The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1904, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL. BURNING JAMES R AT THE STAKE | L —p——s + HERE wes a strong smell of burning rubber in St. Ursula's Bchool for Girls. “What is it?" asked Miss Fanthorne, the principal. “What can it be echoed Miss Muns, the teacher of drawing. The family of dolls that lived in the upper dormitory knmew what it weas. Jemes R, the rubber doll, was being burned at the stake. He stood bolt upright in the wash basin, prop- ped there by pleces of wood, to one ©f which he was securely tied. The basin was heaped with ‘paper, Wwhich burried fitfully. From time to time Mifdred Alice, the Lord High Execu- tioneer, encouraged the flames with fresh paper. “He'll blaze away for dear life, presently,” she satd, cheerfully, “and when he does the sorrowing friends must shriek terribly.” The sorrowing friends were repre- sented by Mary Marcella, the doil's mistress, who, attired in the cook's hlack shawl and crape draped bonnet, {ldred Alice for the oc- d mournfully on at the le. Real tears stood in her e felt for Jz R. nie Dearborn, who had om to Mary Marcella, and e dolis as much as their N mistees so looked mournfully on. 1 his ashes to the sor- after he is all burned fun,” Mildred s ashes; T want Marceila, ob- no heed to this v girl yme with oom- unceasing traged 7 hem how sk ved dolls at can take Mary and ‘she cast a ds Fanchon, the bea we ight behead the Princess Lam- Miss Fanchon turned her dazzling glances away -from the martyred James R and bestowed them on the Indlan doll, the Young Brave of the Mildred Alice, en- can scalp the ald be fun.” Brave; The Young Brave said ng, but it 'was noticed that he did spond to Miss Fanchon’s bewitchments. He seemed to be thinking deepl James R burned very slowly. “He ing a little at the toes” complained Mildred Alice. She heaped the paper around him and lighted it again so that it broke into a 1t blaze. sh of sorrowing > cried Mildred Alice, excited- friends Iy. Mary Marcella tried to shriek, but her tongue clove to the roof of her mouth. “Friends, I call upon you to avenge my death,” pronounced Mildred Alice, in & sepulchral voice. She was about to continue the speech of the dying man, which she gave in proxy, when the door opened suddenly. There stood Miss Fanthorne, the principal. “Oh,” explained Mildred Alice, blandly, “we are burning James R at the stake. His ashes are to be dis- tributed presen But Miss Fanthorne had not wait- ed for an explanation. She picked up James R by his head and doused him in the water pitcher. “Go to your roo she said st ly to the late lord high execy “All three of vou wiil report to class teacher for extra lesson punish- ment. Mery Marcella and Jennie did not care. They would gladly have saved James R at a much greater cost than this “And what might have happened if the frightful holocaust had not been discovered you znd I cannot contem- plate without a shudder,” said Miss Fanchonu to the Young Brave of the ‘Wabash, when the dolis were talking it over that night. - —_— -+ A Boy’s Curiosity 4 — I F an old story be true the curiosity of a little boy led to the Invention of the telescope, that remarkable glass which reveals the wonders of the heavens to our eyes. I suppose we all know that Galileo first constructed and used a telescope for scientific pur- poses, but some one else first conceived the idea of one. Now, here is'a story which I have heard and which I think interesting enough to tell you. Mapy years ago there lived in far away Holland an optician. He had three children, all of whom loved to play about and watch him as he sat at his bench working. His little boy one memorable day that he had taken e Sy _ ODD CONTEST TO-DAY Beautiful Prizes---One Hundr;d and Fifty of Them--- For Those Who Qan Guess These Puzzles. H, children, the Puzzle Editor is going to try you with a new kind of pumle contest to-day. So l i ! listen carefully. ¥irst, these are three different kinds of puzzles rolled into one. Pay strict attention while the Puzzle Editor explains. To begin with, look at pictures 1, 2, 3 and 4. . They make up the first series and each represents something secn on a dining table. Now you dre all absolutely familiar with the things seen on a din- ing table, that is, if you have the appetite that the* Puzzle Editor used to struggle with when young, so you ought to have no difficulty with the firét four. The mext four pictures numbered 5, 6, 7 and 8 represent four different things that are good to eat. &!:-e T Crauberry sauce and pumpkin pie and things like that. Oh, you won’t need any help to guess our. The third' and last four pictures, numbered 9, 10, 11 and 12, represent four things seen in a sawmill. Perhaps those do not sound so easy, but they are. Just try and see. There is a beautiful prize for you and your picture in the gallery of honor if you win. PLLASE DON'T SEND IN ANY TINTYPE PICTURES OR PROOFS THAT ARE UNTONED—which means that they will fade as soon ag they are exposed to the sun, and don’t ferget to write your name and address on the back of each and every photograph. And by all means be sure that you are a prize win- nef before you send in any picture at all. And remember this: You will all have a chance not only to win one of those 150 prizes, but get your picture published as well. . The Puzzle Editor wants all the prize winners to send in their pictures —the whole 150 every week if possible. Begin right now. Don’t walt. The more the merrier. There can’t be too many. But remember, only the prize winners can have their pictures published. THERE ARE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PRIZES, and this Is what you must do to win one of them: Find the names of Four Things: Seen on a Dining Table in pictures 1, 2, 3 and 4; Four Things Good to Eat in pictures 5, 8, 7 and 8, and Four Things Seen in a Sawmill in pictures 9, 10, 11 and 12 X on this page and wriie them out In the space opposite the proper corresponding number provided for the e purpose in the coupon on this page, as per directions; fill in the coupon with your name and address and the prize you desire—if you win—and send the coupon to the EDITOR OF THE NAME PUZZLE PAGE, Sunday " Call, San Francisco, Cal. o . REMEMBER—To the FIRST ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BOYS AND GIRLS who solve the twelve Name Puzzles correctly, one of these ONlX HUNDRED AND FIFTY BEAUTIFUL PRIZES will be awarded. . And don't forget this next point, because it is very important: ALL ANSWERS MUST REACH THIS OFFICE BY FRIDAY NOON. This gives all those in the country an equal chance to compete. Read everything on this page, to be sure that you overiook nothing that will help you to win a prize. THE NAMES OF THE LUCKY WINNERS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE SUNDAY CALL TWO WEEKS FROM TO-DAY, April 17, : ) ; i Mmmemmummmoxsmmmmummuymunmu..pu. es correctly: The Blithedale Romance, by Hawthorne; Christie’s Old Organ, by Walton; Evangeline, by Longfel- Jow; The Fairy Land of Science, by Bucklcy: Greek Heroes, by Kingsley; The Song of Hiawatha, by Long- fellow; Kidnaped, by Stevenson; Lucile, by Meredith: Mine Own People, by Kipling; Mosses From an Old Manse, by Hawthorne; Dog of Flanders, by Ouida; Paradise Regained, by Milton; The Phantom Rickshaw, by Kipling; Plutarch’s Lives; Prue and I, by Curtls; Tanglewood Tales, by Hawthorne! Ten Nights in a Barroom, by Arthur; Through the Looking Glass, by Carroll; The ‘Water Bables, by Kingsley; Window in Thrums, by Barrie, - being a bright boy, he sat down on the saw the clock right before him again. derful, and so he set to work to make step to think it out. He tried first one “Oh! I ! I know!” he cried, Joy- an instrument which would make dis- glass and then the other. BStill the fully. “Father, come, come!"- tant objects seem near. To do it he clock was far away. Then he turned Of course, his father went out in & had to use two glasses, one concave the glasses in all directions .with:no -great -hurry, not knowing what the and the other convex. When the great better success, but quite suddenly, as trouble might be. When he did find Galileo heard of it he sald: . he was holding both in one hand, he out he, too, thought it was very won- “How happy I could be if I might 1 ! ° + Solve the Puzzles, Fill Out the Coupon and Send It to the Puzzle Editor, T cteiiisrevsave.Trawssweowes D ciieiec cecesccscsscsssonae 8 iiiieiiicsscnscncnans crenen : i 5 ... . 6 ceiicicvssscacssscasensenss T mececccscmsccovoemesmoomecn 8 aeemessesserccncomeensssenm Seerstiimeenseyieseveeomes 10 L iiiirirsismescameaxeomes 11 civsiiisssssrianienremeses 12 Liiiiiirssssssernemeemesne April 3, 1904, X Name .covvecccsssnccsnsssaves Street OF P. Oucivicnvccccnnnas StALE ...iecccvsstciisstnsanae It I win I choose for prize (See List of Prizes.) —_ - -r-r have an instrument strong enough to make the stars seem near,” and after ‘what a great and important discovery the action of this small boy led te, for without the telescope we would have learned very little about the stars or the sun or the moon. Y