Under the “Totem-Pole”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 859, 31 December 1929, Page 5

Under the “Totem-Pole”

Letters to Redfeather are answered as follow:—Lone Dreamer: Many thanks for your Christmas gift and your kind Lone Dreamer. Everyone liked your prizewinning story. Have you recovered yet from your Christmas shopping? . Little Circling Owl: What wonderful little people your Brownies are. They collected, sufficient money to send two children into camp, and 1 hope their own holidays will be doubly happy. 1 still have the silver paper on hand so it can wait for the second instalment. A happy New Year to you and your little charges. . . . Eagle Feather: So you are spending the holidays under a trim white sail? I hope you will have a happy time and also that fair weather will favour you. Good, sailing. Eagle Feather. . . . Silver Wing: That dainty gift from Silver Wing arrived, safely. Thank you very much. You have not been having holiday weather in your far-away city, but I hope the New \ ear will be the herald of many blue days. . . Still Pool: Your First Whangarei news came safely to hand. Still Pool. Some good wishes from the Wigwam for '330. Mist Maiden: Welcome into the wigwam circle, Mist Maiden. I am glad you are so interested in all the Chiefs and Braves. . . . Harvest Moon: Here is an extract from Little Swift Canoe’s last letter: “Will you phase give my congratulations to Harvest Moon. I think her poem is one of the most beautiful I have ever read, and I certainly like it the best of hers.” . . Red Star: A happy New Year to all the people in the tepee of Red Star. Please send a wish to the Wigwam when the old year goes out. . . Flying Cloud: Greetings for 1330 •to our maid of the Great Out-doors. . . Little Swift C3noe: Your days "Seem to be crowded with incident just now, Little Swift Canoe. ‘What a wonderful holiday you are having. Don’t forget the Wigwam when you are following the far trails. A happy New Year to Little Swift Canoe. THE WORD “LUMBER” Lumber carries us back to the day a when the Lombard merchants were the bankers and pawnbrokers of Europe. They lent money on the security of furniture, jewellery, clothing ind other articles, and their pledges were stored in a room which was spoken of as the Lombard room. Many of the pledged articles accumulated until they became out of date and useless, and such unserviceable rubbish was known as Lombard goods, corrupted later into lumber. THE ENGLISH PRIMROSE Wherever English people go the primrose is prized, and many years ago when one brought from England was exhibited at Melbourne, S.OAO rough miners who had heard of its arrival visited it.