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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 109, 1 February 1941, Page 16

MORE MAILBAG

Wiffle. Mauriceville: Sheep dipping and bird watching! Your holidays must be full of interest. Baby kingfishers are queer little fellows—specially at feathersprouting time. And what tiny eggs. too. Honeysuckle, Pahiatua: Another member who sent stamps. They are stored- in Sunshine Box and forwarded to the Health Camp at the end of the year, Kath. There were some interesting ones among your contribufion. Hope you enjoyed the din. I shall watch out for the promised paragraph. Toe Dancer, Wellington: That feeling—wanting to do and do and DO things—is splendid. But this enthusiasm is sometimes . inclined to pall when you get too ambitious and start on something which entails ■ constant- attention. And stories that are entirely governed by imagination lack conviction • in many ways. How about starting a series of small sketches (iu prose) on subjects with which yon are really familiar? By this time, you will probably have managed to dodge the showers, and we will have talked about it.

Snow Fairy, Takapan: Such a shame. I am so sorry that there was not even time for a swift “Hello.” Christchurch, the boat and the summer journey must have given you material for memory-box and inkbottle alike. Gladioluses look lovely when the spikes start to unfurl. Here’s a hack-to-school energy wish from the League!

Field Mouse. Masterton: Good! Thumbnail sketches make splendid “practice pieces.” You must have been made captive by the friendliness of pines. I should love to have a letter from you sometime. J.T.M., Pctono: Thank you so much. It was most kind of you to have sent the bag of stamps. The Health Camp jjsop‘o appreciate having them “peeled, too (You shouldn’t have been offended at our knitting query'. Some males can out-km: any expert: even the fiery arabs of yore were adopt at purling and plaining). So there! . Bamillies, Otakt: She is a most intelli-gent-looking goat. I should -tery muc i like to have a picture of the two Ramilh> namesakes posed together. Meanwhile, she has been pasted and captioned to a page of my snap-album. Postie and I had missed that clever quip, so we chortled for quite a time. Did you read. about the British captain who called "Waiter? _ Happy Sunbeam, Masterton: This. is just the time for gardening and swimming. I shall see what I can do about the request .After that grand holiday you should be al set for a good start at school. Book Lover. Eketahuna: By now you will bo back home, and rhe journey will b<at. an end. I liked the coloured rock poo! and its water lilies and splashing fountain.