The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 29, 1900, Page 4

And the s the air. It could be heard above the din of clanging street car bells and passi trucks contented as house cats crowded with pedes them the mart voices THE SUNpAY CALL. —— - __ et "Oals and Bea Along with Sa Waotson. down m Mex First e a kiss, second > Third comes Frank with straw hat o He takes her on his knee, he says, D 1 EVErRYBO>Y> Sz s *Oh, yes; I love you There's nothing world To vart our love in two.” 16 Suens Beefeutentuntenteutt o s 0, 7 7 ey ey U e happy ind At times some of the boys who idua By mp are repeated by the weaker sex ions ir p e veigled into the game They have a re and r luctance Ao i the g f 1etr companions t if they can enter the priety ey do so kisses repeated When the and impr both stz song co The following song is render: ticulations. Out of conside for v re feelings of the your 1y ce - » ring the 1 of her lover is not e ywever, and ity comg led. His initinds are bystanders are of necess I —— ———— —— e A€, wili yea wallk Ass'? CHooSE THE GiRe ' r%faiIOr-'J = Bt 2 = 1 S i g_t“fi'—* Rain, »ain high and the winds blow cold does not prevent thelr gefting as much As will be observed In the foregoing gathering to and fro; enjoyment out of the games as the initi- lines, the unknown author of them, while And Mayzie Jackson says she’ll die, atod. g et enipecint e Die for a fellow with a roguish eye “Let'’s play ring,” cried a frolicking Pplease the children, because he ends the b verse with promises of future happiness The song being concluded, Kitty Casey jeins hands and Mayzie Jackson takes her station in the ring. It does not mat- and the leader-starts the fun 4., whether Mayzie's hands and face are ing Kiity Casey to stand in the g,,peq with smirches of mud, because her center of the ring, while h companions .,mpanions well know she has attended a revolve round her and sing. Strange as .,oking school in a back lot and has it seem the children have imbibed jearned the receipe for making mud pies. knowledge about “love” from wpaygzje has a “fellow” and Is as proud as their elders that each not only has a beau ;ny little lady in the land. When his ed in their hur and scurry to but has thoughts of being united to the pame is heralded, Miss Jackson's blushes of trade to listen to the sweet lad of their choice when they have reach- can be discerned through the dirt which aised in joyous sor 4> fecling o8 “womn lach child also knows pegrimes her face, but this is lost on her ithy was depic e in whe her compani s little companions, who are busily engaged in The strains of this childish song filled maid. Within n minute every child with- in the sound of her voice rushes toward her and the game is soon under way, All A half dozen ‘“tykes’ just out of school > er ed in play and they looked as They were re- whose large pride at the street w ns and many of little accorded he 1 on the faces of : ond recollections heart i many the auditors, nd in their games the fortunate singing the following vers of their own childhcod returned to them. Li 1orama the earl rs of their own life passed before their eyes. If you have never had the infinite pleasure of listening to these rh > miss 1 delightful as ed an experience wh E any one could desire The s S are the property of the children of ) To hear them proper- only to pass through all streets of an afternoon will drink in the tuneful clz and their songs. Whence these songs originated is lost in dim obscurity. Suffice it to say they have been handed dewn through suc- ceeding era and will never die out. They are the rightful property of the children and nothing can dispossess them of ownership. Half of them do not know the meaning of the verses. but this vouth’s ne is heard with frequency, Kitty Casey having been selected to the center of the ring, the leader tarts an appropriate song and all quickly join in. Down in the meadow where the green gra:s sey as sweet as a rose. S0 sweet; N s her sw he loves her, he buys her a A weddingz in the church and a gay gold ring. Oh, Kitty, oh, Kitty, you ought to be ashamed To marr a boy who will soon be a man; But he works for his Kitty hard as he can. ©Oh, doctor, oh, doctor, c you tell What will make poor Kitty well? She is sick and ready to die, And that would make poor Nattie cry; But Nattie, Natti don’t you cry, For you'll be married on the Fourth aof July, and the winds blow cold And the storm gathering to and fro And Ma Jackson s she’ll die, Die for a fellow with a roguish eye. She is handsome, she is pretty; She is the belle of San Francisco city She has a loved one, one, two, three; Please do tell me who he'll be Freddie Cohen says he'll have her; All the boys are fighting for her. Let them all say what they will, Freddie Cohen will have her still. Mayzie's love story having been told to her satisfaction, she returns to her old place in the revolving circle and Sadie son is chosen to the place of honor. hout delay Sadie hears the following news: All the boys in our town lead a happy life, Excepting Frankie Walker, and he wants & wife. - A wife he shall have, a-courting he shall go, Rain, rain high "HERE COMES Foum SAiors