The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-07
A LITTLE GIRLS TALK TO THE MAN
IN THE MOON.

A LITTLE GIRLS TALK TO THE MAN
IN THE MOON.
Old man In the MOON please tell me why
You never leave your place In the Sky
Are you chained to rock, q stake or tree
prisoner for all time TO be?
Tonight your face is stern and cold;
You look SO faded, grim and old,
That ! almost turn by eyes aside
From the beautiful home where Won nbide,
! suppose you know | was had today
And struck my brother while at play:
And that IL the reason you re frowning so -
o. dear wish my naughty temporal GO
Sometimes YOU beam and nod and smile.
Aud look so pleasant for q whilc
That ] think ia like To live up there
Where everything Is bright and fair
Some nights you never come at all.
Not even when for you ! cali
And then fear YOU never will br back
To walk your peaceful, starry track.
Plcase, dear man In the moon. don't look
When q naughty child chance 10 be-
! think when I grow old lkc YOU
Lovingly dedicated ~ tho author, Mrs
+. j. j Collins, to little Lavenia Beck
Hook switch. Texas. Dear Haphammer.
This will he my second letter to your pnge
and | viii try to do better his time
was somewhat mixed when ] wrote my
other letter ] suppose some OF perhnps all
of the Haps noticed It, Some OF the H1pa
want me to give my reason for wanting
the nom dc plume stopped III try, but
may not succeed SO we'll think, though,
we have right TO write and think Just NJ
we please My principal reason was that
We should not write anything that we
should be ashamed 10 sisn oar reth name
to, and ] don't think there are any HapS
TINT have any good reason to do so. Sec
Ond sometimes q Hap writes n worry good
letter and does not Sign their real name.
and we other Ilnps would like 10 know
who wrote it and cant ind out who II Is.
] notice a good many OF us are dreamerS
] suppose some Of us dream with our ewes
open. believe our most notable dreJmers
are Ike Nichols and ]. D, Mcmahon ]
suppose, though, they make dreaming a
speciality. ! see the Kansans have Mrs.
Carrie Nation in the Jug again I say
Again | say hurrah for the jail that eau
hold q whole Nation. I think its dis.
grace 10 Kansas the way Carrie Nation has
acted ] am not unfolding the intern
nerHncc part of the question. ASK the peo
pie Of the Sixth ward. Calcasieu parish,
Louisiana. how they got rid Of whisky and
Intoxicating liquors. They didn't have the
help Of that reprohate Of Nation or any
thing that looks like her with best wishes
for the Haps, / am Jesse b. Carroll
Cedar Valley, Texas Dear Haphammcr,
ir,N VII IT. IT., to tel yoa about a pleasure
and | started about ] O'Clock IA the after
mCn for San Marcos, about thirty miles
eanres M rabSs 9 9n h ptaEsd
about thirteen miles from San Marcos. We
arose next morning and went IN our Jour
ney. renehirg the 'utlc city about noon
park. In IL were several fish ponds and
4 beautiful spring, which were surrounded
green grass qPon when me SrRRNea , r9u,
tall staf from which waved thu "SthI
Snaneled Banner" We ~ LIT thu. park
and visited the wonderful san Marcos
heads the San Marcos river The waters
of the San Marcos river are as pnre as
a ri hin may may be G seen al the bottom where
the water Is sixty feet deep In the
waters may be seen tho wafer lily and
various other water plants, while the Wild
fisherman may he seen sitting on the bank
waiting patiently for bite. We thep
little town The next morning we startel
for home, getting here the following DAY
In the contest l will vote for the AZ
frmatlve, II We gain any honor we should
gain II In our own names. While I'm
sure the editress Will not allow anything
10 20 on the page which Will dishonor OH
names / think suitable question fol
our next contest would he, (which wa
the greatest hero Of the war Of 1872 Z
sIe,t history. What greater pleasure i
| there 10 patriotic American than 20 tan
/ on write about the heToin deeds Of on
/ forefafhcrs Hoping the edttress will care
| fully consider the question; remain, a.
| ever, Lelahn Mo'eeh'
| Roberts. Ark.-Dear Girls and Boys
What are YOU all doing this bright jun
| dayf / can guebs some are blowing, SOM
hocing, some patching and sewing. TAX
| All the Haps together and you could get
heap Of work done in one day. hayl
been blowing all the morning. It's a huru
| Ing shame that fellow cant do s0methin
| better than plow and hoe all day. 81
Saturday especially I don't mean by tina
| that a fellow should not work. ] thin
/ they ought 10 all work for their living
1 but then a boy wants 20 60 nshing o
J swimming or do something besides pos
"O!d Bll' all day long, What's The mat
ter. Philip. with yout some hlue-eye'
| girl with golden curls has taken yo
| awhy from MS. What bother girls are
| they're not mite Of good. What the
were ever created for Is q mystery that
cant solve. Philip. break on " Il is
| Cir snare Won are into. Girls VIII fix Z
! "a Ia the ball and go Into the room lonh
| ing Ike n picture with bright red cheek
| and waving cmrls, hut you may he sur
! they stand before the glass and paint an
| crrl their hair With redhot curling ifon
and seod their sister and slap their brntl
/ IN. quarrel al their father ami sass thei
| mother before they start. Well. boyE. ~
my part don't intend 10 he caught y
| that kind Of snare. They softly glanc
/ tlp and meekiy look down and shipper an
snlnper and tell Mr.. Brown that papa