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2 JUNIOR EDITORIAL CORNER Junior Call; Third and Market streets/San Francisco, September 4, 1910. Bow-wow Boys and Girls: Another week has rolled around, ; and the first month of school has come and, gone. You ought to be getting into the oldtimc swing by now, and settling down to steady, hard work. It goes without saying that the Juniors are in to win fine records this year, and the very best way to do that is : to start, early. Don't wait until the last minute and then cram. It sometimes, but it's risky business, and then besides, there's a satis faction in knowing that by .hard study and persistent application you have advanced rung by rung up the ladder, and don't have to take a flying leap at the last moment. You know the crammed "variety of knowledge isn't lasting; it may look well- on paper and enable you to slide through your examinations; at the last minute, but it's staying qualities are limited. ' It's remarkable what a hold .snobbery has on- some people. There is a dog on our street, who, when a puppy, .was brought to his present place of 'abode -by the little "mistress -of the house. He was one of the large family of street dogs, , and with his brothers and sisters lived under an old shack on an alley a few blocks distant. •'' Beingof a daring spirit,^he ventured forth one day alone, when he was captured and taken home^by the little girl across the way. Since then, as his horizon has brightenedincreasingly and steadily, his; chest .has ex panded/accordingly. His purse-proud manners have become exceedingly distasteful, and he is now thoroughly disliked by all 'the clogs ivl the neigh borhood. ; \u25a0 *'' .«• " ' " \u25a0 : ' . ' - \u25a0 . The other day a little :yellow pup was coming-down the street. ;His tail was between his legs, his ears had adownward droop; he was dirty, caked -with mud and dust from nose to tail, and a more woebegone little' chap I have never seen. "" !" . , .•. „ .'\u25a0 '; ;, _ , _;.'•\u25a0 My neighbor' across the : way spied him about the time I did, and with a whoop and a growl dashed into the street. He caught the pup by the neckband proceeded to. administer a sound beating. "What do you mean by loafing:; around here," he growled between breaths. "This is a street for gentlemen, not /curs," ..; and with a final blow, he sent the poor little waif scurrying, terrified, out of the- line of danger. "' By -that time most , of the resident canines had gathered around, and we proceeded to administer to the bully as effectual a licking as he had given the puppy. , . . • ,<\u25a0 When -mother came' home from the Anti-Pound league meeting, I* told her about it. \u25a0 i"Alonzo," she said, "you can always tell po' : white trash by the airs they 'put on." (Mother; was born below -."the Mason .'.'and Dixon line.) The pup has been taken under the protection of the, league, and strenuous effort's "are being made -to find him a home. Always be land and considerate of your playmates, juniors. If you know a little girl whose dress is not so nice as yours, or a lad whose coat bears a number of patches, lodk closer and see ; if there isn't something worth-while beneath the clothes. We are too prone;, to judge by outward appearances. It's the mind and heart that .counts. When you meet people not tso fortunate as yourself, give -them a cheery smile and a "how do you do?" It doesn't cost you anything, and it's bound to help them. SHORT BARKS FROM ALONZO Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a Junior Call; Jack fell down and broke his crown And s jill set up a bawl. Then up Jack got and of? did trot As fast as he could caper; Alonzo wise patched up his eyes With printer's ink and paper. The pup's. new blanket came home yesterday. The tailor had mistaken the, measurements, and the v article of wearing apparel, would have been an exact fit for^ a? month old bow-wow. On the pup it looks like the latest think iy surcingles. , * . Now that skating has been revived and; is once more becoming popular, it has been suggested that dogs be trained to draw Jhe skaters about the rink. That isn't all, however, the dogs will also wear rollers". When a skater has such- hard work controlling two lags, what do you reckon will happen to a four-footed beast? Master -is talking of a trip to Europe. I suppose he will want to take roe with him. Can you picture Alonzo with a Cook's guide to tourists tucked under his arm, doing" the boulevards \of Paris, climbing Mont Blanc amf. floating- in a gondola under a Venetian moon? A cat came singing out of a barn, A pair of bagpipes under her arm; Alas! she met Alonzo outside, Which scared her so she very, near died. SEPTEMBER 4, 1910.— THE JUNIOR CALLTHE SAN FRANCTSCO CALL, SUNDAY, FLOWER LORE (3 O LI) ION It Ol>— l'rrcn lit lon j ir.n««i v niiio- I lip fltrionp thp Gohlonro.l, I loTo <o per It lo«n and nnd; I lore to fr>rl thj> Kmnny i(HI Whoso klntlljr broiißt will hold mo Inut, Whofp patlrnt Hrtttß will fold mo flint. t'c'M inn from Bunnhlnc and from p«>i>r. Fold mo frum sorrow nnd from wronir} 'rttroitßh Rlcntnliifr gates of <lnlilrnri.il I'll pun* Into tbe rent of Ood. jft?pS —Mary. Clemen* Ames. llri-niiHf Its nun Khiipod bloß(tr>mn nhow How aouls rrcflre the Ught of (Jodj Ami unto rnrtli Rlvr b*rk that glow, I tlinnk him for tho GoUlcnrod. *• (CopfHrbt, 1010, t# 0/ Mncmlllan. All Rlghtß RCSCTTOd.)' iIT KATHARINE BRAL9 SOME years "ago when the subject of a national flower was under consideration, Mr. Louis Prang of, Boston published a pamphlet setting forth' the. respective merits of the , goldenrod- nnd the arbutus as competi tors for the place of honor. He asked for an expression of "opinion from the public, and tho response- was over 'whelmlngly in favor of the golden" rod. It is without doubt the most represent ative wild flower In America, and is a native of almost every state ln^ the Union. There, are 100 varieties, 95 of which are- natives \u25a0of North America. The scientific name of the plant is Solidago, from '"Solidus," "and Vago," meaning "to make .solid," or "to draw together," which adds to. its appropriateness as an emblem of our great republic. \u25a0 • Seven- states, 'Alabama, Georgia, .Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Penn sylvania and Tennessee have . chosen It for their state flower,- although Ne braska is the only one that has made it a subject \of legislative enactment. Only two or three varieties grow wild in Europe". One that is quite common In Great 'Britain is, a tall, straight va riety called Aaron's rod, WAS CALLED "WOUND WEED": It was " formerly \u25a0 k'nbwn\'a's "wound weed" on account of its healing proper ties. An. old eleventh century botanist writes that "it was dried and In that state brought from abroad and was sold by.'the herb women in the markets in Queen Elizabeth's time. It was in great demand for dressing wounds and » cuts, and, sold « for: as much as half a crown an ounce. \ About Xthat time the plant was dis covered 'growing near certain ponds |in Hampstead and as soon as it was found to be a --'native- plant it became value less. :. \ .•';•;'. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'•'.' \u25a0\u25a0': \u25a0 , '.This," says the old botanist,-J'verl fleth our English proverb, 'Far fetcht and deare bought is best for ladies.' " , Tradition "classes the goldenrod among' the plants used by, the Druids as divining, rods. In skilled hands the plant is i credited with being -able to \u25a0 point out springs of fresh water, \u25a0•; as well as hidden treasures of gold and silver. In New Zealand -md St. Helena the flower is known as ;"yellow weed", and one variety grows more than eight feet high and branches like a tree. .The 1 - plant is ;not now; regarded as "having any medicinal qualities, though cattle avoid it on account df its astringency. • IS DISTINCTLY AMERICAN .While the. ,; goldenrod, like most Americans, can name an ancestry that had Its origin In an older country, it \u0084 is distinctly f American. It holds no place in the mythology of the {ancients and its associations are almost all .with the new world. ; As the daisy and the but tercup are so closely associated that one can hardly think of one without; the other, so the goldenrod and the aster are almost inseparable, not only in faqt but also in legend and tradi tion. INDIAN LEGEND OF ITS ORIGIN In a queer little hut on the edge of a pine forest and besldo a clear % lako. lived, an old Indian squaw. She had lived there so long that no one knew when she came, and all sorts of queer tales were told about her by the few •\u2666•-" ' ""'' i' i ] \u25a0 — '\u25a0 — - ..' ALONZO. FACTS ABOUT SPONGES In ancient times sponges* were, be lieved to be sea foam solidified and In all ages they have been an element of curiosity to man. Some scientists have declared the sponge to be animal life; others have held it to bo a species .of* vegetable life, and still others have thought it of mineral formation. Thus have the naturalists quarreled over'tha origin of the sponge, and have dis agrcrd as to Its power to move itself from place to place of its own volition. Hut it is now a known fact that the sponge with which you bathe your body iv the horny skeleton of one of, the lowest or simplest kinds of ani mals. When alive this delicate frame work of cells is fastened, to a rock or coral reef. Within its inner cells are little whip lashes, which are used to induce the water to pass through its pores. ' This process is carried on by slight expansion and contraction of the entrances to the pores. Any food car ried into the sponge by the water ia people who over cam© near her abodo. It wnn Bald that sho had tho power of changing human bolnurs Into anlmnlfl, birds or plants, and that she could talk to all things that lived in tho forest In their own language. Shqt wafl no old that sho was bent almost double, and her face was \u25a0 wrinkled, but her eyes were bright and seemed to sco ovary thin*. Bhe Bat all day in tho door of her hut weaving mats and baskets, but no one evor knew what sho did. with them, One day late In tho summer two chil dren wore seen wandering along tho ghore of the lake. Thoy skipped from etono to stone and gathered tho flowers that grew almost to tho water's edge. At last they sat down to rest. One of them had beautiful golden hair, and her companion, who had soft, deep blue eyes that looked like stars, called her Goldenhalr. They had heard of the In dian and her magical powers and as they sat by the lake they talked ,of what they would choose to bo if sho should try her spoils upon them. Qoldenhalr wished to be something that , would make every one who saw it happy and cheerful, while timid llt tlo Staricye wished that she; might al ways be near her friend. At last the sun began to sink Into the west. The wind stirred among the tree tops and every now and then the acorns fell with noise like rain drops and the little girls began to get frightened. They saw the hut in the distance and holding each other's hands they ran toward it. Afl they drew near the old woman worked faster than ever and pretended that she did not see them. The children came quite close: to her and Goldonhair said: "Please,' can you tell me where the old woman lives who can make us whatever we wished to "be?" The Indian, looking up, said: "Perhaps I can. What do you want of her?" "-.-\u25a0 i , . :>\u25a0 ; .. .. '-\u25a0:\u25a0'\u25a0 "I want," 'said the child, "to ask her to make me into something that will pleaso everybody. And Star-eye wants to be alwayß near to me." "Come In," said the crone, "and sit down. I will give you each a cake made of Indian corn, and when you have eaten it we will talk about youi wishes." : -v -.. \u25a0 — L»ucy Larcom. •The. little girls were half afraid, but they did not like to disobey, so they went into the hut and sat down to* eat their cake. .\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.- - .' - \u25a0}' \That was a long time ago, and no one has ever seen those children since, but the next morning, there were two new wild flowers blossoming in ; the fields and. on 7 the prairies, and the mountainsides; one was like a bright -yellow plume that waved In the * wind and glowed like ; gold in the sunshine, and tho other was a little starry purplo flower, and the two are never -very far apart and they are called '•\u25a0 goldenrod and aster. . THE FLOWER IN LITERATURE As lii legendary lore, so in literature, tributes to the goldenrod 'are confined almost entirely . to , American; writers, but it lacks not for eulogy. Every time the national flower , discussion is re newed, much is written, both in prose and poetry, In appreciation of its beauty, and the great among us have not deemed it unworthy of their best efforts. Longfellow; Whittler, Bryant, Lowell and Bayard Taylor have all helped to swell the chorus of love and praise of the flower. - Celia' Thaxter, Elaine Goodale7Lucy Larcom and Helen Hunt have added their words of af fection, and one'who has recently laid down his pen, and of whom it has been said that he was our "unofficial' poet' laureate," has written thus of the gold enrod: . -'^.- , ;: "\ V ; Orows a weed. Mor<» richly herfu beside our mellow sens That Is tbe nutuiim'w hniliiriKei- and pride, When fades the cardinal , Uower, whouc rod heart bloom' \u25a0•„ - Glows like a living, conl' upou the frreen Of the mldHumnier meadowß, then how bright, Ik>w deepening bright . like mounting (lame doth •\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 burn. • The . (Joldenrod upon a thousand hills, nils Is the autumn's flower, nnd to my noul A token frcKh of , beauty and of life, \u25a0And life's (supreme delight. • — Itlehurd Watson Glider. absorbed and digested by the „ inner cells. , There Is a -vast variety of sponges. They are all marine and* for the most part tropical. . From tha Mediterranean sea and the Indian ocean is procured the common variety of commercial sponge used for domestic purposes. This sponge is found at moderate depths by fishermen, who use glas3 bottomed bucketß to look through into the water. When a sponge is located it is brought to the surface by means of a long pole with Iron hooks fastened to its end, \ After a goodly supply of sponges have been hooked up they are left on dry land to die and decompose, after whiph they are thoroughly washed and bleached. Their original color is a dark, muddy brown. The rarer sponges, uuoh as the va riety known as Venus' flower basket are most exquisitely formed and are til be found only by dredging at great depths In southern seas.