The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 21, 1899, Page 31

HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 21, 1899. 31 T T T il T TR ‘A\ ) B nl iy RN A W // W AN \\\\\\\\ FHEEIE L4 b4 4444444444+ 44+ 444 and place it In Flossie's pretty hair, F—H—S—H—H—B—M—BH—B-B-—H gove three cheers for Dewey and his 44+ ++++ 4444444444444+ 444444444444 444+ . 4 saying: *“We have two queens, not | brave men, who by their great victory 4 + t PRETTY. STORY OF A MAY QUEEN. & Stsitiaineionintiost cns i PHE HUNTEIR M won the admiration of all the nations | AZALEA AND HER HARD LESSON. : + cheers for Flossie that made the woods BOYS OF ’99 We then ate our lunch and after that + WFTECCTECL O L COUOUTRTL RN Go e C L o O it i D Sy e D iy . A o Ao hround e, Wecould +++++++++++4 4444434444444+ 4444444444 May and Flossie is queen of all hearts BB E-B-® H-H-BE- BB scc Napa Valley and a part of the Coast ui I will take her place by Fred- {5_gay.» ) v T was a fair afternoon in June. said Azalea. : andihelp hisanother ming, (e eos o AR GHESIVORTE, & THOUGHT I would tell you of our Lane on the north, green hils on the § ircloudless sky was a deep blue “Your wish is granted” sald the dear Naneite isHall b trip to Hunters Hill on Dewey nparbines Port Costa and Vallejo Junc. | and the sun shone with its full glory fairy and disappeared. girl was knitting : in a lovely New E home. Her pretty pin e face was all puckered wanted.” e day, May 1. The journey was un- 7 - hal- and splendor upon the pretty land- okl trasi. : her mouth that d ssed her little SEEING FAIRIES der the direction of a club of boys ;‘l;){; °§o};‘f P?r‘;‘r';fi- "ggn)gxfifia?fl; scape. It was indeed pleasing. The hc-LnnI‘:!l?rfa“blla\‘:triffui“v:xl{‘;n::x‘rfv?l:g;a\;\flg for smil v my pet would H of my own age, called “The Little fu ' icco Bay, San Pablo Bay, the flowers were all in bloom; the grass furnighed, and, looking down on herself s all pouts 2 s nearer and better for _ Men of '99.” The boys who went are 5,00 S0 o3 vallejo on the west. was green and the birds sang their che saw {hat a magnificent white satin A abald Vs trial HERE once lived a little girl who Archie McDonell, Tom Roy, Eddie Bry We next wended our way to the Val- Sweete 3ut fairer than all the low- Gress had Teplaced the calico gown that May day c 1 early hour was very poor. Her mother had ant, Albert Ayling, Ancil Coombs, Gu lejo White Sulphur Springs, which is a s was a young girl, apparently about g¢ho wore, and diamonds and rare jewels hands w her sed in a ver dreamed of, but T vet to follow. Ser- d forc- vants flew to obey her slightest wish, , regular features and as the d she went into % g - <o she Oreen, my brother Cecil and Wallace o ound ‘or Vallejo Sixteen summers, who v eated under beett gead for gumme yemis, B0he, v el and ByseE ;“'D':};,‘L“ pg’u“p‘fif“ dfi:-i.‘:zl e 0k tiee With' a4 book.Mn Mer -o-bod inerielprory ter, . lived with her grandfather. He "y, ctarted about 9 o’clock for Hun- months, On our way there my dog hand. She appeared to be deeply in- t : th him. The two lit would sometimes go shopping and ters Hill, about six miles northeast of Cap chased a hare, but as he is not a terested. d each other and Flossie leave his little grandchild at home. Vallejo. It is a large rocky hill, which hound he did not get it; but a little She had auburn hair, which clustered 2 Whenever he came home the child contains great quantities of quicksil- farther on he caught a squ[rrp] in ringlets and fell over he brc = f'“'flt"! 8 "[v"“uv queen of would have his chair, his slippers and ver. We arrived at the base about 11 ~ We arrived at the springs about 2 head, large gray S, happy tir >d in rich profus Hav, dear Na- m\ cap ready for him. One day, as she 0'clock and began our climb. About g’ciock. We took a drink of the water, and a pretty mouth. society and was the undisputed belie. w1 will take good care EltnEina tacking Ghaitirne ol lnlf way up the hill we came across a filled our canteens with it and gave t Jast she uttered a sigh and her She was delighted with it and liked the - A shed, where men stay to shoot coyotes. the dog a swim and started home, wandered from the book, a excitement. As the days flew on she lcep. She dreamed that she was ; n “I do so wish ¢ e pretended that was a Spanish where we arrived about 5 o'clock, a she had ever heen ¥ 1 you would go in my e. I know how &trolling through the wood, when she o4 anq after gathering a greal many tired and dirty lot. Tam 12 years old amma ?" you would like to be queen and you heard a rustle. *hi- Ir-n' d u{\!nnd she s we charged and drove the Span- and go to the Vallejo public school. I murmured. Ten years of her life having passed descending from the sky. ) from it. We went on am in the enth grade. “7¢ 15 'delightful,” answered a soft it e e Uil faind bR Bt etk B s (squirrels . 3 ) _seve e s delightful,” answered & away in a richly furnished home, a HisLele ‘l‘}’!‘mf}"jf“;“::l‘?gw“"m“‘:: until we came to the top, where we RUSSELL P. FITZGERALD. (jo voice, and, looking up, she beheld young woman sat,no other than Azalea, almost forgot that dreamy look in their gray ort I wonder if it is nice to be ric poor.. St T SRR T o kb b b g g S St g g gh g o b S S S SR S S S S owner of the voice, a graceful £ yet in her pale face there was no trace o br .r. He told her that not far — - el the owner of the voice, a grac 3 er pa g e as no tra to Bring her. o He (Ol Rentin Doty s . + Hogley. Had been to dressed very magnificently and of th young girl who had sat R : i : mpen—1 think Mr. Smith must nsc e tloglovs e 1 10 monds flashed on ker fingers. under the oak tree that June afternoon. a be; iful glen, and all the fairies ¢ e beefste: e, e hac 0 ctor's. 0C ells him he is look- ” = 2 1 ~ wWere going {0 have a meeting there. helpings ek e R e “TTell me your name,” tle little crea- She had married a man that she did not “I have come,” he said, “as a messenger The Tactless Boarder—Possibly he did _ Wicks—Is he really as bad as that? ture commanded with a stamp of her love and was most unhappy. She grew to ask you if you are willing to join it on a wager. Poor ft tiny foot. tired of parties and the sparkle of hap- m I/’W' | BY. ALEXANDER D@LPHIN BERSIL =7 4444444441444 4444, oW ¢‘¢.“040600¢000600¢¢¢6 + ) where war was begun, CALD F@@Nm @B@@RAPWUGAL b ur people found out what the Spanish had done E< G - r Dons, whose sway now is o'er; ¥ On this side the water they'll rule never more. D R o e R S S +#+ piness had departed from her eyes and + AR THE MOTHER S RETURN Cal & Gl tty mame and you are in the roses of health no longer bloomed in R T T S AR S S A A I T 1s for Evans, a brave man and e 3 beautiful the flower her cheeks. l i 5 =0 4 2d tried : : * & & Bl FROM THE MOUNTAINS name you bear.” The Azalea had withered and its a fir I'he Towa's captain, and his sailors’ just pride. + e et ncre A bright blossoms faded. Her face was : s f y 1 7 s = answe i beantiful, but pale as marbl s F is for Fever the hot climate brought, 3 T was a cold Saturday evening. “Oh, and to-morrow is my birthday!"” but you are poor, Low oolish L s iy ‘h‘\irflw? (G vhict I o urses so valia 2 Rolf, aged twe t on the said Edna. h does mot seem con- monds and beautiful s tempt- % jainst v 1 our good nurses so valiantly fought. + it “porch of the WWo- They saf down and ate thelr simple Vo i re Tiks wn;‘ flowers that ed me. "Oh T would give all my wealth is f rener iles. he led . roomed cottage waiting for her Jittle meal and went to bed. At mic ur name, ‘to blush unseen and 10 B€ 2 e G Ji I\l\yr-(“»’ SR S, e e e s sister. Edna was a cripple, and night Edna woke up with a start. W/ - their s Gescrt . e yomreally iired I asked & sheers mning victodies for us—for himself great renown. had been crippled all her life. Her siS- was that making such a no There ' You was vy where ing voice. 2 e = 3 : o5 5 ) ter sold flowers out of t el & b die hhciee at n o éhe il Shupkckava'al T O how - Analek sew the fairy of ten years ago. H is for Hobson, of Merrimac fame: + garden. door. Edna woke Lettie up and she wealthy people would envy vou. i really tired? And are you ¥ Y 1 . Edna’'s father and mother had died went to the door. There stood a nice- you were rich you could turn your A = 2 Though kissed by the ladies, he was not to blame. % A 5 uty to advantas-.” {app! Azalea echoed, with a hard looking woman. She threw her arms e e + +Htp bttt bt ra bttt et ound Lettie, Then drawing back as Jut how am I to get rich?” asked laugh. *“I am misera Jhicy she wi 80006 B0 60,00 67 SR o3 P A £ 0 B8 8 2 is Iniquity. Hear of the beef? + she looked into Lettie’s face, she said ez threw herself on her knees at the fairy's : 5 S AR + in a sweet voi Where _is your mply by not staying here any .5 A R e It's proving a mighty political reef. + mother, little J o ; ok, leCmesbe & hapny ELL esaln : BTl 3 4 “Mamma is dead long ago,” said Let- Bb(l am very Rappy here ™ said the AR pnes J 15 for jack—the man back of the gun; e = - girl, “and I should be loth t 3 me to let you be rich,” In war fond of fichting; i ce i of at is your name? “Loth to leave this place?’ said the ered. nd of fighting; in peace fond of fun. 2 ol fairy revealing a set of small pearly = “But v pted me as the serpent is for Knowledee of thines “militaire’’— + 2,0 00s teeth in a silv peal of laughter. tempted E You told me it was nice K s f‘“ Knc \l(j.bc.tnl flxfnhs militaire ; ; 3 1, ma’am.’ v Wouldn't you like to be very rich?’ to be rich It is hateful, The lack of which oft made our soldiers despair. Y Odany s Bter in_a tone of insinuating and I am t « 2 s+ i z g : sl sl e to live in a grand house The smiled scornfully, and room with a l.m, is for Lore, with which Johnny Bull tries Y G E es and diamonds as she disappe Azalea found her- E g 3 dna Rolf. and go to parti grand bails and itting under the oak tree, the sun e eath At To pull international wool o'er our eyes. :d belle, the envy of ttine in’ the west and night was 4444+t b 44444y Do ihe acknowled red-4 3 = 3 4 + all proud ladies? Think of it: how nearing. It was ail a dream. The cot- r,,mq‘ 444444444 # + # 4444444 m is Manila. May first, ninety-eight, e 1n\~|r1\ it 1\\ ould be! Wouldn't you like tage love is better than the palace y o t 3 to be rich?” of cold splendor. : sz % The battle took place—that has made Dewey great. + «om, vy I do wish I could be rich.” PDAFFODIL DAVENPORT. when S + P heard the children o s Nicaragua. Although Mr. Reed B e — s b i tion e 4 Doesn't like it we'll build that.canal—yes, indeed 4 “O, Lettie, T am your mother! I was found. Fetn - ; 2 : s 2 4 lost in the mountains when you were Their mamma told them all sbout her h ind told i O is for Oregon, of war-ships the best; e T i e D ot had chosen her i = i i And she threw her arms around Le : Qs class - D D ,:}U st + How great was her triumph when put to the test! 4 tie, who was so glad she did not know nisht. B WHITTY, E 0 hor mit and + : , what to do. She brought the lady in 1104 Mission s pé cor P and () do most strangely combine, and told Edna their mother was : ety 5 L 2 : 2 A party of visitors to the counfry R A R + And the Philippine Question just wheels into line. ,, +4444+ 4+ 44444444+ ++ was very much interested last summer : e + s S 3 by the remarks of some children, sent is, and there Tttt ettt bt b e bttty R is Rough Riders—Colonel Roosevelt's brave men, & Quifor e iweukior two I Ehb coutfiiy. ks : : . pere were quite a number of them long the children thought, but+ Who well deserved plaudits, now, time and again. 4 playing about a pretty farmhouse ons - ana then they e mistaken, for their mother4 % 5 b 4 day when some ssers-by stopped i Coinid long ago had been lost in the snow ong —Santiago—that wondrous seafight and began to talk to them. Y et e A e the mountains, but had never died, and e i = : + " “Did vou ever seen any chickens be- ; pupl T o for she had been looking for the® 1en Cervera’s big fleet was just sunk out of sight. + fore?” asked one lady as a flock of ;i i come o HErsith arrose children, but had not been able to find+ e : + fowls came strutting down the lawn. b i > the woods. them. is the Telegram Sampson returned o onGye id one of the eldest, c Edna, sitting there in the cold, I r . : St i wisely, with a knowing shake of his o mext Gay mben thought that she saw her sister com-% When he bid for the glory that Schley really earned. 4+ head, “we've always seen ’‘em—lots— s, p e i She went to meet her and asked+4 ’ T il only generally it was after they was very ;,( k, and 1:‘1;“1 she could not if she haa so1d any fowers 2 U s Uncle Sam, whose family is queer— peslsd’ as he ould be le e, be- have sold five bunches. That mother “was tired from Qve PinontEE ety His nephews are white, red, black, yellow—TI hear. D R T T TR R ne one 03 said Lottie. “It is Sob4 444444+ 44444 - < e co 1;} ‘ T e oy ancie) S V s Volunteers. How they flocked at the call + PWe oll b him. Her carrlage Is below and will us. I will meet you at this place about mdIn"““”““qlr‘]"'i‘--“"‘;:rfl,fld bread and o Of their country, determined to win or to fall. + Nanette who woul u to the woods in time for the 7 o’clock.” Why S SUERE. % = g , that is nice. Now to-morrow ’ 7 Q ’ -+ ; let us have Flossi The girl was at the appointed place . ‘33 that Is 3 g + s for Wheeler, the South’s doughty Joe— - was going on in he went and arrived just before at 7 o'clock. She looked up in the Ve can have bacon and cake. e SR .‘\H' {0 = + t. Would she le friend was crowned queen. clouds and saw there the same fairy ey o 5606 SO € d S| was victory - D r not? a4 the children wese to'see‘her; in a walntt shell Grawn by six buiter. SC T exedeeien Seiaciid | B 5 + Nanette's crown. and Nanette ‘would take oft her crown flies. She got in, and in five minutes & ROLL OF HONOR + cellent work on the land and the sea. T she reached fairyland, where she saw & 5 O o SR hat ol 34 SR = = - — T HGBEE R ARCBE m!rieshflmng fi;n mush(i {QS p— 4 A ur hghters are heroes—to that you'll agree. + rooms singing, laughing, talking and ¢ LMA SCHROEDER, 610 & e 2 e o . a Few Words @bout Puzzlers and Concerning Puzzles. A S he un g it anAl Sobhia ‘f‘ Caftal dVEASEIEA Ay «g e Y is for Yankees whom Spaniards despised— : e R A IN I Yl A0 among them. One of the fairies stepped % Mary Riley, 225 Plerce & o ; Ly ;W ol S o , i o o ong pula;;m\'n}:}n{hcr‘.h’l‘l&en men; S strest, San Francises; & i But after they met 'em they were dazed and surprised. 4 . Roll of onor is quite long have just missed getting on the Ro! “Hurra or e Queen of @ Herbert Merrill, 405 East £ is 7 ‘hi W - 2 + this morning. That bears testi- of Honor this weck and who deserve & Eleventh street, East Oakland; 2 + Z is for Zeal, “hm]} T woh have shown Bé our knowledge of the special mention for good guessing are She stayed there till midnight and & Esther Corwin, 1750 Tenth street, For the Red Cross in good deedsthey’ve wrought, though ries and also to your then_they took her home. When she % Oakland; Frank Fenelius, 61 3L 3 = s e The answers got home she heard some one calling & Hoff avente, San Francisco; at horne. Amy W. Robinson, 1016 East Sixteenth street, East Oakland; Edward Kenneth Rogers, 1824 Buena Vista avenue, Alameda; Robert Clark, 1418 Myrtle street, Oakland; John N. Blood, 324 Noe street, San Francisco; Ora Hol- lingsworth, Woodland; Charley Ferry, Sierra Madre, Cal,; Mabel Curtis, Crescent City, Cal; Belle Park, 105 Andover avenue, San Francisco; Edna Horn, 20 Hampton place, San Francisco; Grace Lloyd, 2507 Sutter street; Edna Ralph, Alvarado; Emma her, “Lucy, Lucy, wake up.” She opened her eyes and she saw that it was all a dream. She told her grand- re are other father, and he laughed. She said. “Oh, to spell out t I wish I could dream this all over iends who Francisco; Emile Louis, 113 Valley street, again.” LORENA JOHNSON, &Lk LROOSOILORNDOOOLIOLE 0K R & L & OLHIUOLO DO TSR OLY other sister named Florence and five We all try to solve the puzzles, never guess the whole number of them. We live across from Garfie'd Square, a_park extending from Harrison street to Treat avenue and from Twenty- fifth to Twenty-sixth streets. ALICE L. BOND. 2013 Harrison street, San Francisco. + - 4 &—dont forget our invaluable head— + 51 McKinley, by whom we: so proudly are led. GOSN & S HHUPOODOLE TN CHOLIRITS B DEGI0IDEDDE GO UL & HIGEDDE ST Q Dear Bditor—I like to see the Children's wheel. My brother is § years ol Page. 1 have a sprained ankle and had don't know how to ride. My pa to stay home from he to-day; so I newspaper man, and I h“l‘l' to thought I would write a little letter to letter printed in your paper. Truls you. I am nine years old and am in the RUT third grade, and think I will be promoted Santa Clara, Cal. in the’fourih grade in June. I belong to 7 Shs Dear E e great interest in the Y. M. C. A We are taught (n & gym- _ Dear Editor: This is my first letter to- the Boy Is' page. I thought that nasium to do high jumping, hand springs, The Call, and I hope to see it published. [ would try to answer vour pugales. I n handball, back somersauits, dumbbells, I am in the fifth grade and my teacher's Yours truly, BESSIE DA Bennett, Gilroy; Ethel Rossiter, war clubs and many games, and now we name is Miss Reuf. I go to the Garfield Alameda Mine, Tuolumne County, Cal. Redwood City; Freddie Hartell, have a class in swimming. ‘'We have lots Primary School. I am 9 years old. My ¢ Belmont; Mary Ellen Fuselier, & ?t, fun. ‘S?m"éimes me hflg}e l‘\llce enter- P 2 ainments in the evening. My little sister A Iilz%‘ll:h and I did belong to a dancing school and 0L e Y = Pl we liked that, too. On Sundays we go to Searle, 2115 Alameda avenue, Sunday school. Sometimes I go fishing Alameda; - J. Mervyn Rising, with my brother in a duck boat and we 191 Bartlett street; Hazel Eby, catch lots of fish. I wish I could swim 958 Center street, Oakland: An. as my brother does. but I am a _little afraid of the water yet. We have one pet +4+ 4+ 4 nd mother has taken The Call for so many years that I thought it was time to write. ] to read The Call and find thn pax: JOH. Cie e S T SR e dcR e T e L e P u X Dear Editor: As I have not seen any letter from Arcata, I thought I would write a few words concerning it. It is a town about three miles from the ocean, and from the hills skirting the town the breakers may be Seen on the shore. Ar- cata has about 1000 inhabitants, who rep- resent nearly every natlon of the world Q@ITOTOTL SRIOLIOLRORILSS U & Y VOV IV QT except China. We have a fine climate, nie Richards, 250 Dore street; ¢ having neither too cold winters nor tos s Annie Fitzgerald, Gilroy; Henry © andthatisados = o o hot summers. But in February we were A. Hussey, Vallejo; Lucy Far- @ Aot o 2 s favored with over two Inches of snow. rell, 2711 Bryant strcet; Ethel & Dear Editor—My parents take The Call {{mnng to LT letter l‘n pridnt, rl"sq;l:ll Vandervoort. Sunol Glen, Ala- @ and say it is the best paper. I like to do cloge ow. Vour constang st R e ¥ meda County Mignon 2 San- ;"sh.r;“k"l‘"fi;‘"sm;";. 30, Bexs, Jose Ar 2 no, Vallejo; XImo Culbert, 1916 / ¢ 4 Sty ake us to M Dear Editor: 1 will write this letter to ton White, 1. ine street; CRHARTES TEVrnsex, z '“':fffjr {4 Howard, She fe §OInZ 'S Lan Serite and The Cail and hope o see it published. T go Louls Damkroeger,’ 1041 Noa §8 Cumberland street, San Francisco. vour paper for tell all about our trip. We are taught to the Bernal Primary school. My teach- street; Arthur B. Barry, 130 % R rs and feels sewing at school and 1 am making a dress er's name is Miss Simpson. She is very Pierce street; Otto Bach, 425 Dear Editor: This is my first letter to t give it up. 1 attend the for my little sister. She is four months patient. I am in the sixth grade and I rcahsilch atoaat The Call. I am 9 years old and in the rammar School and love old and has large blue eyes, rosy checks, am 11 years old. Your little reader, fourth grade of the Santa Clara Public rly: she is so kind an pmpm fair skin and a bright, smiling little face. BELLE SANDY. School. My teacher's name is Miss Dovle. with us all. Her name is Miss Emama G. Her name is Flizabeth Beryl. I have an- San Francisco. QOLOUOLONO YO TS L oGO e® I have just been learning how to ride a