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JUNIOR
EDITORIAL
CORNER
The Junior Call, Third and Market streets,, San Francisco, October 30, 1910.
,The top o'^the'mornin' to you,boys and girls!
What havc;you'planned.for tomorrow /light; may I ask? T expect every
Junior- of^you will go parading around your own particular
arrayed Jn' a , sheet! and wearing a. hideous, mask. ; The pumpkins; will . comr
into : their ; own, some , witlr cheerful grins and some with hair raising smirks,
while all the bowwows into\Yn/,with tails' tucked close between their legs,
wilT flee : for* home and safety while yet there ; is time. Have all sorts of fun, \u25a0„
children, so * long l as '-'you harm rib : one. Halloween comes -but once a year,
so}makctthc-mqst;of it;>l am quite^sure that.none of. you Will go Joo far. in*.
1 your, play,: but will be honest, truthful and-aboveboard. * :
; ;*^:-- I want ;to t compliment you on -your letters ;this week. I truly think it's
:a^ pity i that^you^atn't,: each aiid every one of you, 'obtain your wish, and I'm
: sure .woiild ;,be 'only tqo^ glad to lend his precious lamp if lie buf^
khewrthe good! yoti' are planning to" do. I am glad to see that you are so very
unselfish; ; almost every 'one in .his wish planned to aid some person or per
:s6ns;'and';l wanV.tb tell [ you that -'you have grasped' the fundamental principle
of happiness, which a number of you wished for. No, one who is selfish can
be{tHoroughly^happy>; Selfishipcbple-arc' never. satisfied." - ;
\u0084-,; 'Mother , tells, a story of two little girls, 'and -those of you who like a
fairy, story will agree with me that this is; a' good one. One- little girl was
very wealthy, .while the other one was just as i poor. The poor child' had only
one. pretty dress,; while, her neighbor had so many she had long since lost
count. One day, both little girls were playing r on the. '.bench, each dressed up .
iiT her .Sunday clothes; when suddenly they spied \u25a0' a wee, puppy, .who, r in '
ipacldlihg; a round / in ; the' waves, had j ventured - too far and - was being rapidly
j carried vbeyoridrfhisVclepth: Tic was whining pi tifully and doing his best, to W
[ke^jp 'his *head r above ; water> ; ;': '-' ; . . \u25a0\u25a0', \u25a0\u25a0•.."'\u25a0; '\u0084 <r»A r %± •\u25a0•. :.:: "{•./\u25a0 '"\u25a0'' ",\u25a0;,, ,;;:.:;/* : ~'^ -:S t
\u25a0^Kr" -''Oh!'': cried the little - girl who^.was > poor,';, "look •. at that puppy. What;
shail'wc do?" . * / ' \u25a0 \u25a0 .
j4V; 'If don't! know,'.' answered the other little girl, indifferently. . ;
Fi;us''Bittiiie > sj : ;g6ing£tb!; drown! 1 ' wailed 'the first one. ' ; r V
"Well, then; ht'llhavc^to; drown," answered her. companion. \u25a0; "I'm sure ; .
that l l{c^n'tifuin^myvclbtlieslrunhingafter^him;"^ v **" j
;r '"/But 'the" first^Httle*girl^id?not^wait'to hear any more/ ;: Plunging: into; the
!bjin3^s^f/|sKe'i\vacled-out':;to the clrowning-puppy^ and. claspirigV him -close to
breast;^f ought •; her f^way , back f. to r shore; Firs t * making r sure ' he \was7 all '
rights sheUurjied* ! h
( up|in!her/eyes.VHer:pretVy frock'^w
sheg"discoyered in ' his stead ; a ;\u25a0 beautiful- fairy, "and . the . fairy's name was :
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\. "Child, ".i she* said, ?"do;notVweepjc for ;, l ywill give, you the things that you:'
miss. \; Every ..(unselfish .act {will; bring ;me\ to.fyou, ,andi:l .will always watcH'^
over 3'6u,"-; and, tbuchihgithe^child^ ; her. anew ,
in:;garments- surpassingly* beautiful;;' In i". time the girl became known -for
he'r,;r lovely character, and^unselnsh^deeds,; and* the? fairy 'remained always;
,with s iher. ' ' - «- . "': \u25a0.;'\u25a0' ... r * .'v - "' /\u25a0\u25a0 '\u25a0 '."''\u25a0\u25a0'
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jus tUhc f same. ..You; don't sknow* ho w;v
of ,; y qu ; fail s/ to '.write. "j? Keep up your open : let t ers * and - short ' stories,"? and : let's /
"see what kind l "of, 'a record you can make for jyoursclveJs\this : week;;;';.With*l6ve,'--; : .
*,'-'"' • '\u25a0 'ALONZO.; \u25a0•
shorTvß^lrks from alonzo;
'"'-" '•/, '•'\u25a0\u25a0- V There was a jolly [printer; who ; . t' > ' --':•\u25a0-''
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; » rx^ ' He-laughed and "sang from morntill night; •
• There: is so apt to'^ive you' Jhe, creeps— dog; creeps, that is— -as
>tpjra^vakc;to; a.realizatioh of the ,< fact ; that you've ventured out without your
license, -while the potmdman; across the; street is paying out his lasso in your' !
direction.: Ilow'd, you like tobe a dog' then? > ;"' '-.
'I have -noticed .that dogs are nof "so sensitive to sound-as are members:
of 'the human family^-When. Master., stumps his toe or loses his collar button
he. barks, in a' most 'peculiar, manner, and on these occasions Mrs. Master
alwaysj clapsCher hands over her .ears and gives a, little .scream. * Master
always 'apologizes for hurtingher, cars and generally buys her. candy after
ward.. "Alonzo,'.' he said to-me?once, "You're a lucky dog;, "she cAn't;under
stand a wprdyoii say. I'll tellyou this muchYevery man should be a linguist."
.1; was; placed -in'a most undignified position the other day, butj being a
gentleman, I fail , to see how I could have acted otherwise. Somebody's
motikey,liad .slipped her moorings, and just as I happened along; she came
running 'up^to me, panic stricken. ."Alonzo," i she cried, "they're after me;
what shall I do?" There was no time to talk; fsol took her on my back
and *rah 'as' I never had run before. When we had outdistanced her pursuers
thanked me prettily, and Ihaven'tseen her since, liut today some one
recommended me as a fine saddle dog. Now, what- d'ye think of that?
How many jingles have you here?
One for the juniors, one for The Call
How many jingles does that make in'all?
THE SAN .FRANCISCO CALtJ, SUNDAY,, 'OCrOIVIiIR 30, 1910.— THE JUNIOR CALTJ
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"Of nil the merrymaking days in tlie
yoar, Hallowe'en is more truly the chil
dren's than any other on record. To bo
sure, mother and father entor into tho
spirit of, the time to a certain extent,
but, more to add to tho amusement of
the younger folk than, for any Other
reason. Older sister, foT instance, is
much too proud of her hairdress to risk
its ruin in a tub of cold waterpur
suing an evasive apple", t , while big
brother classes the pumpkin parade
with other childish, things, Buch as kilts
and long curls.
Halloween is a relic of long ago,
when everybody believed in fairies,
pixies and the like, and the exact .time
of its origin is unknown, some writers
placing it as far back as the pagan
riile in. England, when the ancient
Druids held full sway over the Island.
In Scotland, and Ireland the day is al
ways-observed with much hilarity. In
Ireland, particularly, in olden times .the
peasant folk regarded it with much su
perstition, it being supposed that 'the
eve of All Hallows, .which' falls on the
31st day of October, was. given over
to the rulo-<rf the imps and spirits of
the lower world. Many a rowdy and
village joker has taken advantage of
the popular superstition to play pranks
upon his neighbor,/ and- missing gates,
door knobs and \u25a0 so forth were in
variably laid to the door of the pixies.
It was generally beieved that 'the
fairy folk who watched over the wel
fare of mankind claimed this one night
out of air the year in which to right
-the Wrongs of the upright, godfearing
souls ; who were imposed upon by their
stronger brethren, and many a coward
with a guilty conscience' has lain awake
on halloween dreading the summons of
the avengers.;,- ' \u25a0
As the years passed the belief in the
superstition faded, until now it Is ob
served more- as a gala day than; any
thing ilse. In the north of England
it is known as Nutcrack night, and in
the Scotch rural districts it is .observed '
with many highly amusing ceremonies.
LOCUSTS AND LYRES
Zzzzz-zzzzz-zzzzz!, Have' you ever
heard the locusts hum that tune on a
.bright Summer morning? You have
probably said at-the time, "it's going to
be * : a .hot . day, for I'\u25a0 hear, the locusts !
singing."; In southern, Europe these in
sects travel 'in such- swarms that they"
form great masfes which look like dark;
clouds.* /Although, their bodies are i very
heavy, they ne^r, fall . duringr, their ':
flights, for each ' of the creatures ha 3
two strong pairs of limbs. In foreign
lands tlie, locusts Soften 'devour the
leaves of the trees for; mlles-around and
then.., eat- the; grass right iown \ to the .
roots before' they : journey ; together.; in
search of -more food._ 1 In our
the \u25a0 birds, eat 'thousands, of these little
robbera every year, so ;they do .not 1 iive
to .destructive^' In the fall of
. the i year Mrs; Locust digs; 'a hole ln : the
ground,:" where she' lays a bundle of
tlny : ; eggs. '%, There h; they stay; until;
spring, \ when the insects which hatch "
out work their : way to. the light. One
family of locusts is very queer,, for the
insects do not becbm ing creatures
until they have lain. in the ground 17
.yeara.^-.;. :' ;.;• *,:-'\u25a0 \u25a0;', '* \u0084 '•, ' \ ! \' . ;. ; '.". ; .' \u25a0"':• :> ,
I-, Mr. Locust has a very happy life, for
he'seems to sing all the, time, .fie never,
becomes hoarse, ; for - his voice does not
come from his throat. Oh, no, h/e'sings.
DRAWN BY A JUNIOR
Popular belief at ono time ascribed to
children born on this .lay the faculty
of perceiving and holding communica
tion with beings supernatural, and tho
child who was so lucliy as to make his
or her, first appearance on halloween
wns regarded by his playmates as an
unusual creature.
Among,, tho many games played on
tilts night, diving 'for apples in a tub
of cold water ispcrhapa the common
est. .Then; almost every one has tried
to take a bite out of an apple suspend
ed from the ceiling by a string and
gotten his nose, soundly bumped for
this presumption. A game which is
ofton the causo of much merriment is
played as follows: A derby hat is cov
ered with lamp black or soot and in
the center/is stuck an ordinary small
pin. The! hat is then placed In a dark
room and one by one the players firo
given the chance to draw the pin from
its crown with their teeth 0n1y. ... After
they have succeeded in capturing it,
thiey are led into a lighted room, where
they are invariably greeted by the
assembled onlookers with shrieks of
mirth.
-Many lads and lassies, try to see
their future partner in life, on this,
'night. One way is to carry a Ughtod
candle in one hand and a small hand
glass in ,the other and by holding the
mirror In front of him the aspirant is
' suffered to distinguish the face of his
future mate over his; shoulder. For
tunes told on halloween arc supposed'
to .be truer than those told^ on any
other night. ' v 4
" It is often- customary; for -groups of
boysand girls to array themselves in
all enveloping sheets with' masks con
cealing their countenances and thus
attired make the rounds of the village.
Pumpkin parades ' are also -popular
•with the young folk, and from jdu.sk
until the midnight . hour, when tho.
a good spirits, regain command > and dri v«
. the imps'i back to 'their under; regions,
-the gayeties' and; festivities of hallow
een are indulged 'initoTthe heart's con
tent of .younger America. : \ "
by.rubbing his • strong wings together
or'Jby rubbing s his : wings against ; his
legs! " The "-Greeks tell a pretty :-tory
-about a locust that played on a lyro,
which 'was an instrument very much
like, the harp. v - , '.':;
'Years 'ago the. boys .'of the sunny land
'wereall "anxious to ; play sweet music
better than thei r friends. ; Once | two
lads, agreed to, play ; in a contest to see
which was: the better.jmusieian. r Aftor
\u25a0the first youth ; had finished the judge
said: x "That -boy has:; done soTwell that
"surelyhe will win the prize." Then the
r other Greek* to6k his lyre. ..His. music
was -beautiful; : Suddenly * ; a string
broke. Such .bad luck, yet the boy. kept
on. 'In an instant a large locust alight
ed upon a part of the broken string. In
order to' continue the song the boy
touched ,the -broken string, expecting it
to be silent- and ; thus spoil the music.
.To his surprise he heard the note, for
Mr.; Locust buzzed just at the right time
and in the right tone to take the place
of the §ound of the broken' string. 'Ev
ery time the note was tho
creature sang his song. When the boy
ihad finished he was given the prize, for
he had won - in; the | con test. ; ,In his joy
he did hot forget, to be thankful to his
winged: helper. Years later he made a
statue of himself playing, the lyre, on
which -his' little friend was perched,;
singing ito help with the music that
had charmed the judges.