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DENTISTRY.

DENTISTRY.
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-01
Simple Lessons
in Drawing.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


-
For The Pest.
The lesson today and the one to follow are
to be very practical ones. Some Of you who
are interested in drawing may some day
wish to use your knowledge 10 a practical
way. II is good 10 know how to make pic
lures better still to know how TO make
something useful and beautiful.
through the means Of drawing and painting.
besides the making OF pictures 10 hang on
walls one OF these lines OF work we call
designing. Did you ever think when you
look at wall paper that some artist made
the pattern, as you perhaps call II. from
which the paper was printed
Some one designs the pattern Of your car
pets, your rugs, your lace window curtains,
the dress patterns you wear.
Many people follow this designing as a
way OF earning a living. Possibly some
and here he or she may have one OF The
early lessons.
An good designs are generally suggested
by some form In nature, such as flowers,
vegetables, leaves, birds. insects and often
animals,
We will try the violet, because It grove
almost everywhere aud il is also the flower
Of your club. wish you to take one from
the garden.
PIN It up in front OF you. facing you-a
ful outline OF SC.
You can block out the shape OF II as we
have done IN the other drawings, II you
have trouble In proporloning the siEes OF
the petals and finding how they ht together
Draw now side view, turning the flower
and working from u, Then draw n back
view Buds should next be drawn, and you
VIII not find them quite so easy to do as
the flower.
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CLUB TALK

n, contest Is getting very lively, and
lstss come pouring IN. The boys had
stt str around little more briskly,
tie GiElS are good distance ahead in
me
n much room fov '%Club Talk" today.
r asips and heaps Of lettersl I go 10
saN for them about twice or three
~ 4 week and always End a great
q them waiting for mo. Then the
III, Editor" who Is just as Jolly a good
~ ~ you ever saw, ties them up in
PACKAGES for me and I start for home
ny arms filled on the way the
~ meet smile at me and generally
A Your boys and girls letters, Mrs.
4,s, And smile back and say. yes"
NJ Wsy Always say, at is a beautiful
w are doing Many of them
1s .aey read our page every sunday,
a ,o WuISe, am very proud, and
w nat We must be very careful
Il u the world
sMl TO tell You about one word. or
Hscty. That Is, "etc. " II IL not
N, . eN shortening u two Latin
H., which means "and," and
~, which means so on. Remem.
lS NJ IN sad you will spell It properly.
In 49,, watson Is Tho first to tell me
81 seyeNing her seeds Plant them Mt
~ y slready a little late.
II AZ so many letters today that I
A bc5s srS us waste basket and wish
N v,sh s.u girls would try to say what
say In as few words MS nos.
y s'nal way we can get more let
n Aeln.S5 e,etal very good letters had TO
|ii1s W.. tney were too long. AS II is
Hen wy little room for anything but
/ s I. Jolly could not accent vour
81 Nume, but your letter was too
|{sd yo,,. 70 the waste basket, SO
,fls a. rear name to IT,
|tesposd r " OF Webster would like TO
h Ise Tbinln some Of the Haps Of her
hIg s sIn. Your letters a little more
3 pglllbg NY" !t5s numbering all the pages
a sfst f,it yasm In regular order. with
"a 81 ~ inside. so when / open
q Flpplsd ,i hLsI page facing me.
a Is n6na4 IN Tor whom we are work
H slds. hary Massey and she lives
& aslpnr ftiee that since Christmas
z honey 'iH ase mas rather rested-not
. Hpwever from Christmas, / sun
"A lBgulsb ne must not let our good
"A ailfI hon.IeIe are many waiting
s W. upple," In nv how and nd ~ ~
Il !or their w. them are waiting anx-
(" Margaret IIndt..- 49,.
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Fappyhammers
THE CLUB.

,.,o,ssmmcrs are the yeunE peopis
|r. hsRHsrsal who read the YOUTHS De-
he envy " The Houston Post, Ihere ars
Ifpsri o. charges Of any kind connected
4 NJ !" ,sb Boys and girls VINO reno
N le ,nsy he enrolled as active mem
b Pes. ,rdIpe nnme. age and adoreSt'
~ " y ~
g, The tlsppyhammers' Club'
Fs~ y !, slrl Ia the United States can
|iu w a.nber Of the club BY sending
|ast m me- 70 The editor Of the page.
/ lei , III he addressed Houston POST,
|di tis wSsr Department. Houston, Tex
4 .,o an both sides Of your paper;
"a "a risb to use fahc ~
~ fpil name to the editor; rs 1es
/. IN b printed unless tHis Fuie Is 0OH
M name "HAppyhammer" or
ff4 In capglAl letter.
Eig nb.scf OF all Happyhammers 10
NV hsnnlpess when aud wherever
tlznt,p us5ce the club name and motto.
Esee sdusr is ihe violet, the club tree
~ ana the club pet Is the mock
Il Ms ~ beIng chosen by the members
y A ." Tbs fsvorlte dog Of the Happy
ElEsaNs, ne scotch collie, or shepherd.
ssret. y oiors arc rose and gray. These
pc CIV IJn,ended TO be worn with OF
ta,,.tbe club button or PIN, Iney G,s
WV ,,,a A badge by pinning or se"lns
Ra. ~ yro pieces OF narrow ribbon, one
s AN and the other OF light gray.
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TIE WRONG SIDE.

-, and cozy as cozy can be,
~ Sssr little nestl It is warm and
!. s ", ,pd dainty, us white and sweet,
n sswny pillows and snowy sheet;
J. TX, bed / have never yet spied,
ss.hcw or other It has wrong side.
|, vs,p Teddy swakes on that side, oh.
s Sssn Il so crooked and sad and queer,
n, sTfnlly cold or It's Nwfully warm,
n \ mreiy will rain, and It's certain to
!, 'T.-ythinEs croSswise the whole day
leng,
that 10 wrong
1un discover which side It Is
n, rrnkles thst nice little forehead Of
hh
Il the bed,
I ut out the pillow and stroke the
|r I'D sisd ! should be # perhaps by this
I,ssa smooth out his frownl Do you
huk that | CAM
Youths Companion,
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Austin, Texas.-Dear HAppyhammers; We
have been silent readers OF this page Tor
several years and have at last decided TO
write our ages are II and 10. We are
now attending the Austin high school and
hope TO graduate In two more years We
are both taking Latin and Ike It very
much We had the pleasure Of taking de-
nghtful trip TO Colorado last summer. We
visited our uncle and left IN the hrst part
Of July and did not return until Septem-
her The scenery was beautiful, especially
In North Park We brought home a beau
tifnl collection OF ores We have great fun
playing football at the high school We
boys have organized an ath!etle assoeIa-
work, boys or giris2' After much thought
We have decided that boys do the most
some things about the girls. A good many
OF them do spend lot OF time before the
mirror especially the society class. But
most girls do great deal OF work helping
very well that few girls do paint do
hope Santa Claus brought you q box Of
paint and powder and some, stun 70 take
INC freckles on We don't blame the girls
Tor giving you down the country" Love
70 ali 4he Haps and Mrs. Foster. Good
i've. Alfred Burnet and z. L. Walker.
Austin, Texas Dear Happyhammers We
are two little chaps that would ike to join
your merry band We are IL and 1B and
20 TO the Austin high school. We have
read your page for quite WHILE but have
never seen letter from here. We GER
tainiy had a sight Of fun last, vacation.
our mothers, fathe1, syHters and ourselves
went 10 spend a month al Purten Ales.
what fun we dii have fishing, hunting
and bsthing. We found stray donkey
/ ana rode him TIL his back was sore. We
/ visited Hamilton pool. found caves and
gathered ferns Haps, how we DO wish
You could have beer, with us We see
That the contest, IS Which 90 ne most
the most; Look boys chop wood milk
cTher things As q majority girls don't 10
much work. Our little sisters; though, are
an execution 10 this rule. They help our
5nammss a whole lot We agree with Ar
i thnr Dawson about girls prlmping; that
+ 9s nearly ali that they do. We know an
/ SrtSpr Dawson and X II Is the same ono
I he mas hts wish, for you can hardly see
; ~ faca for the freckles We sure pity
I his poor sisters 81 be had any; we wlsh
I A. Nm, n We aid think what he said In
I his last letter we ,woud have more r.
I - Aid Won ali spend Christnssf We had
4 grad tims playing ping pong pillow
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Tho leaves Of the violet are very helpful
IN design, for they are so symmetrical. They
suggest a heart shape. Draw now a front
view, a side view and ono showing part OF
the under side Of the leaf
Notice the middle vcu running from tho
stem to the longest point. Near the base
are veins with branch breaking from
them. This lends variety and is an interest
Ing feature. The other veins come out OF
the middle vein directly opposite each other,
which Is not always the case In leaves. The
beautiful law OF balance is clearly demon
strnteh In tho Loaf Of this nlnnt
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LITTLE SPARROW.


Md. sparrow sat on her nest,
! a. lulled her little ones 20 rest:
n tie mother bird she Cever knew what
Dat vas coming to her unhappy lot.
u Ius. then boz came by,
y he nest and little ones ne did espy.
BAL says he, what a nice little pet
tii ! viii for our baby get"
As took them, Just like boy,
u Ne nest they were IN he did destroy.
q cnee OF the mother he thought,
Eit sorow to her breast he brought
tssr Hsps, this 's my plea,
PIT rob bird wherever she be.
k7 would your mother feel Hap dear,
n you stolen away from herr
EtHsn for the page bJ a Happyham
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All these forms a designer can use and It
will be very interesting 20 you TO ind how
much variety can be slowed away Ia
flower.
Try any flower you have near you and
save your sketches for the next lesson. /
am going to show you what TO do with them
and you win need them to refer to while
you work.
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Lexington. Texas.---Dear Happyhnmmers

Thunder and IAfhtning.
Lexington, Texas.--Dear Hnppyhnmmers;
Tho contest Is, 'who do the most work,
boys or girlsy' This Is a very interesting
contest There are some boys who do more
work thsn girls, and there are girls who
do more work than boys. The boys have
90 work IN tho field and the girls have 20
work IN the house ! am farmer, living
in the country Our chief production IS
cotton and corn Lexington has twenty
business houses six merchandise stores,
two saioona two hardware, two lumber
yards two blacksmith shops one furniture
store, two millinery shops, two gins. We
have four churches and graded school.
Lexington Is situated on the ArHnsns Pass
railroad. Come again, Arthur Dawson, aud
also Milky Odleheod. winter IL herel ana
will be glad when spring comes with tho
sweet perfumes Of tho flowers. ! will tell
you OF my dream. Some more boys and
myself were going through some woods and
10 their peril and ran on. Several
days after we got word that they were
safe My slstcrlnlaw and myself saw the
lion several days after coming up the road
and we went around him to n house ana
told them about it. got a gun and leRped
out OF tho window and saw the lion at the
gate, oh. how my blood ran - cola. a.. Then .ss9
night Wen, Haps, how was Christmas
/ had a hne time. Three cheers for the
boys! A new Hap. "Heg"
have long been reader OF the Happy
hammer page and often Intended 20 become
o member but rs 'proscrastination IS the
thief Of time" ! am just now asking for
admlttance. I see the contest Is which
works the most boys or girlsf Ugh, II
makes me SILVER 10 think how much think
ing IL will take. For my part IL Is about
SIX Of one and a half dozen OF the other.
Some girls never know an hour Of work,
unless Il Is blowing up the plano, or bowling
out French or German. on the other hand,
some girls have only a little time on Sunday
and az night 10 have pleasure. il IS the
same way with boys. Some boys VIII get In
their workshop and blister their hands saw
ing or hammeFing on some playthlng and
that Is their work. Others work from morn
Ing TIL or after night and then work around
the house on Sundays (at least the most IN
dustrious dol. Its purity nigh even, but
I vote for the boys. / am glad the Haps
have gotten rid OF the Advertising on their
page, and hope Il viii continue 20, 1 agree
with wild Kitty" about the novels. love
10 read and have a library Of about seventy
hTe or eighty books Of my own. Aren't you
rather hard on the girls, ''RomeoT Many
glrl never had box Of face powder
terestinR description 81 Boston climber
Vim" your case Is about Ike mine. Mrs.
Foster as my "chipk box" 81 rather low /
can only spare but cents. Well, 'rah for
AIRS. Foster and good luck 20 the HapA For
true friend, sikhcye.
Hope, Texas Dear Happyhkmmers;
have been a silent reader OF The Hons,
tcu Post for some time and must say !
euioy tha Hama tettRrs lust lna ! have
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CroweIl. Texas-Dear Happyhammers,
AS I have long been a silent admirer OF
YOUR page I viii attempt 10 write now.
christmas ia here again, welcomed by M
I'm very glad To see the helping fund grow,
although / am not able to help any at
present, but will try to collect some and
send 1t as soon as possible. / think Mrs
Foster must bo very kind, never to tire
with our letters, or az least she seems
never 20 tire We ought to see what nice
interesting letters We can I'LL our page
with, instead Of writing some idle, foolish
dream; we should improve the passing mo.
ments writing something that is useful
and something that would do others good
IN seems that some Of us do not nppre-
ciata tho value Of time as we should. In
time we should prepare for MI things
Dear friends. remember that this life is
verv short and these Geetlng years are but
moments compared with eternity. We
should live such a life that when we are
closing our eyes in death we can feel that
wa have done honor to ourselves and our
creator. We should realize that TO Him
we owe our existence, our lives hopes and
happiness; that we will never be able TO
repay Him though we devote our lives
wholly Ia His service. Well, Haps, as TINS
is my first, visit. will close, wishing each
and every one merry Christmas, and a
happy New Year. So here's out. 4 would
be Hap, Jewel
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Jasper, Texas -Dear Happyhammers.
After having read the page with much
pleasure I have at last decided 20 write:
or course | can't miss the opportunity OF
voting In such an Interesting contest, " is
very hard, indeed for me TO decide, but
believe the boys do the most work. A
boys work Is much harden than girls'
There are very few girls that can go to
the field and plow all day, or pick cotton
pull fodder etc. and a girl can not go TO
a saw mill and work Ike O boy No, III.
deed What would this world come 10 II
st were not for the hoys2 There are some
hoys that are not worth 3 cents 100,
Now. perhaps you will say that is getting
them down pretty cheap, hut 1t Is true.
have seen some boys SIT down and let their
poor old tired mother 20 and cut stove
wood, Srlng II In, draw water and many
other things which he could have done
easily. Boys that sit around and let their
mothers do their work, and hers, too, VIII
regret II some day Remember boys ana
girls, you can never repay your mother
for what she has done for you. Your
mother is the best friend you have In THIS
world Roys and girls that Will work at
aA have lots to do. Aut think the boys do
the most. O. horrors, what Is that big
mouthed thing coming to get me? Hand me
my hat, painter, quick Good bye,
Kate Jolly.
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We will do now what the hotunists re-
sort to, pulling our flower all apart Care
be ragged Tl.Es must be perfect. Lay the
purple petals down and sketch them, at
least any of them that have any peculiar
Draw the stem. This leaves
the center which is somewhat Ike the orig
inal front view you first draw, only Il Is
smaller md not so free and graceful In
view
Then carefully remove the green petals
and you have the bare yellow center and the
little green things that turn buck toward
the stem.
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LOUSY TeNas.-Dear Happyhanlners,
am 50 little, I eau hardly Write: / am 2
yours old. How many OF you love bread
shu mehtF can eat more bread and
meat than you all can. Mamma made me
a pair OF little red shoes. MY grandmother
anu my Aunt Mantry sent mo the prettiest
dresses l ever saw. true Hap.
iWlllam Wesley Wilson.
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Hcgar, Texas Dear Happyhammers: Oh
do please let me In Just This once, for, I
have often thought | would write TO the
mind Is stirred now. ! have lust laid The
Post down that saw Arthur pawson's let
ter I'm. could not resist any longer. The
contest is: (Which do the most work, boys
or elrlsi" Come on all you girls don't let
Arthur discourage you. He says boys do
the most work don't soc why have
much In the field as they do, We do all the
hoelng and help pick cotton. Now, look
here. Arthur, I haven't any freckles and u
! aid ! wouldn't have time 70 paint and
powder TO hide them What kind Of Christ
mas did you all have ! did not have much.
/ will ring Of with love. A new Hap for
girls. Katie LeYerklelm'
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PreviOusly reported .......... .,n.
Tl3


Brookshire. Texas-Mrs, Margaret Had.
ley Eoster.-Dear Mrs Foster; Milan and
J., can not md words to express how thank.
W we are TO you and the HAps for his
MIS-. Crawford IN MILAN Bemus amt
with whom he llyes.-Edltor.
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Cortss, Tens Dear Happyhamme1s; a
Happy New Year TO you all The Haps
are trying Themselves Our page grove
more interesting, which ] am certainly
Fagan was writing. Poor boy, how he is
missed! And there was also D. G.. Stock
dick or Katy ana numerous others that
wrote splendid letters. Have they de-
serted us foreverI / hope not EOer Cope.
land, did you once live Mt Liberiy I'M?
II so, ] think have met you, Now for
the contest, ] cast my voN for the boys
Why7 Because honestly think tho boys
have the most work TO do. True, I work,
and try 70 learn 10 do all sorts OF work.
from playing tho piano 70 cleaning hogs
muscular WORK. The culinary art Is bad
on their faces, dish washing Injuries thelr
hands, and milking is lust too degrading
The boys have that 10 dol mean the milk.
ing-and a great part OF the other work
Then there are the erTnnds TO run. No girl
viii 60 an Grand while there % boy on
the place. j get sorry for the little Tel
lows. There are the nres 20 make Of
cold morning. Boya feet don't get cold, DO
they? Then, when sunday evening brings
sisters best fellow the POOR lline fellow
pauy And right here, girls, do you know
that is the reason that 60 many Of our boys
60 to ruini They are not wanted IN the
drawing rooms Mother has her company,
napais uptown, and so the little chap
is sent 10 seek his company on the street.
/ think some or our fair sisters VIII have
TO account ftr inc upWNihil OF luff piofl-
ers II they would only try 70 entertain
their little brothers and keep them on the
streets az night there would not be 90
many criminals IN our prisons iunstics in
tie asylums and there would bo fewer
drunken husbands. Isn't Il trne, Haps1
on the farm the boy Is the main hand
Grand boy aud everything that IS 70 do
he has hand in It There : no, denying
H. THE boy has a tough time" Now ]
win close, with best wishes 70 Al.
Trickharn, Texas.--Dear Happyhammera;
I will after so long n time. come back
10 me dear old band and see what I can
sav IA behalf Of the contest. ] have Just
road Arthur Dawson's letter. which sent
M poor girls 70 the bottom OF the Dit Now.
Arthur ] like the boys, even II they DO
have their faults, but ] am IN favor OF the
eirls with MI our paint and powders
iris true some girls don't work; they wait
FOR their poor old mothers n DO thn work.
N isn't their ''buds" that do all their
WORK; no, not AZ all BOYS work hard part
n their time but many a time while tina
boys u "a town tho girls are hard ar work.
Even when Sunday comes the housework
goes on Just the same The girls don't
make money like the boys but they save
monsy when they are sewing mendinG
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had n nice time, too. Hoping to become
Haps, will close. Good bye,
Thunder and Idfhtning.
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Hochheim, Texas.-Dear Happyhammers:
The contest is, Which do the most work.
boys or glrlsl' not which can do the most
Every one that ] have heard say anything
about the contest says that the girls VIII
all vote for themselves aud boys likewise;
but don't think SO. II ! thought the boys
did the most work I would say so, but / do
not ] know boy can do the most work
but does he3 girl eau work from daylight
until dark In the house. doing such work as
cooking, washing, ironing, sweeping, etc
and then II they say anything about work.
ing hard, or being tired, their brothers viii
say II can't see anything you have done,
which is true, while a boy can look back
and see what he has done. A girl hardly
ever gets any credit for what she does
Arthur Dawson said In his letter this week:
"IIow many girls can earn their own lily
ingY' great many can aud do And again
he says, Almost every boy can earn his
living know they can, but great many l.,.
in most cases, and then not get as good
wages l can't imagine why II Is, but IL
seems to be- the case. There are lazy girls
as well as boys but nearly every girl | ever
saw had more enerN than her OFother II
Donna.