The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-08

Jest like she did thin Wei, VII hat ia
close cos paw wants me 10 goe arter a
gsllen Of 'lasseS, soc gud by fur this time
~ HiIky Idlehead.
Reagan. Teras,--Dear Happyhammers: It
has been a good while since wrote TO our
page and / thought that / would never
In late issue and decided that l wasn't
too big TO write once more, so ] will write
my thoughts on the present contest,
(Which do the most work, boys or girlsr'
Willie Mae Watson says that. as general
thing, boys do little tho hardest work,
but girls work more. Now / would ike to
see her prove that Taking an average,
girls 90 more kinds OF work than boys,
"perhapa," but their kinds Of work are
eaIer, according to their physical strength,
than the work OF the boy. Girls hardly ever
then II Is only when hands are scarce, while
boys work In the fields nearly all the year
round. Then comes wood for the spring
and early summer. II Is true boys love 10
hunt, FISH and play ball and other sports.
but how often do they have time for recrea-
tion2 Not often, does he, Willie Mael How
many Of our club girls that have brothers
milk the cows or do other outdoor work.
Not three In every ten. II won't do for
man, or boy, that does mans work,
should have said, to work hard Criding a
culuvator) all day and then expect an easy
chair when his labor is ended, for he won't
look for an easy chair after supper, unless
IL IS the side OF his "little bed to prepare
for his slumbers, He sleeps ak or maybe
eight hours and then his happy dreams are
dspelled by the stentortan voice OF hia
"p8ter." Feeding time, boys;" or, Get
up and make Il fire In the kitchen and wake
your sister" Now, boys, how far wrong
Am n some of You tell Willie Mae, please.
As a rule, girls do more point lace or drawn
work, or else tear up Buds" shirt TO make
quilt squares Of. They certainly do more
0worr'' OF this kind than boys not because
boys don't like the work, for do, for one.
1 but because they, as a rule, have more
| spare time In Switzerland the women 90
few miles from far-away Switzerland aud,
! fortunately, women don't sec much OF
| horses unless they are riding one J. don't
know whether Fisherman printed william e
picture Just exactly right or not but Wen
4 LET II 20 at that, only imagined him to be
IA years old, red-headed and far skinned.
ANY way, old Btu and I could get along
all right, know. Hap. Goodbye
shire Texas - Dear Happyhammerq;
| Hello Hapsl What are you doing tnls
beautiful Sabbath EVENING" Dora 3, now
Waiting out here last summer. know you,
Beulaa W. Rodrfck Dhu. your dream was
not very pleasant ssa. Ee9fs a v 1iate sr 9ps
namel and went nut hunting and got lost.
We thought we heard woif howl, so we
started 10 run. and Lou fell down In a
branch OF water. helped her TO get out
but she was wet. We saw a dog and
thought Il was mad. so we ran 10 tree
that was close by and climbed up tpto II !.
the dog came and drank water and went
away We thought We heard a gun Gre
and decided 1t was a hunters dog, 50 We
TOT down. We were afraid We never would
hnd our way home again, 50 we sat down
and cried We heard gentle voice say I;
"Iittie girls, are you losty' We tod him
we were, So he said, FOLLOW me- and be
led us to his house. II was small, but neat
" kept He had little girl about Lou 8
age; her name was Daisy She cooked
supper and we had hah, Wild turkey and
bread, butter ana milk she showed US
PRAYERS and went to bed. Lou cried aud
said mamma and papa would want 10 Rnow
where we were. Then uhe man came and
y w,l1 ana 9 pol s's heard Sr some oas sss.
'tLoul LOU My darling child, whefy. can
they BET" so We went home ana said We
we're never going nut gathering F8Sin;