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The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12

through the still, blue air, away beyond
the meadows and the river, and directly
toward a mountain that was not SO
far away.
Glad to see you're taking US to
the mountain, captain" remarked Ger
AIDS host, cheerfully. i've had rather
too much air food lately, so l slowed
away some turtles and We'll have some
good soup for luncheon.
The cooks planning an eagle pie,
said the captain.
Then we'll have both. Why, here
we are already. That was pretty
good run"
is this your home?" asked Gerald.
breathlessly, as he was taken OFF the
ship and landed on the mountain top.
Pirates don't go in much for homes
There aren't any women fussing around
UP here, so we don't have to have
homes. But we have to have good
many storehouses, and naturally we
choose mountain tops for them. No
body ever thinks of coming to the top,
and If they did we should see them
hours before they arrived and block
their way. Our life is, may say, rea-
sonably safe from intrusion. We have
guards for each storehouse, with, of
course, perfectly comfortable lodgings
and a good cook We seldom sleep two
successive nights on the same peak.
Our main business is, of course, to
listen for adventures, and there is
no knowing when they may call"
.Nothing-but-adv repeated
Gerald, enthralled and thinking resent
fully of school and church and bedtime
and being polite, and of all the other
obstacles that In his own life the spirit
of adventure encountered.
As Gerald had hoped, the pirates
storehouse was a cave, but an ex-
fT-n aN1Nv
prepared to shiver when he looked in
the corners, but there really wasn't
anything very formidable about Not
sword or gun visible, but several
huge telescopes and other instruments
that Gerald didn't know the use of, as
we'll as great many signs of COM
fort and even luxury. 1t became pretty
evident that there wasn't anything in
the world comparable to being pirate
of the air, even before the cook sang
out in deep voice from the inner
cave that the turtle soup was ready.
Two other pirates sauntered in about
this time and the Ave sat down to-
gether each taking his steaming soup
from great silver dish. Gerald was
too excited to eat much and dreaded
constantly the suggestion that finally
come from his host:
Well, young man, shall we get
aboard again?"
Too shy to explain that he wanted to
stay and be pirate, too, Gerald was
hustled aboard the airship and. after
few agitating sWoops, brought right
back to the place he had been taken
from.
"Shan't 1 see you again?" he asked,
as the good natured pirate shook
hands with him.
Most likely not" was the easy an
swer, unless you need something
very much indeed And in that case
just hang this little blue flag out your
own bedroom window and I'll turn up
somehow.
And the strange thing was that when
Gerald told this story a few hours
later at home he had the little blue
flag to exhibit.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12

we have the only airship in the world
that really works and we make great
use Of it. It's a really beautiful thing.
designed by a German inventor, who
died young"
I can just make out your ship now"
Gerald interrupted. But I thought
all pirates were dressed in black and
that their ships were black, too"
You're thinking of the old school,
laughed the modern pirate. "There'd
soon be an end of us if we logged
ourselves out in black, wouldn't there?
No, we had to devise this little invis-
ible effect. We reasoned out that if
our clothes were the same as the
air we couldn't possibly be seen. Per-
fectly simple, you see"
This must have seemed plausible to
Gerald, for he accepted it and passed on
promptly to the next question.
Il wish you would tell me, sir, what
you are doing here?"
81 suppose you've noticed that little
cottage over in the field. where an old
woman lives alone? We were out for
little whir this morning when we
saw to our horror that no smoke came
from the chimney. The old lady had
no fire, therefore she had no break
fast. SO l just dropped overheard a
moment and brought about something
of transformation in her pocketbook.
There's not much comfort sailing over
these populated districts. There are 50
many people down here demanding at
tention."
That seems awfully polite of you"
said Gerald. But how do you see so
much when you're up in the air?''
Il suppose a king may look at a
cat?" inquired the pirate, rather AFRO
gantly. perhaps. You people down
here always have your eyes screwed to
telescopes to see what's going on in
the air. Well, we have on our ship
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12

Eugene Cline. 1884 Myrtle street.
Oakland, age S years.
Milton Richter. us Fourth avenue.
San Mateo, age 10 years.
Camilla Malone. Palm avenue, San
Rafael, age 10 years
Bernardine Ahern. Menlo Park. age
Z years.
Norman Sharp. 23O North San Joa-
quin street, stockton. age years.
Anna Regan, 3S2 Missouri street. Po-
trero, age s years.
Henry FRANKIE. 2545 Bryant street,
San FRANCISCO, age years.
Earle Watson, 2344 Telegraph avenue.
Oakland, age s years.
Beulah H. Butler, Eunice and Glenn
avenue, Berkeley, age years.
Alfred Clement Jr., 1928 Morton
street Alameda, age 10 years.
Florence Rasmussen. 1888 Weber
street Alameda. years.
Francis William Robertson, 2421
Fifth street, West Berkeley. age
Neil L. McNein. 1929 Ward street.
Dorothy scribner. orland. Glenn
county, age years.
Charley Oliver. Carnegie. Alameda
county age years.
May Reid. Hayward. age 8 years.
Richmond, age 10 years.
Vertis F. Lintner, 1922 P street.
South San Francisco. age s years.
Minna Rohde. 4409. Eighteenth street.
San Francisco. age 8 years.
Marguerite Center. 1924 Twenty
fourth street, San Francisco, age
Madelein Grace. 214O o'Farren street.
San Francisco. age Years
Maybelle Lynch. 1119 Ocean avenue.
Ingleside, age 10 years.
Ethel Mccall. LAG Boyce street. San
Francisco, age 10 years.
Evelyn stevens, 23171s Folsom street,
San Francisco, age 9 years.
Bennie Bigelow. 296A Piedmont ave-
nue. San Francisco, age 9 years.
Vivian Hickok. 234S Fulton street,
San Francisco. age 8 years.
Arthur Hare. sol Oregon street, Red
ding age s years.
Jane Diggs. 22O N street. Sacramento.
age 10 years.
Iva Mahoney. 270S Twenty-f1fth
street San Francisco. age 10 years.
Roy n. Jervis. 2731 Bryant street. Sa-
Francisco. age 10 years
Adele L anmeyer. 1893 Dolores street.
San Francisco, age years.
street, San Francisco, age 10 years
Mathilda Holetz. $40 Alvarado street.
San Francisco. age years
Theone Browns, 1923 Stanyan street,
San Francisco, age 9 years
Felch kennedy. 13O Tilden street.
San Francisco, age years
sonville. age 10 years
Lawrence Lasserby. 1879 Dolores
street. San Francisco: age 10 years.
Cecilia O'Conneu. 66 Carmelita street
FLORENCE Rhein, 939 Central avenue.
Helen Bonn, 40 Capp street, San
Francisco. age years.
Ella Enevoldsen. 212 Monterey street.
Salinas -.
willie. age 10 years a
Clarence Bartholomew, 1922 Court
land avenue. Melrose, age s years
Alice Geraldine June Mitchell, box
13s, San Lorenzo. age years
Louise Niells. Redwood City.
Helen Bronson, II Monte Vista ave-
nue.. Oakland, age 10 years.
Lola Mills, box 30O Soiedad, age
Ruth d. Girvin. 1903 Berkeley way,
Berkeley. age years.
Emma Spalding, Castroville.
Muriel McConlogue, sos Main street
Benicia age Z years
Louise Joseph, 1142 Peach street,
Alameda.
George Niggemann. sol West Julian
street. San Jose. age years.
Lois Lorine Drechsler, box 374. Sau-
salito, age 10 years.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12

Edna Bingham. S25 Clement street.
san Francisco. age years.
Helen D. Stringam, 1871 ShotWell
street, San Francisco. age 9 years.
Victor Powell. 912 Castro street San
Francisco. age 8 years.
Ruth Cooper. $50 Fifty eighth street.
Oakland. age years.
Camille Silvia. 1894 Sixteenth avenue,
South San Francisco. age s years.
Hope Woodward, 312 Haight street.
San Francisco, age 10 years.
Harry Davis 2S9 Devisadero street,
San Francisco. age 10 years.
Ruth TuclSis, 1850 Willow avenue.
age 10 years.
Peter YOrke Mcdonnell. 3243 Mission
street. San Francisco. age years
Felix Esters Won krakau. 2807 Bry-
ant street. San Francisco, age s years
Henry Blohm. Aromas, age 8 years
Vivian O'Day 1922 Eighteenth street,
San Francisco. age 10 years.
Georgia Herbert, box 17s, Suisun, age
9 years
airline scharff. Piedmont park. age
10 years.
avenue. East Oakland, age years.
Frances Loeber, Monterey, age 10
years.
Mary Conway. 1889 B street Rich
moud. age s years.
Ralph Gielow. 14S1 Dolores street,
San Francisco. age years.
Jordan Martinelli $50 Sixth street,
San Rafael, age 10 years.
Bessie Iris Prater. 2S South Sierra
Nevada street. San Francisco, age
Loretta stone. ss2 Bancroft way.
West Berkeley. age years
John Egan. 1871 Dolores street, San
Francisco, age years.
Karl o. Malmquilt, 151 Chicago ave-
nue., Oakland. age z years
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12

the best telescope you ever saw, and
can tell you there isn't much that es
capes u.s. Otherwise how would we
get our revenues?" The pirate
laughed uproariously 1--WE spot the
misers, you know. just as quickly as
we do the smokeless chimneys."
do you mean you are burglars2"
asked Gerald. becoming very much ex-
cited.
Il should say not We don't belong
TO any of the professions. They are
much too sordid and confning for us.
Look at the way your father spends
his time Do you suppose he'd do 1t
If he could sail around in a blue ship
and help himself to everything he
wanted-good heavens. how these tur-
ties wrigglei-and never miss sun
rise or a falling star, or-why, just
come aboard, young man. and I'll show
you how it is. The captain won't
mind. What's the matter? Did your
mother tell you not to?"
MOO stammered Gerald.
Well I knew she didn't Wait till
I put on my boots and I'll take you up.
You see, ladders are such a nuisance.
We've taken up this awfully handy
material that / believe Mr.. Frank
Stockton once discovered. It's not af-
fected by gravitatfon. Makes perfectly
corking soles for air walking. We use
1t altogether"
With this easy explanation the
pirate strapped on some sandallike
footgear took Gerald in his arms and
began treading the air, rather violently
at first, till they were well under way.
In few seconds they had reached the
airship where Gerald was taken aboard
and greeted warmly by the gentleman
who was introduced as the captain.
After very slight manipulation of the
machinery the ship was in motion and
was sailing strongly and swiftly
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12

Faye Snyder. Oakland avenue. Oak
land, age years.
Dorothea b Holm, 2oS Hoffman ave-
nue Fr San FTanGse0 age sse hth years street
San Francisco, age s years.
Alan Davidson. 24S Texas street. San
Francisco, age years.
Albert Ballaseyus, Placerville, age 6
years.
Arthur Poulin, 1910 Hayes street, San
Francisco, age 10 years.
Nellie F. Barden, 519 Thirty-fifth
avenue, Richmond district, San Fran
cisco, age 8 years.
Donald Murray. $50 Bay View. San
Rafael. age 8 years.
10 years.
Willie Smith. 22o21a Encinal avenue.
Berkeley, age years.
Eleanor McEntee, 1873 First avenue,
San Francisco. age 10 years.
Beatrice Lord, 1929 Boise street, San
Francisco. age years.
Florence Regan, 142 Second street,
Watsonville, age years
Porter Stanley, Emeryville. age
years.
Marina Bennett. Crolrs garden, Ala
Dorothy Bullock. 1915 Seventh street,
Oakland age years.
Mildred Eaton, box 502. Tulare, age
10 years.
Gladys May Gilbert. sos Cedar street,
Redwood City, age Z years.
Bruce Candy. Spreckels. age 8 years.
Muriel Amaranth Boyson. lie Grand,
age Z years.
Laura Wickham. Glen Ellen. age 9
jerome F. Smith, so2 Arlington
Ambrose Macdonald, 81 Monteceta
avenue. Oakland. age 10 years
Erzilla Farrell, Gil K street, Sac
ramento, age 10 years.
Bernice Helm, 1549 Verdi street. Ala
media, age 10 years.
Alice league. 1915 Sixth street, Ala
media, age s years.
Raymond Jones. 2211 Mckenzie ave-
nue., Fresno, age years.
Olga Jorgensen, IT'S Lake avenue
Oakland, age 10 years.
Charley Peck, $50 Castro street. Oak
Eleanor Ray stoker. 1886 Leroy
avenue. Berkeley, age 10 years.
Adelaide. Elrick. 2133 Grove street
San Francisco. age Z years.
Lotion S. Wells, 1856 sutter street
San Francisco. age years.
Clara Robin; IS Twenty-fourtf
Chester DeKay, 2o27 Delaware street
Berkeley, age 10 years.
Elliott Moorhead, West End ave
Jessie Crouch. calistoga. age II
Edgar Van Kervis, Fort Baker. age
Dorothy Van Kervis. Fort Baker. ags
Hazel Herrick, 225 Pennsylvania
street Vallejo, age years.
Fred Gerken l Scott street Sar
Francisco, age years.
Martha Lemmermann, 346 Duncan
street, San Francisco, age 6 years.
Freddie Maggi, Central hotel, Sar
Mateo. age 6 years.
Jim Martin. box 1se. Goldheld New.
age 10 years.
Elsa vanderhoof, ss1 corbett avenue
San Francisco.
John K Larson. 1905 Fair Oaks ave
nue.. Alameda, age years
Freddie Meyer, San Anselmo, age
years.
Helen Pettee. 2O50 Ellis street. Sar
Francisco. age years.
Gertrude Unsworth, 345 Oak street
San Francisco. age years.
Ida Stahlberg, S31 York street Sar
Francisco. age 10 years.
Clarisse Heberfelde. 1925 Turk street
san Francisco. age 10 years.
w. Lowenfels. 934 Greenwich street
San Francisco, age years.
Cvril Gilsenan. 2S47 Webster street
{ Berkeley, aged 8 years
Margaret Marnell, 1853 Twenty-thirc
street. San Francisco, age years.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
The Naughty Doll

My dolly is a dreadful care.
Her name is Miss Amandy;
/ dress her up and curl her hair
And feed her taffy candy.
Yet, needless of the pleading voice
of her devoted mother,
She will not wed her mothers choice.
But says she'll we'd another.
I've had her we'd the china vase
There is no Dresden rarer;
You might go searching every place
And never find a fairer.
He is gentle. pinkish youth,
OF that there's no denying;
Yet when I speak of him. forsooth!
Amandy falls to crying.
She loves the drum-that's very plain
And seorns the vase. so clever.
And. weeping. vows she viii remain
A spinster doll forever,
The protestations of the drum
I am convinced are hollow:
When once distressing times should come
How soon would ruin follow,
Yet all in vain the Dresden boy
From yonder manteI woos her:
A mania for that vulgar toy.
The noisy drum. imbues her.
In vain | wheel her to and fro,
And reason with her mildly;
Her waxen tears in torrents flow.
Her sawdust heart beats wildly.
I'm sure that when I'm bigNand tall
And wear long. trailing dresses,
1 Shan't encourage beauX at all
Till mamma acQuiesces-
Our choice will be a suitor then
AS pretty as this vase is
oh. how wen hate the noisy men
With whiskers on their faces
Eugene Field
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12

ERE is the boy with the sling
shot and another fine chance for
the artistic and Industrious
younger junior to do some more beau
tiful coloring The girl walking OF
stills brought q very large number of
lovely pictures to IRE Office of The
Junior CAN and Inc itor hopes to
have even more mex week.
This picture work is FOR the younger
juniors only those who are 10 years
Of age and younger. For the juniors
Who are over 10 years of age the writ
ers' contest. particulars of which are
given on the second page. is open.
Twenty paint boxes viii be awarded to
20 pictures most artistically and neatly
coIored.
Color your picture as quickly as pos
sible and mail Il TO the editor of The
Junior call 50 that it will arrive not
later than Wednesday afternoon, as
pictures received after that time can
not be used.
The younger juniors who have been
awarded prizes for the picture of the
girl on stilts are.
Diva La Baru. 219 Willow street, Pa
cihc Grove. age 10 years
Jacqueline Snyder. $40 Oakland ave
nue.. Oakland, age s years.
Emma Weiman, l40 Third avenue,
Ricnmond district. San Francisco,
age 10 years.
Josephine, Doda Fort Ross. age 10
Myrtle straub. 3712 Washington
street. truitVale age 10 years.
Robert clark Hartwell. 1879 Second
avenue. San Francisco. age years.
Norman n Lewis owler' Mountain
Eddie D. Breschini, Blanco. age s
years.
Jane Kreiss. Redwood City, care H.
selder Stuart HeIlmann. s1o Lom-
bard street, San Francisco, age 8
Waiter LiIienthal Ldvermore, age
Anthony McCarty. 4o5 Cole street,
San Francisco, age 10 years.
Norine Dsnnaher, Vorden, age s
Mande Collins. sol lyon street, San
Francisco. age s years.
Therese Beckwith, p. o. box a. Los
Gatos. age 9 years.
Jennie Sanches, MADEIRA, box 1913,
age 10 years.
Daphne Dow Los Gatos, Johnson
avenue age years.
Harry Keegan. l412 Ninth street.
Anitas Kohn. 24I Devisadero street,
san Francisco, age 10 years
ROLL or HONOR
In addition The Junior Call is very
happv 10 be able to publish the fol-
lowing long roll of honor:
Pearl Oppliger. box 572, Mil Valley
age 10 years.
Albert Moore. $685. Twentieth street
San Francisco. age : years.
Alice Ryder. Sequel, age years.
Marie Lausten, 359 Hawthorne ave-
nue.. Palo Alto. age 10 years.
Glenn Donald Akers, Dunsmuir, age
Fred Henry Jr.. s72s Twenty third
street. San Francisco, age years
Lillian Morton. R. z. d. No. !, Red
wood City, age 9 years.
Evelyn Compton, Princeton, age
Mary Elizabeth Gsnet. 2o2s- Cedar
street. Berkeley, age years
Edith de Bretteville. l1Al Walnu'
street. Berkeley. age 10 years.
Dorothy Block. 10 Sunnyside avenue
Oakland, age 9 years.
Dorenda 9. Maltby, Concord. Contrs
Costa county. age 10 years
Francisco. age years.
Colfax Tichenor, Bellvale, age II
years.
Eloise Hellwig. Alvarado. age
wears.
Bubelic Wagner. 35 South California
street. Richmond. age 8 years.
Cecilia Lee. 44S Brazil avenue, San
Francisco age s years.
Theina Meyer 2007 Mission street
San Francisco, age 5 years.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
WINNERS OF THE JUNIOR PAINT BOX PRIZES

F'reda Koopman, 917 San Jose avenue,
San Francisco, age years
Ina Wright, Paso Robles, age 10
years.
Marie Gertrude Griffin, Lonoak. age
9 years.
Phyllis NJ Mcintosh. Tonopah, age 9
years.
Carl Feierbach. 1852 Thirteenth ave-
nue.. East Oakland, age 10 years.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
C. ERALD'S VISIT T
7 HE AIR PIRA T E s
BY Mollie Priestly

T happened one Saturday that Gerald
Hunts mother went in town for
luncheon and matinee and that his
elder sister was away on a visit, and
the cook and housemaid were both new.
so that nobody noticed that Gerald was
away from home all day. At night,
when his mother asked how he had
spent his time. the story he told seemed
TO her the most astonishing she had
ever heard So perhaps l would bet
ter not tell where IL was that Gerald
lived. and l will ADMIT that Gerald was
not his real name. AS to the reality
Of the story-welI. for all know you
may have had similar adventures your
selves.
It had been a day in the late spring,
clear and blue and full of liquid sounds.
Birds nests and wood flowers and little
swamp creatures lured one in thousand
directions. Deciding that he would go
turtle hunting. Gerald wandered per-
hsps two miles away from his home
until he came TO the nice, soft oozy
bank of river that he knew For a
while he stood there watching the SOL
emn things crawl up to sun themselves
on the fat stones below. when suddenly
a swift hand darted past him, seized
four or FIVE Of the turtles and-but
Gerald couldn't see where they went.
Never mind, young man." said q
loud cheerful voice. You'll get more
Of them if you wait here. I had to
take these because I'm famished for
some good old fashioned turtle soup.
Been living on blackbirds TIL l never
want to see another"
oh that's all right" said Gerald
anliably. as he looked vainly about
him. But I don't see you anywhere. -
Look little harder" said the voice
and look quick. for it will be half an
hour anyway before / can tell the
cook TO get TO work on these turtles"
Straining his eyes. Gerald did indeed
make out few feet away from him
the figure of a man. whose long, flmy
cloak however was of such clear and
transparent blue that you could not
distinguish il from the May atmos-
pherc His big helmet, TOO, was of
50 Sofc a color that you might have
supposed ii 4 patch Of cloud. and the
biue wings at the sides were like
eagles pinions.
I'm just on the point of going
abroad said the man in blue. eff
you look up yonder you'll see my
friend on deck waiting for me. Can't
make him out? Well, perhaps not,
just at first
Who are your demanded Gerald
bIuntly.
Why we are pirates" laughed the
man. who wien YOU got a look under
his big helmet, proved to have a kind
ly. blonde bearded face. But air pirates
not the old kind, of course. You see,
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12

Margaret Poage. Ukiah. age years.
Lloyd Corliss, 901 Union street, San
Francisco.
Geraldine Murray. sS1 Bay View, San
Rafael. age years.
BERTHE Goddard. 500 shotwell street,
San Francisco. age years.
II. Alfred Goddard, $50 Shotwell
street, San Francisco, age years.
Lucille Nichols. Courtland.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12

Evelyn Lendelof. 319 Cherry street,
San Francisco, age s years.
Mabel V. Cook, Napa, r. D. No. 2,
age 10 years.
Fern Ralph. 1882 Haste street. Berke-
ley. age 10 years.
Jane ODonovan. Port Costa, age 10
years
street, San Francisco, age s years.
This is the picture to be color
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07

1t still had his companion explorer, William
Clark. 70 stand for the spirit of the American and
French makers of destiny" who thought little
more OF starting thousand miles into the
known west from St Louis than the average st.
LOUisan now thinks of starting for the Pacific
coast In a sleeping car
From village of 900 inhabitants TO the fourth
city in the United States with a population of
4hree-qusrters of million, is a wonderful
achievement, but It sinks into insignihcance when
compared with the giant strides of the past
fury in the world of science, commerce. the arts
and every field Of endeayor which makes for
higher and better civilization.
II is severe strain on the imagination to at
tempt 20 bridge over the gap between the mean
ing of an airship crossing the Mississippi river
at st. Louis this year and what the ancient keel
boats OF 1909 meant, they landed at the foot
OF Walnut street. where the town was founded in
1764 by the pioneers who had padded and cor
sdelied their bateaux painfully up the river from
New Orleans under Laelede as he advanced In
che bold attempt to control the fur trade OF half
q continent with his handful Of men.
The keelbOat then was no more out of date
ethan the airship is It the best modern
boat in 1909 which could be equipped by the capI
tai OF St. Louis Of New Orleans OF OF Philadel.
phia. Because Of 1t Philadelphia and ST. Louis
commanded the east and west movement of bust
ness as that north and south was commanded by
New Orleans and st. Louis. as soon as their first
rnsets Of kselboats were regularly organized. Il
helped 10 make great history. even If II did have
20 be pulled up stream BY rope dragged by mel
on the bank.
This distance in point OF change In the wa,
Abings are done is almost impossible for th'