The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-09
" DIRK FOR CARL.

San Antonio, TeXas--Dear Haphammer.
In our Happyhammer page of sunday. the
2Sih ultimo. | WIS little surpriseS TO see
the 81 ght response to your Kind permits
sion 10 work for Carl. and lay awake at
night 10 'hink out the reason, WNh
fairy's intuition, | decided II must be the
opening of the baseball season, the neur-
ness OF schools closing and the picnics,
Then had one of my spells OF after
thought which resulted in deciding 10
propose r.. the club than We wear our
pins ana Gibbons to all picncs and do
litle missionary work for our friend Is
pccially would | ask the httie girls who
have been benefited by 1t to utilize the
ohtec, lesson their chairs afford when
possible on such occasion.
Even cent collections from sevaTsil OF
our friends, II many OF US made them.
there is scarcely person who has no,
some 1-c"nt pieces that they would be
glad 10 be rid of.
must further say In response 20 your
request to write strong letters" In favor
of tho plan for helping Carl. We Ghe
club must rot wound HIS sensitive heart
by allowing this effort 10 drag along a
month or Gwo. requiring TO he urged to
complete the work which we ourselves
offered to do. God lovolh cheernl
givcr." so le; ms he prompt and not allow
beautiful. bright May-so dark to "our
Garlic pass and leave him sim wait
ing for the Joy "" have so long been talk
ing Of giving him.
want 10 tell of my Happvhammer
scrap books. and that my SCISSORS arc
now w7'tirg TO snip TO- IT. another gem
rom each Of cur california poets Also
and song, from bcGi'S'lng TO md are in
one Of them, ma found again In the heart
of your friend. PaLrle Fairy
'PRAIR1E FAIRY'S' VOYAGE.
san Antonio, oNhs.-Dear Haphammcr:
one day as ! Wa, rid ne on Washington
Sfeat IN Houston, ! heard a low, sweet
symphony. and. noting that | was near
SrnSei s home got down from my blcy-
no. my broom-aud. tripping silly up on
me gallery, Just as the last note blended
with pretty accompaniment. | cau9ir
the words. "Dark-haired and light haired
sun-kissed and Drowned" and heard all
the little song ! wrote for the Hammer
class' most gracefully render ed.
While was musiug that such a little
son. could be so well developed, ana
thinking that J. too. must thank Mrs.
VIZ Wood heard her sing cute liItle song
am q -, ceroaln sure were SISTER Ser
prell's. and. my home Is al present pro-
vded with both a mandolin and plano.
that had deSlned Sunsets offer 10 allow
me the chance TO copy them. IL ! asked
her 80 renew the offer ] wonder If she
would: or If all the inject haunted grass.
when | am out dancing with the flowers,
must only he haunted with those never TO
be forgotten notes.
We'll, / guess | can probably bear the
Disappointment SOD as It Is. now that
am ablo to say | have been honored with
a ride on that much talked of a.rship. and
lhat there IS 10 doubt It belongs TO fairy
land and may possibly take the place of
the broom In many of our trips, for II
stopped Immediately on my signaling II
that morning. took my broom as baggage
Ghe POLITE porter bringing me a pillow just
as he would n Pullman. and landed me
Mt San Antonio in time for the battle OF
flowers, Here ] found the streets densely
crowded. but. having any broom handy
l soon reached a roof garden directly OPP
poslte Alamo plaza and saw everything
to he seen. Even the poor, hare. bare old
Alamo wearing wreath OF lanreli Ana
was no, aided a little 10 give the cher-
ished old building some ira ding and climb
ing vines of It's own. what liked best OF
all the display was the cavalry when they
wheeled into line abr.a,t at the order
halt" ] wondered II there were any
Haps near me. WoulG II not be nice to
wear our pins and oolOrs on such occa-
sons? Then 4 we met there would DO
chance of knowing each other. when
would sure give pleasure 10
A Prairie EaAry.