The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 2, 1900, Page 3

THE SUNDAY CALL. In Calico. They ve sung the song of the girl in pink, And the =ong of the girl in white, LUthe singers are few who have praised the true Goddess of love and light; T he ousehold fairy whom we all know, nd Knowing her love her the better so— girl fm the garment of calico, inty ‘and sweet and bright. The bleom of her cheeks, the light in her y &S her Deauty and title of health: Ar ay ter day in a medest way Her neatness is better than wwealth. : ishioned? Yes, and we wish her 208 For Just tike her mother in calico, With the gentie traits of the years ago Bhe's taken our hearts Ly stealith. Bo. in a nectar of roses I pledge Our dear girls in pirk and white; their eyes and their hair and thelr wuys debonair »Ter my homage to-night; leep In my heart [ feel and know. A lofuer feeling continues to grow For girl in the wrapper of calico, bLainty and sweet and bright. New York Sun. Yet e ¢ Lhie THE PROPER WORD. *“It was the first race said Smith vard-Yals I had ever seen,” referring to the recent Har- regatta, "and 1 tell you it was great. Yale's trainer simply velled ‘Win/’ and they did.” Of course,”” said the old Yale man. “ A word 1t to the Y's is sufficient.” " —Philadel- phia Press, TWO GOOD REASONS The oth-r day a young man gave 4 rea- son for not dancing, the spirit of which might be made to apply 1o a good many fallures In life. “I should ilke to dance,” he said, “and [ should dance, only the music puts me out and the girl gets in my way.” —<London Tit-Bits CHEAP MATERIAL, An Irishman, whe had on a ragged coat, was asked what stuff it was made ‘Bedad, I don't know.,” said he, “but wost of it is made of fresh air, I think.* T MAIDENLY CONFIDENCE He—Tw weeks ago world you have be- lieved it possible that we could be sitting her y the sea 0 close gether and so> much in love? “But u didn't even know it 1 knew myself WHERE THE COILONEL WAS You say the enlognel was the 1 et = 1¢ Was o\ 4 ¢ ¢ n waS n Ho was in the biggags wag 1 ¥ nd Plain Dealer, A servant whon s about to ngRg And do you understand how t r f bicycle and keep it clean? r N m m., but I can give you the address he place where T get mine FETS SOME RELIEF “Doesnt your husband’'s insomnia get any better? No; the only sleep e o er gets is when burglar down rs. " — S ats o 2 awl LWL b SOME ® TR R SILENCING HIS BATTERIES. Scene bar st (surveying his vieti ting very thin. sir Victim—Yes; I've anti-fat. t Tonsorial -artist m)—Ycur hair is get- been treating it with 1 never liked ut hair. Artist—You really should put something on it. Vietim—So 1 do—every meorning. Artist—May 1 ask what? Victim—My kat. The rest was silence —Tid-Bits. “Yes, he was expelled from the bar as- sociation too.” What bar asscciation?” that mceeéts in Finnerty's sa- icon "—leveland Plain Dealer. “The one S NS SRS oNeR e ] & —— - Alkali Ike—Naw; he'd b - 9 TO HIM, death rather sudden? a month, aling hosses fer OF THE VACATION-TIME SRR O R K SCHOOL AGAIN! GLAD GAMBOL SRS AR RN INDULGE IN A GRAWD, T R R R RS PR R RN @ WHERE BADY Where is the baby? Nobhody knows. ook in thé plot- where the hollyhock grows, Out in the garden, under the rose, Or possibly Peer in the down where the Pine Creek flows. shade of the blackthorn tree, Skirmish the sunlit meadow, where she Was wont to toddle in babbling glee To the song of the birds and the buzz of the bee. Where is the bahy? We've tried ever Except in ihe Slept baby < < - o COMMENDING ITER “I wouldn’t go on one of th CAUTION e cheap summ excursions for anytl ‘Of not, my dear; with a slim social ng one has to be careful not off. to step —Chicago got into Jaggles—Since the Parvenues they have had to brush society 1 suppose up a little? Waggles——Yes, indeed. At present they are practicing how to 'walk on a hardwood floor.—The Smart Set. PERHAPS; }’»L'? SHE WOULDN'T AD- MIT IT. Kitty—She she knows a great deal. ! Tom—Does - she know: she isn't pretty? —Stray Stories. isn’t pretty, but A WATCHFUL WIFE. “William,” she said, “will you do some- thing that is for your own good?"” “What is it “] want you to give up smoking. health—and its You are simply ruining your my lace curtains.”"—London Tit-} TWO VIEWS. “How warm Miss Oldgir! I “Um—why, I don’'t t than forty-eight in the she phia Bulletin. DR TSR TR RS TSRK Nobody knows. spot that one could propese, nursery—and with dolly in a pile of old clothes. there, in repose; —GEO. R.. BRILL S RS D SN0 NS WD RES ST ) AN EXCITEMENT CENTER. “Well, little Joe, anything goi on out in the country?” “Aw, everything's goin’ on out in the country; all our hens is a-settin’ i ab Aunt Liza's.”"-—Indianapolis Journsl. ONE OF TWO THINGS. “YWhat Mige ‘“Yes; -he’'s either a great discredit to dianapolis Journal. THI a cunping lawyer _.paminondas great his credit or a profession.” —Ine BORE. First Octopus—Here Let's swim away. Second QOctopus—Why? comes 0ld Shark. First Octopus—Oh, he's always te'ling about the time he caugzht'a man ten fe:t long and let him get away.—Baltimore American, * A MATTER OF CUSTOM. “T ezn't see the justice.,” s Tooler, “in condemning the Mormoi or ariv- ing their wives four-in-kand because we orefer to hiteh cu tandem.” —Smart Sel. ONLY ONE BSTACLE. Old Gentleman—8o,; vou'd like to be- e m - 2 Mr. Hardup-—Yes, sir, if you can afford t Loy n Tit-Bits