The San Francisco call., 1898-04-24

His younger brother, however, took matters into his own hands and thrashed boy or two, and so became a hero.
 After time they nearly all become contented and march in the long line to chapel when the bell calls; they kneel at another bell to say Our Fa- ther," at another bell rise.
 Sometimes it takes half a dozen at tempts before the tall, stern woman who presides is satisfied with the man. her of kneeling and rising. Woe be to the small boy or girl whose heavy shoes make noise enough to attract her sharp ear.
 They form in line and march in and out of the dining-room. So many together makes silence the one thing most carefully attended to. On Christ mas and Thanksgiving they are al- lowed to talk during meals and they are brilliant occasions in their way, but children are not satisfied with love by the wholesale. The dry cakes and cheap toys brought on Friends day really mean something to them. There is no other change in the weekly order of fare and if you ask little tot what day of the week it is he will say:
 We had puddin'; 1t must be Wednes- day.
 Friends day is the greatest day in the month for the children. On that occasion they wear their own clothes, II they have any, instead of the uni- form, with clean fronts, and in the af- ternoon receive their friends. That is, if they have any Of many it is only too true what the more fortunate ones say:
 Whats the use of putting a clean apron on her? She has no friends"
 och ir1cr nf nd hr-1Ic ing and curling of hair, and every available ribbon which can be bor- rowed or hired for some of what my friends bring me-" And after all the careful preparations, so many times no one comes and then follows the lit tie tragedy of waiting and watching the others.
 eSted 1n one of the little girls, sent her word to be ready and she would have the child spend the holidays with her. She sent 10 cents with directions for the girl to have some powder and make her teeth nice and clean Little Mag gie almost wore out her tooth brush, went over all her little belongings over and over and planned with the others now she would not have to wear her apron. Then she tried every ribbon she could get on her short hair. promis- ing to write to all the girls. She is an orphan and absolutely without a rela- tive in the world or a friend, except this one lady.
 School closed. Maggie could not sleep that night with anticipation. could not eat, and sat on the wood window seat all day watching the gate. The next day it began to occur to her may be she would not go, and she put away all her things and never spoke of her disappointment, for she not only was not sent for, but the charitable lady had forgotten all about Maggie.
 Many tableaux in real life form them- selves there
 pr. John Nightingale Jr. is the regu- lar physician, so it goes without say ing that the sanitary matters are the pest that can be made. The food is usually good, notwithstanding the mo- notony, and the children are comforta- ply and exceedingly we'll clother and housed. Those requiring special treat ment are taken to specialists and you may nave seen long line of may be twenty-five boys in brown uniform going to Dr. Montgomery They are the soreheads." Ringworm is the foundation of the trouble. which is not dangerous to life, but is very contag- lous, and being on the head is very. very unpleasant. A very determined effort was made to banish it, which, if perseVered Tn intelligently would have been successful, but unfortunately the vigilance been relaxed
 On Sundays in fresh. neat uniforms ne older children march to the Church )r the Advent. The Rev. MT. Emery S much Interested in them, seeing them once week at church, and they are nuch interested in the services and give the closest attention and the most ievour responses. Irreverence would