The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 26, 1896, Page 24

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1896. The A moleon k And his eye 1 s Man in the Moon. fman In the moon has a crick In his | Titania stood before her. sorry for him? ple and black: they water and run, 00ks at the sun; s the doctors advise. But isn’t he wise! 1t might be a di And the n Ges And his toes b ver he Legend of th m doomed t. a he doctors advise. the moon has a boil on his ear, e inj d over you know; Why, certainly so! ple turned over, you know. 1e moon has & rheumatic knee; a pity that 15! orked round where his heels : \Wants to go north he goes south, ck W the porridge crumbs all man Riley in Indianapolis Journal. e Garnet and the Snowdrop. a beautiful lady who for year after year and no little boy or girl came to htly she would wander gracefully in the wind growing at her feet Yet these beautiful e her happy, for the heart and she could she wandered farther : forest than she ever wing weary she s thelight itani iful lad he thus dost these ted for : he years go by the eart grows deeper and deeper. ing few years of my life I the forests and sit in “Mortal,” said the 0 1¢ ione.”’ thou wiit do as I desire I shal the hope and longing of your Queen,” cried the Swinging on the Hammock. sad lady. ed her w; did so th lovely garder cluster of sn both white strains of s upon one condition only.” ive to me a httle child and I slave ever after.” said Titania; “follow me, and een the things which I you still long for the art I will grant it to you, The Queen and of gold and silver, and as he sad lady was wafted into a 1; here abed of roses; here a ow-white lilies; there and blue; while all around weet music, now sad, now cheerful, came to the lady’s ears, Streams of water sparkling with jewels rippled at_her feet. above and bel Fairy voices floated low. Little boys darted here, at the beautiful stars, the | uddenly a | , who | olets, | { the basket, when lo! the tiny messenger |and basket disappeared, and Queen “Mortal,” said the Queen, sadly, “thou | hast broken thy promise, and for thy mis- deed age after age blood-red tears shalt | flow from thine eyes, and as they fall, | sinking deep and ‘ever deeper into the | | ground, they shalt be turned to stone and | | the stone shalt be cailed the garnet. For | | its great beauty many men will risk their | lives; and behold, even now where thy tears fall, a lowly flower bursts forth— | the snowdrop, which shall be the child of | consolation to all sorrowing mothers and | to the weeping worid. And alli children | who seek the earth in the month of Janu- ary shall have for their heritage a crown of garnets and a garland of snowdrops.” A Doll’s House. Two hundred years agoa rich old lady took it into her head to have a perfect | model of a house made, with doils to rep- | | resent the different kinds of inmates. | | Probably she intended it as a gift for some | | favorite little girl; but, at any rate, now it | | is the museum of the Dutch city of Ut- | recht. Great artists were paid to paint the | tiny pictures on the walls and to decorate ! nest made of fluffy wool, all interwoven with dainty threads of silk, containing four or five cute baby mice, with eyes | tizhtly closed and little pink noses smell- ing around for their own dear mother. Eight-year-old Jack begged so hard to be allowed to keep them that she con- sented. So he got a small pasteboard box filled with soft cotton and in this they carefully placed the dainty nest, setting it | down beside the bureau so mother mouse i t find it. The next morning Jack ran the first thing to look at his strange pets, but found that they every one had disap- peared. Here was a mystery. What could have become of them? No one knew. After Jack had gone to school and the morning was well spent, his mother had occasion to open the second drawer of the bureau, and there, cuddled up snug and warm on one of his baby sister's soft gowns, lay the cute littie animals fast asleep. The mother mouse had not been satisfied with the home Jack had rrovided for her, and must have carried her offspring one by one back to a bed of her own choosing, | just as a cat carries her kittens. As it was impossible for Jack’s mamma “What a nice fat worm,” said the little chick. ’Twas a mousie’s tail; and he darted off, quick. —Babyland. | the ceilings of the ‘‘best” rooms, and the | chief upholsterers were employed to make the furniture, The house is two-storied and contains nine rooms and a hall. The kitchen is | completely furnished in every respect, and | | is presided over by a jolly-looking cook. | | In the comfortable and homely dining- | | room some gentiemen were sitting smok- |inz long clay pipes and telling funny | | stories, if we may judge from their smiling | faces. Two wee globes stand in one corner | of the room and an event from New Testa- | | ment history is finely carved on the ivory | | mantelpiece. There are two gentlemen | and three ladies in the drawing-room, | which is most elegantly furnished. The | ladies wear lovely dresses and each holds a | fan. One of the gentlemen seems about to | entertain the company, for he sits close to a violoncello. Upstairs in the nursery two children | are in bed, while nurses are waiting on | other children, and two ladies, perhaps | governesses, are taking tea at a table. | In a beautiful bedroom a lady, dressed | for dinner, stands in front of a looking- | glass, the toilet-table being furnished with | silver jars and bottles aud china vases. There is 2 small study, or business room, in which a gentleman sits writing, with bills and papers scattered around him. | In the laundry the maids are busy wash- ing, wringing and ironing clothes. In the | hall a nurse is giving some message to a | | smart young footman, who is just coming out of a room. This model doll’s house is & work of art in its way, and must have cost a large sum of money.—Spare Moments, Another Mouse Story. | The whole family.had been in the | mountains having such a happy time | among the grand old redwoods and pines, but now they had returned to their city | home, and mamma and the maid were | | just as busy as they could be, sweeping and dusting and putting things to rights after their long absence. When mamma went to her bureau to examine and arrange the clothing in the drawers she heard a strange sound, like the scampering of tiny feet. At first she was a little startled by the | noise and drew back. but gaining courage | ;he determined to find out what it could | e. On opening the top drawer and looking | cautiously in she saw in one corner a tiny and Mrs. Mouse to agree under the circum- stances, the neighbor’s cat had a fine dinner that day. The Rainbow, Nature must needs have two helpers when she paints the gorgeous rainbow against the wintry sky—the sun and the rain. Besides, these two must work to- gether, for one alone could produce no such grand result. We've had & bounteous supply of life- giving showers during the last few weeks and enough of sunshine to hang many times over the gray waters of the bay the ever new, mysterious rainbow. Wonderful indeed it is this masterpiece from Nature’s hand, with its delicate shadings of color as it fades so gently on either side into the brown bosom of Mother Earth or down into the deep, deep waters of the bay. How close it seems to us, and still when we enter our tiny boats and try to ap- | proach near enough to stretch fortn our hands and grasp a little of itsglory we find it always “just beyond.” Then, that “Pot of Gold!" Dor’t the sight of the many-hued bow always set you to thinking about it? Under which end it lies buried? And to wish the elusive bow would remain just Iun&z enough to allow some poor mortal to find and mark the exact spot at which to di% or dive for the treasure ? Rainbows and pots of gold ! Sunshine, rain, color promise; strife, hove and disappointment ! Almost all of life—yet this I know, hun- dreds of noble menand women there are whose hearts are so filled with sunshine, it matters not how drear the day or how stormy, their lives shine out like beautiful rainbows of light and promise, cheerin; the way and feeling anew with hope an courage the hearts of the poor weary seek- ers after the **pot of gold.” work B An Amusing Incident. Philip had a great many friends; real nice boys they were too. All perfect little gentlemen, Philip’s mother enjoyed very much having her little son’s friends visit him. As she was an invalid she never felt equal to the task of entertaining them all at the same time, so she gave Philip permission to once a week have one of them to dinner. Several of the boys had been so enter- liitle girls ran thither, while over the green, mossy sward came the swelling notes of myriads of birds, keeping time to the steps of the fairy dan The sun shone bright over all, kissing the dew- drops that dangled from the rose leaves and glistening the tear drops that hung on the sad lady’s cheeks. *‘Mortal,” said the Queen, and her voice sounded far away, ‘‘these are the children of joy and of love. This, the garden of happiness and peace. Wilt thou remain with us and share the pleasures and delights of this happy garden, or wilt thou return to thy Liome with but one little child to bless and d-eyed lady knelt at the Queen’s feet, murmuring, “O beautiful Queen, a life here would be one perpetual joy, but, Queen Titania, let me return to my home with one little child to bless me and I will be content.”” “Thou shalt have what thou desirest,” the Queen answered softly. She waved her wand, when the soft bed of violets parted, and in their place stood a tiny asket. Lifting it up the Queen "gently laced it in the hands of the beautiful ady, saying: *“‘Queen Titania bestows upon you a little child, one who will guide and bless your declining years. But thou must not open or 100k into the basket nni(il thou hast reached thine own fire- side.” *‘Oh, I will promise you that,” cried the now happy lady. ‘‘Remember,”’ said the Queen, as she waved her wand, “‘one look into the basket and thy child is gone.” The lady was slowly wafted to the mossy seat where Queen Titania first found her. How happy she feit when, looking down, she saw the i et still in her hands, and jumping I v began toretrace her steps to her home. She bad not gone far when a tiny sprite, dressed in flaniing yellow, stood be. fore her, bowing low. e said in soft tones, “Most gracious lady, I am the lord high messenger = of her Majesty the fairy Queen Titania. The Queen bids me tell you that she revokes her order and that thou may’st open the basket whenever it doth please thee.” The lady was so happy to hear these words spoken by the messenger that, without a wmoment’s thought, she lifted the lid of DONALD AND THE [*] “HOPE” BUBBLES, tained, and talked much together about the fine chicken dinners of which they had partaken. At last Archie was invited 1o spend the afternoon and evening with Philip. 1t happened that in the forenoon of that day some friend of Philip’s mother had sent her a particularly fine cut of roast beef, so she had ordered it to be served for dinner, 1nstead of the customary chicken. Now, Archie, of all the boys, prided him- self on his politeness, and tried very hard to observe all the rules of etiquette. While Mrs. Stevens was carving the roast, she asked Archie which part he pre- ferred, meaning, of course, an outside or an inside piece. 5 Imagine her surprise when the little sec- ond Lord Chesterfield, whose mind was filled with thoughts of tender chicken, politely answered: *The leg, if you please.” Going to Mexico. *“Going to Mexico’’ is the name of an en- tertaining game for boys and girls. It is suitable for an evening gathering of al- most any kind. Thecompany arranges it- self in a circle with the “traveler” at the center. “What are you going to take to Mexico with you, Arthur?” asks the traveler, pointing suddenly at one of the boys and beginning to count rapidly. If Arthur says apples or andirons or the name of any other object beginning with A, the first letter of his name, before the traveler counts ten, he keeps his seat and Jt(ne traveler turns suddenly and points at ate. “‘One, two, three—"" he counts. “Cookies,” stammers Kate. “You can’t go to Mexico with me,” says the traveler, and he takes Kate’s chairand Kate becomes traveler. Then she tries to catch some one else. The same person may not mention the same object twice. Are You Well Satisfied ? An interesting diversion for an evening party consists in having every one present except those who are in the secret stand up apound the room with their faces to- ward the wall. Then the leader steps up to one person in the ring and asks; “‘Are you perfectly satisfied ?”” The answer ¥ s Then the same question is asked earn- estly of each person in the ring, the inter- est increasing all the time. When the leader has been informed that every one is well satisfied he steps to the middle of the room and says: “Very well, vo ou are all satisfied. You can stand there as long as you please.” And that is the last time the game can be played at that party.—Chicago Record. Question Box. 1. Why was Daniel Webster considered a great man? 2. How did Benjamin Franklin achieve fame? 3. What great feat did General Fremont accomplish ? 4. Where was gold discovered by Mar- shall? 5. ive origin of the word ‘“Mercury.” A nice little letter was received this week : from Alice M. Bell of San Francisco ) answering the questions which were pub- lished in last Sun s Carn. Now right here I wish to say a word or two about your letters, to the bright boys ana girls who are interested in the Sunday Question Box. Please address your letters to Chil- dren’s Page of Tue CALL. Always sign your name in full, and last but not least, give your age. Editor Children’s Page : My answers to last Sunday’s questions are as follows: 1. Benjamin Frankiin, born January 17, 1706. Daniel Webster, born January 18, 1782. General Fremont, born January 20, 1813. | 2. Marshall discovered gold in California January 24, 18 3. Mercury is evening star. 4. Venus is morning star. 5. Mercury is brightest January 25. AvLice M. BELL. 1923 Geary street, City. Five Little Women. Five little women sat in a Tow, Stitching as fast as their needles could go. The stars they were shining, the cocks they were crowing, When the five iittle women bhad finished their sewing. Little Pink Shoes, nage 6 years, in Pittsburg Press, B g DONALD SERIES—NO. XIII. | FOR TINY BOYS. Aren't ‘birthdays fine things? Donald | thinks so, and wishes his came every day. His mamma does not agree with him, however, and is very, very glad that he has just one & year. ‘Well, Donald’s birthday came last week in all the rain. My, how it rained and rained! But the little chap did not mind the stormy. weather much, because he was in such a state of excitement over his birthday. He was just 7 years old, and took his birthday ‘whippings with the ‘‘one to grow on” just like a little man. “It is a strange thing that whippings don’t hurt so much on_birthdays as they do at other times,”” said Donald. *I wonder why ?” Now, I suppose you are just as anxious as you can be to find out what gifts Donald received. Be just as patient as you can and I'll tell you. Let me see, first brother came and putin bed beside him a great big round brown cocoanut, with almost the perfect image of a monkey’s face on one end. You all know what I mean. If youdon’t, the very next time you bave a chance to ex- amine a cocoanut see if you can find the monkey’s face. Then he received a box of paints, and a pistol and arrows. Of course, since then Donald has played cowboy a great many times. But best of all came something alive— a_beautiful golden canary in a pretty gilded cage. The happy boy named it Go]d{l right away, and says when it sings that he feels as if he would jump right out of himself. When his mother asked him what kind of meat he wished to have for his birthday dinner, she thought of course he would answer chicken, and asked him really out of politeness, but she proved to be very much mistaken, for the sturdy urchin answered, *‘The round meat all tied up in a ring” meaning roast beef. Don’t you think that was a very sensible choice. So the day passed and dinner was over, Aiter the table was cleared and the gas- lights turned out Donald’s beautiful birthday cake was brought in and placed ! on the table. . My, wuat a wonderful sight it was, with its white frosting almost hidden under Ppiles of delicious candies and sugar plums! Set here and there among the delicate vines and sweet flowers by which it was surrounded were seven brightly burning, differenly colored tiny wax candles. Each one of the family group chose one of these candles, making a wish as he did so, wondering whose weuld burn the longest. _While waiting for the tiny flames to ex- pire grandma, papa and all joined in a merry game of blowing soap bubbles. Oh, it was such fun to puff and puff and blow out the delicate fairy things, that went floating so gracefully through the air, gleaming with all the colors of the rain- oW, as they reflected the bright lights of the room and calling forth cries of dismay Deedle dee, said the finger Deedle dum, Said the thumb, Let’s go together And have some fun. I see a fly Climbing up high On the window-pane. Isn’t he vain? THE NAUGHTY THUMB. “PLL ST A PIN IN THAT FLY.” You find a pin, I’ll stick it in, Said naughty little thumb. “That’ll make him hum.” “Deedle dee,” said the finger. ' ““Deedle dum,” Said the thumb. The finger found the pin, The thumb stuck it in. Did it hurt the fly ? No, no, no, For he climbed up high, With a wink of his eye, And didn’t even cry. i il “OH! OH! JUST MY LUCK!” | Where did it go? Oh, oh oh, “Just my luck, To go and get stuck,” Said sorry little thumb, When all the harm was done. Deedle dee, said the finger, Deedle dum, said the thumb. M. W. R. e ey One,” which tells all about the ‘‘dusty ! bee,”” the “‘cuckoo pint,” the *little lambs that play always,” and the “'dear old moon in heaven.” Ten silvery peals were rung out by the watehful clock; mamma jumped up, say- ing, “Dear me, how late!”’ and then she took the tired seven-year-old boy to bed, where he very soon dropped off to sleep. P. 8. to Donald’a birthday. Isn’tthata strange thing. a postscript to a birthday ? Well, Donald really did have one, and this is how it happened. : A couple of days after the birthday was all over, when the postman came in the afternoon, he brought Donald along, white box, that was almostfallinz to pieces. Poor box, it had been traveling in all the storm, and had tried its best to get here in time for the fun, but had come too late; not too late, however, to give Donald lots of pleasure, for it contained the game of “battledore and shuitlecock,” a box of colored crayons and a harmonica. Now the house is filled with the sweet music trilled forth from the throat of the golden canary, and the music, not quite so sweet, made on the harmonica by the golden- haired boy., CATS AND THEIR WAYS. as they suddenly burst when most perfect. Sometimes they were full of mischiel, and would float softly down to the little boy’s upturned face and explode right on the tip of his nose. ‘‘Hope” bubbles, Donald called them, and his papa and mamma thought how many, many as brilliantly colored ‘‘hope” bubbles created by him in the future would burst when brightest, brinfing forth deeper cries of dismay, ere he had reached seven times seven years. After a merry, happy time, the candles commenced to die out, one by one. until papa’s only was left, so of course, he gained his wish, Next came the cutting of the cake, and ap hour was spent in feasting, and the cracking of nuts and of jokes. Then they all gathered around the fire, while the rain still poured down over the city, and listened to the reading of Jean Ingelow’s sweet littie poem, “*Seven Times' Some Characteristics of This Popular Household Pet. Cats do not take punishment as dogs do ; their temper rises, and if struck they are apt to strike back; butbeyond a gentle cuff to a kitten, now and then, I find a scolding or an exclamation of rebuke enough, says a writer in Temple Bar. They are also less intelligent and forgiving than a dog if unintentionally kicked or trodden on.” There 15 no more beautiful expression in a dog’s face than the look be turns to the friend who has involun- tarily hurt him, before there is time to ex- plain; his whole demeanor expresses the highest magnanimity, not only the fore- gone pardon but the eager desire that the offender shall think no more of the matter, & In many respects cats are more like men and women than dogs are; they have moods and their nature is complex. A dog is very much of a piece; he is a good dog or a bad dog, brave or cowardly, hon- estora sneak; the canine intelligence is much higher than the feline, but the dis. position is simpler. Cats are exceedingly irritable by temper- ament, sensitive to changes of the weather, to frost, to thunder; they are excitable and naturally disposed to bite and seratch when at play; there is a curious tendency in them, as in ill-balanced or overstrung human beings, to lose their heads when in high spirits, and the self-command most of them show when full grown in resisting these influences is a striking proof of con- scious responsibility. A full-grown pet cat scarcely ever NEW TO-DAY, " A Fact Conceded _The Big Shoe Factory glves you befter returns or your dollars than any other shoe house in this city. o 581-583 MARKET ST, sa young child, no matter how ritable, toey are moody and Subject to depression—probably a physical reaction from the former condition. Princess, though not a sullen cat, would sometimes forsake the hearth or veranda and pass days by herself on a garden wall or under a bush, not ill or out of .temper, but out of spirits, morbid and wishing for solitude, jnstead of the sympathy which she al- ways sought in her real ailments and be- avements. T IeHer peculiarities, both of race and indi- viduality, were remarkably defined, even when she held them in restraint, but, with one exception, all “the cats I have known are captious. Their instinct when ill or sad is to be alone, but this is entirely neu- tralized by petting. They becomeas de- | pendent on caresses and sympathy as chil- | dren, and much wiser than children when they are ill or 1njured as they apply for re- | lief” with the most unmistakable sugges- | tions, sometimes indicating plainly where | they are in pain and presenting the suffer- | ing'member for treatment. They are not so patient as dogs in taking medicine or | submitting to surgical care, but show their recognition of its benefit by coming back for it under similar circumstances. - Ingalls and the Loyal Legion. Ex-Senator John J. Ingalls has resigred from the Loyal Legion because the order | refused to raise him irom the third class to the first class on the ground that hej was ineligible. A member of the Illinois Commandery, however, gives a more sen- eational account of the matter. “Ingalls,” he savs, “was chnsen a member of the third class a few rs ago in the face of consiaerable opposition. He got in, how- ever, and that was the end of i1t. Lately he became ambitious and began pulling, wires to become a member of the firsp | class. “‘He was clearly not entitled to this, but his fool friends “set up some claim about his valiant sery s commissary-general on the staff of the Governor of Kansas, or chief butler. or something of a similar character during the war, and urged his election as a member of the first class in consequence. It was too good a chance for the members who had all along been opposed to his admission to the order in any class, and they did not overlook it. When the matter of transferring him to the first class came up they mustered their forces, and not only succeeded in defeating his promotion but passed a resolution ex- pelling him from the order altogether. That was all there was to it, and the talk | about his resignine because of a failure to get into the first ctass is all moonshine.”’— New York Tribune. o The Great Western Railway the othem day brought to Paddington, London, three and a half tons of gold that had been brought over from New York to Plymouth. JANUARY SALE e DESIRABLE and SEASONABLE GOODS Throughout Every Department at ~ Prices |NEVER BEFORE SO LOW! We only ask an inspection. The price and quality are bound to be irresistible. 'Specials. Note the prices and be assured that there are | others fully as attractive. Gloves. 1200 pairs Ladies' 4-Button English Walking Gloves, In tans, browns and English reds, a facsimile of the Dent Gloves. These gloves are we fit them to the value at $125 a palr, For thissale the price is 75c¢c a Pair. Corsets. pairs Ladies’ Extra Long Waisted 6-Hoolt N.and L. 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