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JUNIOR STORIES AND PRIZE WINNERS
THE three subjects ia the present
I writers' contest are so agreeable
1 to the juniors and so many inter
esting .letters are being received that
Tiie same subjects will continued,
the circus, the ball game and an
amusing incident at school, so if
you have not already written your
siory on one of these subjects do so at
«mcc and mail It as soon as possible to
the editor of The Junior Call, Call
building;, San Francisco.
As in previous contests these stories
must contain not diore than 200 words
nor less than 100; must be written on
one side of the paper only and .be
plainly marked in the upper left hand
vorner with the number of words
therein contained. Stories which are
written on both sides of t>ie paper and
not so marked will not be used.
This contest is for the juniors of
California and elsewhere, who are be
tween the artes of 10 and*. 16 years.
Watches will be awarded to the six
most interesting, best written stories.
For the younger juniors, those who
are 10 years of age and younger, the
picture painting contest is continued.
Now for the subjects^ You all know
about the. circus; perihaps you can
even renumber vividly your first cir
cus, and how it impressed you and
what you enjoyed the mtost; how the
great elepfaanls frightened you and
made you cling closer £o mother's
hand;' and how you pitied the patient,
dusty camels and tremtlllsd . at the
lion's roar! Tell the storyof the cir
cus in j-our very best style.
The next subject Is the Jball game,
and what boy or girl does not enjoy
a good ball game? Deecribe.isome par
ticular game that you have, witnessed
or played in, or that your friends have
played in. If you were delfeated, tell
why. and how it happened.
For the amusing incident at school?
Well, all sorts of amusing U tings hap
pen in even just one day, so l the diffi
culty will be to select some* incident
That appealed to you as -especially
amusing, and if it happens to carry
with it a lesson so much the better.
For instance, we will suppose that
Mary West has come to the elky school
from her home In the country and is
cot accustomed to the routine of the
new school and sometimes m akes awk
ward mistakes. The teacher asks
Mary to take a note to the principal.
Mary attempts to leave the room, but
opens a closet door instead and walks
Into the closet. The' other pupils
laugh and Mary leaves the* room in
confusion. What«does the teacher do?
Tell the story as Mary herself would
tell it to her mother, or as Mary's best
friend would tell it, or as Mary's big
brother would tell it, and se» the dif
ferent'ways in which, a story can be
written. Then after you hare decided
on your own etory you caji tell
whether you- want to be the injured
heroine or the kind friend or the big,
laughing brother, who thln£s it is an
immense joke. Tfcere are so many In
teresting school stories to be written
that The Junior Call expects to have
many pages of fflghiy interesting and
amusing stories- to. publish in the next
few weeks.
Hurry up and- MTite your on
either the circus.. the hall game or the
amusing Incident; ths'sooncr-the bet-
<Xf AWARDED A WATCH |
A GOOD GAME
CLARA- C. BUCKLEY, ; »j'jv
197 California Avemne. San Kranchro
I never was interested in ball games,
but- I grot very much excited over the
game that was played Monday. Deco
ration day, by the Knights of CoUumbus
and the Young Men's institute at St.
Ignatius stadium.
The proceeds were given to one of
the booth* of onr parish fiesta
I had -been anticipating the enjoy
ment for a week, and when the day
came I was very glad to see such fine
weather. ,
About 2 o'clock I got to the grounds
a'-eompaniMj by my brothers, and the
players were already on the diamond
practicing, but a half hour later the
hall was thrown by our pastor and the
game began.
At the suaxt the Knights had the
; points, but it was hard to tell who
would triumph. Af the end of the
fifth inning things looked pretty hlu«»
f for^ Zo'ts, and I was very sorry I was
', not able to get in the box for them
. although 1 was for no side in nar
* lir-ular.
Four to six was the score at the
*?nd or the sixth inning, and my. how
excited every one was. 1 was expect
ing some of the rooters to land on the
•iiamond, but they did not. T,he ninth
jnning told the tale, and the ' Knights
of Columbus won the game.
AWARDED A WATCH
; THE BASEBALL GAME
RI'SSELL M.VCDO.VM.D,
;£' M«ntecito Avenne. OnkJnnd. Mlk»
v Horton'a School, Twelfth and FII
\u25a0 bert Mr«-(», B Seventh Grade.
\u0084 Ace 12 Years
? It was a gVeat day when the Syca
«mores crossed bats with the Horton
* Cubs.
* The first eight innings passed quickly
fb^caupe of eiceUent playing by both
4 teams.
j The first of the ninth opened with no
score. Johnson of the Sycamores was
•*at the bat and wm given a walk. Wil
* liams knocked a home run.^bringing In
I Johnson and himself. Craiff filed to
. center and Baxter caught |t.
The first of the ninth closed with the*
J score 2 to 0 in the Sycamores 1 favor
Our side now came to the bat. Crue
\ ger singled and Beck hit a double put
}iing Cruegtr on third. '
1 EUiott hit a hot liner to Johnson.
* an <l P™*'** 1'".1 '". b >" sliding, got home.
, This advanced Beck to third and El
\u25a0j Jiot to «econd.
Oook now came to the bat and had
m two strikes called on him before he
' ?2 un £ , what h « wanted. He knocked
( the ball over the center fielder's heaxl
m and brought in two runs and he reached
ji second.
(l( l Lewis struck out, closing the ffame
:i with this score: . ,
,i Horton Cubs, 3 runs; Sycamores, 2
ji runs.
I AWARDED A WATCH j
AN AMUSING INCIDENT
BIRDICB HAimEV.
:>3O Stockton .Street, .\ipa, Central
> ffboel, J,nw Eighth. 13 \>ar«
<J A new high school was being built
|Cand was partly finished. The boys: of:
: 5 the senior class decided to celebrate
at the event in a manner not soon to be
U forgotten.
a Several time.B they had been warned
g not to po near the building.- .•.\u25a0•-'
g When the workman arrived one
A morning they were surprised to find
;X the class flag nailed to. the top of the
g flag pole and the *Ix Hides of the cupola-
J» decorated -with *09,' inCwhite and red'
gpalnt. The'figrures were large- enough
gto be Been all over town.
Q The .workmen failed to *cc anything
I a funny about the affair, and the * boys
1 had to. see what they could 'do &Wut
; repalrlfig, the wrong. 7\\ -\u25a0
For, several days rsmall'-darl.r boS^cts
t were perched. surourul. the, tower of Uhe
I building" tad ' on'^nQ'uirtns" you ? would
h'ava* been told that those dark figures
were the boys trying to get the paint
off the shingles, as they were not to be
painted (the cupola is to be stained).
While they were working to repair
the damage they had done the younger
clangs amused themselves \u25a0\u25a0 by . cheer
.ing their seniors and giving, them" all
kinds of advice.
After hard work, and the use of
planes, they succeeded In removing tfle
pairet and they have decided the jokei
was on themselves.
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| AWARDED A WATCH |
A HARD FOUGHT GAME
WILLIE SPAHR
325 11 Street. San Frnnrltro. Richmond
Grammar School. Arc 13 Yearn \u25a0
I shadl never forget the game for
the championship of the district against
Bergerot school.
The ball was planned at the
recreation grounds in the Golden Gate
park. Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The school that I go to had first
licks, or getting up to bat first.
One of the best players, also our
.pitcher. Paul Montgomery; knocked out
two home. runs, and besides, knocked
a nice tw» bagger, other players hit
ting the ball too, but not doing as
well.
•When in the seventh Inning Bcrgerot
had in all two runs. whLle our school
had seven runs. The rooters of our
school roared themselves hoarse. Mr.
Lyser, our principal, and all the chil
dren who go to his school, gave three
cheers for Miss Anne Giavigan, the
principal of the Bergerot school, and
three cheers for the Bergerot school.
| AWARDED A WATCH
WHEN TIM ACTED SMART,
MARY CAXCILLA.
Hamilton School, San Jose, . Fifth Grade.
Age 14 Years
Recess was over at noontime, and
history was at hand. We all know how
hard it is to study aft*r we have had
a jolly time playing outdoors, while
going in to study seems as if we are
going to be Imprlgomed, instead of
learning our lessons.
We .really do find good things to
laugh at, especially wt»en reciting our
lessons.
My story comes from a very mis
chievous boy named Tim Gates, who sat
teasing another boy, talking and mut
tering some foolish things under his
breath, which made the other boys
laugh and join in the game.
Our teacher seeing this called Tim to
answer a question. She said. "What did
General Gates do after he captured
Charleston V Tim sprang- up in a sec
ond, for he thought he heard his name
Gates in the question, and when he
didn't heaV the question the -way i*
stood he answered in a sneering tone:
"I didn't capture Charleston; Brown
captured her."
Brown is a young man who married
one of our teachers, w-hose last name
was Charlston, and this Is why he made
this answer.
Young Master Gates was taken to
the library and you "know what hap
pened to him there, and I must add
that the library door was opened and
we could see him in his dunce cap in
a mirror, which hung on the other side
of the room, and I can almost hear
the giggling "which went along with
our lesson now and then as we took a
stance at his poor innocent looking
face. ". ,
| AWARDED A WATCH |
HOW THE NUT CRACKERS
WERE DEFEATED
EDWARD ATCHISOX,
Port Costa. -Ag-e 13 Yearn
It was the ninth Inning and the
champions were one ahead whea the
Nut Crackers came to the bat. They
had three men on bases and one out
when their heaviest hitter got up.
"Sap it on the head!" "Kill the ball,
Steve r* shouted the "Nut Crackers. He"
did his best and [knocked a fly to
center. The center and left fielders
wont after it. When the center fielder
got under it the left fielder,, in trying
to stop himself, tripped and knocked
both of them down. . The center fielder
made an unsuccessful grab at the balL
The runner on first thought that
the center fielder had managed to catch
the ball, so he held his first. The run
ner on second started toward third.
Then, noticing that the other man
held his first, he went back, thinking
the fly had been caught.
As soon as he could get to his feet
the center fielder threw the ball to
second, but it went wild, and the
pitcher threw it to third. Then It
was thrown to second, but the runner
would have been safe if he hadn't
tripped. This made the Jthird out, and
the game was saved.
MY NAMESAKE^S
VI2VCEXT KRAUS
St. Bonlfaee .School. Age 12 Year*
A strange thing happened at our.
school last week. A lady brought her
little boy for the first time with the
Intention of making the arrangements,
but the teacher persuaded .her" to leave
him at once and have him begin studies
that morning. .
"Well." she answered, "I must, have
Yosephat about 2 o'clock to take , him
shopping." - -
"Very well," said the teacher, "you
may call for him." -.
So we began studies with our new
classmate. Hlb name was Kraus, : the
name as mine, but we are no relation to
each other. Kraus is a small boy, for
hie age. He has: big black eyes' that
make up the most of him, and us other
fellows found out . after he had been
there an 'hour that his middle name was
Spunky. Shortly before 2 o'clock^the
bell rang four times, .calling- our
teacher 'from the room. ' \u25a0\u25a0;
"Now, children,** she said, /'perfect
order, while I, am gone. No one is .to
leave, this room, remember."
Soon after : little Kraus' mother: ar
rived. V *V -;
"No teacher here?" she said. "Well,"
come, Yoe; we must go down town."
\u25a0Yoedid not r move. ;\u25a0 •
"Yoe,' come!! I-said.','
"; "I. won't," answered Yoe. •-
Hla mother looked angry. : She
glanced . around and spied a rattan; Lit
tle Kraus saw her coming,, so started
out of his seat and; up the ; aisle, .his
mother after him. Round and- round
they . ran. 1
/'Let's play 'follow, the leader,'" some
boy suggested. Soiwe did. 'The game
was at its height when. the teacher
came in. Yoe ran. to her. arms, explain
ing, when he • got hlB .*, wind, < that he
obeyed his mother at home,\but • now, he
had thought the command of the teach
er higher -while in 'i school! wYoe Jis
awfully cute looking. ; This * story, has
a moral: "Obey, 1 God rather than man."
* *A LAUGHING: DAY
ELIZABETH. HO VT, .".
BlrdM ", Landing;. Age'] 1 .Yearn
The bell: rang -and we marched into
the - school room. -, ; When I ' came to my
seat I slipped . and : fell: ;: The children
laughed, of course," and I ' got -up flushed
and-angrv: 1 ' -V;>v - - ; '.:' \u25a0'"':'\u25a0\u25a0 !..v;:v:..
Whfcnr.we began,, to sing one .little
boy started ;the'- rest; and :of
cour?e;we>hadto laugh.» -At'.redes* one
of tne, pupils-; got' up at-r the :. first; tap
a nd ; started ;to> walk; at; the; second; tap.
The teacher,^ of [course, -made, him^- come
back ; and there \u0084 was i ; another - laugh.
Comln g; In . at " noon," as ; soon j as ; the bell
tapped; one, of the: girls 'went ~ to; speak
about nomethlng' to * ; the, -teacher. V;; She
earner bark- to herrseat walking, back
ward,;-,- and • thinking; she 1 , i had reached
her' seat,-- sat'- down, .-.but^of i courso hit
the floor.> which'caused more -laughter.
Xhenone of.the'chlldren'putia-blotfof
ink;on*each cheek and <onher,'nose) and
chin, which. causPd vis to laugh aga in,
when'-tha '..teacher Jj-said;; she ;> did?- not
'know.*, what? ehei, was rsrolnKsto;* do
v?.- Being Friday,. there was-stlllfmore
-laughter^ over* the ? drawings. : v • *r- H -\u0084
The San Francisco? Cal- Saturday; iJune^ s,l9o9^—Thei, l9o9^— Thei Junior- CalK
AT A BALL GAME
. ARTHUR KIXXIGA.Y,
101 California Avenue,' San Kranci»co,
\u0084.'- • Half-tat; Street. School. Grade.,; 3.^l,
Age 12 Year* | ;' '• ' \u25a0
Just* mention a ball game, and lam
"yours truly." .: ; ' * •'. . f.
Five; years ago. while living in IjOs
Angeles, my father took me to the first
ball game- 1. had ever seen. The Los
Angelas .team played against the /San
Francisco . team. At first * the | Angels
were ahead, but in the fourth, inning
the. Seals gave them an .eye opener.
Three men ;were on base and one at
the bat The man at the bat knocked
a ball over the fence and all four men
-ran in. \ \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.-\u25a0 . i; . ; '\u25a0\u25a0;}; \u25a0' ."' •'..'- -
Such; yells as went up would make
any boy with a pair of healthy lungs
jealous- it he couldn't join in. >
The pitcher was greeted with such
remarks as: "Oh, you mudhen," and
"Raus mit him." .. '. - ;;^
In the next inning all the Angels
struck out. and they blamed the um
pire. 'About six of them jumped; on
pirn. When they were through with
him he looked like an- amateur prize
fighter. He had two black eyes (the
natural color of his eyes was blue),
and, a pair of jaws, that looked as
though he had gotten the mumps on
enort notice. -
I am now an amateur player myself,
and some day hope toibe a profes
sional.
WHY THE BELL WOULDN'T
ELI\OU ATCHISO.V,
Port Co»« a. Seventh Grade; Age II
.\u25a0V '\u25a0\u25a0 '* ..' , Years i .
One day just- a short time before
school was called. in two boys climbed
up the rope that is attached to the bell
and held it so the bell could not be
heard far off. Mr. •' Blank called the
children -to see what was the ; matter,
but they could see nothing. ; .
Everybody went around saying,
"Spooks are up in the .attic holding
the bell."
Mr. Blank called the children in and
after we had taken our seats and had
started to study, the door operfed and
in came. the two boys that were hold
ing, the bell, c • . .
All the children laughed, but Mr.
Blank made them stop. At last he got
them in order. He made the boys that
held the bell stay after school. You
know what happened then.
A FALSE FIRE ALARM
- ETHEL PIERCE,
317 Second Avenue, San Francisco.
Richmond School. Agre 15 Yenrs
Mary had just come from the coun
try to a city school. She had witnessed
two or three fire drills and each time
she was greatly frightened. One day
she heard a cry of "fire," and thinking
Jt was a real fire she Jumped up and got
in the fire escape and slid down. ' When
she reached the "bottom she found the
door locked. Then she began, crying,
"O, I will be burnt up!" The Janitor,
hearing her cries, came and let her out.
She asked him if the school was burnt
up, and when she was assured; that
there had been no fire; she- went, back
very shyly to her room. She found the
children all laughing at her. .The
teacher then, explained to her how
some small boys playing on the street
had called "fire." Mary laughed at her
own mistake with the rest of the chil
dren. You may be sure that Mary al
ways waited to see what the other chil
dren did after that.
Manual Training in the San Francisco Schools
I I T 9F ES T I^ A P I^T ° ne ° f tne
I \u25a0 I most Important ',, N departments; of
L^ I the public schools at the' present
time" is that of manual straining.
'... To any *; one - r - who .. ; has -.not ; kept
pace \u25a0 with. the work of this. department
a . visit to : the . : exhibit which Vis 'being
held this >.week at the "Polytechnic* high,
school building Ton;- Frederick -street
near, First a venue - : will, be mi revelation.
In discussing : the; work of the gram
mar; school boys ibf ? the /San Francisco
ipublicschools F.:K. Barthel, supervisor,
said:;* 1 /:': : V [\^\ ""-^ \u25a0',';- \u25a0\u25a0'
1; "One lesson per weqk" is 'given -to -the
boys • of the:- seveiithf and i eighthVgrades
inf the ; - 10 .manual \. training "> centers^ of
the' San Francisco ; school j'xlepaitment;
Each 'lesson 1 lasts'-.- frbm'r 9o to; 120:.min
utes-and;' the /work;^ oh f exhibition 'is
fairly; representative rof^thei^vork i ac-,
compHshed "since the ibeglrihlngiofitho*:
present ; "r term *,andv,amply illustrates:
\u25a0 what i.' rhay>i: be V accomplished '". by -"- rsys-'r sys-'
_tematic^ instruction.^; ;'.;\u25a0' '-•-\u25a0~^'/~-,J\i : :J-:
f'f,"Each; manual 'training-j center, accom-;
rrtodatesffrbm rlOStoJlS^differehtfcldsses
per week^ver^ing?26|to^th'c/'clasß.'j^'.
1 " * "Cc ntira f lja veJi'r e"s l nl l y§lj?^fi'|^t a ht,
lishea :at \u25a0 thciiiew^Monroe^and'L.as'una.
A HARD WON VICTORY
KUWIX RUSSKLL,^,; . )
Santa Hosa.;> Abc^l3 Vearjr
• "Oh. John!" t shouted as r neared
\u25a0the ball -grounds. "Has' the other team
<:ome?", I k was so afraid that I'd be
late for the game,.. ,
"No,"said our captain; "yoti are just
in time to play shortstop. Here they
come now!" v \u25a0 • .
'We were; at our places. The oppos
ing captain, got up .to strike first and
.knocked a .fine grounder to our: right
fielder. -.\u25a0:: He., forwarded-" it to first and
we were one out nearer our inning.
Thus the game , went on until th#
ninth inning.swhen the score was tie
with four runs each. In the tenth
inning with two out our captain hit
a two bagger, on which I made .from
, first base to third; Our captain for a
purpose !got r between tne second ana
third baseman, and I took the advan
tage and spurted -"'.-for home. When
within 10 feet from home I saw I must
slide, v I did. I; got homo by an inch,
'me 'victory was ours!
EXCITEMENT IN SCHOOL
, A'IOLA = 3IILIiE«.
Sebnstopol School,' ; Grade .">. Act 1(1
\u25a0 .. Years :
• One of. the most amusing and excit
ing things I have witnessed in school
was in Canadian, Tex., in a small rock
schoolhouse. On an extremely hot day,
when the windows were wide open and
doors thrown • back and the children
were panting for. breath and fanning
themselves with paper fans, suddenly
Tom Mooney called out "Look!'J_ and
40 pairs of eyes were turned toward
the schoolroom door, and , deliberately
crawling, in was a. great long rusty
snake. - «
The children began tp scream,: jump
up and scramble on top of desks, when
Miss Ward, trying to be verj- dignified
and composed,; calmly said: "Children,
keep your seats and pass out quietly."
She never remembered saying it, she
was so scared. This story is true.
AN INCORRIGIBLE GIRL
EUA WOLFE,
29 Pine Street. Santa Cruz, Branciforte
- School. Age 10 Yearn
In my room at school, is a very
naughty gir.l. who delights In making
every one laugh.
.One day Miss Strong, the teacher,
said: "Edith, take your books and go
into the library and stay until you
think you can behave." So. with a
mischievous look at Sarah, with whom
she had been laughing, Edith left tho
room with her books.
After a time the school was aston
ished to see a young miss approaching,
rigged out in Miss Strong's riding
habit, hat. gloves and whip, and riding
a prancing stick horse. With a good
scolding she was returned to the li
brary to stay, there until called. When
the; geography class was going to re
cite Cljya was sent to call Edith. There
was an awful yell, and Clara came
rushing from the library. She was
dreadfully frightened. Miss Strong
went to see what the matter was. She
also came out screaming.
That alarmed the principal and other
teachers, who rushed to the library
and, instead of. finding Edith, ' found
the skeleton used in the sixth grade
dressed in Professor Smith's bicycle
suit. J
Miss Strong on returning to her desk
found Edith sitting in her seat amusing
the pupils by telling of her naughty
nranks. . \u25a0 \u25a0 -.
Honda schools; and itiis .the Jntentibn^
of -2 the 'school .-; authorities ,;ejjuip
'others . ; as -' soon .; as "buildings now uin
•process .of':' erection -'are >,; completed.'.
;Whe*n*ea'eh 'school* has^its own;; center,,
opportunity J ; for giving. the work s, in*
\u25a0lower grades ;\u25a0 will ; be ; afforded i and -pu-".
pils -will 'save the Y time. ';now> lost,; in
going/ to \ and from . distant 'Jmanuai
. training .'centers. ,: ;..-; ".'.:' \u25a0.fr'.Cv^-'v;-'^
r "Besides in
"the 'boys '}. are % the -elements : of
mechamlcal drawing,, so; that they soon
.not only., read"; but- make -their' own
working drawings."- V ; : - ; \u25a0 ' J <' : "•
"They lare^encouraged to .make forig- j
inal designs <: and - v to -appreciate good
; form Vand - construction.':: ,,- While'- many'
> of. J the j articles fexhibitedi may- be*- more,
or. less.ffaultyiiin ' thejjabove* respects.,
the; age of the . pupil = and the>limited
time: devoted ~to . thejwork^must ; be
taken; into 'consideration;" before \u25a0\u25a0•being.;
toio severe in^our'-judgment^/^ . ' r - . ,
*.^ "This term >irio"rel,'than'. ever
: have -I he t boys j made iiargeiprojectsjandi
•\u25a0/Qr :J -^.!? i . cll i'- t l^yV-*h'ave*3fuVnisheiiyihelr^
own - material.^:; ;•»•\u25a0-'• .'';*'--.
\u25a0 "; "Especially i{ meritorious rVambngr^t he]
larger;,; product ioiisjr are ':"thoi-;Alorris;
rcl^ir^SandlplateJracksUronVtlletHaraco 5
;MannTCentci\;;Uii!4abl<'V%fronr : ther^h'erj?
A DAY AT THE CIRCUS
LOUIS I,ABEL,
'10U.% ' Goiijch * Street, ; San ',* Franolnco.
\u25a0 Adams .Grammar; School, 7 A Sev- :
' • '•; enth* Grade. •.\u25a0''-•
r Ont> <very 'warm day in - "-May.. -my..
father took my brother, and: me , to .the.
circus., There were .many, side .shows,
but the one that attracted our atten-;
5 tion. .. most was : "The..- Liute "Princess."
; She was IS years old 'and. weighed 7% ',
\u25a0 pounds. E A\ 2 year -old ; baby, is .; taller
than she.- \u25a0•• We gave her- cakes _ and.
•; candy 'and she - hid , them, under the \u25a0
; seat,'* and when .she sat down she fell
-off' because she "had so : much piled
underneath it. >"The manager said that '"
there : was', only' one " fault-; about •\u25a0; her:
she was a big flirt. *We visited many
of the- animals, and/ fed: the elephant
peanuts. •"; We. saw. the \: trainer ;-<feed :
the bears. As- it was then growing.'late
we.started^for home. \u25a0-\u25a0-..> \u25a0 i ,"\u25a0'•'.- \u25a0'-".;
MY FIRST CIRCUS
. MINNIE GLEASONi? \u25a0; J
Haj-vrard, Cal.. Ace ;1S Yeajr»
The first time I went to. the circus
was about five or six; years ago.
.We got up early in the morning^and
milked the. cows. ' v,. / •
•'-.Then' we drove to the circus. , It, was
a -drive of 27- miles. At last we- got
there. ; ' --\u25a0-% ;\u25a0 , *\u25a0"\u25a0"• "\u25a0'.•\u25a0..
First we : saw a woman holding a.
big snake. It- was twisted around her
waist and neck*; She put her fingers
"in the snake's, mouth: : "\u25a0 ;-— <
; "I -was afraid of the. big-snake. \u25a0 V
Next we came to two pretty giraffes.
Then we, saw lots of big elephants. I
got behind mamma and peeked around
her. We saw two baby elephants. ''\u25a0 v
We went around and saw the other
animals. There . was, the lion, -tiger,
zebra, parrots, camels, .monkeys,' seals, •_
rhinoceros, jaguar, leopard, polar bear,'
grizzly bear and, many other wild ani
.mals. \u25a0 \u25a0. ;\u25a0 :--\u25a0 '\u25a0 : - ' "-'-\u25a0..\u25a0 \u25a0" - - "•
\u25a0 I did not like the .looks of the
rhinoceros. The leopard had his eye
hurt. I guess ho hurt it on the iron
cage.
\u25a0 The little monkeys were riding on
, ponies. - - :. - ' .
The seals were catching sticks which
had fire on both ends. '
One of the seals burnt his mouth.
They had the most beautiful horses
I ever saw in my life.
A BLACK EAR
ARCHIE I^UBLINSKY,
40 Raymond Avenue, -San Francisco.
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I took a fancy one i day to buy a cer
tain steel pen. It was hollow and
open on' the top. It«could easily have
done the work of ' a spurt.
I bought It a few daysi later and took
it to school. ". I worked at the spurt
and did not get It, finished until the
next day. ' -" '•-\u25a0\u25a0/ — \u25a0\u25a0'
\u25a0: My. teacher had noticed / what , I was
doing the day before and/ knew I had
brought it to school. &£, '
- I cautiously filled it' with ink' andY
put it to Joe's ear— the boy who sita \
in front of me. :\u25a0\u25a0
Psst! the boy's ear became black as
coal. ; . "
"Ouch!"- cried Joe and sprang out of
his seat, upsetting books,, papers and "
writing materiat"
All this while the teacher had been
standing behind me.
'Guess the class didn't laugh when
they saw that beautiful ear. The mirth
could not be held. down. • v
The teacher laughed too. He tried
to have a serious face, but I can tell
you he couldn't. come- to that.
The laughing and giggling I heard
that day was enough to make a donkey
laugh. x , '.-'\u25a0
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r llton, the tabourettes- from the Crocker,
\ the ; stands \ from the : Moulder ; arid • Iriv
f Ing >M."i Scott, '-. the - book tracks , from :the
> Central v and .the tool * chest ? from -'\u25a0 the
: - : • :':'.:- v c -\" : , XV- : : " '\u25a0',\u25a0 \: : '\u25a0. '' ,
"The 1 . Parental; school
; some j small • models .which, v . while : not? so
attractive ii'asv are :: r the 'foregoing, .are
; just 33 vindicative of hard work" on the
i part- »of f-the \u25a0 small V'citizehs ! gathered
.-.there. " .v . :. : .- ".'\u25a0!'''-. \u25a0\u25a0-'*• "\" \ '\u25a0 -\u25a0,'\u25a0'';\u25a0" '
-Jt''\ "Probably^' no other part of- school
-.work Sis;;' son attractive rjoS. the ".bby-Vas
"\u25a0ls Iv the . manual'; training -C lesson ;;lit^ is
.: there*, that has j:the^ greatest ;oppbr
l tunity-^ to -~-to v ,"do
JVlany«a^ f uture^Edison * wiliy: owe T his
r first jinspitatiohii to 1 his* boyhood manual
( training 7 ' .expe.rience7/. Vnany^ a -i T fiiture
k dentist and ; surgeon K will i; owe '/'ln • a
great ,~ measure \ . his X " dex
,*,terity..i.tb Otlic' muscular^", training ; ac
"\u25a0'. <i vi r ed ;" tnJ 1 c sso ns -\i ni, woodw br k .Van d
V many \u25a0 a ; boy.'; will ?.be^saved to "j the in r
•{dustrial;.:world^becavise*>in""the% manual
5 training;^ laboratory! he an . : \ bppor
: timity.'toi discover i. his>riiech"anlcal j abil
i-ity-^^^^i^'^j^.-?':^^^^::'.^^,;
'^:';i>"Th_e.^fonpwingTareithd; t tea^iie"rs^of
ithisl.wbrk^F^'K^ißa'rthpi;^ supervisor;
;AV,-M:;;C}ylvia^P^F^Dailey^J.;H:-Wil
-v.likm.«Vv 1..> X.--4 Davidson Y-U. i.C' ,Bagot,'
*D. ;E;; E; ; Dowling^R:iai ; ThoaipsonV'.*-; .•',•.
?WiLLIE'S COMPOSITION
28 Bay wood Avenue, San Mateo. A*e 13
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Willie Jones just hated t<> write com
positions; and : every, Friday he wvould
either tell, his mother "he .was too sick
\u25a0to attend school or else" he woutd" play
VhookeyV' Some- way- or i ather he air
\u25a0ways managed to stay away on. Friday
afternoon, for that wa» the day that all
the other children , wrote ; compositions.
It was. Friday -afternoon.- and, as usual,
Willies-s eat was vacant 'Miss Barrett
smiled., but said nothing; '
It was : the following" Monday, and
Missy Barrett called "Willie up to ; her
desk. V" You were not bere when^ w«
wrote our compositions on Friday,'* she
said, - "so . take this. - pencil and paper
oven to the window and write one con
taining ;50 \eords. Co - not move until
you have this done."
.Willie looked about the room -for
.about; hall an, hour and then, began, to
write. > V':i ".» '
' "We -will, hear what you have writ
ten." said the teacher when she thought
\u25a0Willie-had, had enough time, t
- He arose. from his seat andwent to
the front of the room. This is what he
said: /* •'-" \u25a0
"Aileen was fond of kittens. She saw
cne»by the roadside and called, "Here,
kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty,
kitty, * kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty,
kitty, kitty* kitty, \u25a0 kitty, kitty, kitty,
kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, etc."
WHAT I. REMEMBER OF A
CIRCUS
MARY HCXTEB, ' . ' $ \u25a0
\u25a0V[ San Anselroo -
On« day In; September, my fathen
took my little sister Doris and myself
to a circus. Before" the performance
commenced we saw the animals. Thera
was a hippopotamus in a tank of water,
a rhinoceros and many elephants,
which we fed with, popcorn. Also &
baby- elephant that- was. no. larger than
myself, besides many lions, tigers, gi
raffes and other strange animals I had
never seen , before. Two automobiles
came down- a chute; one landed- on
some sacks, but the other one went far
away. The. people all crowded around,
the one that landed on the sacks, but
did not pay any attention to the one
that went far away. "•; The side show 1
liked was the one that the Princess
Weewa was in. She- was a. dwarf IS
years old. She was in a tall stand
with children playing aU about There
was al«o a little man who was 30 years
of age. We saw. him when we were go
ing home after a very pleasant day and
one which I shall not forget for a. lons
time.
A MORTIFYING MISTAKE
DOROTHEA LAXGGtTTH,
304 . Second Avenn*, Saa Krandiico.
Richmond School. Afe 12 I>ar«
Fred, a boy \ in." our , class, when ad
dressing the teacher, always calls out
her name. He asks all sorts of ques
tions, at all sorts of times. One day
we were having a. review In history,
orally, and evidently he wanted to. ask.
Alias IJevy a question, because his hand
was waving wildly in tne T air. It hap
pened to be his turn to recite and ahe
called* on him. but he thought she
wanted to answer his question, "who
w6s the first person. to sail around the
world, Fred? Miss Levy," was the
reply. You ace, he had only, heard her
say 'his name, and was commencing to
ask the question.
MY TRIP TO THE CIRCUS
J. O'DU.N.V UL.L.
• St. Petrr'M .School. 4153 Twenty-fltth
. "Street, Su Fra«ri»co. Age tl Years
After chopping my wood; I went up
t stairs to ask my father if I could si>
'. to the circus. Me said that I could. an<{
•, as soon as the "circus was out to come
\u25a0- ri«Av borne.
When I got to the Castro street cable
[ "the conductor asked me for my fare. L
. save him a nickel and received a trans
,-tvt.,. When the car reached Twenty
: fourth street the power gave out and
we waited for 15 .minutes before thi
I car started. When we reached Twen
• tleth street: it stopped again. • Looking
« out of the I saw that there
, -.was a- wagon stuck on the track. In
•about 1* minutes it wail lifted off the
.track and- the car started again.
[ On looking at my watch i saw that it
was a quarter to eight o'clock. The
. circus was to begin at X o'clock sharp.
, so If we lO3t any more time 1 woulil
be late for the circus.
, When the car reached Sixteenth
street \l stopped again. There was a
"fire in a house near by, so the fire hose
, crossed the track and stopped the car.
, After wajting for a half hour I got
off tue car and came home. It was now
. &C3O and: t was too late for the circus.
As. it was the last night of the circus
and I could not attend, 1 was very
' much disgusted.
:WHY MOTHER AND FATHER
•; LEFT THE CIRCUS
AGNES S VIAIVAN.
520 Lake Str**U Sntro Grammar
School. Elchth Grade. Maria Kip
Orph^najtc. Ace X Year*
Seated high in the air on benche»
made of boards, I waiteji patiently for
the thins I never saw before to be
gin. Being still very quiet I suddenly
heard- the band begin to play and
saw the large curtains drawn back.
From, behind the curtains came some
large animals, all holding each other's*
tails, which frightened me very much.
They went around the rimjr about thre»
times. ' I was sitting between my
mother and father, clinging on them
both with fear. Some clowns came by
talking and waving to the children.
and when, one stopped in front of nw
I let out such a scream he ran to
the other end. only looking back once.
Then some acrobats came out to per
form, on the trapeze, and when I saw
them up In the air I called out, "Mam
ma, make those people come down."
"Come down" I called again and again.
My mother was trying to make me
stop, while my father went down, to
get ma- a balloon and some popcorn.
But nothing would subdue me. My
mother and father, feeling very em
barrassed and disgusted with. me. took
me home befce naif the circus was
over.
AMUSING DAY AT, SCHOOL;
ADELINE MORESI.
Marl» Kip Orphanaee. S2O Lake Street.
Prabotly School, Fourth Grade.
Ace 12 Tears
A gentle rap on tba door was hsarcl
in a quiet schoolroom. Being answered
by a lad. a large mastiff dog walked
slowly in, with a package in his mouth.
He stood, for a. moment looking around
and t h»a - went about his errand. Th»
children "were as much amazed as the
teacher. The teacher spoke no words,
bnt motioned for the children to- go on
with their work. Bnt how could the
pupils go on with thetr work with such
an amusing sight In the room? The dog.
having gone around the room by this
time, suddenly dropped the package by
a little girt and began to jump on her
with fond affection. The girl, recogniz
ing her friend, immediately began to
caress him. The teacher and pupils
were very much amused by such a
clever act. The package he bore was
some lunch in a box for his "faithful
mistress. The girl, after receiving her
lunch, led him slowly from the room.
THE BASEBALL GAME
< HOWARD CIIKISTA^SOX.*
Point Arena Grammar School. Konrth
Grade. Age it Team
The boys of Point Arena formed a
club called the Sunshine club, wttb the
editor of onr local paper as their
leader.
In April we were invited to meet in
Mendocino City to meet the Mendocino
boys in a match game of baseball. But
they were too big for us and we were
defeated, but we were treated royally
In Mendocino. The ride up was pleas
ant, but the cry. "Gejt out and walk
up the hill, boys," was heard too often.
They gave ns a reception in the re
ception hall. Everybody had a good
timA playing: games. At lastr we went
to the houses where we were to stay
"We slept -well that night because- we
were alt tired. The next day we were
to go, home. When we were in the
wagon and ready to start for home
one of our boys named Freddie- Bishop
said. "If -we had you down at Point
Arena: we would skin you alive."
THE LITTLE INDIAN'S FIRST.
DAY AT SCHOOL
HEXRY L. LORfTTZ
2«7 Oatral Avenue. .Uetroae, Cal. Lock
wood ScbooL Axe 14 Years
All the children looked at th» door
as a • timid rap was heard.
"Come tn." cried Miss Grey.
A smalt Indian- boy came quietly in
and asked the teacher where the prin
cipal, of -the school was.
"Di the next room," she replied.
, With a bow he went to open the door,
jbut opened the wrong- door.
\u25a0 ' "Ugh.".'' he- cried, "heap many pale
faces," and he ran back and saw hi 3
mistake.
"Sit down,** said the teacher.
The . boy obeyed, and picked up a
picture' book and started to read in
true Indian fashion.
He noticed the tnk and took it ui>
and rubbed it all over his face.
"Ugh: me scalpi palefaces."
Luckily the gong sounded, aod Mis*
Grey was given an opportunity to ex
plain to the Indian boy the rules of the
school.
A GIRL BALL PLAYER
r RSUL A HILL,
123 Germknla A-renne. Hearst Grammar
School VHtfh Grade. Aft 12 Yean
I am a girl. I like base
ball as -.well as a boy. aad I . like to
bat the -ball good and hard and see
my side make their bases. I like the
country best, as . there a gtrl - can go
out and play ball and have a good
time. Ih, the. city, the policeman will
say, ?*You must not play ball on th«
street.' as you will break windows ".
And mamma will say: "You ought ti>
be ashamed, a girl, playing ball." But
Just let a girl make a run for a base,
get .that base and see how good you
feel. I' like to go to. a bail game and
how I can yell when my side makes
a good home run. I know when, the
girls '• read this they win say "what
a girl, and boys will say "what
does a girl know about baseball?" I
bet ' lots^of girls could beat the boys
playing ball if- they had plenty of prac
tice and a good place to play.
A BASEBALUGAME
CL.iIRBLTO.ys,
Inimftculate Conception Aeademr. 13t7
Dolores Street. Ace J5 Years
.The exciting and lntetesting
baseball game I ever witnessed In th«
LathoUc < schools, athletic } league was
the same between St.- James and Sacred
Heart. '\u25a0 -y :i-\:.-^.'vJ: i-\:.-^.'vJ -' --,
'. T^he- first few. lnnings were not very
encouraging .for -the rooters of S..
James. . In the. fifth Inning U was five
up. ; three men on base and a man it
the. bat. \u25a0 He v broughi- -n these three
. men. and • made 'a home . ran. but to • our
great disappointment was tagged out
at i home; but • ."Xever , • mind. Molly it
was-a -good hit." These were the en
couraging word*: spoken 'by Bro. Alex.
That^s.tarted- tb«»* good vwork for "St.
James.- ; Sacred Heart made but on«
, ; more run, -while St. James went up In
'the teens. - ' ,
-V.s C6ming toward • the end of the srame.
when * we , saw we " were the lucky -w-tn
ners.'nothing could be b#ard but "Goat,
goat.'" we've- got >you# *oaL." And we
djd.get it.