The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 8, 1896, Page 24

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, . SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1896 EARY me, deary me, I just won- der sometimes if the boys and | girls do care one single spec for | the mysterious somebody who | tries to please them so hard every Sunday, and if they do why they won’t re- member to write only on one side of their paper? I'm mnot real discouraged yet, but d I soon shall be. Lots of you do her, but some of you don’t. Please all remember after this, and you'll make me ever and ever so happy. I am glad to know that you are so much interested in “Childhood’s Reaim,” and it | makes me feel very joyful when the post- man brings your letters to me. Iam es-| fun to pelt folks with snowballs. I wagged my tail and said, ‘*Bow-wow, bow-wow,” | which meant, “I' do not think so at all, and hope the be-u-ti-ful snow will never, never come here again.” SOMET}ilXG STRANGE. Coasting on Real Snow in San Fran- cisco. Out in the “warm belt” of the Mission, as it is called, the snow fell quite heavily last Tuesday morning. Tt was about an inch deep, as all the boys and girls in that part of the City found out. Two little boys, Newton and Aubrey, who live on Twenty-first street, near the corner of Dolores, had never seen snow in “RAGS” DOESN’T THINK IT IS JOLLY TO BE PELTED® WITH SNOWBALLS pecially interested when you tell me of | ¥rancisco, so when their father looked out { your home life, your pets and your work and amusements. Keep your eyes open, girls and boys; watch the trees which grow around .your homes, the flowers and birds and animals ! which are about you, and you will be sur- prised at the number of interesting and wonderful things you will have to write about. The Good Wind That Blew Nobody Ill. | It blew a kiss from Elsie, from her finger-tips, Over the way to grandma, And lett it on her lips. It blew slow Tommy schoolward, S0 he wasn't late again. .y the cobwebs puzzled Polly’s brain. It blew the dry leaves, dancing, Hither and thither and yon, And Ted with the sorry toothache Forgot It, watching the fun. It blew the fiapping clothes dry On Irish Nora’s line. It blew away a cloud or two From the face of the dear sunshine, It blew alaugh fron the children ear. v Into tired mamma’s It hiew past Debby And blew away a tears v in it, 110 Noddle’s Island, 1t blew jtself aw: AxNTE HAMILTON DG panion. ‘What Rags Thought of the Snow. I sleep onan old lounge in the base- ment, and I can tell you I felt pretty cold last night. When I opened my eyes, and stretched myself this morning, I thoughtI would go end see if my breakfast was ready. I climbed the cellar steps and looked around. My! how changed the back yard Instead of being all black ana brown it was covered with a soft, white stuff that T bad never seen before. It looked good enough to eat. Justlike that creamy stuff that is between the nice bits of cake I some times get; and so soft that it seemed to me it must be just lovely to walk on. I thought I’d try it. Idid. Ouch! how cold it was! Maybe you th I dwdn’t howl, and scamper back to my lounge as fast as I could. Pretty soon I heard my little master calling’ me very softly and gently. He was in the back yard. I forgot ail about that horrid cold stuff and jumped at his call; but alas! alas! Justas 1 was about to reach him he and his brother began to pelt me with great balls of that borrid cold stuff, and then for the second time I had to scamper back to my lounge, hun- gry and cold and covered with a kind of slush. x By and by my little master called me again, and, as I love him very, very much, when I heard his voice 1 forgave him for the way in which he had treated me and gladly went to him—a littie more slowly than I usually go and with my eyes wide open. This time he did not pelt me, but took me into the nice warm_kitchen, and as I was eating my breakfast he told me all about that horrid, cold stuff. He said it 83 beru-ti-dul saew, sRd that 1 was jolly, cLL in Youth's Com- the window at 4 o’clock in the morning and saw the sncw coming down he awak- ened them and let them enjoy the sight, as it may be a long time before they will have another chance like it. It may not happen again in their lifetime. Newton and Aubrey were rolled up in blankets to keep thém warm, so they wanted to wake up Muriel, their little | sister, but mamma would not let them do | it because Muriel will have lots of time for | watching the snow when she gets bigger and visits cold countries. Just opposite the home of Newton and Aubrey is a bright electric lamp, and when the boys looked out at the snow it seemed San | just like a scene at the theater, only pret- tier and more natural. They raised the window and raged in some snow from the window-sill and made snowballs and threw them across the street, and ate snow till their teeth ached, just as if they lived in Siberia or Chicago. But their greatest surprise and jo{ had yet to come. They could scarcely sleep a wink after they knew it was snowing, so at 6 o’clock they were up again and dressed and out on the street, rolling in the snow like little Alaska Indians. All at once they saw Sammie and Harry, two of their playmates, coming down the Twenty-first street hill on what they knew was a sled, for they had seen pictures like it in their St. Nicholas books. They went by like a rocket,. but came back after they reached the bottom and said that their father had made the sled in twenty minutes out of some lumber he had been saving for a door to the hen- house, but a sled was more important un- der the circumstances. They were gen- erous and let Newton and Aubrey coast down on the sled. Now they can tell their friends in years to come that in March, 1896, they coasted down hill on real snow in San Francisco, and lots of people will forget about it, and think it is a mistake; and little boys and girls who are too young to remember, or who are born afterward, will hardly believe it, because they have nelv" seen snow in San Francisco them- selves. EASTER MONEY. Some Ingeniqus Ways of Earning Dimes and Dollars. Before the merry Christmas bells have ceased to ring how to fill Easter boxes is discussed. The money must be earned. One’s own exertions must pay the price. One church guild agreed upon a dollar each, another any sum possible, while still another congregation raised an Easter fund by their united efforts. Birthday bags of red calico, six inches square, and drawn together by a narrow tape, were sent to each one. As many pennies as years were put in, and pasted on’ one side of each bag was this jingle, writ- ten on paper: Place in this bag (and shed no tears) As many penniesas you've lived years, And to the iadies, who fear to tell How many years on earth they dwell, ‘We guarantee no one shall know One trom another here below! More than $100 was the result of the most delightful evening at a private house where grandparents and babies, from 82 down to 1 year, filled the bags. Sunday-school children made and sold caramels and popcorn balls; the young cooking classes in the public schools fur- nished reception cakes and salads. They took orders for Saturdn{: two months be- fore Easter. One choir-boy began with 5 cents’ worth of popcorn. It grew into $10, which his father called “John’s 5-cent investment plan.” One day he composed this sad verse and gave it to his Sunday- school teaeher: As T lugged popeorn from door to door, 1 was told, “Little boy, don’t come any more; Your popcorn makes my children sick,” So ot T hustled, double quick. In the slush and snow of Feb!unri the lads of one large society, brooms in hand, swenpt the crossings until a foreigner pass- ing up the avenue exclaimed one day: ‘‘In this country there 1s so much money the street-sweeps dress like gentlemen.” A young matron on Connecticut avenue kept books in her husband’s office for a week. Another merry young mother re- ceived large wages asnursegirl in a friend’s household. A tall, dark-eyed society girl took ladies to drive at 50 cents an _hour on Woodley Land road or to the Chevy Chase Hunt Club, she herself driving her own ponies and two-seated cart. She earned $25 and had pno end of fun. The young gentlemen of ‘“her set” offered to pay $1 eack for a drive of five miles. *‘Agreed,” she said. ng at ten.”” At the given time and place thirty-five young men met the tally-ho coach. The bugles rang out clear and loud, the driver cracked his whip and a royal ride they had of twelve miles to Great Fails. The young lady sat beside her brother, “who held the ribbons,” but on their return the fares were paid to her. In Fairfax County, Va., a society of bright girls gave straw rides to their friends. The horses and wagons were do- nated by fathers and brothers. Jolly, | wide-awake married folk in a small vile lage earned $50 for Easter, giving little | suppers in their own dining-rooms, *25 cents a plate.” Mme. R—— entertained a glee club and paid to a young fashionable girl the florist’s price for decoration. So great praise was given the artist that she went as decorator | to the finest houses at the capital, all for | her Easter money, so beautifully earned. | Little Dorothy B——, whose fatherisin the | House of Representatives, brought into church on Easter day $5she had earned “To-morrow morn- mi| I ; | [ l‘ AT THE — WINDOW, selling flowers “‘to the members” at 10 cents a bouquet. Tommy Harris reported §1, with this verse: i Instead of polishing up The handle of the big front door 1 expended all my muscle On my mother's parlor floor. Mary Grey, only 10 rfrenrs o1d, bought apples at the market and made apple tarts to sell on Saturdays. Young people in the country sold most beautiful potted ferns, arranged in low baskets or jars for the table. k . The One Dollar Club were very ingenious in their methods and very successful in their reports to the greuident at the entertainment given for the general church fund. In prose and rhyme, in blank verse and jingle their stories were absurdly told. For the best report the following took the prize. Only a few of the verses can find room: Nor friend nor foe Could ask for more Than beyging work From door to door; To humble pride And earn for you, The dollar asked, The dollar due. This “fad” is highly amusing, and Wash- ington’s gayest and brightest young people are already at work planning how to get their Easter money.—Margaret Spencer. “No You Don’t!” The old farmer of whom this story is told by an exchange only followed in the footsteps of famous - disputants, whose squabbles were about words. In Judge Gibbon’s court the other day an old farmer from De Kalb County was ‘snowball,” and now it has; so, if I go on wishing for a Shetland pony, Aladdin’s iamp, and that [ may find a ‘pot of gold’ at the end of the rainbow, I'm pretty sure my wishes will some time come true.” Fairy Footsteps. See the white violets, Glistening here and there; Like a broken string of pearls They are scattered everywhere. Don’t you think the fairies, Trapesing through the snow, Have left their dainty slippers Amid the ferns to grow? ETHEL HATTON In Wide Awake. THE EDITOR’S LETTER-BOX, SAN FrANCISCO, February 28, 1896. Tothe Editor of The Call—DEAR SIk: The an- swers to the questions of last Sunday, February 23, are as follows: 1. The stamp act wes passed in March. 2. Yes. St. Patrick’s day. 3. Because ne was the patron of Ireland. 4. TheIrish. My name is Maggie Donegan. I live at48 Ritch street. P. S.—I hope my answers are right, as this is the first time I answered them. DOWNIEVILLE, Cal., Feb. 25, 1896. Editor Children's Page—DEAR SIr: We re- ceive THE SUNDAY CALL on Tuesdays and I am much interested in the Children’s Page. Will try to answer puzzles &s follows® 1. E and A are the letters omitted to the proverb, “When the cat’s away the mice will lay.” p’I‘Ee 4th of March is lnungnnl day. The 17th of March is St. Patrick’s day and is cele- brated by the Irish in honor of St. Patrick. . Holiday—; ,’ILls.lIIZ, Hay. 38, Hol. 4, L 5, oil. 6, Lid. This’is my first attempt to answer puzsles. AN INTRUDER. the defendant 1n a suit for a piece of land and his lawyer, ex-Judge Jones, had been making a strong fight for it. When the plp;ntifl's attorney began his argument he said: ““May it please the court, I take the ground—" The old farmer jumped upand sang out: “What's that? “What's that?” The judge called him down. “May it please the court,” began the attorney, not noticing the interruption, “I take the ground—"’ “No you don’t either,” shouted the old farmer, ‘“anyhow, not until the jury decides the case!”—Youth’s Companion. DONALD SERIES—NO. XIX. FOR TINY BOYS. Donald never wakens in the morning in time to be dressed before breakfast, so when the tinkle, tinkie of the bell sounds through the house, calling the folks to the morning meal, he just slips on his pretty Hoping I am correct, I remain yours truly, LoLLA A. DENMIRE, age 11 years. BAN FrANcCIsCo, March 2, 1896. Editor Children’s Page—DEAR Sir: Here are my answers to the}(}uestluns in Sunday’s CALL: 1. “As mad as.a March hare.” 2. “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” 8. You (u) sigh for (0) a cipber (0), But I sigh for (0) thee. ©Onh! sigh for (0) no cipher (0), But oh, sigh for (0) me. 4. John Wood, Johnwood, Mass. I am not sure of the last answer. Yours truly, ALICE M. BELL, age 13. 1923 Geary street. 8AN FRrANCISCo, Feb. 27, 1896. Dear Mr. Editor: My parents have been tak- ing THE CALL for quite a while. I read the Children’s Page every Sunday, and I like ft very much, especially the puzzles, some of which I am going to answer for Sundn{. 1. When the cat's away the mice will play. 2.8,6,7, Lay. 1,2, 3, Hol. 24,3, 0il 1, It swayed and it"qw Thatever | saw ‘Was a gilvery teaf “That grew oy-my doory dainniest bed ung, ; On ity slender gtem hung, Though no breezé:wasg astir In thessoff.morning air. By its:motionsentranced, Liwon lofo its derieg_glanced besem o fair,; A little green toad treatment she soon recovered. You should have seen Dolly, her mother, when the men were holding May Day to doctor hor. She was frantic with grief, and pawed until one was as sorry for her as for the afflicted colt. 1f our editor, who makes us_children so happy by gmnf us & part of his valuable peper, cares to ¢ de, I shall be happy to give him & spin around our lovely valley behind any or all of my beauties. GEORGE A. SILL, age 10}4. i Watsonville, 8AN FrANCISCO, March 1, 1896. To the Editor Childrew's Page—DEAR SIR: The following are my answers for the ques- tions asked in THE CALL on the 1st of March: DROPPED VOWELS. 1. *“As mad as a March hare.” 2. March comes in like a lion and goes out | like & lamb. THE STORY OF CIPHER. You know alove, But I know thee; Oh, love no one, But, oh, love me. Thestrange address on a letter is John under Wood and over Massachusetts; to be writien as follows: John Underwood, Andover, Massachusetts. Hoping I am correct, I remain yours tml{, ANNA V. MASSEY, age 15, March 1, 1896. [Editor of Children’s Page: 1 am, very much in- terested in the Children’s Page and I am going | to try to answer the questions to-day for the | first time, the first questions being two well- known sayings about March. X 1. *Mid March hours. March comes in likea tion and goes out like a lamb. me. h, no. But 10 thee. 8. John Wood, Massachusetts, Hoping these are correct. I wish to see them published in next SUNDAY’S CALL. 820 Oak street. AGNES HIGGINS, age 13, “A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.” [Reproduced from Wide Awake.] pink flannel gown and his little red siip- pers, and then what do you suppose hap- pens? Why, a great, big, funny horsie with only two legs comes snorting and prancing backward to the little bed, Don- ald jumps upon his back with a laugh and a shout, and away they go, across “Hall” land, down, down *‘Stairs” hill, at 8 fright- ful rate of speed, scaring mamma ‘*half out of her wits”; but the gay rider and steed always arrive safe and sound in “Breakfast” valley, panting for breath after their wild gallop, the little boy some- times with his heels where his head ought to be. But something happened lately, some- thing that made the little rider forget all abont his faithful horsie; something that made him jump out of bed and hustle into his clothes while his steed was still wan- dering through green pastures in the land of Nod; something that made his eyes eparkle, his cheeks glow and his finger- n&)s tingle. know all you bright {oungsun under- stand what I'mean. *Oh, yes, yes,” 1 can almost hear you shout, ‘‘the snow, the snow; hurrah for the snow!"” ‘Wasn't it a surprise? That is just the way. When tiny boys think they’ve had all the fun, and there’s not one bit left, and are so tired of their toys, and don’t know what to do with themselves, some- thing perfectly lovel{ happens, like the coming of the beautiful, beautiful snow. ‘When Donald looked out of the window the other morning and saw the feathery flakes falling so softly and so lightly his face was filled with a sweet, mystified won- der. After silently gazing at it for awhile he laughed gleefully, shook his curls and exclaimed, ““Oh, mamma, I feel just like nufigmg dear old March for bringing us truly snow.” X And then the next morning when the blue eyes opened and saw how the brown and green world had been changed into a great white one by the magic power of the snow king the little boy was so delighted that he turned three or four somersaults. “Ob, mamma, dress me quick, so I can go out,” he cried, and out he soon went to have & merry game of snowballing with all the rest of the boys. hat fun it was to pelt the other fellows with the soft snow. He didn’t think it much fun, though, when a ball came swiftly through the air andy struck him on the'ear. My, how it did sfing! ‘When breakfast-time came Donald left the sport. very unwillingly, saying: *I think it’s a mean shame that boys have to stop to ‘eat when there's real snow here.”’ After the meal was over mamma allowed ggt vw'ghl‘::or- up a gte"‘f.kdi;hml of the y snow" e it i ek, and t into the He amused himself all the restof the morning molding out of it snowballs, snowmen and all sorts of queer animals, goiAn‘g :, ht, 'h:lll’ th-d lki;tiu. fellow was 1g L ‘and he and his mamma were talking about” the wonder and beauty of the snow, said: “Now, mamma, I know it’s some use to wish for things. You know how I've always wished it Would snow here, 50 We'boys could 6,7, Hay. 4,1. 3, 4, 5, Lid. 2,1,0h. My whole is holiday. 8. The stamp act was passed in March. 4. St. Patrick’s day, celebrated by the Irish, because he was called the patron of Ireland. ANNIE ROACH, aged 12 years. 48 Ritch street. Dear Editor: Now that we have finished tal ing about St. Valentine ana Washington's Birthday, I want to tell the little CALL readers about my colts. We have five beauties, all bred from our handsome Nutmont. I know you boys would enjoy seeing them race—some- times one beats and again another, but they always seem happy and good humored over the result, and enjoy it more than we boys do & game of marbles or spinning tops. May Day TG, \ SouTH SAN FrANCISco, Fep. 27, 1896. Dear Editor: I thought I would write you a few lines to let you know something about George Washington. He was the father of his country, and he was the first President of the United States. Last Saturdey. February 22, was his birthday. Last Friday we celebrated his birthday at school. We sang many songs about him. This is one of the pieces that were spoken at school, as follows: George Washington a lad was he ‘That never told a lie: No matter what his task would be, His answer was, “I'll try.” 8o good-by. Your loving friend, THEODORE O’DOUL. We take THE CALL, and it is so good that I cannot stop reading it. I hope this will be in nfdx.' SUNDAY’S CaLL. I am alittle boy 9 years o Answers. The correct answers to questions published on March 1 are as follows: 1. “As mad as a Magch hare.” 2. “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” 8. You sigh for a cipher But I sigh for thee. Oh, sigh for no cipher, But oh sigh for me. 4. John (under) Wood (and over) Massachu- setts. John Underwood, Andover, Mass, ] umbering;there: Lay slumbering;there. M W has been rather unfortunate. My papa had all Puzzles for Busy Brains. the horses in a pasture a couple of miles from DROPPED VOWELS. the house, but drove to see them every day. Lesrl; 1fsrnst One day he found that little May Day had got ‘nd th grv s nt s gl, tangled in a piece of barbed wire, and her Dst th rt t dst rtrost hocks, breast and neck were badly cut. ‘Ws nt spkn f th sl. We brought her home, and with skillful —Longfellow. “Rllng stn gthrs n mss.”—A proverb. Answers of the following twelve questions to be names of plants or flowers: 1. A very gay and ferocious animal. 2. My first is often sought for my second. 3. Fragrant flowers. 4. What a father said to his son in the morn- ing. 'S’ My first wears my second on his head. 6. My first is an animelof the jungle; my second is & tail, fair lady. 7. A tattered songster. 8. My first is a facial expression of pleasure; econd & woodsman's means of earning his iving. 9. My first is as sharp as needles; my second is as soft as down, 10. The color of a horse. 11. My first is sly, but cannot wear my leg:) 2. My first is the name of a bird; my second is worn by cavalrymen. Who of you can teil what ismeant by a “Red- letter day?” The Absent-Minded Tailor. The tailor’s wife to the tailor said, “Go fill the water-pail, And measure off a yard of cloth— Now, mind you do not fall.” The absent-minded tallor went, The pail filled with nainsook, And measured off & yard upon The surface of the brook L. J. Wide Awake. A diamond for cutting glass) lasts about three months. NEW TO-DAY. it oo 107 AND 109 POST STREET 1220~ 1222~ 1224 MARKET ST. Almost Time For Spring House-= Cleaning. You will want a lot of pretty drapery stuffs to cover up shabby spots. Probably you will need some new Curtains. A bright Portiere will add fifty per cent to the sitting-room. Here are a few special prices on such things. Are you interested ? 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