The WENDY HUT LETTERBOX

Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1928, Page 21

The WENDY HUT LETTERBOX

LETTERS to be Addressed: "WENDY," Care Taranaki Dally News, Box lIS, NEW PLYMOUTH.

Aura, Lueienne, Gladstone and Renda Mehrtens, Eltham. —I am pleased to read that the Mehrten. tribe are still in the land of the living. Are any of the tribe itting for proficiency this year? I suppose those who are, are beginning to think seriously about it now.

Olive Dombroski, Normanby.—l am sure Joan would love to write to you, so you had better send her a letter, telling all about things. Her address is Bell Block, Taranaki. Our bandsmen have become active again, and we had inspiriting music mixed with last Sunday’s sunshine. Do you ever hear any bands 2

Agnes Seott, Okaiawa. —You good people had spendid fun with the boats and stones on the very swift river, didn’t you? Billikins wants to know if there are rapids anywhere. Does the island become covered in flood time? Ours does, and not even the tippy tops of the tall pampas grasses show. Vera Ellis, Stratford. —Did your competition prize arrive safely? The bookseller man has just brought me another bottle of ink. He said to Billikins at the door, “Excuse me, but someone here must write a great many letters.” “Yes,” said Billikins, “but they don’t be put into embellopes,” And the bookseller man went away looking very puzzled.

Helen Lithgow, Stratford. —I hope none of you have pneumonia after the soaking you had at Hawera, when the Bristol fighters arrived. Were the snaps any good? The sun is shining gloriously, and Tinker Bell has just burst into my room saying, “The black, black days of the storm are over, and we are all going for a picnic so hurry and be ready.” They don’t have to ask me twice. a

May Weir, Kent Road. — Oh, yes; we have numbers of ducks at the Hut. We call them the squadron, because they are risually in solemn line formation. Of course, the leader has been newly christened “Kingy,” although, as a matter of fact, he is rather a clumsy flier. I think the school gardening idea is simply splendid-. Won’t you all enjoy the asters?

Monica Mischefski, Inglewood.—We laughed over the poetry about the east wind arranging a dirty day. I think all his cousins and other relatives have been visiting Taranaki last month. Did you go to the Inglewood' flower show, and see the best of everything looking its best and smelling its best? Kathleen Goodin, Public Hospital, New Plymouth.—Yes; Kathleen; you may certainly write on both sides of the paper. You people must look forward tremendously to Joan’s vists. The ex-patient is an excellent Tink to bring cheer to the sick, isn’t she? Hurry; curried eggs on toast for tea to-night! I can smell them cooking.

Doreen Ireland, Stratford.—Oh, you lucky people! Fancy the airmen flying right over your very own washhouse, and we didn’t hear a murmur, or see a shadow even of their ’planes! Your brother had a splendid time in Hawera, didn’t he?

Dolly Jackson, Kaimata.—Your name is on our board this morning for .. splendid letter. Thank you for the two pretty pictures, especially the one of the girl in the blue frock sitting reading in the apple tree. I hope Gladys will soon be better. How much docs baby Peggy weigh now? Helen Reakes, Eltham. —I have just waved good-bye to four of the Hut people who have departed to town to do shopping. They have a long list of 2d items. Tinker Bell is carrying a huge empty market basket. They have promised themselves orange drinke when the shopping is finished.

Joan Oliver, Bell Block. —Good -morning, “Dolly’s mother.” You are now a busy writer, aren’t you? How pleased your parents must be to have you with them instead of being in the hospital. When will you be able to attend school again? How long did the clematis live which Ida brought from the bush? Dulcie Bond, Oakura. —You people have been having good fun on the new sledge which your brother made, haven’t you? John and Billikins are very busy to-day digging for gold by the fowl house, because we all saw the end of a rainbow touch there this morning. Ngia Olliver, Opunake Beach. —Well, I have, opened your letter before the ones from the rest of the Olliver brigade, so your news was all fresh to me. Don’t forget to let me know when the 93 chickens are hatched, but please don’t ask me to name them all. That would be too much of a brain wave altogether. Mavis Stanton, Eltham.—-What a good thing you people were caught in the thunderstorm after and not before Marion’s birthday party. Otherwise much of your party feeling may have been drowned. Thank you for the poetry about a summer afternoon. When you send us the real day will you please also pack up 14 new bright woollen bathing costumes, as the moths have eaten all ours?

Eileen Zimmerman, Kaimiro.—You name is elsewhere in the paper this morning, Eileen. I am so pleased you are saving all the dressmaking patterns, because you will find the directions very easy to follow when you wish to use them. A huge lorry load of furniture has just passed the Hut, and the topmost chair looked very rocky. Donald Jordan, Mangorei.-—I was very glad to hear from you again, Donald, but we were sorry to learn that your mother and Florence had fever. I suppose the twin lambs were a tremendous surprise for you all. What are their names? Will your school be playing any more football matches this year?

Stella Steele, Uruti.—l haven't ever seen the Uruti river in flood, but I have often wondered how the fowl houses managed. Billikins says it is exactly a year since our bantam hen poked its little brown beak through the egg shell, so the bright boy tied a blue ribbon round her ankle, because it is her birthday. I don’t know what the rest of the farmyard are thinking about it.

Gloria Humphries, Opunake.—We Hut people have always thought you a good writer, so your name is on our board. Congratulations upon gaining so many prizes at the Spring Flower show. We are all very proud of your artistic ability.

“Snow-drop,” Te Popo—Do you recognise your new pen-name? Most of our snow-drop faces have disappeared, and their green fre./ke are gracefully fading away until next spring. Would Leo like to call his calf “Dale Austin?” I suppose you all walk straighter and spell better because of the school’s new coat of paint..

Chrissie Stewart, Stratford.—Oh, dear me! There is a terrific knocking at my door, and I know what that means. It is “pay-out” day at the Hut, when I give 3d for every hundred weeds taken out of our lawns. Even if my purse is feeling lighter the lawns are looking tidy and well kept.

Joyce Carlson, Eltham. —We have been watching a row of six girls coming home from school, and they are carrying their school bags balanced on top of their heads. Do the Eltham people do clever tricks like this? Have you been for a swim yet? Athalia McKain, Hawera.—No; Billikins wasn’t hurt with any lightning, but I think his inside was not quite happy after the many ice creams he had, which the Hut people made with the help of buckets of hail. I haven’t ever touched German Hill, but I have seen it from many other high places in Taranaki. 1 remember it once having snow on.

Doris Aubrey, Tariki. —Thank you. for the pretty crayon drawing. You people will be very sorry when the bright spring flowers have gone from your garden. There has been an overpowering sweet scent at the Hut this week, and we didn’t discover until this morning that a grove of laurel in the bush is in full bloom.

Betty Olliver, Opunake beach.—You must be the very first Tink to swim in the sea this season. We think you are v—v —very b—b—brave, and we would like to present you with the Southern Cross, so just call and take it, will you?

Doreen Reid, Mangorei.—You are now a member, Doreen. Would you please send the date of your birthday so that your name will be in the book for Tinker Bell? Have you seen the Hut honours’ board to-day? We think you have splendid fun in the hay loft, but I don’t think I would enjoy catching hats full of mice. They are too scuttly.

Alice Robertson, Opunake.—The orchard of your new homestead must be looking a picture. I know a girl who wrote to a girl in England for years and years, and one day visited the Old Country and met her pen friend, so perhaps something like that will happen to you too.—Tinker Bell. Olga Aagaard, Stratford. —We would all like to wish you the best of luck for your music examination on October 9. You wrote me a very good description of the Stratford storms, Olga. We thought a thunderclap was coming thia morning, but it was only the vibration of our telephone wires after a bird on the wing had bumped into them. Joan Morgan, Rahotu. —I am sorry to hear that you have come to the end of your Jack and Jill paper, because I was always cheered with their bright smiles. John has just brought me the body of a dead weta, which he found in an old log. This insect is considered very good hunting by the Hut people.

Elsie Robertson, Matapu.—We hope the brother’s foot is better now. Axes have to be kept so sharp, don’t they? Bimbo and I have just come in from a gallop on the beach, where flocks of seagulls circled around us all the time. Perhaps they were hungry and thought we might be tasty.

“Blue Bell,” Bell Block. —Joan seems ■to be overjoyed now that she is home again, doesn’t she ? Do you ever play in the sandhills down by the beach? The Ollivers, who live at Opunake, had a swim last week, and said it was glorious.

Gwen Williams, Hawera.—Thank you for the spray from the flowering willow. I haven’t ever seen the tree. The bloom seems similar to the yellow broom. Are Snowy and Topsy bleating well? Tinker Bell was bucked off one of our pet calves yesterday, but she wasn’t hurt. Trixie Roebuck, Okato.—We feci very honoured to be asked to name the beautiful new doll which you mother and father gave you for your birthday. I wonder if you would like to call it “Barbara?” Have you seen any very young fledgelings yet? Illlllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllilllllilllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllll