The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-10
ant dreams and Mrs. Foster Joy | viii
bid you au revoir. A new Hap,
Ifmrn Mitchell


girls. | have FOR quite a while Intended
to Join, but have postponed writing until
now. | see the new contest Is who was
the greatest man born In the Nineteenth
century, will not vote this time and
VIII put on my thinking cap" for my
next letter. wish our Hap dreamcrs
their dreams. | enjoy them so much al.
though | can't see how they can dream
such wonderful dreams ! am sure 1
couldn't II ] tried to dream with my eyes
omen | see the Hans have hecn drscrih.
lug their flowers. | had some lovely flow
erS this spring and have some chrysanthp.
our school has closed NV favoritc study
Is arithmetic. I like It best OF All. How
many Of the Hops Ike muslcf ! do for
one ! am taking lessons, "Woodhiue,"
but am with your letters. hive Just
completed the hooks In His steps" and
Black Beauty" think they are both
9 Ccllcnt books. II was too bad about the
nssasslnGtlcn Of President McKinlcv We
have a photo Of the president AMI Mrs
Mckinley as she appeared IN her inaugural
We'll, as this is my first attempt,
close, for fear OF the waste haskell. |
would like to correspond with some Of the
iIaps. My age Is 10. From a chatter box
Hap, "Elolse.'
MadiSonville. Texas.-Dear Haps: Here
come girl asking for admittancc into
Your happy band OF boys and girls,
was Ii years of age the 9th OF July. Oh,
Haps, school time Is ~ hand and all the
boys and girls are AT their task .rying tJ
learn how to h. Of some service in the
world. ! say all 'the boys and girls. No.
not all for there are some who have
never gone TO school enough to know the
benefit OF an education. II seems steange
indeed that there are some parents who
VIII not make a way Cor their children
to attend school I know there are some
who arc not able TO give their children
an education like they should have, hut
i looks like they could AFFORD to send
them 10 school as long as they can go
free. haven't had much Of an opportu-
nifty 70 attend school, for my parents are
poor, but they have managed 60 send me
as much as from four 10 five months
year ever since | was years old. with
the exception OF one year. | have gone
TO school enough to know more than |
do know, but then YOU know some chill
drcn had rather play than study, and /
was always thinking moro about having
q good good time when play time came than
large To think so much about play and so
| am going to try another plan. Now for
the contest. | Will east my vote for Gen
erol Lee as being the greatest man born
in the Nineteenth century Well, as this
Is the first time for me TO write, / viii
Evening star,
Normanna, Texas.-Dear Haphammer;
Joined your happy band Of boys aud girls
about five years agony sister Lima and
myself We were living In Houston then.
Happyhammer page for ever so long. but
never could get up courage enough to
write until now. Haps was In the dread
ful storm at Galveston. II certainly was
terrible. People were drowned, horses.
cattle and houses were washed away.
| lived at Houston after the storm. My
papa was drowned. He was not at home
with US; but was out in the bay on
boat Ny mamma died in Houston in the
year lSaI live at Galveston. but my
sister and myself are visiting down here
3 q a n In l.,,.
miles from there and seven miles from
Beegllle. Ny brothers are In the bee bust
ness here | viii tell you, Haps a little
about Normanna. There are about five
stores depot, q cotton gin and a school
house. The people have service In the
school house, as there is no church I'm this
place. There are plenty Of Mexicans down
mere. Oh, Haps, wasn't II sad about our
/ late President Mckinley being shot? |
] feel SO sorry for Mrs. Mckinley don't you,
/ Hapsf Era lsaacks certainly does write
I Longfellow wrote, The melancholy days
nave come, the saddest OF tho year" Haps.
what mas become Of Blind CnrlT Wen.
/ Haps, must end my letter Tor l see the
I waste basket staring at me with It's mouth
I wide open. Love 10 all the Haps and Mrs.
Oracle Lille Butts.
Beaumont Texas.-Dear Haphammer:
/ VIII write to you and tell YOU of the club
we have organized. We met at my home
We welcome the following officers: Prcs
dent, vice president, secretary and treas
/ urer and corresponding secretary. The
most Of the members were girls We have
a committee on rules and regulations which
met Wednesday evening, October %. Il
draw up our constitution, We adopted tho
club colors, pin and motto. We win order
our pins from Arthur WetherSby. Each
member agreed to bring as many new mem
hers as possible, We will charge an ad
mission fee Of 10 cents and our monthly
sVsa n
of our paper, which viii he read at eacl
meeting We also have a program for ON
next meeting. The clubs Is the Beau
mont Happyhammer club We viii NEE
every Saturday night at the homes of tn,
members, but II Is our intention to get
school room, or a small hail to meet In
After we get fairly started we intend I,
take up some special study and send II
a sum OF money each month to the fund
All our members seem to he deeply Inter
ested and one girl assured me today Sht
fcers are elected for term of three
months. We mean TO carry It on on TIL
: plan of literary society We will maxi
a success of IT, II you have any sugges
; tiore ia make please make them, for w
! ne, help. | believe We VIII not have ~
nc, INIT will send In reports once
month. | give you the names of our mem
bers: President, Willie Collcps; vice presi
dent, stella Pratt; secretary and treas
urer Effie Yates: corresponding secretary
, Essle Colleps; editress, billie Pratti Chas
CollepS, Berthe tollepS. Nlhteuce iTHtl
Correct sherman. ! trust We VIII be ahl
to add to tho helping fund and benefit onr
selves this winter Hoping to have large
report soon, l will close. Yours respect
fully, hssle Coheps'
Fleetwood. I. T.--near Haphammer
| see that the contest is who was or
, the greatest man born in the Nineteent
I ccnturyY' | cast my vote for Generi
/ Robert r. Lee He was the greatest ma
, born ia the Nincteenih century. Why
; Because he did more for his country tina
! eu' other mao did. he LED his army an
! Southern boys ought 20 hold for o.
rights. Think the most Of you will Z
: So too So let us see lots ~ votes 4
! him Willie Powell Abraham III
colr was not as great as his mother. "
ought to write again William Naugl
I you viii do wonders when you get ma
, fed hut You had better stay In school thr'
] or four Years more. c. II Fuller | thin
yon were wrong about the negroes
G Inc North Some Of them arc highly r
Q spectcd b. the whites as well ns II
9 blacks We ought not 10 be so bard on Il
negroes anyway. We may be black
the next world. Philip w. and Wcodbin