, better, greater America. The teacher knows that the time will come when- the world will demand of the child that he do something to further the progress of civilization, and that something and how he will do it depends not only upon his ability to pass a brilliant cxaminatiGn, but upon habits of thoroughness and industry, and, above all, upon his perception and appreciation of the moral law. Truly the responsibility upon the teacher is not a sltebt one! In regard to the history contest, which is continued, it is necessary to repeat that the contributions must be written on only one side of the paper, with ink or a soft black pencil, and they must be not more than 300 words in length nor less than 200. So many stories are re ceived that are written eu both sides of the paper that It is evident that many of the juniors do not read the conditions, or they would surely comply with them. Read the par ticulars on the second page. In this issue, en the third paiJc, Axle Grease for North Pole Perry, the arctic explorer, never started on one of his expeditions with out receiving a variety of -'packages from people each of whom thought he p « »« « \u25a0\u25a0-•' \u25a0»««\u25a0»»»»». »i »-«\u25a0\u25a0«\u25a0«. «. » »» AS THANKSGIVING DAY APPRftAf HFS THF SPORTSMFN OF II INIORVFI I F GFT RI ISY r\J I k firu ii\JVil V II IVI Ut\ 1 .r\rri\V/r\v.l-iEJv 1 1 1 L Jrv/u IJI IL.I I VI J.UI ilUI\ V ILLL VIL I DU J 1 the younger readers of The Junior Call" will find something that will especially interest them, namely, a boat that was designed and built by Herbert .Alexander Dickey of Piedmont, who is only 9 years old, and which is a most creditable piece of work, and further illustrates the fact that a child of almost any age enjoys do ice things and making things. To design and build.a boat, at least one that will sail, requires inventive genius and perseverance. Children should be encouraged to experiment, and should have, free scope to develop their ideas. - Also on the third page there is today a very interesting story of her own experience at 3Tme. Tussaud's famous Waxworks museum in Lon don, by, 3liss Shulman of Oakland, and any one who has ever attempted to pass a few hours alone among the wax people can sympathize with Miss Shulman's feelings when she found herself mistaken for a wax figure, as almost every visitor to the waxworks has the same experi ence, the wax figures being so ter ribly lifelike. Travel experiences are always interesting and Hiss Shulman*s fellow juniors will appre ciate her contribution. The Patchwork Picture Puzzles are the fad of the hour, and the younger juniors are fortunate in be ing able to participate in a game that is so fascinating and so thor oughly up to date. The puzzles, however, are for the younger juniors only, and not for boys and girls who are over 10 years of age. Con testants in the puzzle contest are requested to give their ages. The story by 3Targaret Forrester, Jakey Klein's Thanksgiving, on the third page, .is well worth reading. The picture of the little, motherless, foreign born boy, who had never heard of Thanksgiving and had nothing to be thankful for, is ex tremely pathetic, and his joy and gratitude at the advent of his new friend, the little "Bed Riding Hood," who appeared momentarily, "out of the snow, or, rather, out of a trans continental train, Is a lesson to those who have so many more bless ings to be grateful for. Alonzo. The Junior Call dog, Is also appreciative of the Thanksgiv ing season, as will be seen by his wild rush across the center of the stage today, in the direction of the turkey dinner w hich Is awaiting him. At Juniorville, His Royal High n?ss, the turkey, occupies the cen ter of the stage, and thero is very little question as to whether or not those juniors are going to enjoy their dinner. "Watch them! needed come particular article. A few days before he set off on one of his trips there arrived a parcel labeled' "To be opened at the farthest point north." Peary -opened it at once. In side was a small barrel inscribed, "Axle grease for the pole!" SAN FRANCISCO^ SATXJRDAY, NOVEMBER 21^1908. Seven Toed Cats AN interesting family of cats which frisk about the Oak street police station, New York city, \u25a0 is \u25a0 the talk of the district, and many persons have come from all over the city to see them, while an expert has been sent down from the Bronx Zoo to try to fathom the secret of this strange family, each member of which has seven toes on its fore feet. Seven Toed Dick is the father of the flock, but strange as it appears, their mother, Six Toed Judy, did not develop seven toes until she was almost a year old, though now she has that number, like the others. The rest of the seven toed family have not been named yet, but there are six of them, about two months old, of all colors, each of which has seven well defined toes on its front paws. Their feet are abnprmally large, too. According to Lieutenant "Bull" Mc- Carthy, who was In every country in the world when in the United States navy, seven toed cats are not rare In some countries. He says: "The island of Madagascar is re nowned for its freak cats, and Malta is a close second, but legend gays that a hundred years or so ago a- ship from the far-east which was wrecked on the Jersey coast . off Fair Haven had , a number of . seven toed eats ' aboard, some of which swam ashore — for they are good swimmers — and ever since that locality has produced any number of them. "One big yellow one that I remember seeing in Djokjokarta, on the island of Java, was the pet of an old deep sea sailor. He had taught it many tricks. It could turn a somersault like a trick dog, roll over, play dead cat and do other strange tricks, but its best stunt next to swimming was to carry the mail, for it seemed to recollect loca tions like a human being and would go for the old jack tar's mail a mile off to the postofflce and always brought it back safely." Less than a year ago "Bull" was sitting behind his desk on the late tour in the Oak street police station, when a sailor who had shipped too much grog was brought In .for safe keeping. "What's your name?" asked the lieu tenant, and the old salt drawled out "Dick Sanford." Then he proudly as serted that he was a sailor and had been all over the world. McCarthy's brow knitted hard as he looked up, but he only said. "Take him back and give him a good soft bunk in the fo' castle and bring him to me in the morning when, he sobers up." McCarthy saw that Sanford was dis charged in court the next morning and brought back to the "police station. There he ' restored to him his sheath knife and other belongings and accom panied him to South street, where the good old clipper ship Asa Eldridge was moored. Sanford produced from the chain locker a little mite of a kitten and gave it to McCarthy. It was all he had to give- It was black and whiteand had seven toes on . its fore feat. "Say, Dick," said the lieutenant, 'Tll-.name this cat after you.- I will call It 'Seven Toed Dick' from Madagascar." "Seven Toed Dick", at once : became popular with the menat the police sta tion, for none of them had -ever seen the like before. WITH THE SHORT STORY TELLER AND THE POET Some Quaint Definitions Schoolroom humor is usually acciden tal, spasmodic in appearance, and charged with varying degrees of in tensity. The boy who in his essay on milk remarked that "when the cow has been milked it . is passed - through a sieve" discerned no humor in the; statement even after a demonstration in analyti cal grammar. \* The general optimism of boys is il lustrated by the confidence with which they tackle definitions of difficult terms, in writing a description of happiness, one boy decided that "happiness means lively, jolly, and plenty of it." Another with a. mind. of more searching, trend said, "Happiness is a living state ;;of being which no person can. see. "T^Bere are many ways of getting, it. It can also be got by saving people'slives'and going to meetings about associations, arranging for socials and balls. A man can be happy when he is at work" and enjoying . a walk with his outdoor neighbors." .. . , , Questions in "general knowledge" frequently provide pitfalls, a hospital being variously described as "a place where' people are. taken, who -are not ill,* but • have . something, to do .with some; partof their body." and "a place where people gcfwJren they. have a bad decease." \u0084i..^;i . -... '" V:V :> :^'- \u25a0 \u25a0*-\u25a0'\u25a0"\u25a0»\u25a0:';.\u25a0 \u25a0 ' ' ... The: difference .between . a physician and a'surgeon is expressed as follows, •'A; physician is a man which mixes medicines for the people, and a sur geon is a man. who takes legs oft -when any one requires It or arms." There is a general agreement on the subject of gluttony, as witness the fol lowing definitions: "A glutton : is a person who wants all the meat to him self"; "Glutton means a man who eats that much that he doesn't know what to do with himself"; "A glutton Is a man who thinks that he can eat all the lot, and when he comes to the end their eyes are bigger than themselves." The question, "What are j the chief beasts of burden in Egypt, South America, India and South Africa?" was answered laconically by the words, "The peasant." . One boy, conspicuous for his "regu larity of attendance, defined a wag as "a person who does not attend a place where he ought •to go"; another described a critic as "a man who takes everything serious." . .\; Belling the- Cat "Who ; will be the cat?" is a curious old proverb, famous In parable and in history. ; The mice, says the parable, held a. consultation how.to secure them selves from the cat, and they resolved to hang a bell about the cat's neck to give warning when she approached, but after : they, resolved on doing- it they were as far off as ever, for who would do it? Both parable and proverb have im mortalized themselves in history. -When the Scottish nobles met at Stirling |in a body -they: proposed to take [ Spence, the ; obnoxious .'favorite ; of James the Third,' and hang him, and so gef rid of hlmjjf j '.' "...\u25a0' j:n " : • v "Ay,": said / Lord : Grey, "that's very well said, but who'll bell, the cat?" "That- will; I,",. said' the black; Earl Angus. He undertook, the task,,accom plished It and J: was . called "Archibald Bell-the-cat" until his ; dying day. A Boy's Song Where the pools. are bright and deep, Where tho gray trout lies asleep, . Up the river and o'er the lea ' That's the way for Billy and me. Where the blackbird sfnjrs the latest, Where the hawthorn blooms the - Where the nestlings chirp and flee, That's the way for Billy and me. Where the mowers mow the cleanest. Where the hay lies thick and greenest, There to trace the homeward. bee, That's the way for Billy and .me. Where the hazel bank is steepest. Where the shadow falls the deepest,. Where the clustering nuts fall free, ; That's the way for Billy and me. Why the boys should drive away Little sweet maidens from the play. Or love to banter and fight so well. That's the thing I never could tell. . But this I know,, l love to play, Through' the ; meadow, among the hay; Up the water and o'er the lea. That's the way for Billy and me. The End of Summer Down by, the browning ; meadows, . Out from the bending trees, The clamor and cry of the bluejays Storm; through the languid breeze. The corn fields are seas of tassel, And close by thefcorn field's edge Snow on the mountain and 'golden rod Mingle with sward and sedge. r^-^V The ruddy fruits of the orchard Fall ripe In the aftermath. And,*, ripe lin the ' sun, the blackberries Hang lush o'er the well worn path, The meadows ; are golden billows. The quail from the stubble calls; The thistle tall and the lronweed Bloom by the old stone walls. In the air is a spicy odor; The woodlands are .filled, with .haze; The grapes hang ripe in the wildwoods, The ivies are all ablaze, v. Oh. the gorgeous, glowing garlands That hang o'er each smoke tinged ; "path! - ' Oh. the. glorious, golden mornings That, come with the aftermath! A Friendly Hand "When a man. ain't got a cent, an' he's feelin' kind o* blue. An* .'the clouds hang dark and heavy an' won't let the sunshine through, It's a grand thing,' O my 'brethren, for V a feller just to lay His hand upon your shoulder in a friendly sort of .way! ' It make a man feel curious; it make the teardrops start, An'-you sort o' feel a flutter in the re gion o* your heart. ' You can't look up and meet his eyes; • you' don't know what to say, When his hand is on your shoulder in a friendly sort o' way. 1 Oh, the world's a . curious compound, with its honey and its gall, With its cares and 1 bitter crosses; but a ,; good: world -after all,- j '\u25a0:'\u25a0 ,/. ,- \u25a0-.. And a good God must; have . made . it— 'i 'leastways, that's "what, I say. When \u25a0 a hand- rests on ' your- shoulder in a friendly, sort o'way. \u25a0 '•" —James Whitcomb ßlley. Bequests to. Animals •Of bequests to animals a few may be mentioned. In 1781 a peasant of Tou louse'made his horse his heir. Doctor Crlstiano of Venice left . 6.000 florins for the maintenance of his three dogs, with a condition ' that at their, death the capital sum should be handed over to the University of Vienna. A Mrs. Elizabeth Hunter, in 1813, left 250 pounds a year to her parrot, and the Count of Mlrandola bequeathed a legacy to a pet carp. '\u25a0'}* '\u25a0'\u25a0 Lord Chesterfield left a sum for the support of his favorite cat, so also did Frederick Harper, who ' settled $625 on his "young black cat," the interest to be paid to his house keeper as long as the cat should remain alive. The most singular of these wills, however, was that of a Mr. Berkeley of. England, who died in ISOS. He left $135 to four of his dogs. During a jour ney through France and Italy this gen tleman, being attacked by brigands, had. been protected and saved by hi 3 dog; the four animals he pensioned by his will were • the • descendants of this faithful friend. Feeling his end near, Mr. • Berkeley desired that two arm chairs might be brought to hl3 bed side and his four dogs seated on them; then he received their last caresses, which ihe returned with the best of his failing strengtn> m \u25a0'\u25a0 - Keep the Mouth Closed The Juniors, and the adults too. for that matter, should remember to keep the mouth, closed except when eating, drinking or talking. The evils of breathing through, the mouth can not be too strongly, dwelt upon." In the first place the invisible dust which constantly floats in the air Is drawn In directly to the'lungs, injuring there by the delicate membranes of the en tire breathing apparatus. Catarrhal trouble frequently results simply from this careless habit of breathing, not to mention more serious disorders which are quite liable to ensue. Another evil resulting from this practice Is the un becoming and foolish expression given to the. face by habitually g6ing about \u25a0with the lips apart. "When a child Is allowed to sleep in this manner the habit" becomes an extremely difficult one to break during the. working hours as well. The entire personal appear ance may be greatly disfigured by care lessness in this particular. By breath ing through the nose the a,ir is both warmed and purified before it reaches the lungs. The nostrils act as a sort of sieve, allowing only pure air to pass beyond their domains. A sudden blast of icy air taken through the mouth is often provocative of cold* and even pneumonia. "Breathe through the nose" is a maxim which can not be. too often or too emphatically repeated. \u25a0 \u25a0 Remarkable Memories As instances of remarkable memor ies it is stated that Doctor Johnson never forgot anything he had seen, heard, or read. Burke, Grotius and Pascal forgot nothing they had ever read or thought. Both Leibnitz and Eu ler could repeat the whole of the Aeneid. Ben Jonson could repeat all .he. had ever written and whole ; books that he had "read/ Themistocles" could call by their, names, the ;, 20,000 citizens [ot Athens.- Cyrus is reported to have known _ the name of . every soldier in his army, i -.V^'-. -« The Stormy Petrel A thousand miles from land are we. Tossing about on the roaring sea.: From billow to boundins billow cast. Like fleecy snow on the stormy blast: The sails are scattered abroad like weeds; The strong masts shake like quivering reeds; The mighty cables, and Iron chains. The hull, which all earthly strength disdains. They strain and they crack, and hearts like stone , Their natural proud strength disown. Up and down! .Up and down! ..'• " ./ ir . From the base of the wave to the bil lows' crown. And . midst the* flashing and feathery foam The Stormy Petrel finds a home— A home, if such a place may be. For her who lives on the wide, wide sea, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air. And only seeketh her rocky lair. To warm her young, and to teach them to spring \u25a0 At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing! :: — Barry Cornwall. A Book I'm a new contradiction; Tm new and .'l'm -'old, *" I'm often in tatters, and oft deckM In gold; Though "I never could read, yet letter'd I'm found; Though blind. I enlighten; though loose. I am, bound — I am always in black, and Fo always in white; I am grave and Tm gay, I am heavy and light. In form, too, I differ — I'm thick and Tm thin. - I've no flesh, and no bones, yet I'm cover'd with skin; I've more points than tbe compass. more stops than a flute — I # sing without voice, without speaking confute; I'«D English, I'm German. I'm French and I'm Dutch; Some love me too fondly; some slight me too much; I often die soon, though I sometimes > live ages. And no monarch alive has so many pages. *," ,'.';.; -\ — Hannah Store. _ ' Steamer Losses The total steamer losses in 1907, "as reported to July 1, 1905." were 273 boats, of 253.613 net and 403,328 gross tons. Of these, 90 were British. 19 be longed to British colonies, 11 to the United States, 2 to Austria-Hungary, 6 to Denmark. 1 to the Netherlands. 14 to France, 27 to Germany, 4 to Italy, 27 to Japan, 20 to Norway, 7 to Russia, 13 to Spain. 7 to Sweden. 15 to other European countries, and 10 to Central and South America. A Lesson in Grammar ."Now," said a teacher who was giving a lesson in. grammar, "can any one give me a word ending with 'ous.' meaning full of,' as In 'dangerous' — 'full, of dan ger*—and 'hazardous' — 'full .'of . haz ard?*" Th£re was silence in the class for a moment. Then a boy put up this hand. "Well. John," said the teacher, "what is ' your word?"' "Please, sir," came the ireply, "'Pious* — full ofpiel'**