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AUGUST, 1935 Vt·t"S('o. for Children (Poems)-
Fi·rrncisco G. Tonog/1011110
Tht• Little :\loth and the Lizal"d (A Story)-
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Pipe Dreams (A Stor~•)-,'Vnlfri<fa.d O. /Ji:ou Ernesto's Excursion to the Woods (A Sto1"y)-
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. ~fl.en They We\"c Younµ; (Josefa ·~.<HU i\la1'lin:•z) ..
,f'fhe Lose Lo('kct (A Story)--/'a('lliNJ /J('J'1111n/o . T!w Sk~· and The Stars (Cassiopeia, tlw Lady i,1
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ihc bles of Beauty (The Cave in Tulbak)-- J.'or!1111ulu rL'IHllcio11 ..
i'l'l' Arh cntures ol a BeJ;!,,!!."al" Boy (A· Slory- ./11/io ('1·sor /'c1i11
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A l·c~lival for Li~fe Gids ond for Their Doll Chil- rlr• 11-l~'fi:;n/)( Ut /,a;'.~ch
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F'::iry and Ciiild lA Song"J-l'ru·u Cosme Kiko's Al!\·cnllll't's {:'llishaps in the Rain)-
Gi/mo Ualduviuo
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The Message This Mont:h
HELPFULNESS IN THE COMMUNITY-ITS CLEANLINESS
Last month we discussed something about helpfulness at home. We said that helpfulness at home is one of ·the habits that every school child should cultivate.
We also said that if everyone at home,-- father, mothe1., brother, sisters, and ser- vants-helps one another, the whole famil.1·
will be happy.
Helpfulness, however, should not stop within, among the members of the house·
hold. There is a greate1· happiness to which every member of the community shoul(l con·
tribute. That is the happiness of the com- munity, the happiness of the whole barrio, the ,liappiness of the whole town, the hap··
piness of the whole prnvince, yes indeed, the happiness of the whole country!
There are many ways in which a schooi child can be helpful to his community. We will discuss these ways from time to time.
The fast thing that a school child can do toward the happiness of his community is to help everyone make it clean and healthy.
If everyone makes the sunoundings of his own home clean, the whole community io clean.
Pigs and chickens should have a special place in the yai·ds so that they may not run around the streets or plaza. Leaved, sticks, empty cans, papers, and the like, should not be left scatterM all over the yards, sti·eets, and plaza. The school build- ings and yanls, the church, the theatre or
"'cine," that is, all public buildings and places should be kept clean.
If school children would keep these things in mind and do them, they could help one another to keep the community clean and healthy.
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166 THE YOUNG CITIZEN
VERSES FOJ.! CHlLDR fl\
By Francisco G. Tonoghanua
ROSES f "ve watered them and watered them,
I've also watched them grow, They are the prettiest little things
All in a row.
f<'i1·st I spied a pink one,
Then a red one peeked;
Today [ went to the garden In hopes of more roses to seek.
AN OLD DOLL Here 1 sit in the Col'lle1· all day;
How I wish some one would come to play!
i\ly dress is torn, and my shoes are worn,-- J am not beautiful any more;
So here I sit day after day.
0 please, someone, come here and play!
A ROSE AND A PICTURE Beautiful rose in a blue vase,
Standin~ near a picture of a ;;weet, kind face, When [ look at you I ,sigh,
Thinking of the times gone by.
I have seen roses in other places, In gardens and in costly vases, But. you are the loveliest one of all,
or you beautify a face that is on the ·.vall, I' e face of my mother.
A PIECE OF SILK Beautiful silk, where did you get yoi.:r blue?
Did some gnome or fairy Steal it from the heavens up above"?
Or did you get it from the lovely Iris'!
Please tell me where you got it, So I may get some, too.
TllA'f PAT :\IANILA COP That fat l\lanila cop
i\lakes the t1·aftic stop With a guceful wave of his hand.
J:;ve1·y man, woman, or child Knows he wcints justice in the land.
With his khaki uniform And badge shining bright., lie majestically stands
All day and all night.
THE VASE Va>le, did you come fro1:1 bright Japan,
From the land of flowers and pParls?
Did you trnvel a1·otmd the big world, To give us your beauty and grace?
Did f;Ome old and fe~ble Jap P<iint y0u slowly and with care, 0 vase, standing there?
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August, Jr1.J.'i THE YOUNG CITIZEN
The Girl With Curly Hair
E VERY night I end my prayers this way: "And please, dear Father in Heaven, teach me to control my tem- per." Yet it doesn't seem to improve my temper at all.
"It must be her cul"ly hail·," I ove1·hean'.
Grandmother saying to Mothe1-. "Cm-!y hair and a fast temper ahVays go togethe1·."
"Is that so!" I thought to myself.
"Then, that is easily cured." I went to the kitchen and wet my hair and it lay back fiat and straight. I looked in the mirro1·
and laughed when I saw how funny I looked with my hair plastered down.
"Aba !" said a mocking voice behind me.
"Laughing all by herself. Crazy!"
I tul"lled a1·ouncl swiftly. There was Pe·
dro (my brother) making a face at me from the do01·way. He is twelve (I'm only eltv- en) and he ought to have known better
tha1~to tag around and tease me all the time.
"You let me alone," I told him fiercely.
He danced a few fancy dancesteps. "You let me alone!" he piped; mimicking me.
I tul"lled my back on him and just to show him I wasn't paying any attention, I be- gan to powder my face.
"Oho!" he crowed. "T1·ying to mai-:c herself beautiful! Even though you pow- der very hard, you'll always remain b-1-a- c-k-black!"
"Will you go away?" I c1·ied, my voice rising very high.
"Hoh! Hoh!" he said. He made a grace··
ful twirl, then mincing out of the room
h<~began to sing:
Tinta, violefo, negra!
Negm, negrita, ita,!
(Have I told you before that I am quite.
quite dark? I am the darkest of all my sis-
* Aca<lemic Division, Dt1rC'au of f:.duC'atiol1.
ters and because my hafr curls, they call me Negrita. Pedro had made up that song just to plague me.)
Tinta, violeta., negra.' N egra, negrita, ita!
He kept on singing and it seemed to mr that he was coming back! I closed my eyes and began to count a hund1·ed. The angry blood was making my ears very hot. I opened my eyes.
Ped1·0 peeped into the room just then.
"Tinta, violeta, ne,r;1'a.'"
he sang,"Ne,r;ru, neg1·it-!
I flung myself on him like a tiger. We hath fell on· the floor. He clutched at the table. The table-runne1· slipped down ancl Mother's·favorite flower jar came crashing just a few inches away from his head.
We both got a beautiful spanking after-
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i· cls. I cried hard because I wa' spanked. I cried harde1· and shuddered to think of "·hat might ]lave happened if the:
jar hit Ped1·0 on the heacf. (One part of my mind said-"lt would have served him right!") I c1·ied hardest yet when I sa..,,·
that my hair began to curl once more a»
soon as it d1·ied. Oh my hair and my ter-
rible temper, is there no way of getting rirl
of them?
172 THE YOUNG CITIZEN
HEALTH SECTION FAMOUS i\i\ILK DRINKERS
Y OU have been told repeatedly by your teache1·s that you should drink milk Some of you think that milk is food for babies only and that it is not fit for big boys and girls. A study of the habits prac- ticed by many famous people shows that many of them today are leading statesmen and scientists, athletes and educators, avia- tors, and professional men.
Thomas A. Edison said, "I came in with milk and I guess I'll go out with it. It':;
the only balanced ration-balanced by
th~Great Chemist." Working on his inumera- ble inventions, Edison slept only three or four hours a day. Still he maintained his splendid health and lived beyond the eighty- fifth mark
Gautama Budha, who lived five hundred years before Christ, had milk for his chief food. In one of his books, it is written·
"The cows are om· friends, they gave food, they give strength, they likewise give a good complexion and happiness."
Marco Polo, the famous Italian traveller at a time when few men da1·ed go out o[
his own country, found that Kublai Khan, the great Mongol conqueror, and his family subsisted mainly on milk When travel- ling, they had d1·ied milk
Many famous centenal'ians lived largely on milk and other dail·y products. (What is a centenarian?) Zaro Agha, the venera- ble Turk who lived more than 150 years was a heavy drinker of milk Dr. Stephen Smith of New York, is said to have eaten almost nothing else but milk and bread dur- ing the first seventy years of his life.
In the present time, milk has aided many notable men to perfo1·m their duties prop- erly. Mussolini is said to consume at least five glasses of milk a day. The famous aviators Lindbergh and Byrd use plenty oi milk Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Max Schmeling, heavy-weight champions of the world in their time drink large quantities of milk
(The facts in this article are raken from H~1~eia.)
I LEARNING THE NAMES OF THINGS i
Do you know the arriclcs pictured below: You use them in the kitchen and in the shop. Both boys and girls should know their names and their us~s.
Study this list and test yourself afterwards. Turn to page 188 for the rest.
Drawinqs Name.~
I. paring knife
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chopping knife3.
chopping board4. !
kettle5. ~y
sauce pan~
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frying pan----
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dish pan8. ~
Jack plane9. ~
screw driver10. 0 \\
coping saw--- ·~
A1.1g111tl, 19-15 THE YOUNG CITIZEN 173
WHEN
THEY WERE YOUNG
E VERY ambitious person dreams cf some day occupying a high positio11 or piling up money because men us- ually measure a person's success by the im- portance of the position he occupies or by the amount of money he has accumulated.
Mrs. Josefa Jara Martinez is one of the few who use service as the yardstick of success.
A woman of keen intellect, practical ability, and indomitable energy, she gives the best in her wherever her services are needed, whether she is paid for the work or not.
As a young girl she had a definite ambi- tion in life-to be of service to others. Be- lieving that taking care of the sick was
~.beautiful form of service, she thought that nursing was the course for her. Circum- stances, however, did not permit her to real- ize this early dream of hers.
Born to a family of modest means, Josefa might have remained in her hometown to finish the ordinary general
coursein the public schools and to work in obscurity, if J<'ortune had not taken a hand in shaping the girl's life. She was chosen pensionada to take the teaching courne in the Normal School. So in spite of her mother's misgiv- ings because of the girl's "temper and lack of patience," she became a teacher, grad- uating from the Philippine Normal Schooi in 1912. The girl with a temper turnec1 out to be
ahighly efficient teacher and an effective speaker, so much so, that she waH selected to rep1·esent the Bureau of Educa- tion at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in -+,,.San Francisco, California, in 1915.
· L Seeing America and the opportunities it
j offered fanned
~hespark of ambition in he1·
and she detenmned to go back
again someday. Her most cherished dream then was to
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go to college and wear
atoga. Having set
4 her hea1·t on it, she found a way by which she could be ti·ansfe!Ted from Iloilo, he1·
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home province, where she.had been teaching, to the Philippine Normal School. Here she worked as a critic teache1· for almost two
·years. ·As such she had a chance to attend evening classes in the University of the Philippines and at last she 'thought she was on her way to the goal which would qualify her to wea r cap and gown. But fate had
other plans forher.
She wasi:neant for another field of service than that occupied by a teacher.
The group of pensionados to the United States in 1919, the Philippines' brightest and best, included the
bright-eyed, sweet- smilingyoung woman, who had alread·•
made a name as Miss Jara. She was cho;.
en by the Department of the Interior to
specialize in family and child welfare work.
While other pensionados were sent to
col- lege and universities, Josefa Jara was sentto a "school." Once more her dream of
getting a college deg1·eewas farther from realization, but she buckled down to her stu- dies. A two-year course. in New York School of Social Work, a few
courses inEnglish in Columbia University, and exten-
~ive
field work in the slums of the great me- tropolis and visits to institutions for delin·
quent
anddefective children and orphan·
ages amply p1·epared her for the task
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174 THE YOUNG CITIZEN
·THE. LOST. LOCKET·
E LENA was ve1·y happy that day. And who wouldn't be happy'!
It
was the last school clay of March. She had just received her card, and she learned that she was promot- ed to the Fifth Grade, with the highest hon- ors. Besides, a week later was to be her tenth birthcby. On that day, he1· fathe1:
prnmised to r;ive her
By PACIFICO BERNARDO
"What a beautifui necklace!" s h e ex-
claimed. "I can wishfor no better present, Father," she added.
That night she was so happy that she dreamed about her birthday pa1·ty.
a birthday prnsent if she would pass. What the present was, she didn't know, but she was told that it would be something she would be p1·oud to wear on he1· birthday.
And here, she had the ca1·d to show her father that she deserved the birthday pres- ent he had promised to give.
Mang Pedro, her fathe1· and Aling Maria, her mother were also very happy when they learned that Elena was to be in the Fifth Grade the following June. Father and Mothe1· planned how to make her birth- day a joyous one. Elena was busy think- ing how she would celebrate it and wha:
prnsent her father would give her. Just on the eve of he1· birthday, Mang Pedro came home with a cute little box tied with a pink ribbon.
''Come here, Elena," he called out. "I have a surp1·ise for you."
Elena came rnnning to her father.
"What is it, fathE!'I'?" she asked.
"This is your birthday present from me,"
he said as he gave her the nice-looking box tied with the pink ribbon.
"I am very happy" she said. She opened the box quickly, anxious to find what wa>
inside. And what do you think she found?
Inside the box a yellow object grnetecl her eyes.
Itwas a necklace with a golden iul'ket.
The next mornin!5·
she woke up early.
She helped her mother prepare for he1· party.
She was busy the whole morning, ·clean- ing the house and pre- paring the table. Just before her guests arrived, she put on her new dress, which was given to her by her mothe1-, as another birthday prnsent. She wore also the neck- lace which was given by her father. "And oh! how lovely she looked" she thought, as she looked at herself in the miiT01»
Pretty soon her friends began to anive.
·There were Anita, Naty, Rogelia, and Ame- lia. These four girls wern he1· best friends in school and they came in a grnup. The last one to come was Carmen, a new friend of Elena. Each one greeted her with "hap- py birthday." There was also a work of admiration for her necklace and locket, from every one. There was talking, laugh- ing, and singing. In school they were al- ways together. So on that clay they were again as happy and as noisy as they used to be in school.
But Carmen was the most silent of all.
She was not in the crnwd. Tl'lle, she was a friend of Elena but Ele.na's friends were new to her. Besides, she was by nature timid and shy. While the others laughed out loud and giggled, she only smiled at Anita's jokes, who was the clom1 of the grnup.
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Hi[ SI.\ 1\1".D Tl iL STARJ
CASSIOPEIA The Lady in the Chair
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Y ou have studied about the constella- tion of the Great Bear, seven stars of which form the Big Dipper. The two stars fo1·ming the side of the Dipper opposite the handle point to the North Star.
On the othe1· side of the N ol'th Star is the constellation Cassiopeia or the Lady in the Chair. Cassiopeia is one of the oldest and most popular of the constellations.
As the stars of this constellation revolve about the pole, they form when below it· a slightly distorted capital "M". This is re··
versed when Cassiopeia is above the pole, and we have a celestial letter "W".
Acconling to the Greek legend, Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus, king of Eth'.opia.
Conscious of he1· matchless beauty, she boasted that she was fairer than June, the Queen of the heavens, and more beavtiful than N ereids or sea nymphs. The ladies
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THE ISLEJ OF BEAUTV
THE CA VE IN T ALBAK /
b; Foc1'.molo A;"oc•o"-
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A VE you eve1· gone on an exploration'.'
H Of course, not in the wilds of Africa ; not in the jungles of India; nor in the desert of the Sahara. What I mean is penetrating a nearby forest or groping in- to tlie darkness of a cave the depth of whicL is unknown to you. One dares, not for the glory it yields, but for the thrilling experi- ences it affords.
Several kilometers from the historic town of Antipolo is a cave well-known as a hide- out of the recent law-breakers, the Sak- clalistas.
Itis indeed a good hiding place.
In fact it was used as such by the rebels during the Spanish regime, so they say.
Itis so deep that they say it leads to a place nobody knows where. Old folks living nearby even boasted that no one had ever measured its depth.
This place can be reached by two ways.
One, by the winding road to Teresa, a road which reminds one of the zigzags in
B~.guio.Another, by the mountain trails.
Ifthrill is the object of the excursion, I will suggest the latter.
Reaching the side of the mountain, one will doubt the existence of ao famous a cave.
Openings abound, but not one is large enough to admit a husky fellow with ease.
Once you squeezed yourself through the opening, you will gasp with amazement.
You will find yourself in a ve1·y spacious hall with glittering walls. Holding yom·
candle upward, you will marvel at the beau-
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Chapter five
A NARROW ESCAPE
T HE more Tonio thought about the strangers' offer, the more he wm;
tempted to accept it. But when he remembered that he had been enjoined not to let his Lolo know about it, he became suspicious and decided to tell the old man what the strangers had offered to do for him.
When the old man learned that the two men had mentioned something about an easy but gainful occupation he was
alarmec~and exclaimed,
"0 my boy, avoid such men. I don't be- lieve they are honest. They may be pick- pockets 01· shoplifters. Be patient,_ my b_oy, God will provide. To whom he gives IIfe, he will also give means of livelihood. Go to bed. You need plenty of 1·est after '' hard day."
Tonio, then and there, decided not to see the men.
The week that followed was not a profit- able one for Tonio and his Lolo. Their alms consisted mostly of rice and they had to draw upon their saving. The okl man decided to confine his begging activities in the market and in front of churches.
Saturday morning found the pair solicit·
ing alms from the shoppers and vendol'S.
They we1·e about to station themselves at the entrance to a big bazaar facing the mar- ket when they heard the shouts of "Thief!
Thief!" and people threw themselves upon
THEADVENTURES
OF A
BEGGAR BOY
by Julio Cesar Pena
two men and a boy. When the men were searched, undershirts and socks were found concealed in their wastes. The boy had a pocketbook in his shi1t. The salesmen heir!
the men by the collar while a shopper caught the boy by the bl'east. When the policeman arrived, the boy, who
\\"aStrembling all ove1·.
cried aloud and said,
"They made me do it, Sir, those two.
They would beat me if·I did not obey them."
Tonio recognized in the two shopliftel'.i the men who offered to train him in an
e~sybut gainful occupation. Honified he clutched at the old man's trousers.
"Lolo," he whispered, "those are the men I told vou about."
"Su;r,rn1'iosep !" the old man murmured c1·ossing himself. "Thank God you did not fall into their hands."
On theii· way home, the old man im- pressed upon the boy's mind the clanger oi going with unknown people.
"Pove1ty is nothing to be ashamed of, but dishonesty brings disgrace that will follow you all your life. You ai·e growing fast.
Still I hope you will always confide in me."
"I \\·ill, Lolo." Tonio promised.
After a long silence, the old man
I"e-sumed,
"You must go to school in June.
Itis not enough that a pel'Son be good. He must be informed. I cannot see ho\\· I can send you to schcol, but I will."
"I am old enough to '11·ork, Lolo. I can shine shoes. Smaller boys than I do."
·•yes, child, you can. But I am afraid you might fall into bad company."
"I \\'ill take care not to, Lo lo. Let ns make use of om· saYing. I shall sell ne\\·s · pape1·s in the morning, peddle ice drops i1.
( l'kfl.~,· f1•nt to /HI!/•' 181)
A11y1111f, 1.'l.'J5 THE YOUNG CITIZEN 17"
HOBBY PAGE
MAKE THIS MODEL BED For Your Doll
Do you know, little girls, that with match boxes and other things like cardboards, glue and ordinary paint, you can quite easily make all the furniture for your doll's house? I will tell you a vc:·f simple way to make a small model bed.
First. you must get .1 match box tray, Cut two pieces of ca.rdboard and glue them to the ends of it ,1s
shown in Figure 1. But before you paste the cad- boards, turn the tray up-side-down.
Now get four wooden or glass b~ads and stick a piece of match-stick through each. (Figure 2 l The hole of these be.:ids must not be too small
too large for the match-sticks. You must select those that will hold the sticks firmly. Invert th.:- tra.y (a.sin Figure 3) and glue the legs to the corner~
on the inside of the tray.
To make dw bed clothes. by some cotton fbt on the top of the tray. And on lop of the cotron.
p!J.ce a piece of white mat~
rial as white cloth or white flannel and stick or sew it down the sides of the tray.
For the pillow. roll up a piece of white rag and sew up the ends. (See Figure 4.) La.y this pillow on the head of the bed as shown in the illustration of the finish<!d model.
Now, all you have to do is make. the sheet for the bed.
Cut a piece of colored cloth for a blanket and a piece 9f white cloth for the sheet. To arrange the sheet- ing as shown. lay the white cloth. Then turn over the top end of the sheet and sew or glue the sides of both to the tray. After you added your own finish-
ing touches, you will have a ccre little model for your doll's bed.
You may not have a doll's house to put this nice little model in. yrt you will have grac fun in making it.
PIPE DREAMS
(Conli1111cd from ]JOU(' 16.11) Solemnly. he went out of the town and began trudging the way back heme. And when he was about half-way J.nd the night was scuing in. it r,1inL'd. It not only rainL·d.
l t poured. Poured in big angry tor- rrnts until Hody-Dody w,1s soakec!
and shivering and weak.
bl) tJken into the ca.r and deposited in his house to an anxious and fr'.ghtcned mothL'r.
Hody-Dodr tdls me that he sa.t ur:dcr ,1 clump of trees and waited (odornly for the rain to stop. Fi n,1lly, J car drew up and Hody- D(1dy. wl't as he was. w.1s (haril.1
And th.:it was the end of his day with AdYcnture. Hody-Oody tells ) ou and me that big and grown-up .1~ he is. we must beliC\:e him whl.'n
rronlill•fl'd 011 /!f!9t' 1!111)
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J UST before spring has fully arrived in the land of cherry blossoms the little girls of Nippon have a festival of their very own.
And what a great event it is for those little girls who have had the joy of playing with a large doll family through- out the year! Of course, tak·
ing care of dollies, washing their clothes, putting them in the warm sun to dry has been
lots of fun. Sometimes, too, there has been mending to do, especially, on rainy days when one couldn't play out-of-doors. It seems that even dollies' clothes would get torn through the year or a button or two would get lost. But on this festive occa·
sion all every day clothes are neatly folded and put away in dollies' clothes chest. Yes, a little Nipponese girl with a doll family has just as much work with her doll chi!"
dren as a real mother.
The Doll's F estival has been celebrated
THE YOlJN
A FESTIVAL FO THEIR
AND
DOLL
for a long, long time. Just a little after the time when Ferdinand Magellan landed in the Ph iii ppine Islands Japanese children were already having a real holiday for their doll families. So that the Doll's Festival is over three hundred years old. It was
·first observed in celebration of a marriage which had taken place in the Emperor's Family.
When the festival begins all the dolls arc dressed up in as fine clothes as the parents of the little girls can afford to buy. One
. . . iiliiii . . . ...S ESSHIU, like many other little boys of Nippon loved to go to gaze at the cherry blossoms. He would stand where the most beautiful and where the greatest number of them could be seen as closely as possible. Aside from admfring the things t hat were pretty he also er>.joyed participating in all the sports that his com- panions care for. When New Year came around he. was restless waiting for the Gooct Luck Braneh which carries so many inter-
The Story of Sess
esting things. There would be the bows and arrows for shooting games; gorgeous kites for the windy days; jumping jacks for sheer fun; dolls for the girls; and many othe1 · amusements. For instance, the drawing box fascinated him a great deal.
Very often while his hrnthers and sistere
or his little friends were having a wonder-
ful time playing games, Sesshiu was eage1·-
ly brushing a\\'ay one picture after another
G CITIZEN
R LITTLE GIRLS
FOR
CHILDREN
doll is dressed like a princess; another is dressed like a prince; others wear the clothes of maids of honor and others those of court musicians. Certainly since the Doll Festival commemorates a wedding in the highest ranking family of the nation all dolls must be dressed and placed just like the royal personages at court functions.
There are seldom less than fifteen dif- . ferent kinds of dolls on exhibit in a little
girl's house dm'ing the Doll Festival. They are placed on platforms or shelves arranged
uu and the Mouse
of the things that he saw.
When those well trained soldiers of his country would pass his house he thought he would like to be among them some day.
And yet deep in his heart he wanted some- thing else still more. He was yearning t'J become a great artist. And when he paint- ed away his whole heart and soul ran through every stroke that his finge1·s would make with the little brush.
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like a stairway. On the top- most platform appear the Prince and Princess in beau- tiful court costumes. On th•:
next shelf are the maids of honor. Below are the musi·
cians. What with ·the lovely enchanting flowers for deco- rations and the dainty
thing~to eat and drink, it sounds and looks almost
1ike Christ- mas Day to the children of other lands!
Perhaps, you have guessed already who eats those "dain- ties. of the mountain and deli- cacies of the sea." Of course, it's the little doll mother and her many little girl friends who come to visit her dul'ing the Doll's Festival. Although, the Festival is only one day, most of the little girls keep their dollies on exhibit for a whole week so they can enjoy them longer and have a chance to invite all their little playmates.
See page
185for titles of other inte1·estin1i stoi'ies about Japan
It
so happened t hat Sesshiu's father did not know of what his little son's dreams were made. Sesshiu's father was serious- ly planning to have his son trained for the priesthood. He wanted to think of him as se1·ving some day in the Lord Buddha's tem- ples. Thus one day Sesshiu was requested by his father to prepare himself for a loug stay in the temple of Hofukuji. The priests in the temple had been informer! that they were to guide and instruct Sesshiu. "I wish you to be a priest, yourself, some day,"
said Sesshiu's father to his son. Alas,
(Pfo<1sc tunt to pa.gr !Rfl}
180 THE YOUNG CITIZEN August, J.<1.J."i
AMONG THE BOY SCOUTS-
THEY ARE OFF
O
N THE 17th of last month, a group of boy scou~s left our shores on board the S. S.Prcs1denr Grant, amidst the cheers and yell'i of their brother scouts who were left behind. (P~r
haps. you will have your turn when the mxt big send off takes place. There's always a chance.) The scouts who sailed were selected by the local com- mittee appointed by the Executive Board of the Phil- ippine Council. Boy Scouts of America. They are the chosen ones to represent our country at tbt'! com- ing Washington Jamboree-August 21-30. 1931).
10.000 scouts and scourers from all over the world have been invited to participate. High ranking gov- crnmenl officials and businessmen, as well as scout officials of the local council. were present to witness the big "sent-off" celebration which was held on board the ship just before its departure. Unfortunate- ly, the parade which was scheduled for the afternoon of that day had to be cancelled due to the extremely heavy downpour of rain. Nevertheless. since all th<!
Boy Scout Troops intending to participate in the
"big parade" had been instructed by headquarters to be at the pier to bid farewell to their brother scouts, they all put in their appearance full of en- thusiasm and loyalty.
The trip made by the boat on its way to Hong- kong was spent by the boys adapting themselves to the roughness of the sea. Almost every member of the delegation-even the leaders-were sea-sick on account of the bad weather. Consequently. the d~·
legation had no opportunity to rehearse the native dances which they arc expected to perform at the Jamboree. Their first stop-over en route to Seattle was Hongkong.
Honylwng
In Hongkong our Philippine Scouts were the guests of honor of the .. Seaman's Mission." a den of the British Deep Sea Scouts. Accompanied by a group of British Deep Sea Scouts, the delegation spent their short stay in Hongkong sightseeing the beautiful city. Their eyes beheld many a lovely panorama and many a beautiful vista. The Briris'.1 Deep Sea Scout~ certainly provided our delegation with very interesting entertainments. Such success- ful hosts were the Britishers that each and every 1mmber of the party totally forgot about th( grne- some experiences of che beginning of the voyage.
Shanghai
The delegation of Philippine Scouts next fou11d their boat anchored at Shanghai .for a one day stop over. It will be interesting for you td knew that the Philippine Council. Boy Scouts of America, has under its jurisdiction two Troops of Boy Scouts in Shanghai . . Both of these Troops are composed en- tirely of American Boys. Naturally. being undr:
the local council. the Troops in Shanghai appeared at the dock to receive our delegation. The partr was escorted to the Shanghai District Headquarters for a brief reception and a scout ceremony whici1 had been previously prepared by the Shanghai Troops. All Scouts and Scoutcrs of Shanghai were very friendly. They inform~d our delegation th~t for year·s they have been Cager to meet and makr a closer contact with. the Boy Scouts of the Philip- - pines; They also remarked that they were agrc:.>·
ably surprised to meet such a splendid group of Phil- ippine Scouts. After making several visits to in teresting places in Shanghai our delegation admitted that they had had an unusually good time.
Kobe, Nippon.
Upon leaving Shanghai the delegation sailed for Kobe. Nippon. In Kobe, Captain Hara. accompa- oitd by several Troops of Boy Scouts of Japan, met our delegation at the dock. Captain Hara is the Chief Scout of the Imperial Japanese Boy Scc,ut As- sociation. It will be recalled by everyone in Ma- nila that Captain Hara has been in our mtlropolis on a GOOD WILL VISIT with some thirty Sc.1 Scouts of Japan. So that. in some instances an in troc!uction proved unnecessary. Our scouts were the guests of honor of the Imperial Japanese Boy Scout Association and were escorted in separate groups to the most interesting places of Kobe. Our Scams were greatly and duly impressed by the unusual cle- ver ability and skill of the Japanese Boy Scouts when scout entertainments were presented in Japantse style and form for their Filipino guests.
Yohohama
Leaving Kobe. our scouts" next dcstinatic.·n wJs Yokohama. There. too. they \''ere met by Japanest' Scouts. The Yokohama Boy SLOuts played the role of hosts as guides to our delegation when makinu a round of the interesting places of Yokohama. "°' N«goya
A brief stop was also made by the boat in Nago- )"l. There was sightseeing again in the company 1)f
(I'/eas1' furn to pogr Jfi;!)
A1•r111111, l.'i.J!i THE YOUNG CITIZEN I~ I
THE ADVENTURES OF A
(Conti1111rd from pnge 176)
the early afternoon, and shine shoes later in the afternoon. We don't have to beg anymore. We shall need money for ric"
only. I can catch small crabs and dig for clams and mussels." Tonio said with the seriousness of a man.
The old man realized that Tonio was no longe1· a small boy. He was beginning to think for himself and to demand his own share of responsibilities.
"Sooner or later he will have to take care
of himself. He should learn early what
i~is to strnggle. He must know the pitfalls of life and learn to avoid them. I shall not live f01·ever to watch over him," the old man mused.
Aloud he said,
"Yes, my boy, we may have to try your plans."
(Read about Tonio';; interesting experiences with street boys in September number of 1'111' Yo1rng Citi::( 11.)
CASSIOPEIA (Couti1wcd from page 175)
the sea were offended and complained to Neptune, the god of the sea. As a punish- ment for her insolence, Neptune sent a frightful monster to ravage her coast and
THE CA VE IN TALBAK
(ConlimH·d jl'om 11ar1c }{ii)
tiful domes ove1·head with sparkling spike:<
drooping downward. Closer obse1·vation will reveal numerous names and dates in- scribed on the smooth and conspicuous pa1·ts. Some names are of those who harl played impo1·tant parts in the Philippine history. Dates as early as the eighteenth hunch·eds abound. Once inside, you will feel a ve1·y peculiar sensation. In spite of the water oozing between the cracks and tl1e moisture dripping from above, you will fed ve1·y warm. Howeve1· death larks bebin<l this magnificence. T1·eachernus pits a1·e scattered here and there not very deep though, but enough to break one's neck.
To avoid any mishap should you ex- plore this cave, extreme care must be taken.
to devour Cassiopeia's daughter, Androme- da. Cassiopeia appealed to Jupite1-, who placed her in the heaven out of reach of Neptune.
SWEETSTAKE
BUBBLE GUM
SENSATION
of the
SEASON
O'RACCA CONFECTIONERY
67 BARRA.CA .'.\t.\'.'l"ILA, P. I
182 THE YOUNG CITIZEN August, J.'/.!j
NEWS IN CARTOON
WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG
(Contin!l('d from .JHtgc 17J) helping in the improvement of so- ci,11. conditions in her homeland.
Blit they did not qualify her for a toga. She had to give up th·~ dream of wearing one in response to the call for scn•ice.
Upon her return to the Philip- pmcs she found plenty to do. Con- structive social work was then in its infancy and trained social work- ers were badly needed. While em- ployed by the Office of the Public Welfare Commissioner. she had to be loaned to various organization'>
f rnm time to time to train workers a11<l help the needy. Among the organizations and institutions that reaped the benefit of her services are the Associated Charities, the Red C1oss, the government orphanag;:', the reformatories for boys and for girls, puericulture centers, tht: Settle- mi:nt House of the Damas Filipina5, ar)d the Young Women's Christian Association. Wherever expert opin- ion in family and child welfare was needed she was called upon to con- tribute her share. Whether in sub- ordinate or executive capacity, she
\·.ras always glad to help in the best way she could.
Her ability, L'arnestncss . . md in- tl'grity did nor pass unnoticed; for wben a chief was needed for the Di,•ision of Dependent Children in tbc Office of the Public Welfare Commissioner, Mrs. Martinez w.is
DI'\. AUGUSTO J.D. COl'.Tf.S Of MAt-\ILA WAS MADE A
KNIG\.IT Of T+1E Of'..Df:f', Of SAi \'\ T :SYLV:E 5Tf:I", t'> Y POPE PIU5 XI .
AMONG THE BOY SCOUTS
(Co11tin11cd froni pnge 180) the Japanese Boy Scouts of Nagoya 'J./brrever our delegation went ir.
J;ipan, the Japa_nese Boy Scout::;
showed a keen interest 'in their vi- sifnrs. Even though some of the lads of Nippon could not converse in English their conduct and con·
t;ict was of an extremely friendlv r..ltlire. In other instances when J2.panese Scouts could speak the English language there was an in- teresting exchange ~f impressions on scouting conditions and scouting life in both countries.
O•i Board rhe S. S. President Grant After the departure from Hong- kong, the delegation was able to begin the intensive training planned in preparation of the exhibition which they ate to give at the Jam- boree. Since all of the boys h1d greatly recovered from the familiar ycr so unfamiliar sea-sickness {for thne is nothing worse when it gets yc.u and nothing like it either) th·y at last could enjoy particip1t- in~ in all activities on board rhe good old ship.
The dances. according to the hczid of the delegation. have created c0nsiderablc interest among the pas- su:.gers and officers of the President Grant. A special request came from ,1r-•pointcd to the post. becoming thereby the highest paid Filipino woman in the Civil Service.
AMBASSADOf\
DE:eUCHI, A ~\G~
Jl>.f>Mlf:31':
OfflCIAL,.
VISITl':D ,\\AHILA.
l-ll': SAID IHAT JA.PAN .
WANTS
To
TRADf: W1T1t- l11E: f'-llll-lfflNE'5 ONLYNOT To OccUP.Y T>iiS CouNT"'-Y-
the first class passengers on July 21.
to have the boys present the "tinik- ling" dance on the deck of the first class. ThC efforts of the boys were well rewarded by the continues ap- plause of an appreciative audience.
So we hope, that this particular dat:ce will make a great hit in the Lmd of Uncle Sam. It is one which would appeal anywhere be- cause of its beautiful movements and' its attractive rhythm.
A dress rehearsal will be con- ducted above five days before land- ing in Seattle to help the boys gee over their stage fright.
The delegation will also take ad vantage of the friendships thi::y have made with the sailors. They arc hoping to learn a lot about knots from. the old sailor boys. Since sailors arc known to have all sorts of knot tricks up their sleev'C, our boys will surely arouse much in- terest and enthusiasm if they re- member all they arc shown. The sailors have been very kind to the sccuts. The excellent treatment ac · corded them has been commended upon by all scouts.
The Philippine Delegation is at present on its way to Seattle. There.
they will be the guests of hon0r fer one week of the Seattle Arca Council Boy Scouts. A reception is planned in their honor and va- rious entertainments also. All these
·will sure.ly impress our Scouts.
TLey arc bound to have a good time in Seattle!
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A111f't1ilf, JN.J:J
CHARACTER EDUCATION SECTION .
THRIFT
By
Jose Feliciano'A
GREAT many people who suffer from want could have avoided pover_ty if they had oniy learned how to tivc frugally. \Ve look about us and we sec needy families that we know are vie tims of their own thriftlcssncss. The misfortune cf a family that I am about to tell you is nothing un·usual: misfortune like theirs we see every day. Y l't we do not seem to learn a lesson from their experi- ence.
Here is a man. the sole support of his family com- posed of his wife and six children. The family live vcy happily. and they seem to have no worn' over the future. Their table at every meal is filled with rich iood. They keep servants and own a car.
They entertain their friends lavishly. All the chil- dren go to school, except the oldesc. a young woma~1 who teache~ school. The continue to live in chis manner until one day. withouc che least. warning.
che father dies suddenly from hearc failure. To hi~
family this man's death comes like a thunderbolL from a clear sky. The family, needless to say. are now left quice destitute.
There arc some facts that must be told abouc chi·;
family. for whom we feel nothing but the deepesc sympathy, in order that we might understand their situation and profit by their mistake. As a govern- menr employee. the father earned a substantial s;i_Ja, ry. Every month he received more than three hun- dred pesos. an income which. by our standards. is not small for a fair-sized family. But what did he do with all bis money? He spent it all on his fam- ily. saving nothing whatever for a rainy day. In- stead of building or acquiring a home of his own.
he only rented nnc .ind hi' w.is perfectly st.ttisficd to do it. His children wac accustomed to en joy
(l'f1•as1' l11rn to page 186)
" Aen.demic Divisio11, Bureau uf Educut10n.
SAFETY SECTION
Going to the Estero
By
Mariano Pascual 'Ramona jumped with JOY. The Din was fall- ing hard. Each lice le raindrop. hit the in'n ro0f like a piece of stone. Ricardo came running to tli~·
window.
''Rain~ Rain~·· shouted Ricardo. "'Let us walk in the rain. Ramona."
The two children ran down the •;ca:irs without asking their mother permission. They wanted so much to play in the rain.
Oucside, they ran up and down che scrcet shout- ing with joy.
At the end of the street. the water in tht' estcro had risen as high as the banks. Mar.y boys were in the estcro. Some were in bancas, some we-re swimming. some stood on th~ bank watching tho.~'-' who were swimming,
Ricardo and Ramona went near the estero. They watched the children swimming and they wanted very much to swim also. They were about to jump into the water when they heard somebody shoucing In the middle of the estero a boy was acting in a strange way. He sank into the water, then appeared again. Every time he appeared, he shouted. "Help'.
hdp'." Everyone knew that che boy was drownini:;
but no one was bran enough to go near him. For- t"unatcly, a man in a banca came down the estero.
The man saw the drowning boy and saved him.
After i:hat. Ricardo and Ramona did not feel like playing anymore. They went home quietly and stayed home all day.
After supper that night, Ricardo and Ramona foi- lowed their mother silently wherever she went.
Mother looked at them and said. "W·hr don't
You
go to sleep. children? It is time to go to bed."
"We have something to tell you. Mother," said Ricardo. "\Ve went to the estero without askin~
your permission.
"I know it. children. and I am very glad you [OlJ me the truth."
"But we shall never do it again. Mother." prom- ised Ramona softly.
"\J./hy :'"
"Because we saw a boy get almost drowned in the water."
Mother looked at her children knowingly.
'"I sec," she s.1id. "But it is nae only drowning that you should be afraid of. Do you rem.::mba
(l'kns<' turn lo /WY\' 18li)
·• Assistant P1·ineipu\, ToJHlo Eleml•nt:ll'y Sd1uul.
184
THE MOST EXCITING ADVENTURE I HAD
Last April I was invited to l boating party. I was very happy bl:causc I could experience the thrill-;
\\. hich I had not had. My friends .u:d I started early in the morning.
\\ihilc boating, I touched the calm w<iler and the water lilies that were
\.v ithin my reach. W r: did not ear- n' a single umbrella because we w~1ntcd to enjoy the sunshine.
While the boatman rowed, th;.::
young ladies sang. We had a hap·
py time.
At about ten o'clock. I felt the bca1 of the sun. It seemed to pcnc- tr.Hc even to my bones. So 'I wet
nl)' arms with sea water. When it wM .. about twdve o'clock, a big roar- inf, waves rocked the boat. Every time the boat moved. we <tll shout- cJ. I was nervous and I thought of wliat I would do if the boat would capsize. While the boatmen were rcwing toward the shore. an angry w.we dashed over it and overturned it. I thanked God that we wer,:
all saved. The rowers empti(d th-:
boat quickly and we rode again iri tbe empty vessel. When we reached the shore we were tanned and drip- ping. Even then, I was very happr b1'c.ausc I had had the most exciting ridi:: on· a boat.
By FRANCISCA B. REYES
\'fl-A E. Jacinto Elrm. SC"hool
THE ORIGLN OF ROSAL Once there was a girl who lived in the town of Mabulaklak. She wa~ very fond of Wl'aring whit:
becausl.' it ml.'ans purity.
One day wlwn she was away her n10ther died. She was very ~ad be·
..:.n1se shl' lost her moth<'r She
THE YOUNG CITIZEN
WJ.' also sad bl'cause she could not buy any more white dresses.
One day she went to her mother's gran. She cried bitterly. Th~ God·
<less of Flowers came. She asked Prr why she was crying and what her name was. She said that her mother died and tha.t: she could not bu) white dresses. Then the God- dess asked her name. She answered
"Rosa". Then the Goddess felt soi ry for her and changed her into a white flower which was called Rosal.
By PRECIO.SA IRMA PINEDA Vl-B, E. Jw·inlo E!rm. School,
Manila
THE TWO FRIENDS Oncl' there was a girl. Ho.?r name v;a~. Rita. She had no father or mother. Rita was hungry. So she wrnt to her friend Juana.
Rita said. "Please give me some fond."
Juana gave Rita some oranges z11~d apples.
Rita said, "Thank you. Juana."
Juana said. "Take some fruit to your mother."
Rita answered. "I h;ive no more mother or father but I have a doll."
. Juana said, "Go home. g,;-t your things. You may live with m~.
You may call my mother "Math- e,". and my father. "Father"
By FLERIDA RUTH PINEDA Grode Il-B,
r: .
./(lcinto Elem. School, .llanilClQuiapo. Manib Dear Aunt Alma:-
} am in Grade Two-A. I Jtil scYCn ,10d a half years old Our tcachl'r let us read "The Young Ci ri:.·.rn... I like the nice stories.
Aunt Alma. please writ\' sorn.:
n1nre storil'S.
Augusf, 19.r:;
Thank you. Aunt AlrnJ. Good- hyf.
Your friend.
FLORENCIO V. FERNANDEl .lfobini Elf'menfary School Dear Florencio,
In this number of the Young Ci- tizen you will find a very easy ston1.
Read ''The Little Moth and the L·i- zard." I am sure you can read it.
Write to me again and tell me u.Jhur you thinh of it.
Dear Aunt Alma:
AUNT ALMA
13 Paris Manila. P. I.
July 22, 1935 I am Francisco Mariano. I am in the fourth grade. I like to read stories from books specially those
· "The Young C1ttzen." I like the story £If Kiko's Adventures. I 1 ikc to make friends with other bci'ys and girls.
Your friend.
FRANCISCO :MARIANO Children:
\Vho would lihe to exchange let- ters with Francisco Mariano? Send your fetters to Aunt Alma.
4 Paris Manila. P. I.
August 5, 1935 Dear Aunt Alma:
l am a boy. I am seven years old I .:i.m studying in the De La Salle C:ollcge. I am fond of reading stories
<liid specially The Young Citizen.
I like best the story of The Order or the Short Pants because in the morning when the boys lined up . se "en were missing. When they c~rne ~ne of them was trying to Incle his swollen lips, another had his hands in the pocket. the others V.'er.e trying to cough off something
\\ b1ch seemed to be stuck in their throats. The cake they ate was full
<•f big red Jnrs. a reason why it
"as unguarded. So the Order of
:h..-
Short Pants never met again! hat was what they got from steal- inj? a cake.
Your friend.
LEAXDRO SINCO G1·adc II, De La Sn/fr Collcyt'
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