The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 24, 1910, Page 1

I I 10 1Y f?.. E A e s WW%W%WWMMWM*%W%@%%WM% e e A e A e e A e A A A e e N NN NN NI, O e e A T A e e jUNH@R Section lSSUFD EVERY SU\I)AY FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS Mfi"{f’&\’ &fl>¢fi}{fi.,nx§xn. L2 L W N 5 ’-*"x{}x”xm PLIWS LIS LWL L WL LIV LIV L) myw.q};flkmvj ’ TS A 13as T LS Tas 1A Vs e LA TaTUAr ToAr T AT S vl e U SAN I]\ \\( I\(() C :\l jl I Y 24, 1"10 THE WISDOM OF GOVERNOR GILLETT RUBY MULAVOK. Talare, Cal. "Pulare School, A Fifth " Grade,: Age 11 Years % Well, Juniors, the prize fight is over, and I am very glad, as_are many more péople.” T think prize fighting is the most brutal amusement there is. One thing we have to be thankful for and that is that children-were not allowed to enter this savage place of amuse- ment. Nearly every one that went” to this fight lost a small fortune for some one else to gain. Many a man took the money that should have gone to his dependent wife and children and squandered it on bets and $10 and $25 tickets for. the prize fight. Nearly every one bet on Jeffries and lost ' their bets.” They were mot ashamed of the fight,” but after the fight was over they were disappointed and angry. California and the people of Califor- nia have much to thank Governor Gil- lett for, as he was against the fight from the very.first and ts also against the motion pictures of this fight, I am, too, as I believe all the Juniors are, We ought to be proud of our governor-and-also of our state. Hur- rah for Governor Gillett! Hurrah for California, the Golden state! Hurran for California, our own state! INFLUENCE OF THE: COUN- TRY ON A CITYBRED GIRL 3 DOROTHY E. ADAMS, 35 Portland Avenue, Oakiapdi Ninth Grade, College of the Holy_Names, Lake Merritt. Age 14 I was awakened this bright Sabbath morning by the caroling of a cheerful little meadow lark, which had found a choir loft in a mighty oak just outside my bedroom window, He seemed to beckon me out to en- joy the radiant glow of the sun as it peeped its burning head over the crim- son horizon, He seemed to invite me to the fields of golden tasseled corn or of bursting heads of wheat as they gently nodded their tiny selves in the breeze, He led me in spirit to the green mantled pasture where my noble steeds graze leluurel?/ or down past the barnyard to tness my proud turkey gobbler, with his plumage mag- nificent in the bright sunshine, strut- }lnlg royally among his apparent sub- ects, As thus I wandered ln splrit to the fields, the pasture ar he barnyard, my soul in its city ome seemed to say "\‘Vhat is more country Sunday?’ A Different Kind of Dough By ROY DAY A third grade class was brought be~ fore the teacher to read the scale, The teacher, pointing to the first note, asked what it was. One pupil answered “do.” “Right,” said the teacher; ‘“but what does ‘do’ mean, Johnny?" *‘De,’ that's what mamma makes bread of,” beautiful than a U. S. Army and Navy Large Enough HARTLAND GOLDTHWAITE A number of weeks ago I read in the columns of the open letter section a ™ EE letter which stated that the writer be- €Y ST s[g(\qe_ lieved the United States needed a much MRD HBO w larger standing army and more battle- TH’NQ’ THE \/ ovT ships. 1 believe our army and navy EVEN NOTICE, should be increased each year, as it is now being done, but not at a greater rate, for many reasons, some of which I will state. The army, I believe, is at present lJarge enough and needs but little in- creasing each year, as I believe if the United States were to go to war the battles would probably be fought at sea. There is no need of increasing our navy any more than it is now being done. To do so would be spending an enormous sum of money for that which would be unnecessary, Since the recent completion of our new ships of war the United States ranks third among the naval powers of the world and not fifth, as was stated in the letter. According to my ideas our country does not have to have a navy as large as Great Britain or France to become victorious in battle. Of. course we must have up to date ships, but to win a victory does not mean that we must have a large navy. It's the men. If they are trained well we do not need to fear that we will be defeated in battle. For example, take Admiral ooou' THERES GLON zo! A TRIP THROUGH WONDER- | LAND FLORENCE RIESTER, 681 San Jose Avenue. Eighth B Grade, Horace Mann School. Age 14 Yenrs, ‘When school closed my uncle /took me on a trip he had long promised me, a trip through Wonderland. We left the car at the ferry depot and walked north along the water front, going out . to the end of every pier and watching the ships load and unload. There were old scows unloading lum« ber and grain, river and coast steam- ers and little pilot boats. There was a great ocean liner from Japan and one could imagine great bolts of silks and beautiful shawls from the orient in her hold. There was a weatherbeaten look- ing boat which my uncle said had come around the Horn from,New York with a cargo of glass, and there were steams- ers from South America and the islands unloading sugar, coffee and spices. It is indeed a wonderland, a scene that one can not easily forget. The beautiful bay, the purple hills, the Golden gate and the white ships from the nations of the world, I never re- alized 'before how great a commerce San Francisco really has nor what a blessing this great sheltered harbor on the Pacific coast is to the whole United States. SAN FRANLIS(,O AND CAL IF()RNIA .have included every state except one; l UNHOL& THE OPEN LETTER SECTION Dewey's fleet, which entered Manila bay and destroyed the Spanish fleet. The victory was won by the excellent generalship of Dewey and the good marksmanship of his men and not by the number of men and ships. The Spanish fleet outnumbered Dewey's both in ships and men. Great Britain and France need larger navies than the United States because they have hundreds of scattered pos- sessions all over the world and ship- ping many times as large as our coun- try's to protect. It would be unwise for our country to build up a large navy now because of the improvements whigh are constantly being made each year on the construction of warships. I believe when every country is well civilized there will be no need of a navy or army because the numerous countries will be able to settle their disputes without fighting. Willing to Exchange Transfer$ Editor Junior Call—Dear Sir: In re- gard to my transfer collection, I take pleasure In saying that I have been progressing much more rapidly since I wrote my article for The Junior Call. If I had, waited a week more I could Sicily, Wales, six more cities in Eng- land and Scotland, Isle of Man, Vene- zuela, Trinidad and Denmark. I have recelved several different letters in re- gard.to my article in The Junior Call. I suppose many of the readers of this delightful little paper have often won- dered how I am progressing. I am now thinking of a plan to have a transfer from every state or province in the world at the Golden Gate park museum. DONALD ALLAN DE WOLF, 135 Sixth avenue, City. P. S—If any boy is Interested in collecting transfers I would gladly ex- ' change some with him. A Junior Heard From Editor of The Junior Call—Dear Sir: I received my beautiful set of pictures on June 29 for writing a story. I thank you very much for them and hope many other Juniors get a set to see how pretty they are. I also re- celved one of your watches, but did not succeed in winning a fountain pen. Wishing Alonzo and The Junior Call a long life, I remain one of your Juniors, EDWINA SCILACCI, Point Reyes Station, Cal. Electric Fishes A special study of “electric fishes” has been made by a Scotch authority, with a view to ascertaining the source of their peculiar power, a power that is sald to be possessed by about 50 species having electrical organs capable of imparting a shock. ; It is thought the electricity is gen- *erated in specialized organs, which are either modified muscles or modi- fied glands, structures which in all animals manifest electric properties. In economy of production these elec- tric organs far surpass anything yet contrived by man, just as the light of the glow worm excels in a similar sense our best efforts to produce cheap illumination. In each case there is a secret yet to be discovered.