The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 7, 1904, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL. was a bit and a bit too many to think too f marry- a led the merry and then n iey went. There mor in Miss Bett ughter tc the with cause of of a show at tha she easy medal legiate games, he d obeying a sud- her in his arms not have dared there was something Miss Betty's color, and her ng eyes, that just made Tommy couldn’t help it,” he gasped A en he stopped. For she was o ght into his eyes with an ex hat he had never seen b < thought it wa » h If and = = he implored for the fifteenth t you again. I can't arry me. I won't herself away. vy McClenahan. Ir.—Mr. Master- “that 1 would She ched her on the arm. “No, r he exclaimed; “you can't s went on, “That I would f his team, the Frankforts, ent game at the coun- e fair and square, Tom- her—I promise to eam wins out and no, that's all It nev and it can't ed. “Then,” she said the better Tommy, nothing further. £ her si He e with his glancr whose team wins the e said at parting. ttered Tommy to knew we couldn't she llked me better she ght Frankfort Plains was of Frankfort County. s was a fashionable and the county fair the fashionable events of at all seasons the !y place, and the twe helped to make it so clubs supported—by ocketbooks of & few mil- good football team: ort Plains Club team was by John Masterson Esq., Wayside Athletic Club team McClenahan. Masterson his team with bulidogs ; Masterson’s team had in- variably won. Both men were college s. The county fair judges, elso by grace of the aforesald pocket- books, bad offered this year a $1000 ce ' UNDER (Copyright, 1304, by W. W. Hines.) 5—4 GDEN could not rec- ollect having lost any uncles lately, and it was a distinet sur- prise to be greeted as & nephew by the stern-featured old man in the puffing automobile. “Come here, you young rascal,” the old man almost shouted as the auto- mobile drew up to the sidewalk. Without knowing why, Ogden went. Perhaps it was curiosity, perhaps it was because he did not happen to think of anything else to do. At any rate, he stepped up to the automobile and took & good long look at its occu- pant “Get in here at once,” said the old man W asked Oggen. “Why?” repeated the old man. “Be- cause I tell you to do so. Here I have been looking for you for the past two weeks and now you want to run away when F find you. That is a pretty way nephew to treat his uncle!” you are my uncle?” said Ogden, Then the spirit of adven- h had been his guiding star eized possession of him and the vehicle, which ing, down the avenue to- on square. down he puzzled with the part which he was or rather being forced to act. As the quizzical tu wh himself as t e as he could gather from ation of the old man, he was phew Rodney. The last name been introduced into the con- Rodney seemed to have rom the West for a visit and to t the house without warning, more or less violent quarrel with his uncle. hat did you want to run away 1 young rascal? The girl is cer- ¥ as pretty a girl as you will find after a FALSE i YaLEVARD ' YaLEVERD Ya CRIED HALF A HINDEED TRANGERS cash prize to the feam that won the football game in the country fair tour- nament. There was never any restric- tion as to what teams should compete, but as the Wayside could lick any- thing in the county except the Frank- fort, and as the Frankfort could lick the Wayside, there was little doubt which teams would piay. And there was little doubt also which team would win. In the midst of the preparation for the fair Mr. John Masterson- had proposed to Miss Betty Pennington for the thirteenth time, and - Tommy had proposed for the fifteenth time; and her ultimatum had gone forth. Now it is just as well to state right here that Miss Betty had a small broth- er who hated Mr. Masterson, and who was a crony of Tommy McClenahan's, and that this small brother carried to the latter all the news he gathered during the course of ghe days and weeks. This may or may not have some bearing on the case. McClenahan got his team out and had them in practice at every avail- able hour of the day. He had to do the best he could. He could not tell them why; but they worked, for they were after the $1000 and the applause of the community. They worked. Masterson. on the contrary, gave his team a rest. Everybody wondered why, but Masterson was czar, and they left him alone. Now, Masterson was the graduate of a college whose name is a household word—a collex: which battles with another college o the football fleld every fall: upon which battle hangs the interest bf mil- llons. It is invariably the game of the year. But this college team stands up but to be defeated, except upon oc- — in the whole country, sir. It was only to be expected that she should show some coquetry about accepting you, but I am surprised that any nephew of mine would be such a fool as to run away from a pretty girl. Why did you do 1t, sir?” The old gentleman was very irate. Taking his cue from the fragmentary information furnished him by these re- marks, Ogden, resolved to carry through the comedy, straightened him- self up and remarked, with his most dignified air: “Because I trust that I am too much of a gentleman to force my attentions in any quarter where they are not wanted.” He had read this sentence in some old-fashioned book and thought it might go well with his elderly uncle. The old fellow looked rather pleased and said: “I should have understood it, my The sentiment does credit to your blood and your breeding, sir. But my heart is set on this match. Just t 11 the girl you won't take ‘No’ for an an- swer and she will come around in time. Eh, Gad, sir, when I was would have been delighted quetries she has used on you. By this time the automobile had come to a stop in front of one of the old houses along the north side of the square and the two passengers alighted. Entering the house the old man, with Rodney in tow, made for the drawing- room, where they could hear some one playing on the piano. The room was rather dark, but as they entered the’ light was good enough for Rodney to make out the uncommonly pretty girl seated at the piano. She got up uastily as they entered the room and ran to greet the old man. Then she turned to Ogden and said: “Sogrou have come back, Cousin Rodnl ‘I was under the impression that you had left the city.” Feeling rather ashamed of himself | COLORS By W. Hines for carrying on the deception, but over- powered by the desire for adventure, Ogden sat down and joined in the con- versation, fencing carefully for time whenever he was asked a question the answer to which might betray his iden- tity. Whenever ha got a chance he stol. & glance at tHe girl. He fancied once or twice that he detected a flicker- of amusement upon her face. She was evidently watching him, narrowly, and the conviction grew upon him that she suspected he was an impostor. The girl was certainly a beauty and he could not understand why the real Rod- ney had been callous enough to run away from her soclety,-even if he had found his presence more or less unwel- come. By and by the old gentleman e cused himself upon the plea that he must take his regular afternoon nap, and left the two young people alone. The moment he was safely out of hearing the girl broke into a peal of laughter and said: “Did you think he fooled me?” She was taking it very nicely, thought Ogden, and he braced him- self up enough to say: “No, I knew you recognized my im- position. But, believe me, I am not an intentional impostor. Your uncle picked me up on the street and swore up and down that I was his nephew. It would not have been proper to ac- cuse him of falsehood, so I just came along.” The girl grew serious and said: “You know uncle is a bit nearsight- ed, and he will not, under any circum- stances, consent to wear glasses. You do look wonderfully like his nephew. But don’t you know who you are sup- posed to be?” “No more idea than the man in the moon,” asseverated Ogden, solemnly. “Why, you are supposed to be Rod- ney Phillips. You know him, don’t you?” . “Rodney Phillips! No, I don’t be- lieve I do. But stop. Why, ‘Chesty’ Phillips that I used to room with at Yale. His right name was Rodney, but no one ever called him by that name. So that explains the resem- e blance. The fellows used to call us the “BPwo Dromios.” " “Yes,"” said the girl, laughing heart- ily, “and you are Ogden Harwood. Cousin Rodney has shown me pic- tures of you a dozen times and com- mented on the mblance.” “But tell me,” interupted Ogden, “why did Rodney run away from you?” “Because he is engaged to a very dear friend of mine and uncle won't hear of his marrying any one but me. Rodney hasn't a cent except his slen- der salary and the allowance uncle makes him, so he has to dissemble.” “I would like very much to see the girl Rodney is engaged to,” said Og- den. “And why?" asked the girl. “She must be very beautiful, in- deed.” “How do you know?" “Is it proper to pay compliments upon short acquaintance?” “You may answer my question when you have known me longer. “Thanks, since that means you are not going to cut me when next we meet.” * “But you had better leave before uncle comes down from his nap.” “And when can I be properly intro- duced to you?” “Didn’t you know Raymond Pearson at Yale?” “Yes, but why?” “He is to be married to a friend of mine next week and I am to be the maid of honor. Can’t you get him to invite you?" “I am in town to be his best man.” “What a coincidence! But you must g0 now.” ¥ “All right. Then I'll just say au revoir untll we are properly intro- duced.” ““Yes, au revoir, until the rehearsal of the ceremony next Tuesday. And Ogden was down the steps and into the street, conscious of the fact that he was looking forward to the wedding of his friend Pearson with much more interest than even a best man is supposed to take in such an event. asion. Masterson nimseif haa once redeemed it by kicking a goal from the field. Masterson thought of this college team which bowed to none other than to its successful rival. “All,” muttered Masterson to him- self, “is fair in love.” Then he wroute a letter to the captain of the college team: “Send me one or two good men,” he wrote, “there’s $1000 in it, and you can have the bigger part of it. 1 am ‘working for something else, and I want to win this game. McClenahan has a new man or two that I'm afraid of. I won’t take chances.” The president of the college club, with an eye on the $1000, immediately replied—and favorably. too. Master- son, who had been to this time some- what uncertain, now rubbed his hands . with glee. The day arrived—and the hour. Miss Betty Pennington. with sparkling eyes, wearing a composite bouquet, made up of two sent to her by Masterson and McClenahan., was seated in the front row on the grand petty,” he said to himself. Me- Clenahan did the same. The air was filled with a vague unrest. The stands were filled with strangers. an air of mystery abroad. Suddenly a door where the There. was Frank- fort men were Tuartered opened and eleven men filed out, clothed in the Frankfort colors. As they came acruss the fleld there was a gasp from the ignorant, and an uproarious laugt from the knowing. *in ¢y looked and then rst man of the For the téeam was nofie other than the famous quarterback of Masterson's alma ma- huzza d.v ter team. But the applause had not died gown when : nen in the fleld—strangers they w ant mad with excitement. “Rah! Rah' Rah! Quincetown! Quincetown! Quince!” they yelled. And then everybody knew. For not only Helmstaedter, but every man in-the Frankfort team, was none other than one of the regu- lar Quincetown College team, dis- guised in Frankfort colors. Miss Bet- ty turned pale. Masterson across the field smiled. *“All's fair,” he assured himself. Another door opened and Tommy McClenahan stepped out. The Way- side team followed him—eleven Way- side stalwarts. They rushed into the knew that the Wawside team were go- ing out to certain destruction. Not a word was uttered, however, until the two teams began to line up. At that instant, how r, the two teams gazed into_each r's faces, and the Quincetown team blanched and step- ped back. Then pandemonium broke loose. “Yalevard! Yalevard! Yalevard!™ cried half a hundred strangers. The whole stand arose and yelled. “Yale- vard!” it cried. And then everybody knew. For Tommy MecClenahan had been kept Informed of certain things by Miss Betty’'s small brother, and had profited accordingly. Tommy had checkmated Masterson for sure. And accordingly the Yalevard team carried off its share of the $1000 and & goodly portion of the gate receipts, And as the Quincetown-Yalevard offi- cial game approaches. it is no wonder that the odds have been fixed at 4 to 1 3n Yalevard. For the Frankfort Plaing score was 36 to 0. ‘You don’t mean to say, Miss Betty,” said Muasterson, “that you would let your marriage hang on the mere score of a game™ Miss Betty smiled. I's fair—"* she answered. “You asked me thirteen times—what could you expect?" Later she lifted up her face to Tom- my’s to be kissed. “T knew you'dAvin that game some wa she remarked. o+ stand. Masterson came out and looked fleld pell mell. Everybody, realizing She shuddered. would have been the fleld over, and waved at Miss Betty. the trick that Masterson had played, awful if you hadn't. -+ — > | ¥ - THE MIND OF A GROWING CHILD | — ANY nparents are apt to forget that a child has a bodv. This body has or- gans. In this par- ticular it differs from unorganized bodies. The young child seems to be a mere animal. Its body differs from that of the vezetable not only in compesition, but in method of nutrition, in having sensation and in being able to move from place to place. But the child is more than a mere animal. In body it differs from other animals by having two hands, two feet, a chin, by being able to stand erect, and in that it has a higher type of brain. The brain is the organ of mind. A child's brain differs from that of other animals in such a way as to give en- tirely different results, both mental and moral. Because of these differences the child is able to improv This ability to improve makes possible the improve- mexnt of the race. The bee of to-day builds as did the first bee. How dif- ferent the work of man now from what it was at the beginning! By differences mentioned we are able to separate the child from all other ani- mals. We also have seen that a child is what it is because of its peculiarities of mind and body. Consideration of both is important, that more import- ance may be attached to the develop- ment of the right kind of bodies and minds. A parent needs to know but little of anatomy, as it is a me cription of different parts of the b Physiology tells us the use of each part. Hygiene glives information as to the proper care of the different parts. Every parent should understand the important facts concerning the existence and care of the different organs. This is especiaily important with such as the digestive, the bony, the circulatory, the nervou: the muscular, and with the provisions made for purifying the blood by breath- ing. A careful study of these will prove interesting knowledge for every parent. Any school book on physiology and hygiene will give all the information needed. It is ry important, then, that hav- ing realized that the child is an ani- mal with certain advantages over other animals, the parents should strive to make the child a strong ani- mal. But little will ever be accom- plished by most children unless care is taken to provide them with strong bodies. To do this parents will need give attention to a number of impor- tant matters. L4 Parents should consider well quan- tity, quality and variety of food for children. All needs should be deter- mined by the age of the child, as well as by the time of taking, and the cli- mate. Some foods are of good use. Others should never be taken save in cold weather. Milk, lean flesh and the whole wheat are those which will sus- tain life longest without change. At~ tention must also be given to the man- ner of eating. Another matter which parents should watch is that of drink- ing too much at the table, as that is a habit which many children have. An- other important matter is the charac- ter and amount of clothing which it is best for children to wear. The ven- tilation both day and night, the impor- tance of light, regulation of the tem- perature of the house, character and amount of exercise, sleep required, and many similar matters, are things which the parents should keep in mind and try to understand. Thus they may the better help their children to de- velop strong bodies with which to fight life’s battles. Some will be ready to say that it is too much trouble to study these things for the purpose of helping thelr chil- dren. Many are willing to spend more time on how to raise better pigs, or finer dogs and cats, than in learning | @ «# . HIS PROXY-B> L. B. (Copyright, 1904, by C. B. Lewis.) \q§-osr of the particu- lars of this story can be found on flle in the State Department at ‘Washington, but the said S. D., for reasons best S known to itself, has never given them out for publication. The President may make a mistake in appointing a Consul, but the Staté Department never makes things worse by making publ’c the man’s shortcomings. There could have been only one rea- son for appointing James Hartman as Consul at San Escondido, which you may imagine to be one of the South American states. “Jim,” as he was gen- erally called, had some influence in State politics and had used it on the right side. Socially he had no standin as a business man he was known to be crafty and unprincipled. It was a third- rate appointment to a third-rate con- sulship, but it was good enough for Jim Hartman. In fact, it was what he se- lected and pulled strings for. Only three miles from San Escondido were the mines of the American Mining and Smelting Company, of which Hart- man was a large stockholder. Every three or four months for several years past there had been strikes and rows, and the feeling against the company was widespread and bitter. This had not extended to the consulate, as the appointee had no business interest, but Hartman had hardly taken possession of his office when he began using it as as far as he could for the benefit of the stockholders. There were many ways in which he could and did favor the company, and his position soon be- came generally known and increased the bitter feeling. JHe realized it, but defled public sentiment. So long as the Secretary of State did not bring him to book he did not care for what others t or said. u‘;‘l:h!hnmm had been Consul for six months, dividing his time about equally between Uncle Sam and the American Company, and drawing an income from both, when a new strike leader came to the front. He was a man who had traveled in the United States and learned a thing or two. For instance, he had learned that throwing down tools and walking off in a peaceful way seldom or never won a strike. There must be bitter speeches—deflance of authority—de- struction of property. He made the bitter speeches. He got the laborers for a strike and destruction of prop- erty, and this included Consul Hart- man. The laboring men of that State would show the great United States how they regarded her by chasing her Consul at San Escondido from his of- fice and then hauling down and tramp- ling upor the Stars and Stripes. His plans were well laid, and a part of them worked all right. That any of the details miscarried was not his fault, nor yet that of the Consul. One morning Jim Hartman received a visitor whose card- bore the inscrip- tion, “Thomas Holmes, Colorado, U. S. A Mr. Holmes was no gentleman. That is, he explained that he had been a prospector, laborer, miner and sev- eral other things, and was even then looking for something that might pay him a couple of dollars per day until he could get a new hold with his feet. He had been landed from a steamer with only $3 in cash in his pockets, and the card he sent in was a writ- ten address in pencil. He was talking with the Consul about the mines near at hand and begging for a job, when the telephone rang and the superin- tendent of the American said over the ‘wire: “Hell broke loose here half an hour ago. Men all went on a strike, and are now destroying everything within reach. When they get through heres they are going to march into town and make it hot for you. Better vamose at once.” “What's up?” asked Holmes of Colo- rado, as the Consul turned to him with a pale face. “Strike at the mines, and the fellows are coming here to do me up.” “But you are the Consul.” ‘That won't play any part.” “But the American flag flles over your head.” ° “They’ll tear it down and drag it through the gutters. I've got to get out within flve minutes if I want to save my life.” “See here, man,” said Mr. Holmes, the Consul walked about grabbing up books and papers and storing them in the vault, “it strikes me that you are a fishworm instead of a man.” “What the devil yould you have me do? Stay here and be torn to pieces by a frenzied mob? There is no sol- diery here to protect me, and when a South American mob starts in to do~ violence it doesn’t stop at anything. These strikers will hang every Ameri- can in San Escondido before noon.” “I'll bet dollars to cents they don't,” ‘was the sturdy reply. “So you propose to evacuate the position before you are attacked?” “I propose to get out of this In the next three minutes.” “Then Uncle Sam made & mistake in sending you down here. Have you any firearms around?” #“There is a Winchester and ammuni- how to bring up children. This seems & pretty hard statement, but is it not true? How few parents have given systematic study to this most impor- tant problem? Drop into the nearest library and you will find many volumes devoted to the raising of dogs and sim- flar matters. Search diligently and it is doubtful if you will be able to find a single book of practical suggestions upon the management and training of children. Had there been a demand for such books the country would have been flooded with them.s Think of it! More interest in developing the soul- less occupant of the pigpen than in un- folding precious human beings, made after the image of God himself, and bearing the umnmistakable stamp of the parents’ peculiarities. The best wealth any parent can give a child is health of mind and body. Without it life must be a prolonged misery. Woe to the parent who has sown seeds of disease in his unborn children. There may be some little ex- cuse for those who do not look care- fully after the health of those borm healthy. For others there can be none. The child who starts with a strong body has a hundred times better chance of enjoying a happy and successful lifs than the child who has not a healthy body. There are some few notable ex- ceptions, but they only prove the rule. Health is the first and perpetual condi- tion of success. How many of th who have wealth would give it all for the health enjoyed by the poorest la- borer on the street! The great troubls is that, like other blessings, it bright- ens only as it takes its flight. There- fore we are not apt to care for it until it Is too late. The child who wants health wants everything. Give him health and moral and intellectual training, and you need give him nothing else. Fall to give him health and you can never make up for the loss. Give him health and no one will envy him the happiness it brings. —_— Lewis @ @ @ tion in that closet, but you will be a fool to stay. They'll be here within an hour, and if they don’t hang you it'll be because they'll tear you to pieces firs! “Thank you,” replied Mr. Holmes as the Consul bolted out of the office, “but I'm going to stay right here and keep Old Glory flapping in the morn- ing breeze. If any man can haul down that flag while I'm on guard I'll quit calling Denver, Colorado, my native town.” The alarm began to spread through the town. Stores and banks were closed and many citizens left by any conveyance they could secure. Mr. Holmes had a dozen callers who ad- vised him to leave at once, but he sim- ply shook his head and went on barri- cading the doors and windows and taking a loving glance at the old flag now and then. He had an hour teo get ready in and it was plenty of time. He sent word to the Mayor eof the town that he would hurt some one if attacked, and the Mayor replied that he must fight his own battle, and then left town. At the end of an hour 3000 men appeared with flags flying and drums beating. There wers 1000 men from the mines, and the others were the riff-raff of the city and coun- try. ‘That gan eant mischief. It had adopted the merican idea™ for the first time and it proposed to make its power felt. A dozen citizens were assaulted, fences broken down, stores sacked and telephone poles torn down to get up an appetite, and then the leader steered them for the American consulate. The mob screeched and cheered and rushed forward, expect- ing to have the building torn down in five migutes. “Now,"™Mr.. Holmes of Colorado,” sald the occupant to himself as he witnessed the rush; and the Winchester spoke and a man dropped dead. It spoke as fast as Mr. Holmes could draw trigger, and at every report a man went down. The mob had fire- arms and volleys were fired; it had rocks and it showered them ggainst the building like hailstones. When the rifle was empty the magasine was re- filled, and it was pop! pop!.pop! until the mob finally turned and took to its heels in a panic and left Old Glory still waving. There was no return. A few more stores were sacked and a few more citizens cuffed about, and then the “strike for freedom™ was over. Mr. Holmes from Colorado removed his barricade in ue time and sauntered out upon the public sc-are and did some counting. “About twenty-five, as I make it,” he mused, “and half a dozen others must have been carried off. Not so bad for a new beginner—for a man who just fell into the job, as it were, and had only an hour to get ready int™