The San Francisco call., 1897-10-24
MORE ABOUT OUR
FROLICSOME FRIENDS

THIS week the pumpkins are marching
L ND Market street. The bobcar for
which they struggled last week came to
pieces Just as the pumpkins were
about to win victory in their tug of-war.
Then the little but lively fellows agreed
to march. A committee was sent out to
get band to head the procession, and
how the pumpkins and the band got
along IS fully told by the picture to-day.
The pumpkins differ from all other lit
tie people of The pictorial sort in two re-
spects. One is that they include such
Pacific Coast types as the cowboy; the
vineyardist, who always has a cask of
wine; the desperate, who "hods up
somebody or other every chance he gets;
the miner, who is always "out OF luck"
Every one has some marked character
istic. as you will see. They all have the
trick of hustling. So they have already
net with some striking adventures. They
will meet with others even more striking
1t is in their life and vigor that they show
their originality in marked way.
Their story is this: They decided one
day to visit San Francis They had
long lived in one of the fruitful valleys of
California. What pranks they played
there have not been reported. But that
they have had as much iun with the farm
ers as they are having with the people OF
San Fran cisco is sure. Some time they
may be pictured in the country. Wnen
they decided to visit San Francisco they
went into the fields and helped them selves
10: whatever they found. This was the
starting point of their troubles. They can
not be justified in that
They mad not proceeded far on their
journey in the direction of San Francisco
when they came across a party of children
VINO had made up train OF cars from
coaster, an express wagon, and so on,
their locomotive having for boiler an
ice-water barrel and the funnel was
length of stovepipe. They called their
train THE NiddlewInks Express" The
Bumpkin owboy lassoed the train and
the bad Bumpkin held up the Middle
wlnks" while his comrades got on board
and took possession of the train.
The pumpkins reached Oakland, taking
full week on the journey. There they
pulled the ''Nid0Iewinks Express" to
pieces and turned the cars into boats in
which, after a narrow escape from the sea
serpent, who laid in wait tor them, and
the granger, who chased them. even while
he was being chased by shark, they
landed at the foot OF Market street. Then
they tried to get the bobcar, and destroyed
1t before they gave it up. In the process
sion, pictured to-day, will be seen some
parts OF the IN iddlewinks Express
The march Will now continue out Mar
ket street. Before the Phelan monument
Is reached the pumpkins will know all
about the competition among the boys
and girls who are writing stories about
California. AT once they will write their
stories. How they do this will be pictured
next Sunday. The Goat Hill Band will
admire what they do. In fact the Band
and the Bum pkins are already fast friends.
The boy who IS playing so sweetly on the
Lead Pipe Cinch" in the band is doing
his best for the pumpkins, and his music
Is SO sweet that the poultry, brought by
the pumpkins from the country, are as
close to him as they can get that they
may listen.
But here dreadful secret must be tolu.
The band wakes up the old Mastodon.
who has dozed so.long upon his pedestal
in the museum of the Academy OF Sci
ences, and that great beast will be seen as
he saIlIes forth. Then there will be a
battle royal, in which the pumpkins, not
at all afraid because of the size and
threatening appearance of the mastodon,
will take a leading part. That fearful!
tattle will be pictured two weeke from to-
day, possibly, unless the pumpkins
change their programme. The pumpkins
will make thorough tour of San Fran
cisco first and last, FOR they are bound to
see all there is to be seen. -.
The sealions-the little girl sealiong-
are having a party this week. They have
brought their sealion dolls, and what with
drinking tea and playing upon the piano
and tending their troublesome dollies and
looking at picture books they seem to
have just about the same way to eniov
themselves that real little girls have when
they go out to call upon their little play
mates.
The party is TO celebrate birthday, for
little sealions must have birthdays and
possibly presents. You must figure that
out oryourselves how that may be- Sup
pose they should lave a candy pull? A
real candy pull! Wouldn't they have
nice timer They would, but that is really
telling. What do little girls do at a candy
pull? Just think of that and you can
guess the rest. Such fun and such laugh
ter and such jokes