ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS,

Otago Witness, Issue 2707, 31 January 1906, Page 72

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS,

Gabtiielle. — Thank you 'Cor jrour kind note. I tarn so glad it was a good inspiration, and tho pleasure is so truly mutual, dear Gabrielle. Love to Eve, please. I think you are right: the impersonal friendship is both dear and beautiful, and I feel it to be so much so that, though I certainly havo my correspondents' names and addresses (a necessary formality), I always try to avoid _ knowing anji.hdng but what they tell me about themselves, their life, work, or personality. To me, though tho name is certainly there, each one remains mysterious, impersonal. Hochelaga. — Thank you very much, my kind comrade. Never mind the delay; but I quite know what you mean about responding to such things at onee — I havo the same feeling. I<ft us, dea,i Hocliela^a., after the misadv-entu-re', console ourselves -with the dear old tag of "All's well that ends well." Just after Christmas was, in many ways, not a good time to make an appeal to my friends' prases, as I know by my own experience — that purse has such a trick, of letiniwsa then; but I am more than grateful for the response you have all ma do. TArFY. — Thank you very much. Is ifc not pleasant to think of our little New Year's gift going .'•o far and taking with it the oheor of iuteiest and remembrance from our far-away httle islands? What a moment ol kindly thankful thoughts it will draw to xi% unknown, impersonal, silent givers^ — % son of electric ciurent oi warm humanity. I love ttho thought. Do not you? Kerani — Thank yoii, Kerani, for your long and pleasant letter; also for your donation to my small Grenfell Gift Fund. I hopa by th"c end of the month to be able to send £5 to the association, and though the snxH itself may seem sxna.ll in face of their needs, I do not think such things' aro only a matter of £ s. d. — the spiritual cheer and the uplift to the devoted toiler who finds hig work known and watched a.nd responded to in unknown lands must be a far greaxer factor Nio, Kerani, -there is no misiake, the magazines were for you, and will be followed by others as opportunity offers. The American ones, though oM, contained coma very well written and interesting articles on Ru&sia. at least I hope my friend sent you those numbers. You mentioned onco. long- ago, no* seem? many nngazines. It is, however, quite, evident that you have nevei received a letter m which I explained the matter to you. Tho essential fact that you have thoroughly enjoyed them must content me. I will remind the friend in qupsiic-n to post yon some from time to tims. So you appveciate "RafH-es" ? Yes, Cnneo's lllusti actions ate very well diawn. Royxg.k —(1; Such establishments do not snpplv ".ap» apron", and ruffs to the waitress (2) The waiti esses do not wear strings to their caps.