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The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05

TIE three subjects in the present
writer's contest are so agreeaDie
to the juniors and so many inter
esting letters are being received that
the same subjects will continued
the circus. the ball game and an
amusing incident at school, so II
you have not already written your
StOrY on one Of these subjects DO so at
ssnce ana mail it as soon as possible TO
the editor of The Junior Call, Call
building, san Francisco.
As in previous contests these stories
must contein not more than 200 words
nor less tnan 100; must be written on
one side of the paper only and be
plainly marked in the upper left hand
Sorner with the number of words
Eherein contained. Stories which are
written on both sides of the paper and
not so marked will not be used.
This contest is for the juniors OF
California and elsewhere, who are be-
tween The ages of 10 and 16 years
Watches viii be awarded TO the six
most interesting, best written stories.
For the younger juniors, those who
are 10 years Of age and younger. the
picture painting contest is continued
Now for the subjectSi You all know
about the circus; perhaps you can
even remember yiyidly your first cir
Gus. and how it impressed you and
what you enjoyed the most; how the
great elephans frightened you and
made YOU cling closer 10 mother S
hand; and how you pitied the patient,
dusty camels and tremhled at the
lions roar Tell the story--of the cir
Gus in your very best style
The next subject is the ball game,
and what boy or girl does not enjoy
2 good ball game? Describersome par
ficular game that you have witnessed
or played in, or that your friends have
played in. If YOU were defeated, tell
why. and how it happened.
For the amusing incident at school
Well. all sorts OF amusing things hap
pen in even just one day, so the diff
Guilty viii be TO select someA incident
that appealed TO you as especially
amusing, and if it happens TO carry
with IL a lesson so much tile better
For instance, we viii suppose that
Mary West has come to the city school
from her home in the country and is
not accustomed TO the routine of the
new Sc0OOl ana SOUlellUfeS N axes aWk-
ward mistakes The teacher asks
Mary TO take a note 10 the principal
Mary attempts TO leave the room, but
opens a closet door instead and walks
into the closet. The other pupils
laugh and Mary leaves the room in
confusion. What,does the teacher do?
Tell the story as Mary herself would
tell it to her mother, or as Mary's best
friend would tell it, or as MRry's big
brother would tell il, and see the Off
ferent ways in which story can be
written Then after you have decided
on your own story you can tell
whether you want 10 be the injured
heroine or the kind friend or the big,
laughing brother, who thinks IT is an
immense joke There are so many in
teresting school stories to be written
that The Junior Call expects to have
many pages of highly interesting and
amusing stories~to publish in the next
few weeks.
Hurry up and write your story on
either the circus, the ball game or the
amusing incident; thersooner the bet
ter
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05


Honda schools and it is the intention
or the school authorities to equip
others as soon as buildings now in
process of erection are completed.
When each school has its own center
opportunity for giving the work in
lower grades will be afforded and pu-
pills will save the time now lost in
going to and from distant manual
training centers.
Besides instruction in woodwork.
the boys are taught the elements of
mechanical drawing, so that they soon
not only read but make their own
working drawings.
They are encourage to make orig
mai designs and to appreciate good
form and construction While many
OF the articles exhibited may be more
or less faulty in the above respects.
the age Of the pupil and the limited
time devoted to the work must be
taken into consideration before being
too severe in our Judgment.
This term more than ever before
have the boys made large projects and
for which they have furnished their
own material
Especially meritorious among the
larger productions are the Morris
chairs and plate racks from the Horace
Mann center. the tables from the Sherr
man, the writing desks from the Ham
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
MY FIRST CIRCUS
MINNIE GLEASON.
:" " = Il N 0E1Hz :.
H,---arl CaI A-o

Hayward, Cal. Age 1S Years
The first time | went to the circus
was about five or six years ago.
We got up early in the morning and
MIXED the COWS.
Then we drove to the circus. 1t was
drive of 81 miles. At last we got
there.
First we saw a woman holding a
big snake. 1t was twisted around her
waist and neck She put her fingers
in the snakes mouth.
| was afraid of the big snake
Next we came to two pretty giraffes-
Then we saw lots of big elephants. 1
got behind mamma and peeked around
her. We saw two baby elephants.
We went around and saw the other
animals. There was the lion, tiger
zebra, parrots, camels. monkeys, seals,
rhinoceros. jaguar. leopard. polar bear,
grizzly bear and many other wild ami
mails.
I did not like the looks of the
rhinoceros. The leopard had his eye
hurt. / guess he hurt 1T on the iron
The little monkeys were riding on
ponies.
The seals were catching sticks which
had fire on both ends.
One of the seals burnt his mouth.
They had the most beautiful horses
/ ever saw in my life.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
WHAT |. REMEMBER OF A
CIRCUS
MARY HUNTER.
San AnselnO

One day in September my fathep
took my little sister Doris and myself
to circus. Before the performance
commenced we saw the animals There
was a hippopotamus in tank OF water,
q Fhinoceros and many elephants,
which we fed with popcorn. Also a
baby elephant that was no larger than
myself, besides many lions tigers, gil
raffes and other strange animals / had
never seen before. Two automobiles
came down chute; one landed on
some sacks, but the other one went far
away. The people all crowded around
the one that landed on the sacks, but
did not pay any attention to the one
that went far away. The side show Z
liked was the one that the Princess
weewa was In. She was a dwarf is
years old. She was in tall stand
with children playing all about There
was also little man who was 30 years
of age We saw him when we were GO
ing home after a very pleasant day ana
one which 1 shall not forget for long
time
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
MY NAMESAKE
VINCENT KRAUs.
St BOnfface school. Age 10 Years

II. b0ntface School. Age IL Years
A strange thing happened at our
school last week. A lady brought her
little boy for the first time with the
intention of making the arrangements,
but the teacher persuaded her to leave
him at once and have him begin studies
that morning.
Well she answered Il must have
Yosephat about o'clock to take him
shopping"
may call for him"
SO we began studies with our new
classmate. His name was Kraus, the
same as mine, but we are no relation to
each other. Kraus is q small boy for
his age. He has big black eyes that
make up the most of him, and us other
fellows found out after he had been
there an hour that his middle name was
Spunky. Shortly before 2 o'clock the
bell rang four times, calling our
teacher from the room.
Now. children" She said, perfect
order while / am gone. No one is to
leave this room, remember"
: Soon after little Kraus mother ar
rived.
NO teacher here?" she said. 'sweI,
come, Yoe; we must go down town"
'Yoe did not move
"Yoe. comei / said"
Il won't" answered Yoe.
His mother looked angry. She
glanced around and spied a rattan. Lit
tie Kraus saw her coming, so started
out of his seat and up the aisle, his
mother after him. Round and round
they ran.
Lets play follow the leader" some
boy suggested. So we did. The game
was at its height when the teacher
came in. Yoe ran to her arms, explain
ing, when he got his wind, that he
obeyed his mother at home, but now he
had thought the command of the teach
er higher while in school. Voc is
awfuIly cute looking This story has
a moral: obey God rather than man."
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
AMUSING DAY AT SCHOOL
ADELINE MORESI.
Maria hip Orphanage. $40 Lake street.
Peabody school. Fourth Grade.
Age n Years

A gentle rap on the door was heard
in a quiet schoolr0om. Being answered
oy lad. a large mastif dog walked
slowly In, with a package in his mouth
He stood for a moment looking around
and then went about his errand. The
children were as much amazed as the
teacher. The teacher spoke no words
but motioned for the children to go on
with their work But how could the
pupils go on with their work with such
having gone around the room by this
time, suddenly dropped the package by
a little girl and began to jump on her
with fond affection The girl. rscOgniz-
ing her friend. Immediately began to
caress him The teacher and pupils
were very much amused by such a
clever act. The package he bore was
some lunch in a box for his faithful
mistress The girl. after receiving her
lunch, led him slowly from the room
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05


ilton, the tabourettes from the Crocker.
the stands from the Moulder and Iriv-
ing M. Scott, the book racks from the
Central and the tool chest from the
Everett.
The Parental school contributes
some small models which, while not so
attractive as are the foregoing, are
just as indicative of hard work on the
part of the small, citizens gathered
there
Probably no other part of school
work is so attractive to the boy as
is the manual training lesson; it is
there that he has the greatest oppor-
tunity to create, TO do something
Many future Edison will owe his
first inspiration to his boyhood manual
training experiences. many a future
dentist and surgeon will owe in a
great measure his mechanical dex-
terity to the muscular training ac-
quired in lessons in woodwork, and
many boy will be saved to the in
dustrial world because in the manual
training laboratory he had an oppor-
tunity to discover his mechanical abil-
ity
The following are the teachers of
this work: +. K. Barthel, supervisor:
A. NJ. Sylvia, p. F. Daley, J. H. Will
liams. T. r Davidson. III. c. Bagot.
d. f, bowling, r, y. Thompson
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
AWARDED A WATCH
HOW THE NUT CRACKERS
WERE DEFEATED
EDWARD ATCHIsON,
Port Costa. Age I3 Years

1t was the ninth inning and the
champions were one ahead when the
Nut Crackers came to the bat. They
had three men on bases and one out
when their heaviest hitter got up.
Sap it on the head,'' XIII the ball,
Stever' shouted the Nut Crackers. He
did his best and knocked a fly to
center. The center and left fielders
went after it. When the center fielder
got under it the left fielder. in trying
to stop himself trfpped and knocked
both of them down. The center fielder
made an unsuccessful grab at the ball
The runner on first thought that
the center fielder had managed to catch
the ball, so he held his first. The run
ner on second started toward third
Then, noticing that the other man
held his first, he went back, thinking
the fly had been caught
As soon as he could get to his feet
the center fielder threw the ball to
second but it went wild, and the
pitcher threw it TO third Then IT
was thrown to second, but the runner
would have been safe if he hadn't
tripped. This made the third out, and
the game was saved
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
AN INCORRIGIBLE GIRL
ELyA WOLFE.
70 Pine Street. Santa Cruz, BrancifOrte
School. Age 10 Years

In my room at school is a very
naughty girl who delights in making
every one laugh
One day Miss Strong, the teacher,
said: Edith, take your books and go
into the library and stay until you
think you can behave" So. with a
mischfevous look at Sarah. with whom
she had been laughing, Edith left the
room with her books.
After a time the school was aston
ished to see a young miss approaching,
rugged out In Miss Strong's riding
habit, hat, gloves and whip. and riding
a prancing stick horse. With a good
scoldfng she was returned to the Ii
brary to stay there until called. When
the geography class was going to re-
cite Clara was sent TO call Edith. There
was an awful yell, and Clara came
rushing from the library She was
dreadfully frightened. Miss Strong
went to see what the matter was. She
also came out screaming.
That alarmed the principal and other
teachers. who rushed to the library
and, instead of finding Edith found
the skeleton used in the sixth grade
dressed in Professor Smiths bicycle
suit.
Miss Strong on returning to her desk
found Edith sitting in her seat amusing
the pupils by telling of her naughty
prankS.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
AT A BALL GAME
ARTHUR FINNIGAN,
10I California Avenue. San Francisco.
Haighf Street school. Grade 3.
Age IL Years

Just mention ball game, and l am
yours truly"
Five years ago. while living in Los
Angeles, my father took me to the first
ball game had ever seen. The Los
Angeles team played against the San
Francisco team. AT first the Angels
were ahead, but in the fourth inning
the Seals gave them an eye opener.
Three men were on base and one at
the bat The man at the bat knocked
a ball over the fence and all four men
ran in.
such yells, as went UP. would make
any boy with a pair of healthy lungs
jealous if he couldn't join in.
The. pitcher was greeted with such
remarks as: oh, YOU mudhen," and
'RauS nit him."
In the next inning all the Angels
struck out. and they blamed the um-
pire About six of them jumped on
him. When they were through with
him he looked like an amateur prize
fighter. He had two black eyes (the
natural color of his eyes was blue),
and pair of jaws that looked as
though he had gotten the mumps on
short notice.
am now an amateur player myself,
ana some day hope to be profess
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
AWARDED A WATCH
A HARD FOUGHT GAME
WILLIE SPAHR

BPS II street. san Francisco. Richmond
Grammar school Age 13 Years
I shall never forget the game for
the championship of the district against
Bergerot school
The ball game was planned at the
recreation grounds in the Golden Gate
park. Tuesday afternoon at o'clock.
The school that l go to had first
licks. or getting UP to bat first.
One of the best players. also our
pitcher. Paul Montgomery, knocked out
two home runs. and besides, knocked
nice two bagger, other players hit
ting the bali too, but not doing as
well.
When in the seventh inning Bergerot
had in all Two runs. while our school
had seven runs. The rooters OF our
school roared themselves hoarse. Mr..
Lyser, our principal, and all the chill
dren who go to his school, gave three
cheers for Miss Anne CSavigan, the
principal of the Bergerot school, and
three cheers for the Bergerot school
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05


street, san Francisco. Age N Years
After chopping my wood. I went up
stairs to ask my father If L could go
to the circus He said that could and
as soon as the circus was out 10 come
rig6S home
When I got to the Castro street cable
the conductor asked ne for my fare L
gave him nickel and received a trans
Ter When the car reached Twenty
fourth street the power gave out and
we waited for Is minutes before the
car started. When we reached Twen-
tieth street it stopped again Looking
out of the window / saw that there
was q wagon stuck on the track. In
about D minutes IL was lifted of the
track and the car started again.
On looking at my watch l saw that il
was a quarter 10 eight o'clock. The
circus was to begin at O'Clock sharp.
so II we lost any more time / would
be late for the circus.
When the car reached Sixteenth
street IL stopped again. There was a
fire in a house near by, so the fire hose
crossed the track and stopped the car
After waiting for half hour I got
on the car and came home. 1t was now
S-30 and I was too late for the circus
As IL was the last night of the circus
and could not attend, 1 was very
much diSSuSted.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05

y was great day when the Syca-
Cubs
The first eight innings passed quickly
because OF excellent playing by both
teams
The first Of the ninth opened with no
score Johnson OF the Sycamores was
a. the bat and was given a walk. VIII
llains knocked home rum bringing in
Johnson and himself Craig flied TO
center AND Baxter caught it
The frst Of the ninth closed with the
score to in the Sycamores' favor.
Our side now came TO the bat Crue-
ger singled and Beck hit a double nut
ting Crueger on third.
Elliott hit a hot liner to johnson.
and Crueger, by sliding got home
This advanced Beck to third and Ell
Iot TO second.
Cook now came 10 the bat and had
two strikes called on him before he
iound what he wanted he knocked
the ball over the center fielder's head
and brought in two runs and he reached
second.
Lewis struck out. closing the game
Horton Cubs. runs; Sycamores, ?
runs.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
WHY MOTHER AND FATHER
LEFT THE CIRCUS
AGNES SULLIVAN.
52o Lake street. SutrO GrammaR
school. Eighth Grade. Maria Kip
0rphRnaKe. Age IL Years


Seated high in the air on benches
made OF boards, I waited patiently for
the thing 7 never saw before 10 BE-
gin Being still very quiet I suddenly
heard the. band begin TO play and
saw the large curtains drawn back
From behind the curtains came some
large animals, all holding each others
tails. which frightened me very much
They went around the ring about three
times. / was sitting between my
mother and father. clinging on them
both with fear. Some clowns came by
talking and waving to the children.
and when one stopped in front OF me
let out such a scream he ran TO
the other end. only looking back once
Then some acrObats came out to per-
form on the trapeze. and when / saw
them up in the air I called out. Nam
ma. make those people come down"
Come down" I called again and again.
My mother was trying to make me
stop, while my father went down to
get me a balloon and some popcorn.
But nothing would subdue me. My
mother and father, feeling very en-
barrassed and disguised with, me. took
me home before half the circus was
over.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
A BLACK EAR
ARCHIE LUBLINSKY,
40 Raymond Avenue. San Francisco


[ took fancy one day to buy GER
tain steel pen. 1t was hollow and
open on the top. 1t could easily have
done the work of a spurt.
I bought 1t a few days later and took
it to school. I worked at the squirt
and did not get it finished until the
next day.
My teacher had noticed what l was
doing the day before and knew I had
brought it to school
L cautiously filed it with ink and
put it to Joes ear-the boy who sits
in front of me.
Psst, the boys ear became black as
coal.
ouch" cried Joe and sprang out of
his seat, upsetting books, papers and
writing material
All this while the teacher had been
standing behind me.
Guess the class didn't laugh when
they saw that beautiful ear. The mirth
could not be held down.
The teacher laughed too. He tried
to have a serious face. but can tell
you he couldn't come to that.
The laughing and giggling I heard
that day was enough to make donkey
laugh.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
EXCITEMENT IN SCHOOL
VIOLA MILLER.
Sebastopol School, Grade 5. Age 10
YearS

One of the most amusing and excit-
ing Things | have witnessed in school
schoolhouse- On an extremely hot day,
when the windows were wide open and
doors thrown back and the children
We're painting for breath and tanning
themselves with paper fans suddenly
Tom Mooney called ont "Lookr, and
40 pairs OF eyes were turned toward
the schoolroom door, and deliberatelN
crawling in was a great long rusty
snak
The children began to scream. Jump
up and scramble on top of desks, when
Miss Ward. trying to be very dignif1ed
and composed. calmly said: children.
keep Your seats and pass out quietly"
She never remembered saying it. she
was so scared. This story is true.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
w1LLIE's COMPOSITION
HELENE HALL,
20 haywood Avenue, San Mateo. Age 10


Willie Jones just hated to- write com,
positions. and every Friday he Woudd
either tell his mother he was too SICK
to attend school or else he would play
..hookey.r Some way or other ne al
ways managed TO stay away on FRIDAY
afternoon for that was the day that All
the other children wrote compositions
1t was Friday afternoon. and, as uSuai.
WilIfe's seat was vacant. Miss Barrett
smiled, but said nothing.
1t was the following Monday and
Miss Barrett called Willie up to her
desk You were not here when we
wrote our compositions on Friday. she
said so take this pencil and paper
over to the window and write one con-
tanning 80 words. Do not move until
you have this done-'
Willie looked about the room for
about half an hour and then began TO
write.
We will hear what you have writ
tenp said the teacher when she thought
Willie had had enough time
He arose from his seat and went to
the front of the room. This is what he
said:
'.AiIeen was fond OF kittens. She saw
one by the roadside and called. Here.
kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty kitty, kitty,
kitty. kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty. kitty,
kitty, kitty, kitty. kitty, kitty, kitty.
kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, etc"
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
A LAUGHING DAY
ELIZABETH HOYT,
Birds Landing. Age II Years

The bell rang and we marched into
the schoolroom. When / came to my
seat / slipped and fell: The children
laughed, Of course, and / got up flushed
and angry.
When we began TO sing one little
boy started before the rest and OF
course we had to laugh. At recess one
of the pupils got up at the first tap
and started TO walk at the second tap.
The teacher of course, made him come
back and there was another laugh.
Coming in at noon as soon as the bell
tapped one of the girls went to speak
about something to the teacher She
came back to her seat walking back
ward, and thinking she had reached
her seat, sat down, but. OF course hit
the floor. which caused more laughter.
Then one of the children put blot of
ink on each cheek and on her nose and
chin, which caused us to laugh again,
when the teacher said she did not
know what she was going 10 do with
US. Being Friday, there was still more
laughter over the drawings.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
A DAY AT THE CIRCUS
LOUIS LABEL,
1865 Cough street, San Francisco.
Adams Grammar School, Sew
anfH Grade

One very warm day in May my
father took my brother and me to the
circus. There were many side shows,
but the one that attracted our atten-
tion. most was The Lutte Princess.
She was Is years old and weighed Z n
pounds. A year old baby is taller
than she. We gave her cakes and
candy and she hid them under the
seat, and when she sat down she fell
off because she had much piled
underneath ii. The manager said that
there was only one fault about her
she was big fiirt We visited many
of the animals and fed the elephant t
peanuts. We saw the trainer feed
the bears. AS it was then growing late
we started for home.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
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A HARD WON VICTORY
EDWIN RUSSELL.
Santa Rosa. Age I3 Years

oh. john / shouted as | neared
the ball grounds. Has the other team
late for the game.
No, said our captain. you are Just
IN time to play shortstop. Here they
We were at our places The oppos-
ing CAPTAIN got up to strike first and
knocked fine grounder to our right
we were one out nearer our inning
Thus the game went on until the
ninth inning, when the score was tie
inning with two out our captain hit
a two bagger, on which / made from
nrst base TO third. Our captain for a
third baseman and I took the advan-
tage and spurted for home. When
within 10 feet from home l saw I must
silde. sil did. got home by an inch.
The victory was ours,
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-05
A BASEBALL GAME
CLAIRE LYONS.
immaculate Conception Academx. f2t-
Dolores Street. AEe Is Yearn

immaculate Conception Academy. 1917
Dolores Street. Age 10 Years
The most exciting and interesting
easeoaH game l ever witnessed in the
Catholic schools athletic leaeue vras
the game between ST. James and Sacred
Heart -
The first few innings We're not very
encouraging for the rooters OF
James In the hfth inning Il was five
up. three men on base and man at
the bat. He broughs N these three
men and made home run. but to our
great disappointment was tagged out
at home: but Never mind Molly. II
was a good hit These were the en-
c0uraging words spoken BY Bro. Alex.
That started the good work for ST.
James Sacred Heart made but one
more run. while St James went up In
the teens
Coming toward the end Of the game.
when we saw we were the lucky VIM
ners. nothing could be heard but Goat
goat. We've got your goat And We
did get it: