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The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02
A Dog That Graduated From Grammar School
Written for The Junior Call by
Ida Wood

One day after rain. wnen the gut
ters were full of all sorts of things
which had come sailing down the
stream, crowd of little boys gathered
on the streets. One of them shouted,
Here comes an old hat, let US catch
1T. They all made grab for it, They
The hat looked all around to see if he
could see any one Right close to him
sat pair of old shoes. The hat leaned
over as close as he could to the shoes
The shoes said. Why hello. friend
hat. how came you to be here?
The hat replied, by hard luck. 1
have long story to tell of my trou-
bles"
do tell me all about itr cried the
shoes
of the stores All, it was fine to be
there with all sorts of pretty things.
There was always crowd of men,
women and children looking at us. 1t
other all my companions were carried
away. 1 was watching and waiting for
some one to cSme in and buy me-
AT last a man came In and asked,
Yes said the store keeper, we
have just got new supply.
's.Give me that hat them, and he
pointed to me. j was so glad that |
was going to be of some use. He took
me and put me on his head and went
out of the store. He seemed well
full sights. After a long while my mas
ter went out OF the city to visit some
of his friends. That night he went for
a ride and on his way home he lost me.
He did not seem to know had gone.
laid there for quite a long while.
Pretty soon a man came by and
picked me up and said, Well, this is a
good hat, I will keep it. He took me
down a long narrow street. The air
was close and had an unpleasant odor.
We went in a low, bad smelling room
and the man laid me down in corner.
The room was small and dark l knew
the sun could never shine into TINS
room. After while, when it was very
dark and all the people had gone TO
bed. a little brown creature came creep
ing nm to me- 1t had small black eyes
that stared all around the room ana az
the least little noise it would Jump allo
start TO run. Pretty soon three more
came In They began TO play. Ote ne
came and jumped on me; one pesan ~
gnaw holes in me. How those snsap sp
teeth did hurt. / remember what re tney
were now. they were mice. In the morn
ing when the man. came BACK ma9 va,
full OF holes. He seemed very angry
and threw me out of the window. InelI
this rain washed me away and mere L
am now. old and ragged and NOBODY
will have me-.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02

with kind friends: He sent her his
best and dearest love and promised. to
write "a long letter very soon.. This
he folded and put in his pocket to
mail as soon as he got an envelope
and stamp from Minna. Then he sat
down to watch for his friend
:: He did not. have long to. wait The
itrayagant and had hired. hack to take
his little friend home ih.
- AS they drove slowly along and were
nearing the shop the barber said;
We have company in the house,
lad-a friend we were. all very glad
to. see. j hope it won't make You sad,
my: dear boy. Try and be .happy with
us and remember that before many
years you, also. will have with you,
we: hope. those who are dearest. to you
Fans looked at him. With Questioning
eyes but said nothing ::
=. The barber helped him:eut and put his
arm around him. for Hans was stu
very weak. 1t:was just getting dusk
just such a night as. the one when the
barber had first taken him through the
shop into the pleasant little room. How
we'll he remembered It. =.
what was that?'. !. He clutched the
barber's> arm and ALMOST fell--it~ was
a low. sweet voice singing The Alpine
Flower. -. :
:. He was on his. knees: beside. her in
a moment, hls arms around her; his
head pillowed en@:her breast. Mother.
my dear, dear motlferI, My beioyed,
my y:deafest[onel". She could not speak
f: "nWhy. she is my mother, just come
from. the : old countryp:.
: We'll; she is my mother, too, and I
guess. my friend, :ve are brothers,
though we did mot know it,
'..Ts 1t possible2. She: told us: she had
.a Younger sori.fiere somewhere, whom
she had nc t. heard from for sorile TIME.
we were golpg@ to help her find him,
but.-I never dreamed It was: you =.
-'It was your. ]oye for your mother
that made nae realize the great wrong
+ had done my. mother ). -;
.:~::But :.Tow is it,. mother, that: we
never knew we were from the same
placer: -.
.,f'lt must be- my sons; because. we
moved from the city: where you. Were
born. not long. after your went. away.
Your letter@ was sent to- ..nie,' for the
postmaster knows 1 have BEEN watch
ing for: -letters. for. years.. =. -
:s.'But the name. Hans? Our name
should be the same. if we: are brothers. "
Il took my. fathers. given, name
PeferZaIid added son to: it::for a sur
name. as. is: eften done, you Know, in
OUR country. -. -.
II guess We. are brothers; sure
enough. dear. friend. and 7. for one, am
very. glad Of it,. Are you2p
My .friend-Zn1y son, as i called you
at: first. my brother. now-indeed. In
deed: am glad ::
Yes, my dear sons GOD has been very
good TO us all; and to me. especially.
Both. my dear ones are restored to me
and we are all bound together by the
fondest and closest ties. am very,
very .thanl1ful&E am sure we. all are.
Let us ali resolve never again tos be
Separated
Then Minna prepared;'a. bountiful sup
per. They were all as.merry as merry
courd be, and Hans ate so. much. that
even the fat. gpod natared barber Had
to protest
when it was cleared away and the
barber had lit his pipe his mother took
the youngest of the little boys on her
knee and. and while they. all gathered
around, she sang to them her old. fa-
vo~ite. "The Alpine Flower"
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02
Games Animals Play FOOD FOR CHILDREN

IND you ever think that animals en- :.
~ joy play as much as boys and girls
do? This is true. not only of dogs and
cats and other domestic animals, but of
wild animals as well. Sometimes they
invent games to play. and some of these
games are similar TO those which chill.
dren play.
one day there were a. number of.
lambs in a pasture. and the fence sepa-
rating IL from the adjoining field had
several gaps in 1T. the top board being
Off. One Of the lambs suddenly started
toward the fence and jumped it at. q
run. and the rest of the flock instantly
followed. Back and forth they jumped,
as If they were playing follow your
leader" and IL one made q specially
fine jump il would hop and dance, de-
lighted with it's success. For more
than an hour they played in this way,
seeming 10 enjoy the sport just as chfl.'
dren would.
Another flock OF lambs was noticed
one day playing the game that children
call I'm king of the castle" They
were in field where seaweed had been
gathered in stacks. ready to be spread
out. enc OF the lambs would jump into
a stack and Eve or six others would at
tack the position. The king. resorted
10 all sorts of maneuvers to prevent
them from gaining a place on 8
stronghold. butting. attacking al
rushing at them; and If fnally he was
driven off by a combined assault an
other would lake his stand on the 'cas-
tie and the play would begin over
again
Now aad then one of the lambs would
mount a stack, and If he was not at
tackled he would jump and caper and
dance as II TO invite an assault
In another iock steeplechase was the
game most frequently played. This
flock was confined i'm a straw yard.
where there were feeding troughs in a
row, filled with hay. The lambs would
make a rush, one following another.
down the whole length of the yard,
jumping over all the trouEhs in turn,
and then back again.
You see, the exuberance of their spir-
its requires an outlet, just as does that
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02
THE SCHOOL DRESS

nLAIDS for school wear are smart
y this season, and, strange TO state
those Of large patterns are more in
vogue than the small designs. As
rule the large ones are becoming to
all types Of young girls. but there are
certain little figures for which these
combinations must not be chosen.
For example, a girl who IS unusually.
TAT viii look positively wooden in a
large square. and small ones or stripes
are best for her. Any other figure,
however, is generally set off by the
striking color scheme.
AS to the styles for garments, long.
straight lines are kmartest for little
folk. as they are for their elders, and
rarely does one see a waist effect even
simulated. From shoulder 10 hem the
iinc SIS unbroken. and generally there
g. ~ suggestion OF Russian blouse.
a very serviceable model for a plaid
leooien opens all the way down. fas-
tening with rather large pearl buttons,
Of which there are two rows down the
front N tae back are three box
pleats. in the front two. At the neck
there is deep "" opening over a
white guimpe, the sleeves or which
are long coming below the dress
stopping at the elbow A wide sailor
collar Of cloth, OF shade like one OF
the light ones in the plaid, finishes the
frock. There is also loose, narrow
leather belt that passes under tire
plcats.
Guimpes IN school dresses may be re-
garded as q permaneDcy, for they are
50 practical. though iaupdry bills may
be = tri7e increased by their use.
Tn addition 10 the fresh appearance
these give they make the frock more
servfceable By saving wear on the
sleeves. Any mother whose child has
been to school for even year knows,
10 her sorrow. that the first part of a
dress 10 wear Is the right sleeve. along
the scam. where constant rubbing on
n desk makes IL thin. Naturally, a
euimpe sleeve does not go through so
quickly. and when il does the cost Of
~enlacing il is not 50 great
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02

NVyILFORD LION of e12 Paru street.
w Alameda, is the proud owner
of an English setter named
Nick. Every day for the last three
years this extraordinary dog has ac-
companied his master to the Haight
grammar school on Santa Clara avenue,
followed him to his seat and lain quiet
ly on the floor beside him during school
hours, observing the intermission pc
riods, recess and noon, exactly like the
pupils themselves, with whom he is
prime favorite.
Nick is equally popular with the
teachers, and the principal, Elmer
l.. Cave, who made him the subject of
speech at the graduation. exercises
of the Haight school. extolling his. ex-s
emplary behavior and presenting him
with. the diploma oshown herewith.
From S. r. Downing, teacher of the
3 Eighth grade, Nick received the GER
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N II +1tAA Ncc aONn, Dledh
I'M and chill. on the deserted city
" street, so bare and desolate. Lit
tie Hans was thinking, with ach-
ing heart. OF q rose bordered. path lead
ing no 10 a low rooted house. OF the
tail pines towering above #: Of the
lowing Of the cows as they came home
at evening. OF his mothers voice. sing
ing her fsvOrite song. The Alpine
tfo~er.' All, Il was all so far, fer
away.
Well. son, who are you trying to
Kill, YOU or me2 Do you imagine you
are a billygoat. TRYING TO knock me
over2'.;.
The big. good natured barber put out
his hsnds. so soft and warm. and
caught the boy as he stumbled against
llirn. Then, looking down into the blue
es IS, he spoke TO the boy in the famii-
lar tones Of his mother tongue. The
lads eyes filled with tears. and he told
the barber. IN quick. broken words;
how lonely and homesick he was
There. son, don't cry. Come inside
Minna and the boys shall cheer you
up" =.
Here Minna. is a visitor. I made
his acquaintance this moment, outside
The shop door where 1 went 10 smoke
ms pipe. He was in such haste TO sa,
lutte me that he came at me, head down;
like a goat. and butting me in the stofn
ach. which YOU know is not smalr
nearly knocked the wind out Of me-.
There. there, Minns, I'm only trying TO
cheer up the little lad. He's homesick,
as you were, my Minna, not so many
years ago. He's from Sweden; too
from GuttenbUrg.' -
.Se2 From that dear Swedene And
sad for Thy mother? An, now. 4 cry.
100. You shall be 20 me as my own
son"
tie sea; how his father being dead and
his sisters married, thousll. poor. he.-had
come to- America. the land OF gold, to
earn money for his dear mother. She
had cried and begged him not leave her
but he would so
The gold he had not found. 1t was
not as he had thought almost lying in
his path. -. :
lie had all he could do to keep body
and soul together; there was nothing
left 10 send 10 the dear mother at
home. nothing. even, 70 lay up for
the passage money when he shou1e
go back 10 her.
oh well. son, don't worry. Well try
10 set something better for you TO do.
and YOU can come here evenings, and
so YOU won't be lonesome any more.
And now I viii leave you to Minna's
care I must go into the shop there
are customers waiting" 81
One evening just at dusk, when the
lights had not yet been lit and a tesvy
f0g was settling down upon the city.
Hans was on his way 10 his friend s
house lie hurried along and started
10 cross the street A big automobile.
blazing with lights, whizzed around
the corner; there was a cry OF Look
ouf.~ from some one, a crash. the fash
or thousand lights-and darkness and
silence
The doctor IN the automobile and
Iis chauffeur we're at the boys side
fn "A moment. A crowd soon gathered
and the barber came out OF his shop.
why, 81 is Hans, our little Hans.
Minns, get g bed ready You can
bring him right in here. gentlemen
Your son, did you say2'
Not my son. but dear friend,
not long from the old country. Bring
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him. right I'M"
':He:is badly hurt. my good -Inan.@ He
viii have to go TO. the. hospital. /
will take him; there al. once. and. will
do everything: ] can for him.. / am
exceedingly sorry 1t has happened:
Here is my card; Come in the morn
ing. .....:
?: Here. ,Frsnk..iift him in. .Capefully.
carefully: Now drive to}:the Owens
In his few lucid moments the boys
only. cry had been; ':Don't tell mother
---she can not come-4she Will be 50
worried" -:
Day after day the barber haunted the
hospital 10 the great detriInent of HIS
>: AT first the attendant.s answer was
VERY low" Later ii became "A lit:
tie better;; then. at length. he was. told
that he might see. the patient.
. It was Little. Hans last day at the
hospital In the afternoon. his kind
friend, the barber. was coming to take
him home, for Mtnna. to: care for until
he SHOULD be. stronger
He was sitting by the window WATCH
ing the passersby and faneying that he
could hear his mothers voice, soft and
low. singing the song. OF 1.-The Alpine
Flower" 1t was a plaiptiye little air
and the words told the story of a tickle
girl. who,to try the constancy of: her
ma ny lovers; sent them. to bring her q
certain flower, the edeIweiss; that grew
far :up on the mountain: side, almost
.on. the edge OF the snow. The only
one. who persey cred; fin spite of Mseari-
ness and danger, was the; poor at
worthy youth who loved her; not for
her money but for herself. His foot
slipped. just as he pl4Icked- the flow er
and he was dashed 70. pieces: on the
rocks; below. .NYIien he was laid, dead,
at her: feet. with. the: flower still in
his. hand, she. realized: too@ late that
slle~loYed him.: and him only.
Now it seemed to. him that in Ieay-
ing mis- mother. he, toe, had been
selfish and capricious, regardless of. am
others suffering: - -. ::
The. nurse came Inland laid. LETT
ter: in his lap,rwhich" had Come during
his sickness. - =
: 1t was from his mother SHE spoke
of mot having. heard from him for a
long time. In closing she. said my
son,.I beg tof you !. TO write to- me at
once. You VIII understand nay. great
anxiety when: you read The. rest of this
Long ago. before you: were born. j
had another son, my oldest :achild: :: He
was rot always a good, obedient boy,
as you have been, but gave US. some
trouble. Still i loved him dearly. and
when iietannounced. his intention: OF
going to a:foreign a land, I was heart
broken. He. went away. in spite Of
my tears and pleadings; ands-we never
heard from him again. He mGst have
died years ago. for 1 can. not believe
he would wholly abandon :ils.
Tt was this that made me so OPP
posed to your going.
Z have not told. you before because
] did not wantsto sadden your. young
life:
But now, my dear: dear son, for
the sake OF the love you bear me write
TO me at once." :. =
Hans dashed the tears from his eyes
and looked around the. room for MIA :
terials to write. that nomerit.-. There
was a pencil lying on the table. but no
paper. He took the last sheet of his
mothers letter and wrote on the back
Of it that he had been sick, too sick
to write; he was better now. and was
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02
Az IE,ASKED Ciarice this morning
M # tea drinking Is as general a
;" custom in Scotland as it is in
England, and she Immediately


threw up her hands.
"Oh, much more So" she said, "espe-
cialIy in Glasgow. / must tell you
about the Glasgow tearooms. which are
just about the brightest spots in that
very interesting city, and so inexpen-
sive. Fancy being able to lunch to
repletion on pence-that's II cents of
our money, you know; and where, too,
the girl with taste for sweets can
indulge it for the same price, since
nearly everything in sight is sweet
Fancy a table spread with every
variety of bread known to Scotland
scones, soda scones, potato scones,
sweet milk scones, currant scones
brown scenes. all rather heavy and
suggesting indigestion. but so good;
bread and butter with carvies (car-
away seeds covered with sugar.,
"bawbee baps," oat cakes, and endless
other varieties of doughy confection.
Then comes cakes. and cookies, and
buns, and little tarts, and then, best
of all. arranged in a neat square in
the center of the table, diminutive pots
of jam, each holding enough for one
person of good but not too greedy
appetite.
But after your artistic sense has
been delighted by a birdseye view of
all these glories your real difficulties
DeSlH LII lH6 lllSl RtetCc II 10 d IDOSI
distracting matter to decide whether
to take strawberry, raspberry or black
currant or d9mson jam, and, having
decided, to chase the last elusive berry
around and around the bottom of the
jar before catching and depositing it
on your plate
Then, unless you are of such ex-
travagant turn of mind that YOU dis
regard the price list propped up in
in ha Of &aL
there are other most complicated calcu-
lations to be made. IF a potato seone
and butter costs e. penny and sweet
milk scone costs twopence and bun
also costs a penny, shall eat a sweet
milk scone. which / like: or a potato
scone and a bun, which 1 do not care
for, but which will appease my raw
endus appetite better than the sweet
milk scone? 1t is a dreadful problem,
but no more so than to decide whether
to take small cup of tea for two
pence. on. the chance of not wanting
another, or to take the large cup for
threepence in the beginning, and in
the end save a penny.
"On the whole the better way is to
say. never mind expenses and eat re-
gardless, and then. when having con-
suned so many scones- and cakes that
the suggestion of another bun is hor-
rifying. you begin q laborious calcu-
'latfon of what you have really eaten,
and. experience an unexpected thrill at
discovering that you have devoured the
enormous sum of eight pence half
penny.
"Oh yes, they drink tea in Edin-
burgh too. but then Edinburgh is so
beautiful that you do not need anything
like tea TO brighten you up. Edinburgh
is conceded by globe trotters to be one
of the rnoSt hpailtiful cifias- In the
world. and the view from Calton- hill is
always a favorite with the tourist. d.
rectly in front, in the middle distance,
looms Castle rock. rising boldly and
abruptly from the town, and overlook
ing both the sea and the neighboring
mountains. This is the oldest part of
the city, fortified long before authentic
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02
Reading in Bed

Reading in bed at night is. speak
ing generally. an unhealthy practice,
the chief danger being to the eyes.
partly because the light used is fire.
a,lently Insufficient and so placed as
to dazzle them, and partly because it
is dffncult to.hoId 1he book so thst full
:benefit is obtained from the use of
both eyes This is more particularly
1.-The case when the. reader is lying on
one side. Again. there is. generally a
temptation to hold. the book too close
to. the eyes. and. this Of itself tends to
induce: myopia. :. Very particularly is
this. result to be feared in the case of
young persons whose eyes are not
fully developed. For this reason boys
and girls under is. should be stri6tly
forbidden to read in bed.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02
EprBURQH RRcM @MHcM HIT

history began.
The most interesting room in the
castle is the apartment known as the
Crown ROOM where the visitor may
see the discarded relics of Scot1and's
sovereignty-the splendid crown jew
els, the scepter. the sword of state and
the crown OF Scotland once worn by
Robert Bruce. There is something pro-
foundly pathetic in these memorials of
Scottish royalty.
two towns, the old and the new, pre-
senting all the striking contrasts OF
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02

At a Junior party last winter the
were given. two potatoes each,
two tin tacks, five 'hairpins, d match
and a Japanese dolly, and out Of these
materials a doll was. to be made.
One girl who succeeded in making "a
particularly attractive doll took the
creation home with her, and after it
had. been duly admired, PITT it away in
a closet and forgot about it. Later
her mother came across the doll and
found the potatoes sprouting in. all
directions. and producing the remark
able effect shown in :the' picture.
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The importance OF correct 'dletetlcS
for school children can not be over
estimated.
In many families little girl of 8 or
10 years of age nervously picks at
dish of porridge,. takes a. sup Of milk
and starts on q. run. to school for fear
she will be 'tardy"-the blackest crime
a child of tender years can commit.
The small boy who would rather play
than eat-arid his number is legion.
will put in the interesting half hour
before breakfast trying to make his
puppy sit up. and then will dash
through the dining room with the an.
nouncement that he is not hungry,
and scurry off for a few minutes in
t.he lfandball court before school. I'M
less a mother :.actually holds on to.
them, compels them to SIT down square
and straight and insists upon the
breakfast being eaten before they leave
the house, the nervous fyaway chill
dren of the present day and age will
not eat enough. breakfast to. fortffy
them for the days work. Before noon.
they have a headache. are listless.
tidgety and cross. because they are
fcsas from hunger.
This is no overdrawn imaginative.
.picture-it Is actually the case in many
families.
a French committee. on dietetics de-
should. consist of farinaceous food.
fruit, eggs. milk on preferably cream
and stale or toasted bread with. plenty
of butter At noon a child should have.
according to this regime, roasted or
stewed meat. bread and. butter, and
plenty of vegetables. At a O'Clock he
should have a sweet pudding. 1t would
'be easy to count on the fingers. the
children of well to do families in ale
most any American. town wins eat any
thing like that assss;tst of plain: .nour-
ishing food in a day. :
~-~~>~~~~S~~~~~~~~~~S>S ~>~~~~~>-~~~~~~s>~~>~~~e
OF boys and girls; and even racing:
which every one indulges in. when
young. is resorted TO. by" animals aof
their own acord: One flock of lambs
made practice of racing down field
for. a quarter Of mile, around a spring
and. back again to their mothers
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tificate of promotion also illustrated.
showing that he is entitled to enter
the high. school. Whether or not Nick
will decide to take the high school
course his master is unable to say at
this time.
is every. inch a dog. and very playful
and fond of the usual dog pursuits.
When the reporter and photographer
from The Junior Call went to Ala
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02
The Worlds Biggest Town

London is IL miles broad one way
and II tho other. Every year sees
about 20 miles of new streets added
to 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02
By Frances Kenf

m IGHT was settling down, bleak
I'M and chill, on the deserted city
street, so bare and desolate. Lit
tie Hans was thinking with aeh