Wendy’s Letter-Box

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 305, 26 December 1936, Page 12

Wendy’s Letter-Box

WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT ATTAINED BY “LOVER OE FIX) VVERS" Dear Wendy, It is only I, "Lover of Flowers.” after my long absence, humbly seeking admission to our wonderful Land of Make-believe. Please forgive me, Wendy, dear, for neglecting you, but I have not forgotten you even though I have not. found time to write sooner. Well, we have our holidays at last and had our school break-ing-up function on Wednesday, the 9th. I am pleased Io say that 1 managed to hold my position of first of the class every term in the exams this year, which is my first year of attendance there and I receive'’ the prize for first in aggregate, i he weather is lovely here and to-day is an ideal day for a picnic. Hasn’t the Duke of Windsor been creating a great sensation lately? One of my aunties in Wellington gave me a lovely gold ring with a Chinese jade stone. I was quite I thrilled with it and it was such a pleasant surprise. She gave it to me for my success in my school work. 1 was kept busy with exams being on at. school and have been kept on the go all the time since I have been home from school, so I haven't had much spare time, but I have managed to find time at, last to let you know that L haven't forgotten and deserted you, as I don’t think that, is a thing I could ever do. I have just finished reading one of Zane Grey’s books, "The Mysterious Rider," and I rather enjoyed it. It is the first one of his books J. have read. Have you read it. Wendy? !l suppose you saw the eclipse of the sun. did you. Wendy? While 1 was doing my work I thought how strange it. was that, everything inside was so dull and yet. the sky was not. overcast. Then suddenly I realised that lhe eclipse of the sun was taking place. I saw it through a piece of smoked glass. Well, New Year, 1937, will be with us before we know where we are now. won't it? Well, Wendy, dear, as this is all the nows I can think of J had belt ci 1 draw this badly written letter to a conclusion. With sincerest wishes for a Happy New Year to air the Ites and yourself.—From your true-blue lie, “LOVER OF FLOWERS.” C.S.W.M., Bulls. So pleased, dear, to have your very welcome letter. 1 am delighted to hear of your great accomplishment. 1 am proud of ou. The eclipse was very wonderful, indeed, and a great object to study for everyone. 1 watched it from beginning to end. Many thanks for your lovely wish and gift, dear. I send you my wish, too, for all ..hat is good for 1937.—Wendy.

(Letters to be addressed “WENDY,” co “Chronicle" Office, Box 105, Wanganui.)

THE SEASON’S GREETINGS TC THE CLAN FROM “PETER RABBIT."

Deal- Wendy,-It is a good while since I have written to you, so I thought 1 would write to you now. My little brother, aged two and a-half years, has been ill in the hospital for four weeks, but we hope he is getting better now. I have just been helping mother top and tail some gooseberries. My other little brother is nearly walking and my two elder brothers are out working during the holidays. As I have not much more to say I had better close now. Before I do I | send you and the clan wishes for the Happiest of New Years.—From “PETER RABBIT," Makirikiri. I do hope your little brother is now recovered, dear. How wretched it is to be ill, isn’t it? Many thanks for your good wishes for the New Year. I send you mine, too.—-Wendy. “LITTLE CURLYLOCKS” SPRINGS HAPPY SURPRISE VISIT UPON LETTERLAND. Dear Wendy,-—I am very sorry I did not write to you before, but I have been busy getting Christmas presents ready. Hasn’t the time flown, Wendy? Why. it seems only a little while since last Christmas, doesn't it? We have been having very fine weather lately. I will be in Standard V next year as I have passed. Oh, I just remembered, it was your birthday on December 12! lam a bit late, but 1 wish you Many Happy Returns of your birthday. Better to be late than never, isn’t it, Wendy? Did you spend a happy day that day? I hope you did. To-morrow evening I am going to a Sunday school tea at halfpast five. There is going to be a few items given by the children, too. I wish you a Bright and Happy New Year, Wendy. I must close now, so cheerio.—From "LITTLE CURLYLOCKS,’’ M.W.L., Kaitoke. Oh, dear, hut what a tremendous surprise you have sprung upon me. I began to fear the old Witch had captured you, dear. The year has flown by very swiftly indeed. Oh, so I see you have passed! I am proud of you. Many thanks for your wishes for my birthday, Xmas and New Year, I send you wishes for a very Happy New Year, 1937, too.—Wendy. "YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS."— How can I thank you for your lovely gift and wishes, dear, for Xmas and the New Year 1937? I do so appreciate your kindly thought and trust all you have wished for me will dawn for you in the New Year so soon to come.—Wendy.

•BUT THEY DIDNS EVEN GET A BITE,” SAYS “QUEEN OF THE STARS.” Dear Wendy,- -As it is rather a ' long time since I wrote to you, 1 ! thought I would drop you a line (no-. ; a fishing line) and tell you all the ' news. 1 have just finished writing to , my South African pen-friends, and 1 I have written about five pages to each ! of them about New Zealand so this I must be an interesting country, | Wendy, must it not? We went to | Tangimoana beach last Sunday ana we all received a good sun-burning there. While my brothers and sister went in swimming in the glorious breakers mother and daddy patiently dangled fishing lines in the waler, but they didn’t even get a bite! It is a lovely beach and the Rangitikei River runs into the sea where we were fishing and swimming. Anyway, we arrived home with a carload of sand, sea-shells and sunburn, after a very pleasant day. 1 am trying to persuade my brother, "Jolly Miller” to write to you, but I’m afraid I am not having much success. I do not think that he has written to you for ‘ four or five years, has he? Tut! tut. IHe said he does not profess to be a I letter writer. We often go round lhe I sheep for daddy now, and we ride : horses. The one I usually ride is a [ polo pony (the others are, too) and iit gets very high-spirited. I have to i be always on the watch when riding | for it very often indulges in a little | buck-jumping when you least expect it, especially when going down nice steep hills. I see that “Lover of Flowers” has discovered the “Jay's” identity. The air will be thick with feathers and "squawks” now, won’t it, Wendy? 1 think “Madcap” writes very entertaining letters and I enjoy reading them very much. Goodness! the Hut is gaining a size! You must be proud of your enormous clan, Wendy, and what an abundance of letters you get every week. It. would be lovely to have two pages to the Hut again, would it not? The week-end before last daddy and my brother went up to Auckland Io see the wrestling I match. They had a very interesting journey, even though their favourite did get beaten. Daddy took the camera and procured two beautiful snaps of the Monterey as she was leaving port. My brother snapped daddy beside the museum, but lo and behold! the museum came our perfectly but. dad's legs were not there at all! Goodness, I've used up four pages! I really must, have more concern for your very valuable space, so I will now close. With best, wishes. —From “QUEEN OF THE STARS,” C.W.K., Wendydell. Your overseas pen-pals will find i your letters most interesting, I. am sure. They will look forward to more from your pen, too. What poor luck daddy and mother had. Yes, it is

years since “Jolly Miller” last wrote. Will you give him my best wishes for the festival season? Perhaps some day soon we may have our two pages again.—Wendy. “OLD BEN." —Your wishes I, too, do thank you ror. 1 hope your Xmas was after your heart's desire and that the year 1937 holds great happiness and health for you, too.—Wendy. “PRIMROSE LASS.’’ Ever so j many thanks for your gift, dear, and also your wishes for the festive season. I sincerely hope the New Year, 1937, will be one or many great happinesses for you. too. Wendy. . s ’ “DUPLICATE DUKE’S SWEETHEART.” -How lovely of you. dear, to remember me with such wonderful wishes for my birthday. I, too, wish you all that you wished me for Lhe t New Year. 12.37. -- Wendy.

“COME WITH ME,” SAYS “ZION I ITE," SETTING OFF ON MSI ! ROUND WORLD I Dear Wendv,—A Happy New Yea |to you and all fellow Ites. Now. I’l | teil you about a Christmas treat I Would you care to come on the Miln< ■ and Choyce’s world cruise. It i; ■ really a most exciting cruise. Dow; ! in the toy world of one ot Auckland's i "big" shops we come upon an imagiu■ary wharf with, shall we say. the ! gangway down. We climb aboard ana are assisted into exciting little boat-- ■ and a sailor pushes us off on our wax i round the world. Fun, isn't it, Wendy? I Just think, real water to float on in | a real boat on the ground floor of a j fashionable shop in Queen Streel in j Auckland! First we glimpse the palm : trees of Honolulu, then pretty little ■Japanese girls in their native land. | Later we steam across to China by plight. But it's daylight again when |we see the snake charmer in India. I What's this we ate coming to. it must be Egypt, for (here are Arab sheiks galloping across lhe desert and a !camel caravan, oh. look! Here arc 1 battleships—the H.M.S. Achilles and | Nelson—steaming past Gibraltar. Now ; \>e are arriving in Great Britain, "'here they are changing the Guard lat Buckingham Palace. And who j should be there but our friends Christopher Robin and Alice! But we can;not stay lor we must see the CanaIflmn Rockies, the lions ami tigers ot I Africa, and eh, the land of koala hears land wattle. Ait :u<> soon we Imd mui selves back in port again. The bluejacket helps us out ot the boat once more and directs us to where a pretty .sailor lassie waits to give us a pres- ! ent which looks exciting in all its ikaper and string. I think Father Christmas was having a day off seeing there was a sailor girl in his places Poor jolly old fellow, Christmas is such a strenuous time lor him, isn't it? Well, cheerio for the moment. Wendy. Give my love to all at home and will you tell "Cows” that although I am not positive of her identity 1 can safely say that 1 am among her oldest acquaintances. Cheerio to you. too, Cows, \ours for happiness "ZIONITE," C.W.K.. Auckland. What a wonderful place! How I do wish all Letterland could go with you upon so lovely a voyage. How you must have enjoyed yourself. Many thanks lor your wish for festive season. I send you my wish, too, for all that is dear to your heart Heine granted to you for 1937,—Wendy.

“I KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING FROM WEK TO WEEK,” SAYS “BUSH FAIRY.” Dear Wendy,—lt is ages since 1 last wrote to you. but I always read the page and know what is happening from week to week. I’m sending a little poem for the page. This is only a short, note just, to wish you and ail the Ites a happy and prosperous New Year. Don't you think, Wendy, that it is time some of our "Tecs” took a trip up the river to see what has happened to all those lies? Lots of love to all.--From “BUSH FAIRY," C.W.K., Moawhango. Oh, but how pleased I am to have your over welcome letter, dear. 1 began to wonder if you were ever going lo write again. Many thanks for your wish. I send you my own for a New Year of great happiness. 1 thank you, also, for the pocm.Wendy. JOLLY TRIO OF LETTERLAND’S FOLK SEXI) GREETINGS FOR NEW YEAR. Dear Wendy,—Really, we cannot, let this week go by without a line or two to you, wishing you all the joy and happiness through the festive sea-

son. Mind you don’t partake of toe much from the festive board or gel too sunburnt, as we can't have you absent from our ranks. All the good wishes for health, happiness and prosperity and season greetings to you.- - From “KIA-A-KITE PAI,” "WHITE FORGET-ME-NOT,” and "WAYBACK TOMMY," Wanganui. Ever so many thanks, my dears, for your remembrance of the festive greetings. I send you my wishes, also, for a very Happy New Year, 1937. Wendy. "WANDERLUST." My many thunks for the lovely card and greetings you sent me. I am so pleased that you should find time, when I know you must have little leisure, to think of me. I have been wondering how you fared these many months. Have you published any works since "Mended Hearts? I have watched reviews but. have not noticed any references. My wishes for great sucesses during 1937. Wendv.

J Dear Wendy,- It’s something nc\< for me to ho writing again so soon, i isn't it? But I really must pop in ■ tc wish Wendy and my fellow Ites a happy New Year, also on behalf of “Jack the Dog” and "Old Liz.” “Old j Liz' :s very much the worse for (wear, but is still the hens’ favouri’e ! nesting place. Jack is getting old, too, but oh! ho is still amusing. If I jhappen to feed the other two dogs ] and he arrives too late on the scene |ho looks at me so pitifully that I just [have to run and find him something, [tou. 1 love to send him after the [cows. Hi* only goes a little way ‘on account ol his age) and barks. Then ■he looks around to me ‘standing on a hill watching* with a look that clearly says, "Is that right?” I yell at. him again and he barks again and turns round for encouragement. On being told he’s a "good boy” he wags his tail vigorously. This performance (‘ontinues until the cows are all in. Hay-making is in full swing and a [busy time it is. too. On Thursday, one <>l the hottest days so far. I was out "cocking." A mob of yearling calves broke into the field and groat was the fun we had trying lo gel the eccentric things out. After racing •‘full out" about I twice around that 11-acre paddock in that I felt fit to . hat do you think? In Marton a I w eek or iwo hack I discovered “Orient. While I felt pretty certain it was he I felt awfully nervous about asking and you have no idea the relief I felt when he assured me I was right, "'lhe Bolshevik” in his travois has met quite a lew Wedyites and has been very amused because when talking of Hut affairs most have mentioned “Cows” as a “he.” I wa: pleased to see "Lover of Flowers” is a C.VV.S.P. Alter "Just Dot’s” success it sort, of puts Bulls in the limelight, a little more. "Madcap’s” "Bumbies”

"SAIL OX SUNSHINE” Mj dear member,—Just a few words of special cheer for you today. i hope that the year 1937 about to dawii will he one of great happiness for you and that a full measure of all the festive joys has been yours. May you be thricely blessed by the good batnor on High and your affliction disappear in His good time.. Ever so many thanks for that wonderful photograph you sent me of yourself and your great friend, laui Boesh. I am delighted to hear .you have sent the Hut pages on to him and that he •nay know of our deep appreciation of him as a true Knight of Kindly Actions. 1 will treasure the photograph and place it with all my others. A warm cheerio from all our clan is embodied in this message with my own and may it find you as happy as it leaves our Land of Make-believe.--Aflectionally yours, WENDY.

I i ’ iX=>«KZ=>»- . |story is certainly interesting and I ican picture the scenes quite well, ! Annin June this year, with a parly, .|I ventured pig-shooting in the Ruathtnes and if lhe Kaimanawas are . like thai I can well imagine what a , j task her brothers had. My pig-hunt-,ing expedition, of course, was all more jot less foolery. Would you care for me to tell you all about it next Saturday? Well, .Wendy, I hope I haven't | used up too much space. Once again ithe compliments of lhe season.— "COWS,” M.W.L., Letterland. Ever so many thanks, dear, for your good wish for lhe year, 1937 about to dawn. I hope it wil’l hold’ I gloat happiness lor you, also. What |a dear, old affectionate “Jack" must ,he. He has boon a staunch Ite of [our Animal Kingdom, hasn’t he? v. hal a discovery you made at Marton, jl will ite pleased to have your story for next Saturday's issue.—Wendy.