THE SMILE CASTLE

Hawera Star, Volume L, 17 May 1930, Page 17

THE SMILE CASTLE

THE CASTLE PLEDGE.

I promise to smile every time I can, and to chase all the frowns into the dark cave, where the Smile Giant will kill them with his Magic Sword Happiness.

My Dear Smiles, — How many of you noticed in the paper on May 6th that that day was the twentieth anniversary of the coming of King George the Fifth to the Throne of England? I hope you all take an interest in the life of the King and of the Royal Family generally, for we British people ha\e every right to be proud of our monarchy. Probably most of you know more about the Prince of Wales than you do about the King, because his name is more often in the newspapers, but some day the Prince will be King of England and then will undertake the arduous duties of reigning over our great Empire. Ihe duties of a reigning sovereign in such an Empire as ours are really arduous, you know, though I suppose most of you think, as I once thought, that it would be lovely to be King. Life is not, one round of banquets and riding in State coaches for His Majesty. He devotes much of liis time in keeping in touch with the affairs of his people and that is a very big task alone, wthen you consider that, his subjects are scattered all over the globe. If you read the papers carefully you will notice that there is not a part of the Empire about which the King is not. informed. And he has a very good memory too, as he proves by his not infrequent references to our own country and the sights he saw. here when he visited us many years ago, before he was King—even before he was Prince of Wales. Queen Victoria was then on the Throne and the late King Edward was then Prince of Wales. You may often see mention of Princess Betty, the little daughter of the Duke and Duchess of A ork. This little girl may be some day Queen of England ‘‘in her own right” and that is one of the reasons why people throughout the Empire are so deeply interested in the doings and development of this little Princess. I hope you keep yourselves informed as to the lives of members of the Royal Family, for yon owe that much loyalty to your country to take an interest in the “affairs of State” and you can also keep in touch, to.some extent, with “history in the making” by so doing. Do you know how many sons and daughters the King and Queen have? You should know, but if you don’t, make an effort to find out from your mothers and teachers. And now Smiles I must be off, and attend to things in oitr own Castle, where there are many fairies wondering when it is going to be dinner-time —for even at the Smile Castle we have to prepare for mealtimes, even as you. Your affectionate, SMILE QUEEN.