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Junior Section The San Francisco Call.
Issued Every Saturday For^ tKe Boys of San Prancisep and Galif ornia
HAVE YOU SEEN ALONZO? JUNIOR CALL DOG ENCOUNTERS DANGER IN THE PARK
HISTORICAL NEW ENGLAND INNS
TITE old inns «catt?r«=d throughout
Xev.- England during the ear'y
days of our country's liistcry are
for the most part but memories now; \u25a0
the great hotels with their palatial
A CHAT WITH THE JUNIOR FAMILY
Among the many important features of The Junior Call today the
story "Doughnuts and Drumsticks," by Eleanor Brainerd, takes the first
place. It is a human interest story which begins with doughnuts — "great,
round, sugary doughnuts'*— and ends with wishbones and drumsticks, and
through it all there shines the kindly, unseinsh interest of a woman's big,
kind heart and the loyal, unselfish devotion of a brave little newsboy.
There are thousands of such stories all about us, which unfortunately are
never written, as the world is too prone to take for granted and to with
hold its praise from the little heroisms of everyda}- life.
Another genuine treat which The Junior Call is fortunate in being
able to present to its readers is "A Literary Chat With the Juniors," by
Mrs. William Fairchild, a former teacher," who retains her interest in
educational work and in the junior portion of the community. Mrs. Fair
child contrasts vividly the advantages to.be derived from the careful and
systematic reading of the right kind of books, with the perriicious effects
of the wrong kind of literature upon its victims. Her contention that too
few boys and girls after leaving school arouse themselves, to intellectual
pastes is unfortunately all too true. Some one has said that -real genius
does, not imply a certain fixed state of remarkable efficiency; that you
are not a genius unless you are a growing genius, and that you cease to' 1
be a genius the very moment you cease to become a greater genius. In
other words that real genius may be defined as internal development.
Mrs. Fairchild's article merits careful reading.
It is perhaps .not geoerallj-- known that some of- tin: "public schools
'r.svc their own gardens. In the teachers' corner today there is a very in
lercsting article which treat^'of this particular work at the Sutro grammar
school ia San Francisco. In a recent magazine article President Roose
velt is quoted as saying:
"Industrial training, training which will fit a girl to do work in the
home, which will fit a boy to work in the shop if in a city, to work on a
farm if in the country, is the most important of all training, aside from
that which develops character; and it is a grave reproach to us as a
nation that we have permitted our training to lead the children away from
the farm and shop instead of toward them. We should try to provide the
many with training in their professions, just as the few, the doctors', the
ministers, the lawyers, axe trained for their professions. In other words,
the school system should be aimed primarily to fit the scholar for actual
Hie rather than for the university. The exceptional individual, of the
highest culture and most efficient training possible, is an important asset
for the state. He should be encouraged and his development promoted;
but this should not be done at the expense of all; the other individuals
who can do their work best on the farms and in the workshops; it is for
the benefit of these individuals that our school system should be primarily
shaped." .
The younger junior story on the fourth page is the last of the clever
series of before history stories by Robert Fuller, depicting the fortunes
of Xam and Ital. The younger juniors are given a new geographical
puzzle today, which will perhaps require a little more work than the
patchwork picture puzzles, but which will be very interesting. Some new
picture puzzles will be presented next week.
The first of the general animal-stories in the new contest are pub
lished today and show a great deal of interest on the part of the juniors
and care in preparation of the stories. who have not already
sent in their animal stories should do so at the earliest possible moment.
Read carefully the particulars given on the second page. . -
Have you seen Alonzo? The Junior Call dog, lured by a glimmer of
sunshine, wends his wa>' tothc park, only to find himselL a trespasser in
the eyes of the law, and then to encounter a. fierce/ wild beast.
At Juniorville the centenary anniversary is! the occasion of a patriotic
celebration which is gjcatly enjoyed by the august visitorl The Junior
vine people are thoroughly up^to date in political matters an<l arc. planning
to witness the presidential inauguration. Look out for their pranks at
Washington.* . : ; ." VC:V
JUNIORVILLE CELEBRATES CENTENARY ANNIVERSARY WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM
appoiniiTK-ms nav*> superseded them, as
they better satisfy tne luxury loving
tastes of twentieth century humanity.
In early days, however, the old
ordinaries were important factors,
and here our ancestors gathered to
SAN FRANCISCO, SATUEDAY^FEBR^^
discuss th*» latest. gossip, as -well as
matters of Importance.-, as they con
tentedly sipped -their toddy before the
great wood flres.
An inn .was opened in every town
by order of the general court and was
placed . under the jurisdiction of the .
minister and tl thing-man, who were
invested with authority to enforce the
laws prohibiting' the inordinate sale
of liquors.
The old. ordinaries were often primi
tive affairs. - sometimes consisting of
but two rooms and a leanto, and many
a weary traveler found difficulty in
securing sleeping accommodations. The
price of a dinner was sixpence (by
order of the general court), regardless
of the, quality. or quantity of the food
served. It can thus be seen that the
business of Innkeeping was not a par
ticularly profitable one,'. and it is not
surprising to le.arn that in many towns
difficulty was experienced "in inducing
some one to open an inn.
Signs were ordered placed on con
spicuous parts of the old - ordinaries,
and many of - them were most quaint
and interesting. At the Wolfe tavecn
in Xewburyport one of these old: signs
hung:, representing a bust of -General
Wolfe, . surrounded by u wreath -of
scrollwork. It. was carved by one
Captain William Davenport, and was
partially destroyed in the great fire
that swept through Newburyport in
1811.- It was'later. replaced'-by another
sign, painted , by Moses Cole, which
still swings' from thfrs* old tavern. \u25a0\u25a0
In Georgetown' may still be seen a
very' old sign, bearing 'arportrait of
General- Wolfe. - The house on .which
it : originally hung was built in 1640,
and, is still standing, though its ap
pearance has been changed somewhat
from the days when it was an inn.
.There- is an . interesting incident . in
w e«nnectionj..'witbu this -old - sign*, well
worth, narrating. Shortly after the
battle of \u25a0 -Lexington -a .company' of
Yankee g soldiers were on their way
from Ipswich 'to. the 'seat of war.
Passing -through they
came -to .th& old inn,*: over the front
entrance of .which the portrait of Gen
eral Wolfe swung-in the breeze.. The
hatred of -everything -^British i -was so
Intense, that when 'they saw the pic
tufe of the'English general they halted
and lifting their old flintlocks to their
shoulders riddled the sign: with bullets.
Several- passed clear.' through it, while
a few remained imbedded In the wood
and a"re plainly discernible today.
At the Bunch. of Grapes tavern, that
formerly stood on State street. Bos
ton, was a queer old sign made- of
baked clay I and j brought from Eng
land. A- portion of -it- mav.be' seen
yet at the Essex institute. Salem, while
two bunches of the grapes. are stored
in a- steel vault in the Masonic temple,
Boston; for the Masons took every pre
caution to preserve this relic of the
old inn. where the first 'meetings of
the society -In Mew England were held.
Here ;the first president of the United
States ~ stayed on a visit , to Boston.
It was afterward removed to Congress
street, and here was visited' by Gen
eral Stark after his victory at -Ben
nington. General Ruf us -Putnam and
Manasseh Cutter, -the moving spirits
of. the Ohio company, also called their
first meeting here. The old inn has
been torn down a good many years
now, and a great granite building has
been erected on its site.
g In Concord. Mass., still stands the
old Wright tavern, a favorite rendez
vous as far back as the days of the
revolution. Here some of tiie : English
officers stopped for a -few hours on
April 19,-, 1775, and it was-in the tap
room of this tavern that Major John
Pltcairn observed, as -he stirred his
brandy and sugar. on that eventful dav.
"In this way we will .stir the bloo'd
of the Yankees before night." Here
also tarried the Concord minutemen on
the morning of the battle, as tliev
awaited tidings of the advance of the
enemy. ;\u25a0 " \
GOOD STORIES IN FEW WORDS AND BRIEF, POINTED POEMS
Indians as Track Laborers
AS section laborers the American In
dian is claimed to equal the best
of the - foreign laborers, -such as the
Italians, Greeks, Austrians and Mace
donians, the nationalities from which
are .drawn nearly all the track laborers
used in the United States. Not only is
the Indian claimed to be an equal of
the foreign product, but superior to all
laborers as far as tractability and will
ingness are concerned. .-, '. ; . '"_ ... : - i .
The Indians always obey any
reasonable command exercised by
proper authority, and no interpreter is
required to make them know what
is wanted, as they understand signs
nearly, as easily \u25a0 as' -"a white man
understands words. -
It has only been in recent years that
an, opportunity has been given this
race of people to : .'demonstrate Its
ability in the various "fields of skilled
or unskilled labor. F.or.many years In
dians were not even considered worthy
or" possessed of tlie' ability or intel
ligence to perform • the most simple
kinds of manual labor.,
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Break, Break. Break
Break, break, break,' "
On thy cold gray stone.s.\O Sea!.
And.li^ wouldi-tj^tt ray -tongue -could
'•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0"' , utter : r--'^>-v' \u25a0-\u25a0.\u25a0-•'.-•\u25a0 ;"-. :.'"-".'\u25a0•"
The thoughts that arise; in me.
O, well for the fisherman's boy.
That he. shouts- with his. sister at
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0. well for the sailor lad, .
That he sings in his- boat on the
bay! • .
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill:
But O for the touch of a vanished
hand, \u0084
And the sound of a voice that Is
•still.
Break, breakj- break. ."
At the foot of thy crags, O Sea!
But the tender grace of a day that is
; ' dead ; . ' \u25a0'-\u25a0 ' - "*".
Will never, come back to me. -
" ;!*; — Lord Tennyson.
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The Nobel Prizes
Nobel, a Swedish civil engineer,, in
vented .dynamite and thereby accumu
lated a vast fortune of which --he left,
by his •will, about' $8,000,000, the inter
est" on ,whlch is to ;be given in 'five
prizes :on his. birthday every "year. ".
One prize goes to the person making
the greatest discovery In physics, an
other^ln chemistry, another in medi-.
cine* the fourth ;to -literature and the
fifth to the person doing most for in
ternational-peace.' For -1907 the, prizes
each amounted to $40,000; for 190S,
$37/iOO. . . - . .
Preoccupied
"Ma. V declared the excited little girl,
"the" baby's ; lost his breath!" : .
"Then put him right ddwn.'.'.rejoined
the preoccupied ..mother,: ; "and hunt
around till you find It." }\u25a0
The Stookumpf
Down in the poller once we saw a face
Just like a Stoakumpf! It was in the
place - - .
Back of the p'anno — you know — where
..' it's all i :
Just kitty cornered there against the
wall. _ -
En once I squoze In there en played
en' played.
En wasn't not a weeny bit afraid.
'Cause Stookumpfs they. can't hurt you
when it's light. v
En one' time we went' in there after
night '\u25a0- '- «
En peeked, and hollered "Stookumpf !"
en then run
En was so scared! .en had -Just lots
v of fun. \u25a0
En once we chased a little weeny mouse
En he run back there in the Stook
umpfs 'house *" <\u25a0/-.
En then- we peeked In en he wasn't
:\u25a0 \u25a0• .there. *.f \'.-\*,v'- "' '\u25a0 \u25a0'• \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 -' \u25a0
The Stookumpf had just et him, tail
enhair- I' .^.w,i :
En everythin'. En he'd eat me en you.
Just like the mouse, If he could ketch
When . mamma plays the • p'anno, > -way
..: down there.
The Stookumpf growls en ruffle.3 up his
—\u25a0•\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 hair, --. ~, - - ; \u25a0 • '
En when she plays up on the other
/side.
It sounds as if the-Stookumpf kind of
cried.
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En once the Stookumpf put his big frint
- heel -
Right on the p'anno en he give a squeal
En started to jump over, : en he fell
En broke- himself en couldn't make It
'. well. *
En then the poor old: Stookumpf cried
en cried '
En we hung crape cloth there, because
En I just bet that might of been the
endin* \u0084
Of Stookumpf — only we was just
p'endin*.
There ain't .no Stookumpf anywhere,
- you know.
Except our Stookumpf — en he Isn't so.
—Edward Vance Cook.
Top Buggy Built Quickly
During a reception at the factory of
an Australian buggy company 2,000
people were entertained by a unique
buggy building demonstration. At 7
o'clock in the evening the men set to
work with raw materials, and /for 2
hours and 48 minutes forges roared,
machinery whirred aud the entire fac
tory hummed with activity. At the
end of that time a top buggy was com
pleted and a horse- harnessed in.
Garages for Airships
The • trench government ;; has .voted
$20,000 with which to \ begin the estab
lishment of a system . of garages for
airships - along . tho \u0084 principal aerial
routes of "travel In* France..
A Gingerbread Barometer
A clever Frenchman who has original
ideas on most subjects employs a kind
of -barometer that may safely be called
unique, says Science Siftings. . It is
nothing more or les3 than the figure
of a warlike general made of ginger
bread, which the Frenchman hangs by a
string attached to a nail at an appro
priate place in his -dwelling. Ginger
bread, as everyone knows, ls'easily af
fected by changes In the atmosphere.
The slightest moisture renders it soft;
In dry weather, on the contrary, it
grows hard and tough. Every morning
on going out the Frenchman asks his
servant. "What does the general say?"
and the man applies' his thnmb to the
gingerbread figure. Sometimes ho re
plies. "The general feels flabby about
the chest; he would advise monsieur
taking an umbrella.". On the other
hand, when the general's symptoms are
"hard and unyielding," the Frenchman
sallies forth arrayed- In , his best, with
no fears for his spotless suit or his
new hat.' He says the general has
so far never* proved unworthy of the
confidence placed 'in' his prognostica
tions. . .
Mercy
The quality of mercy, is not strained;
It . droppeth as the gentle -rain from
- -heaven %f "f**"
Upon the place beneath. It is. twice
blessed:
It blesseth him that gives, and him that
takes.
'Tis mightiest in the mightles*: it be
comes
The "throned monarch better than his
crown.
His scepter shows the force of temporal
power, _ "r ".
The attribute to awe. and majesty.
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of
•kings;
But mercy is above this sceptered sway.
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings.
It is an attribute to God himself;
An earthly power doth then show .
likest God's,
When mercy seasons justice. Think of
v this, "
That, in the course of Justice, none of us
Should see salvation. We do pray for
,mercy;
And that same prayer doth teach us all
•\u25a0 to render
The deeds of mercy.
— William Shakespeare.
Two Enormous Loaves of Bread
It has always been a habit of bakers
as far back as the chronicles of the
profession go and that means hundreds
of years, to : turn out loaves of bread
or other productions of- their skill in
extraordinary shapes and sizes, as a
means of drawing attention. The pub
lic has. never grown tired of this kind
of advertising and It generally repays
the baker. . --. .-
Two huge loaves of bread were made
recently by. a North Dakota baker on
the occasion of a harvest festival.
Each loaf measured S feet 6 Inches In
length and they weighed 133 and 145
pounds respectively.
The Ocean
Beautiful, sublime, and glorious;
Mild, majestic, foamlns. free—
Over time itself victorious.
Image of eternity I -.»^,.-»i;
Sun, and moon, ! and stars shine o'e
See thy surface ebb and Cow;
Yet attempt not to explore thee
In thy soundless depths below.
Whether morning's splendors steep the
With the rainbow's glowing grace.
Tempests rouse, or navies sweep the*
*Tis but for a moment's space.
Earth — her valleys and her mountains
Mortal man's behests obey;
Thy unfathomable fountains
Scoff his search, and scorn his -sway
Such art thou — stupendous ocean!
But. if overwhelmed by thee.
Can we think, without emotion.
What must thy Creator be?
— Bernard Barton.
A Prohibited Weapon
Every traveler knows that there are
certain restrictions upon the introduc
tion of arms Into foreign countries.
Among the weapons whluh -it Is for
bidden' to take into Krance is the
**romblon,** which *s expressly mrn
•tloned in th# 'Bengal code as a weapon
the carrying an<l sale of -which are
not allowed.' And yet the tromblon U
not a firearm which is commonly used
nowadays, for It is nothing else than
the blunderbuss, a ireapon which olii
caricatures show to have been carried
by the guards of coache3 a3 a protec
tion against highwaymen aad to have
been hung over his fireplace by John
Bull at the time of the scare of a
Napoleonic invasion 100 years ago. Thu
blunderbuss had a flintlock, a "short
barrel and a muzzle like a trumpet,
the bell mouth bein^ designed to scat
ter the slugs with which the primitive
piece was charged.
Epitaph on a Robin Redbreast
Tread lightly here, for here, "tia said
When piping winds are hush'd around.
A small note wakes from underground.
Where now his tiny bones are laid.
Nor mora In lone or leafiess groves.
With rufiJed wing and faded breast.
His friendless, homeless spirit roves;
Gone to the world where birds are
blest! „
Where never cat glides o'er the gTeen. -
Or schoolboy's giant form is seen;
But love and joy and smiling spring
Inspire their little souls to sinsr.
Tibet
Tibet Is an inhabited land coverinsc
between 700.000 and SOO.OOO square
miles, and having a mean elevation ex
ceeding 16.400 feet. The loftiest peaks
reach an altitude of about 29.000 fe«»t.
while the deepest valley*, in the higher
parts of the plateau, do . not descend
below 14,400 feet, which is^ higher than
Pikes peak. • Totrard the-. south the
valleys .sink .lower, and t rlce and. fruit
are cultivated up to 11.500 feet.." -