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The San Francisco Call Junior Section
Issued Every Saturday For; the Bpys / and Qiris o^f San Rrandsco itnd California
HAVE YOU SEEN ALONZO? JUNIOR CALL DOG DEMONSTRATES MARATHON RACE
A Family Chat With 'the Juhiors
Today's issue of The Junior Call
is unusually interesting. It con
tains two splendid stories. The first,
which appears on the third page, is
by Jlarlha Wheeler and is a story
of a srlrls' school, which both juniors
and grownups will enioy reading.
The other story is the second
fore history" story by Robert Fuller,
published in Tte Junior Call, and
tells hoTT two children, >'am and
Ital, led the mound builders to the
strange country of the cliff dwellere.
After a brief absence Uncle Dick
has returned with a fine new came
of autoraobile adventures, which is
sure to delight the boys, and Clarice
tells of her first impressions of
Then tborr is an interesting item
about ru Improvement w>ciety that
has been fcrnsrd at tlie Lincoln
grammar school, and in this connec
tion The Junior Call desires it un
derstood that it will gladly publish
items of seboel news that are seat in.
In the teachers' corner, 3liss 3I. y J-.
•Love of tte Hawthorne primary
school contributes en exceedingly
-IntercEline article on what is a com
~p£tV3ttl^'«irv.v3c*«Ser»Tn*t£e pn'jT
lie school curricalums. namely raf
fia work, specimeas of which, pro
ducod by the small students, show
that even in the primary grades the
modern Idea of education is to get
result*, and. in order to get results,
the pupil must learn to do things.
And as he advances from the primary
to the higher grades he must be es
pecially taught to understand and
apply general principles, and be
drilled in solving the problems of
actual work.
INCORRECT MODE OF READING
I 1 OST girls and boys too. are fond of
\\ \u25a0 reading, and many read steadily
persistently whatever they can
get their hands on. While this inclina
tion sßould be encouraged, yet the
habit of reading requires supervision
and advice, not only in regard to what
is read, but the manner of reading.
For instance, it is. a common thing to
see a young girl curled up on a couch,
bead berrt down, spine curved out of
shape, chest depressed and with a sal-
Icw "complexion which is the sure con
comitant of bad habits of sitting, lying
md breathing.
"Phe is absorbed in her boos." her
mother will say, "reads everything
she can jret hold of — has read Dickens,
s cott, Shakespeare, end is " now read
ng one of tne new books."
When the girl speaks, however. It
s often \u25a0with an unready tongue .and
'.xpre&sionless face, a'hd yon wonder
THE JUNIORVILLE ALL-STAR DRAMATIC SOCIETY GIVES ITS FIRST PERFORMANCE
Loading (he memory with facts,
however important and useful these
facts may be, is not educciion, and
the ability to answer promptly any
number of questions by simply re
peating definitions and statements
monjuirizetl from books is no evi
dence of mental efficiency.
Children are not born equipped
with mental machinery In good
working order. Mentally, as well as
physically, they must hare a suf
ficient amount of proper food and
exercise and time to ktow. Strength
comes to the mind, as well as to
muscle, by judicious use.. The edu
cated man is he who understands;
who sees all there is to be seen ;
who hears with his ears and not
with his imagination; who knows
how and where to find such infor
mation as he wants, and what to do
with it when he finds it. The build
ing up of such a man requires first
a coed mental digestion and assim
ilation acquired by sufficient prepar
atory general education.
All • articles contributed •by .the
teachers of California are- greatly
appreciated by The Junior Calhv, r
A lotiza. always np to date, today
shows tie readers of "Ttie Junior
Call hOjW the. great. Marathon race
is run, and daring tie course of his
demonstration finds time and oppor
tunity to acquire a bone. Alonzo
is -tot \u25a0'well fed these days, and his
.popularity is increasing hourly.
"While Alonzo is Instructing The
Junior Call readers the juniors of
Juniorrille are amusing them, and
incidentally amusing themselTes
with the initial production of their
dramatic society. Look out for their
further ventures!
what benefit she .has derived "from all
that she has read. There is not "a
sigm of the beautiful- thoughts, the
vivid Imagination, and the -winged
words of all the. wondrous pages which
she has devoured. Finally you realize
that she is a mental dyspeptic, from the
very same .reason" that causes physical
ones. She -read constantly, 'giving her
self no time for digestion or assimila
tion, and she might as well have fed
her mind on the very sawdust of liter
ature as on the great Bard of* Avon' or
the best of our modern writers.
The delicate process of assimilating
another's thoughts until they become
our. own is not accomplished by steady
and persistent reading, but is rather
a slow and .thoughtful method,, read
ing:, thinking, talking .over, until the
Idea becomes our own. It has passed
through another change, received the
imnress of another mind, and . 5f evpr
S^ FRANCISi^
again presented to the world will bear
the stamp of another individuality.'l The
most nutritious food is worthless if It
does not pass through the transform
ing, process of digestion, and no good
result is perceptible "physically . if : the
more essential process of assimilation
is not attained. * Physical: disability^ is
the , result. So omnivorous reading
without, the- thought process .stultifies
the brain and dulls the comprehension^
until thoughts and expression .become
impossible. . >V ; ,-' --.>.' W^.%
The Day of the Wise Men
JANUARY ,6 Is celebrated in- France
In memory" of, the .visit^,. of A the
wise. men of the -east- to ~the '•- infant
Jesus, vl^v-i;'' '":\u25a0:\u25a0 - : - \u25a0-"'-.:-
Friends ;are usually invited for the
evening meal.; If not, the family make
merry, honoring the eldest ; member ': of
the family by making hlm-or-'her king
or queen of 'the day,' byThaving ;,th©
bean hidden ,ia; the, cake;fall ito^the lot
of . the grandfather, . . the/ sprightly
grandmother or greataunt. ' • -
Usually, however,: It, Is .a boy or girl,
a young man or maiden, who; finds the
bean. -Sometimes the tiniest of china
dolls Is used in place of the large" bean.
The "cake, or galette, of sweet r puff
pastei' is . served . for the final , ; course
with a bottle of^ burgundy, i also other
sweet dishes and' 'nuts. The .; young
folks only" get "eaurougle," water'red
dened with wine; ; remember .-France "is
a wine growing country, and this is the
custom, in- family- life, and deemed-per
fectly proper.. . \.
If a girl. gets the bean, she must'se
lect a. king, and if a boy, gets^ it : he
must -choose '. a. queen by .dropplns'it
in.the other's - glass. ; There are. /so
very few ' occasions : for Vyourig' men and
maidens to meet in France that "chances
HRe xthls f are J given j for;; fun j| and'] ac^
qualntanc^'Jeaiding tp. matrimony.
,The-re«in4-~cake. : or ffalette; is:"cut in
sections like a' pie", and a part is kept
for the | poor— not | tramps like otirs.ibut
wayfarers, or humble callers ,'from'the
neighborhood, who expect .their ; dainty
bit of food from the well" to do or rich."
Is. It: not called, ."La part dv bon-Dieu"
and always given to those who ask for
"Charity, • s'il vous vplait?"- '\u25a0- ("God's
share" for those who say "Charity, if
you. please!") .. « . .' . '. '
There are no especial games or antics
similar to those at halloween, by which
to discover one's futuremate. ;The fun
lies In the toasts offered to ; the king
and queen. In short, the* "kings of
the bean", might be . called . "twelfth
night kings." Our twelfth. night cakes,
full of sweet citron* and almonds and
spice, are suggestive : of , th© i spices and
gifts of th© east, Just as*' all Christ
mas cookery Is; the -Christmas mince
pies of manger shape, with spices,. were
always considered sympollcal' inmedie-
NQta^lMssy^^lother
"I am glad you aren't fussy about;
football; like some, of ; the fellows'
mothers," said- the boy.7 *^. -^» \u25a0''.":
; And. the mother, being a' wise woman,
did : not say anything- about: the many -
times when, with her heart .in., her
'. mouth, she had "watched i the '\u25a0 two start '
off to a"; match, and wondered whether;
they w.oiild come homo "whole or not.
. "I: made up , my mind, when,, after
much consideration,: l gave; permission
for to play, that 1 would try
never, by word or look, to spoil It,",
she said to me once." '
And shs hasn't. She '\u25a0 has' learned .to
: rejoice'in the successes of V'our.team,"
to sympathize in its losses, and : even
to resist the temptation to: speak;'ln;'ah
"I:.knew how it would be" tone when
battered shins and^other untoward ac
cidents result. -"" \u0084
WITH THE SHORT STORY TELLER AND THE POET
A Postmark Party.
THIS Is; easy to arrange., as all you
need 'Is , plenty -of postmarks .: (it
; lava; good- plan to commence col
lecting \u25a0 these from : the .< waste . basket,
several daj-s •"ahead)/ some",- views of
towns or cities,' which you can: cut from
magazines or papers, a _few; flags of. dif-,
ferent, countries, and I pretty.- postcards,,
horhe "or; forelgn,\for - prizes \u25a0 or . favors^
If 'the- room -where the party: is 'to
be held , can' be decorated with maps of
the different' countries, 'foreign' pictures,
coats * of : arms '\u25a0 of /the"' countries \u25a0;. or,
states, r so much", the- better.',':; lf' any "of
th©: guests has- specially .attractive
souvenirs -of \ tra vel.l he s or ; she "may be
persuaded cto- loan \u25a0 them .sbv they,' can
be';placed;;on.'a. table. for
It -isra -helpful plan sfore'each^ guest
to bring ;some such Interesting article"
-^-a. foreign coin, "a ; peculiar- postage
stamp, a: picture,, a pressed /flower,; an
article of dress with' a" history—any
thing, 'in f act,* -a little .out- of the or
dinary,' and; later /in^the evening-* be
prepared : . tell ; some Incident^br \u25a0 the
history connected ': with \u25a0•; each exhibit.
The.; game of {postmarKl: is- played ias
follows : Each - player ; : has ia } postmark
pinned* tb"his' back,"' and -muafflnd-out
what .it /Is by; asking -indirect questions
of any one In the room. '\u25a0'-''. •
' Fdr instance,' "In ; what .-.country or
state ?is . my! postmark .' located?" ' "With
what /letter does "it 'commence?".- "Is it
a "seaport : or inlahd^town?" etc. . Pjlzes
of." photographs" , or? postcards t mayjbe
awarded the first and last finding their
postmarks. - : ; : -, ;. ,\u25a0; :\--. l . _- "\u25a0 . / . : "
:", For "; the next •; game -, try ,"At Journey
Round :ther World." \u25a0 For ./this - have ,a
number ="of; different fpostmarks.v well
shaken •In ,a ;bo3C s nd ; : let* each •, person
drawfone. < Th«:ijsa4e^haa''«k*Ust-o< t lth*e
pogtmarkS' in ; the 'bbx^and "must , tell a
story: of „\u25a0\u25a0. his fßffilpi ftf ound V.the ; .world,
ihtroducing^tHo town'ai 6f ; the r pbstrnarks
distribiited.? :. '\'j \u25a0.'•• : \u25a0/.: j ""•:-,. ., ' " : ' ..
. i'Aslhe/dbesso.'.he'pauses and .the one
holding;, that special ; mark | must ' tell lon
the' spur'-'of .-the/ moment' sorne ; ,fact' ,or
incident;in withi that' place
If. hecan't;thihk'of any story. let, him
Invent I one, Ithe funnier the ' better.
Here again; prizes- may\ be t given to
the. on© : who}haß;the most 'interesting
fact to; present,. or the; one who. shows
the most vivid; imagination. " " ."*.."•\u25a0 :7 \u25a0'•"\u25a0
M y?eggy
My ; Peggy, is a' young, thing,
. Just entered in her, teens; \u25a0'•£?&
Fair; as - the; day,' and always gay,
My_ Peggy: is; a young thing.
And I'm not very- auld, / .
Yet;, well '-I : . like~to r meet:her at
The wauking of Hhe fauld.
My Peggy,; sings sac saftly, ; ,
W*hen{on my-, pipe -I play; . iV : " ; d
By \u25a0 a.'.i the ; rest it ;• is , conf esf , ';*
By."a*_* the .Vest,^that she sings beat.
My Peggy/sings Vsa© . saftly,
iAnd in;her ;sangs are tauld; .
With \u25a0 innocence,- the wale of sense.
At waukingof the fauld.
' \u25a0;'..—^Allan Ramsay.
Rose^Avlmef
Ah! what- avails ; the . sceptred race,"; >'
. "And what T.he; form "divine?, '. j .
Wha t • every^virtue.^ every grace?
Rose? Aylmer,: r ail" were > ! thine!-
Rose Aylmer, . whom \u25a0 these ' wakeful eyes
: ; May weepjbutjneyer. see. . :\u25a0:- . v •
Ainight'of^'memorles". and sighs \u25a0
\u25a0;'~l~ consecrate 'to- thee: ; ; ;
;. ;\u25a0 -^-Walter Savage Landor.
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Incident
- .Characteristic of -a' favorite* dogf. ;
On his j morning* rounds,: the* master
.-. Goes to learn how all things: fare;
Searches i pasture" after ' pasture, \u25a0 > "1" 1 -
Sheep ; and cattle \eyes :wlth ; care:':' :
Andfor'silence'or^for talk,V •
He hath comrades in j his > walk; . •
Four. dogs; : each ; pair of different breed,"
-Distinguished, two for. scent, and two \u25a0
r , for speed. ; ;-, •
'. See a hare before -him 'started! '.
Off thex,fly.in earnest. chase:
Every \u25a0doglsleager r hearted; r • - •
;All the four are in.the race: • \u25a0 \u25a0/ *; f
And -the hare whom i theyi pursue
-Knows ' from ] instinct \ what : to- do; '?
; Her \u25a0 hope Is '\u25a0 near; : no"; turn" she makes. -:
;But; like an arrow, to the river, takes.
Deep the river was, and crusted *.'
Thinlyiby.a'one night's frost.
But the nimbler. hare has trusted
: ' -To the ice, and safely crossed; -,* : * >»"
.Sh©" hath crossed,; and .without heed :.' >V.
All . are if ollowing i at : f ull speed; /
•When lo ! \u25a0 the ice.' so thinly, spread, V "
\u25a0Breakßj ', and the: greyhound, \u25a0: Dart. . Is .
Better \u25a0 fate have Prince and . Swallow;
; See them cleaving to. the -, sport! :
SlusicLhath no heart to^follqw,"
LI ttle? Music; 1 ; she' stops^ short,*
She hath neither" wish] nor^heart; —-;.
Hers;lsnow;another.part:'"-?." f : -J,:^i
.'A*.lovingfcreature:she,-and brave! '
And ,'; fondly V, strives, 'her T struggling :
' ' friend 'to \u25a0\u25a0 "save. . .• \u25a0
'""\u25a0 V \u25a0--\u25a0-.' -
From -the -brink 'her 'paw she .stretches,
1 as ; you would say.'. , ,
' And afflicting; "moans^she^f etches *" -\u25a0'\u25a0-'-
\u25a0 As he" break* the iee 'away;'
* F.or.^ herself. she !hath:no?fearß;..
''.Hlm;fcl6h'e?iVeTß*ees; and;Hears;;vr: : 7 ;; '
Makes f. "efforts -and' : complalning»,.'-,nor .*.
gives b'er^^^Slffiffl^Jß^S?^;-' '#
Until * h er v fellow \- sank; : and \u25a0'. reappeared ,
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•..:... V. 1 ., .v. _ "-7-; Wllllam .WordßWorth. ";
Lord Salisbury and His
-- : > Clothes^ • X
Z-'The late Lord Salisburyihad<an utter
/disregard for- dress, and,- this trait
Bhowed Itself even In. his" schoolboy
daj-3.. AyA v school V fellow "of ' his used to
\u25a0relate^,thatvan"4Old:,nurse^ called Betty,
was kept at the school to which- he and
:thje A' future ;- Lord? Salisbury- were sent
to look Rafter, the little;boys.- '
One .evening ; Lord-Robert came • Into
the "nursery :'and said disconsolately.:
\u25a0 . : "Oh. » Betty LI wish I \ was a : cat !",..
'•'Well, Lord- Robert,',', she y replied. \
" "however can you wish to 'be . ouch a *
'I creature T. ..;:.•."'.' '' ". • -,;...*'- •
"Oh,: Betty," said the ; J small boy,
:• ''when \ I '\u25a0}. think r 6t .the -many 'times I
I must? dress J and -^undress before I ' die,
I wish my' clothes : grew on ray ' back." '.
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Dome of St. Paul's Church.
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London
Although. London contains many im
posing/structures,', one of -the 'most, in- \u25a0
teresting : is* St. * Paul's. '. r. Here ; we- hava
a' great dome. ISO feeti inVdlameter.
uplifted \u25a0 365 1 feet above : the level iof the
street.': Its Tarchitect -was ' Sir ; Chris- :
topher^Wren,; who' ; sleeps : well within ,-;
; tbe-teiriple that : he. planned, beneath th»,
%"If :you: seek his monument,
look > around you." V':
The Cell of ihe Bee
;v when we behold the bee constructing
its cell to contain it 3 winter stock,;and
constructing \u25a0\u25a0" itv of ' that - form which is
demonstrably the strongest and the
most convenient it must be evident
to every, one who , has given ;the least
attention to the* obvious * properties of
different " figures ,'that .there are only
three which will 'admit the, Junction of
their sides without any vacant spaces
between ;. them,'; all the •\u25a0 figures b<«ng
equal and similar;. namely, the square,
the equilateral triangle, and the hex
ahedron. \u25a0! Of these the- test is ;. the
strongest and most convenient. In this
form, 4 .then, we -find that the cells are
constructed. This Is a wonderful fact;
and what ' Is .equally, remarkable.- f the
middle .of . every s cell, on "one side, is
directly; opposite -to .the ; point where
the .three^partitions meet on the oppo
site side. By this .position the cells re
ceive, additional strength. . This is not
all. - If human Ingenuity were to con
trive- a cell which would- require the
least r expenditure of ' material • and la
bor, it- would be a, question, not easily
solved, at what precise angle the three
planes which compose. the bottom ought
to" meet . . Maclaurin, - the celebrated
mathematician. \u25a0 by .a . fluxionary . calcu
lus., determined precisely the angle re
quired, and he found by the most exact
measurement" that the subject *would
admit-that It Is ;th© very angle in which
the ; three planes >in th*" bottom lot ' the
c'ell-'of , .al honeycomb :' do exactly meet.
Again, \u25a0 Reamur, ;• presuming • that : the
angles were "adopted: for the, purpose of
saving material,, proposed, to Konlg.the
mathematician; f- that,? he ' ' should de
termine! what ' should be : the angles \at
a hexagonal a cell,.^wlth.a." pyramidal
base; to • require "the .least ; nrateriaCßy
the innnltesimalcalculus he ascertained
that r ,thesffreat«it : angle- should: be 109
degrees 26; minutes,' and" the v smaller 70
degVee^jS*", mlnntes,"-; the" very." angle
which the. bee >adopts. "VThat an aston
ishing: coincidence" is* this! A: pxofpunQ
mathematician- is •, required" to solve &
very r ;difflcult* problem; andilt is found
that r.this,. conclusion,:- gained, by the
exercise of considerable Ingenuity and
deep thought," was practically exhibited
in the-operation nf«the bee. \u25a0
v '-;. *'— — \u25a0- » '— — i- \u25a0- - . '.
The '.Sands : of Dee
"O Mary, go and call the 'cattle home.
And call the cattle home.
;. And call the cattle home.
Across the sands of Dee ."
The .western wind wai wild- and dank
with foam. '. ?
And all alone went she.^
The western tide came tip along the sand.
And o'er and o'er. the sand,
' -''And round and round the sand,
Ab far.as eye, could see; '
The rolling mist came down and hid th* \u25a0-
land, . y
And never, home came she.
;-\u25a0"\u25a0 ', - x?
Oh! Is it weed or. fish or floating hair,.
A" tress of golden hair,
.Of drowned maiden's hair.
Above, the nets; at sea?
Was neversalmon yet that shone so fair
. Among the stakes at Dee!
They rowed her In across the rolling
: foam, "'"
The cruel, crawling foam.
The cruel," hungry f oajn," -
To her grave beside the sea;
But, still the;boatmen hear Jher call the
cattle'home '. :
Across" the sands of Dee.
c'«— Charles Kingsley.
The Lobster and the Maid
He was. a gentle lobster .
(The boats .had Just come In).
He dicf not love tB« . fishermen,
H© could not , stand their din :
And so ho qnletly stole off*.
As if It were no' sin.
.
She 'was a little maiden.
He met bar on the sand,
"And how d'you dor.th.© lobster sal^
"Why don't you give your hand?"
For why- she edged away from him
. He could not understand.
"Excuse me, sir.- the maiden said;
"Excuse me. If yon please,"
And put .her hands behind her. back."
And doubled .up her. knees;
"I always thought that lobsters were
A little apt to squeeze."
Tour Ignorance.** the lobster said.
• "Is natural," I - fear;
Such scandal is a shame," he sobbed.
"It is not -true, my "dear."
And with his pocket handkerchief
He wiped away a tear.
So out she put Her little hand,
.As though she feared him not.
"When some one grabbed him suddenly
And put him in a pot.
"With - water which, I think, he found
Uncomfortably hot.
It "may have been the water made
The blood flow to his head;
Itmay hare been that .dreadful fib
Lay on his soul like lead;
Thia much Is true — he went In j-Tay
And came jout very red.
• - '" "—\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0' *\u25a0 —Fred;'*K^-^reatserly. '
Coffee House in Morocco
.One of the most" common things in
Morocco la the \u2666 coffee house. Here
everybody drinks . coffee or tea on the
slightest provocation—before taking a
ride; when the destination is reached:
at'the end of. the end; before a walk;
at. lntervals during 5 the walk; after^the
walk; at getting up; at going to beO,
and before and after each meal. Friends
meet in th« street— coffee or tea fol
lows as a 'matter of course. Conse
quently there is a large number of cof
fee houses; cafe 3in the city, but coffee
houses in the \u25a0 .country. .Everywhere
one stumbles upon them, but they are
very convenient places in which to re^t
and sip. coffee. black>ir.d sweet, or tea.
wlfh mint fn It, antlstudy Moorish life.
« .
The Birthday Cake
.In arranging ' the birthday cake the
number of candles must correspond
with the number of birthdays. A grood
plan . Is to have a fiat wooden ring
made that; can be set around the edge
ot* < the cake. This is punched with the
required number of holes, and the can
dles are set Into them. The wood can
be covered with crinkled paper.
Dogs That Do Not Bark
People whose peaceful slumbers are
disturbed by. the .noisiness of a neigh
bor's dog will no doubt find it con
soling to learn that. there are at lease
three varieties- of the canine tribe
which ''never bark. But, alas! these
dogs are. not found in America. They
are the Egyptian sheep dog, the Aus
tralian dog. and the "lioa headed* dog
of Tibet. KB