PAINTING COMPETITION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19990, 5 November 1927, Page 21 (Supplement)

PAINTING COMPETITION

THE PRIZE-WINNERS. Dear Children, — I have awarded the prizes in our painting competition as under:— Ist.—MIRI WILSON, Marton. 2nd.—BETTY PAUL, Wanganui. 3rd.—PETER ALLEN, Wanganui. H.C.—JEAN YOUNG, Wanganui. The entry was excellent and, on the whole, the work good. A little more thought over the colour scheme would help some of you a lot, because in many cases the colouring is altogether too vivijj. I am arranging for some of the paintings to be shown in the “Chronicle” Branch Office window in the Avenue. In closing I congratulate the winners on their work, and to those who did not gain a place I hope they will try to do better next time. Love from— WENDY. WENDY’S LITTLE COOKS PEACH SPONGE. Each peach sponge should really be made separately in a saucer; but if this is too much trouble, the whole can be made together in a glass dish. Open a tin of peaches, turn the contents into a saucepan and heat over the gas; on on account should the fruit be allowed to boil. Cut your sponge cake to form rounds about an inch thick through, and place one in the middle of each saucer; when the peaches are hot, put one on each sponge and pour over it as much juice as the saucer will hold. Sprinkle the peaches with sugar and put the saucers into a hot oven for a few minutes to allow the sponge to soak up the juice. Serve hot —with a little hot custard if you like.

THE POETS’ CORNER THE LAMB Little lamb, who made thee ? Dost thou know who made thee ? Gave thee life, and bid thee feed By the stream and o’er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight.— Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice. Making all the vales rejoice! Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Little lamb I’ll tell thee; Little lamb I'll tell thee; He is called by thy name, For He calls Himself a Lamb, He is meek, and He is mild; He became a little child. I a child, and thou a lamb, We are called by His name. Little lamb, God bless thee! Little lamb, God bless thee! —Sent in by "Joan of Arc,” Taihape. THE CHILD NEXT DOOR. . The child next door has a wreath on her hat; Her afternoon frock sticks out like that— All soft and frilly. She doesn’t believe in fairies at all (Sho told me over the garden wall) — She thinks they’re silly. The child next door has a watch of her own; She has shiny hair, and her name is Joan (Mine’s only Mary). But doesn’t it seem very sad to you To think that she never, her whole life through, Has seen a fairy ? —Sent in by “Mountain Fairy,” Wanganui. A RHYME. There was a young lady of Weedle When in Church she sat down on a needle. It was luckily threaded And not far embedded. And quickly pulled out by the beadle. —Sent in by “Junfljo.” Hunterville. THE FARM. A farm is a place of happy dreams Where cows give milk and cream. White daisies in the green meadow lie t And a little stream babbling by. Little lambs scampering about and full of fun, Horses flicking their tails in the sun : A big tree of apples and also of pears, And lots of sweet flowers to put in your hair. A white-tiled dairy with earthenware pans Which are taken every morning by a jollyfaced man. To a small tiny station where trains leave at all hours. And where tiny black kittens give pretty meows. —Original, from "Rosebud,” Marton. RIDDLES Why is blue more difficult to spell than green?.—(Because green is spelt with more e’s (ease). Why is a black horse harder to train than a white one ?—Because you can never make it a bay (obey). What is it that was four weeks old last spring and yet next month will not ue weeks old?—The moon. What do you see boys drink soup with in Holland?—Your eyes. When are broken bones useful ?—When they begin to knit. —From "Brown Eyes,” Waverley. mosquitoes religious?—Yes; they first <ing over you and then prey on you. Why did the rabbit get cross when you called him a hare?—Because that is making game of him. Why are our railways like laundresses?— Because they have ironetj all New Zealand, and occasionally do a little mangling. —(Original). From "Iris,” Maxwell. As I was going over London bridge I met a cart full of fingers and thumbs ?—Gloves. Hack a more, hack a more on the king’s kitchen door?—Sunshine. I went down to the wood and got it, 1 brought it home because I could not help ft? —A thorn. —From "Tinker Bell," Marton. While I was walking across London bridge I saw a ship full of people yet there wasn’t a single man in it.—They were all married. What dives like a stone and floats like a feather? —A frog. A man rode up a hill yet he walked.- - Yet-he (Yettie) was the dog’s name. Wflkt stands on one leg and holds ite heart in its mouth.—A cabbage. —From "The Silent Lover,” Wangaehu. When is a ship like snow?—When it’s • drift (adrift). When is a ship like an auctioneer?—When in full sale (sail). —From “Fairy Snowdrop,” Westmere. What can a blind man always see?-r-A good joke. How many hairs are there in a goat’s tail? —None, they’re all outside. Why is a tree like a book ?—Because they have leaves. What key can never open a door?—A donkey. —From "Puriri,” Okoia. What four letters would frighten a thief?— 0.1.C.U. Add 2 to 20 so to make less?—2t£. —From "Pavlova," Wanganui. Why is your nose in the middle of your face?—Because it is the centre (scenter) of course. Which Continent ranks first?—Africa, because it bears the palm. What three letters turn a boy into a man ?—- A.G.E. When is a man thinnest?—When he’s a shaving. What goes with a wagon, stops with a wagon, is no use to the wagon, and yet it cannot go without it?—Noise. What men ought to be strongest?—Photographers, because they are always developing. Do you know how to get fat for sixpence ? —Buy it at the butchers. .—From “Charleston Chuckles,” Wangaehu.