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The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
The Historic Plymouth Rock Dominance Of G the DOH DOH

This is an age of scientific realism
when even the nursery is not secure
from the invasion Of mechanical. chemi-
cal and other educational adjunets IN
the shape of marvellous toys. But not
for a moment have these inroads or
science challenged the universal SUI
premacy of a plaything as old as. II
not older than, civilization itselt-tne
doll. Children of all times. stations,
natiOnalities unite in admiration OF
the miniature representatives OF hp-
manity. The make believe child Of the
little savage often consists OF nothing
more human thsa an ear of corn in the
husk, long gourd or cucumber, or
even, in cases OF extreme want. hg
leaf made into roll This she soothes.
chides. sings to, and imparts stories OF
her own invention
The ivory doll of the Roman child
was too costly for the ages that fol-
lowed the fall of the empire. For many
centuries dolls must have been chiefly
of home manufacture. The first shop
made dolls after the middle ages were
the jointed wooden dolls of the Neither
lands. These Were known in England
and in America. too, in colonial times,
as Flanders babies"
These FLANDERS babies" are described
as having had round black heads. with
a we'll defined blush on either cheek.
They were of wood from crown TO toe.
Their legs and arms were jointed. The
wig of brown hair was fastened TO the
head by a row of iron tacks.
Perhaps the greatest number are
made in the Nuremberg district of the
German empire. where indeed by far
the largest number of the worlds toys
are manufactured.
For the finest and most artistic dolls
France leads all other countries.
1t may be a surprising discovery 20
girls who think of their dolls as the
special property of girls and Of nobody
else, that grown people used dolls be-
fore children did. and that in Europe
at least it never seemed to occur TO
parents that children would find dolls
interesting to play with until they saw
the children picking up pretty puppets
designed for their elders
The French of the fourteenth cen
tury, who first introduced the doll into
Europe did not make them 70 play
with. as the grown up Chinese are
said to have done from remote an
tiquity and as they still do.
The French ladies of the period Just
mentioned employed dolls for quite
different purpose Having no fashion
plates. they used little images as
models of the fashions. These figures.
or dolls. We're dressed in the latest
mode and sent from one great lady TO
another and from one capital to an
other: and from them the costumes OF
the period were copied. In the year
1891. it is recorded, the queen Of
France sent the queen of England a
doll fashioned in the form OF
demoiseue mounted on horse back and
followed by a varlet on foot" The
Chinese are said TO have cited as
proof of the inferiority Of the civil
ization of the western world TO their
own the fact that the Europeans leave
the joys of playing with dolls and
kites entirely TO children. who thus
seem TO be wiser than their parents
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doll. Her name is Geraldine. She's awful
good company. Aunt Ruth will give
me another one. Goodby; I'll keep
Thanksgiving for you" and she was off
leaving Jakey so astonished that he
did not say a word. In moment the
train was on it's way and the last he
saw of Nanette was little white
handkerchief waving from the car win
dow
Old Heinrich. the boss, who had
known the Kleins in the old country
and who had been in America for sew
eral years. dropped in that evening to
have a social pipe with his friend. and
10 him Jakey told the wonderful story
of the girl and the doll, and repeated
his question: What is Thanksgiving"
Heinrich told him of the landing OF
the Pilgrim Fathers so many, many
years ago. and how they fought the In
dians while they cultivated their little
fields Of corn and other grains and how
a great drought came and their crops
failed and they saw nothing before
them but long winter of suffering
and starvation, and then how a ship
came from England laden with sup
plies just in time to relieve them and
the pious governor appointed a day of
praise and thanks to God for delivering
them from their great straits And SO
the custom has come down to this day
and we remember all the good that
has come to US during the year and re-
turn thanks for it.
Il viii have my Thanksgiving. too
said little Jakey. Il have my new
friend. Nanette, and my beautiful doll
Geraldine, and 1 am very thankful"
And when the day came around the
grandmother made him a fine Dutch
cake, and though he had no church to
go TO and there was no choir to sing
for him. Jakey sat Geraldine in his
fathers big armchair and talked to her
and told her what he was going to do
when he was man.
Taen another amazing thing hap
pened, for in the winter a big snow
storm stopped all the trains one day
and the western bound express was
stalled near the station where Jakey
lived, and TO his great joy he recognized
among the passengers who got off to
rest themselves a while his friend
Nanette. and her father and mother
We were going to stop here any
way" said the little girl because my
papa is a railroadman and he was to
have a message here, and when it
showed l was so afraid we could not
get this far before we had to stop
hoped you would still be here for 1
have brought you some books and toys
and candy and nuts to amuse you. And
how is Geraldine? / made her some
new dresses. for I knew that the one
she had would be soiled by this time
Run home and get her and l will dress
her up.
Such a happy boy was Jakey that day
and after the tracks were cleared and
the train had gone on its way how he
reveled in the new delights his little
friend had brought him.
All this happened years ago You
would not know Jakey if you saw him
today He is tall, broad shouldered,
handsome young man. He wears con-
ductor's uniform and travels on that
same road east and west, past the sta
tion where his early DAYS were spent
I hope some time he will again meet
Nanette, and then he will have an
other Thanksgiving. l am sure Don't
you think so?
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
By Unels Dick

BY mailing strips on the ends you make
a board two feet square. Paint the
face white and draw the lines on with
a lead pencil. making one and a half
inch squares. Use this picture TO make
your drawing. Use a keyhOle saw to
cut out. the targets consisting of the
heads of Uncle Nose, the two kids and
the donkeyS eye. The construction OF
the back Of the targets is very simple.
The little brass strap hinges VIII cost
but a few cents. NIKE the little sand
bags of colored muslin. filed with clean
sand The rubber bands should be
strong enough TO snap the sand bag
back about Is inches when it strikes
the center of the target stand about
IL feet away from the board when
playing the game.
I'll never forget an adventure Louie
Boggs had after practicing all winter
on this game He had become so ex-
pert that he could hit the donkey's
eve right in the center every time at a
distance OF 20 feet. Well. the follow
ing fall we all went as usual to the
county fair. Among the catch penny
games to separate the farms srs from
their money was cane ringing OUTFIT.
OF course the canes that were easy TO
ring were worth about cents a dozen
But as a bait the man had half dozen
or so silk umbrellas. the handles being
of size that made il next 10 impos-
sible 10 throw ring over them While
we were looking on. a boy. by the
merest luck. threw a ring over the
best one OF the lot Although the man
running the game had been doing a
land Office business all day. getting
about dollar apiece for penny canes.
he refused to give the boy the um-
brella. making the ridiculous claim that
he had leaned over too far when he
threw the ring This made us all mad
and Bill Smith thought of a scheme to
get even with the man. Bilfs father
was one of the directors Of the fair
and we hunted him up. Bill told him
about the swindler and also his plan
to get square. This is how we did it.
First Deacon Smith sauntered up and
made himself known to the faker. and
while they were talking up stepped
Louie Boggs and bought six rings for
3 cents. He made the man show him
Just where he could stand and got him
to say that any article he threw a ring
over he could have. Then Mr. Louie
calmly proceeded to ring five silk UNI
brellas out of the six .ngs. one Just
missing by a hair Ny. You should
have heard that faker go on, But II
was no use. Deacon Smith stood right
there and told him If he didn't give
up the umbrellas he would have him
put off the grounds. So we all went
home with silk umbrella. including
the boy who was cheated. as Louie
gave ane to him "
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liest brown eyes. Her skin was fair
and two dimples showed themselves
when she laughed. She wore a crimson
frock and a jaunty crimson cap rested
on her curls. In her arms she carried
a large doll. dressed in blue silk and
lace. with a marvellous hat covered
with roses and a long plume. This
enhancing sight made Jackey speech
less, and the little girl again spoke
why don't you talk to me? What is
your name? Do you live here?"
The boy had learned the language of
the new country very quickly, as most
foreign children do. and he answered
the questions as best he could. Then
in turn he asked. What is your name ?
Where are you going?"
Let's sit down on the platform and
III tell YOU all about it. Oh, how tired
I am Of sitting in those carsl I'm so
glad they stopped" So the free ma
sonry of childhood being established
the two children seated themselves
side by side and the little girl began:
I live way. way off from here, III
California. and mamma and / are going
back to her old home in Boston cause
it's Thanksgiving next week and all
grandpa's children are coming home to
eat dinner and have a good time"
What's Thanks giving" asked the boy
in his broken English.
'Oh. it's a day when people go to
church. not Sunday, you know, but q
week day and you must be very thank
ful for all the nice things you have,
and the toys and books and ponies
and that kind of things. and the choir
sings and then you go home and have
such a big dinneri There's always a
turkey and chicken pie. and potatoes
and turnips and onions. and puddings
and pumpkin pies and apple pies, and
nuts and apples and. oh, so many
goodies I can't remember them all. And
then you play games and tell stories
and the young folks dance and sing
and you go to bed so tired. but you
have had such a good time"
Jakey listened with wide opened eyes.
Such feasting and jollity were entirely
unknown to him, and he could not re-
sist feeling of envy that came over
him as he listened to the little maid
describe what one had to be thankful
for.
I couldn't be thankful, for I haven't
any of those things you talk about,
he said gloomily.
Why, haven't you any pretty books,
or pictures. or wagons, or trains of
cars or pony, or a dog or cat, or a
canary?"
4 never had any of them. and l
haven't anything or anybody to play
with. My father works all the time
and my grandmother is old and too
busy TO play. I wish I had you to play
with, and I wish I was going to
Thanksgiving, too. I am so tired being
all by myself"
The girl looked compassionately al
the sorrowful face of the boy and his
dropping figure. A wave of the mother
feeling, the desire to comfort. which
underlies the nature of every woman
from her childhood up. swept over her
and she longed to do something to
make this newly found friend the hap
pier for their brief acquaintance.
All aboard" shouted the conductor
and at q quick call Of "Nanetten from
a lady who came to the door of one of
the Pullmans the girl rose to her feet
and thrust her doll into the hands of
the boy. saying: Il will give you my
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
By Margaret Forester

n all his life Jakey Klein had never
heard OF Thanksgiving day. And
no wonder. for he was only 10 years
old and had been in this country
but a short time. He had come across
the ocean in a big ship with his father
and mother and the good "grosmutter."
But on the voyage the dear mother died
and was buried in the sea, and the rest
Of the little family had after some time
found their way out west, where the
father was given employment by a sec
tion boss. whom he had known in the
old country, on new branch railroad,
which led across the plains.
The boss had found that the grand
mother was good cook. so he brought
her and little Jakey along and built a
shack for them near the station. Every
morning Jakey would so down to the
tracks and see his father of on the
handcar for his days work. and in the
evening he would be there when the
men came back for the night But he
was very lonely poor child, for there
were no children for him 10 play with,
there were no lovely flower gardens
such as he had known in Holland, there
were no delightful bitches to paddle in,
no geese 10 look after no Windmills
10 lift up their arms into the air There
was only the wide, wide plains. with
not tree or bush 10 break the mOnOtO-
ny The sun came UP right out OF one
side Of the earth, so il seemed, and
dropped out of sight on the other side
"Grosmutter" was so busy cooking
and baking for the hungry men that
she had no time to tell him beautiful
stories, as she used 10 do about the
elves and gnOmes. the funny little de-
formed men who live in the Black for
est and are always finding treasures
and getting people out Of trouble. He
helped her as much as he could. but
there were many hours when Jakey had
nothing TO DO His principal entertain
ment and greatest pleasure was 10
watch for the trains on the main line
going east and west He was always
at the little station where they passed
for they seldom stopped unless for
something special But occasionally
there was some railroadman to get on
or off. or message TO be left for some
one out on the extension. and then a
few Of the passengers would jump off
the cars and look about them. and very
often a kind man would give the lonely
child "a picture paper. an apple or an
orange. These were great events in
Jakcys life. and something TO be
talked of for weeks after.
one ever 10 be remembered day the
passenger train from the west came
slowly up to the station and stopped.
Heads were thrust out Of the windows
and the brakeman questioned Is to the
cause "I5ot box" he answered. briefly.
Jakey was on hand as usual, and he
watched with great interest the pulling
out Of the smoking stuff from the box
Of the big wheel and the packing again
with fresh waste. Just then q childish
voice called.
Come here. little boy"
Jakey turned On the platform stood
z vision Of loveliness. such as he had
never seen. except in the book Of
fairy tales in his fathers big chest.
Il was a little girl about his own age.
She had long brown curls and the love-
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AT Nine. Tussaud' Waxworks

peate1 the same question, and when I
looked into his face l saw that he
too, was made of wax. After this ex-
perience 1 decided TO buy a catalogue.
When bought the catalogue I saw
a little boy standing alone and looking
SO miserable that / asked him if he
would like to come with me to see the
waxworks- He said he would be glad
to and we went upstairs together.
We went into a room made of glass
and saw many kings and queens of
England, dressed in the dress of those
times. After seeing that we went into
another room in which we saw Queen
Victoria and Lord Tennyson seated
side by side. each holding a pen in
hand. They looked so lifelike that
could hardly resist the impulse to talk
to them
We then went into another room.
where we saw Queen Victoria with a
shawl around her and the people hall
ing her queen of England. From there
We passed into another room, where
we saw the famous General Gordon
trying to climb a steep HILL while an
army of Arabs were firing at him from
below.
In the next room that we entered we
saw King Charles l. He had such
beautiful eyes that we went back four
times to look at him. When we had
seen King Charles the little boys
mother came and took him home
Feeling very tired. I sat down on a
bench on which a lady was sitting and
began TO study my catalogue. Before
10 minutes had passed | looked up and
noticed a crowd of people looking for
the number at my feet. 1 looked at
the lady, who was still sitting there
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
By Dinah ShuIn7an

" BOUT this time last year my sister
n and myself were staying at my
uncle's house in London.
One sunny morning I asked my sister
if she would come with me to visit
the waxworks. for had heard so
much about it that / thought l couldn't
live If l did not see those wonderful
figures. AS she had her music to at
tend to and had seen the waxworks be-
fore, she could not go. so she described
the building and told me TO take the
train to Waterloo station and ask for
Madame Tussaud's waxworks.
About l o'clock In the afternoon l
took the train for Waterloo station,
and en- arriving there 1 asked a little
boy if he could direct me to Madame
Tussaud's waxworks, and he gave me
the proper directions. The admission
fee is one shilling. that is "a cents.
paid my fee and went in, and found
myself in something that looked like
an anteroom and from which lovely
music came.
l walked upstairs and came to a
cafe where there were scme people
eating. AS l did not feel hungry I
went down where there were people
cooking and serving, but l did not
take any interest in the kitchen l de-
cided to ask the guard if the wax
works We're on the upper floor. so
went up to him and sad. "Win you
please tell me if the waxworks are
upstairs?" When l looked up into his
face l saw that he was made of wax.
Well, I did feel funny!
little way off l saw a policeman
standing. | went up to him and re-
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gentleman on the street and he asked
me to help him check UP lot of toys.
Goodness graciousl / worked so hard
on the job that l woke UP this morn
inv with a headache"
IT guess that mince pie you ate for
dinner last night put you on that job
laughed Uncle Dick. Now, think it's
high time you started a little Santa
Claus factory of your own. OF course
you recall those Nelson boys you met
at the farm during vacation. Don't you
remember? They took you fishing with
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Madame Tussaud

Nine Tussaud. the founder OF the
famous London show. known as Nine.
Tussaud's WaxWOrks." was born at
Bern. Switzerland. in 1860. She learned
the art of modelling in wax at Paris.
and for a time gave lessons in model
ing to Elizabeth. sister of Louis XVI.
and in this way became acquainted
with the leading persOnages at court.
In 1902 she established the museum OF
waxworks in London. with which every
tourist is familiar. and which contains
over 500 portrait figures. that OF Vol
taire and some others having been
nodded by Nine. TUssaud herself.
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them. showed you how to trap bobo-
links and all that sort of thing
Indeed 1 do" replied Tommy. "And
you bet I'm going to send them a nice
Christmas present."
We'll" said Uncle Dick. heres a
drawing of game that will tickle them
to death. 1t hasn't got any name that
l ever heard of, but it's whole lot of
fun Bill Smith invented itseand we
boys each had one at home. First you
want to get a smooth board. half an
inch thick and. say, Il inches wide.
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BOARD. 2 TT SQUARE
! An

- HE woodshed was a mighty pleas
ant place when Uncle Dick arrived
on Saturday morning. 1t was a
raw November day, but Tommy had a
nice warm fire in the stove, beside
which the old gentleman was soon
seated.
Does it occur to you that Christmas
will soon be here?" he asked Tommy.
Well. 1 guess yes. l dreamed about
Santa Claus last night. met the old
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
Many in a Minute

In some of the big Swiss lace manu-
factories there is a new machine which
threads 1000 needles a minute ties the
knot for each cuts the thread off at
uniform length and then carries the
needle along and sticks it into a
cushion ready for use.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
TIE WORLD E41CUC IINMCOTYROck WERE EHE RZGRDNe1
FIRST JET EOOT IN NE new N211ZD o

ISTORIC Plymouth rock, the land
ing place of the Pilgrims. in which
by the contestants in the history con-
test was preserved to history by the
action of Thomas Faunce, ruling
elder in the first church at Plymouth.
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carefully preserved at New Plymouth.
Before the revolution the sea had
washed up sand and buried the rock.
This sand was removed. and. in at
tempting to move the rock. it split
asunder. The upper half or she'll was
taken TO the middle of the village. In
1884 it was removed from the town
square to position in front of Pill
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-21
AN INVENTIVE JUNIOR DESIGNS A SAIL BOAT

X BOAT which sails famously is the
n result of the inventive genius and
perseverance of one of The Junior
CalFs juniors. Herbert Alexander Dick
ey. of Dracena avenue Piedmont 9
years old, who designed and made the
boat illustrated above entirely by him
sell.
The body of the boat is made from
piece of two by four scantling one
foot long. The bows are formed with
a saw. To the sides are nailed two
Stats extending six inches behind the
boat. These are TO receive the paddle
wheel, which is made from two pieces
from cigar box about two inches by
six inches; saw cut is made half way
through each at its middle and they
are fitted together as shown. The mo-
tive force for the boat consists of a
strong rubber band stretched over the
two supports for the paddle wheel.
Poke one blade of the wheel through
the rubber band and twist il back
ward; then place the boat in the water
release the wheel and away she goes
Try ii and you will see what a fasci-
mating toy it is.
The deckhouse is a piece of 1x1hx5
nailed to the deck The masts and
sticks. The stanchions that support
the rope railing around the main and
upper decks are simply fourpenny
nails with two lines of string stretched
around them.
Forests of Brazil
Brazil is known to possess enormous
wealth of timber. Already the great
Brazilian forests are beginning to feed
the sawmills which are rapidly being
erected Many of the forests of Brazil
are yet so far from the railroads that
they remain in comparative safety, but
others are feeling the AK An increas-
ing quantity of timber finds its way
from the interior to Rio de Janeiro,
where it is used for packing boxes
match manufacture and many other
purposes
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to see what she thought of this. but
she was made of wax. so / got up and
walked away. while many people stood
looking at me.
That experience among the wax peo-
pie made me feel very miserable and (
decided TO take train for home with
out further deIay
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The Farth's CHANCES

The surface OF the earth is under
going steady transformation, largely
through the agency of man. but per
haps nowhere is the plant and animal
life of the region being more rapidly
superseded than in New Zealand The
native Polynesian race. crowded by
Europeans. is becoming extinct MANY
of the imported animals run wild and
multiply rapidly at the expense Of the
native species. even the streams being
filled with European and American
trout, which grow 20 great size.
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grim hall. where it was inclosed in an
iron railing. lost all its historical in
terest and was reduced to vulgar
stone. In September, 1880. the citi-
zens wisely took the fragment back
and reunited it to the other portion.
when it resumed its original dignity
and significance.
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and who knew some of the Mayfiow-
er's passengers, who showed him the
rock on which they had landed. On
hearing that it was about to be COW
cred by the erection of a wharf. the
man was so affected that he
wept. and his tears saved that rock
from oblivion, fragment of which was