The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-12

trees we're too hard for me to pult IN ami
was not going TO do u. lie said An
right, then" aud brought an army OF lit
tie men and told me TO run began TO
run. with all the little men running after
me, J ran about half mile, when |
Sna hy,a gSeg nrSos s'sfs" mo- % wa,Ss Mnloa
trap In the bridge ala not use Il az an.
hut jumped across the stream. When the
little men saw what | had done they all
stopped, stood stil and watched me
went on past some OF the largest trees
ever saw, Travelled on and on and soon
became lost and did not know which way
10 turn, 50 thought | would climb a tree
70 see u could not sec some place to go.
| climbed TO the top OF a large tree and
saw house about three miles distant, SO
! climbed down lnd started toward the
honsC. When | got there no one was 0t
hand, so ] took possession. In tho cvru-
ing a great giant cnmc and tNld me tine
house was his and calling me a thief
took hold OF me and began % shake NE
until ! thought he Would shake me to
pieces. Al last he stopped and threw me
down q we'll. fell about half way down
the well and then some one called me 10
get MP and make q hre. for 70 was very
cold that morning, VIII close, with best
Bli Rebel
Austin. Texns-Dear uappyhaumers, Al
though ! didn't vote IN the late contest
! was glad that General Ice was selected
as the greatest man The Beaumont Hap.
pvhammer club has attracted my attention
very. much recently Have any OF Won no.
ticcd that they sent S2i.25 rs the result Of
a box party for the benefit Of cripplcs
That club is good example Of what VIC
could do IN almost every town and village
IN the state. You all know that there are
several IInps in each town and sometimes
there are good many Have YOU all no
ticed the great number OF HANS that have
Joined for the last two or three wears from
Haps joining nearly every week from uoally
an the important places Ia reNns Now,
how would Il do for each town TO organize
local Hap club and elect president sec
retary, treasurer and other officers amt give
concerts. entertainments box PARTIES ctc..
aud send the proceeds 20 the helping fuudf
One or two Haps from each town can hustle
around ard organize 4 local Han club with
hut very little effort. Now, hustle around
and see what Won can do. In this way W.
could raise thousands of dollars every wear.
Making fipc estimate Of 10. there could be
easily orcauizcd 100 local Han climbs that
could raise on the average OF S2i each nHr
year, which would be SGTl which W. .
buy about a hundred rolling ch1i"s 't.
we could get 500 local clubs n an NO Ia
go to work What would a hundred rolllgg
CHAIRS dog II would give Tho II7ps VA.
place IN history. especially tNc hiSto " W
Texas II they could not ind l0o erip0l'S
per year We could fence hc san Jacnto
battlefield The. Hans could easily r7ise
$4,000 per year II they would form them
selves into local clubs The Hans have
thcir name m IN almost cverv portion VI
South and East Texas: also Central rnN1s.
and can do moro II they Will try / nnticn
that a large number OF the girls 10 not
seem 10 agree with me about '-n"en's
rights, hut they can call me what they
may. Girls are, MS 4 whole, very polite,
nice and iudustrlous. hut there are few
that are not worth two hits q dozou: mt
To hrag on bows al ALL fOr there arc hoyS
that. are not worth half tA9' anch: 0pt
| think they hoth belong 10 the Same class
Now, girls don't get to raising sand or
everybody will think you are ono Of IA Sc
ne =
from ravagcS Of heat. sun and cold Yes.
there's lot OF tomfullery Crlnc on all over
the world that could bc >'onped n people
had more sense. IIeary Beycr, You deserve
a great deal 81 praise Tor Your Efforts IN
behalf Of the petitions, Yes I i've IN sight
Of the two girls who said tina, they dilQ't
know much about me l wonder II they
have learned ANYTHING about mo yct Nv
place Of abode Is directly between their re-
spectlye residences. / WI close hoplGS
you all Will Try and organize q loc1l cluA
AT each town There are lot az Uaps
that have hecu accusing mo of writing
philip VS. lritors; Such parties are mis-
~ Arthur Dawson.
Beaumont. Texas Dear Happyhammcrs
Z think Cur present contest will move both
intcres-ing ana insfrnrfina MA feHl
houorcd Chat Mrs. Foster selected IL, as
Il was my suggestion. Thcrt have been
tCcuth century that owe H. ga loss 60 DC.
eide who was greatest lNrtc have been
more truly great women born Nm the con-
tury iuSt passed than iu auy other Gene
tury the world has known. Thair services
% the world have been as varied MS their
natures. And whether their services were
for humanity or ART they are al sgleu1id.
There was Francis Willard. tao leader OF
the temperance movement. beloved hy all
Christian temperance workers Ms Eliza
beth Cadv Stauton and Miss Susan b. An
thouy the woman suffrage advocates The
Baroness Burdctt-Coutts, the Eu-lish
philauihronisJ No doubt Queen Victoria
OF England will receive the mos, votes.
but she WAS MOI the ercatSt. Tor her reign
Is so associated with Gladstone. Without
him her reign would not he SO ilustrous.
Some Of the Haps win vote for Mrs. M.
thnt Il Is almost forgotten, n uoterioty
can be called greatness VIII vote Tor
one who has done more for humanity,
who has soothed more pain than any other
woman Of our century who Is too well
known and appreciated 10 need comment
Florence Nightingale, the angel OF the
and refined, she took n thorough course at
Flicdncrs Institution OF kaiscrsuertb.
Germany, and for young lady 70 study
nursing IN those DAYS was considered &c.
her work when the English goyeirnment :
attention was called TO the felrhif conui.
tons IN the Crimea N 1871 h4le had
And when Miss Nightingale and her thirty
four nurses volunteered their services and
went 10 the Geld 81 battle % care for the
scene that would have ScRgncd TIE stlui-
est heart-"the sick teudpd los the sicb,
the dying by the dying. That such things
are rapidly becoming 8 thing ~ the past
is due largely Ga MISS Nightingale. Clean
Illness sanitation aud cooking we're the
three heads ef her revolution. she was
id0lzed by the poor Sick soldiers g such
an extent that they kissed aeg shadow IS
81 fen across thpir beds Whom she wept
back to England hef hfRlth had failed and
she could Do very ltiia active work. Hex
mission She carried on with her pen-"Hos-
pltal Notes" and Notes on Nursing ave
of untold value 10 the Profession. A CRATE
full nation gave hcc tMopo, which she
used for the purpose Of founding the
NIGHTINGALE home FOR trained nurses
can think Of no more noble example 81
greatness than Florence Niehtlngaie, fer
10 mankind And n | am not on the win
ming side. I feel sure / am right How
many Hans VIII scud me a nice recitation
] Will be very grateful I enjoyed lpua
than Snipes letter very much. Come again.
surely would like 10 haye your address.
Era lSaacks you surely had time about
BryAnts Death OF the Flowers Now,
how many Hans can tell me who wrote
this: "Howc'cr q be, q seems 20 me lis
only noble to be good Kind hearts are
more than coronets. And simple falth than
Norman blood" Rlue Bell u mean my
Blue Bolf who voted for iincolni. ] want
you 10 write Ia this contest. a happy
Hap. Essie Colleps.
Crockett. Texas.-Dear Happyhammcrs;
had thought ere this that I would have
written aud asked 20 he admitted in yoiI