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. •/•;.';, §©dts®iin ISSUED EVERY SUNDAY -FOfMHE BOYS AND GIRLS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND CALIFORNIA- ALMOST ALMOST HAS HIS PICTURE TAKEN | WORDS OF SHANKS | .Editor Junior.. Call— Dear, Sir: .. I..re ceived my box of paints and I am de lighted with them. .Thanking ' you many times, I am,, yours, respectfully, ETHEL MAY ZAEHRINtiER. Pacific Grove, Cal. "Editor Junior Call— Dear! Sir: I re ceived the beautiful fountain pen to- VJay. I am more than delighted . with it. llt writes ; just beautifully. I; want to thank you ever so much. Respect fully. . ' t \ MYRTLE GERTSEN. Madera. ! . • ' Editor Junior Call 1 — Dear Sir: I thank you for the box of paints. They are very nice. HENRY E. ROGERS. Oakland. ; Editor- Junior Call— Dear Sir: Have been solving your puzzles for nearly two months and had given up all hopes - of winning a pen when to, my surprise : received one Tuesday' afternoon. Many thanks. Yours truly,, \u25a0.\u25a0.-\u25a0\u25a0..' ELSIE MOERS. San Francisco. . ;, Editor Junior Call-r-Dear Sir: I want . to th/vnk yoxi for the ;nice paint box I . received. v It certainly is. fine and I " spend every~evening painting. Thank ing'you oncelmore, I am, respectfully/ • v WILLIE I3AIIR. San Francisco. ' '\u25a0\u25a0j'.' \u25a0 % "—" Editor Junior Call — Dear Sir: I re ceived my paint box today anJ thank you- for it. I am now trying for the "dolls" and hope to get them. Yours truly, EMILY MARTINELLT. . ' Inverness^" ; Alonzo's Dear Boss, the Editor: I thank you very much for my book that I won by drawing. I have. read ' some of.lt and what I .read I like, so the rest of the book 'must bo good: Alonzo's Jurilbr "friend, , • ALBERT COOPER. .Elmhurst. Editor Junior Call: Dear Sir— Gee, but that box of; paints was swell .that you senl me. Many, many thanks' for it.' ,l would like* tQ win a-'set of those dolls now. .Yours truly, '..,'. . , " 'ERNEST PONSANO. ' * Santa Cruz. . * . Editor Juni6r Call: Dear Sir— l wish, to thank you- very much 'for the beauti ful fountain pen you sent me im a prize. It la. so much nicer than I really expected. .Yours truly, . MARJORIE PERRY, San Franclsc*. • » Editor Junior Call — Dear Sii;: I re ceived* th^ beautiful fountain pen today which you gave as a prize last Week. I api delighted with 4t, and wish to-le turq you.njany thanks, for the same. ' Just a\year ago last April, .1 was iueky for- the first .timo.by revolving, a "beau tiful little -watch which, you gave, a*id now I have won* the ,pen ; lam greatly pleased, with. both. Yours tfuly, . " (SATIIKKINH.M, PALMER. Petajumu. . *»"\u25a0'. • * • -Dear* Alonzo*: * You' arc-as goadvas they ..make them. 1" rpo&lved nny ; pen , The San Francisco Call. ' SAX FRAXL'ISCO, pECESIMR 4, ,1910. this morning, 'and. it- isa dandy. I feel well repaid for the trouble of writing 'my story. I . 'think .your . drawing I.con •test is a flue idea. Why don't -you give us French lessons anymore? . Dofi't forget that I thank you very much for that*. pen. Wishing success to you. and Tha Junior .Call, I remain, ALLISON SCHOFIKLD. Editor Of The, Junior Call — Dear Sir: I am'delighted 1 with the* box ot paints you sent me. They were just what I needed, for my motlier .was going to get me a new box soon. Yours respect fully,, MAKGARKT LEIGH/; Satisalito. 'Ol'^S-- w/i:' Pearls in Cocoanuts ' Tho fact thai m cocoanuts "sometimes contain pe*arls-»-properly aocalled and <iulte similar to tho pearls of molluscs — has Ui'i'n -established. A specimen, tho size of a pea, was 'exhibited recently by •a gentleman of Boston, Mass.; aud its owrxer explained that such pearls were worth a good* deal of money in the, Malay peninsula, where the- native rajahs * esteem them - highly. These, pearls .aro similar in composition* to •those, of tho aocalled pearl oyster, being found by. chemical to consfst of 'calcium 1 carbonate and a small amount of .organic matter. "It is alto ••gether'a puz/Je why the giant £t>ed 'should produce "such concretions, inas much as they can. not be due td an ' attempt, as is the case with tho mo-lluse, to covet* UP irritating particles. — Phlla. OPEN LETTER SECTION Satisfaction vs. Dissatisfaction A1.111511T A. IIIIVANT, Onklnnii Dlssntlsfactton Is an evil In Rome ways. People don't seem satisfied with what they have. They want what other people have, although It might not be so good. A man wishes ho had another man's job, while on the other hand that man wants the first man's Job. They envy each other and want each other's things, because they are for: the time unattainable. For*ex ample; a man will get an auto. Is he • satisfied? No. He wants a better one. He gets it. Is he satisfied? No, lie wants a still better one. • Ho gets it,' only with a mortgage on It, as he can not afford to get It without. He Is slow in paying. lie sees a friend who has a job better than his, so he gets ;one like It. lie Is not capable of doing 'the v wprk, he loses liis position. > No. \u25a0^Job/^jio auto/ but penniless. Why? Because' he simply- was riot satisfied with" h.ls first auto. If he had kept the first one and his job, he "would have been a far happier man. ' ~ * When people are satisfied they are comfortable, but dissatisfaction makes "them uncomfortable and restless. The man in the auto almost always comes to grief when he Is restless and not satisfied with the speed lie is go-, ing. ' He wants to go just a little faster, then a little faster, until he meets his end; just because he was junior section not satisfied with the spocd he was go ing at fltat. Hut, oil tho other hand, a man should not t>e satisfied. A man. in fart, should be punished for being: satisfied. If ColmntniH had beeh satisfied America would not have been discov ered. If the people had been satisfied the United States would never have been In existence, but a colony of Eng land. We would have to travel on donkeys or walk if Stevenson had been satisfied with the state of affairs. Tho San Francjsco Call and tho Junior Call would .never have been heard of If Gutenberg ,had been satisfied with writing instead of printing. Which is .best, satisfaction or dis satisfaction? A Child's -Thoughts RUBY MULANAX I*. O. l>ox 017, Tulnrc, \u0084C»tf. . The fleecy clouds that sail on high, That scud across" the sunny sky, Aro loving thoughts of children sweet. Whom God shall, always love and keep. The "Lake of Death" There is a lake in Calhoun county, Alabama, which is a remarkable natural curiosity. It is oval in shape, and cov ers four acres of ground. ...,-• ' \u25a0. No .vegetation grpws on Its banks, nothing" lives in' lts' waters, and even snakes and terrapin shun It. The water has a peculiar tuste, and neither horses nor cows .willdrink it, no matter how thirsty theymay be. .; • • : \ • Deep down' can be seen" what look to be the charred trunks of iarge trees, without root, or '•.branch^': They -stand upright in the wjvter, and never rise to the surface, or sink to t lie bottom. ' ".'! ' ' J ' The lake has' no apparent oiitlfit," but : thej water always remains at the same level. Soundings to the depth of. 700 feet have been taken, , without bottom being found, and' the . people in' the neighborhood say that the lake is bot tomless. ..'." : , : ;' At one; time .boys used to. gather at the lake' on. Sundays and swim in it, but they never go.near it now. 'Fifteen boys ' have been" drowned in" it, 1 and,' although some of the^bodies- were, rer covered, those who were drowned any distance from the banks* sank to the bottom and were never seen again, rr: : Here is the Indian legend of the origin of the lake: Many moons before the white man: came: to.' this country, • two tribes, of Indians, one -, large . and powerful, the other small and weak, \ \u25a0lived near the spot where the lake is. They went to .war ; with each 1 and the: small tribe was nearly, oxter mlnated.''Then its chiefs sued for peace and a'council was called to decide, upon \u25a0•\u25a0 the terms. The.chiefs and old men of the twotribes met in a pine forest one day at noon, an agreement. was reached . :and . the. pipe of peace, was. filled... -. While it was being passed, around a* signal was given, the chiefs of the strong tribe sprang up and; with -their, tomahawks, killed the .chiefs of the smaller tribe. A' fe'w moons after- this a fire broke out in the forest at; the ' spot where the council had been held.' It burned constantly, for eight moons, and then the ground sank out of sight, the fire disappeared and in its stead was the lake. The Indians gave the lake a name, which means "Lake of \u25a0Death." r v; : 1