The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-28

! Orange, Texas.-near Hapbammer; ! can
happiness SO | would like to ioiu the band
1 ! am little crippled girl 10 wears old
could run about and piny lust lke other
| ntue girls until | was 3 years anu
months old, when had two strokes Of
| paralysis which made me helpless. ] can
81 up and talk and so TO sunday school
and church when papa takes me. have
one brother aud | am proud OF him. be-
! cause ne Is so good to me He wheels the
In baby carriage some tines Papa or
mamma wheel me to church IN little go
nv; ! would like 10 hear from some "
| lue happN liaps ! win write you more OF
my HE II this does not reach the "hIg
basket. lovingly, Ruby Calhoon
/ Hollis, TeXas.-Dear Haphammer: WIN
| you please admit another little 1O-year-old
boy into your large list OF boys aud girlsy
! Wish some of the Haps would please tell
aud also would some OF the IIaps be good
enough TO send me some dull.melon seed
nave got four acres In cotton and hope
s SO nak and two n"6SS h@ys PONY ana
er Frank takes The Post and ] read the
llaps page and enjoy i As nil the llnps
tel about their pets, l will do the same
Now for the contest. I think every one
should sign their right names 10 their let
ters Wen, as this Is my first letter, |
Talmase whlteside
Becvlle, Texas--Dear Hophammer; After
an absence Of good while ] will write
you all few lines oh! how our page does
improve. am spending vacation Ia the
| country. ] will he glad when school
opens. | am in the fourth grade. | think
| that we have q nice contest. | cast NV
vote that the Hans all sign their own
estlng. We certainly need rain awful bad
We haven't many flowers, It is So dry and
not Brother and ! 90 to Sunday school
when We can and | love TO go very much
We haven't many watermelons. Mrs. Eos
ter. please send ms the list of books /
Sqpllofyi reading COED books am reading
Interesting ! win bring my letter to d
close, with love TO Mrs Foster and the
Myrtle Lee Holiday.
Armour. Texas.--Dear Hapnammer. Good
evening. Iiaps Here ! come; omen thu
tccn reading the Hap page and always look
Tor II with pleasure. could nr"rr gpt up
on YOU Harvester Haps | like to read your
letters very much. Harvester Is my oil
home; left there eight months ago Now
for tha contest think II very nice to
usc fancy names, but we can't toll who
writes al these nice letters If Won don't
sign your real name, so | will vote for us
10 slgu our true names. | thlnk II Is hcst
i"l thr club. Cheer mp Haps, aud send
In Your nickeis and dimes; let's try to ham
mef happiness faster. Think Of the little
clilpes waiting their turn. | will send
10 cents for the helping fund. With much
love 70 all the Haps and Mrs Foster
true Hap, Willie Sorsby.
Maxdale. Texas. Dear Haphammer; Hero
COME again. after so long q time. did
not mean to stay away SO long, but you
see did. Jessie b. Carol. | do not agree
with You in saying that Mrs Nation acted
wrong, and that 1t was disgrace to Kan
sns. Mrs, Nation acted right, in my opin'
ion ion DO you o,, not SSree Win me Mrs
II great deal by Mrs Nation; but would
they not have lost more some day wnen
Course nSy wq fhe @ Rey SSa WY r
rive Won THE Duchess and ''fhr Last
DAYS Of Pompeil' for Welded and Part.
vote for the negative Now / don't think
II hey want To- Vel. w WIN h' Wing i,''o on
Maxdalc, Bell county. Texas i remain,
yours affectonately, Maggie Story.
Guy Texas.-Dear Haphammer: 1t has
been some time since have written 10 tho
club | gness you All have forgotten such
Hap existed The contest IS should the
Iaps use uoms dc plumef Why, certainly.
not see anything wrong in it. Some Of the
HapS talk pretty roughly to the nom de
plume Haps. ] do not think thar Is right
II Mrs. Foster does not care | see no rea.
son WHY the Haps should not have tho
privilege OF signing pen names If they
w. W,sh; Now, Haps; come CONF along and vote
right to do as You wish about il. ! do
not think that any Of the .Haps arc
to surprise somebody. Some of you good
dreamers come and tell some of yonr
dreams ! do, like, to read dreams. | will
Importance in Enclosed find ! cents for
Lazy Ned.
Portland, Texas Dear Haphammcr:
viii write. again. as ] wrote before and was
vt'7 much surprised to see my letter in
print As | see there Is a new contest,
VII vote. | think we should be allowed to
Use any fancy name that we wish Some.
one said that we were ashamed OF our
T.3i3ees Now for onej am not. Cow
snake Editor advises YOU Willow Wave
Weir, yon have my greatest sympathy in
You her reg ,.I EyaqseeIiae' may be
II Is rather lonely in Portland since school
l. out. We had good many pupils here
that boarded at the college, and we have
musicals. given by the music class. every
other saturday, so we feel lost since vaca-
ton has begun am very sorry that Mrs
and / hope she will be able to take charge
Of "our page this sunday, / see the waste
basket waiting for this letter, so ! will
"Snrclssus"
Pierce, Texas.-Dear Haphammer;
think ! will venture TO come In again and
describing their nearest towns so ] will
describe Pierce. Il has hut one store aud
postonice combined one large hotel (which
Is empty), boarding house and hne
school house. Oh, lIaps, isn't Ii too bad
that Freddie Clark has passed away from
his loving mother and Kind sister. We all
sympathlze with them, hut he is IN the bet
Ter land now. Well, now don't those good
dreamers sleep long, thought VIII some
one please shake them right hard and wake
themf But then they might think ghost
had hold Of them ] wonder how many OF
YOU Haps are the cooks am, although
mamma has 20 instruct me. Somebody
asked who liked horseback riding | do
and / also love flowers. | like 10 read good
books / will send list Of the books
which have read, David copperdeld.i
Work" "Ahee IN Wonderland" "Blnck
Beauty' That Is not all, hut | must ring
on with this tlresome letter Love 10
Mrs Foster fwhom hope Is better and all
OF the Haps Farewell
Reatmont Texas Dear Haphammer:
win again attempt 10 write In this con-
test and will SAY In the Beginning that
am t.stricfly" for the affirmative side.
Why Haps. | have the coiEmonest name
on eFrth and am not ashamed OF 4, either.
Non why should we refrain from signing
our real namesN ! inst simply can't SEE
one reason for u, sun; pfetty nom as