HAPPY COGS

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 266, 8 November 1941, Page 4

HAPPY COGS

Afvntmyl. r Dcur Hub, —May I join your happy oaod of Cogs? lam eight years old and| may I have Snow White for my pen i name? Some of my best friends are . Bimbo, Brown-eyed Bunny, Snowball i Fairy and Pepper Pot. Your friend, j Audrey Bennett. I Welcome to the Big Family, Audrey, but you must chose another pen name, 1 am afraid. Watch for your badge. Bangiwahia. Dear Hub, —I hopo you have not for* < gotten me. My calf leads well now and* tho calf-judging day is on November 19. I 1 hope it is a line day. There will be ♦ a lot of parents and friends present'; and wo have afternoon tea in the : school. We have & hen and seven ; chicks and one died to-day. Love from ■ Daddy’s Pet. I shall bo most anxious to learn the i result of the judging, Daddy ’a Pet. That will be a great day. Bangiwahia. | Dear Hub, —We have 36 cows in and' my orother and 1 help to milk them. I did not go to-night as I have a bad cold. Nearly all the seeds are up in my plot. 1 planted carrots, parsnips, silver beet, red beet, sugar beet, mangels and swedes. Love from j .Snowy Baker. I Cow farming means many nands, doesn’t it? 1 nope the cold is better. You must be proud of your plot. Feilding. •

Dear Hub, —I had done nearly all the Skilltest last night but tnis morning I could not find tue paper so 1 suppose it must have been burnt. On Labour Day 1 went to tne Esplanade with some i riends. Nearly all the cherry blossom is finished blooming but there were one or two trees still in bloom. The wisteria, blue and white, is out while over the arenes of wisteria is the pink and white star like flowers of the clematis. I enjoyed myself very much and had a lovely afternoon going down paths which you didn’t know where they were going to lead you. The roses are coming out now and look very pretty. Lupins, pink and purple, are snowing tueir pretty flowers; ivias, tall and dainty, while the pinks which 1 told you before were in bud, are now in oloom, loosing very beautiful. Keachiag tueir big heads to tue sun are the reuuish-orange poppies with their black centres. In the paddocks are the yellow flowers of the buttercups which although not cultivated, are very beautiful, i think. Everywhere on tne lawns are daisies which seem to make the grass look longer than it really is. A lew days ago l received a letter from a friend wno is in Egypt and I was very pleased to hear trom him. When he was writing the letter ho said it was just like writing on sand-paper as a sand-storm was blowing. Yesterday my mother got a parcel trom a friend of ours in tne Air Force, and who is at present in Fiji. sent me a brooch made of tortoise sh.:i in the form of W. He had sent me one before but it was smaller and just came in half. On Thursday night we nad our school concert. It was very good and the quad, was packed while a tew people couldn’t get in. The money was for library and piano funds and we got £34 which was very good. Bluey-eyed Blondie is home now and she will probably be coming to school on Monday* Your loving Cog, Magpie. A nice descriptive letter, Wanda. This is a pretty time of the year, isn’t it! Woodville. Dear Hub, —I was ill over Labour week-end and did not go to school on Tuesday and that is why I did not write. I know Dancing Doll who is in my class and just sits behind me. I have an uncle over in Egypt. He sent me four letters and some post cards last week. We have a lot of vegetables in and they are growing nicely. We also have a lot of flower gardens. We have three plum trees, one peach tree and two nectarines. I will send in a poem. Love to you and all the Cogs from Golden Glory. So sorry, my dear, I hope you are better. Isn’t it nice to have a good vegetable garden and lovely flowers!

WELCOME INI There has been a big drop of nev members this week as we have onlj Audrey Bennett, Awahuri, and Ngair< Short, of Tangimoana, to welcome ii and we hope they will enjoy writing t< the Page. SKILLTEST RESULTS What happened to the Big Family this week? Only one Cog, Martin Nes dale, found the answers. SOLUTION TO N.Z. TREES PUZZH 1. Birch. 2. Kauri. 3. Maire. 4. Pine. 5. Bata. 6. Rewa. 7. Teak. .8. Totara.

Woodville. Dear Hub, —I have a school garden! plot and all my seeds up about half an inch high. We have baby magnics in our trees and they make a lot of noise. Our new bank in Woodville is nearly finished and it looks good from the outside. Do you like stamp collecting? I do. Our grandfather, who has a brother in America gives Busy Bee and me all the stamps that come from there. On Labour Day we went to our uncle's place for tea after which we played ping pong. Love to you and the Cogs. Mickey Mouse. Do you know I have never seen a baby magpie! Your garden must be good. I have never been a stamp collector, I am sorry to say.

Bangiwahia. Dear Hub, —I had my cousin, Showy Baker, up for the week-end. We went for cycle rides up and down the road. We went to the pictures on Thursday .night to see “The Singing Outlaw. ” Dad is playing the accordion to us. Love from Mickey Booney. I can imagine you had great doings for the -week-end. Whose turn is it next? Apiti. Dear Hub, —We have four bantams with seven chicks each. We had another bantam that was sitting but one day when we came back from Apiti, she was off the nest and the eggs were cold. Nearly every night I groom Mistress Mae’s yearling. Mistress Mae helps, too. She is getting her new coat. On Labour week-end my cousin, auntie and uncle came up from Wellington. We had a lovely time. We made mud cakes, mud pies and also we played houses. The buds of the lupin are just showing their colour. Our swimming baths Will soon be finished at school. They will be lovely to swim in. I made myself a little vegetable garden. My potatoes are shooting also. Love to you and all in Cogland. From i Dolly Dimples. P.S.—I am sending in a poem. I Thank you for the little pioern, Dolly Dimples. Is Mistress Mae getting her new coat or the yearling? You must have a regular farmyard of bantams.

Bahgiwahia. Dear Hub,—Thank you for my badge which I received on Friday. The Fly--1 ijig Scotsman, Hub, is the fastest train jin the world and my mother has travelled on it. The dental nurse is doing the children's teetn now at the school. We have had very bad weather up here lately. Love from Flying Scotsman. Yes, my dear, I just wondered if you knew. X have seen it but did not travel by it. i - - Tangimoana. Dear Hub, —I wondered if you would make me a member of your happy band of Cogs? lam 13 years of age and I attend Clydesdale School and am in Standard VI. 1 have a'brother serving in the overseas Army and 1 miss him torribly. For pets I have a dog, a lamb, budgies, a calf, one magpie, a cow, a norse and last out not least an orphan chicken. When I leave school I intend taking up nursing and dressmaking, i learn the piano and its great fun. i am very interested in the Air Force. Last night I saw eight 'planes in formation? May I have Miss Airforce for my pen name! X belong to Girl Guides. I will close now so "Kia Ora." I remain, your very sincere Cog, Ngaire Short. I am very pleased to welcome you, Ngaire, and Miss Airforce you may be. You have more than your share of pets and other good things. Nursing will be a noble profession for you to fdllow. Sanson. Dear Hub,—The Skilltest was very hard this week. Our cat has six little knittens. I am now reading a book called "Pollyanna." Have you read that book, Hub? Love from Evening Star. Yes, my dear, and liked it very much. Woodville. Dear Hub, —I have just oome home from a fortnight’s holiday in the country. I had an enjoyable time while I was there. It was three miles from town so X had to go on the bus to school. One day a girl and I started climbing a inacrocarpa hedge. We climbed to the very edge of the branches and then slid down them. It was great fun but we paid for it the next morning by having stiff and sore limbs. Another day 1 saw a bird’s nest. In it were four little baby birds and when I shook the branches they opened their beaks as if they knew they were going to receive a worm. Cheerio. Minnehaha. That was a nice break for you, my dear. I can imagine what you were like after fun and games on the trees. Woodville. Dear Hub, —Thank you for my badge. I was very pleased to get it and am glad to be a Cog. Do you know why I called myself Cheerful Sparrow? That was a piece I played in my music examinations. I passed and got good marks. I must close now with love from Cheerful Sparrow. That was quite a good idea, my dear, and it is nice to know the examination was successful. Feilding. Dear Hub, —We have our lamb now. We call it Hoppy because it has a sore foot and is hopping all the time. If you go into the paddock to see him he tries to get out and come down to the back door but we can’t let : hiin down because he eats all the vegetables and flowers. The baby goat is growing now and is great friends with the lamb but the big one goes for it. To-day when mum was milking, the lamb and the little goat were in the cow bale and they were butting each other and having great fun. Love to the den and yourself. Love from Honef. Woodville. Dear Hub,—On Saturday wo saw an old mother duck with 12 little wild ducklings in a creek on our other farm at Whariti, we got up quite close to t them before the mother flew away but | she did not fly very far. She looked ) very proud of her large family and I suppose she was afraid we would try to catch her babies but that would be a cruel thing to do. Dad has bought a little puppy three months old from a man at Carterton it is coming by train one day soon. We cannot decide what to call him, could you suggest a nice little short name for him? He is a little cattle dog. I must close now and help mother with the tea. With love to all the Cogs and yourself. From Mermaid, j The little ducklings must be sweet. 1 1 hope they are allowed to grow up. How would Mac or Hob do for the pup? Don’t forget to tell us about him

Bunnythorpe. Bear Hub, —It was my birthday on j October 10 and I received quite a lovely , lot of presents. I have been reading some books lately, some of them being “Dimsie Moves Up,” “Jean of the Lumber Camp” and “The Lost Chord.” Last week I weeded my gardens and they look a lot better now.' My gladioli and seeds were planted in boxes and are also coming up. Our lilac and apple blossoms are over now. On Wednesday I am going to spend the day with a friend who has a baby boy eight and a-half months old. His name is John. My little niece, Beth, is growing fast and gets around all over the place now. She is 1 year and 3 months. Lt will soon be Christmas, won’t it? I think Daphne is coming down for the holidays, too. My two nieces, Fay and Heather, are going to school next year. For the Skilltest one Saturday, could we haco a jumble up of Now Zealand shrubs or birds. Best wishes to all the Cogs and yourself, Hub. From your true Cog, Bubbles. You must have enjoyed your birthday and the nice books you have to read. I hope you enjoyed Wednesday’s outing. Gardens repay for care, don’t they? Woodville. Dear Hub, —Yesterday I finished sewing bias binding around an apron which I had previously worked. There is another bird’s nest in our I a mreading the book. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” out of the Std. IV library. I like it very much. Last night I made some butter toffee which turned out quite well. It was grandfather’s birthday last Friday. On Saturday I did some of the ironing for mum while she was sewing. Cheerio. Busy Bee. I do like to know that the members of the Big Family have useful hands. 1 hope grandfather had a nice birthday. Bangiwahia. Dear Hub, —I am reading a book called “ Epaminondas. ” My cousin and my brother and I went back to the farm yesterday and got a lot of clematis. Our white cat called Snow White has two white kittens. Do you like kittens, Hub? Love to you and all the Cogs. Golden Bose. That is an unusual title for a book, Golden Bose. What does it mean? Yes, I love kittens and would like to see white Ones. Palmerston North. Dear Hub, —We have been sending eggs in for the Willard Home. Please, Hub, could we have some moro word reversals for a Skilltest or some wora to find out what they mean, such as gigantic means immense? Yours sincerely, Ferdinand the Faithful. Eead the Hub’s letter carefully this week, Ferdinand the Faithful. Kopane. > Dear Hub, —How hard Mr. Puz made the Skilltest this week! Lucky Mom must expect something easy when she asked for jumbled generals. In the Skilltest I am not sure about number 6. With love to the Den, Twinkling Star. It would not do if you were never required to put on your best thinking caps, would it? Eangiwahia. Dear Hub, —I am writing this letter in school. I am sending in some riddles this week. This week I was very sick. The school dental nurse is at school now. W o are doing some nice drill at school, it is like spring now, isn’t it, Hub? Pup. I do hope you are quite well again. Drill is good for you. Thank you for the riddles. Woodville. Dear Hub, —I am writing to say I have tried to work this Skilltest out with only using the letter once but could not do it so have put down the most well-known kinds using the letters several times. I have sent in a list of other names found with those letters. I like the native trees. lam trying to grow some in my garden at home. I must go to bed now. I remain, your Cog, Jumbo Jim. Better luck next time, Jumbo Jim! The others, except one, were all caught, too. Feilding. Hub, —I am writing this letter before I go to school so I must hurry or I will be late. I cycle one mile to school every day. On Monday we had a holiday. Plum Blossom goes to our school. Peter has come back again. I am doing the Bkilltest. Your sincere Cog, Pink Cherry Blossom. I am delighted learn that Peter is back. Cycling is good sport, isn’t it? Uncle Bob is taking me for a “dub” on the handle of his bike. Apiti. Dear Hub, —On November 14 wo are having a fancy dress ball. I am going as a clown and I hope it is a success. This is the first fancy dress ball We have had for five years. We are learning folk dancing for it and also ballroom dancing. Do you dance, Hub? The last few days we have had sunny mornings turning to rain in the afternoon. Love to you and the Cogs. Christmas Lily. I hope the ball i 3 a success, Christmas Lily. You must tell us about it. The Hub did not tell you whether she danced. The answer is “Yes, when she catches her thumb in the wringer.”— Aunt Agatha. Foxton. Dear Hub, —I am sorry I didn’t write last week. I had the letter written and 1 had put it away when I lost it. My fowl, Gwen, sat on thirteen eggs and a little black and yellow one came out yesterday and two yellow ones came out to-day. I painted my white aeroplane apple green yesterday. All the f oxton Cues, including my brother and 1„ went out to Hounds Bush at Himitangi and we saw the place where all the deer are hiding and we could see some lakes a long way off and ail the Cubs had to walk through about IdO yards of swamp % and I fell over. We went over to some sand hills and played cowboys and iudians in the outskirts of the bush. We nave four young blackbirds in our house and they chirp about an hour iu tne morning. We varnished our furniture last night. 1 stayed home from school to-day uecause I liave a cold. We saw a man spearing eels out in a paddock by the bush and he caught tnree big mud eels aud some of us killed them and a boy buried one in the sand hills, i am in bed writing this letter and it is blowing outside. We took Barpo for a fid* ou Sunday and we brought her back. Dad has just come home from work. We had the little black and yellow chicken on the kitchen floor to- j day and I held it. Well, Hub, I had better end now as it is getting late. Cheerio. Your loving Cog, Joe E. Brown. j Those chicks must bo dear, little things! I can imagine you had some great fun in the bush. Did you actually see any deer?

Feilding. ' Dear Hub, —I am home from school | with a bad cold. Thank you very much for (giving Petal my address and I am hoping to get a letter from her soon. 1 am now reading a book called “Roy Of Daisydale” which I am enjoying very much. I am sending in my peggy-squaro and some silver paper. Love to all Cogland. Little Bo Peep. Thank you for tho peggy squaro and silver paper, Little Bo Peep. I do hope the cold is better. How did you get on with that answer when thore was no other letter I to use? LITTLE GIRL’S DREAM A great, big castle With great, big rooms, A big, big staircase, A clock that booms. A long, long wardrobe With coats, gowns, gloves, A lovely, old garden With blooms, trees, doves. A maid to bring my breakfast, And ono to curl my hair, A prince to be my husband— We'll be a happy pair. —Copied by Golden Glory. REDDLES Q: What mouth never smiles f A: The mouth of a river. Q: Why is coal a tricky thing to buy? A: Because when bought it often goes to the cellar (seller). Q: What vegetable grows extremely fast? A: A runner beau. Q: Why are birds sad in the morning? A: Because their bills are all over dew (over-due). Q: What is the difference between a lady skater and a duck? A: One goes quick on her feet and the other goes quack on her eggs. Q: Why is an egg like a colt? A: It’s not use until broken in. Q: Why is a dictionary like a rad dish?

A: Because it is never read (red) right through. Q: What is the difference between a pugilist and a lap-dog? A: One faces the licks and the other licks the face. Q: What is the difference between live fish and fish alive? A: A. Q: What brow can never frown? A: The brow of a hill. Q: When does a boy least enjoy a joke? A: When the point strikes him. —Sent in by Busy Bee. EVER BEEN HAD? One day a boy went into a blacksmith’s shop and stared at tho blacksmith heating a horseshoe. Soon the blacksmith got tired of the boy watching him so he shoved the red-hot horseshoe under the boy’s nose. The boy looked at it for a minute and then said to tho blacksmith:

“If you give me a penny, I’ll lick it for you.” The blaeksmith gave the boy his penny. The boy looked at it and then licked it and walked calmly out the door after putting the penny in his pocket.

—Sent in by Joe E. Brown,