BETWEEN OURSELVES

Southland Times, Issue 23816, 13 May 1939, Page 4 (Supplement)

BETWEEN OURSELVES

Cousin Garden Girl: I think the suggested articles for the stall will be very suitable, and the members of that clan will welcome them. Is Flora better this week?

Cousin Freckles: What a happy day you spent with your friends. Are they coming to visit you soon? There is only one more week of the holidays, and then your sisters will be back at school again. Cousin Bookworm: I hope you did succeed in escaping the cold, and were able to come to town for the show. Did you climb Sally Staircase and find my room empty?

Cousin Cathleen Sutherland: 1 am sorry, but the marks should be dded separately, so you still have a few to earn before you are entitled to a degree. What a busy person you are.

Cousin Bloodthirsty Jack: Is the letter-holder for the bazaar? I think it would be a very useful article for one of the stalls. Do you like having ■ holidays, or would you rather be at school?

Cousin Hinemoa: You will have to find some work for the boys to do outside so that they will not be in your way. I have not heard from your sister for a long time, but another cousin told me that she was nursing. Does she like the work?

Cousin Nan: I delivered the message for you. lam sure my other Little Southlanders enjoyed the film as much as you did. Are you staying at home for the holidays? Cousin Buttercup Girl: Thank you for the recipes and the puzzles for Mind Sharpeners. Do you like to solve the puzzles in the Chronicle? I wonder what you are making for our bazaar? Perhaps you will see something suitable at the one this month. Cousin Tom Mitchell: The address you wrote on the envelope was correct, and any letters sent to the Times Office will reach me. Did the enrolment card arrive safely? Please send a stamped addressed envelope for the pen-friend coupon.

Cousin White Iris: I shall have to engage an interpreter for the little phrases of shorthand I find at the foot, of your letters. I am sorry that I was not in yesterday when you called, but I was out of town. Cousin Daddy’s Sweetheart: This does seem to be your lucky month. Let us hope : that the luck will continue. Have you begun to make anything for the bazaar? Cousin Sweet Briar: There is a small clan at Dipton, and I am sure the members would be only too pleased to have your help. The secretary is Cousin Nita Hall, Dipton R.D., and you could write to her about it. ; Cousin Coronation Lassie: Will the house be shut up while you are away? You will havd a happy time playing on the hills. There will be plenty of time to start the doll when you come home again. Cousin Black Beard: I hope you

are enjpying your holiday at Josephville. You must write when you come home and tell me all your adventures.

Cousin Flower-o’-the-Lily: What a shame you spoilt the painting when you were cutting it out. The entries were all of a high standard this week, and I think my cousins liked the subject.

Cousin Peter the Pirate: How new and fresh the school room will seem with the painted desks. Are they to be a bright colour? Have you kept the rabbit for a pet? Cousin Dorothy Scott: I asked Percy Pencil, but he does not remember your pen-name. Would you like to choose a new one? This is the longest letter I have had from you for a long time. Visiting days will begin again in the first week of the new term.

Cousin Daisy: Here is your penname appearing in our columns for the first time, but I hope to see it here often in future. Did the enrolment card arrive safely? Cousin Valmai Ward: Welcome to the Chronicle, my new cousin. Do you come to school in town, or are you staying at home to help mother? Write a longer letter next week. Cousin Bud: How pleased you must be to be at home after such a long time in hospital. Just think of all the things you will be able to do now, and the people who will come to see you. > Cousin Fairy Bell: There will more than likely be two sections in the? competition, one for a knitted outfit, and one for sewn clothes. It does sound as if the stall will be well stocked.

Cousin Cinderella: Whenever you write a letter to me you will find a reply in these columns. Do not forget to use your pen-name each time you write, too. Did the badge and enrolment card reach you safely? Cousin Snow Queen: I am sending your coupon away, and I hope that your reply will arrive soon. Your old pen-name has not appeared in our columns for a long time, but here it is again. Welcome back to the Chronicle.

Cousin Moonlight: Use your own name as well as the pen-name, as I do pot keep a list of pen-names and may not recognize yours. This is the last chapter of the Robin Hood serial today.

Cousin Queen of the Snowdrops: You are .quite a stranger, my cousin, and it is a long time since your pen-name was used last. Write again soon and tell me what you are doing. Cousin Murray Hazlett: Welcome to this Little Southlander. There are no visiting days during the holidays, but when school starts again I hope you will come up to see me. Cousin Buttercup Girl: Write to the secretary of the Silver Fern Clan, Cousin Clara Lobb, Box 28, Edendale. Please send a stamped, addressed envelope to go with the pen-friend coupon.