Strange Things I’ve Read About—

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 37, 13 February 1937, Page 12

Strange Things I’ve Read About—

My Dear Grandchildren.- in <he | course of one's life one reads of some , verv strange things, but one of the most interesting of all will—when the , time comes—be the great collection that lies beneath Cleopaira's Needle. | when opened, say, in another 3000 ( years. Let me tell you about it - [ Beneath the pedestal which the huge monument is mounte.l are two large hermetically sealed jars containing a standard foot and pound, a bronze model of the obelish, on the scale of half an inch to the foot: a memorial printed on vellum, giving a brief account of the removal of the i needle; jars of Doulton ware: a piece of the obelisk stone chipped off while levelling the base; a complete set of the British coins then current, from a farthing to a £5 piece; a parchment copy of Dr. Birch's translation of the hieroglyphics which are engraven upon the stone; a standard guage of one-thousandth part of an inch: a portrait of Queen Victoria: Bibles in several languages; a Hebrew Pentateuch; Ihe Arabic Genesis; a translation in 215 different languages of lhe sixteenth verse of the third chapter of St. Johns Gospel: Bradshaws railway guide; a case of cigars: a shilling ; razor by a famous maker; a box o assorted pipes; a box of hairpins: sundry articles of feminine adornment; a feeding bottle and children s toys of the period: a gentlemans walking out and e\ening dress suits: a model of the hydraulic jack used in raising the monument: wire ropes and specimens of marine cables; a map of London; current copies o r daily and illustrated papers: photographs of a dozen 1 pretty English women; a two-fool : rule; a London directory and a copy of Whitakers' almanack for the year.' Phew! What a varied and si range | issortment of articles. One wonders ; whether after another 3(100 years have . passed they will again come to the ( tight of day to serve as a valuable record in those enlightened times of ; life upon this planet in the year 1878.; “GRANDADDY JIM.” t

•1 EXPECT THAT IS WHAT MOTHERS ARE FOR,” SAYS “MOERANGI’S DEAR.” Dear Wendy—ls there just a smat. ipace in the Hut for me to-day? > am only a little chap, but 1 have grown up a bit since you last saw me. 1 hope you still remember me. “Joybell” was staying with us a while av ■ and I miss her now she is not here. I am learning to talk now. so 1 hope you will be able to understand me. Mother seems to always know what 1 mean when I tell her anything. 1 expect that is what mothers are fo•*. It feels like my bedtime now. Wendy, so I will toddle off. Love. —From “MOERANGI’S DEAR.” Letterlar.d. How pleased I am, dear, to have you pay us a call this Lei terland day. I thought perhaps the old Witch ha:i captured you. Trust dear mother to always know what it is you wish to tell her. Pop in again soon, worn you ?—Wendy. •‘PATTY HART" RETURNS FROM HAPPY HOLIDAYS. Dear Wendy,—l have just come home from my holidays. I wen. to Hunterxille to stay with my uncie and aunty. Mr. Barlit has lust fourteen sheep since I was there. Tao sheep have some illness. My uncie has taken the wool off all of them. My little brother Johnny would Lkc to join your happy band. Your lovin'; Ite.—“PATTY HART." Marton Junction. Gh, but what a wonderful time you must have spent while on your ho’ida\s. You were lucky to stay v ith your aunt and uncie. I am so glau your brother is joining our clan, too. —Wendy.

; “STRANGERS GRANDAUGHTER” 1 SENDS WORD OF PAINFUL AC- ! CIDENT TO "STRANGER’S DAUGHTER.” Dear Wendy,—l am sending you the picture that I have coloured for the Competition. I am also sending the “Puzzle Picture,” which I did ’some time ago. I know the “Puzzle i Picture” will be too late, but still I •am sending it just for you to see if lit is right. I had it done a long time ■ago and left it on the dining-room mantelpiece for mother to post, but she was unable to because she was badly burnt and has had her right arm in a sling. Doctor said she was suffering from shock, too. You will see by this address that we are back again at lhe same town as we were when mother first joined the Wendy Hut. We have a pertty little place jin the country. “Madcap’s Admirer II” and I have a nice Hower garden ieach. Our school holidays will soon I oe over, and I hope we will be able ito get on well in our new class. We lootn passed in our examinations. One day daddy took us in the car to see “stranger,” our grandmother. “Stvanger’s Daughter” wishes me to conIgraiulate "Lover of Flowers” on her • recent great success, and also for her splendid letter writing. I \Vill not take up any more space as I like to leave room for the other Ites. Love . and kind thoughts to you and all tne Hut. Your sincere Ite.—“STRANGER’S GRANDDAUGHTER,” C.W.K., Wcndyhil locks. .; Many thanks for sending in your . | entry for the competition. Your J "Puzzle Picture” is nicely done. NeatIness is very evident in your work, 'deai lam so sorry to hear that mothei has met with such a painful accident. I do hope she soon regains her good health. Shock is always a ■ sc* ous aftermath to most burns. 1 ’ hope you will like your new home. It ’ was nice of daddy to take you to see you- grandmother, “Stranger.”— Wendy.