A PAGE for LITTLE PEOPLE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 23, 24 June 1925, Page 37

A PAGE for LITTLE PEOPLE

-".' Dear Little People, bi .How are you all, are you frozen or washed; away, I wonder? '. What; a stormy . week ; it, has been, have you been told about the ships ;j ',that had such , ! rough trips on their; way between the North and South Island,? I saw i;-t> in one of the papers that a big roof , was I: blown off a. building and wasi sent rattling ;"*- on top of a house. Don't you think it must .... have made a fine noise when it arrived, and ■;? wouldn't you have got.a big fright? ■• Well dears, I've got a message for-you, a / "•., special message from a Missionary Father. I> • ;He wants every one of 'my Little People to " spare the time, to say one Hail Mary every " ; day for the mission. That is all he asks. 'Remember/ ope Hail Mary ■daily for the x: ; missioner who asks the help of Anne's Little s People. -Will you do that now, please? Mind you do not write any more letters ;' " now till I tell you I'm ready. You'll see what fun we're going to have presently. • ".''S \ ': . " ' \ , " Anne. \ Dear Anne,. . "'■'.' !' ■ ' r As my sister is writing to you I thought I . would write a few lines. 0 1 am 10 years old, - my birthday is on the 9th February. lam i busy, these long holidays picking -potatoes for my father and I would sooner be at school. Well dear Anne, I think -I have given you , all the news. Your friend, Bill Carney, Rakaia. < .< ; ■.'■■■'?■".■■':', •-■'..■'■'•.''■■■-''■:' ; :';' ;_ (Welcome Bill, guess you're back at school - -vf .. safely now. Do you find it; better than holi,,.days ?; ~ I'll agree that [picking potatoes ■ isn't . - very thrilling, but it's a fine healthy pas-' I old man. —Anne.)' ""•.' ,-.;;.%; -. • ■.- ■'•••■'?; •'•'v.;' -'' Dear old man.—Anne.) ' Dear Anne, i ;■ . " ': This is my first letter to you. I want to : v- know can I become a~- member of the Little i-;: People's Page, Anne lam enclosing a shil--1 ling in stamps for a badge for ;my sister and ! ;. I.' My twin sister and I will be 13 on the >:'."; day ,- the "Little Flower is to be canonised, | the ~ 17th of May. We have not missed any ■■£(&■•<school during the epidemic as we ! have a -i; household school. Are we not lucky? I am; trying to do the fourth and fifth Std. in s . the "--one year and it is hard work. During the; > r infantile paralysis we have been saying the Prayer to St. -Roch. Isn't it a dreadful epi- \ demic; Anne ? I will close now" with, best ,»'.\ wishes to your little.people's page. Love ■;. from Mary Kearney, "Haeremai," Box 93, Oainaru. * ':,-,., ■,. ,■ „'.\ ;.. ■;■<"'" I? r - (Welcome Mary, arid 1 ? do you know' i dear I'm answering this on your birthday. 1 So, "Many Happy Returns" :to i- you both from

us all.- What t is your sister's name, please tell : me. I'm sorry you -; have no birthday , mate yet, I'll, ask someone to . write. Anne. ; —Will someone please write to Mary ?) ' Dear Anne, .';■.' - \ ,' ■.:-/■■ ■: This is ; the first time I have written to you. : Would you please 7 send me a badge? ?: We have a cat that is six years old. She as got a little kitten, will you please; give me a name ; for , it? J We also have a -grown kitten. My birthday is on the sth of June. I am nine years old. '- School is starting here on Monday. I got a lovely sleeping doll for Christmas. Your new friend, Joyce Bowling, Post Office, Pirongia, Waikato. | (Welcome- Joyce, glad you* want ? to' join .us, arid you've got a mate too: Anne O'Con- ■■ nell, Macraes Flat. Mind you become friends. | Call your* little kitten "Trip."—.•. " - Dear Anne, - " - v ,- \' It is a long time since I last wrote to you, but I did not forget you. I read the Little People's Page every week. I would like to join the L.P.L.C. and I am enclosing sixpence in stamps.! for fa badge. My birthday -is on the 20th of-Qctober-'and my age is 10. ,I have , a Jersey, calf called Patty and a little : black kitten called Chum. Please Anne could you find me a mate of my own age to write to. From your friend, Pat Abbott. My ad- : dress is Patrick ; Abbott, "Villa I Maria," Pa* hautanui, Wellington. . :, ,(Thank you" Pat for the stamps. I hope - you'll like to wear your badge. • Sorry you have no •mate; on your birthday, but I'll ask someone to write. —Anne. . • *<■ - , P.S.—Will some boy of Pat's age please bo his letter mate? —Anne.) V; "-. ■'■;,--- ■:■■ :.-;^ # ,; ,/.., .; - -- - '-■; - ;..- .-,,. : . : : r-X} Dear Anne, v'-_"v - .- ■-'' . / , •' '-."/-' : It is a long time si nee I > last rote to you. -If suppose/you will have; forgotten me ! now. ■';; Hasn't N the infantile .. paralysis been terrible Anne? " K I am tired of the holidays, they have ..been- so;long. I am staying with my cousins .•■•'in ■"• Rangiora for a holiday.' : ' : /I will; be going to the Sacred Heart Convent in' Christchurch i. this year to board. ; I am 15 years old and my birthday is < on 27th March -, Have I a *• birthday '' mate ? ': I ;* hope - so. - Do;;, you .play ;tennis Anne : v I ; do. The tennis, .season is nearly over now, isn't it? Here are some "riddles for you to guess: —What is it that will go up 'a; spout down but will; not go ."down a spout up? Two a's, two n's, a b, arid ad, put them * together ; and spell it, to me ? "S What is it;that is very highly prized yet always given away? Well Anne, I must close now, hoping ? my letter will soon;4Uppear

in the : Tablet. Your old friend, Ellie Brady, :■s■ Loburn, North Canterbury. ". -V P.S.—My cousin is writing to you, too, ,-■: so you -will receive . them in the ' same en* •*: velope. J . " ,:_ t (Welcome Ellie, and you have no " less than \;;f three birthday mates -.Greta Blyth, whose \ address I do not know; Betty Phelan,,Mac-.,) raes Flat; and Teresa Brown, 110 Forth f iStreet, Dunedin. You're an extra lucky- ; girl and so are the other three. — Anno.) : ; Dear Anne, ■•■■;'. ? • This is my first letter- to you. I -am.'ten , year's old. My ' birthday is on the 7th of ~ } , May. I go to St. Joseph's Convent School, 1 Rangiora. I have-two sisters older than my*,'.' self and a. brother younger.;- Hope I' have a birthday "mate Anne? I think it is a bood idea to' have badges don't you ? Hope you will do well; with the L.P.L.C. My cousin ; is staying with me at present. We are hay- f rig long 7 holidays; now on; account ,of •', the £| infantile paralysis, Was it had in Dunedin? §| ' I will be glad when the school starts again. Here is a riddle for you Anne:—What isfe that which is always -taken from you before ,\ you get it yourself? I have two little; kit- - .tens, one is * grey and . white and the other. is & black arid white; would you please give me a name for each of < them. Well, dear ; Anne,- as this is all the news I have to tell you, I will conclude.;'% With best, wishes from your new friend, Dorothyßrady, 30 Victoria Street, Rangiora. ! -' • ■; . -* ;-£--C ",^ P.S.— am enclosing sixpence in stamps ' for a badge; Goodbye from Dorothy. . &| 1 .(Welcome Dorothy,', so, sorry you, have no birthday mate yet, ■ but I'm • sure you'll soon . find a mate. ;'■ I'll ask someone to write. ■; Suppose you "call your kittens- ( "Bright'.' and |i| "Happy."— : , _.'4'. 1 < P.S.— someone be Dorothy's mate Jv please?— ■■•-. < , ,' \£„ Dear Anne, , ,' '-•-" >;'. This -is my first letter to you 'and I am - ten in Std- 4. My birthday is on the 27th of -.; October. lam sending sixpence for ./. badge because I thought it would be' nice; to v have it. We have no. church or convent *np«?--■here »arid we cannot go to -Mass''only once or"' twice in ■ the year, .; when the : priest .• comes to ;v : Wellsford, which is \ eight,'. miles -from us. ~' I; - want ? a birthday mate to write to me when") ' 1 1 join the L.P.L.C.- Yours sincerely, Brunetta Smith, Port Albert. (Welcome -Brunetta', we want, you ,to make friends < with us. : You have no birthday mate i|i yet dear, but I'll ask someone ;to write,--? -Anne.' 1 -'" ■ '' - ''' O