The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-19


world to fight their battles alone. We
hope few will be the battles and great
will be the victory. What about our yells?
Has there been any decision made yet!
Well | must so ana give some more
worthy member my place Good wishes
FOR all the Haps, Mrs Foster and our
brave and gallant llobson As ever, a
sincere Hap. Mary d. Rutherford,
Terryyile. Texas Dear Haphammer:
oh, Haps. lot me In out of this rain II
has been raining all day aud everything
is 50 dismal And so Hobson won n the
contest. l am very glad, for he was my
favorite. / have decided to write you OF
cremation in the far East Among the
hindoos, as you all know, the process OF
cremation is common, and at Benares Us
practice may be observed at any hour.
alike beneath the burning rays OF the
MONDAY sun and by the light OF the pale
moon. Many poor sufferer strains his
last efforts TO reach the shore of the
Ganges, there 70 die on hallowed ground.
The expense OF wood for the funeral pyre
being too great to secure OF the burning
OF the whole body, 1t is partly charred
and then sent to float down the holy
stream into the eternity of the sea. the
Weather Hind0os are more formal In the
disposal of their dead After bathing The
body in the river It Is sWathod 10 a
shroud of white or scarlet colored mate
rial sometimes even covered with cl3th
OF gold or silver; some yermilliOn paint,
symbolizing the blood of sprinlling, Is
then thrown over It, and the body is laid
i upon the pyre. After adding sweet grass,
! precious oil and more wood the CHIEF
monrner bears lighted torch three o.
nine times around the bndy touches tha
7 dead lips with the holy flame aud lights
i the pyre Then il Is kindled in several
other places and in very short tfme the
body is consumed by the flame. the ashes
I are gathered up and the Gangos bears
! them away. In Japan cremation is not
so publicly performed. A plain looking
house In the corner OF the country ceme-
terry with mud walls and earthen floor
inside OF which are seven or eight low
! stone Enclosures, serves IA a cremn tory,
I The body, in a sitting attitude Is placed
f. IN one Of these Enclosures aud when,
after elk or eight hours, the nro Is burned
out nothing Is left but a few white ashes;
those are put Into an earthenware urn
and buried with or without religious rites.
Terrible as cremation may appear to
sound the process Is far less hidoous in
is details than that which has its slow
course in the deep. narrow bed into which
the flower covered coffin Is lowered from
our sight,
! Mrs, Foster, can YOU tell me when The
Post published its first children's page ?
! would like very much TO know.
Does anybody in all Happyhammer land
know anything Of the Price boys? II so,
please prevail upon them to write to the
HapS once more Haps, what do you say
/ 10 having a fruit contest? We could put
II this way: what fruit Is most useful
to mankind?" Woodblne. Prairie Fairy,
III .
rest OF you who write under assumed
names. VIC would appreciate your letters
a great deal more II you would give your
true names What has become of Nicho-
las Belden and also his sweet little friend.
Jennie Roberts, Of 1892 Well, / guess
7 had better depart as Il has almost quit
raining. A true Hap,
Louie Moffett.
McMahan. Texas.-Dear Haphammer:
Everything was on a rush that morning
aB my chum, Charles Fuller. and ! were
going 10 the great Haphammer reunion at
Houston We took the train and soon
were on our journey. After travelling
awhile we noticed that party of Haps
were on the same train going to the re-
union. They all had on a badge and the
club colors and we're anticipating a splen-
! did time We didn't make ourselves
known to them as we didn't want to dis
turb their fun, Presently we noticed two
boys in an adjoining car wearing the
club colors. We soon learned that they
were Roy Lee and Edward Stanford We
! introduced ourselves and were not sorry
to make their acquaintance as they both
we're intelligent and agreeable boys. BY
Tho time we got Tn Houston and went to
the building prepared for the reunion a
large number OF Hs2s were there ana the
editress. There wss just room l;r Us.
Each Hap had his name pinned on him so
that we could recognize each other, Al
most all the well known Haps were there.
Among those present were: Arthur jewel
Wharton, Thomas Taylor, Joe Farmer,
George Ford. Charles Fuller, Henry Bey-
/ er. Willie Carpenter, Roy Lee. Edwin
Stanford. Arthur Dawson. John Harrison.
Misses Maud Fondren, Felsa Pope, sun
set Wood Edith Leffland, Media Burns.
I Dollie Jones, Lucy Burt and so many
others that don't remember their names
Several OF the Haps made speeches and
talks and the evening was gone almost
before we knew II We had such a ca
time together. Every Hap made acquaint-
anees In a surprisingly short time Every
one talked 10 everybody else as II we had
known one another for years. The editress
was as busy as the test trying to speak
some word 10 every one present. Some
one proposed picnic on Buffalo bayou
and OF course the whole band was very
anxious 70 20 We boarded the cars and
In few minutes were at a cool, shady
mott Of like oake and other fine treas.
Every one did their best u make all tbs
rest have good i'ne and INC whole
thing was decided succ, az. At lasi we
had TO leave az evening tad come and II
was with sorrow that many left. but they