The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-16

l am a little boy about IS years old and ,
read the pages OF The Post almost every
DAY love reading very much and am !
very glad to see that the happy band OF l
Aaps take such an interest In the club.
AS the other letter wrote has been
swallowed ND by the waste basket | will
try and endeayor to write d better one
this time. would certainly Ike 10 cor
respond with some OF the Haps from
Prairie Grove. Areola, or either Groes-
baeck. II has been raining here neariy
every day for the last two or three weeks
and looks as II 1t will never clear up.
wish II would clear UP. as l can't get 10
play ball as long as Il is wet and love
10 play evor so much. Hoping as this is
my second attempt TO join the haps II Will
escape the waste basket 0. X, l will
close, as q new Hap,
Henry Longtime.
p s.-Encloscd please find cents for
the helping fund. HI
Beeville, Texas. Dear Haphammer:
Here l como again. don't reckon you
all remere-r me, because II has been
long time since l wrote. ] am glad Miss
Enda Fowler got her chair. Enda will
you please send your picture as soon
as you CAM / would like to see II.
DO love TO read the Haps page so much.
l have never voted In any OF the con-
tests. Hnps how do you all think q flower
contest would DOT | think II wcn'd be
nice. Papa has good cotton and corn
crop. We have had q good deal OF rain
here lately. ! win be 10 years cd this
month. We live out In ,heoo1niry.
guess l will so to school In teeviue TINS
fall. ! am In the fourth reader, and never
" emit to school a day in my life. Mama
has a good many chickens AL Turkeys.
have one dear little brether, ard dear
little sister year old. Their names are
Leonie and Leonine Well we nave haa
some awful warm weather. j am learning
to play on the organ.
Enclosed find GENTS for the helping
fund remain a true Hap,
Myrtle Lee HolliAg.
Gladish. Texas. - Dear Haphamner:
knock knock, will you let me In como
to sec II II u any cooler here than where
IL live. Some one said they got lester
from the crippled boy at Naught and tent
In their subscription. but never got the
paper. I've been getting my paper. lie
has moved 10 Stockard, In the same
county. | see the Haps are sending in
their yells. Here is mine;
lOi lht navy
What happy band!
Who help the cripple5
From all over tho land.
They have helping fund
Which is to help the cripples.
Some send In dimes.
Others send their ntckles-
Don't You all think this a true Yell
/ l have three brothers and one sister. M
sister Is Just years old. l help manin'
some. as have no big sisters. My birth
day comes on the same day as that
Queen Victoria QMay 24). VIII Gloss
Night Hawk.
Cedar bayou. Texas.-DeRr Haphan
mer VIII you let another lttte lb-ysef
old girl toin your happy band OF boy
ana girls? Papa takes The Post and W
like 1t very much. Well. am ssrry m
favorite did not win in the contest. a.
though / did not vote; but Will try !
vote In the next one. think ru
contest would be good subject LOT IN
dear Haps to discuss. see they ar
telling about their pets. so l VIII te
about mine. We have two cats. one do
and a pet dove. He will eat almost an!
thing you feed 1t and will eat from yol
hand We have a good many flower
but there are not many in bloom no'
n and the wet weather has drowned som
OF them. / think we all should try al
make Texas a flower garden. Well,
!, must bring this TO a close. as see ~
big mouthed waste basket waiting for
but II he doesn't got Vt ! will write aga
, and will send In a mite to the helpir
, fund. II any of the Haps will send m
the song. Just AZ the Sun Went Down
y | will send any have in return. a tr'
) Hap. Annie Smith
Q To the Editress.
4 Please suspend your rules and admit
n old man TO your columns who enclose
}. 25 cents for the helping fund.
! AS the Happyhammers are united Il
/ gether to try to hammer happiness whe
y ever sorrow and affection exists l thr
b parents should encourage them In the
good work both by precept and exampl
Tor know it must be gratifying to u
little Haps to add P. s. to their lette
(: announcing the enclosure of or 10 cen
j for the helping fund.
!! Hap Maud Brookshire said she earn
t her SC contribution to the helping tui
+ picking berries for her mamma. The be
L ry season is past but cotton picking seas
: is here and cotton pickers are always
8 demand, besides many chores about hor
q which mamma or papa would delight
t. giving you or 10 cents TO do when tn
g knew it would be applied to charity. s
u Haphammers, it's very kind in 4
! Houston Post to devote one whole pa
It to your use. which you should appre'
u ate and be careful in your correspondent
Is to always be governed by the instruct
lr Of your editress.
IS Grandpa
10 Centennial, TeKas.-Dear HaphammE
Here come again after an absence
about nine months. guess all the ~
| have forgotten me- so therefore l n
D. enter the happy circle again to geta
Ia quainted once more. ! am so giaf
ie see such vivid page In The Post a Y
70 have. Some OF the Haps do write ku,
Or interesting letters. How many OF Il
d Haps enjoy going to barbecues and an
L. meetings? All, know. l do. hav9oe'
is attending the camp meeting at Wln
to Hill and had delightful time; ap no
Is fixing to attend protracted meeting ne
10 at Centennial, which will commencf ne
iii Sunday. What has become of Dora M
ne Cormico, Maurice Smith and Sunset Nooi
st Wake up, Willie Carpenter. and Ne
pit another dream. Cornelius Combs. whe
nj are you? know you are not gsng
he school, as 1t Is vacation ana time pr "
It. to come again, l see some OF ~ Ha
III have requested some one TO write aireai
Now, II / am admitted TO the hapy bal
this TINA I will write a beauti iIIl Dire 4