AUNT HILDA’S LETTER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18644, 22 December 1928, Page 18 (Supplement)

AUNT HILDA’S LETTER.

Life’s Scoring Board. For when th« one Great Scorer Comes to writ® against your iiama He writes— Not that you won or lost, But how you played the game! HOW STARLETS PLAYED THE GAME. LITTLE FINGERS MAKE BIG MONEY. T)EAR LITTLE PEOPLE Do you see the verse I have chosen this week for you. for that’s what you did. every one of you, last Saturday, you played the game, and no one in the wide world can dp more! Bravo to you all! The results were beyond my wildest dreams, because there are so many things on at present, and pocket money is always scarce at Christmas. A line of an old poem kept running through my mind after the Fair, and this was it — “ Oh, what can little hands do To please the King of Heaven?’’ Well the little hands sewed and baked and decorated to the tune of £SO Is exactly. Considering this was our first venture, we must* all feel ever so pleased. The expenses are not heavy and this is how I have decided, after consultation, to apportion the money, with the condition that every penny will be spent on children whose lives need brightening at Christmas, and those of every denomination will share equally. £ls will go to Nurse Maude, £ls to the Rotary Club for its orphanage effort, and the balance to the Returned Soldiers’ Association for the children of deceased and incapacitated soldiers. That was the fairest conclusion I could come to. In addition, I have a list myself of people who require help, and some of the goods left from the Fair will be distributed to the needy cases. I have never seen such a thrilling sight as the Fair, with children doing all the selling, and children supplying the splendid music. We owe our deep thanks to the Ferry Road Convent Orchestra for its delightful music, to the Returned Soldiers’ Association for the free use of all facilities at Jellicoe Hall, and to the following firms for generous donations:—Woodward’s Bakery, Minson’s, Ballin Bros., Perfection Ice Cream, and Sanatarium Health Food Co. Also to the judges who had the unenviable task of judging the babies, and to Mesdames Richardson, Frankland, Kington and Jarden, Messrs Richardson and Frankland. My own personal thanks I tender to every one who donated cash or goods, and especially to the members of committees who worked so unceasingly both before and at the Fair. This year the Circle has raised almost £9O gross by its efforts, and next year confidently hopes to accomplish even bigger things. Christmas greetings to you all, my splendid little people, and love and joy be yours as you deserve it. Feeling ever so happy and satisfied, ever yours lovingly—