A PAGE for HTTLE PEOPLE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 14, 15 April 1925, Page 37

A PAGE for HTTLE PEOPLE

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My dear Little People, — Only the shortest whisper from your old "Anne" again this week, for I'm simply humped up with letters and' must get them through before we think of doing another thing. As it is, a good many will have to wait a week or two before seeing their letters in our page. Never mind, we'll m'anag-3 somehow, and be a merry crew just the same. Did you all have a happy Easter? I did, but it would have been even nicer if we all could have had one whole day of it together. Goodbye. Anne. Dear Anne, Please send us a badge, we are enclosing stamps with Phyllis's letter. Your loving friends, Beanie and Alice Fleming, Riversdale. (Did you get your badges safely, and do you like them?,Anne.) Dear Anne, May I join your page. I will be eleven on the twenty-third of April. I have two sixers, and two brothers. I have started a scrapbook and trust I will be in time for the competition., iWe have had a very long holiday from school. I go to the Holy Infancy School, Aramoho. I will close now. From ■your loving friend, Essie Gamble, Aramoho. (Welcome Essie, and your letter is so neatly written, —or do you call it "printed" 9 You have a birthday mate: Veronica Pbilpott, 24 Rohgotai Terrace, Rongotai, Wellington.— Anne.) Dear Anne, ,1 am writing to ask you may I join your L.P.L.C lam 12 years of age; my birthday is on February 23D0 you knov of any of your little People's birthday on the same day as mine. I will bo in Std. 4 when ve go back to school. We have two little bantams. I have a wee white dog and I call it Mickey. We get the Tablet every week and T like reading the Little People's oage. I would like some one to correspond with me. I will have to close now. Your new friend Phyllis Fleming, Riversdale. P.S. —I am also sending 'the money for a badge. (Hope you liked your badge Phyllis, b-:t I'm : sorry dear that you have no birthday mate yet. Still, I'm sure someone will write to you.—Anne.) Dear; Anne, , t This is my first letter to you. I have been writing to Agnes .Emerson, she sent me suoh a nice letter. j I go to St, Convent,

and am in Std. 6. Have I got a birthday mate; my birthday is on the 19th January. I think the badges a good idea and I want to join the L.P.L.C. Will you put my letter in the Tablet please Anne? Well, dear Anne, I will close now. With best wishes. I remain, yours forever, Katherine Conrick, Upper Hutt P.S.Will you ask someone to write to me Anne? (Welcome Katherine, sorry dear you have no birthday mate yet, but someone is sure to write to you. Anne. P.S.—Will someone please write to Katherine.—Anne.) Dear Anne, I would like to become a member of the Little People's page. I am eleven and in Std. 5, and my birthday is on the 17th March. Isn't the infantile paralysis dreadful. I learnt that little prayer that was in the Tablet. My little sister Mary is writing to you also; she thinks the Little Peopel's page is lovely. I have had the measles but I am better now. I would like to see my letter in the Tablet soon. I would also like to join the Little People's Letter Club. Have I a birthday mate on 17th March? I think it is lovely having badges. I will buy one. I wil lsend my sixpence in the next letter. I must close now. With love from Patricia Walsh, Stratford. (Yes, Patricia dear, you have a birthday mate: Eileen O'Donnell, Botanical Road, Palmerston North. Indeed you have another as well, dear little Patrick Byrne, Kotinga, Takaka, who was two years' old this year. You're a real lucky girl. Anne.) Dear Anne, This is the first time I have written to you, and I would like to become a member of the Little People's page. I always read it. I am nine years' old in Std. 4at school, and my birthday is on the 14th of June. There are six in our family and I am the youngest. We milk and go to the factory. Have I a birthday . mate—l4th June I will close now, Anne dear, hoping to see my letter in the Tablet soon. Good-bye. With love, from Mary Walsh, Stratford. (And Mary too has a mate, Margaret McDonnell, Chapel Street, . Greymouth., I'm sure you'll be very good friends and will find a lot to write about.-Anne.) Dear Anne, ; I suppose you have forgotten me, for it is quite a long time since I wrote you last. We have .two calves and will you please give me a name for them, wl- am nine years' old, and lam in Std. 2at school. We went fish-

ing one day and we caught eleven perch and a, lot of frogs. Well, dear Anne, I will close now with love from Margaret Walker, Waitahuna. (Glad to hear from you again Margaret dear. Calves are a bit hard to name I think because they're all so different one from another. Suppose we call them "Ripple" and "Sunny."—Anne.) Dear Anne, Here I am again. I was so pleased when I saw my letter in the Tablet that I am writing to you again. I intended to go. to Dunedin with mum these holidays, but I couldn't go on account of the infantile paralysis, but when I do go I am going to go to the Tablet Office and ask for you— I hope when I go it will be your day for receiving people.. Patty and I think it is a good idea about the badges; so we would be very pleased if you would send us one each. I know the answer to one of the riddles: it is number 6 Answera black hen can lay a white egg but a white hen can't lay a black egg. Well, I must close now. With love from your fond friend, Betty, Macreas Flat. (Hope you like your badge Betty, don't be very disappointed if I'm not at the Tablet Office, because I'm such a busy "Anne." Your answer is quite right.— Dear Anne, It is a long time since I last wrote to you. I go to the Convent boarding school in Queenstown. Ido not have much time for letter writing. I am ten years of age, and my birthday is on the sth of February. I am in the IV Std. We have a white rabbit, with long fur, dark pink eyes, light pink ears, and a funny little tuft of fur for a tail. One day we found a wee rabbit on the beach. We took it home and put it in with the white one. He was so pleased to have company. We taught the wee rabbit to drink milk out of a teaspoon. One day he got* out of the hutch and our big black cat, Sandy, caught him; he jumped through the dining room window and made a meal of poor hunny behind the piano as his skin was found when the room was swept. Well, dear Anne, as there is no more news here I shall close. With love .from your little friend, Margaret McGrath, doseburn, Queenstown. (Margaret dear, I nearly wept over the fate of your poor baby rabbit. What a fine meal black Sandy had. How is the other bunny. Anne.)

'Dear Anne, * I am entering for the scrap book competition. I am sending my scrap book to-mor-t Jrow. si- have one correspondent which is jPaula Creel. I wrote to Lorna Carroll but ' I have not T received an answer. We are having -lovely weather up here. I hope you are having the' same. We haven't had any cases of infantile paralysis in Little River. I shall conclude now. Yours truly, Yvonne Londrigan, Little River. (You know all about the competition now Yvonne, as this letter was received some time ago. Poor "Anne" has to go like a scalded cat these days when everyone is wanting .badges/ l Anne.) Dear Anne, This is my first letter to you. Seeing that -we get the Tablet every week it is quite fair that I should write. I would like very much to join the L.P.L.C. My birthday is on the Ist April: I will be fifteen then. I. have two. sisters and six brothers. Well, I will have to close now. With love from Mary Norling, Wellington. ■ (Sorry Alary dear, you have no birthday mate, but surely you'll get a letter from someone. I'll ask for you. —Anne. P.S. — Will someone please write to Alary.—Anne.) Dear Anne, I was very pleased to see my first letter in the Tablet, and I thank you very much for asking someone to- write to me. We are having long holidays this year, and I am . looking forward to the school opening. I. will close now. From your-loving friend, Alice Mundy, Kaitangata. (Glad you're pleased to have a mate Alice, •_d.iavo you had many letters. Anne.) Dear Anne, I did not write and send you 'the compliments of the season; so now send my best wishes. I am enjoying the holidays very much. Fancy the infantile paralysis reaching Dunedin. I hope you don't get them Anne. It has been wet all this week and to-day the creeks are flooded. Our Persian •cat has a little kitten please give me a name for it. When school begins I will be in the fifth standard. I forgot to tell you in my other letter that my second name is Anne too. We arc milking fifty cows now. I often go for a ride on my pony. On Friday we went for a picnic and we took some snaps and we also went bathing. Our cousin is staying out here for his holidays. Well, Anne, as this is all I close with love. From your loving member. Maggie Ryall. Barrytown. (Thank you for good wishes Maggie, very glad to get your letters. Call your cat "Silky" ; I'm sure he has a beautiful coat. -Anne.) Dear Anne, It was with much pleasure that 1 received my badge this afternoon. I think they are lovely, Anne! Ursula told me to thank you very much for her's also. Would you please *4T>ut my name in the birthday list (20th of "fOctober). Have I a mate so far? I. have seven pen friends Anne, and would not mind some more. I am 14. Hoping to see this note in the. Tablet. From your sincere friend, Joy Brocherie, Onuku, Akaroa.

* (So you like your badges, and you have seven letter mates. .You're a lucky girl, and you have a birthday mate: Pat Abbott, Pahautanui, North Island. Not sure if Pat is a girl member. —Anne.) Dear Anne, Jim and I got the badges to-day. We like them very very much. I hope a. lot of children get them. Have I got a birthday mate Anne? My birthday is on the 19 April. Jim's is on the 31st May. I had a letter from Doreen Walsh. No more to say now. Yours sincerely, Marie Searle, Invercargill. (Glad you and Jim like your badges, but very very sorry you have no birthday mate yet. Mind you and Doreen answer each other's letters. Anne.) Dear Anne, This is the first letter to you as we have not been getting the Tablet very long. I am spending my Christmas holidays at home this year. I have 4 J- miles to ride to school every day. I have four sisters and two brothers. My eldest brother is fifteen years of age, and is a great help. We are living on a. farm of 137 acres and are milking 64 cows.. There is a great deal of ploughing to do, so sometimes I. go to milk while Dad ploughs. We have a river running through our place and sometimes we go for a bathe twice a day, which we thoroughly enjoy. We have a very nice flower garden but our vegetable garden is not much. We have two pairs of white tumbler pigeons and they are lovely. Well, as news is scarce, I must close. With lots of love from your new friend, Eileen Burke, Kaupokonui, Taranaki. (Welcome Eileen, your letter is very interesting indeed. Tell me your birthday, I may have a letter mate for you.—Anne.) Dear Anne, This is my second letter to you. I would very much like to get a. badge as I think them a- grand idea.. I forgot to tell you my birthday is on the 10th of June. One kind friend —Ursula Broeherio —has written to me, but I would like some other girls to write to me. I am tired of the holidays as I can't go any where on account of the epidemic. Tho'-e are several cases in Timaru. This is all the news at present. From your new friend, Eileen Muleahy, Glcn-ite, Timaru. (Hope you answered Ursula's letter, have you made any new letter mates yet? Someone will write after they see this. —Anne.) Dear Anne, Just a. line to let you know that I have posted my scrap book to-day. My little sister Yvonne made one also, and I have posted it with mine. Yvonne wrote to; you once. I think it must be a long time ago. 1 hope you will like our scrap books -Anne. I tried to make mine as nice as I could. I had a good laugh at Yvonne's, but she thinks it is just lovely. I hope they will make some little child happy. Well, Anne, I must say good-night. From your old friend, Zoe Howarth, Palmerston North. (The scrap books were so pretty Zoe dear. I think my Little People are as nice as they can be, and I'm sure the books will be a. joy to everyone who sees them. —Anne.) Dear Anne, " Just a note to let you know I kept my promise and enclose sixpence' stamps for

one of yourl mean our—badges. I hope you received my scrap book, which 'I; sent last week; I hope it is nice enough to send to the orphans. I was glad to see 'my '■»..'t letter in the Tablet, but I do not expect you to put a little one like this in. The re 13 no more news at present, so I will close. With lots of love for you and the Little People. Your little .friend, Veronica Kane, Thbfadoh, Wellington. . (Hope you like your badge Veronica. Your scrap book was very nicely done. The children will, enjoy looking at it.—Anne.) Dear Anne, May I join you? lam in Std 3. My birthday is on the 25th of March and I will be nine years old then. On the 27th of November! went in for a music exam ,and I got highest marks for First steps. I must close now. Yours faithfully, Monica Ford, Stratford. (Welcome, Monica dear, hope you'll enjoy being one of us. Good girl for passing so well. —Anne.) Dear Anne, As I have been reading little People's page for some time, I thought I would write to you. I am nine years old and I will be ten on April the 23rd. The Catholic school is one mile away. Igo to the Catholic school. I have two brothers and two sisters. This is my first letter and I think I have made it rather short dear Anne, but before I close I want to tell you that I have three white fowls and 1 black cat. Please give me a name for my cat. From Veronica Philpott. Rongotai, Wellington. (Welcome Veronica, sorry I have no birthday mate for you. Would you like to call your cat "Bimbo" ?—Anne.) Dear Anne, - This is my first letter to you, and I would love to join your happy band. lam twelve years old and in Std V. Igo to the Convent School, Opunake, and I am home having my holidays, which are rather long. We get the Tablet every week and I think it is lovely, especially the "Little People's Page," I have read all about the L.P.L.C; business, and would love to join, please put me down on your list, I would like to write to some of the little people, and receive letters from them. Well dear Anne, I must close my long letter witli heaps of love from your true friend, Pattie Moore, Waverley. * . P.S.—My birthday is on the 13th October. (Welcome, Pattic dear, we're pleased to have yon with us. Sorry J. have no birthday mate for you yet, but I'll ask someone to write.—Anne.) P. Will someone please be Pattie's letter mate and give her a start—Anne. Dear Anne, . ... Please' do not send me my badge, as I am leaving Martinborough. You can put my sixpence into the Treasure Box. I am, I think, going over to Christchurch. As this is all this time, I will conclude. Yours faithfully, P. Creel, Martinborougln (Hope you got your badge safely, Paul*. It was posted before I read your letter Anne.)