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little loayes they are too as rule.
sometimes an enterprising young
cook comes down, to the cooking center
and sets" the bread dough for the next
days lesson, but generally one class
bakes the bread that another has
mixed and kneaded. 1t is scarcely pos
sible to make and bake bread in the
hour and half cooking period. The
bread making lesson proceeds in an
inverted ORDER The girls first shape
into loaves the raised dough that the
preceding class has prepared. and while
this is rising for the second time, each
group of two girls mixes and kneads
another batch for. the next class. BY
the time the dough is smooth and
elastic. the first batch of bread is ready
for the oven, and they turn their atten-
tion to that.
Thus by using two lots OF dough
the whole process of bread making is
taught in the limited period allotted
to cooking.
In connection with the making of
bread the pupils are taught something
of the composition of -four and the ma
ture of leavening agents.
prominent local grain and milling
company has just prepared an interest
ing exhibit showing the progress of
the wheat from grain to -four. | have
also other exhibits presented by manu-
facturers and which have a real educa-
tonal value and add to the interest of
the lessons. l hope to get more.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12

In the cooking classes the girls work
in groups of two, each group having
a two burner gas plate and a miniature
kitchen equipment. When the dish
prepared is done the young cooks serve
and eat it. The most successful pupils
are allowed to send a portion of their
dish to their grade teacher, and there
is great rivalry as to whose dish will
be chosen.
preciative, and no casualties have re-
suited so far. The portions cooked are
not large. Sometimes the pupils sug-
gest that they taste like more" and
grumble at the careful apportioning of
butter or sugar but the cooking
teacher tells them that the aim of the
board of education in this matter is
to teach cooking. and not to feed the
hungry
Care OF utensils and materials is
taught. and economy in the use of
gas The young person who lets her
kettle boil over is reminded that the
tax payers of San Francisco pay for
the gas she wastes-and is admonished
to be careful
We have in the domestic science de-
partment dishpans and tea kettles that
have been in use for nine years. AL
most 1000 girls have used them sue
cessively. I will venture to say that
there are few homes where they would
have lasted in such good condition for
so long
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12


The up TO date teacher of domestic
science believes that her work in the
grade schools should be eminentIy
practical. The finished dish is consid :
cred the best test OF a pupils success.
though examinations are also given.
She tries to show the relation he
tween the lessons learned In the class
room and the questions of home life.
If the geography class in drawins,
produce maps the girls are asked to
name countries where wheat and rice
are produced and the effects of climate
on the dietetic habits of people are
mentioned. When physical geography
IS studied the girls are asked why
their knowledge OF drainage and ner-
collation. would lead thm to believe
that the old oaken bucket. the moss
covered bucket that hung by the well
was perhaps, more poetical than SAN
itary.
The last lesson of the term is de-
voted to house cleaning. sweetened bv
candys making. This last is given an
added value as a lesson BY a talk on
the manufacture of sugar. and the care
ful scrubbing of all articles used is fol-
lowed by an admonition to do likewise
at home when the family kitchef is in
vaded for candy making.
I hope that when the new term he
gins parents and others will drop in
TO see the work done in our cookery
centers. We teachers are rather proud
of the way our young people work.
The cookery centers are found in the
following schools: Central Crocl<er-
Glen Park. Hamilton Hearst. Horace
Mann. Irving NJ. Scott Laguna Honda
and Monroe schools
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
AMUSING DAY AT SCHOOL
IRENE NIEBLING.
sausaiito, Central school, Fifth Grade.
Age II Years

One day we were having a geogra-
ply match between the fifth and sixth
grades The girl next to me was lean
ing over desk. The teacher was just
going to say. Where is Sicily2" l was
just going to answer her question
when the girl next to me had fallen
down with the desk. We all started
to laugh but the teacher was angry
and made us stop LAUGHING. The girl
was sent to her seat. We then went on
with the match.
The teacher asked a boya What is
and where is Champlain?" The boy
said "Champlain is man who discov-
cred Quebec" We all laughed. The
teacher laughed. too. When the boy
saw his own mistake he laughed also.
When We were through with our
geography match we passed to our
seats. The fifth grade won the match.
Dorothy was reading when there
came a scream from the teacher. One
of the boys had opened the door and a
rat jumped in. The teacher jumped on
the desk. upsetting the ink. All the
girls jumped on their desks while the
boys were laughing. After while a
boy came in laughing. He asked how
we enjoyed the rats visit.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
JUNIOR STORIES AND PRIZE WINNERS

HE three subjects in the present
writer's contest are so agreeable
TO the juniors and so many inter
esting letters are being received that
the same subjects viii continued,
the circus, the ball game and an
amusing incident at school, so IL
yon have not already written your
story on one of these subjects do so at
once and mail ii as soon as possible to
the editor of The Junior Call, Call
building, San Francisco.
AS in previous contests these stories
must contain NOT more than 200 words
nor less than 100; must be written on
one side of the paper only and be
plainly marked in the upper left hand
corner with the number of words
therein 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 l6 years.
Watches will 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 subjects, You all know
about the circus; perhaps you can
even remember viyidly your first cir
Gus, and how it impressed you and
what you enjoyed the most; how the
great elephants frightened you and
made you cling closer to mothers
hand, and how you pitied the patient,
dusty camels and trembled 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
a good ball game? Describe some par
ticular 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 some incident
that appealed to you as especially
amusing, and if it happens to carry
with it a lesson so much the better
For instance, we will 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 school and sometimes makes awk-
ward mistakes. The teacher asks
Mary to take a note to 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 il, or as Mary's big
brother would tell it, and see the diff
ferent ways in which a story can be
written. Then after you have decided
on your own story you can tell
whether you want to be the injured
heroine or the kind friend or the big,
laughing brother, who thinks il 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; the sooner the bet
ter!
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
By Ellen nj. Bartlett
Supervisor Domestic science Dept

uF you meet a bevy OF some rs school
girls on the street at 1890 o'clock
in the morning of some schoolday,
you will be pretty safe in guessing
that they are the girls of some seventh
or eighth grade returning from their
cooking lesson.
And after you have watched their
orderly but not too hurried progress
toward their school, perhaps you will
venture into the cooking center and
observe the new class that has just
reported. White aprons. caps and
sleeves are being donned. and the girls
go to the sink in twos to wash their
hands.
The lesson is bread making, and the
teacher, mindful of her own rigorous
training and remembering the ANAL
gam--eolored dough kneaded by one of
Bret Harte's Nmfners-insists on these
careful ablutions from even the most
neat handed.
The bread making lesson is a siren
uous one. and both teacher and pupils
are warm and tired when the little
loaves are taken from the oven. cooled
and then wrapped in parafine paper to
be taken home TO mother. And good
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
A BALL GAME
CHARLES GREENAN,
151 fremont Avenue, Lincoln Eyenins
School, Seventh Grade. Age
IA Years

The boys asked me if l would like to
play ball. I said Yes, but 1 know
very little about it," Every night
when | come home from work l have
about half an hour to play. | went up
into the lot and watched the boys play
ing. The captain asked me to take a
boys place. | grabbed the bat and
the fun began. The pitcher (not the
thing you carry water in. but bow
threw the bail. / struck at it and
missed. One fellow yelled out, Strike
one. Whom did | striker" "The ball.
ne yelled. But | never hit it," He
laughed.
After | made two outs and two strikes
the umpire called out. Get up to your
plate said. What plate?" He
pointed TO a piece of wood. That's
Your plate | had to laugh, and said.
That does, not look like a plate to
me; it. is a piece of wood and. besides.
1t amt mine Three outs. Ha, ha!'
The captain came UP to me and
called me fool for making three outs.
I'll bet you can't count from / to 100.'
said. Maybe l can't. I'll bet you
can't count from one to five, Without
stopping" He pulled out handful of
nickels and gave me one. then he gave
me two more. [ said, Il have three
nlckels, all right" Then he gave me
two more and said, If YOU can tell me
now many nickels you have | will give
them to Won"
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
AN EXCITING GAME
BERT HAYES
ALBERT HAYES.
43 AlvaradO Street, City. IL Years Old.
Agassiz school. A, Fourth Grade


One of. the most exciting games 1
have ever witnessed was played at
Freeman's park between Los Angeles
and San Francisco for the champion
ship.
Young Hogarty of San Francisco
pitched and batted his team to victory.
Los Angeles batters just couldn't ac-
quaint themselves with Hogarty' S
shoots.
Hogarty secured three hits out of
four chances One of his bingles was
a home run to center field. The boys
from San Francisco thronged the
bleachers and cheered the home team
with shrill cries and yells. Their root
ing helped to embarrass Ahern of Los
Angeles. who invited disaster for his
teammates by going up in the air in
the fourth inning.
Los Angeles started out in the sixth
inning with a zest that seemed to pre-
sage victory. With one man down, Ma
loney reached first on McMahon's error;
Carberry bunted, advancing Bobb to
second and reaching first on Sarment's s
error, and Smith connected for a two
base hit.
AT the beginning of the ninth innin 6
Ahern went up in the air and let in two
runs. San Francisco's men came to bat
and scored three runs. Tompkinson
brought Sarment home on a sacrifice.
Aptone walked and stole second. Then
Hanley drove a slow grounder to Ahern,
who fumbled it. While he was recov-
ering the ball and throwing it to first
Sarment and Duffy came sprinting
home. This ended the game, 4 to 5 in
favor of San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
MY FIRST CIRCUS
ALICE DICKSON,
0lema, Marin County. OIema SCHOOL,
seventh Grade. Age II Years

0lema, Marin County. Olema SCHOOL,
Seventh Grade. Age IL Years
1 went to my first circus with two
friends. First we went into tent
where there were cages of animals IN
one was a little house for MONKEYS
They were running in and out OF the
doors and windows. l gave them pea
nuts and they ate them just like human
beings. 1t was a very hot day and In
another cage two polar bears were
growing as if they wanted to be IN
their homes where it is cold. There
were striped zebras. camels, lions ana
all sorts of animals. ] fed the ele-
plants also, and as they could not seem
to hold onto the peanuts l threw them
down the holes in the elephants
trunks
After we had looked at the animals
we went into the tent where the peo-
pie were performing. 1t seemed queer
to see big elephants dancing on buck
cts. Some dogs came into the ring ana
presented arms. waltzed and did other
tricks. Then some monkeys dressed
as jockeys came in on little ponies ana
ran race. l think / liked that better
than anything else. A man went up
and down some stairs on his head anfk
a lady on a horse jumped through
burning hoop. Other things were done
and / was very tired when l went TO
bed that night.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
AWARDED A WATCH
BUFFALO BILLS SHOW
MILTON CLARK
2554 California Street. Emerson Pri.
mary School. Age 10 Years


&SS4 California Street. Emerson Prf-
mary school. Age 10 Years
As 7 had just been studying the early
history OF California ! was very much
interested in Buffalo Bilrs Wild west
show When the bugle sounded il was
a grand light TO see the different tribes
OF Indians and their chiefs, Buffalo Bill
and his rife brigade, japanese tum-
blers, French zouaVes. and cowboys, go
round IN circle all together 1t was
great fun TO see the football game be-
tween the Indians and the cowboys on
horseback, the football being about the
height Of a horses neck from the
ground ] was filled with enthusiasm
when the prairie ship came in sight
The emigrants We're captured and
taken TO the Indian village. where they
were rescued by Buffalo Bill and his
party. This was called the battle of
Summit Springs. We were then shown
how the mail was carried by means of
the pony express. It was wonderful
how they could change horses and eK-
change mail so quickly. II. was very
exciting TO see the train held up and
the Wells Fargo & Co.'S box and it's
contents stolen. I shall always re-
member this as a history of California.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
THE CIRCUS
MARIAN MILLER,
1877 fremont Avenue, Sixth Grade,
Laguna Honda ShOOl. Age

Isn't it too bad we can't go to the
circus" walled Tommy Brown.
Yes, but Tom, No, I'll not tell YOU
Margaret told her elder brother. Dan.
the secret. a home made circus. Prep
arations began secretly.
The four oldest Brown children
planned the circus for the younger
ones.
The performance was held in the
barn. Sixteen year old Dan dressed in
a striped gingham suit representing
the clown, rode bucking mule and
made funny faces.
Margaret rode her fathers black
driving horse and smiled sweetly when
he kicked and bueked.
Young Ted, the circus hero, rode a
huge growing bear tDan wrapped IN
a fur robe).
The animal parade was quite a sue
cess. At the end of it Rover praneed
proudly and barked at the awkward
creeping animals.
Some neighboring children. who also
could not go TO the town circus, We're
invited. All declared it a success and
said 1t was we'll worth the admission
fee-a pleasant smile.
The make believe bear really scared
little Betty. and it was hard TO make
her understand 1t was not true bear
The little audience decided that when
they We're grown they would be actors
and actresses like the performers.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
A NIGHT AT THE COUNTRY
CIRCUS
MARIE HETTY,
Lagunitas, Marin County

The circus having come to town. 1
was anxious for it to open, and l did
not have long to wait. 1t was the
prettiest sight that ever was when
they all came riding in, two and two.
a gentleman and a lady side by side.
There must have been 20 of them, every
lady with a lovely complexion and
dressed in clothes that cost lots of
money. And then they went faster
and faster, the ringmaster going
around the center pole cracking his
whip and shouting Hi, hir' and the
clown cracking jokes behind him.
And by and by a drunken man tried
to get into the ring; said he wanted TO
ride: said he could ride as well as any
body that ever was.
They tried to keep him out, but he
wouldn't listen. So everybody laughed
and said all right. and the man got on.
The minute he was on the horse began
to rip and tear and jump and cavort
around with two circus men hanging
on TO his bride, and at last sure
enough. the horse broke loose. and, do
You know. he was a genuine rider; he
had the "ha, ha" on us.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
AWARDED A WATCH
MARY LEARNED
DURING VACATION
JUANITA DELANEY,
Lincoln School, High Fifth Grade. Age
IL Years. 37I south First
street. San Jose

I never shall forget this little Incl
dent when 1 went to kindergarten.
Summer vacation was over, school
began.
Everybody had a bright face. After
the children had been given their new
seats, the teacher asked them what
they had learned TO do during vaca-
tion.
Finally she came to Mary. Mary,
what can you do?"
Il can undress myself" replied Mary.
That's very nice"
Just as the teacher went to the next
pupil. Mary interrupted her by say
ing she could undress herself.
Finally the teacher said, Mary, If
you interrupt me again, I shall pun
ish you"
Again Mary interrupted.
Miss B. sent her in the closet.
Soon the principal came in and Miss
3. called Mary.
Mary came in, shoes, stockings and
dress on.
See me undress myself?' she said.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
AN EASY VICTORY
ADOLPH TREFZ,
6O2 Fourth Avenue, San Francisco
Richmond Grammar school.
Age IL Years

The final game of baseball our
school played against the Laguna
Honda school they crossed bats at
the big rock in the Golden Gate park.
The game was supposed to have begun
at $3.50. but began at o'clock / hoped
that Richmond might win and the re-
suit was it won. Montgomery. pitcher
of the Richmonds, made two home
runs and few two and three baggers.
He also struck out u men. Haskins,
the catcher. caught a very good game
two baggers. Fulwidder, the first
basemsn Of the Richmonds, played YER"
good and Knocked three bagger and
4 few basehits. The rooters were
Growing very loudly and crowed still
louder when the game came to an end
and the score was Is TO l in Rich
mond's favor. Mr.. Lyser, the princi-
pal of the Richmonds, ordered the
bows to give three rousing cheers for
the principal of the Laguna Honda
school. which they did with will.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
AWARDED A WATCH
THE FUNNIEST THING IN
SCHOOL
BEATRICE PoDJARSkY.
Seventh Grade, Lincoln Evening School
Age IL Years

age Id ears
Tchew. Tchew. "Oh stop sneezing, ;"
calls the teacher. Boys, boys; the next
one who sneezes Will go to the office"
AS these words were spoken teacher
sneezed. You must go to the office
laughed the children
who brought the snuff or pepper?'
asked the teacher. No confession was
made. The teacher paced up and down
the aisle shifting the air 1T is right
here. It smells strongest here" She
stopped near two boys and asked them
to empty their pockets. No snuff was
found. She sent for the principal, and
as the door opened a sneeze was heard,
and the principal was standing there
blowing his nose Every way was
tried 20 make the child confess, but
ALI. in vain.
Just then a knock was heard at the
door and a boy came in There was a
folding door in the room and it was
not shut altogether but crack large
enough to look in through from the
next room was there.
That boy in the next to the last
seat in the fourth row blew some snuff
from his hand saw him."
Toni you?" cried-the teacher. For
shame. large boy like youi Give
me all the snuff youNhaye."
Tom put his right foot on the desk
and took off his shoe. The principal,
the teacher, the class and Tom sneezed
in chorus. Well" said the principal,
you were caught in the act. But you
certainly hid it-tchew tehew-in a
good place-tchewi tchew."
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
THE MOUSE DAY
LEO SUTTON.
$50 ThIrty-hrst street. Oakland. Fourth
Grade. 10 Years Old

Three weeks after school had started
We children went out TO the barn While
we were out there I spied mouse. /
told the other children. and We caught
it. and then we found i've little baby
mice. The boys put them in their pock-
cts Then the bell rang and we boys
went into the schoOlhOuse- They were
all laughing.
When all was quiet they turned the
mouse out The teacher got up on her
desk. and the girls. too They were all
screaming at once. Pretty soon the
teacher got mad and made the boys
catch the mouse and put II outside
which we did. and then took our seats.
But the teacher could not get down on
her desk alone: some OF the boys had
to help her down. We all had big
laugh.
At recess one of the boys slipped
around and put the baby mice in the
teachers desk. When she lifted the lid
she saw the mice and she got scared
again And we had another big laugh
enc Of the most laughing days in school
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
THE MAN AND THE FIRE
BELL
FRANK GRIMSHAW,
73J Thirty-fifth Avenue, san Francisco
ID Fourth Grade, BergerOt school.
Age IL Years

Once in our school man was break
ing up a coal box. A rusty nail ran
into his foot He went to Miss Gayi-
gan's, office, but she was in the sixth
grade He saw the fire bell on the wall
cfpaI: he rang it, All of a sudden
ali of the children came piIing down
the stairs. Then he saw Miss Gavigan.
and he said Il didn't mean ii! didn
mean it, We all went back to our
lessons, and Miss Gavigan gave the
man some medicine to put on his foot
and when he went back to his work
the other workmen made fun OF him
for ringing the fire bell.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
THE DAY OF FUN
Aw1TA DU,rql1TERING,
ANITA DET9MERING,
292 Second Avenue, San Francisco. Rich
mOnd Grammar school. A Sixth
Grade. Age IL Years

One day our teacher went to the Of
flee with the usual warning to be quiet.
There was one boy who wanted to have
some fun. He stood in front of the
room and began to sing and to dance a
jig.
teacher shouted. Young man, what are
you doiag?" The boy stood astonished.
and again the teacher said If you do
not tell me now l shall give you a
whipping"
The boy felt very unhappy and said,
Il was only'-and then, with a pause.
said II was only dancing for the class,
as they feel very tired.
The teacher stood amazed. and then
answered. You may go TO the office and
be suspended for doing such an act
The boy was bold and gave a smile.
which made the class laugh. too. This
boy did not mean TO do the wrong
thing but he did it without thinking.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-12
A LAUGH ON THE TEACHER
EVA LA BERGE.
62 Cock street, RtchmOno. . Fourth
Grade. Age II Years

When / was in the country We had
to walk two and half miles to school
Some mornings we would De early ana
had to take our lunch with US
one morning we got to school early.
Miss O'Conner. who was the teacher.
Ssid. New girls come and help me
Lean nv drawer out" We went up
TO her desk and opened the drawer.
n looked as if there had been a rat
in the drawer. We cleaned IL out. all
Right and as the teacher was opening
the drawer three little mice jumped
out on her. She called: Girls Girls
Come and help me. A mouse. A mouse.
When we looked around we saw her
on The ron of the desk Before we
could think one of the boys had stiek
out in the yard beating one or the
mice while the other two got away.
At lunch time I went for my lunch ana
the paper was all torn My cousin
gave me some of hers and when We
got home we had more 10 eat.