HAPPY COGF

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 184, 6 August 1938, Page 13

HAPPY COGF

SKILL TEST WINNER There were no correct solutions to the Skilltest this week. Did Mr Puz. have you all puzzled? . Bunnythorpe. Dear Hub, —I am sending my address in again as I have not received my badge. It is very cold here to-day. I am sitting by tho fire writing this and its the best place to be when it is cold. Is it not? There was a slight fall of snow here on Friday night. I think two of my school friends are joining soon. I am sending in a story for the Page. I hope it is good enough to put in tho Page. Was my poetry too late for the Page? Well I will close now as it is time for me to help mum. Bubbles. Thank you for your address, Bubbles. Your badgo went to a wrong one.

DOES ANYONE WANT A PEN-FRIEND? Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula. Dear Hub, —The children of my school have been -writing to school in Australia and have received so many requests for pen-friends that it has got beyond us. So far about five schools have replied out of fifty written to and we have requests for over seventy pen-friends. If any Cogs like to send mo a stamped addressed envelope 1 shall send one or more addresses as required. Yours faithfully, Ernest H. Bastion. Thank you very much Mr Bastion for your kind thought. I am sure our Cogs will appreciate it very much. Eangiwahia. Dear Hub, —There have been measles going around in Apiti and Waituna and I am hoping we will not get them for the holidays. It has rained nearly all day up hero to-day. One of our cows had a little calf yesterday. We aro going to play Apiti in basket ball oa Saturday. Well I will say cheerio. Fairy Fay. It would bo very bad luck to havo measles during the school holidays, but just hope for the bestl Opiki. Dear Hub, —May I join the Happy Band of Cogs. I am 10 years old and am in standard four. I go to the Opiki school which is three miles away. Wo go to school in the school bus. We have five new lambs and they are lovely. My pet cat's name is Jumbo. I do enjoy reading tho Cogs' Page every Saturday, especially P. and P.'s poetry I would like ‘ ‘ Scotch Heather ’' for my pen-name, please. Loris Phillips. P.S. I enclosed threepence in stamps for my Cog's badge. Welcome in Loris to our Big Family and Scotch Heather you may be. Watch Mr Postman for your badge. A VERY SMALL STORY FROM A VERY SMALL COG BUCKY AND BO There was a boy called Bucky. He wanted to see tho world so ho made his boat out of a walnut shell and rigged up a nice leaf for a sail. One day ho set out and on tho way ho was happy. Soon he reached land but did not know which way to go. He saw sorao smoke and walked bravely up to it. It was an old tramp. He saw Bucky and called him over to have some soup, so he did. Then Bucky asked the tramp his name and he said it was 80. By Nutty. Bain esse. Dear Hub, —I have not written for a long time. Wo went away on tho 12th and didn’t come back till tho 26th. When I was away I learned how to play four songs on the piano. I had to find another pen-name so may I have “Dulcie Bell" for my pen-name. June Anderson. You may be Dulcie Bell, June. It was very nice to hear from you after a long spell.

ANSWERS TO SPORTS PARTNERS 1. Skating Rink (The players). 2. Tennis Court (Place of Justice). 3. Golf Links (Couplings). 4. Boxing Ring (Circle). 5. Cycling Track (To follow). G. Racing Course (A route). 7. Rifling Range (A class). 8. Swimming Pool (Combine fund^) 9. Bowling Green (Unseasoned). 10. Cricket Field (Open country). ANSWER TO JUMBLED NORTH ISLAND TOWNS 1. Apiti, Bulls. 2. Levin, Ohura. 3. Otaki, Patea. 4. Otane, Waiki. 5. Waipu, Mokau. 6. Wairoa, Rata.

Feilding. Dear Hub, I have been very busy This week and the last Housekeeping is a tedious game, Those weeks I’m glad have passed. The rollers are so fast, When I go a-skating, But I simply love the fun, It really is nerve taking. At badminton I have played, Was second in the team, And won all my three games, So was lucky as it may seem. Next week a concert and dance Held in the country hall, If it's fine I hope to go, If raining, then not at all. I have been lonely since My nephews went away With their mum and daddy On a touring holiday Way up the Island north. I’d love a long vacation In a train I’d travel, And stop at every station. I like towns with trees in, But some are very pretty With rockeries and flower beds. Like Auckland that big city, Then come wharves and harbours That are much alike, The flashing on the water Of the harbour lights at night All add to the beauty, Saying not a thing Of the mysteries in them, Like a Church bell and it's ring. From high up in a tower, I Varied in height are they. Towers, these days are fewer As everyone can say, Some towns have square gardens, Some have lily ponds, Others for small fishes, Or one for ducks and swans. Footpaths too narrow are bare, ■Wide ones lined with trees, Softly do the leaves murmur In the passing breeze, So with this I'll have to go, From your old Cog, Golden Willow. FAIRY FEET Nobody lives in the cottage now, But birds build under the thatch, And a trailing rose half hides the door, And twines itself round the latch. Nobody walks up the cobble path Where the grass peeps in between, .But Fairy Feet tread the cobble stones And keep them wonderfully clean. Nobody knows that the raindrops bright, Which fall on the grey old stones, Are the feet of the Fairies dancing for joy On the path that nobody owns. Mangatainoka. Dear Hub, —Hasn’t the weather been cold and rainy lately? We are having our examinations now and I hope to pass. One of my old friends has just shifted to a place a few miles from here, and I miss him very much. I enjoy reading tho Page every Saturday morning. lam sending in some riddles. Please excuse me for not writing sooner, but we didn’t have any writing paper. It snowed here on Friday night, but it was not a very heavy fall. Yesterday I saw a car with some snow on it’s roof. I will now close. Popeye. Many thanks for the contributions to the Fun Corner, Popeye. Longburn. Dear Hub, —Dad thinks that “Viking" is an excellent pen-name. I am enclosing threepence in stamps for a badge.

Viking. I like the sound of Viking, too. You? badge will arrive this week.

BONNIE BLUEBELL IS HERE AGAIN Woodville. Dear Hub, Spring is here again, Hub, And Bonnie Bluebell, too, Seems weeks a»d weeks ago Since I last wrote to you. Just now I am a-listeniug To the wireless here And Tani Wans is speaking In his voice is cheer. I love to hear this cowboy From his scrapbook read, Telling us of happenings, lie is interesting indeed. He reads us little poems, And reads of other lands, Sings us lovely songs, too, As by the “mike" he stands. Skipper's band is lovely, The boys can play so well, Dunedin's band is good, too, No difference you can tell. “Bridle Hanging on the Wall," Is Skipper's masterpiece, When they play on Tuesday It really is a treat. It '3 good to sit and listen, You'd wonder how it’s done, Music from so far away, Direct into each home. Yes! marvellous inventions As the years roll by, These men with great ideas And all such things they try. It was so bright and sunny, But now it looks like rain, So cold and bleak it’s turned, too, We may get snow again. You must be always busy, Hub, ’Cause thrice now I have called, Each time they said, “She has just gone out," Is that the office tale? Third time I was in, Hub, I strolled on to your door, All I saw was, table, papers And empty chair. I left no message either, Trust me to forget, But when I come your way again, Yes! I may catch you yet. Fancywork has been my trade, Tapestry has too, And always when I thought I'd writ'’ Sewing I seemed to do. I've made a duchess set in pink, Two table-cloths of blue, Unfinished are a duchess set, waggon cloth And a supper cloth, too. I’ve lots of working still, On tapestry to do Before a tops completed For a lovely stool. It is evening now, Hub, And again I write, We are in for too I thing Such a cold, cold night. I still am learning music And I love it too, All the latest piecos, I wish all of them I knew. I am now awaiting A piece that is so nico, This one is entitled “The Greatest Mistake of my Life," I am going to learn now On my steel guitar, I love this kind of music, From all the rest, by far. Yes, a piano accordeon, I adore them, too, If I won an art union I know what I'd do, Still it's no use a-building Castles in the air, But perhaps some day My wishes will grow fair. I’m nice and warm at last, Hub, By a lovely fire, Each moment it grows warmer As the flames glow higher. The daffodils will soon be out, They make a marvellous view, I’ll snap them all in full bloom And send a snap to you. I’m wondering what P. and P. Really has in store, lb’s Saturday “Times," Hub, I am waiting for. Well news is getting low now, So I will say adieu, Hoping that in time This letter will reach you. Bonnie Bluebell. Welcome back again Bonny Bluebell. There will be a rush on the Page on Saturday! JUANITA WRITES IN RHYME Bainesse. Dear Hub, For the first time I am trying To write a rhyming letter, I hope it will be suitable, But next time will be better. Hasn't the weather been bitterly cold? When one has to rise so dreamy, I always think it’s very unpleasant, When everything looks so weary. I Tho cows are coming in quickly, iAnd bringing with them their calves. !l'm afraid they’ll be feeling the cold, •And will soon be putting on scarves. Hub, I think this is all I’ll say, So I’m bidding you adieu, And before closing, kind regards I'm sending To all tho Coglets and you. Juanita. P.S. Did you receive my nigger boy story? You are quite in the fashion now with your rhyming letter, Juanita. Makarua. Dear Hub, —I am sending in the three stamps for the Cog’s badge. I would be very pleased to have “Ra" for a pen-name. I like it much better than . “Sunbeam." Edna Claridge. lam glad you like Ra for a penname, Edna. Your badge should arrive this week.