The San Francisco call. [volume], December 16, 1911, Image 1

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JUNIOR
Section
ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND CALIFORNIA
The Junior Call, Third and Market
streets, San Francisco, Saturday,
December 16, 1911.
Good morning, Juniors!
Who wants some birdseed? If you
want it, you'll have to buy it at the
corner grocery. It doesn't pay to
plant it. One thing the birdseed ex
periment accomplished, however, was
the taking out of Ju-ju and Puppy a
few of their kinks of conceit. They
are not so self-assured as they used to
be. Pup has come to the point of ac
knowledging that there are one or
two things that he doesn't know
THE San Francisco CALL
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., SATURDAY, DEEKfBER 1-.. I'M 1.
ALONZO
about planting, and Ju-ju said he
thought he'd join the big garden class.
I wish everybody were as happy as
I am. I'm just downright glad I'm
alive nowadays. Somebody asked me
the other day if my face ever got
sober. I told them no; didn't have
time to straighten the creases out.*
Christmas time is always the busy
time, too. There are so many little
things to do, and they always stack
up on the last week, don't you think?
I believe I will get Mother a new
opera cloak, or she might like an au
tomobile. It's so hard to pick gifts
really appropriate.
Oh, there is something I want to
say to the puzzle contestants. There
will be a great many of you, no doubt,
who will feel that your solutions of
the puzzles were correct. Now, in
answer to the question, "What ad
junct to Thanksgiving?" the majority
of the Juniors answered "Turkey,"
which was right so far as it went.
But, if you will observe, the Turk had
three keys on his ring, and the answer
should have been plural, i. c.. "Tur
keys." Now get in and try again, and
be more careful next time.
The new arrivals, the flock of birds
that came off the birdseed tree, are
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busily engaged in investigating the
<:oil of the back yard, and it is taking
the combined efforts of Puppy and Ju
ju to protecjt the wonderful vegetable
plat. Puppy has already become dis
gruntled, and I heard him muttering
something about "becoming a nurse
girl." At any rate, it will probably
serve to keep them both out of mis
chief, which is a goofl thing in its
way.
Now, boys and girls, make your
Christmas preparations, but don't for
get Alonzo altogether. Let us hear
from you in the contest departments.
Until next Saturday, ALONZO.