The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-13
CLUB TALK.

present contest Is who was the
! b, George Washington or Christopher
jbust"
3as Just In front of New York city
| left of last week. wasn't /? Just
bit OF miles and miles Of buildings
to overlooking with people; streets
ed on both sides and in the middle
5people walking, riding, driving, in
cars carriages Of every description,
aoblles, cabs, broughams. dog carts,
puts. everything that the ingenuity of
las made for carrying men, and above
n high trestle, trains of cars rush
png, adding to the roar that fills the
pm early morning till late at night.
Is desolate place to stranger
IN, where thousands and thousands of
are rushing by you and not soul
ares whether YOU live or die!
there are so many wonderful places
lngs to be seen that you haven't time
lk Of how lonely you are. There are
things about the Northern people
e southerners would do well to copy,
believe in honoring great men and
deeds, If the battlefield Of san ia
were In the State OF New York, 1t
have a fine fence around It, lovely
Hover beds, lakes, bridges, every
with statues OF the men who fought
70 Keep their memory alive In the
Now 1t Is nothing but Il waste of
grown prairie with a barbed wire
around IT, Everywhere YOU turn in
lprk city there are statues to the
men Of American history, made, too,
worlds best artists, 30 that they
my teach hiatory. but art to the
On the streets and in the parks.
pest monuments Of all, though, are
Shaieds of beautiful charities. The
tolhefs give generously to charity,
tlere are hospitals and asylums for
form Of need.
an opportunity of seeing one of the
CHARITIES, one that has been the
i, qoihg an immense amount If
Il Is called The Little Mothers
sna Is for the good of poor little
~lo have so little chance to learn
make good living. A very kind
Mdy, Mrs. Johnston, began by
lew girls to come to her home,
~ taught them to sew. cook, lay a
..c, everything that is needful for
ost want TO know, so that they could
as housemaids, cooks, etc. The
Of the girls grew so RAPIDLY thai
nstoh mad to rent rooms. and Others
Us Interested, helped her I'm the good
,huN they own big house. for
PAID $4,000. which Is furnished
ny 70 bottom very comfortably. The
\, % once the home of wealthy peo.
or,a ,ne neighborhoOd went down IN
mill he people do sometimes-and
s bought home elsewhere. The
r lafee and comfortable and tbs
s rSSnsts gave the Little Mothers
Z re- u tSaa mirrors, carpets aud bits Of
II asd sney dmpot care for, but
rooms. 1's'' the appearance
schcc, SITS come In the morning ~
thsr " learn ia cook, sew, etc.
6rs IN nave any Younger sisters ol
ey sre ~ t care they bring them alonI
are ~ turned into the nursery wber,
iii al sorts Of TOYS for them /,
r,t VIM Any poor woman who has y
no one IN leave the bnbv wifi
M N -, out Ia work can bring In,
n M sne nome md It Is cared Tor nj
No,he, OF u falls 10 one az IN,
b rooA ~ and she learns In this wa,
hsrltv turae, Now, isn't this a beau
Thareaening girls to be usafu
too AVA give them very happ
times "" ! was present al ono a
10 annu, NY had music and rerita
Of frn,, me little mothers AM
Beside !, ,emonade with a cake 10
to car,r each girl had a prett
een Their nome, wish you coul
seven vs, happy faces! One OF then
nv doll II, .old, showed me her dol
A spaneled wings-an