CHILDREN'S CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue XI, 31 August 1895, Page 279

CHILDREN'S CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN.

Any boy or girl who likes to become a cousin can do to, and write letters to • Covsix Kate, care of the Lady Editor, Graphic Office, Auckland." Write on one side of the paper only. AU purely correspondence letters with envelope ends turned w are carried through the Post office as follows: —Not exceeding ±oz, yd; sor exceeding Zoz, Id; Tor every additional 2az or fractional part thereof, yd. It is well far correspondence to be marked ‘ Commercial papers only ' Dear Covsix Kate—May I be one of your little eousins ? I should like to very much. This is my first letter to you, and I am going to tell yon about my little kitten ; it is called Fatty. I called her that because she is so fat. I had another called Thinny, tut I lost morning when the butcher came with the meat they would both run out to get some, and seemed to know quite well. Will you tell me please, dear Cousin Kate, if it is necessary for all your little eousins to take the Graphic regularly. I must now sty good-bye, with love from Covsix Lvcy and her sister Ethel. New Plymouth. [No, it is not at all necessary, though you would find it more interesting if you did. Will you not both join our Graphic Cousins’ Humane Society? You have nothing to do but promise to be kind to animals, and try and make others Kind too. If you each send sixpence, I will send two badges, or if only one joins, send one sixpence. I have much pleasure in calling you both cousins. What did you do with Thinny when she died ? Did you bury her ? Oh, perhaps you mean she ran away, or some one stole her. Which is it? Whilst I was gardening last week a big cat and a kitten eame to eall on my kitten, ‘ Boss,’ who was helping me. She was very rude to her visitors, and spit at them.—Covsix Kate.] Dear Corsix Kate.—l would very much like to become a cousin, though I have never written to you before. We have a eow named -Judy, and a heifer called Daisy. I have no pets of my own. We have four dueks and one gander, but no fowls. I left school two years ago. We always read the letters written by the cousins. My father built a grand cance to catch wood in, or to go for picnics in. I have three sisters and four brothers. There is plenty of tush about two miles away from our place, and I enjoy rambling through it to trather ferns. The river here is lovely. We often go up it in our canoe. Our house is situated near the river. lam sending a riddle for the cousins to guess. — Corsix Ethel. Aratnoho, Wanganui. [I have much pleasure in adding you. Cousin Ethel, to my list, and hope to hear from yon with your niee, clear writing often. Your place must be very pretty, I shouli think. Have you any fish in the river, and do you catch them ? Can you row ? I suppose you have a fernery ? Tnank you for the riddles. Are you the eldest of your brothers and sisters ? Will you j oin the Humane Society ? P.ease notice the story competition.—COVSlX Kate ] Dear Cocsix Kate.—Do you remember I told you about a little white poodle dog that got its leg broken 1 I did not tell you what became of it, as I did not know, but I heard the other day that it was better. I was so glad, because its owner was so broken-hearted about it. I told you that I lived with my grandma, and my father came to see me last week, and he gave me such a niee present. It was an afternoon teaset. It has four very pretty cups and saucers, four pretty little plates, a sugar basin and cream jug, and a pretty brown teapct. lam making a cosy for me teapot ; it is to be pink inside and green outside. Now I must c ose, hoping my letter is long enough. Love to yourself and all ti e cousins.— From CovsiX Aoxes "I am very glad to hear your friend, the injured dog, is better. Wba: a charming present your father gave you I Tell me how the eoey looks when finished. Yes, your letter is lone enough to put in, but you might write a little more next time if you ean think of anything to say. Have you a garden, and are you fond of riding?—Covsix Kate ]

Dear Corsix Kate.—l have not written lately, as I have had nothing to say. I am growing some plants that I picked up in Carlton Gore Road. Two of them are only seedlings, and I have not the least idea of what sort of plants they are. Could you tell me the ’Seven Wonders of the World,’ please ’— Cocsix Charlie Newton. .VS hat an alarming question ! and yet it is a very good OD * 1 will send a pretty card to the cousin who first answers thia question correctly. I was just going to reply myself when someone suggested that it would be much better to get some of my elever eousins to answer. Of eoarse, the remark is now often made in j ike about some

surprising act on the part of anyone, sueh as, for instance, a very lazy person managing to finish a piece of work. ‘ Come and see this fretwork bracket. It’s one of the seven wonders of the world, because I actually did it.’—Covsix Kate. ] Dkar CovsiX Kate —May I become a cousin ? I read the cousins' letters in the Graphic every week, and I like them very mueh. I wrote a little while ago to you from Napier, and I enclosed six penny stamps, but I did not see my letter in the Graphic. Did you get it? If you did not, would you plea«e tell me, and I will send some more stamps. If you got my stamps will you please send my badge to Wain’s Hotel, Dunedin. I think I know the answers to Cousin Dot’s riddle (-1 . and Cousin Ernest's riddle 11) — Covsix Amy Oatway. [By this time I hope you have reached Dunedin, and found your badge waiting for you. I sent it off directly I received your letter. You see, some parts of the paper must be printed first, so the childrens letters, ladies' fashions, ete., are printed before the rest of the news. Any letters I receive from the eousins before Thursday go in the next week’s Graphic, published on Wednesday. After that, they must wait till the next number comes out. The Graphic was being printed when your Napier letter eame, so that it had to wait some time —Covsix Kate.]