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: The (Children’s Hour. :
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| to Mrs. Lilla W. Sickler, 3046 Kingsley St., Los Angeles, Calif. ♦
♦ “Between the dark and the daylight, Comes a pause in the day’s occupations ♦
♦ When the night is beginning to lower, That is known as the Children’s Hour." «
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Ftr Woman’s Work.
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BIG old owl in the top of a yew,
Au Sang all night long, “Who-who, who-who!”
He wakened Tommy Deep,and Tommy couldn’t
sleep,
So he eaid,“Mr. Owl, your manners they are few.”
But the owl didn’t care: on the top of the yew
He still hooted on,
When the sun came up the owl flew away,
For his big sleepy eyes couldn’t stand the light of
day,
He flew away to sleep, but little Tommy Deep
Hunted up his hiding place and pelted him with
clay,
Said little Tommy Deep: “I’ll awake you, too,
And to-night I won’t hear your ‘who-who,’
‘who-who!’” Nellie Vore
For Woman’s Work
OME years ago, before the town of
I San Diego, California, boasted
electric and motor cars, when pa-
s
tient mules wearily dragged their loads
up hill, there was no more regular
passenger than the town dog,
“Bum.”
He was a big, fine fellow, who,
despite the fact that one paw was
missing, carried himself with great
dignity.
He never assumed that he could
be in anyone’s way, for if it came
to a question of egress, or ingress, or
transgress, from his standpoint the
passenger, or pedestrian as the case
might be, was in his way— for he
always took his position in the mid
dle of the rear platform, or the mid
dle of the sidewalk. People expected
to walk around “Bum.”
He belonged to everybody, in the
sense that he belonged to nobody.
He was a born aristocrat, ignoring
all other dogs, and his high breed
ing was evident in that he disdain
fully refused scraps thrown to him.
“Bum” had, evidently, made tne
round of the various chop-houses,
selecting those where his taste was
catered to, for he was as familiar
a figure in the principal chop-houses
as were the regular guests.
It may have ■ been pity for his
maimed condition that at first in
sured his wants being thus supplied,
and in time, too, it became known
that he had what in common par
lance is known as “good backing,”
for “Bum” had several influential
friends who made it known that at
any time when he could not look
out for himself they stood ready to
provide for him. “Bum” must have
scented, or sensed this, for he actea
very much as though he were the
guest of the town.
His favorite haunts were where
men congregated; the court house,
the post office, and the engine houses
being his regular retreats. One en
gine house he shunned, as he did a
certain suburban village; he had been
“bum:’
BY LILLIAN CURTIS.
insulted at these places.
The fire laddies noticed that when
ever the bell sounded an alarm,
“Bum” was frantic to reach the
scene of the fire, but he always kept
aloof from the hose; so, just for fun,
the men of this engine house threw
water on him, and nothing could
induce him to go there again.
“Bum” loved to travel and en
joyed every trip, except to that
suburban town (where a common
dog had left him the worse for an
interview) where he scorned to
alight; he would even leave his ac
customed place on the rear plat
form and go in the car, were a stop
made at that station on any of his
trips.
When “Bum” decided to go out
side the town limits he seemed to
know at which corners to board the
cars. One of his excursions necessi
tated the changing from cars to
ferry boat, but he always made the
round trip without assistance from
anyone.
On one occasion a telegraph oper
ator noticed “Bum” at the Santa
Fe depot, trying to mount the little
carpeted step that was put in place
for passengers. His attention was
called in another direction for a mo
ment, and the next he saw of “Bum”
he was complacently barking from
the rear platform (he always kept
up the barking while the cars were
in town limits, then would lie down
and sleep until the destination was
reached). The operator felt a little
uneasy this time, as “Bum” was evi
dently going a long distance; so he
called up all the minor stations along
the line and asked that the town’s
guest, the dog known as “Bum,” be
given every attention. Then he
wired an old friend at the metropo
lis, who had once lived in San Diego
and knew “Bum,” to meet him at
the train. This friend met “Bum”
and took him. to various points of
interest in the city. “Bum” was
quite content for two days; then he
Woman’s Work.
let his host know he was ready to
go home, where he arrived without
mishap.
When the town grew apace and
the Salvation Army made Its ad
vent, “Bum” was in his element for
he was particularly partial to bands.
He seemed to like novelty, too, for
when the “boom” came, when corner
lots were rattled off to tthe joyous
beat of drums and music allured lu
many directions, as interested agents
found tracts to bid off, poor “Bum”
kept up a lively chase and the Sal
vation Army was heard by him no
more.
Once only, by design, was “Bum’s”
life in jeopardy. A pound was es
tablished in the town, and a young
man who was a “new-comer” was
detailed to look up stray animals.
He came across “Bum” and, passing
a wire about his neck, started in the
direction of the pound. A Dutch
man first noticed the indignity, and
exclaimed: “What you do mit dot
dog?” The man explained, where
upon the Dutchman pitched upon
him without ceremony and said:
“You take him mit pound? I pound!
I pound!” and the spectators ap
plauded.
Some time after this it was noticed
that “Bum’s” haunts became fewer,
that he gave up traveling, and final
ly that even an alarm of fire failed
to call him forth. An investigation
was made, and it was discovered
that his lame leg would have to be
amputated. The best surgeons in
town performed the operation, but
“Bum” never was himself again.
One of his admirers provided a
room for him, and made his last
days comfortable. The city editor
published an obituary for “Bum,”
giving as his reason for its prema
ture appearance that he himself
might not be at home when ‘Turn’s”
summons came. This obituary ex
tolled all of “Bum’s” good qualities,
and closed with a confident expres
sion that “the town" would give their
dog a decent burial —that the band
he had so loved would play. “Bum”
lingered for about two years after
this, the editor taking special care
of him, and at last he carried out
the plans as detailed in the obitua
ry.
A few months later this faithful
friend was laid to rest, and never
was man more honored. His own
obituary was the tribute of grateful
hearts, for his humanity extended
not to the brute creation alone, but
to the struggling working class — es
pecially to the newsboys.
Every Thanksgiving, for many
years, he gave to the newsboys a
banquet, and when times got hard
with him he gave to others the priv
ilege of contributing to the fund.
At last he was unable to do even
this, and intrusted the mission to
friends. The newsboys heard of it
and begged to be allowed to ’turn
the tables’ for once, by giving him
the banquet. He was allowed to
think there would be no spread—that
the boys just wanted to meet with
him as usual. A delegation of news
boys waited on him, and he was
conducted to a dining hall prepared
for the festive occasion.
He was a fluent speaker, quite not
ed for his ready wit, but this sur
prise was too much for him—he
was so overceme by emotion that
he could not speak.
The fine youths who were delight
ed to fete him, had known him as
a true friend from the time they
were little lads, and had cried out
their first paper. His timely coun
sels and confidence in them won them
to true manliness. “It is more bless
ed to give than to receive,” and the
newsboys were happier in their ban
quet to their benefactor, if possible,
than when he furnished the spread.
And his name? None more fit
ting: it was FRIEND—JAMES ED
WARD FRIEND.
For Woman’s Work.
A Visit to Grandma.
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travel on horseback. How beautiful it
was to see the moss-covered rocks and
the red mountain tea-berries; as we pass
ed along, a pheasant flew out of a bush!
Grandma says they make their nests
on the ground. Then we saw some
squirrels jump from tree to tree. The
best of all was the good mountain air,
and water from the rocks, as cold as ice
RANDMA lived four miles up a
mountain road from the Falls.
The roads are so rocky we had to
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