THE ‘GRAPHIC’ COUSINS' COT FUND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue IV, 27 January 1900, Page 190

THE ‘GRAPHIC’ COUSINS' COT FUND.

This fund is for the purpose of maintain ing a poor, sick child in the Auckland Hospital, and is contributed to by the * Graphic ’ cousins—readers of the children’s page. The cot has been already bought by their kind collection of money, and now £25 a year is needed to pay for the nursing, food and medical attendance of the child in it. Any contributions will be gladly received by Cousin Kate, care of the Lady Editor, ‘New Zealand Graphic,'Sliortland street, or collecting cards will be sent on application. DOLL DRESSING COMPETITION. Dear Cousins, —Many of you did not receive your dolls till too late to dress for Christmas, I fear. In order that you may not be disappointed 1 am going to start another doll dressing competition, and you can keep your dolls and go in for this. I will tell you about the prizes later on. They will not be money prizes, as I find many parents object to these, but they will be very, very nice. You can send for dolls any time you want for the next competition. Boxes containing dolls should be marked—“ Very fragile: with care.” Hie stamps should on no account be stuck on the box, but on a small luggage label attached to it with string. COUSIN KATE.

Dear Cousin Kate,—l have been very busy or I would have written Itefore this. I was very glad to see in the •Graphic” yesterday that the children in the hospital were so pleased with the dolls, and 1 am very glad that von foil ml a big enough tree. On New Sear's Day it was our Sunday-school picnic, ami we went in brakes to Mangere, and we had a splendid day. I cannot finish on this piece of | wiper, so I will write on another. We had ra<-es, and the first was a bicycle race, and the minister’s wife won it. The next was a running race, and I won it; and my little brother won a race; and my brother, a little older than me. came second and tied with another bov. and in the last race my oldest brother (17) won. It was climbing over waggons, and the horses- collars were placed in h row, and each had to

jump through them.—l remain, your lining cousin, Charlotte Gray. | Dear Cousin Charlotte, —I am sorry I could not put your letter in last week, but it was just too late. I was most, interested to hear of your Sun-day-school picnic. What a lot of races you and your brothers won. I should think the’ others must have been quite frightened to let you start. The paper von wrote on is very pretty and smells so nice: indeed, it is too good to write on for a letter to me. in which you can only use one side of the paper. Have you been away yet. or are you going? The holidays are passing away very quickly, are they not; but by the time they are over I dare say you will be almost glad to start school again.—Cousin Ka.te."J ® ® ® My Dear Cousin Kate, —I am writing to tell you that I received my prize yesterday, and was very pleased to get it. I did not think that I would get a prize. lam staying up at Otaki for my holidays. My sister and I go for a bathe nearly every day in the river. Some days we go out to the beach and take two Maori girls and go into the sea with the net and try and catch some fish. We all went out on Monday and we caught three mullet, one herring and about a dozen flounders. With line to all the cousins, not forgetting yourself, from Cousin Ina, Wellington. [ Dear Cousin Ina, —I am glad to hear you got your prize quite safely. It must lie lovely at Otaki this hot weather. and I quite envy you and your sister your bathing in the sea, though it makes one. very tired if one stops in too long. You are certainly quite a famous fisherman, or rather, fishergirl. Fancy getting flounder, mullet and herrings all at one time. Write again soon and tell me more about the holidays.—Cousin Kate.)