The Houston Post from Houston, Texas • Page 51

HOUSTON DAILY rOSTi BUI AY MOKNINO. OCTOBEH 1000. Savage. Kow th conle.t, beat for th United tt'nte to have a big army and navy or not r' Tes, I think that our trim nig, rriar wll be glad when school begin. I hear you Hap saying that you like to read, but I don't think any of rou enjoy It any more than I do.

Papa asked me what I would do If we never took any papers, and 1 told him I guea I would go crasy, and I reckon I would If I could not read any at all. Papa Is having a new house built. It Is nearly finished, and' you all know that I am It la nice one and I think will move next week. Well, Haps, I will stop Writing for this time, a I have wrltttn enough for a little girl, ao by-by. v- Mamie Mlddleton.

I am glad you escaped the worst of that terrible storm, and Indeed you ought to he very grateful that your new home is still unhurt. I hope you will all be very happy In It-Ed. Jones' Mill, Ala. Dear Mrs. Foster and Happyhammers: Tou admitted my sister Into your happy band; won't you let me In, too? I bop ao.

Anyway, Mrs. Foster, you Just ought to have seen my sister when she found her letter In the Hans' page. Hap, how many of you like to milk cowa? I certainly do, We milk four cow. I will give you their name: Jennie, Pink. Maud and 1 I will quit, my sitter 1 writing, too.

Bo good-by to all. "Leave may wither, Flower may die, Many may forget you, Bui never will An old, but true, Hap, Annl Howard. am delighted to have another school, and wish your tescher would have you discuss th question, "Should th United Bute have a large army and navy?" and aend me th beat compositions on th subject Ed. Delma, Texas -Dear Mrs. Foster and Happyhammers: Will you admit another llttT country girl to your happy band? My papa take The Houaton Post and I enjoy reading th Hap' letter very much, and th Club Talk, too.

Mr. Foster, how do you Hand this hot weather How many of the Hap Ilk to go to school? I do. have eighteen scholars. How many of you Happyhammera have my birthday, March 11 My aunt la staying here with us now. I had better clou, aa this letter la long enough.

A new, Hap, Allle Howard. It Isn't hot here by any means. The air haa a sting of lc In It outside. Ed. Calf Branch, Texas.

Dear Mrs. Foster and Happyhammers: I am going to tell you what kinds of birds know of: Mockingbird, sparrow, lark, martin, wren, hummingbird, and redblrd. These birds ars her. There are other that I have net named. My papa Is a stockman.

There Is a little stor about four miles below here. I hav only on pet that la good and gentle: It la a little pig, I guess you are getting tired of me, ae I will cloae and let a better writer have my place. Good-bye to Mrs. Foster and Hap. Joale Marlon.

Indeed, I waa not getting tired of you. and horje you will tell us more about the birds. Houston, Tesaa. Dear Happyhammers and Mrs. Forter: 1 live In Houston and am I year old.

used to live In Boulder, but that was when I waa i years old. I used to live on a farm there. I think It Is a great deal better for a country to have a big navy and armv, because If a war breaks out the men that they would have to fet to fight will not know how to drill and ght, and won't know all about how to manage a warship! Veil. I must close, as "little Rosey" want me to come and play with her. Tours truly.

Dandelion. Tour reason (and Scamp's) for a big army Mors than tS.OM.oN worth of foreign merchandise comes Into th United Stale each year to be again exported to other countries. Th buroan of ststlstlcs of th department of commerce and labor prints I lis monthly summary sack month a atatement nUtled VExporta of Foreign Merchandise An ex' animation of this table shows thst between la.otsj.tjoo and fc.ooo.ooo worth of India runner, produced la other parts of the world, warn exported from th United States last year, worth of lead, ti.too.otn worth ot coifee, about fl, 600,000 worth of fruit and over fl.OUO.OM worth of tobacco, more than II ,000,000 worth of fibers: hide and akina, a little over, tl wool, a llttlu lees than 11,000.010 worth; art works, nearly 11.000,000; forelga woods, especially mahogany, about tl automobile, mor than tbO.OOO; manufactures of Iron and steel of various grade and character, over IGOO.OOv; furs, over IMO.000, and cotton, lumber, gum cMrle and slial, nearly tMO.oin each. Ths countries to which this foreign merchandise 1 exported from the United estates are mor widely distributed than would naturally be supposed. While over rt.M.WU worth goes to Canada, over $6,000,000 worth' went.

1 1900, to the United Kingdom, nearly I'SIKM worth to Germany, about to France, nearly $1,600,000 worth to Cuba, nearly 11,000.000 worth to Belgium, and over I7M.000 worth to Mexico, and In smaller sums to many other foreign countries. Th total number of countries and colonies to which foreign merchandise Is exported from the United States aggregated sixty-five, and the value of the foreign merchandise cent to them from the United States ranged, In 1906, from $10,500,000 to Canada down to $31 to Stralta Settlements and 4l worth to Corea. Of th worth of India rubber of flSfJJ. Prluctlon exported In over B.oW.OOO went to Canada and nearly rtO.OOO Vl11 Kingdom. Of the CSS.

worth or lend In ore of foreign production 1.n lm- nrarly .0, went to the 1 inSdoin, over $500,000 to Germany and worth to Japan. Of the $1,500,000 worth of coffee of foreign production exported In IHS.SxO worth Ti, nllpd Kingdom, MsUttri worth VJ-m worth to Germany. W.1U to France 0 nd nearJr I1MMW) worth ft The value of foreign fruits and nuts exported In 1906 was about 1H million dollars, of which bananas amounted to over 1 million dollars In value. These bananas, which were chief I hmwhi r- Important one. I think' Mrs.

Foster Is doing a grand thing for tha poor cripples. Born of them would not hsvs chair today If It had not been for her. Wall, 1 will pas on and aay a few word about tha subject just passed: It was a nne-slded subieot, and of course It had a right to be so. If a Sri had beauty and no bralne ahe would be critical condition. About the first Ihtng aho would do would be te fall In the fire and ruin her beautiful face and then she would be a stumbling block In this world.

I will pat this subject by and go to th next on, 'Is It best for the United States' to hav a larg army and navy or not?" Well, I think she should hav a very good-slsed army, so If any trouble should arise between any of the surrounding nations she could protect herself and hold her property. But If ahe can't hav a larg enough army without having negro soldier It would be of no benefit. It cost a much to run them a It does white men, and they are more trouble. And then Just think when yeu want them to come down to buslnas and to fight they would go the other way and get shot In tha back. This would be a prettv tale lo be told on our grand nation.

Oh, It would be a shame and disgrace to the grand United States. Well. I will close and give thla room to some one else that can write a better letter than I can. With bed wishes, East Texas School Boy. If you will read a tru history of the battle of San Juan hill In Cuba you.

will see that the negro troops fought bravely. I know several officers, born and brought up In th South, two from Texas, who say that negroes make good soldier If they have the right kind of officer. Ed. 'THIS WORLD 18 "FULL OF BEATJTT. (Written by Fannie May Smith of Spring for the Happyhammer Page.) There live a vole within (he, A guest-angel of my heart, 'And Its sweet llsnlngs win me.

Till the tears a-trembllng start. Dp evermore it sprtngeth, Like some magic melody, And evermore It siogeth This sweet song of songs to me This world Is full of beauty, 1 A other world above; And if we did our duty, It might be full of love. Night's starry tenderness dower with glnry evermore, Mcm'n huildlnr. Iirlaut melodious hour Comes sweetly aa of yore. But there million hearts accurst Where no sweet sunbursts shine.

And there be million hearts a-thlrst For love's Immortal wise. This world Is full of beauty, As other worlds above: And If we did our duty, It might he full of love. If faith and hope and kindness paaa'd A coin 'twlxt heart and heart How, thro' the eye'a tear-bllndness. Should the sudden soul upstart! The dreary, dim and desolate Would wear a surny bloom. And love would spring from burled hat Like flowers o'er winter's tomb.

With truth our uttered language, Angels talk with men. And God-illumed earth should see Th golden age again. Th burden'd heart should aear In mirth like morn' young prophet-lark And misery's last tear wept on earth Quench hell's last cunning spark. Ix! plenty ripen 'round us, Yet awakes th cry for bread; The millions still sre tolling, Crush and clad in rags unfed! While sunny hill vnd valley Richly blush -Ith ihm grain. But the paupers In th palace Hob their tolling fellow-men.

This world Is full of beauty, As other world abov; And If we did our duty, Ir might be full of love. Dear God! what hosts are trampled Mid this killing crush for gold! Whst nohle hearts are sapp'd of love! What spirits lose life's bold! Tet a merry world It might be, Opulent for all, and aye. With Its crowds that ask for labor, And Its wealth that waste away. The leaf-tongues of th forest And the floer-llps of the sod: The happy birds that hymn their preseao In the loving ear of God. The summer wind that brlngeth Music over land and sea, Have each a voice that eingeth thla Sweet song of songs to me This world Is full of beauty.

As other worlds above; And If ws did our duty. It might be full of love. THE HAPPYHAMMER CLUB. (Written for th Hapa' Page.) There's a tree by the brook That we all like to see, Do you know Its name? It's the live oak tree. There's a bird oa the tree That all like to hear, Do you know what It Is? It's the mocking bird, dear.

There's a flower by the brook That we all Ilka to smell-' It's tb sweet violet-Anybody can toll. There's a dog by the brook That all like to see. Can you tell Its name? It's the Scotch collie. There's a band In Houston Whom all like and love-Do you know Its name? It's th Happyhammers Club. Elolse Roach.

HebbronvUle. Texas. For fear you may not have been admitted I will put your name down today. Your verses are fine. Ed.

l.o LaJ i J-: I 'wesr 111 1,11 i r'ftrfK State oould rwnv iiriu tnem It had a large army ami navy, of course, would flaht with a small army, but I think a large aa-my I better timn a small on. I did not vote on the I.ihi ion test, but am glad that brain won. I'm. mads thirty-five bale of cotton thin Th leaf worm ar on the ootton mnv and are eating all th leave off the xtalk. We got nearly through picking roit.ui hi-for the boll weevil came, out we haw- a good many now.

Mr. Foster. I know vou are en toying your trip. Well, as my inter Is getting ngthy, I will, do An Hap 1 -y larlea Kelly. It waa fine that yen got ah.

ud of the boll weevil. That enow what energy will do. Your cloture chew talent, l.ut la not quite up to our standard. Keen "ti trying. There la nothing like aeiraeveraiice to bring Houston, Happyhammera and.

Mr Foster: I hav never written to tha Hapa before, hut I enjoy reading their letter very I have always lived In Houston. I epent on summer California. My papa baa just sold hi horn on Wsbster avenue and we are now boarding. I have no, brothers and mxiers but I have some pets. I have a fox terrier pup.

two canary bird and come l.aniam chicken. I am 11 years old and In the sixth grade. In a few daya my achool will begin and I will have to buekla dow hard studying. I have always (one to private schools and I believe I like them hetf-r than public school. Hoping to be a Hap.

Little Rooey. With uch name yours It seem a pity not to sign It to your letter. Ed. Bobbin. Teaae.

Dear Foster and Happyhammera: Here another U-year-old girt begging for admittance Into your merry band. Well, the ronteat 1 ever and "brain" won, -of course, I certainly would have voted for l.r.ilnH, for what I any "illler" than a pretty girl with Just sens enough to know.alie Ib pretty? Hapa, how many of you belonu to "the Loyal Temperance Legion" I It waa organised not long ago and we have not received our badges yet, but wear white bows. Oh! that all of the girls would say "the lips that touch liquor ahall never touch mine," and mean It, not juat say It to be talking. Then 't -'V Vlw of Public Garden In Boston. the boys would be lots bettor.

I for one am going to live up to my pledge and work until my last breath has gone to try to destroy that awful curs which 1 trying to ruin our nation. Bobbin la only a small plac. but has two saloon In it, and they hav ruined of the beat young men her. But with the Loyal Temperance Legion, the Woman' Christian Temperance Union and the Ladles' Aid this little town certainly ought to Improve. School starts the first of October and I will be ao glad.

Well, I see that old waste basket grinning, so will take my hat and gloves and aay good-bye, Love to Mrs. Foster and all the Hap. A new Hap, Madge Mlnnock. Don't you think that If home I made bap- for boys, and they are brought up with he right principles then saloons would not hav any attraction for them? The trouble la the hemes are often dull and boya go where they can be amused. BM.

Houston, Texas Dear Haps and Mrs. Fostsr: I have been reading the Haps' page for a long time and now I have picked up enough courage to write. I am a girl 14 year old. I enjoy reading the Hapa' letters and Mr. Footer's Club Talk very much.

I saw only two Houaton letter on the page today. Wake up, all you Houston Haps, and write, airs. Foster, whore can I get a club pin? I haven't any peta. I have one brother, years old. How many of you Haps like flowers? I do for one.

We hav only some violets In our yard now. I think they are ao pretty. When I go to school I pick a bunoh of violets for my teacher. I like to go to school very much. My teacher's name 1 Miss Mary C.

Golibart. Who has my birthday. April IT Well, I will bring this uninteresting letter to a close. A true would-be Hap. Delphine Avalas.

Tou will find several letters from Houston today good ones, too, though I must say the Houston Haps have to look to their laurele. The Hapa from the other toeme and the farms are ahead of them eo far, taking thera on an average, but some of our best writers live In Houston. Ed. Jones Mill. Mrs.

Foster and Happyhammers: Am I welcome to come again? If so. I will come and bring my aister with me. There haa been a bad gale her last night and all day today. It has almost ruined the crops. Papa said It was ns bad as he ever saw It blew down som- of the largest pines that were on papa's land.

It was Just terrfblf Papa aald he did nit think we were In the worst of it, and mamma said she would not carry the mall for $iJ today. I guess most of you Hapa are going to school now, aren't youT I am not, but 1 yisw of Frog Pmm) la ooton Common, -s. tiff Jf hat. 1 A Bailie. How do you like their mimes? How.

many of yon Hap sent for Thomas I.acK-hart'a books? We did. and "San Francisco Cslamlty" also. Well, I will ring off for thla time. I am, your friend, Nellie Mlddleton. We are dellsrhted to have another Alabama Hap, and hope you will be aa happy over your letter as aiaime was over n.

i r.o.. Orange, Texas. Dear Mrs. Foster: What a lovely trip you are having, and I would love to be with you. It Is one that a aeison could never forget.

I see that the prenent contest Is eomewhat harder than our last one and requires more thought. I know I can never do, the aubject Justice, but I will do my best. We all know that the United States Is one of the most powerful nations of the world. Well, what would It be without either an army or navy? Small difficulties snd even war aria ao suddenly that If the United Btatea wer called upon to help she could not furnish any aid without an army or nuvy. It la true that she could rail upon all the able bodied men to come forth and fight; bue even such a mass of men could not do much, notvhavlng been trained, no' half us much as half the number who had been trained.

Of ton you find men who are restless and don't like to work In an office or a place whero they don't get much time to go sny- where. The army and navy Is often a refuge for them and taking such exercise and practice us they have to makes them strong and In better healtn. My statement discussing the present contest Is not a very good one, but the weather ia so hot that It almost fris-zles your bralne, I have heard several people say that the heat Is almost unendurable In Houston, so you must be thankful. Mrs. Foster, that you are In a cool snot.

Lots of love to all the Haps and Mrs. Foster. Knickerbocker Boy and all those good writers, wake up. A happy hammering Scamp. You have given a fine argument for a big army and navy.

Read the rules once and follow them carefully each and every time. Ed. OLIVIA AND HER PEOPLB Olivia la In Southern Texas, Cloae to the big gulf coast. Come, speak to some of our people And hear them of It boast. These 'people are mostly farmers.

Jolly, good natured folk: You never see them downcast. But always cracking Jokes. They are all a little educated. For reading and writing the most; They all take several papers. And among them The Houston Post.

Thle must be the leading paper. For read It they surely do; The Hnps' page Is not negleoted They rend It through and throtifh. Wishing good luck to Mrs. Foster In her honored task. To have these verses published.

I fear will be much to ask. H. W. Indeed It is not "too much to ask The verses are fine and I am proud of our poets todav. Your letter had to wait Its turn and has just been opened.

Ed. Rusk. Texas Dear Mrs. Foster and Happyhammers Here I come creeping to the door which opens the room of the happy band. and.

If you will permit nie. I w.ll enter and be merry. I have been reading the page for quite a while, and now I will loin ou all if you will promise me you will keep" the waste basket away long cn.niirh for me to a good start, and then I Hunk I -enn beat It there. I know this pac composed nf intelligent boya and girls or they would not have made It what It Is today. I think our page Is on of the most '-4.

fair K' tea eagle, that waa tntlt kr In place of th old Beacon monument that was raised la 1790 to commemorate the auccesi of the Revolution. In the building are many fine atatuea of noted nan and a "memorial hall" where there la a collection of flag carried by th Massachusetts regiment during th civil war. Nowhere els have I been made to feel so keenly th defeat th Confederate Government, and yet I can hot fall to respect Ute feeling that honors so highly the men who fought for what the people thought was right. They looked upon that warat least, many of them dtd-ee a holy war, waged to free the alavee, and wa must earn to respect their Idea avn If we differ from them. Kesr the common Is one of th most beautiful park I aver saw.

It la called "Th Pub-I'P Garden." anj tnt was all re-rlalnnd, for it used to be a "tidal Is the water of tha bay cam up Into It at high tide, but It waa filled In and pjjuted with trees from all part of the vhrld and beautiful flower, and laid out with well paved walks. There I an artificial lake with "swan boats." aa they call them (vou can see them In one of th plcturea today), in which aa aaaay aa aU person can sit; a pretty bridge ever the lake and seats in all dlreetlona. And her, as on the common, are pigeon and Kulrrel as tame a any pet cat. They never try to get out of your way, but run along the paths as free and independent aa happy children. I saw a man a very rough, common looking fellow-fitting on a bench with a flock of pigeons around him, ana one perchej on his knee.

He looked ao pleased by the confidence the bird showed In and they would all have the same confidence In all of us If we only treated them as kindly aa they ere treated In these parks. No one troubles them, and they are so pretty and look ao happy that I could not help wishing that all birds and anjmal were Mkc them. In this garden Is an equestrian statue of General Washington and a group In marble representing a man In pain, held in the arms of another, wno la trying to relieve his tufieiing. yla Is to commemorate th discovery of eftner. made by J.

Q. A. Ward, and Its potter to soctho psln firs, snown in boston In IMi. "And there shall be no mure juin," "This thing cometh from the Lrd." and-other tentei.ces are cut Into the This 1 ublir Garden eovji-s twe.ity-four so you see that g.it inii; business houses, streets crowd 1 with bustling, lite Liiere ar- svventy-twu acre beauiliul ith lawns nnd trees, bavin resting places and drinking fountains, and ottering foot a lovely walk from one point to anotiier. w.ieie tuey go at tase, safe ro wauns, cars and automobiles.

Oh deal, tiiouc wretcned auto.no jlles! Dou't I have a time dodging thsm! They come flying along, honk-nonmiij In ucn a vicious way thai ths noise they moJte adda I to your fear. I anaii get to hi very ari- I frl ie.rf.-er before I et home. 1 Boston Is a queer city. There 1 a network of streets down near th harbor, where i i 'He lo Kit lust if they don't look out. A street will start out aa gay as you please with fine buildings on both i sides, but refore It hss Bone mor than two blocks no: even that it will come plump against a fta of massive stores or warehouses or oflire buildings, and can't i go a stop farther.

There are many of the3e short-lived streets, and many narrow alleys, some of ttiese not mi.re thsn eight feet brosd, lesfllng from one thoroughfare to another, so that you sre puzzled which way to go. Some of the streets curve around corners, widening out htre. narrowing there, eo that yon replly don't recognise them, and 1 the rcsvlt Is vrry bewildering. But the peo- pie are very kind about giving you Inf jrma-li'i and there are a good many who will tell you which way to go, eo that you manece to find your war about at least I have deno so. Next week I hope to tell yon more nbout Boston Indeed, It would taUm tnfcnv to tell alL We have some fine new poets this week.

Fanny May Smith. Elolse Roach and each one contribute Htm very good verses. Read them all they ar well worth it. I am very proud of them. In Fanny May Smith', especially, there are some beautiful thoughts, well expressed, that how originality and poetic feeling.

She says they were written for our page, which mean, of course that thev aro her own, which give them all their value. We have very nearly enough money fop 1. lhw's choir, fnd If you would only stir roureelves a little we would be able to give his and another one by Christmas. Try It. Margaret Hadley Foster.

NEW HAPPT HAMMERS. Emma Dcyle Georgetown Arr.FlIn Houah Houatonj Madge Mlnnock Bobbin Smith Spring 5'harlton Damrel Delma Corner Damrel Delma Keul Damrel Debna John ramrol Delma Mollle Damrel Delma Bertha Damrel Delma Fvie Leach Delma Craig Leach Dolma Dolters Bloodsworth Delma Cora Bloodsworth Delma. Mystic Bloodsworth Delma Errellne Howard Delma Evle Howard Delma. Allle Howard Delimi Snrnh Howard Delma Tillle Howard Delma Jessie Pysn Beevllle Maud Tsylor Houston Emllv Houston Flolse Hebbrontllle Pam MeMlnn Rush Delnhlne Avaloe Houston Nelle Mlddleton Jones Mill, Ala. Number of new Happyhammers tl Prevloualy reported Total HKLPINO FUND.

Alice Hooper Jessie Ryan "Scamp" Total Previously reporUd Grand total tU CI Paxton, Texas. Dear Mrs. Foster: I see the helping fund Is getting low. Now, that -must not be, so accept 25 cents from, an old Hap, Alice Hooper. It Is fine to aee that our old Hapa are watching the page, even If they do not write often.

Tell us what you think of our new contest Ed. Beevllle. Texns. Dear Mrs. Foster and Hmpyhnmmers: lima little girl 11 year old.

I have two sinters and one brother. I have only one net and that Is a white cat Its name Is Davis. Mrs. Foster, do vou loi- I eerislnly do. I will send 5 cents lo the Helnlng Fund.

As my letter Is getting long I will close. A would-be Hap, Jessie Ryan. Indeed I do lore floe era. They are among-the choicest ar.d sweetest grift the Oreat Ed. Amerlcu.

Go. Dear llapnvhsmmera: I have drawn a cour-le of pictures to see If I could get them published on the Haps' pare, I have already sent two or three and thoy haven't been published yet I am going to school now and em In the e'ghth grade. Well, I must close now. Wish aU Hapa good lucL, I am, Peyton Tour drawings sre wonderfully good, but they have had to wait their turn. Other good pictures were ahead of them.

Learn to be patient, and keep on trying. Ed. Georgetown. Mr. Foster ar.d Happyliammeni: Will ytu let me Join voir lolly bard of hoys and girls? 1 have been thinking of Joining lor a long time, but not had courage enough before.

I certainly will he glad when school starts, lor I da love to co to aclicol, I am a little srtrl 13 ars of age. I have been picking cotton: I can not rick Riuch: the most I have picked Is 142 pounds In one day. I have no ner at all. I havo thrr brothers and on als'er. Who ha my birthday, January I will be 14.

Love to Mr. Foster and the H.3i. BramaJDoyle. ii, Delma, Taxaa. Dear Mr.

Foster and Hvp-py hammer: WIU you a band of country school children? Ovtr neighbor school children ar enrolled a Haps, aitnd Charlton oemreu Homer uamreu kui Dam- i ret John Damrel, Wo'lle Ramrel, Bertha 1 Damrel, Evle Leach, Crale; Leach, Dolfers ttloodaworih. Cora Bloodsworth, Mystl Bloodsworth, Myst! Bloodsworth, Emellno Howard, Ev Howard. Alii Howard, Saral Howard, Utile Howard. I nv one end a half mile from echooi. Our laacnar'a nam la Mr.

Alvin Booker. Wo have am all school, lira. Foattr, I wish you would ome u. I know you ar a nice lady. THE CLUB.

The art the hrfw children) who nd th Teuths Department of The Houiton Poet Thr ar no fee or charge of aay kind eonnaated with th olub, Boys and girl who read Tha Post mayibe enrolled actlv members by 1 sending name, ago and address. ItTJLES FOR HAPPY HAMMERS' CLUB. Anr boy or girl In tha United State ean beoom a member of tha olub bjr sanding his or hr nam to tha adltor of tha pM. Letter muat bt addrsased ''Houaton Poet Happyhammer Houston, T- Do not wrlta on both ot your paper. If you with to uaa a fer nana, atnd your awn full aama to tba ednor.

No latter win bo printed union this rule la oo replied with." Spell the aama "Happyhammer" or "Hap Wlth.e capital letter. It the object of tha Hsppyhammers to Tiammer happlneaa when and wherever pos- Jlbls. Henoa tha club name and motto. Tn club flower la tha violet, the olub tree oak-and tha club pet la the mocking bird, ill btlnf ehoeen by the membera thetnulve. the favorite dag of the Happyhammer la tha Boetch colli," or shepherd, i The club colore are roae and gray.

These to be worn with or without the club button or pin. They are made I- pinning or sewing together two piece of narrow ribbon, one of roae silk and the ether of light arty. in sending pictures, glvo aama, addreaa II? AI whher tha plcturea pacer ortin1- 'ways us wnlta Jj versea, give name, addraei "ls1nVcr7p.ed',e th CI UB TAIX BOSTON, the question are now discussing la: 'la It b3t for the United SUtee to have a big army n1 navy?" Say why It ahould or should not have a big army and navy. I notice that all the letters received ao far are on o.a affirmative, but there if omething to be aild on the other If you will look. Into It Thle doesn't mean that I do not think oir country ought to have a big army and navy, for In this, as In all our discussions.

I not tell you what I a-jout It contest la closed. It has been very pleasing, to me, however, that In every contest, ex-eept two, the Hapa have decided ai I should have done. One of those two was, "Ought the Haps sign fancy names If they deirel to?" The Hapa decided In favor of fane names, while I do not Hit them. Ta o.her was, "Who waa the groa.eit woman of ihs nineteenth century?" The decision was in favor of Clara Barton, I t.iouglit Queen' Victoria was. Except on these two the Kapa and their edl'-or have ai-ways been of one mind.

Bffore I begin to tell you aDout Boston, I ant lo jy soiethltg of the beau irlp over the mounialns that brougat me Tou must know that In the autumn up In this part of the world trees nave a pretty way of putting on the most coiors. The leaves of the maplis. especially, turn Into the must vivid reds all shaded of red from the palest to the deepest, purplish crimson, and you can Judge what that change would do for the colon In the lor-ests. The railroad by which I came ws built along the siuc of a mountain range, that though there were often atop va ieyj on one sUe, there were always steep bluffs hanging above us on the outer, and as mountains are thickly wooded, we had a constant panorama of magnificent color us. The brilliant red of the maple, tha golden hues of tne eim and isiet browns of the oak and the rich dark green of the pine and spruce trees made gljri-ous inabs of color of which I could g.ve you r.o Idea wl.h mere words.

Bjt we let. It behind ar.d came puffing and whiatilng Into Boston. All my life I have read and heard of Boa-ton, and now I have to pinch myself occasionally to find out whether I am dreami ig or am really In that much-heard-of city. But really tnrre Is bt much of Interest here 1 that It is liitrd to know where to begin ta.k- ins about it. I will begin with a part of Boston of which you have all heard, aa It ia connected with our country's history Boston Common.

If Is un Immense park, but was 1 given the old English name of "Common." which meant belonging to all. Tou can see on the Episcopal prayer books the word "common Che Book of Common Prayer), that Is prayer In the "common" language, I language used by all, to distinguish it from the Latin prayers nscd In the Roman Cath- I ollr church. Bo this park Is called "the com- mon," because It belongs to all and Is "com- i mon property." It has been common p-op- eny since 1(114, and Is carefully guarded by the city charter. It covers 48 acres In the very heart of the city and has well paved walks In every direction, with many beautiful trees for shade and some very Imposing statues for ornament. The finest of the stntues Is that erected to the memory of the soldiers ar.d sallof from Massachusetts who fell in the civil war.

This statue cost 175,000 nnd is one of a great many here raised In honor of the civil war soldiers and sailors. I can not too much admire the way in which the people here have honored their dead, nor ran I fall to think of the contrast that Is shown to this in Texaa. It la all very well to say that these people here have so much more moncv than we have we don't even do as much as we can. Do you suppose these people would have allowed a spot as sacred to them br association as the battlefield of Ban Jacinto Is to lay a neglected waste for fifty years? No; they appreciate what haa been done for them and show Uiat appreciation in fine monuments that will be a lasting hymn of praise. Oh dear.

I got ao Indignant when I think of the contrast that I want to hurt somebody, and I do ao much want to inspire In my dear boya and girls the feeling of respect for the paat of Texas and a desire to show that respect, not by words alone, but by monuments and proper care of sacred historic spots. Now. after that' tlrado, I will come back to Boston Common. As I walked across It It seemed to me to be filled with a-hosts of men In Colonial costumes shouldering their old flint-lock muskets, and setting out with e-rim faces to fight the army of their mother country rather than stand the injustice heaped upon them by the king and his fool-' lsh advisers. There Ia an old Latin aaytng.

"Whom the gods would destroy they flint make mad" (craay), and King George waa certainly craay to think that men with the aood old Anglo-Saxon blood In Utelr velna would stnd whst he gave them to stand. Here on Boston Common the men of Boston met and here the British were afterward camped with batteries and soldier In the then-hated uniform. There wee other ghosts on the common, too, for here men and women died for their faith, executed by the Puritans who had oome to this country to find religious liberty! They wanted religious liberty for themselves, but refused It to others. There Is a fine monument to the men who fell In what la called 'the Boston massacre," that occurred near the old Stat House, when the British eoldlera fired upon the people. Another one of unsual merit la erected to the memory of the first negro regiment raised during the civil war.

Thla wa done by St Oeudens. one of the greatejt of modern sculptors. To th right, as you go toward the new State House, Is an old cemetery, called 'the Central cemetery," and Here, amiaei nwtn i wuj nr ma bones of men and women who took paivin the life of Boston In the ErghteentlP century. Electric cars fly by them and beneath them, for the earth haa honeycombed here for a subway, because there was not enough room on the surface. But 'little they'll reck, so you let them sleep on" In that sleep that knows no waking.

And they are left 4n peace, which I think Is another evidence of the high respect the Boetonlana pay to the dead. Just above thd Common, en en.of Boa-ton's three hills, la the new State Housn, begun In 17 and added to In 18M and im Is Is a very fins bulldlag of etately archl- lecture, OY CI 1C3V uu vuiifumnn by smooth lawns. Here are more to the soldier of the civil war, and a irsiounted by a bronse and the 'Went India islands, wero sent almost exclusively to Canada. Of th nearly 1 million dollars' worth of "lLwork" of production exported la 10, nearly $400,000 worth went to Canada and $224,231 worth to France. Codfish, of which the Imports are chiefly from Canada and Newfoundland, is another Item of conaiderable lmnnrtunce in the ex portation of foreign produuta, the total In being $181,537 worth, of which nearly all went to the West Indlu Islands, especially Hiiytl, Santo Domingo and Cubu.

Lead In ore and base bullion formed another Item of considerable value, aggregating 1-4 million dollars In 106, of which nearly 1 million went to the United Kingdom, over Vs million to Oermuny and most of the remainder to other European countries. Tobacco exported amounted In :90 to 1 1-4 million dollars, of which over $-4 million dollars went to Canada and the remainder nearly all to European countries. Sponges are another Item ef foreign production exported, aggregating In 10, and being distributed chief-, ly to European countries, especially France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Netherlands Of the $174,165 worth of foreign champagne In 1904, about $70,000 worth went to C.uiHda. $26,000 worth to Mexico and $21, dot) v. irth to Cuba.

Of the $333,000 worth of foreign goatskins exported, $221000 worth went to Canada Of the $111,000 worth of hides of rattle. worth went to Canada, and nf the $654,000 worth ot other hide nnd skins, IWS.OOO worth went to Canada and the remainder to European countries. Of the worth of foreign nitrate of soda exported, 000 worth went to Canada and worth to Japan. Of the $418,000 worth of gum chicle exported, $41 $,000 worth went to Canada. Of the 1444.004 worth of lumber reexported nearly alt went to the Weafa Indiu.

Islands. Sout America and Mexico. Of the $26,911,118 worth of foreign merchandise exported In 190. we to North America, chiefly Canada. 1 10.01 1 to Europe.

$64,737 to Asia, $414,192 to Sous America, $1.403 to Oceania nnd 120 829 Africa. To Canada alone the total was ov lOVs million dollar, to the United Klngdoi alone over 5 millions, to Germany 2 1-4 millions, to France 1H millions, to Cuba nearly 1H millions, to Belgium nearly 1 million, to Mexico a little mor than $-4 million and to Japan over half a million dollars' worth. "Bo It How!" (From the New York Commercial.) Small delay often mean big losses. Th good business worker alms always to keep tboss with whom he comes In contact; or connection In good humor. The temper-destroying power of long delay is a matter of common knowledge.

There 1 a certain large business house In IIHmgu ve.Ti iui vaB most exclusively. Out-of-town customers, however, are Invited and even urged to shop in person when in the city, while city real-, oeuts may select goods to send out ot town, lo this house a Chicago woman went, not iuwn swing for her rural residence. Halt a. th. Knliainv ah, tr.vIM before finding the right place to make a selection; a aeiay or twenty mtnuies enauea wiuie suwa mysterious downstairs department wa In- terrogated as to the freight charges to be prepaid; and tnen tne customer was aireci-ed to wait before a certain window until her name was called In order to settle tha bill.

The window was on another floor, faced crowd of other buyers. After waiting for some time the swing purchaser inquired for her bill, and was told rather peremptorily-; that It irbuld be called in turn. Another wait, and she demanded the bill at once, on rMin Ul r.iin u.unnvuw,,. then devolved that her name had been called before she reached the desk. Swallowing her rage, the customer fought her way to the second window, where the cash ier made change, only lo nnn that tne rretgnt charges, after all, had not been added.

Still another wait ensued while the mysterious department again was interrogated in this connection. The customer, tired, indignant needing her luncheon, unhappily conscious of the train to be caught later and the other errands Intervening remained outwardly calm with difficulty when the freight charges ultimately proved to be much larger than she had previously been told. "Well, madam, what will you do about It?" Inquired the cashier, bravely polite In face of her own growing difficulties and the ever-increasing crowd before her window. "Anything that will get me out of thla place, never to snapped the customer, the last shreds of her patience giving way. This woman has many rural friends and relatives an.

I frequently is commissioned to impoi lam purvna.ar 101 innn. out', some less cumbrous and time wasting 17 anner of servlroc on-the-spot shoppers has been arranged she will eschew that store, ntinat-s to speod wa tlif recent complaint of a busy business man -who unwillingly had endured the suggested1 experience of the dilatory habits and delays of a shop and salesmen from whom and better speed and treatment might have been expected. "No mere of those people for me 1" Another time-pressed man, nervbusly waiting an appointment, decided to change his lawyer when he heard that Individual calmly discussing prospective hunting trip In the time that should have leen devoted to his business. Women, especially those not versed In business wa or of undecisive temperament frequently make life hard fcr themselves and their fellows by this unfortunate trick of needlessly delaying actions and events that should be consummated at once, writes John Coleman in a recent article. "I've meant to da rliat thing for a year, hut never got around to it srmobow!" Is a ronstant exclamation with such misguided dalllers.

ves, he said he'd do it. hut we ail know what that means. Christmas will come before the keeping of his word!" Such well-earned Judgments, too frequently delivered asralnst the man who habitually delavs the doing of his duty, self -constituted ordained, are ruinous te either business or personal reputation, pltable In the future to which they pomt. Th delav habit Is as insidious, as lament ah'e. as potent for unnumbered evlla aa th.

which enslaves the drink or drug vloti" It brings In it train rarelee ord of responsibilities, the varied, bet tllna attributes of weak will and charact It all too often means death to succe honor, much t'at life happy a worth living-. If a thing Is worth doln Is worth doing quickly. Delays are gereus, "Do It nowl" and navy la a very good on th bt that has been given so far. Your name, Ilk your friends, I too pretty to hid behind a fancy nam. Ed, Spring, Taxes.

Dear Mr. Foster and Happyhammera: Will you admit a little) laa from Spring Into your happy circle? I will tell you Hapa what a nice time my little niece. Rosalia Johnson of Westfleld. and I had last Sunday. Her age and mine are the aama.

year. went horseback riding last Sunday, hunting wild grape and muscadines. My sisters and Bryan Johnson also went. We did have such a nice time I wish some of you Hapa could have been with ue. Well.

Haps. I live in the woods, two miles north of town. I don't like Spring much. I will tell you about my pete. 1 have one pet coon that a little friend of mine gave me, two pet kitten and a pretty pet calf.

It 1 raining hard today, so I won't tarry long. Wishing all the Haps and Mrs. Foster suc-ccrr, I beg to be enrolled as a new Hap. Lovingly. Luella Smith.

Tell Fanny May to read the Club Talk and rot re corrections In the use of capital letters in the verse. Ed. Houston, Texas. Deer Happyhammers: Knock, knock, knockJ Hello. Haps! I am a little girl 11 years old who wishes to Join your happy band.

1 live In the city, but I would rather live In the country. I was out there not long ago to visit my dearest friend. Marther Helepper. Her father is a farmer and she helps him a good deal. Last 8unday three girls and I went to La Porte.

Of course we went In bathing. We were not In the water lone before we heard a splash near us. We Jumped around to see what was. It was a little glri about 7 years old who had Jumped from the stepe In her bsthlng suit. Hor mother had not finished dressing and aa the little girl did not know the water was deep she ran and Jumped In.

She waa almost drowning, snd as 1 was the only one of us four girls that could swim I Jumped in after her and brought her safely back. Her mother then tcos her back and dressed her and we stayed in till 6 o'clock. I will send a picture, hoping to find it printed. Give me my hat and I will go. A new Hap.

Amelia Houah. Tour picture was quite good, but you had used colored paper. Read the rules at the left hand upper corner of the page, and follow them carefully. It waa fine to be able to save the little girl. Ed.

Corpus Chrlstl. Mr. Foster and Happyhammers: May I come again after an absence of about a year? School has started once more, and I am glad, bees use I love to go to school. I am in the seventh grade. My teacher Is Miss Lottie EaSfe.

if z' I Bnssiu Duplicity in Ifanchnria, (From ths Forum.) Ominous news has already circulated pointing to Russia's unwillingness to conform to the stipulations of the evacuation agreement. So long as Russia does not withdraw her troops, the casus belli which provoked the late war remains Intact and the Japanese would be fully Justified In assuming such precautionary measures aa would counteract Muscovite duplicity, if it be incumbent upon them to be faithful to a cause they have espoused in behalf of China. Indeed, Japan Will never tolerate the violation on the part of the Russians of the spirit and letter of the peace treaty; nnd It I consoling to think that her soldiers to be quartered In Southern Manchuria as railway guards will as such serve as a barrier In the way of Muscovite advance. Horoover. lessons taught by the late wur should have been sufficient to force the military Tchlnovlks and the warlike en tourages of the caar to recognise that the "dwn'aish Islanders'' are no weaklings to be trifled with.

1 aides, the opening of Manchuria us a place of international trade and residence will crave a uowerful iiii-vfltArv ro tori3 to cnetk the Russian encroachment up- on thnt country. It haa always been St. lTtershurg's policy to exclude the foreigners from Its newly acquired territory or tti sphere of influence In the Far East, it bring the intention to conceal from the world her military operations. New York's Chinatown. 'From the Journalist.) down to Chinatown today you of the serious mind for truthful human documents nnd note the incessant va et vlent of erect, que.ieless.

Ocoider.tally costumed Chinese busineHs men, and enter one or two of me palatial shops of the quarter, to note in way they differ from Western models. The visit In this spirit will be a veritable The o.d-lime Mott street emporium was little more than a dingy stall a stock of Chinese groceries. Joss Ml. ks and natlvo herb and root medicines in among the poorest elasees. Today a luiaiired progressive, up-to-date merchants engaged ia distributing hundreds of thou-rinds of dollars' worth of the costliest Oriental wares and fabrics to the leading depart-nent stores of the country All the resources of modern commercial science are pressed Into the sendee of the eager Chinese hu'lnesn man.

The ca i register, elevated cash railways, pneumatic tub's for the conveyance of meesiig-3 from on floor 'o another the telephone, elei trie lights and electric hlls, while In even the poorest little "store the traditional tan once seen every Celestial hand has given way to an electric wind propeller. In the cooling waves of which the bland countenance of the proprietor de-fiea Manhattan humidity through the dog tfjr.