LETTERS AND REPLIES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIX, Issue 15, 9 April 1913, Page 57

LETTERS AND REPLIES.

Te Ranara (Palmerston North). ""("X EAR COUSIN KATE,—Yesterday I B our school sports, and I I think they were a great success. (A. / I won the day girls’ handicap S—race, and I got a book of Tennyson’s works. I also got second for flat race under eleven, and third for sack race. A ; girl called Dora Temple won the championship cup. Phyllis has got two teeth now, aiid is getting some more, and sits up in a high chair. My sister’s dog Jeff broke Ills leg a little time ago, but it is much better now, though he does not put it on- tire ground properly. Do you like

sewing, Cousin Kate? I do very much.— Cousin PEGGY. [Dear Cousin Peggy, —I am so glad you won some prizes: I think you deserved to When you practised so well. School sports are great fun, I think. I am afraid I do not like sewing: I am glad you do, for it’s the most useful thing a girl can go in for. I have to do it, of course, but it gives me no pleasure. Phyllis must be a dear wee thing; I just love babies: don't you? What bad luck for poor little Jeff: 1 am glad he’s nearly well. —Cousin Kate.J * * * • Puketarata (Kio Kiol. Dear Cousin Kate. —It is a long time since I wrote. I suppose you think I have forgotten you. We had our annual school picnic last Saturday, and 1 got a glove box. My sister got a hook, the ‘•Girls’ Own Annual.” —Cousin Ml H.LIE. [Dear Cousin Mollie. I am pleased to hear from you again. Picnic weather will hoqii be over; it’s beginning to feel like winter already. You will find lots of read* Ing in the “Girls’ Own Annual.’’—Cousin Kate.] * * * Dear Cousin Kato, I would be very pleased if you would enrol mo for one of your cousins. I am seven years of age, and I Am in Standard I. We have two cats. One, called Fluffy, has live kittens, and we have a little blink kitten and we call it Dubby. Father said that he would take mother and 1 to Christchurch on Thursday. Please send me a blue badge.—Cousin ESME, [Dear Constn Esme. I am very pleased to enrol you as a cousin. You must tell iue in your next letter about your school

and home life. You are well off for cats. I hope you enjoy your visit to Christchurch. —Cousin Kate.] 4* 4* 4* Puketarata (Kio Kio). Dear Cousin Kate, —We are having nice weather again after the rain. Wc held our annual school picnic last Saturday down by the river. The day was beautiful, and

the picnic was a great success. I came first in the girls’ race and got a nice prize. I also ran in the three-legged race, but my partner and I both fell. The boys had a treacle-bun competition. It was so funny to see them with their faces covered with treacle. Do you ever go to the Ngaruaw’ahia Regatta, Cousin Kate? I went the year before last, and I might go this year too. Do you like sweet peas, Cousin Kate? I have planted eighteen packets of them. Our new hall is nearing completion now. We will be having a concert soon for the opening. 1 have a little grey kitten. Would you please give me a name for it? I will close with a riddle, “When is a tall uot a tail?”-—Cousin JESSIE.

[Dear Cousin Jessie, —I am glad the picnic was so jolly and nice; it must indeed have been funny to see the treacle-bun race; who won? The one who ate the most or the quickest? You ought to have a grand show

of pens. Is the answer to your riddle. ‘•When It’* a-wagging?” I think 1 would cp’’ Hi© kltteu “Mylo.”-- Cousin Kate.] * * * Woodville Dear Cousin Kate. —As my mate Gladys is writing to you, 1 thought I would like to write to you also. I am twelve years old and in the Fifth Standard. I have fom sisters and two brothers. Two of my sisters have left school and are-working now, also one brother. We have had lovely weather for some months, and it rained very hard to-day. Will you please send me a blue badge?—Cousin DOROTHY. £Dear Cousin Dorothy, I am glad you have written. I think it is nice for chums to do the same things. 1 hope you will be both good correspondents. 1 once visited Woodville. We drove over from Palmerston North, but it is some years ago, before I was Cousin Kate. Are you fond of reading or sewing?—Cousin Kate ]

Woodville. Dear Cousin Kate, —This is my first letter to you, and as Cousin Esme wrote to you last night I thought I would like to become a cousin also. I am ten years old aud la the Third Standard. We have a very nice schoolmaster at our school. His name Is Mr. Stevenson. We have a cat, and its name is Ginger, and my aunt is going to give my little brother a little kitten. Will you please give us a name for it? Will you please send me a blue badge?—Cousin GLADYS.

[Dear Cousin Gladys,—l am pleased you wanted to join our circle; it’s a very large one, but Is made of elastic, I and can always “stretch” a bit more to make room for a new cousin. It is nice having a master whom you really like; 1 am sure one works better.—Cousin Kate ]