A PAGE for LITTLE PEOPLE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 32, 26 August 1925, Page 37

A PAGE for LITTLE PEOPLE

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Dear Little People, . Only a few days to go, and the Competition of Grown-Ups’ Letters will be over. Ido .. hope you will stir yourselves and send in a lot of votes, for if you don’t the dear GrownUps will think “Anne’s”'Little People are a half-hearted lot. There’s time yet, let’s see what we can do and do it with all our , might. I just hope you’re keeping the long list of . / Club Members’ names I’m sending, because r ; . it will be ages and ages before I - send you another. It takes too much, room to do it often, it becomes what the Grown-Ups call “monotonous.” When we get right through the list of names this, time, I’ll send the new names in each month, and you must add them to the list yourselves. Now we’ll go on with /:• it:— - ' . V. ; - -Calvert, Irene and Ruth, Owhango, Takapuna. •. , Hannan, Cecil, Winnie Street, Greymouth. O’Brien, Hilary, T e Wae Wae. McNamara, Gracia, Owhango. . - Keehan, Brigid, Onga Onga, Hawke’s Bay. b N i; Smith, Veronica, Main Street, Gore. ' ’ V Calvert, N— (no name), c/o Mrs. R. ;■ Meredith, Strathmore. 7 - Calvert, M (no name), c/o Mrs. K. Summerhays, Whangamomona. O’Rourke, Kathleen, 13 Vautier Street, .; Napier. 7McPhail, Dorothy, 126 Dixon Street, Mas- : ter ton. , s - : Carney, Eileen, Rakaia. _ Dodunski, Maud, Durham Road, Pikan, Inglewood. Jj: Mulvey, Denise, Tom and Greg, Main Street, Gore, Box 93. ; r ; J Baizeen, 'Willie, Geraldine. . Connor, Molly, 31 Thorndon Quay, Welv lington. r ‘ ’ . . : Woods. Phyllis, Norwich Street, Hampden, 7 Otago. ' - - Walsh, Eileen and Doreen, 22 Cambridge Street, Pahiatna. , Rutherford, Nellie, Hotel Ei6hardt, Queenstown. i: : .-f;„ Carmody, Mona, Balfour. ' - '7■-..■ Kearney, Mary and Dan, v “Haeremai,” Box 93, Oamaru. - Herlihy, - Eileen, Green Bank, Patearoa. McGrath, Margaret, Closeburn, : Queens- ;■ town ■ . / . t McLoughlin, Margaret and Josephine, Miller’s • Plat. Jji-i Q McLaughlin, Eileen, 36 Crown Street, N.E. J Valley, Dunedin. ; - - A Smith, Brunetta and May Julia, Port AlJ bert.- ' '

- Harding, Kathleen, Motukaraka, Hast- • - ■ ■;•:■• r '■ ,■;■■■ j■ . ■ ■ ■■'■ - ■- -. ~ . .. • ings. ~ . Brady, Dorothy, 30 Victoria Street, Rangiora. ■ Abbott, Patrick and Veronica/ “Villa Ma--Ha,” Pahautanui.' ' . Kennedy, Chrissie, 55 ' Ferry Road, Christchurch. - % ~ Marshall, Mary, Lighthouse, Manukau Heads. '■■ 77/V;, yy Bowling, Joyce, Pirongia, Waikato. Cosgrove, Kathleen, Box 20, Manaia, -Taranaki. ■' Philpqtt, Veronica, 24 Rongotai Terrace, Rongotai, Wellington. O’Leary, Leslie and Martin, Palmerston Street/ Riverton. ' ’ Cotter, Marie and Vera, ■55 Ferry Road, Christchurch. - - " • O’Loughlin, Pat, Bennetts. , Flannery, Helen, Thompson Street, Tinwald. _ '--V Norling, Mary, 125 Kelburn Parade, Wellington. Bulman, Eileen, Fairfax, Southland. McGreal, Raymond, Mahurewa, Auckland. Mullane, Catherine,- Lake Rotoiti, via Rotorua. ; ■■ : * • " Bradley, Eileen, Convent School, Levin. Gainsford, Doris, Hiwipahgo, via Belgrove, Nelson. Devlin, Winnie, Warrington. Gorman, Annie, 4 Woodside, West Taieri. Gresham, Monica, : Gresham’s Road, Geraldine. I '.-- T- : ; Comerfqrd, Maureen, 26 Stanley Avenue, Palmerston North’, . Pratt, Kathleen, Post Office, Hawera. Griggin, Peggy, Stafford.; ' : 7 Mulqueen/ Tom,' Balfour. . Grey, Evelyn, Sackville Street, New Plymouth. (To be continued.) . Now Little People, we’ll just scamper through as many letters as we can because I want to get them all answered and out of the way before*.we start' the Competition Results. So, her© goes: : ' ■7 : ~•: 4■ 4 ' ' : • ; 7 ' NEW MEMBERS. g 7./ /;/' - . VINCENT HANNIGAN, Aawa Moa, Oamaru, writes and sends sixpence for a badge. Vincent’s birthday is. on Ist July and he wants a Mate. • ■ Also * lie wants a name for his ■ little black kitten. He has a dog “Jack” and pony which ho is just learning to'ride; (Welcome Vincent, bring the dog, the cat and the pony along with you. Call your cat “Sooty.” What about making a Letter

• Friend of Pat Daly, Hinds ? His - birthday is the 9th July- and he has no Mate yet. 7 Anne.) •' ' ' - * 7 RAYMOND WILKINS, Gladstone Road, Mosgiel, joins up too this week. He will be 12 on the 19th October and wants Letter ; Friends. (Welcome Raymond, "yours Is such - a nicely written letter I’d like the Little ; People to see it as I did. We’ll have a Writing Competition on© of these days. You have ! no Birthday Mate Raymond, but there’s Pat Abbott, Pahautanui, on the 20th October, who has no Mate either. Be friends, will you? Would you like to < call your cats “Squad” and “Ron” in memory of the American. Fleet?.Anne.)) VERONICA McGOVERN, Kio Kio, King ' Country. Wants to join us and sends money - for her badge. Her birthday, is on 28th - August. She wants a Letter Friend. (Welcome little eight-year-old Veronica. You’ve ’p, got a mate exactly same age as yourself . Mona Carmody, Balfour. Also Frances: Oleary, Cambridge, is on the same day. Call: your little pony “Fleeto” after the Ameri- 7 can Fleet.—Anne.) FOLLOWING ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT CF BADGES AND PRIZES: ; K ; JESSIE. FLEMING, Riversdale. .Jessie was , pleased with her badge and is writing ■ to 8 girls. (Well done Jessie, what a fine time you must have among all your Letter Friends. Anne.) • .. ANNIE, LIZZIE and AILEEN. BONIS--CHE, Owaka, all received their badges and wrote thanking “Anne” for sending them. (Glad to hear from you Little People at Owaka, you’ll bo pleased to know I, got your - letters.—Anne.) JOSEPHINE McLOUGHLIN, Miller’s Flat, got her badge safely and likes it. Do you know, Little People, at Josephine’s place * they have a wild duck that comes night , and .. morning to be fed? . (We think ; we’d like that duck for a Member Josephine, suppose;:: we call him “Homely” and be good to-him-V; Anne.) -: ■ IDA HERLIHY, Kaimata, Inglewood/ writes to . thank “Anne” for -- naming - . 'her / kittens “Mike,” “Tane” and “Puke.” But alas poor “Puke” is no more, ,he died. (I hope Mike and Tane are still .very much'7' alive. ; -. We won’t bother about : any I more |p “Pukies,” will we?—Anne.) ) :V- ; ' DORIS GARNSPORD, Belgrove, Nelson, got her badge and liked it and tells me they 7 had some frosts in Nelson. (Indeed so did ? we Doris where I live, in ?We have had lots of : rain too since you wrote.—Anne.) ' ■ VERONICA KANE, Wellington, thanks

“Anno”; for r . the beautiful •• book ; she • got I as -• her prize : in the Scrap ' Book - Competition. (Glad v you like the book ,Veronica and glad too. that you and Clara Mundy are Letter Friends as well as Birthday Mates. Anne.)) I LALLIE MILNE, Toko, is pleased with her badge and has written to Patricia O’Rourke and Bridgie Reilly. (I hope you had answers from Pat and Bridgie.— . IPATRICIA McBREARTY, Rahgiora, got her badge safely arid likes it. . Pat is in Primer 3 this year and is making her First Holy Communion in August. - (Hope you will have a great day when you make your First Communion Pat. 'Say a little prayer for Anne and the Little People. —Anne.) 7 . JOSEPH McBREARTY, Rangiora, also got his badge. Joseph is a wag. He tells me he has made friends with Pat but does ,hot write to her as they talk face to face every day. (I just hope someone els© will write to you Pat, I think you’d be a good Letter —Anne.) MARY KEARNEY, Oamaru, got the badges she sent for. Mary tells me that Mary Kinney, Hyde, is her cousin. Also she knew Muriel Dowling, Ranfurly, when Muriel was a tiny baby, (Hope ytm’ve got some Letter Friends Mary, because you write such a good letter. ' I put your name down as a member when you got the badge. — Anne.) LAVINIA McKENZIE, Orepuki, was pleased with her badge. Lavinia and her brother walk a mile and a half to school •'every day, even in the cold weather. (Good Little People to trot off to school like that, I’m sure you’ve got sturdy legs and rosy cheeks. Glad you’re getting letters from Eileen McCarthy, be sure to keep up the Friendship.—Anne.) • JULIA MAY SMITH, Pahiatua, got her own and Brunetta’s badges, and they are 'wearing them whenever they go to town. (I hope you’ll meet some other members of the L.P.L.C. some day when you’re wearing the badges. Yes, dear I got the money all safely. Anne.) . EILEEN WALSH, Pahiatua, was so pleased with her badge that Doreen and Patriciasaid they wanted to' join too. (Did you get your letter from Chrissie, Eileen? I hope Teresa has written to you since, probably something prevented her letting you know when she went through to Napier.— ) MARGARET CUTTANCE, Otok.ia, likes her badge. (Did you get a reply from Ursula, Margaret, and are you, enjoying the Grown-Ups’ Competition ?—Anne.) i: MOLLIE HOULIHAN, Orepuki, thanks “Anne” for the badge and says she has chilblains this cold weather. (Cheer up Mollie, summer will soon be here and it will

-chase i the chilblains- about their • business.— Anne.) ) y ? | MARY BOYLAN, Okato, got her. badge and was so pleased to find we had made friends with'her so quickly. (How are you getting on all this time Mary, do-you still ~ like our page? Hope Bobbie and Kevin are. . well. Yes I like reading but don’t get much time for it. —Anne.) - - • i TREPHENA QUINN, Okain’s Bay, likes her badge and Terence is happy about his .too. Trephena writes to several members and likes reading our page. (I hope you answer the ‘ letters Trephena and will keep up the . Friendship started now through our L.P.L.C. I got the stamps safely dear but the sixpence I asked for in the first place covered the postage. Several of my Little People sent an extra penny and instead of returning these pennies I put them into our Treasure Box, yours went too. Anne.) , “Anne” also got quite a number of chatty letters from old friends, some asking for mates, others just saying they had been thinking about us. - I’m sorry we have no room to put the letters in just as I got them, but here are the names of all the Little People who think by now that “Anne” has forgotten them. Indeed she hasn’t; MARY BAIN, Napier. (There are four of you on the 21st November Mary—Lexie O’Connell, 14 Kilgour Street, Roslyn, Dunedin; Agnes Kowalski, Beaconsfield, Wharehuia; Ursula Brocherie, “Onuku,” Okain’s Bay, Akaroa; and yourself. Be Letter Friends will you? Anne.)) EILEEN FINN, Beaumont, Nightcaps. (No mate, will you be friends with Madge Gallien, Convent, Teschemakers, no mate either? Call calves Trixie and Pixie. — Anne.)) • . PHYLLIS FLEMING, Riversdale. (Hope you’re enjoying the page still. Anne.) KATHLEEN HARDING, Hokianga. (Did you ever find out the winners of the Scrap Book Competition? Anne.) ) LESLIE HEATH, Wyndham. (Hope you and Lennie are good friends.—Anne.) DYMPNA KANE, St. Andrews. (Glad you and Doreen are friends. The Yankee story is a good one.—Anne.) CATHLEEN EARNER, Wyndham. (Glad you wear your badge and hope you and your Letter Friends are enjoying each other’s letters. Anne.) MARY MARSHALL, Manukau Heads. (Hope your sister is well again dear. Did anyone write to Willie?— ROSALEEN McKENDRY, Sydenham. (Your Mates are Mavis Filmer, Onehunga, ’ and Mona Goggin, 19 Berwick Street, Christchurch. , MOLLY McCORMICK, Maraekakaho.

(Thank C you « for used i stamps dear. — Anne.) - LEN McMAHON, Oronadun. (No Mate - yet Lennie old son, but will you and Henry Campbell, be friends? His date is the 11th • August, his address Box 31, Albury.—Anne.) ; MARY NORLING, Wellington. (Hop© you still hearing from and writing to all T Ji. -pi • 1 ■ a V your Letter Friends. Anne.) v VERONICA PHILPCTT, Wellington. (What ; - an age your chicks . have' been waiting for ••••', their names. Is it too late to call them “Biddy,” “Betty” and “Belinda” F—Anne.) : KATHLEEN O’FLAHERTY, Upper Hutt. (Hope you have Letter Friends by this time Kathleen. —Anne.) ' . tvv KITTY O’BRIEN, Invercargill. (I’m so pleased you and your sister have made your First Holy Communions. —Anne.) * r * HILARY O’BRIEN, Te Wae Wae? .(I’m surprised at you and Dympna not being able to make honest-to-goodness toffee. I’ll have H; to teach you myself ! ! —Anne.) PATTIE O’ROURKE, Napier. (Look out ?? for your riddle in the Bin some time. Be sure to write to your friends or you’ll': lose them.—Anne.) SHEILA O’CONNOR, Wanganui. (Do you think I’ve forgotten you Sheila? No wonder . indeed. Did you bring home any pumice when you went up the Wanganui River?—4? Anne.) FRANCES M. PAUL, Reefton. (Glad you like your badge Frances, and I do hope you’ve made a Letter Friend by now. Anne.) JACK PORTER, Dunedin. (What a nice letter Jack. Would you like to be friends || with Jack McVerry, Pokuru, via Te A warn utu ? He is same age as you and his birthday is on 13th January.—Anne.) v || ’ ANCES SCOTT. (Thank you for the cl riddles, we’ll put them in the Bin soon.— Anne. Glad you liked your badge. Anne.)|| DOREEN WALSHE,* Pahiatua: (Hope you and Marie and Agnes are real ? good • Letter Friends by now. Anne.) Little People dear, I’ve answered every letter I had on hand, which means I’ve got j a perfectly clean slate again. What about a few Riddles now ? •* " : ■. . ■ RIDDLE BIN (Please everybody send an- "I* swers when you send the riddles.—Anne.) 1. I am a potato tail me and I become a pipe. Again and lam an opqn| wooden vessel? (Please send .the answer Pattie, itr® must be good.) ? ;• 2. What is the best thing out? 3. When is a girl not a noun? ' ' 4. What wood is the best for pianos? - - (Please send answers of these three Fran- v ces.) ; . • COMPETITION letters next week. Cheerio. ANNE.