The San Francisco call. [volume], December 04, 1910, Page 1, Image 1

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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. '
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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