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JUNIOR THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL SECTION ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND CALIFORNIA ALONZO'S VALENTINE THE NIGHT SCHOOLS : How Boys and "Girls Who Work All Day Are Getting an Education When the .3 bell rings and school Is" over ; for the day; when, to the boat of the drum or the sound of the piano, the thousands of school children of San Franclueo come march ing out Into the Bunshlne, their work for • the. day. 'over, how many of. them ever think of school again until the next morning? The big gites are closed, the doors loek«»l, all is quiet. And yet, in at least eight of the city's largest schools the stillness Is only for a little' while. Very soon after 6 the doors swing open again, the electric lights go up, great clouds of dust pour out from- the windows. They are getting ready for the night school. When hundreds of children are curled up comfortably reading, or. ln the sum mer out playing in the streets, the boya and girls who have to work all day are on their way_to school. \u25a0;. Some of them are very little, so small that they often fall asleep, with" their head-on the desks. When the teacher calls on , them* for the answer, they do not hear, so she just smiles and passes on to the next. Then there are the big boys and glrls t almost men and women, who are. trying hard to finish the grammar, school so that they can get to the high school. They .want to learn and they have no time to waste. With not a moment, free in the day time they must^put In every, hour at night. From 7 till 9 thoy sit studying, studying, hardly turning their heads. They know that without schooling they can never hope to got along In the world. The old M?a that a boy or a girl could make his way without edu cation has gone tho way of .ill falso ideas. It isn't a theory that a boy needs education/ 'lie has found it out for hlmsolf. So, knowing where ho can get it, he comes and takes it. He Is not ashamed'lf he Is older than the others in, the class."" In somo classes there are grown men with children. Life' Hasn't been very kind to them and they didn't get'thelr chance before. Dut it has come now and they are taking it. Where there is a will there is n viay; tlfe army of night school students proves it. Suggestions For A Junior Party THE taking of silhouettes is usually greatly enjoyed and adds much in terest to an evening's entertainment. To do tills pin a large sheet of white paper on the wall, turn out all but one of the lights, then let each person have his shadow in profile fall upon the pa per. Trace the outline with a marking pencil, take the paper from the wall and cut out the silhouette. After all have been taken hang up a largo square of black cambric, pin the portraits upon it and invite your audience to th« art exhibition. Select as artist and ex hibitor some one who is Jolly and quick with suggestions, an«t you can make a deal of fun. Of course, each guest takes home his or her portrait as souvenir. Another game easy to prepare and SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., FEBRUARY 12, 1910.— THE JUNIOR CALL play 1b "house furnishing." For this make out a list of 20 or 2G articles used In the room In which you are to entertain. Jumble up the letters and make a numbered list for each player. Pass them with a pencil and ask each contestant to furnißh the room from the list. If you will add to the regular furn ishing the names of some of those sure to bo present It will be a little more perplexing and add' to the fun. Give very simple prizes to the one who makes out tl\t> first correct list. Buzz Is another old tlmo game good for nimble wits. To play It have the company seated about the room In a circle. Let the first count aloud, "one," the next "two," the "following "three" and ho on quickly until number seven. Then, instead of saying "seven," on© must say "buzz!" Then the next one says "eight" and the next "nine" and' bo on until "fourteen" is reached. Then "buzz!" Is satd again. The game must proceed quickly, each in turn count ing aloud with the numerals, except ing anything that has a seven In it or is a multiple of seven, Heventeen would be "buzz," as also twenty-one, twenty-seven, twenty eight, thirty-five, thirty-seven and so on. When you reach seventy you say "buzz one," "buzz two," "buzz three" and for seventy-seven "buzz! buzz!" . Every time r. mistake is made the one making it h'js to leave the ring anil those remaining commence ail over again. it is quite remarUuble how quickly the incautious will Ijc bowled out of the game. A simple prize can reward the one who stays in longest. MAKING SILHOUETTES If Good at Drawing You Can Also Use Scissors to Advantage A peculiar profession for a man, but one which is satisfying in its return. Is that of cutting silhouette pictures of the fun loving public. The majority of ua are familiar with the skill of the silhouette artist, but few really appre ciate the talent or consider for a mo ment how much more difficult it is to cut a profile picture which ls'a likeness of the subject than it is to, take a pen cil and sketch the outline. One in a thousand can do one, while the average person can get a more or less satis fying result from the other. In many ways the silhouette artist has the advantage over a camera; for his work is' rapid and Uiorowgh; there is no developing nor finishing — he sim ply glances at the subject, takes his scissors and snips away on a piece of black paper, which a second later he Is pasting on a white card, and the work Is ready for the customer a mo ment after It Is begun. The talent of making silhouettes, while it Is unde niably in tho line of art, is entirely different from that of sketching or painting; but, strange to say, while the majority of silhouette artists are equal ly skillful with pencil nml brush, it is very exceptional to find a pencil and brush artist who can make anything but a ridiculous botch of cutting out a silhouette. ST. VALENTINE'S DAY How Letters From Boys and Girls to a Beloved Priest Led to a Present Custom Many hundreds of years ago thorn lived a good priest named Valentine. He never' seemed to want anything ror himself, but spent all his. time doing good to others, helping the sick and the poor. No one was too poor for Father Valentine to love, and no one too unhappy not to feel better Just to sco tho priest's pleasant face and- hear his gentle voice. Now Father Valentino loved every thing that lives — animals and flowers and people — and most of all he loved little children. And because he loved and was so good to them, they loved him. too, and nothing hurt them so much as to make the good father unhappy. When tho children grew up to be men and women thoy still loved him and taught their children about him. Wherever he traveled through the country the children came out to meet him, and as long: as he -'was In the town they wanted to be with him al ways. .. • This went on for many years, until .at hist, when he was very old. Father Valentine fell sick. At first his heart was almost broken, not because he was sick, for he was very old and he knew that Ills life was almost finished; but it made him feel sari to be no longer able to see the children; for, you see, he loved them just as much as they : loved him. As he lay In his bed thinking" what ho could do, it came to him quite suddenly that he, could writs them llttlo letters and they could answer him. So he began that very day. He wrote letters to them all, telling them that although he could no loiißet-KO about amoppf them, still he was thoir friend and wanted to .near from them just as if he were, well and could come to see theiri. The children were so happy that they began writing to Father Val entine right away, for they had ex pected never to be able to talk to him again. These"" letters were, really tho first valentines. On the 14th of February, which was the prood priest's birthday, no matter how ill he was, he always wrote all his child friends an extra, letter, nicer' lf possible than any letter he had written them during the year. He lived for many years after this, long enough for the custom of sending special messages of love and good will tospread and spread, until now we all do it. even those who never heard of the good old priest, Valentine. Gentility Mamma, Mrs. Beddlford must come of a very old and aristocratic family, doesn't she?" "I don't know anything about her family. Why do you ask?" "She always says kinsmen Instead of relatives." — Chicago Tribune.. ; , Got the Information Visitor— Can you tell me where Mr. Greencorn's cottage is? Country Youth— l can for twopence. Visitor — Here you are; now, whero Is it? • Country Youth — It's burned down.— Tlt-IJlts. -