HANDS ACROSS THE SEA.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 5, 6 July 1910, Page 3

HANDS ACROSS THE SEA.

A hands-across-the-sea experiment, tried on the recommendation of Mr. H. Baillie, Chief Municipal Librarian, promises well. When he was in the united States two years ago he arranged to get the names of some school children willing to exchange - letters with New Zealand contemporaries. One letter sent from Wellington has brought a very interesting reply from a thirteen-year-old, Arthur Whitfield, of Newarth, Now Jersey, who encloses his card (printed by himself). Arthur's writing showa that he is a typical American hustler and bustler. He and his brother have a small printing press, with which they have progressed as far as jobbing work in their spare time. A" diminutive booklet, enclosed with the letter, is a nice illustration of their skill. Arthur remarks quaintly that he is "not so fond of outdoor sports," but he confesses to be "somewhat 1 interested in the result of the ball-games." Generally, he prefers to amuse himself with his own "small inventions." His present interests, when he is not inventing or job-printing, or reading the re3ults of the ball-games, aro algebra, Latin, English, manual training, and drawing, at a liigh school, and he hops to lop off at the Stevens Institute.