A PAGE for LITTLE PEOPLE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 42, 25 October 1923, Page 39

A PAGE for LITTLE PEOPLE

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My Dear Little People, - ‘ Among my letters I got one from one little person telling me that she uses our page as a geography lesson by hunting up all the places that our letters come from. Now what do you think of that ?/ It has given me an idea for dealing with my great big bundle of unaswered letters, so, starting from next week, look out for something fresh, we’re going to have a lot of fun.'— ■' The Orphanage Fund. Already acknowledged, £l2 5s 6d; Jack Dwyer, 2s 6d; Margaret Crowley, Is; Lennie Knowler, ss; total, £l2 14s. ’ - ' ■ Dear Anne,lt is a wet day to-day so I thought I would write to you. This is my second letter but my first to you. My first was to my little sister when she was up -at Winton. My wee sisters name is Lena. She is 2 years old ; I am 7 I go to the Convent „School and am in Std 1. My teacher is Sister , Chanel. We used to live in Queenstown. I will be looking to see my letter in the Tablet. Your loving friend, Brian\)’Malley, Bluff. - (You are a good boy Brian to write to me and to give me first .place next to little Lena. — Anne.) r Dear Anno, — This is my first letter to you and I hope it /will not be my last. As I wish to become one of your many little friends. I go to St. Joseph’s Conve'nt School. The Sisters of the Mission teach us. I am 11 years old and I am in the third Standard. I have two sisters. The elder one wrote to you some time ago. She is fourteen. The younger one is 10 years, old. She has a Persian kitten named Fluffy it is a pretty little thing. It won first prize m a recent cat show, I have just recovered from ’flu. It is not very nice, is it I don’t think so and neither does my sister/who has also been in bed with it. Now dear Anne I must close hoping I have not taken up too much valuable space. ; Yours truly, Frank Shanly, Dannevirke. : (Hope you are quite well/again Frank, how is Fluffy? Anne.) •' '* . ‘ r Dearest Anne,— writing you a few lines of words hoping you are quite well has ’if, leaves me in a perfect health. Well Anne I was very glad when our Teacher told us to write a . letter to you and ; &lso glad to hear from you. Well Anne we have been helping the Chinese children by putting penny and sixpenny in the mite box. I have hear if a boy or a girl write good news to you that you will put it in the Tablet this all I have to say at present may the Lord Bless us all. Yours truely, Walker Rangi, Hastings. (I am sure your letter will look fine in the Tablet Walker. How is the mite box getting Anne.)Dear Anne, —This is my first letter to you. I would like to be a member of the Little People’s page. I was seven years old on the twenty ninth of April. We had our exam about three weeks ago,,and I passed into Std. one, I have a little black and white pup, would you please give me a name for it.. Dear Anne ’I will give you a riddle. Why is John Smith like , a badly-cooked cake. ’ I must close now. Your little friend, James O’Neill, Pukeuri. . (Goodness, gracious I I can’t guess why John Smith is such a failure. Call your nice pup “Jazz/’ Your birthday. is same date as Eileen 1 McCarthy’^.—Anne.) ' My dear '—This is the first time I have written to you. : I like reading your letters in the Tablet. I am nine years old, and I am in Standard two. I have a nice teacher at school.- We have had a priest and he is going to China to be a Missioner. r; We also have .had a new -Parish pnest. He is a very - pleasant gentleman. Well Anne I must -close now. Your new friend,' Cecilia Koorey, Hast-' ings. - *” • (Glad to hear from you Cecilia. I got so many letters from Hastings that it will take a little while to answer them all but they will all hear from Anne.) / ‘ Dear Anne,—l wonder if this is the first letter you havehad . from Morven. .We are having plenty of rain up here are you having much. I will be ten in November and in

Std 4 I go to a public school as the Convent is to far for me to ride and I expect to be going there next year. Now l must come to a close hoping to see' this published soon. Morven* 11 your llttle fnend > Cecilia Thyne, Green Hills, T yours is the first letter from Morven, and school!—Anne ) Bar fr ° m y U ‘. Hope you are a good girl at ■ na™ D onrl Anne, This is my second letter to the children’s page and I hope you will. put this one in the Tablet as my last one must have been - lost, after it was posted. T am eight years old and am in St I and go to the Convent tl Kr 1? Wlsh to , be ' one of your little friends. I have two brothers and two sisters and am the eldest of the familjr. My brother and- sister go: to school with me and ow h bnilt nf"h k l ab °j t Uml <3S : We have « new school / “ ‘t i? brick A and is very nice and cosy inside. We nave gas heaters to warm the rooms in cold * weather.-. T must close now with best wishes from your' new friend Doreen Stapleton, South- Invercargill. ’ (Sony your first letter went astray Doreen wa<? it really posted? Glad to hear from you Lw-Se ' ■T)ear Anne-—This is my first letter to you, and I wish to become T one .of your friends. We get the Tablet every week and I e W reading the Little People’s Page. lam tho^’ 8 , sta l ldard at W K- I go to the Marist Brothers School, Thorndon, My birthday is on the 2nd of + am i eleven i. years of age. Our school football (Soccer) team held a banquet at our school last Thursday night: they won the football competitions this year and also the Charity Cup This is all the news I hive at preyour new friend - Vcr.v O S!d >»?«*• Dear Annie —I am enclosing this five shillings for the Orphanage Fund, my birthday is on 16th of November and my brothers is on the 17th of November. Are you fond of with 0 Mv 6 I t am . learning a. son to go to the Competitions n ith. My sister is going for music exams, and I hope she passes,, she will get her letters if she is lucky enough "> ft has been raining here these last two days. We have five cows in now Well Anne I think I will close now hoping &Sj«?Sww£ Wae. n Prm Y ° UrS sincerely. Le "™ (Thank you Lennie for the ss. Yes I am very fond of music and would like to hear your song.—Anne ) u Dear Annie,—This is mv first- letter. ■'l am seven years nlfd n n, an ? ll in i S -m 1 - Mother reads the Tablet to me and I like the childrens letters. I live near Taihane T go to , a public school. The convent school is too far* I - W?+lf e w - h if f a crown 1 for the Takapuna Orphanage. With best wishes from Jack Dwyer, Utiku. • g ' (Thank you Jack for- your donation. Very soon you self—Anne 6 ) read le Llttle People’s Page all by yourT i;i? ear Aime,— l am , writing to you for the first time. I like reading the Little People’s Page in the Tablet. 1 am eight years old and I am in standard one. We live , near the Catholic Church. Our priest is Father .Outtriml Fam very fond ,of animals. We" have a black cat, its name is Witty-lulu. I have been for a holiday to Kaponga to my grandmother. I,go -to the Sisters School .at Aramoho. My birthday is on ; the j 30th of October. I am going to have a little c party frith my friends. My father is going to get me a pet lamb. Will • you please give me a nice name for it. I have a little garden of my own. . I have such nice flowers in it. We have some dear little chickens. I feed them every morning They are getting big now. I am sending one shilling for the poor little orphan fund. Your new; friend: Margaret Crowley,- Aramoho. •, : - , . > , ... g <T h ank you Margaret for your gift. How do you' like “Woolly” for your lamb’s name,—Anne.) :r ; J