The San Francisco call. [volume], April 22, 1911, Image 1

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ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND CALIFORNIA
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What the" Exposition Means to
San Francisco
WILLIAM TEVIS STOLL
Everybody is awaiting for the year
1915 to roll around. I do not have to
tell why, for who does.not know that
in that year San Francisco is to hold
an .exposition in honor of-the opening
of the Panama canal?
I do not think that there is one per
son whose home is in this city, who has
lived here' for some time/who has not
thought or taken some interest in the
great event'which' is to take place then.
This exposition means • a good deal
to San Francisco. More than 1.000,000
people will be here and hundreds will
be landed every.'hour.. Also it will-help
business, and will not that help our
city and state? People who will come
here will' probably like San" Francisco,
and in time may. move out here, help-.
ing the growth of our city.--'*
• -"Boost for the Pan a ma-Paclflc expo
sition in 1915." '. •
April a Famous Month V
P. V. PARKER
St. Matthew* School, Burlingame, Cal.
.-*■','* Seventh Grade.' Age IS Years...
Many, great . men ' were born , and
many great events, took place in April.
'On April ■ 9,0,1865, Lee surrendered.
On April 12, 1861, Fort Sumpter was
fired upon; Henry Clay was born April
12, 1777; Thomas "Jefferson was born
April * IS, 1743.
I * April 18- and ; 19 are well remembered
daysito the people of ; San Francisco.
On April - 23, 1561, .** Spakespeare ■"- was
born; and George' Washington, the first
president of I the United States, was in
augurated at New York on' April 30,
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Thus we see that April Is a : very
famous month. ■', * ;0
Proud of Brown
"That lntellegehV looking boy there."
said the pedagogue . to the top. hatted
parent he was showing over the school
premises, "is Brown. ,1 am proud of
Brown.*' I have inculcated in him the
love of l learning to such ran' extent that
he now prefers study "to play. I expect
at this 'moment! he- is writing Timmins
Latin prose on the sheet of paper there
while-all the other pupils are at play.
10will 1 ascertain."*>..-*'•- ,*"** , .
He called the lad to him. 0,- . .V
•"Brown," he "paid," "let 'us see the'
result of your IrMustry." '"*"- ;.*■'.*. T
-•'l—l'd. rather not, sir," blushed
Brown. '-."•'! -*"• "i.-.*.[*•* *„-•** < V '*-
,i "Note his 'modesty,".; whispered the
schoolmaster. "Come, Brown, let' me
see what you have, been writing." '..-.-■
: Still* the boy "demurred. - But. the
schoolmaster i insisted '._ and forcefully
appropriated the paper. , And .there,' In
neat-, imitation of 1 feminine writ-"
ing, he read "the following: .".'-.- ; if
„"Please excuse my son James from
school. today. • He ls wanted at home."
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THE San Francisco CALL
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., APRIL 22, 1911.
Beyond the '■ Law
When 5 Farmer . Falrwelght came*, i; to
London lon a flying visit |he I discovered
many thingsthat: buses could go
without horses,- that you could walk
for a whole hour without striking a
field' or, an acquaintance, and, .finally,
that you couldn't hit". a policeman sim
ply because he,; compels 0 you to move
out of other people's way. .
, As he was being taken to the sta
tion he inquired what the policeman
Intended to do with him.'
"You'll find out- soon enough," said
the policeman grimly. "Seven days,
probably."/. * '• .., , ' --1.
.. "Seven days! Ah, that's; where ; I have
ye, old bluebottle!" chuckled the farm
er ' triumphantly,; producing the "return
half of his ticket. "I've to go back on
Monday!"— Answers. ;o*.-:..'• -
A Shady Grammarian
Some spiritualists were at one time
very anxious to persuade the famous
novelist, Charles Dickens, to X become a
spiritualist. He was on , one occasion
Induced.to attend a seance, so that he
might be "converted to the cult. . 'He
was asked whose sspirit he would most
like' to appear, and he said .at;' once:
"Li ndl ey, Murray." is In . due course they
informed him that the - famous master
of grammar, was In the room. Dickens
asked, "Are you Lindley. Murray?", and
the spirit answered, '"I are!" All hope
of ' making Charles -. Dickens £ a spirit
ualist was gone from that" moment.—
Liverpool Post.
OPEN LETTER SECTION
William Shakespeare
By Jnsper 11. Sinclair.
Tomorrow, the 2id of April, Is the
three hundred and forty-seventh an
niversary of the birth, and the two
hundred and ninety-fifth anniversary
of the death of William 'Shakespeare,
the greatest dramatist of all time.
■.Shakespeare's supremacy is,- undisput
ed. No-name in the history of the
.drama can even be associated or com
pared with his, as he stands Alplne
'llke. supreme in his fame. His con
temporaries are. unworthy. of compari- '
son with him; Schiller,, the German
dramatist, .pales before the Incompar
able genius of Shakespeare; lien Jon
son, Bulwer-Lytton, Pope, Addison,
Sheridan, and a host more —how small
are they when compared with the Bard
,of. Avon! •*' '>. *.■•••' .r ■■"'.: ::..;:.'■;
. Shakespeare* Is greater in .his sphere
than any other man In the world. Milton
was - not 'as great a poet as Shakes-:
peare was a dramatist;; Napoleon I was
not *as great a** soldier; Nelson was
not as great- a• sailor; Lincoln was not
as great a statesman.. Shakespeare is
pre-eminent 0. in his calling; ono play
right is worthy of comparison with
him. • .--■•; ■■ *• , - -„■ - I :' " " »
Shakespeare's contemporaries agree
in extolling his Integrity, lngenlous
ness, amiability and lively, wit. From
what is known of him .and..his. works,
he Is seen to -. be a mano of industry,.
of strict application to business,- of
admirable Judgment. • j Ills writings
prove that he was free from sectarian
or doctrinal prejudices.' His views on
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public affairs have been universal;
• with him we visit Scotland, England,
Wales, France, Rome, Venice, Verona,
Athens, Syracuse and a score of other
places.
Shakespeare found the stage in a
rude condition; and by his own ge
nius he expanded and modified it in
a manner never before dreamt of. He
created the widespread Influence of
the present day drama, with actors
who developed humanity in a stronger
sense than ever before.
No name in literature stands forth
as prominently ,as Shakespeare's.
Shakespearian-writings are unexcelled
for beauty of expression, choice of
words, and pureness of English.;_' Po
ssibly his plays are not all historically
correct, but Shakespeare was a dram
atist, not a historian. The man capa
ble of writing thirty-seven —and
such plays as they are—lh twenty-five
years had little time to devote to his
torical research."- - , -__
.The proof -of the greatness of
Shakespeare's plays lies in the ** fact
that they have successfully.: stood " the
test of time. Today they are am:popu
lar, If not more so, than ''they .were
three ..hundred years ago.unlike the
present day dramas which in ten years
are forgotten, and. give place to other
plays which will also die within a de
cade.* . Shakespeare's plays will endure
so long as does the English language.
Every year the house in which he
was born is visited by more- than 14,
--000 travelers. The walls are literally
covered with Inscriptions, carved In
every' tongue, a proof of the endless
chain of pilgrims from . the four cor
ners of the earth that visit this shrine
of immortality." Among them are the
names of Byron, Sir Walter Scott,
Thackeray, Dickens, Tom Moore, Wash
ington Irving, and the Duke of Well
ington—a fitting tribute to the Bard
of Avon! Nearby is the picturesque
church in which all that was mortal
of the great .genius was buried be
neath that strange, well known epi
taph: "Good Friend, for Jesus' sake,
forbear—To dig the dust enclosed here
Blest be -._the man who spares these
stones, And curst b*e he who moves
my bones!" * But for that epitaph,
which,, Is considered sacred, "the ? re
mains of Shakespeare would undoubt
edly; have been laid to * rest 'midst
fame, and glory, and immortality* in
Westminster Abbey, where sleep the
honored "and the brave In Britain's
hall of fame." ,
|' WORDS OF THANKS "T
Editor Junior Call—Dear-Sir: Please
accept my sincere thanks for the pretty
paint box which you,sent me.'. Very
truly yours,: * GERALD AHERN.
San - Francisco. ; ;*.... 3 ; . ■
Dear Editor —I am very proud of the
cute little- watch awarded me," I am
- so,: glad perseverance was rewarded.
* Many, many, thanks. Very truly,.: v-.,' ~* .*
- ' METHA 'MORRIS. 0"
Corte Madera. „"]< '
Dear Editor—l thank you very much
for, the box of paints you -sent* me. *• I
; think they are very pretty. Thanking
you again for them,. yours truly ;
*•--,• -*> * ~ GENEVIEVE BRAND.
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