Girls AND Boys

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24531, 13 March 1943, Page 4

Girls AND Boys

DEAR BOYS AND GIRLS,— As I am on holiday I know you will#wait patiently for answers to your letters. I promise you will all receive replies when I return. As I write this the sun is smiling down and everything looks so gay and happy I begin to think the countryside is looking especially lovely just now because I'm on leave—which, of course, is a selfish idea, but that s just how one feels at the beginning of a holiday. Rotorua, where I'm staying, is just as beautiful and interesting as ever and I'm having such fun visiting all the wonders of the thermal regiuns. There are the pretty geysers shooting up their sparkling spray and billowing white clouds of steam, the lovely clean smell of the sulphur, and best of all, the weird mud pools that go "plop-plop" with their great deep voices. And then there are ."he queer rumblings beneath the surface —just like big giants talking in their underground homes. Perhaps they are discussing the cooking of their bubbling mud "porridge pots." Who can tell? It's all so fascinating I could stay for hours watching, but there are more sights to see and lovely walks to take, so I wander on again, enjoying every precious minute of my leave. And how I wish you were all here with me to share the excitements too. Wouldn't it be fun? Happy days of sun- * / shine and laughter *fi to you all and love

Find the Flowers In the following sentences clues are given to the names of certain flowers. For example, No. 1 will bo Carnation. 1. A vehicle and a country. 2. A bird and something: used on horses in English wars. 3. A girl's name, and a valuable stone. 4. An animal and a (lower cutting 5. A New Zealand province, and something on a telephone. 6. What sugar is and a vegetable. Answers.—l, Carnation. 12, Larkspur. 3, Marigold. 4, Cowslip. 5. Canterbury Bell. G. Sweet Pea. —Original, by Barbara Merlo (12). Song Story "One Day When We Were Young," "Nelly Kelly" and I went for a walk along "The .Road to Mandalay." As we rounded a corner we saw "Alice Blue Gown" trying to make out what the "Stuttering Sergeant" was saying to her. —Original, by Beverley Barry (11). A Party Game Write on little slips of paper halves of proverbs—say ten different ones. Then on ten other slips of paper write the other halves. Hide them behind various articles in the room. Then the players must search for complete proverbs; the one who finds most being the winner. —Original, by Donald Hassell (14), M.B.G. Riddle-me-ree My first Is in smile and also in sing. My second is in send but not in bring; My third is in right and also in wrong. My fourth is in verse but not in song; My fifth is in false and also in true. My whole is a thing we should all gladly do. (Answer: Serve.) —Original, by Enid Loveday (IB). M.B.G. To Make Artificial Flowers First of all collect some 'twigs; choose the one# with lots of little side shoots. Next buy some coloured tissue paper. One or two pennyworth will be heaps. Next wo cut out the tissue paper into strips Sin. long and Vain. wide. We also cut some pieces of cotlon, about 4in. long. When this is done, tsko two pieces of paper and bend them in hajf. Put the two folded ends round a twig and wind the cotton round tightly and knot it. You will then be able to arrange tho loose ends prettily so that they look like petals. Do this on all the twigs and little shoots, and you will have some very gay flowers to arrange in your vases, and they will last a long time. —From Joan Bowring (13),

Pigeon's Yearly Visit Dear Anne Shirley—lt la lovely to be awake early these mornings, and hear the birds singing their songs. There are two pigeons that fly quite near our house. One day one of them cam© too near, and was caught in the wire-netting. I caught it so it would not hurt itself. It had red legs, eyes and beak; Its feathers were blue and green and its breast white. Every spring the pigeons come and then fly away again at the beginning of winter. I always look forward to (heir leturn. —From your member, Joan Houghton, Wairere Falls. Parchment Work Dear Anne Shirley,—Here are ideas of things you can make with parchment:—A three-cornered book-mark is made by measuring three inches down each edge from the corner, then cut across to make a triangle. Then paste a piece of parchment the same size on the cleanest side. This looks very nice with a small picture pasted on. This bookmark slips on the coiner of the page. A nibcleaner is very simple to make: Cut the parchment to any shape, such as dog, cat, flower, and paste some felt on the back. — From Joan Gardner (12). A Word Pyramid Another name for ocean. Short for company. A kind of fish. ' What signallers use. C C 0 COD CODE —Original, by Beverley Bsrtle (13) t Eventide A day has flown and now comes eventide To hush the hills and rock the trees to sleep, And lay her fingers on the rose and send The winds of day away across the deep. She clothes the hills in gowns of silver-grey. The sky in vivid shawl of dusty mauve. And sings to every tree that's in distress The lullabies that they have learned to love. —Original, by Enid Jjoveday (15). M.B.G.

Do You Know ? 1. When Is an author a jeweller? 2. Why should fish he well educated? 3. When is a boat like a heap of snow? 4. Why is a spider a good correspondent? 5. What was four weeks old when Cain was born, and is not yet five? Answers.—l. When he's a goldsmith. 2. They have the habit of going in schools. 3. When it is adrift. 4. Because he is good at dropping lines, o. The moon. —Original, by Jeanette King (13). Beheading Problem I am a word meaning "edge." Behead me. I am a skating ? Behead me. I am a dark-bluish fluid. Behead me. I am two letters of the alphabet. Behead me again and I am a letter, also the pronunciation of a surname. Answer.—Brink, rink, ink, nk, k. —Original, by Alison Harris (10). Question Time Why Is a cook unkind?— Because she beats 'he eggs. What, did the window say when the tree fell through it? —Tremendous (tree mend us). Why is a horse a most remarkable feeder? —Beeauso he eats the best without a bit in his mouth. —From Elaine Barugh (9).