The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-25

part ! know the Hsps have been doing
good work aud am glad that am
crcd Mrs Foster, you wrote your hrst
club talk for The Post on my birthday. J
vas y wears old will bc ~ the VIZ
give me nice birthday party ! guess
settler can understard my letter all
light ! hsve not used . bit o. tall
taptreil would write me 4 letter for uy
n}rnday We may he some. kin, Good BY,
Hans susie CantrelL
sheldon, re1ss- Dear Happyhammers
~ We. are not having dtlightful weather.
II reaHy makee one feel as though there
Was nothing TO Do hut enjoy ones self. hur
We All have our duty to perform Now foe
tho contest Which do the most work. boy 1
or girlSl y is a question. hard. 20 decide,
but stlll u sounds simple. boy. ot
&c urse. does the hardest work, but fer all
Wcrk az home snd besides work for others
IS Mr.. Arthur Dawson has said but he
IL LIZ made no exceptions. which reeily md
nfrce with met MI Dawson, have you any
sisters7 hardly think you have. But
then who car blame yog' !; for one fe,
sympathy. Now, let me tell you wat u
girl eau do and Will Housekeeping IN
general; washing lrNinE and mendlns
careless VIII tcar ne thinks, ''oh, mother
will mend this" or sister can M IT,"
While sister has her own, and helps to do
for tho others Just this evening While
sister is busy this very nice little brother
or very good cousin comes In. You VIII
hc very oh)lerg n YOU viii Just tic my
&c, which gan not get lns' rignt About
In, ~ you win please sec that ] havc
this shirt % wear tonight This particu'
lar shirt Is his tavoritc and We all KNOW
why he wants It. lie IS going to dance
tonight From uhoui 2 o'clock this after
noon until night TO get ready on cnSsnsn
NJ this | can hear some ono say. Mhet
do you all expect 90 kecp as New ear
resolutions Don't you think II good idcs
to make thcm7 We make them. hut nov
long do We keep theml How many OF gov
neq YOU viii see a drove ny some "a
lance and suddenly they viii Whit seem
Ing almost to press one anolher 10 w
Ing 10 hc twenty feet from the ground In
the hitting ct the eyes II they happen 10
10 high up (ofe by itself can he seen ne'
,sr q course inc Wings Hos are go SSsSSd tbS
.Fuu would bc crushed. but II is certnln
to icht on It's feet. The plunge It makes
seems as e me win, w.NS' T tpSM , nGT
think have said enough, except that Mvs
Foster has more patience with the HapPE,
hammer band than We could nv poss'S,s
eypeet And in her care and goodness "
nrc sure TO prosper more All w s, I'm
OLD Hap, "''"'""'"'
Rising star, Terss Dear HIS, HsB Ipy mS
%'r r., T Ssdn HG iSss G Time s'S since was a
print" rhs Is 4 bright. sunsn'ny on ,bs
Tho lnttor part ~ December M, NJ. ssn,
frofty ar St the ,c,f s'm IN the warm cScsTta
~ No sur II 10 delightful TO do1'
ana dream and speculate, under the soiTGtH
snI,i I"uc almost render they seem. after ID,
harsh rude winds and the stormy blast
that haN6 lust ded AS Atter the sf w
ard eorrow and cyl ot our nN ~. Sr,sb
jntcrrnlssions " peace and happiness, thrs
short lulls In the vintry tempests seem IVY
moro bright and cheerful Ana wv mes sn,
neacr aud good will hover about us VIZ
bencdiciion, making tho day seem ta'r''
and holy, And the old ycnr urnWImk a.
ia close causes Ne 80 mediate upon IN
INST and to make resolves for the tutnr'
who has not, under such Influences. ~
stepped IN thought and meditation recau
ing tho post or dreaming OF me lu.uID
= Who has not thus for time let MS tanE
/, hold sway IN the dreamy realms OF meu'u
! ton and spcculAtionf who dnrc hot Nv
, light to forget the bolsierona tempests Q
I NE in tho contemplation Of some VAST prou
= lem or 10 lose himself In seeking 20 roiN
\ some uufnthomahlc mystery Snch tnonght
? have power TO take away INC o9re. w
. trouhle tho grief. the morbid feelings g
2 no: TO soften the evil tendencies oi on
natures and so Fuppnnl them Mitn bright
|
O lctter 6ndS its way 70 tho Harpyhamm'
+. mage the old year vll haze passed ava
a aud the now have hccn ushered IN. Nnl
9 good resolutions will ! suppose. have nee
, made. and many broken for snch ala
Z, In human unturc, We have all no doul
y found Icy experience that " ~ easter
Z make good resolutions than ia Keep thor
Ruf this is natural. since nothing ls q
u tanned Of worth save by honest effort ~
? perscvcrnncc And surely what Is Raiuc
+. by making and kecpne good resolutions
4. all . n nffA vTQ
n Yesterday ended the Christmas holiday
~ and We farmer hovs must strive mnntul
y iu the attainment Of Rnow'edse during oil
- brief school dnys, Tor the greater part
o our time consists NJ holidays stlll. y
70 have Eront many advantages when ~
3, city docg, not ,anord wonder no" J., -, ~,
II tho country nud the 1"pn I'm the M
bonk n Tho Tack thing. they r
I hnc. slthough somewhat tancifnl lhI
N rural ife haa produced US full shAre
n the worlds great characters nc pnges
r history attoet Tho sons, not NJ poyert
10 neither of excessive wealth hri ~ simp
plenty. Eained by honest toll, Arc tho
,s who mold and shape the history ~ noL5ss
10 and the destiny ~ man And In the cou
II try M no who're else, Ia fonnd this hSpT
: medium between poverty and opulence, b
7 tween dlencss and slave labor AZ my lt
, Ter is qrite long enough, I will not 9
n press myself aa 70 the contest Everythh
10 well proportioned between the boys ~
Ne girls. But toll. whoever the toilcr M
o. he Ia not disgracfful, a. 6oune seem
ia think Experience and observation slil
4. confirm the statement that toll Ia conduct
q not alone 10 mere physical health 81
- strength. hut disconceris evil and encou
=. ages virtue. But | must close A tr
o. Zap, Witt Bowdcn
rs Brookshrc. TeSas.--Dear Mrs. Foster Al
no iappyhamnlers. I suppose you THU
Ut Two forgotten what said IA tell YOU O
81 bur have not quite forgotten t. ! thong
I ] had better send w some Of my Christm
" money, cs I promised myself ! would
~ n got any. ana I got, enough 20 SCI
. some twice and some tn get my little 2
ne fome seed Now. I haven't told you wf
~ u Is, but rs sweet little canary biz
ls TINT sings az loud on raiuy dnys as 81
Sc shiny onrs. and he never seems bred W.
a., ] promised would tell ron an about
ny ground wHsna n you wanted me- TOO, u
at have never heard anybody shy they woJ
lL but Mrs Foster, 50 I viii tell II for |
% sSke, any way Well, hrst ot all IN
work In the warm summer days IN
begin by hnding o damp place 10 dig
nnd commence to dig slipping hole W
=; their forefcet aud It takes quite az
m while; they pile they dirt In pile. j
g. outside Of the hole, which IL about