The Cream of Letters

Southland Times, Issue 19500, 14 March 1925, Page 19

The Cream of Letters

THOSE SURPRISE LADIES

Cousin Doreen Rushton, (11), Nightcaps, writes:

I am quite glad to be able to tell my Cousins how to make Surprise Ladies. You get a strip of coloured paper about 15 inches long and about 7$ inches in width. Get a paper bag and put the Surprise in it, and gather it at the top. Then gather the coloured paper round it and tie it on the bag as a skirt. Then cut out a pattern of a lady in a coloured dress from the front of a pattern journal. Tie it on to the top of the skirt, from the waist, and put a sash round to hide where the pattern was tied on. These things can be made any size. TUATAPERE This from Cousin Annie Playfair, (14), Gummie’s Bush writes: Have wou ever been up to Tuatapere, Cousin Betty? If you haven’t already been, I’m sure you would like to go up for a day very much, even to see the beautiful scenery. The scenery is lovely on the road ro the Sports Grounds. At one side of T.e bridge over the WaiaiF River, the current is terribly swift, while at the other side the water is almost as peaceful as in any oth-r river; and, on either bank, lovely native bush follows the winding river along. Leading from the road to the Sports Grounds a roadway has been cut through the thick bush, making a kind of avenue. You can imagine how beautifully cool it is on a hot summer’s day. The Sports Ground itself is almost surrounded by native bush, but on the northern side is the mighty Waiau itself. I love to watch the National Dancing at Sports, don’t you Cousin Betty? A BIG MISTAKE! Annie also writes:

A funny thing happened to us on Tuesday. We were taking a friend home in our car. The night was dark, and there was also a misty sort of rain. All of a sudden we pulled into a gateway very quickly. We laughed, “Nearly past the gate, for this misty rain, weren’t we”? It was several chains into the house; but when we reached the second gate from the road, we all noticed a strange tree, and I’m sure everyone of us thought “That tree could not have grown up all of a sudden.” However, we came to the decision that the owner had planted a big tree, so we went through the next gate. We had nearly reached the house when we all uttered an exclamation of dismay. “This isn’t the right house after all!” We turned the car over some ploughed ground, so you can imagine the bumps we got. We did not make any more mistakes I can assure you. ABOUT CHRISTCHURCH

Cousin Colin Cameron, (9), 18 Pratt Street, New Brighton writes: One morning we saw six aeroplanes together. Then one evening two came over and one did some stunts. Another morning three name over. Down here we have big huge motor buses and it is great to see them trying to race the Trams. The buses are against the Trams you know. We have been bathing a good deal this sumer, and the beach has been crowded with bathers and sunbathera and visitors.