ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XV, 11 April 1896, Page 410

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Notice to contributors.—Any letters or hfSS recieved by the Editor of the New Zealand Graphic will be immediately acknowledged in this column.

' Ruth.’ —Your type-written letter very nice. Sorry it arrived too late for last week, but that is often the case on that coast.

‘ Several Inquirers. ’ —Story competition not yet decided upon. Perhaps something new and taking may be arranged this year.

* Bobby.’—All who wish their character delineated must comply with Madame Marcella’s rules.

• Mrs L.’ —I regret we cannot give you medical advice in this paper. It is always a risky proceeding. You had better consult a proper physician. ‘ Maggie.’—Thank you, yes. News of tennis, etc., which we cannot always obtain through our regular channels, is very acceptable. All letters must be signed with the writer's real name, not for publication, but to prove their genuineness.

‘ Miss E. Mood.’—Your story will not do at all. It is an entire plagiarism from one of our most widely-read English authors. I should like something original from your pen. Surely you have some ideas of your own ! ‘Trilby.’—l could not pretend to advise you as to a health resort in New Zealand. There are several in the South Island as well as in the North. You had better try the one nearest to you as you are such an invalid. Get a guide book (say Brett’s Colonial Guide) and read it up. I trust you will be benefited by this climate, which is, undoubtedly, one of the finest all-round ones in the world.

‘ Miss Prude.’—You ask : 1 Should women ride bicycles ?’ Ido not think anyone can make a hard and fast rule on that subject. Each woman must judge for herself, but I should like to hear what other people think about it, and therefore invite correspondence on this subiect.

‘ B.M.B.’—Thanks for poems. Will read them assoon as possible, and either return them in your stamped envelope or use them. They look to me a little long for our paper.

‘Query.’—Yes, we are quite open to good caricatures, always provided they are neither unkind nor libellous. ‘M.F.’—Your three-volume novel is too heavy, too involved, and too long. Remember, life at best is but short, and such sentences as the following take more time to understand than we have to spare :—’ She was endowed by generous Dame Nature with a vivid and glowing enthusiasm of disposition, grasping with indomitable will and promiscuous rapidity all progressional development of her propitiatory pathognomy, patiently elucidating a substruction from the paucity of material submitted to her.’