The San Francisco call. [volume], March 26, 1910, Page 2, Image 2

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JUNIOR
EDITORIAL
CORNER
Junior; Call,*,Markct\and" Third streets, San Francisco, March 26, 1910.
Good; Morning, Juniors!'; 1 . >: S- f y- '\u25a0''<\u25a0/ ' s
Well, you young people seem to be the center of the universe -these
"days.; When I was a puppy we" went" to school and played the best we could
;; when we got homeand there wasn't anything else to do. But NOW— I wish
>»I;was-a. puppy now.- There are things doing these days that are worth
; while, and they're fun, too..- Ws!&*i& : *~ > '•> •'"" ' " --'\u25a0>'" '* • •'"-.'
-^When I was a puppy, if I thought I could run faster or bite harder than
• 'another, fellow l\ told him so, and we had a fight about it. Sometimes our
; fathers took sides and the whole neighborhood got stirred up over, it. But
v \u25a0 NOW,^ why, I r df just enter, one of those contests that are taking place every
day and show v him." I'd get into that schools athletic league the first thing and
—-well/ I'll leave it to you. .
;. jt When I was a puppy we mever heard: of such things as kite days or
\u0084 aeroplanecontests. When 1/ wanted make a kite I did the best I could
by/myself, but there was no good, kind man to tell 'me how nor to give me
\u25a0 a; prize. ' As for > those flying' machines, . say, do you • know, I think that will
be; a great thing. I'm so interested I'm thinking of entering myself. I've
\u25a0written- to Mr, VHidalgo already," asking him if ; I'm eligible. .He said, "Go
ahead, Alonzo; of course you are." What do you Juniors think? Have you
v ' any ; obj ec tion s ? Of c ou r se; if - : you don't wan t me to I -won't, bu t I'd j juts t
•^"love i to try. , I've^thought[about it a lot, arid I've got one of the best ideas.
4 ,This : U not say anything
t about; it, yet. ,/ r * .^ /'..-\u25a0 \u25a0- »
-", ' .; In that: case I shall have to; say. goodby, because I can't talk and keep off
{the subject. 7 .'So:bowwowf6r4he; : prefent. ; ;
SHORT BAKKS FROM ALONZO
' " Oh, say can: yoit. see by the dawn's early" light ;: ;.
What they thought was the comet, afloat all the night?
1 t;was- only Alonzo,-; most, plain to^be seen,
Taking a ride in his flying 1 machine. \ ; , /
'As; long as ; athletics . are so popular I .; mi^ht as well tell what I've been
.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0;.;. doing ,this week in the way. oi : exercise myself." Here is my calendar:
, ; Saturday,' M arch ; 19— Ran SO miles selling tags 'for the Children's Hospital.
'•\u25a0 Sunday," March 20 — Stacked the dimes I had collected 'into three foot piles.
t; Monday, March 21—^Helped a policeman chase ; a yellow cat that had
stolcn;a; sardine* from the : fish trust. : : , \u0084
Tuesday, March. 22-7-Caught the cat and had a paw to paw encounter, but
couldn't prove that it was the*same sardine. 7 *, »*\u25a0:'\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0» * \u25a0:'\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0 -":,
- '. Wednesday, 'y March 23-f-Took my model kite to the park to /try it out
i and had it taken' in by a policeman for exceeding. thie speed Hniit. Sometimes
\u25a0'\u25a0?• I wish I'- lived in a free country. v r '' . - r ' ''\u25a0 ;.;. \u25a0-'\u25a0: ; v ..v .
Thursday, March 24r-Climbed stairs: to the elevation of lO^XX) feet;help
" ing mother try on the new Junior button. . '> - •
.; Friday, Took a rest. Thursday, nearly finished me.
\u25a0- 4 •\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0' \T hopeSunday willbeafihe day.- Some men don't take much interest in
styles, but I do. There is nothing Ten joy more than seeing a natty French
poodless in her Easter collar and tag. * ~
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Really^ girls, I can't; I sent you aH the hair I could spare Christmas and
New Year, and I can't do it for Easter, too. Why, I'd look like one of those
hairless Mexican frights if T did. : : * '''\u25a0':
THE ANCIENTS' IDEA OF THE COMET
i As we., are so often' visited : by com
ets—those tramps; of .the universe— it'
may ]',bej interesting to the young (folks .
to 'know-something about' the'theories '\u25a0'.
held 'by the- ancients* regarding:.: these
mysterious • bodies, ;, wi th , their ? stream
ers <(ot light ; .extending ; across C* the \
heavens. The following;" extract Is
<iuoted from an exhaustive and authen
tic work, a "History of the Universe."
v^VThe term 'comet,') derived from the
I*atln coma, , .or hulr, applied to 'celes
tial bodies," which . appear •. to - ; havo a
hairy appendage, ko<>s back to this time
of the ] Romans. -A'ermllurjword,' .'oom«
eta,' r Vwas used *by Cicero, Tibullua and
other ancient ..writers.; '
"While the ancients distinguished", be
•tween comets and, meteors,, yet. they
believed; them to be of the; same, na
ture, and to; ba, found, in the earth'ff
atmosphere not far* above the cloudST 1
or at all events, much lower than the
moon.' The earlier ' and Pythagorean
view, however, waß much more correct,
[4 according to modern doctrine, for It
I held .that comets were bodies, with long
periods of revolution, .which* Idea, like
nth« ih of Pythagoras, probably came
'from eastern philosophers of unknown
Tn^SAX FftAXCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, tmO.— THE ' JUMOR ' CATX
nationality. Apollonius, the ifyndian
believed ; that the Chaldeans were re
sponsible for; that notion of the com
ets, for they spoke of them as travelers
that penetrated, far .Into the upper or
most distant celestial space. AristoUe
even believed that the, milky way was
a vast comet which perpetually repro
duced itself. V ' : > •\u25a0•.• ,
"The comet could not be regarded
otherwise than as a; divine omen to
announce^ some remarkable event or to
forbode evil, particularly ,; pestilence
and war. Indeed, 1 ; for many years the
deaths of monarohu were believed to
be announced by these brilliant mes
sengers in the sky." '
/Well, my boy," said John's fond
mother to him l^sts Sunday', "what was
your, lesson about , this morning?"
•'Oh,' 1 : exclaimed John,*"it was about
a good 'sanitarium' who went: down to
Mexico and fell among thorns, which
oprang up and choked htm to death—
and then he puased by on the other
tide."
R?ad the following surprising sen
tence: ALL O.
Answer— Nothing after all.
Junior Call Club Buttons
Will Be Presented to You
"Button! Button I Who's got the button?"
The Junior Call is to have a button, and YOU are to wear it.
The button' is for every boy and for every girl who reads The Junior
Call. See that nobody else gets yours.
The button is a pretty emblem that is to be worn on the lapel of the
coat or the front of a dress, or in any other conspicuous place that suits your
,fancy. It fastens with a clasp pin.
This new button is an inch and a quarter in diameter. The lettering and
picture are printed in black upon an orange background. The inscription
reads thus, "Member Junior Call Club." And from behind the words "Junior
Call" our old friend Alonzo, the most famous dog in the country, greets you
with his ; friendliest smile. Underneath him is the familiar question, "Have
you seen Alonzo?" , • V , .
The Junior Call is to include all the boys and girls who read and love
The Junior Call. Girls and boys who are reading the same stories, solving
.the same puzzles, writing compositions on the same subjects or coloring the
same picture are naturally very much interested in each other. They feel
that they all belong to the same big family— the sort of family that is em
braced in the club idea. The new button is to be the emblem and badge of
the club. You will be able to tell a member as far as you can see him or
her by the button with the orange background and the black letters. The
words can be read half way, across the schoolyard, and you will know when
you see a fellow club member on the opposite side of the street.
When you see a boy or a girl wearing this button 'yon feel at once that
there is a friend, whether you have had any personal acquaintance previously
or not The button will serve to introduce you to each other. You can
guess that the boy or girl who likes the same sort of stories and puzzles that
you do is somebody you would like to know.
Wear your button and you'll find that you are among friends wherever
HOW TO GET THE BUTTONS
These buttons are to be distributed by The Junior Call among its readers
without- any charge, whatever. It is a sort of Easter gift.
A button will be issued free to every boy and girl under 18 years of age
who applies for it.
If you live in 'San Francisco come to the main business office of The Call
at Market and Third streets, in the corner of the building on the ground
floor, or to the branch office of The Call at 1651 Fillmore street between
Geary. and Post. :.* \u25a0
If you live on the Oakland side of the bay, apply for your button at the
Oakland office of The Call in the Bacon block in Eleventh street near Broad
way.
If you live outside of San Francisco or Oakland, or if for any reason
you can not come after your button, inclose your name and address and a 2
cent stamp in an envelope and mail it to The Junior Call. The stamp is to
pay postage on the button, which will be sent you by mail,
i WEAR YOUR BUTTON
When you get the button, wear it. It is not a toy nor a plaything but a
badge which you can wear with pride. It shows that you belong to that
army of bright young Californians for whose special pleasure end instruction
The Junior Call is published. The button on your coat will show that you
keep up with the times. Get yours and wear it