The San Francisco call., 1904-08-14

dispatched into the outlying
country with a message that
all members Of the tribe were TO gather
at the Oakland Club and that they
were 10 assemble without further de-
lay
In twos and in threes and in families
entire the summoned came. and when
they were gathered together the patri-
arch rose TO his feet and spoke in this
wise Ny children. I have summoned
YOU here 10 discuss an ali important
subject The Tribe West Oakland is
IN distress. When our rivals first com
merced 90 aid humanity in general.
we. in our seIfshness, thought only Of
ourselves. Now a work has come 70
our hands and we must rise in a body
and meet il as becoming our rank. An
evil spirit is lowering about ana guild
ing the footsteps of some Of our tribes
men and il is our duty to petition the
mighty Jove 10 bring them forth from
the spell Now this is the work I have
set before you. and while you are plan
ming how best 10 carry out my instruc-
tions We viii adjourn TO the tearoom
and gossip about our neighbors." and
forthwith the gray haired old patriarch
So the members Of the Oakland Club
assembled. And the Oakland Club. be
il known. is Just another rame for do
ing good. For years they tried TO hide
their candle under a bushel. but the
light Of their good deeds found them
out al last and they were accordingly
tried and found guilty Of magic and the
worst kind Of witchcraft Their right
E,-f- 10 +s-.s, T-F+
was doing and that in itself was plenty
10 condemn them TO years Of hard ser
vice and actual labor.
The last assembly was TO discuss the
juvenile question. Every city provides
some recreation park or place for the
youngsters who are not so fortunate
as 20 leave town during their vacation,
but Oakland is somewhat behind the
times in this respect and things are
decidedly lively in certain sections as
z consequence.
with nothing TO 90. their busy bees
get hard ar work plotting some mis-
chief. and the people in the neighbor-
hood Of Tompkins School have been
kept on the alert lodging stray balls
and an occasional rock and repairing
broken windows and badly ruined tenn
pers. What the youngsters in that part
of town can't think OF really isn't
worth thinking Of and the six weeks
leisure is little If any short Of a horrible
nightmare.
"A summer-school is what we want"
was the cry. and q summer session was
what they straightway got.
e Not the regulation, bona fide school
with lessons and the regulation rules,
Of course. for all work and no play
makes Jack a dull boy-and, ten to one,
anyway. there would have been more
playing hockey" than anything else.
But a play school il was, and it
serted its point inasmuch as it kept
the youthful friends of the street and
permitted others to draw long breath
and walk about without keeping a
q weather eye on every corner and on
every tree.
Tommy was asked II he didn't want
70 learn how 10 make baskets for sale
and his running mate was duly i'm
pressed with the Importance Of fash
foning new chairs and reseating old
ones. Somebody might buy basket,
you know, or need a new chair seat, f"
was added and the question was settled
right then and there. For If there was
any money in II the boys were ready TO
work from early until late and to work
right faithfully, too.
Ore fellow spread the glad tidings to
his clique and rounded up his men with
short turn, and when the rival bands