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Junior Section The San Francisco Call
ISSUED EVERY SUNDAY FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND CALIFORNIA
ALONZO
AND HIS JACKOLANTERN
A ; Trip Through Golden Gate
\u25a0'_\u25a0 r ''';''*'- tiLADYS^SCHWARTSE, ," J.v''.- '\u25a0;
\u25a0 2130 - Pacific.; Avenue,,.', San. 'Francisco,
Pacific Helsfht* School, B Fifth
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- - We:left.' home .-at.iiln^th'e '.morning '
and-took-4he. carifor.GoldeniGate'park.
%,W;hen:.weiarriyfid at -the; HalghtS street rfj
, entrance ..weiwalked 'to; the
. qua|^ef." ;r;lt^was ; still ;quite^early,'< and >,
t here; were > very .- few- people Out "except jf "
•.the^weTklng -hands.;; We ; looked Vabbut \u25a0
f or. a"cpn^fortable. place ;td'sit; and after ;.
"; securing; one ? we ' told; the .children^ that
' they'fioUld 'dowjuat* as Itheyipleased.'jif "
\u25a0•* tliey .^would V be sure ' to return .in an
r:hour.'-!6ft.e'ach.was:given^a quarter, and '
; Then'wesat^down to" read the morning'
* paper "ln T ;'pe"aceJ;.*'-'^-_^ ".\u25a0•"\u25a0'••., .'\u25a0." " V
;i5 > " v An'"hour?later; when the l^'ehildren're- ;
11 lurned'we1 urned ' we^ started f or the tenn is courts. ,
I There ; was' only' one"; game going, on* and -
'as no one \u25a0understood 'how; to r play 'ten- _
• nisfwV *continue'ia*;*our walk, ft "What's "
' ; , tliat* big, * : building '' over there?"' askeJ'
;' May." "I;:'do f hot \u25a0'know,'' ! _ I- answered,
j;,!' wait,*/ and .over j rand ;see."
>, When we ' gbt : there 1 we asked onef of hte v
V workni eh ! what ;• the * building'n g' was • ; for.
"He told ; ' us' : thaf; it .was called ; the ; con- \u25a0:
.: servatory' and they .kept /all 'kinds of .
'fish and flowers. ;He\als6 said .that It
•was free 1 to theTpublicr* I ;We wen t r in and •.
;had ; to stay.^a ' : .'lon'g^time, for 'the : chll-
C'Jren wanted tojknow the _, name'; of every
flower \u25a0"and iflsh.";. ."'.When' I . we came out' it
was" lunch time, >and) as we ; .were ' all \u25a0\u25a0:
very hungry; we'sat down under a large .
: tree =' to eat. ' • A lunch ' never ' tasted ; as
: good before. • \u25a0.", ••_':/. , ' .'• \u25a0•\u25a0;.';,
\u25a0'•,; At 1. o'clock .we started again*,' for wo ;
' wanted;to see as muchas possible.' We
soon came ; to ". the » aviary, "where we
\u25a0watched': the 'birds hopping, from tree
'to ; tree, 4 the 'squirrels to and
fro, and the eagles,*' monkeys, and- ppr-"
cuplri'es enjoying(their ; dirferent' sports.
Then one of thefpark'gardeners.told us
'•* to r be-sure to • go -to the -Japanese -tea
\u25a0 \u25a0 garden. -As; it , was getting. late, and we..
were';goingl to leaved the city In 'the
'evening, we" hurried'over." >When .' ' we ;
reach-ed f there the youngsters were* de
lighted f wltli\alll' the. little* bridges and
the different JlttloV Japanese'; images.
/We' stayed ! fora' I <little; ¥ whlle,' and then,"
' as.Ut*was near dinner time, -left for!
'home,',, v ; ; " — ; k'.;
The Territory of the United
- :. pOHOTIIY'Ii'niKniSNTHAi, ;' \
s'-'\'*'*. '\u25a0 Age 13 >>«".' , .
j , The United States \u25a0is one' of, .the
largest', natlonsTpn the, globe. Moreover,
we'liave* obtained* alUour,vast; territory
fairly arid^squu/ely." havebo'ught
it' all,' sb far, and/I hopbwe'Vwill never
Ket it, or,' try tQ 'get ti(, : any 'other way.
AVo captured' Jlie Philippines and Pprto
Uleo, It-is, true, but i'o dUI-i^ot go to
warfor the'purpose,of, obtaining: them.
We -"(Tarried, out/the Monroe "-doctrine
w.hen •we put' our into -the
Hpanlßh*-AmericanJ..war. '*\u25a0 \',H.'^
The', la tides' bo e i(ffht. t ;Jjiy^.thQir.Urilte^.
States have, altogether, yJeJdVd.a^ least
lial f'as'jnuch' every year,; as .-'tTj'etiiot her.
country., itself. ."Fpr^iustaiffce, 'Alaska,
as a gold \u25a0 mine, : and .for furs— it'ulone
-\ SAN -FRANCISCO, OCTOBER, 30, 1910.
Is worth millions to us annually— Porto
Rico, the Philippines, the Hawaiian
islands , and others. In not ;.many \u25a0 years, ",
perhaps, Canada itself might come into
our, possession. Then nearly "all of
North, America would be ours and we
would be second only to Russia in area
of territory. "V "\. • * \u25a0-
Good Night
Ttty poiIOTIIY Iv MACFARLANI3
Now fades the sun and one by one
' r The stars gleam soft and fair;
..No robin sings, no swallow wings
Its eagerjlight in.air; \u25a0<•'-..
'But only silent dews distill, '
'To;f all- in. fairy >aln;;'.
And only \u25a0 whispering 1 breezes thrill : :
. ' /.The hush of grove and pine.
The lily slumbers on tWe lake; '
'•'•\u25a0>• Wher? not a ripple. stirs, \u25a0 .:.
The hare lies crouched;amld'the brake,
, ,Tho. partridge' 'neath the firs.
And down the lawn the roses droop, •
•-. There crimson and their snow; *\u25a0\u0084,.
And popples lilde their "scarlet pride,.
And wait the hour to blow.
Good ntghti Good night! the mopiv will
• ( light %
The eabt before the dawn;
And stars arise they gem the skies
.when these have Journeyed on.
Good night! and sweetest dreams be
,thlno
Through all their shining way,
Till darkness goes and bird and roso
With rapture greet the day,
THE OPEN LETTER SECTION
Bright Sayings
1 * T2l»7"'l»rirk'; fit rect, Ainnicdu, ' 'Ciil.
. My little! brother, ' Carlton, aged' R.
%yu'e' thoiightf ully. 'eatlrig- his • breakfaat
one^ inorrilng looked up \u25a0. and
saWj tjiej fain. He,. asked, \ "Mamrna.^w? 10
makel-.'lt, rain?",-' His rriother ; answered,
liWny,Vo'o3 \ does." -''lie" 1 thought for a'
moment,' then 4 said, ."Mamma, does Jjpd „
have to pay any. water ; blil up^there? 1 '
"'One day a friend and I took liirn to the j
beach inAlamcciti. The 'wind was bloW-"i
ing and the. water looked very-- rough. >
My companion -saW,' "Aty L, What ; makes
the water so rough?" ."The" baby '''said, '
".Don't i you; know?.-! Why, the Golden",
gate is open,, of course." ;•.,:,.
';. Gbb^ Beiiavior
"\u25a0•?'',; r niinY> 'mulaxax, •
. P.O.'Doi' 047,' Tiilnre," Cnl.
' If; we want to be respected by our
friends arid teachers,' we must be- very
good at school. *\u25a0 We should be.'thought
ful of.our teachers and, do. all '. we v can
for them, learn • our lessons ,well and
obey; them. .We should be respectful. to
our principal and ; be kind and con
siderate to/ our schoolmates. If 'we . are
well> behaved . in '"our ear rj' school VHfjß
we "will be respected and loved whVn
we. grow older. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0>; . :: \u25a0 » '<\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0< '\u25a0:\u25a0
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-Puzzle Ed I tor, San Francisco Call:: t
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times, I- remain, yours sincerely
i ", > - ; Vr- GISUALI) STAIiEV,
; .6107' Regent street," Oakland, Cal. >
' V .T6 'thej Editor: Dear Sir— After my
• lette.r^.of, thanks, was sent -in 1^ realized
itiy/ mistake; "for though I meant' to I
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tell in m 'not to eat. any more ulum. . .
'''\u25a0- To the Editor of The Call: Dear Sir-^
, I_ received -'your.', beautiful-fountain' pen
. which I .was awarded Oast
Thanking you rriariy, times,' l am.'yours
faithfully, i I**- \u25a0 LEON HECHT. '
San Francisco. ' \ -. >-' *' '. ; •\u25a0,\u25a0,..
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. ERWIN BAXTER !
1357 Regent street, Alameda, Cal.
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: San Francisco, Cal. , •\u25a0 |
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-. '-;• .> FRANCES, EIHHORN.V
Santa Barbara, Cal: i; *
All Together, Sing!
Sparrow singing' on a, branch' sang .the
:;v'.'; r v-vv : - : softesttrill.- ; :V-". y"?v. ".:"; "\u25a0;\u25a0'\u25a0":\u25a0; \u25a0*}}.
Low- and w long it' was, full of lovely
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Robing tugging at: a worm,; paused and
;.\u25a0-'\u25a0-'. wiped.his bill; \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 •-/ ,' . '-.'.' \u25a0.'-
Paused arid (perked his head, stood, his :
r feathers, preening. " . : '
To sing his son,g. it really, seemed, he
, \, had quite! .. ;
A bee -that C.flew* from * rose to lily.
; , Hn her flight, , ; ; '
Hummed and* ; buzzed,, and hummed
1 ,\ again,', tried to gLve' the keynote;-
Wren, though .busy •with.- her nest,
. .stopped to sing a wee t n6te. ..
Thus reminded,* 'robin chirped cheerily
and sang;* v V
Sparrow! trilled his ,very loudest, sang
his sweetest, best; '/\u25a0 , - :
\u25a0 Wren,; upon the arbor perched, looking
at;hei^nest,, . \\u25a0. .
Sang with robin 'and with, sparrow till
the garden rang!, .-.
—The Youth's Companion. . -