The Answer Bag

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 144, 20 June 1931, Page 4 (Supplement)

The Answer Bag

“PRINCESS BETTY,” W.inui.-So pleased to have your letter, dear. I am sorry to hear about mother’s accident, and I hope she is soon better and suffers no harm from her faH. ,It is good of you and “Laughing Lilac to be of such assistance. What an afternoon you spent with “Ukulele Dream Girt’ No, we had no snow here; pk.r.y of {roots, though. Oh, dear, whit a joke you had with the clock in timing the <ake.— ’ •'andy.

! "BROWNIE ELF," Turakina.-How pleaa ! ea * am to have your welcome letter, dear i 1 wondered how you fared of late. It is | splendid to have you with us at our reunion I tnis week. Yes. dear, I am proud. No. T am afraid we cannot do without our "Old Gran.’’ I hope daddy is soon quite well. It is wretched to be ill, isn’t it? Yes, give my love to "Princess of the Sea." No, I do > no suffer from chilblains. Lucky, am I not . —Wendy. i “YELLOW JONQUIL," Wanganui.-Pleas-i ed you enjoyed your visit to the pictures. How interesting it must have been. The i ducks at the Lake will look forward to your ; visits. Jack Frost is a scamp, isn’t he?— I Wenfv.

“LAUGHING LILAC,” Wainui.—l am glad you are with us this day of our reunion, dear. Our circle would not be complete without your cheery presence. Many thanks for your kindly wish. I. too, hope I shall be with you for many more reunions. Four years, now. I wonder if it is the same “Marama”? I will publish your answers next week. dear. Wendy. “TOPSY,” Westmere.—So pleas. J i<> have your welcome letter this week. Om Weather Clerk is awfully remise, isn't he? Perhaps he will soon mend his way, though. Ninetyone years is a long time, isn't it? The old people of our city may well be proud. Lots of our Old Brigade are with us this week. Our band does grow, doesn't it? Thanks for riddles.—. Wendy. KINDLY HE’S WORTHY OFFER Hello Everybody I—Well, Wendy, here we ! are again 1 Your two truant it-s, ; and "Te Aroha” turn up again. We’ve played the wag from the Hut for a long time, haven’t we, Wendy? But seeing that you are having a reunion, we put in our appearance. How the Hut has grown since we last wrote to you, and, oh, what a mysterious Ite is our “Mick,” Z.S.XV.M. She has indeed set us puzzling, as we are given to understand that she is well acquainted with “White Forget-me-not” and her followers, and yet our leader denies nil knowledge of “Mick's" identity. We wonder what can have happened to “Happy Ophelia?” She has not written to us, or the Hut either, nor has that brother-in-law (“Speeding Reggie”) of mine, but 1 see where you say he’ll be with us next week, go perhaps he told us ' some news concerning her. Oh, we’re just longing for the picnic day to arrive, as we expect to spend a happy time and our “White Forget-me-not” must go, too. We’ll have to persuade her somehow 'cos she’d provide us with lots of amusement. We see where “Okirae” says that “Te Rauhamau” would like to attend the picnic, but has no way of getting to the grounds. Well. Wendy, we are going up to get several Kakatahi Ites, so if “Te Rauhamau'’ would like “Te Aroha” and I to call and take her in our car we will be only too willing. Would you please tell herT We must be of! now, Wendy, so send you best of luck. -From “ELIVRA” and “TE AROHA,” Putiki. Oh, dears, how splendid of vou to attend our reunion. I am so pleased to have you with us. I see that while “Mick” has succeeded in preserving her secret, “Speeding Reggie” has found her out. How kind and generous of you. dears, to offer to take “Te Rauhamau” with you to the picnic. She will be ever to happy to read this I know. “White Fortret-me-not” must attend, must ■die not? She cannot remain absent.— XX endy.

FOUR EERY TRUANT LIES Dear Wendy,—Oh! it's not all the Hut writing in thi« letter, but we four truants. We did not get the Wendy page till late, so did not have time to write for last week’s pages, but we saw where it was extended till to-day (the reunion we mean). We expect you think we are four terrible Ites, but, Wendy, we are very busy people. "Okaka” is at the Technical College, and is ‘ studying hard for his matriculation, ami I “Calves,” who had to leave at the end of last year on account of ill-health, is now at | home annoying his pool 1 sisters, “Tomato Sauce” and “Wings of the Southern Crosa.” Times are hard and quiet although we have plenty of dances, parties and sports to keep us alive. On Friday morning we awoke to find that Mother Nature had been at work during the night with a paint brush and plenty of snow-white paint, for the ground was thickly coated with snow. It was not the lovely, flaky snow, as it had plenty of hail mixed with it. Our brother and the schoolmaster decided to go pig-hunting. Our brother had been out on the Tuesday with boy friends ami they shot nine pigs and brought home a dear little black and white eucking pig. 11, is, of course, wild, but it will be quiet soon. Do you like wild pork, Wendy? We all think it is delicious. During the last Sunday of the holidays “Calves” and two other boy visitors went out to get some wild ducks that one of our brothers had shot. They had quite a delightful time fishing the ducks out of the lagoon with ropes, and it was drizzling with rain, but it didn’t dampen their ardour, because they arrived home loaded with ducks and very pleased with their morning’s work. We wish we did not live eo far away, as we would like to come to the picnic, but better luck next time, Wendy. Please, Wendy, tell “Cheery Snowdrop” that we all know her well and that we were all at a party with her the other night, and “Calves” says he expects she will guess who he is. He doesn’t mind her knowing. Well, Wendy, time is short and there is really no morn news, so here’s a happy reunion amongs], all the old Ites and heaps of good luck to the Hut and yourself.—From “TOMATO SAUCE.” ’OKAKA.” “CALVES” and “WINGS OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS,” Papanui Junction. P.S.—Thank you very much. Wendy, for our birthday greetings.—“T.B..” “0.,” “U.,” and “W. of S.C.” How happy I am to have your cheery presence among our band this week, mv dears. 1 began to think some old monster hud run off with you all. However. I see you are all as busy as bees. The snow enhances the countryside, but how cold I Yes, I have often tasted wild pork and find it good eating. Now. you will get our "Cheery Snowdrop” to thinking. T hope you all spent happy times upon your birthdays, and received lovely gifts.—Wendy. OUR ENERGETIC "FLORRETTE" OF OLD BRIGADE Dear Wendy, - As I've managed to persuade the. or rather most of the Wanganui Ites to write to the reunion of Ites I thought I. too, would drop a line. I meant to write to you from Paekakariki. but I kept putting it off, and when I asked “Hut’s Dreamer” to write he only dropped you a note, and I m afraid it's all I'll be dropping, too. as * a,e tn write very much. I hope “Big Brother’s Pal” keeps his promise and writes Io you. Altogether, Wendy, | think I've gathered up thirteen of the Old Brigade. Oh. I did laugh when 1 road of the accoimt “Blue Danube” gave of “Tim the Tiger” chasing my brother, ami also his account, too. Why. “Hut’s Uncle.” 1 did not know my brother was so afraid of tigers Oh. wouldn’t “White Forget-mo-not” and I just love to have been witnesses to you running away from “Tim the Tiger.” Wendy. I hope we have a. number of the Old Brigade al. the reunion of Iles this week Don’t yon. Cheerio.—From “FLORRUTTE." Putiki. "ell, dear, it is lovely to have your welcome letter after such a long absence. I wondered what had become of you. Ho W hard you have worked, too, I see, Io help make our reunion a success. But for your energy 1 am afraid we should not have seen so many truant-- in Letterland this day. Poor "Hut’s Unde” did experience a tryirirlime with ’Tim the Tiger,” didn’t he? Wendy.

"JUST A BOY" POPS IN Dear Wendy,—l'm another Ite that has walked into "Florrette's" and “White For-get-me-not*s” trap, so therefore am borbidden to leave this room until I've dropped you a note. I guess you've forgotten all about having a Wendyile who writes to you under the pen-name of “Just a Bov’'? Yes-j terday “Jolly Happy Jack,” “Yoo-Loo.” ! “Yoo-Loo’g Mate” and I cycled to Marton to i see “Mysterious Wanderer,” and she asked us to give you her love when next we wrote you. Timo I was closing, so good-bye.— Cheerily. "JUST A BOY’,” Wanganui East. Goodness me, hut I see our two Ites are upon the warpath surely. No! no! I have not forgotten, but I did wonder what could have become of you this long while. Oh. that was lovely of “Mysterious Wanderer." Will you convey my regards and love to her also, please? What a cycle ride. It is a good dstance from here to Marton, isn’t it” —Wendy. “SEA SPRITE,” Christchurch.— I will see if I can obtain a copy of the issue you have aske<l for dear. I expect some of our lies will be able to supply it. Dear me, but however did you sustain such an injury to vour hand. I hope it is soon healed. Bums' are indeed very painful.—Wendy. “ELLEN - ,” Wanganui.—What a lovely time you must have spent in Wellington, the days are splendid, aren't they? There is a lot to interest one in the Zoo, too. Did you happen to see the sea lions having a meal ?—Wendy. GYPSY DICK. Makirikiri.— I thank you, I 'tear, I am keeping quite well. I hope ’you ■ are, too. How wretched it must be for you upon wet days, I think all boys like to be always outside playing football. It is a lovely game, T think. It is good of you to help Mdrwith the wood. I see he repaid’ your thought for him by making you a kite. One sees lots of them here on windy diivs - Wendy. Hut s Merit index HONOURS BOARD BEST LETTERS. Seniors: I ‘ “Will o’ the Wisp,” 3 marks > “Snowdrop,” 2 marks.' I ' “Dawn Fairy,” 1 mark. Juniors: i [ “Plum Blossom,’’ 3 marks. i “Queen Starlight,” 2 marks. I “Our Buffalo Bill. I mark. , • • i < .. I ' Silver Spoon. .> mark'. “ -Merry Aroha,” 2 marks. ‘ ‘ Tommy Tinker, ” I mark. I ' NEATEST WRITING. I f Seniors: ‘‘Kobin lloud,” •"» marks. Bones,’ 1 2 marks. , 11 oneysuck le, ” 1 mark. 1 < Juniors: [ ; “Sea, Shell,” 2 marks. ‘‘Brown Wallflower,” C.W.K. ■< Tinies: “Little Curly locks,” 3 marks M “Little Honeysuckle,” 2 marks. j ( “Gypsy Dick,’’ I mark.