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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19

The people of San Francisco are
fortunate in having a climate
which makes of their city per-
petual summer resort. In other less
favored, hotter cities it is the great
est boon imaginable for the little ones
when they can be taken to the beach
Saturday afternoons TO play in the
sand, and they come home with their
shovels and pals. tired and sunburned
but greatly refreshed by their unusual
exertions, hoping that mother can take
them again the next Saturday
In some of the San Francisco
schools, however, the children can play
in the sand at every recess time TO
their hearts contenr-not one day of
the week, but every day.
One OF the new schools of SAN Fran
cisco where the children especially en-
JOY their Fairgrounds of sand is the
Sunset primary which was established
in September, 1906. and is located at
Thirteenth avenue and X street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
KITTEN AT SCHOOL
EDITH A. DE BRETTEVILLE.
1541 Walnut street. Berkeley. Sixth
Grade, Franklin school.
Age 10 Years

One morning when we came to school
there was a kitten in an ash barrel.
The janitor said that any one could
take 1T home. / said | would. Every
recess l played with it until the bell
rang. At noon time 1 gave it some
thing to eat.
recess l put it in my blouse and took
1T in the schoolroom. When we were
in school about half an hour the kit
ten meowed. The whole class began to
laugh and the teacher asked who it
was. / raised my hand and she asked
me what l had. | said "A Kitten
She exclaimed, What kitten Bring
1t up to me-" / took it up to her and
she put it on her desk. The class was
still laughing and 50 was she. After
school she told me to put 1t back in
my blouse and take it home
The next morning the principal asked
me If l had cow. l think he must
have thought it necessary because
had a kitten.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
FISHING AND THE BALL
GAME
ARCHIE LUBLINsKY.
489 Raymond Avenue. San Francisco,
Nisitaci0n Valley School.
Age IL Years


No one was allowed TO fish in a
neighboring pond. If we did fish there
we were not allowed TO play at the
games.
1 was once wrongly accused of fish
ing and had to take my punishment.
1 belonged to a baseball team, playing
shortstop
We were to have game with the
Angels and had to take substitute in
my place. The first five innings went
badly. with US. The boy who accused
me Of fishing was sorry and the very
time when they needed me on first
confessed to the principal
My punishment ended when he con-
fessed and 1 took my position at first
base.
Not a man made run that inning
When L went 10 the bat l had two
strikes and three balls. The next came
straight and true, but it was not to
pass by. / struck at 1t and sent It
flying over center fielders head. Two
men on base and a home run. A circle
was seen, three men came in. l the
third.
This made the score to in their
favor. but we did not care. My team
mates carried me on their shoulders
and brought me to my home trfum-
phantlV
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
THE MOUSE AT SCHOOL
KATHARINE v. RFrCHEY,
san AnseImO. Age N Years

As I passed a house on my way to
school I saw a roor little mouse on a
doorstep. 1t was numb from cold. I
took il up in my warm gloves and OF
course il got warm.
/ tod the girls that We're with me
l would take il 10 school. and I did
When 1 got to school / put IL in a
jar and put a piece OF thin muslin over
the top
At recess I went TO look at it, and
II jumped out.
The teacher lifted her skirts and ran
out with a scream.
One Of the girls caught IL.
That day when we were coming home
we put it in a kitchen door
lima gine what tale I had to tell
at home.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
A LAUGHING DAY
THELMA THOMING,
Crows Landing. StanisIaus County, Box
IS. seventh Grade. Bonita
school. Age IL Years


We had all come in from noon re-
cess and were studying reading. Our
teacher called the class for recita-
ton. She nodded 10 Lucille, a girl sit
ting with me. to read. The boy behind
her also got up, thinking he was called
on to read They both began to read
at the same time, and then the teacher
told Hubert to Sit down. We all
laughed
Then we began to study history. One
OF the pupils was making a funny
noise. and the teacher said: Ralph.
did not know we had a choked chicken
in the house" We all laughed again.
We got up to recite our lesson and Mrs.
Thomas called on Freida to read about
the ride of Paul Revere. We had this
sentence: Signal lanterns were hung
out from the tower of the old North
church in Boston, to show that the
soldiers were to cross the harbor. and
soon alarm bells and swift riders were
waking the farmers and minutemen.
She said that alarm bells ana swift
riders were walking the minutemen.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
RSZMARY IS GHO1L

proving very rapidly.
we do not specialize anything in
the work here" said Mrs. Herman, "be-
cause these children must have a good,
solid, common school education, and 1
devote all my energies to that end so
that the child may be educated and
developed all along the line. We do.
however, give great deal of atten-
ton to drawing, and large amount
OF work is required of us in that line
he location OF this school is ideal.
being on the hills and affording a
splendid view. The children enjoy play
ing IN the sand and going over the
hills in search Of berries and flowers;
they are never so pleased as when they
are apie TO present their teacher with
fine basket of berries. They are very
happy In their play and in their work.
l. myself. teach the second, third and
fourth grades. Ny first grade teacher
IS Miss Mande Rowe and my grammar
school teacher is Miss Mae Quinn. MY
grades range from the first to the
graduating eighth. i have 113 pupils
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
A TRICK OF THE FUNNY BOY
IDA ALIDA GRAFT.
Petaiunia. Waugh school District.
Fifth Grade. Age 10 Years

\ few days ago something funny
happened in our school Robert Mo
Lean, who is always doing something
funny in school. finished writing out
bis language lesson; then he got down
under his seat and laid down on the
floor.
All the children began 70 laugh.
When the teacher saw him there she
did not say anything to him until she
finished hearing the third grade recite.
Then she said
Robert. 1 guess you have finished
your nap and you had better get up
and study"
Robert then tried to get up. but he
was caught in the desk One OF the
boys had TO come and help him up.
You ought 10 have seen the funny look
on his face when he sat up in his seat
again Ali the children We're lauShing.
He is always doing something NIB
chievous which makes us laugh. Whstn
our teacher hears our class recite
or read Robert is always laughing.
which makes her laugh. too. We GER
tainly have lots of laughing going on
at our school, for we are always act
ing funny.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19

Here Is a brand new contest,
one that will be sure to appeal
TO you, and just the sort Of con-
test Tor vacation days. The con-
tests which called for the writ
ing OF letters and stories and es-
says have been extremely sue
cessful, as YOU ali know who have
read this page regularly. Naca-
ton days, however, make many
demands upon the time of every
boy and girl, and the sort of con
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
A DAY OF LAUGHTER
TRENE NIEBLING.


sausaIito. Central School, sixth Grade
A party of girls were going TO the
circus We were planning TO go at
night time. We were all to meet at
o'clock at the ferry.
When we were at the circus we fed
all the animals with peanuts and pop
corn. We then went and got our seats.
A clown came where we were sitting
and his mouth looked so big I thought
instead of going into his mouth 1t went
right on his nose. We all laughed. A
boy who was IN the circus was sup
posed to have been shot. A big cannon
came pushed by two clowns. They
threw him into the cannon, when all
at once the other end of the cannon
opened and out jumped the boy. Then
somebody called to stay back in our
seats, for the horse race was going to
begin. We enioyed 1t very much
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
AWARDED A WATCH
MY FIRST EXPERIENCE
WITH A CIRCUS
JOHN b. CoCKROFT,

JOHN ID. COCKROFT,
Corning. Corning Grammar school,
Seventh Grade. Age IL Years
When ! saw the posters of the circus
I was in high glee, as circus rarely
comes to Corning.
was at the depot when the circus
train arrived, hoping to work my way
in. ] was given a pony to water. After
it had drunk. l led il to a fence.
After Peanuts Gas the pony was
called) was tied TO the fence, I went
TO look for work. All the afternoon
helped put up the tents. | worked hard.
and about o'clock went TO supper.
When ! got back one of my friends
and I busted the reserved seats. Then
I went to side show. Soon after the
big show began, but 1 waited impa-
tiently.
The circus was fine, and 1 went home
feeling that il was worth the work.
Much to the disappointment of the
little children. there was no elephant
with the circus, they being told that
the elephant got stuck in the mud"
One family of little folks who at
tended the circus are planning a circus
with the farm animals and pets for
a fourth of July celebration, is we are
allowed no fireworks in Corning.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19


This is a small school, numbering
only little over 100 pupils. and the
children are perhaps drawn more
closely together than would be pos
sible in a larger school community.
They are. in fact, says their principal,
Mrs A. e. Tiernan, like one large
family. Here one becomes imbued
with the very spirit of childhood. and
laughs aloud in sheer enjoyment of
the games of the little ones and their
circus pranlSs. There is everywhere
the sweep of sand shimmering with
the silver Of sardines spread out upon
it. creeping up toward the hill tops
and melting into the sky blue, washed
in waves of glinting sunshne and in
the sand and sometimes covered with.
sand the children, with their ringing
voices and shining faces and flying
hair
Mrs Tiernan takes a great interest in
the Sunset school, and hopes in the near
future that a new school building VIII
take the place of the temporary struc-
ture, especially as the district is inn
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
CHEWING GUM IN SCHOOL
RUTH STEVENSON.
1873 WO0isey Street. Lincoln school.
r Seventh Grade A~a/f0 x-e.-s

Guy and Clark had been caught
chewing gum in school, in spite of the
fact that orr teacher. Miss Hemenwav
had forbidden that delightful pastine
Teacher called them to- her desk
and on the way there Guy very slowly
removed his gum and threw it out OIL
the window, while Clark kept his pre-
cious gum
gum" And making a neat little DlsS-
ter of it she stuck it on the end of
his nose and told him he could wear
that for I'VE minutes. Then producing
You may chew this for five minutes
And there they stood for the next
five minutes. one wearing his gum on
the end of his nose. while the other
chewed the rag.
You may be sure there was no more
gum chewing in our school for some
time; We would all rather have gone
hungry.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
AWARDED A WATCH
VALLEJO VS.. NAPA
MARGARET GAVIN.
$40 Naples Street. San Francisco. Mon.
roe school. Age IA Years

blu Naples etreet. san ErAnc1sSG. luOH-
school. Age IA Years
Last Sunday Vallejo defeated Napa
in one Of the most interesting games
I've seen this season. The first four
innings were uneventful, neither side
getting a man beyond first. The fifth
opened by Napa' s right fielder safe on
first through an error Of the first base
man He was sacrificed to second. stole
third and then went trOtting home on
a clean single. There were two down
The next man struck out. retiring the
side. Score stood 10. There was moth
ing more doing until the ninth. Both
sides We're playing an errorless game.
To be sure. several men on both sides
Reached second, but they died there.
Napa : pitcher is splendid. but easily
ratified just when he should be like a
cucumber. When Vallejo went in the
last half Of the ninth he was Vislbly
unsettled. The first man got a single.
Then when the third baseman dropped
The ball and let his man TO second the
pitcher was up in the air. He hit the
third man TO bat. filing the bases by
forced advances. The next to the rub
her walked, forcing in a run. Score
then stood IL. Then White, a Sacra-
nento man. came NJ. His two Dagger
won the game for Vallejo.
Next Sunday they play in Napa and
] hope j may see the game there
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
AWARDED A WATCH
"NAUGHTY" ALARM CLOCK
DOROTHY wAkERLEY.

DOROTHY WAkERBE1.
JIG street, Napa City. Age ~ Years
One day our school teacher was sick
and We had to have a substitute. The
substitute was young woman and we
all loved her. She taught all one week.
One morning her watch stopped and
she could not FIX il. so she brought a
small green alarm clock TO school
We were all studying very hard
when we were startled by a ringing
sound. IL was the alarm clock The
teacher put the clock in one of the
drawers. One of the scholars had wound
-the alarm. After recess IT rang again.
The teacher said. You bad, naughty
clock. get into that drawer or ] Will
send you TO the principal She put the
clock in the drawer but it didn't stop il.
Twice again during the day the clock
rang and VIC had a fine time over IT,.
We planned TO have a fine time next
day by winding the clock up every
once IN a while. We kept daring each
other 10 do II and at last we got ii and
arranged it al righV But imagine our
disappointment next day when the
teacher brought her little watch in
stead OF the clock. Any way we had a.
good time the first day if we didn't
1.-THE rest OF the time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
M1scHIEvOUS BOY IN
SCHOOL
ELyA WOLFE,
20 Pine Street. Brancfforte school
Age 10 Years

When | was going to school in Pa
cine Grove in the first grade was a
very mtschieyous boy, who was ALWAYS
having TO be corrected by the teacher
He was an army officers boy from the
post at Monterey. His father was or
dered TO the Islands and Fred was to
go also. His last day at school ne was
presented by his teacher with a beau
tiful paint set.
While the teacher was gone home
to lunch Fred went into the shed and
painted his face like an Indian, red
green, yellow and blue IN stripes and
spots. When school was called Fred
marched in with the pupils amid much
laughing from us all
Teacher was very angry to think he
should use her beautiful AJDresent in
such way. She asked him to wash
the paint off, but when he put water
on it 1t only stuck the faster. so she
tied a piece of red flannel across his
mouth to stop his laughing and tied
MN TO her dask for the rest OF the day
the paint to wear off.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
AN EXCITING BALL GAME
WILLIE PURCELL
seventh Grade. Paramount school. 500 y
Day Street. Age IS Years

Saturday morning at 10 O'Clock
started for Recreation park TO see the
championship game between ST. James
and st. Anthonys. / got there about
five minutes before the game began.
ST. James got first ticks. They did not
score in the first or second. st. An
thongs had three men on base in the
first inning but did not score. In the
third inning 1 rooted so much that L
was hoarseNand St. James scored six
runs. st. Anthony's scored two runs in
the fourth inning. st. James scored in
every inning but the ninth, and in the
eighth inning the score was Il 10 3.
In the ninth inning St. James did not
score. st. Anthony's began TO bat the
ball in the ninth inning, making four
runs. The score was IA to at the
end Of the game. st. James won
the game and are the champions OF the
feated champions OF San francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
AN AMUSING INCIDENT
LEWIS O'CONN0R.
Third Grade, Agassiz school. san Fran
cisco. fRe 40 Years

One day at the Hawthorne school the
teacher told Joe Burns 70 go to the Of
fee for some chalk and when he re-
turned he fell down and the chalk
went all over the floor.
A large boy in the back of the room
who had ne fountain pen filler and
who had a bottle of red ink in one
hand and fountain pen in the other.
rushed up the aisle. spilling all of his
ink on every one. Getting 70 the front
OF the room he wanted to know what
the matter was. -Aw. quit your laugh
ing" half laughed Joe
Then some one pounded Jim on the
back and when he looked around he
saw half a dozen boys after him. He
ran FOR the door and as he was going
out he ran into the principal. who
brought him back. and after things
were explained Jim had TO go down in
the basement and get a cloth and clean
up the desks and Moor. much TO the
amusement of the class. He also had
TO pick up the chalk
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
FUN WITH THE
POkEY MAN
303 North Brown Street, Napa. Lincoln
school. Fifth Grade. Age 10 Years
GRACE FOX.

303 North Brown Street, Napa. Lincoln
school, Fifth Grade. Age 10 Years
Every day at noon after we eat our
lunch and have a play we hear the bell
OF, the, ice. cream man. That is fun for
crowd around his cart and all want to
be waited on at once. All of a sudden
the school bell rings and away we
scamper to get in line.
One day Johnny was the last to get
his cornucopia. He hid 1t in his blouse
and waited for chance to eat it. But
oh. dear, he was getting cold, although
the day was warm. He wiggled and
iigged and the teacher asked him what
he meant by his behavior. Johnny
turned pale and shivered. He put his
hand in his blouse and found only the
shell. The ice cream had melted away.
When the teacher heard the tale of the
cornueopia she sent him to the prin-
cipal to get warmed with the strap.
Johnny got too warm then and was
sent home
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
THE CIRCUS
PERRY HARzOWICK,
229 Steiner street san Franchise,
Hearst Grammar school. h Fourth
Grade. Aged 10 Years
ny uAR-w1CK

There was a circus in town and I
badly wanted to see it. So my father
said at the supper liable; j hear.
Jack, you want to go to the circus.
1 Immediately said 1 did. and so we
went We had a hard time getting our
tickets, because il was the last night
the circus was in town and IL was
crowded. We found our seats were in
the reserved section and We were
ba rely seated than The band began to
play and the fun began. First came
the elephant and the canelS and other
animals. Then some clowns came into
the ring on mules and said and did
funny things which made me laugh till
my sides ached. We had lemonade.
peanuts and popcorn in plenty and for
once 1 was satisfied But the funniest
thing Of all was nv father had lost his
night key and he said we would have
to play burglar. and 80 we did. with
out waking my mother or the servants
and right there ended a day of eX-
periences.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
GOING TO A CIRCUS
EMMA JARVIS.
Sutter Creek Grammar school, Sixth
Grade. Age IL Years

Sutfer Creek Grammar school, Sixth
Grade. Age IL Years
One vacation day we heard there was
a circus in !, so we hurried to get
ready and start early.
We then telephoned down TO my
fathers stable to get horse, but as
all his gentle horses were out he got
one that had been out to pasture. Not
having been driven for some time the
horse refused to go My mother, who
was driving, was not oble to control
him, when suddenly he turned around
and went back home. This was a
great disappointment to us. Papa was
sorry for us sand promised to take us
himself to the evening performance.
After some further trouble we at
last reached the circus grounds and
could scarcely walt to get inside the
tent. But another disappointment
came, My father had hurriedly changed
his clothes and had left his purse in
his other trousers. We started TO cry,
for this was too much after all our
other troubles OF course my father
had many friends there and very soon
borrowed the money to buy our tickets.
We found the circus quite as nice
as we thought 1t would be.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
AWARDED A WATCH
NY FIRST EXPERIENCE As
A BALL PLAYER
CLARE BRODER.

2s5 Day Street. seventh Grade. Fair
mont school. san Francisco
When 7 lived in the country a crowd
Of US girls used to go and see every
baseball game that was played. After
seeing so many games we decided il
was easy to play baseball. So one day
when the boys were out fishing / got
nay brothers bat and ball. and several
Of the girls brought gloves.
So we got ont IN a field and took
our places as we thought right. l was
pitcher but soon found out ] could not
throw ball The batter got very
angry because the ball threw did not
come near enough for her TO hit, as she
was very anxious to make a home run.
There was great confusion anon~ us
for the few minutes the intended game
lasted We thought il was easy to
play. but very soon found out our mis-
take and decided we would all make
a run for home, as we saw the boys
coming. and did not want to be joshed.
For the future we decided it is better
for the girls TO root and let the boys
play the game.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
MY SENSATIONAL HOME
RUN
EUGENE BRAUN.
655 Fourth Avenue, Richmond District
San Francisco. Age I3 Years

One morning about 10 of us boys,
including myself. were trying to think
what to do, when one of them said,
was approved. and we started in.
The game was exciting and at the
end of the ninth. when we had our
last ticks. the score was ) to in their
made first base on bunt. Another
sent him TO third on a two Dagger.
The next man up struck out and I
was up. 1t has often been my desire
to knock a home run In the last in
ming and win the game. At last my
dream was to be realized. The first
ball pitched was a straight one just
over the fence winning the game by
two runs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
SOME FUN WITH TEACHER
BY JULIA TUBES,
36 Prague Street. Monroe school, A
Seventh Grade. Age II Years


We had just given our teacher a
present consisting of vase and a
dressing the class, said: What shall
do to repay you for all this?" Then
a boy spoke up and said Give us all
a kiss" The teacher then said, II
will begin with you Come UP here"
The boy after a few minutes hesita-
ton, went up to her desk and she
kissed him right on his ear. The class
began TO tease him when he came back
to his seat telling him the teacher had
bit his ear, that there was a hole-in it
and that il was all red. Besides talk
ing the class laughed, clasped hands
and stamped their feet. Just at this
moment, when the excitement was at
its height, in came the principal and
wanted to know what all the racket
was about
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19

One day 1 went to the circus with
mamma and sister. We had good seats.
for we went early. Just before the cir
Gus started fat boy came and
squeezed us in our seats. When the
clown came along he stuck feather
under the fat boys chin and tickled him.
The fat boy laughed so much he got
stuck between his seat and the step
8 bove and they had to pull him out
and give him chair. After that we
had more room and enjoyed the circus
very much.