" FAIRIEL SENDS AN ANSWER TO

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 108, 8 May 1937, Page 21

" FAIRIEL SENDS AN ANSWER TO

"Dilly Dally," Hataltai:—Good work for you ■• too elf-of-the-brlght-eyes. And Buttercup ■Creek sounds the loveliest place for. a pixl«; picnic. . ' •. .',: . i " ■. ■ ■' "Dorothy P.," City.—Laughter from two .mushrooms In the Ring. . ; . Letterbox hit was longing to Join ■in the joke, too. Do tell I .-..■> ■ ". ....-•.-■■■-. -,: ;■

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Perhaps the Dogcatcher ask? • Toor old Peter. it. We'd love; to -have. ity.—Two quite correct, >• very hard to guess? [>h was too. late for tiny envelopes. They my notes to the Printer Postman. Thank you, 'elcome to you, ■ Ailcen. belongs. Could you le-name?

''Giggles," city. —"Letterbox Elf "Giggles" must be round and clnibbj but I know just how tnlj .and just how , round I Do 'you remember when .you played a part In a coronation ? There were fairies watching. • ... '■'Squib," City. —An. unexpected visitor on n ' sunny morning. Are .you. ■ ■ finding many minutes for music through'- these days-at-home, Silverlocks?. : . ' : "PurpJe Pansy," Seatoun.— Just for one moment did I leave the Blncr and when I returned, there were those mysterious parcels. Tuanli you ever so. much. • The Gift Clipboard Is filling Quickly.

People of the Ring—

Nancy H.," Takaka.— The Oracles'.: .: ? Now I have guessed and'delivered, your message

-. . . ; but it was "Think Twice" for. me at , Brst. We did love the poems ... and one brought back a precious sunny:morning. ..;; "CollMn," Taktka.— Did you colour the autumn ■ pictufe, Colleen.': I. imagined you . findingautumn's colour secrets in your own garden.

"Crimson Rose," Seatoun.—l 'snort you helped ' to pack them, too. So son's1 to have missed ■ j'ou;-pixie. Days and days since you first visited the .Kingl . . ... 'Betty H.." City.—Wouldn't • • your picture children have looked more • jolly with rosy cheeks, Betty? Welcome to our mushroom rim;. ■ ;

"Lorraine H.," Lyall Bay.—A Jolly snapshot, Lorraine". . What a garden you have' . . . and two darling does. A big, welcome to you "Mamsr«t P.," City.—Another new mushroom I A blB. welcome, Margaret. ■ "Margaret nose" belongs to another plxle. .

For many weeks past you have been hearing and thinking a great deal about the Coronation. All this week workmen have '■ been busy threading strings of coloured-lights in and out of our, ■ city streets, up and around our . tallest buildings, until, '.whennight comes, Wellington springs up. like a. rainbow city against ' the dark sfty , . . like some Cinderella of a city who has just received a visit, from a Fairy Godmother. ■ May, in England, is the loveliest month for the'crowning of a King and Queen. In every park and garden trees are fluttering little bannerets' of green as the. new leaves uncurl. Here and there, ■ beds of new lulipsi stand as stiffly as the King's Guards, and in Keiv Gardens the bluebells, shaking out their deep cups, spread pools of misty blue beneath the trees. It is . the beginning of spring,.the season of new life. What better time for the beginning . . of a new reign: A golden coach, a king, a queen, and' two princesses, wearing jewelled crowns, sounds like, the beginning of an old fairy-lale ..' .... a fairy-tale, that will come true; next Wednesday. For many weeks workmen have been building tiers of seats for onlookers who have travelled from the. ends, of the earth to see the brilliant procession. Each- street along the route will be like some gigantic theatre: What cheers' will roll from that vast audience when the King and Queen ride by in'the golden coach drawn by the. King's beautiful greys. Perhaps on that day the coachmen will use ' the lovely flamingo-coloured, gold-butted whips -with their snow-white lashes, for only on the very grandest occasion are these 'seen. ... Many of you will remember seeing the King and Queen ivhen they visited New Zealand as Duke and Duchess of York: So when you think of them' it will not be just as brilliant figures sitting aloof on their thrones and hardly human at all, as Kings often seemed in olden days, but, as very real and very human people ■ ivhom we all seem to know and love. This is because they have always taken the keenest interest in the. lives and the welfare of their people and because they-always ' have some kindly thought, some little action that tries to tell us that they are just people*like ourselves. They are specially interested in boys and girls. The King is a Scout and the Queen a Guide. The King is also a very good sportsman but he is interested in serious things as well as games. He has learned about every kind of British industry, including shipbuilding, cotton .mills, mines and factories. i . • "" ■' . Because of all these things, our thoughts will turn to. the Royal Family on Coronation Day and we will rejoice to ivish' King George and Queen Elizabeth "A Long and Happy Reign."

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"Maid of.the West;" Hataital,— Good work for a ten-year-oloVartist . . •'. ,but such a -snowwhite ground.'for autumn days IThe girls' I dresses are beautifully coloured. V, ; "Princess Eileen.". Newtbw'n.— Her sittlnK-room must be a bower', of-flowers. Does- .Grand-; ■mother look after 'her'Jcarden. too?,.1 ; "Neoia 8.," Newtow'n.— l recogrilaed. Peter ns soon as he popped but of the'envelope. .He was In very good spirits, and went-flying with Letterbox Elf. Please choose another nenimmc, Necla. ;.; . • :

"Hilary 5.," Kelburn.— "Columbine" has already shaken out her frilly skirts in the Ring, Hilary. Could you find , another name? \ ■. "Patrene F.," •Northland.—The Autumn Maid almost /gave you her magical colour' mixture. Such warmth of russet and red there Is In it. "Maid ol the Mill," Island Bay.— Flesh tints for faces and legs, please pixie. You use your brush neatly,; but -Autumn asks for cay' tints. "Great Greenfeather," Jonnsonville. —Autumn had more verses of her own than • the Spring Maid. Thank you for the jumbled birds. ,i----'■April H.." Island Bay. —I think April Elf would be a fitting pen-name for you, plxiekln. Do you like it? Splendid idea to . keep a poetry scrapbook. '■ "Lassie," Kelburn.— A snow-clad peak made a perfect airship's lighthouse, this mornIng. If you had seen it I am sure there would have been one deserted mushroom in the Ring. "Marjaret 8..". Brooklyn.—And not one blot I Sorry, Margaret, "May Bay" belongs. You may be called "Slaytlme I'ay" if you wish.:.. "Marcel," Upper Hutt. —You seem,very Interested in your hobby of stamp collecting. Has your English cousin an album, too? "La Rose MoUsseuse," Wan»anui,— So it was a charming picture ' lost both for you and the photographers. "Birthday Page" Is the next "special." "Tree Leaf," Kelburn. '—A very long- story for small fingers to write . . .almost a fairy book. Good work, pLxlekin, and very neat writing. "

"Windsnrite," Eastbourne.—Careful palntinc iiocrnlne. You made a gay. autumn day of it with blue, overhead and green beneath. \ "Ice-cream," KllWrnie.—l must find a wee ■ space for your drawing of the Autumn fays, Betty. Very neat. work; dear. "The White Rabbit," Karori.—Happy holidays to you, pixie. Have you really pigtails like those you have ■ drawn ? "Eileen M.," Eastbourne.—Your painting was spoiled by the grass and the sky,; Eileen. I Everything 'in the picture should hare-been I coloured. , '