THE SAN FRANCISCO CALE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER^I8 > 1909.^-THE JUNIORIG&MJ
FOR THE YOUNGER JUNIORS
HOW BABY KEPT QUIET WAITING FOR MAMA
RUTH INGRAHAM
'IT HE ' ba by has bten grown up ' for
J y^eara and years, . but when: sn *
thinks of that day she seienas to
wutoh- of solfrnn faifs looking at
her. aud ft-els a sudden guilty sinking
They l>ad,dressetl : jhe l.;iby all in white
— white- frilly petticoats, white dress
wkh scallops, while bits of socks, little
whUc.blb; All while as white. All but
the tiny shoes whKli fa^t^ned about
the plump little aU kl,. with a strap.
Then they said: '"Don't touch anything
dirty, baby dear. Play nice, while the
big people pet ready, will you?"' And
"l>aby nodded her head gravely, - and
trotted off i<> her playhouse.''
Tne dfl!s w«re silting up very
Btra5 # gLt and «lean. They were - all
i*-ady to keep Sunday, too. Big sister
had put the playhouse in order, mid
everything was much too tidy to play
with. Baby wondered what to do. .^he
litard uncle Kinging and whistling as
he polished his Sunday Fhtfes. Dear
uncle, how h« wed to ping and whistle
in throe day*:— "spec ially Sunday morn
ings, v -iifn it va.v so still you oouIJ
hear .ib* larks piping their sweet
answers, ev«r so far. Thump! went the
lid of jhc- blacking chest, and off went
uncle to his room, singing "Only a
l'an.-y Blossom.'" at thp top of his
happy young lungs. Then baby thought
of sumfthiug! She stuck one fat foot
>ut before her. 'Ttvas as much as ever
she <ould do to see it. over her starched
; kirts. "Hlatkie she softly
lueried. Now the big p<H»i>le hadn't
hought of that at till.
THE WINNERS OF PAINT BOX PRIZES
This is the picture to i>c colored. Paint it in water colors or crayon and \send immediately to the
Editor of the junior Call
NAME Age ......
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Baby marched ofT to the blacking
chest and" tugged up th«v' cover. There
were boxes and brushes and cloths, but
baby knew what she wanted. She
didn't touch anything black or sticky—
not she !— but carefully chose mam^ia's
bottle of Fhoe dressing. " •It '\u25a0 was a
nice clean bottle:— outside. - Next- thing
was to find a clean place to; sit, for
baby remembered her white dress.. ,f"o
she trotted solemnly off to tho best
Christmas Night
RUTH RAYMOND
Come, chile, ue dark, am crec-pin' r/)und
•Our little" cabin door,
Dar's snow upoh-df frozen, ground.
;l"f: sorubbe^l de- kitchen floor
An\, hung <le, holly, berries' high
Dar in dp candle light;
Ivook from dis ' window towar' de sky,
Fo" dis is Christmas night. ,_
.ccc,. c cc, all dp f=tars am s^hinin' down
l^iiik jewels ebery one.
J-"it for to make a priceless crown
Fo' Gawd's own holy son,
Who. was a baby, pure an' sweet,
In spotless robe* . of. while,
An' angels worshiped at his feet.
One blessed Christmas night.
lie moon hangs like a cradle there.
To rock some little chile,'
Xow, l'onry, say jo'ebenin' prayer, •
'Pears how d*« angels smile.
When yo' am here on mammy's knee,
.Yo*. fingers folded tight, .
Da love each happy chile to see,
On holy Christmas night.
Xow, honey chile, go fast asleep,-
We's gwino to hab a call .
From "s!Tnta Claws, l'ssuali he'll heap
Yo' stockings, till da fall*
Wid presents tine, most eberyting ,
Dats round an' soft an' bright, ;
To make yo* laugh an*. dance an' sing,
D«s biassed Christmas night.'
-^—Boston Cooking .School Magazine. '
TlfE BL'SY MESSENGER
room and^chose. the white, woolly. rug,
sitting T exactly Jih^ ; the ; middle. .Then
~baby ' pulled . the icork "out . of: the \u25a0 bottle.
It stuck j : fast,-' corning,- at last, .with :'a'
sudden : pop! : which ; Jerked her little
hand .and spilled, some ;of[ the; stuff "out
in -the wrong place — -not ; very ;'\u25a0 much,"
"though; \u25a0\u25a0.'. ' \u25a0; : *;/; ,' . •'...... .' " "..-...
If wasn'.t so easy.; to .black - shoes as-lf.
was to see , sp"meboay; else do - i t.-^j The
sponge 'was kind of drippy,' and it wob
bled" some and didn't; always- go in '^the
right" place, and the bottle .would tip
Grandpa's Found Some Holly !
"Our Christmas . feast has " come at last,
\u25a0 ' And i Grandpa ; looks : so i jolly ! ;? • : - ' '
He : loves ;this quiet - ancient'^ home v>i
-\u25a0And loves the glowing holly. :"';'.
'.'The farm, has yieldednu^s and fowls
; And -grains and fruits; in plenty, :
And all rforGrandpa.^who's as gay
As^ if he werei but twenty.- ;- \u25a0 '
"We've .feasted,_ sung and played our
•-* games'- " ;: . '. ' ,
So sprightly, and so jolly;- -.
And love is swelling, everjyheart
:": And Grandpa's found "some holly!"
My Creed
ARNOLD HOWARD WALTERS
I would be ; true.^f or there are : those
who ..trust me; ' v,-;; '.' > :.:. f'. r -'
I -would be pure, for tliere'are those.
;r-'who ( care; -\u25a0 -
I -would be strong, for there is .much
to 'suffer; .. f , . "y" y \u25a0-'
I wouldbe brave, for there is much
_. ; to- dare. -•; ; \u25a0 \u25a0•'- r- \u25a0' 'r '
I would bcTfrientl of all— the foe— the
friendless; . .
I would be" giving, and forget . the
; - gift;;-, b: ; ,-\u25a0\u25a0.
I would be -humble, for I know my
weakness; - : \u25a0 \u25a0
I would look* up— and laugh*— and
love — and lift.
— Harper's ; Bazar.
: over. ,-Besides, -. Baby's hair - got ; into
;he.r eyes,- and had to be putbackagood
• deal.r" But:, Bab'yi knew .> that 'even very
"little, people Jean -do." some, that
see'm:hard.!f:they;"just keep trying/* So
j there : sh'e; sat.'and ; blacked aid- blacked.
' Now; sucb'lwas . the ; strange "custoriV? in
this .'house that:, whenever^ it-, became
: very.Vquiet " the biglpeo'ple 'all;:took" to
hunting, for? the"* baby.-; I don't -know
.whetherjyou've ever. . been ~y. in I places
wh'ercthey do that? Uncle found, her
first— just peeped . in at the. .door ' a rid
theh;werit andjcalleil; the others, Iwho
slipped, silently ; into ; the room",' one"; by
- one. v It . was ," much too late to "say
"stop,\' v so;they just stood
and tried not to laugh out loiid. - '
On .ablack rug, sat a streaked land
\u25a0brindled ibaby,' soberly^ rubbing • more
: blackness \u25a0/ into ' a( pair > of c uncommonly
black ; - Irttle « shoes.^ ' You', couldn' t i have
told where , the" shoes left^off and jthe;
socks began. ' .This baby .\u25a0; was •*: dressed
mostly^ in; bla<;k—7black; petticoats %(not
so -frilly), "black dress^wlth; scallops;
little' black bib; J'All-" black". ' as^black.
Very" black! ' .Black' to stay.';- \u25a0' _.':-
. Baby; had .been - far < too, -much'; ab
sorbed in _; her -' work p to ;': notice .".what
went ! on,aroundj her,* but jail at once she
looked "up * with a ; great : start'and saw
this^roWi of; solemn faces; watching. her. .
For the : first ' time she ' felt that '-she had
[been in"; mischief . and that 1 somehow
she hadn't ; stayed ] clean. .And J oh, .such
a : hearts broken wail went up -from, the.:
crumpled, 'despairing^little' fat- heap- of
darkness! --"..~v". /.' :\u25a0 \u25a0.:\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0 L:'.l^:--^ : ,- \u25a0\u25a0
As I said;before,;.the. baby;has^ been
grown up '.for- years and *' years, \u25a0;'.; She
doesn't ' remember" at i all v wha.t j happened
then.V? She-:. knows they mustn't^have
been ; cross wfth.her because" she 'hadn't
.really..' meant r to. do; any.f harm.*^-." She
knows they, must-have had td scrub and
scrub rand then '• let most of- the black
wear off, for! they; didn't have) patented
cleansers' fiv'those* days. -Just this does
she -remember—^-tha't row: of solemn
faces when" she rlooked up. If she I had
only, known'th* /reason .they looked so
solemn was \u25a0 because they were .trying
so hard : not "to laugh. •
HERE iis the picture of the .busy
messenger boy, who is going to
be very busy indeed for the next week,
for Santa Claus '. will require a great
deatf of help getting, ready for Christ-,
mas eye. Let us .: see" who can paint
the 20 prize winning pictures this
week. Start 7 in right : away to \u25a0 color
your , picture 'and: mail it as soon as
finished to the editor of The Junior
Call,' so 'tliat .'.it will reach The Call
office not; later than Wednesday after
noon,-as -pictures - received -after that
.'time are too late; for consideration in
- the ... prize awards.. One thins ;, more,
younger juniors,. be sure that .your pic
ture is marked with • your : name. age
- and address in full. - So many "of. you
leave off,; the name of the city or town,
and you must; remember, that the;edi
tor^.has no means . of knowing where
you live unless you tell him. " \u25a0" \u25a0•.-.: '
This contest is : for the younger
juniors, those ywbo are 10 .years > of
age and younger/ Those. who are over
.10. years :of age may enter, any one or
all of .the^ other contests conducted: by \u25a0.
The,/Junior;';Call:: either the writers'
contest, "the puzzle or the snap' shot
contest. " ." ' , . ' . .„•\u25a0•
\u25a0In the picture contest, 20 paint
boxes will be awarded as. prizes -for
the :20 "pictures most .artistically
and': neatly colored. "•\u25a0
The".* children who are awarded
prizes for painting the picture of the
little cookare: _ \ ."
WALTER KLIEGEL. 701 Thirty-firstl Oakland.:
. HOY WATERMAN, 470 Fifth aTenue, Sin Fr«u
: Hsco. ;
EDWARD POWER, 3f*}2 Twcot.r-s'xlii, San
\u25a0 Francisco. \u25a0"\u25a0:\u25a0",. '. • - ,- \u25a0
EMO PALMER. R. box -47. Ma.lcra.
JOHN M. BORGFELDT, HC7, Fifty-fifth, Oak
land.- ' :. . " " • .....\u25a0•
JEHWIE BLAIR, I^xll.
HARRIET BAKEWELX, 252^ Hllgird «,venup. :
Berkeley." „- • : \u25a0 .. .
DOUGLASS CARDINELL, 2114 CliutoJT avenue,
. AlameJa. " . .- - -\u25a0n.-^.'-J
HELEN - G.- FLETCHER, 1120 I, San Frauoisco,'
.' Sunset district. • " -
ELLEN .FLANAGAN,' 41 Stockton. Napn.
EDWIN W. HOWE, 1031 Mytrle. Oakland.
MARION KTJTCHMIF.STER, 2<Jll Mission, Smi
\u25a0 Krancisco. . ; : ; \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0-\u25a0•_. —=-.-\u25a0/
CUFFORD MARTIN. .152. NY., San Francisco
NORMA MEADS, 1221 .Walnut. Alaraeda.
K. N. MORIARTY, SSS2 ; Adeline, Oakland. :
FRANCES A. MILLER, icare J. Miller,- Oafcler;.
ROBERT POLLOK, Morgan Hill.
MABJORIE GATLER, - 3iS Elm, San Matco
RAYMOND WICKERSHAM, 1125 York. San
Franeisco-i " - • - -.'. • "- - \u25a0 \u25a0
RUSSELL VAN FRANK," 4£2 Sancoez,:San Fran-
H cisco.. ' .':.' .'\u25a0.' y^ - •..-.. .. -: "
A Home for the Paper Dolls
:'One^ of the nicest houses for your
paper dolls is a letter file 'and this* may
be used 1 ; not; only for the home .of the
dolls, : but for ''. their .costumes "as well.
If 5 you • wi sh to "decorate - the - file ? you
may do so by covering-it .with, flowered
paper or cutting flowers from the. paper
and pasting 'these on. -
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