A PAGE for LITTLE PEOPLE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 33, 2 September 1925, Page 37

A PAGE for LITTLE PEOPLE

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■; My dear Little Poeple, i~/' fcSi 8 - ?.e is going to be an important page. £ i Wve so much to do, so much to say, so - much to decide, that we'll just get a straightaway start and waste no time on trimmings. ;. The Competition is over mean your part is done with—and we must see about counting the VOTES. To make this easy " •as well as 1 interesting, I'm going to put in the letters received from my Little People, .-v just as they wrote to me. All of you can do as I am 'd6ing—make a careful count of ' . every vote* and put it against the name of . // the Grown-Up it belongs to. I'm sorry you didn't write more letters to me, but, perhaps, it couldn't be helped after all, and v what our dear Grown-Ups wrote counts with ' "Anne" 'just the same. I will not put any • ?/"■ answer to your letters, my Little People, ffest this general answer to all of you who wrote: "Thank you for entering for the Competi|L^ 'i*i<>o-i and I hope you and "Anne" will be /: : J Bood friends for years, and years, and years to ''come. ■ If my Little People will help me when I.ask them, we'll have such a wonderful lot of« happy hours to remember when we're old and gray. Indeed where would ■' -"-- '"Anne's" page he now if the Little People hadn't been so good and helpful in so many waysP It may-take a couple of weeks to ':■ get a L the letters into print, but that's nothing at all, and they're good to read. Thank you again, and mind you're ready for the • next bit of working fun.—-" Anne." Presently,-, I'll give you the full list of \ ' Grown-Ups who tried with you in the Com- : , petHtfon, but, first, we must look up the Birthday Book and see who's who for September. Starting with the Ist of the month, we have Eileen Young (no address), Harry Whittle (no date), Irma Stanton; Veronica Kane, and Clara Mundy, same day; Phyllis -{ ■" Shortal, Kitty O'Donoghue, Nancy O'Brien, .^ and Margaret Mary Wolffram, same day; Eileen p'Gorman,, Tracey O'Gorman, Jessie- ; _ Fleming? and Veronica Smith, all on same . ; date; Mary Carroll, Peggy Griffen, Kitty . Bradshaw and William Browne, same day; ••^ ■':. Billy Heffernan and Manuel de Senna ?l| \ (Jack), ; same day; Mavis Filmer, Mona Gog- :, gin, and Rosaleen McKendry. on saWday; V. Doris Garnsford and Kathleen Kerr, same Jt day; John Edward Keenan, Moira-Casey, -Xv and Clare Conrick, same day; Jim Walters, .*f|" Kathleen ; McCormick, Molly O'Reilly, and £ WJM Cissy Davies, all same day; Lorna Osborne; ~ ;;■ Margaret O'Loughlin, James Elkington;

Leta Robertson and Phyllis Fitzgerald, same day; Mona Hannan; Bill Murphy, Monica Qnigan, Kathleen Daly (no address), Kathleen Pownall. Good wishes to all of these, and a very happy Birthday. The following list of names brings our L.P.L.C. Members right up to date. Be sure you keep these lists, or you'll find yourselves out in the cold when you want Letter Friends because there are really too many to expect fresh lists very often. As new names come in, I'll print them at the end of each month. Do try to keep count because we're not far short of 300. What about some more joining to make three Centuries. You all know what a century is, don't you? It is Cue Hundred. Wolfram, Margaret Mary and Charlie,Pukehou, Hawke's Bay. De Senna, Manuel (Jack), 8 Hackett St., Ponsonby, Auckland. Barnett, Brownie, East Takaka, Nelson. Spelman, Lennie, Woodville. Callaghan, Kathleen, 4 Corry Avenue, Napier. McDonald, Honoria, Port Molyneux. Ryall, Mag., Barry town. Quigan, Agnes and Monica, 19 Ihaka St., Palmerston North. Murphy, Elizabeth, Private Bag,X)orbyvale, Westport. Osborne, Lorna, 64 Young Street, Wanganui East. Foley, Lucy, 62 Young Street, Wangariui East. b O'Flaherty, Kathleen, Martin St., Upper Hutt. . . Heaphy, Dorothy, Bevlins. Brennan, Pat, Mangapapa, Gisborne. McCarthy, Eileen, 368 Castle St., Dunedin. . Burt, Thelma, 25 Main Street, Pahiatua, Garvey, Nora, : Box 60, Stratford. ' Keeffe, Betty, Peak Hill, Lake Coleridge. Dowling, Cassie, "Awaroa," Hyde. J r Kinney, Margaret,' Rochdale Farm, Chatto Creek. Central Otago. r Hansby, Glory, Russell Street, Westport. . Stumbles, Mary, Box 6, Cromwell. Walker, [ Margaret, Enfield. White,; Mary, "Glencoe," Little River; | y O'Donoghue, Kitty, 20 .Domain St., Spreydon, Christchurch. ; -.H."i O'Brien, Dolly, Clifden. . ~ ;/, .J ■' ..±:\~ Barker, Patsy, 6 Karori Road, Wellington North. , y - r : ■:-:■■■ Burke, Margaret, J P. 0., Waituna, South-land.''"-■■''t!^r-~"' "> '-■""' • : "-'* J -" ; /

e r Bain, lan and Mary, 7 Thistle Street r i Napier. ■......:. . ' .v..ThN-5 McGovern, Verona, Kio Kio, King Coun- , try. ■ ' - < Whelan, Eileen, Waimatuku, Southland. Abbott, Ella, "Kincora," Pahautaniii. :' r Hannigan, Vincent, Aawa Moa, Oamaru. 3 COMPETITION VOTING PAPER If » I have given a full line to each name, you t will have room to put your count on the ' i same line as the name. We'll just see if you. • get the same answer as "Anne" does: 3 ' Baizeen, Mrs. Emily, G*ra1dine.:.....".\......y'.v • Cotterell, Mrs., Temuka ~§ ' Cuttance, M— H. J., Otokia ....:....;;;. ;^H i Healy, M— A. J., Pukeatua ....;.....-....;...] Harding, Mrs. G., M0tukaraka.................. • Mundy, Mrs. J., Kaitangata f^ Mulligan, Miss Lily, Okato .- , Prendeville, Mrs., Chatham 151and5....!!.'..!..' ' . Quinn, Mrs, E., Okain's Bay ; ... The Shan Van Vocht, Somewhere in Hawke's Bay ...:. And this is what the Little People have'?! ■answered:— ' .--.-. ■:■■■s* Elm Grove, Akaroa. x My dear Anne,—l am writing to acknowledge the book you sent me. Thank you very much for it. Enclosed find the letter " I judge to be the best one written by grownups. I am, your friend, Ursula Brocherie. (MONA COTTERELL'S MOTHER'S let- § ter is the one selected.—Anne. Police Station, Owaka. M\ Dear Anne, J . : ;%i Here I am again. I have decided which letter I like best. MRS. OUTTANCE'S is the best because it is the most interesting. This lady is from Rosedell Farm, . Otokia. I, have not seen my letter in the Tablet yet, so I thought it, must have gone astray. I will close now with love from—Annie Bonisch. . ' . _ v * ; ■ • C/o Mrs. R. H. Davis, Oxford Rd, * "-.-- - ■' -',.:■- .-•■.-••■..'••': >-■■■ \ Okato, Taranaki. ~ Dear Anne, - .;' .;. I saw all our fairy Godmothers' "arid God- Z fathers' "letters in this week's Tablet. It '¥: is very nice to see that some of the Grown-'.". up's take an interest in our interesting • ..". page. •-.-/' ~ • ■ <* . ;„ ! ••;: -■■/'■..- »: ■-„• :•- ..••• ■" '■ • . .- " :,.<.■;• y,- ■~ All the-; letters are very good, don't you think so too, Anne? I find it very hard to choose which .one to vote for. However I - vote for MRS. QUINN'S: I tiritiir 'it. ; ~u -."

be very nice to have a mite box to put ourpennies in, for the • orphanages. , , '•' ; : --; -I"will finish now dear Anne as this is to .-;>-~b"e a short letter. ..: Hoping you 1 are quite .j ) well and wishing you every success with your ? page. I 7 remain, dear your' loving' - » friend; Mary Boylan. ",.,'.. -< '; " _,' - . -- Geraldine.: Dear Anne, , v - I vote for MRS. EMILY BAIZEEN bet-- cause I , think : it is most amusing '-■ for chil-, ; ,; dren. l I remain, yours'truly- Johnny Da||||p^i; vies. ; P.S.—Mrs. Baizeen is my Grown-Up, - - I live with her. .; ■V: " .V ilfip r * w ' ;■ Geraldine. •_ ■•- Dear Anne,- : - ;;; "'-' iv ;' : '-' l!;; " . May I join the L.P.L.O. P My vote is for the letter signed "MONA COTTERELL'S W§Sti MOTHER," because I like the suggestions for competitions. I remain, yours sincerely, Willie G. Davies. Geraldine. Dear Anne, i r -.i,; ; " My best Grown-up's letter is MRS. E. : BAIZEEN. I like it because it is more interesting and funny for children. I ret|:: main, yours sincerely, Cissy Davies. P.S. —She is my Auntie and my Grown-up. \ ' Inglewood,-Taranaki. Dear Anne, : -" : : 3-Hi* ; This is my third letter to you. The ; : bazaar is over and we had great fun too. '.. Could you find-my birthday mate? I received my badge, it is a lovely one. ' We " sent two cats away to Inglewood one 'day and the next day one came five miles home .walking, on its own. Dear Anne, I think ; THERESA HEALY'S letter, Pukeatua, is Xtp;?, the best. • I think I will close now. I re- | > main, your friend, Maud Doduriski. ■■'. v Pukeatua. Dear Anne, . ; ;r ; v I was very pleased to see the Grown-Ups' letters in the Tablet. It took me a long time to decide which of the letters - I liked , best. -I. really think that the SHAN VAN g|i: VOOHT was nicest -because it was most in- ; • teresting of all, some of the suggestions were - _ very good. At first I thought the GrownUps were not going to write, but I was . V pleased to see some of them wrote. Yours ' truly, Theresa Healy. . - . "' < Dannevirke. ; Dear Anne, ; ..;--•'/ : -.'/ -.-'" - =;,' ■■/; . ; : I am writing to tell you that MRS. "E. QUINN'S letter is the best written by the Grown-Ups in this week's' -.Tablet.''-,-■■. ■■ |5;:: N : Her- suggestion of the i "Daydream^ Mite Box" :is a good one. lam sure the -Little ' ;■: '/:■ - Orphans would be very grateful to the Mem- :.; • bers of the L.P.L.C—Your old friend, Lesy lie Lyons. ._■ : 'J" ■'■/':.-. v;.J*i. ■s'''-.-.-

r - - - •*.. : .". ~, -7-T- ~ \ - "~~ Wyndham. ,' 1 My j dearest Anne;- ;%.;-^iiO-^ ; •"--'.'-'V Having read over all -your Grown-rUps' ; letters I consider in -my -own;: mind that MRS. E. QUINN'S letter is the nicest of all. She seems to be the only one that has remembered the ;Daydream, and also her suggestion is very good, for I am quite sure that all of us r Little People could send at least a penny per week -.-for" the little orphans. Dear Anne, : . it is not the length of r this , letter that takes my fancy, it is the >homely way, she writes, and I think it was very nice for her to invite us .-to, her place; in the Daydream. 7 ; Well dear Anne as you .asked for a short letter I will close. I am, yours as ever, Catherine Larner. - 'iS -" : 5. ; - ■:'■■■" 1,-r Kaitangata. Dear Anne, _ „* '»..■■■'".. I have studied the Grown-Ups' letters and I think they are all very good," but the one I like the best is MONA COTTERELL'S MOTHER. I like it because I like going in for competitions, and I am sure all the other Little People do too, Anne. Secondly, I like poetry and I think all the Little People could afford a'penny every time they, write, to you, don't you. think so ; Anne? Hoping to see my letter in prints and .thiY you agreo with my suggestions, I will close. I remain, your loving friend, 01 va Mundy. Kaitangata. Dear Anne, As I have read the Grown-Up*' letters in' the Tablet I have decided on whk'i one I ■ like lest out of the ten. "'The one I prefer is "MfMA OOTTERELL'StMOTHER"' because I like 'good poetry and I am fond of competing in competitions. As regards to the payment of a penny I think most of the Little People could afford that small sum. Well dear Anne, I will close now wishing you and your Club every blessing. I remain, your loving friend, Alice Mundy. '" :-:; -' "'- "' •■" - Gore. ' Dear Anne, 'J V " j, I suppose you will be thinking I am never going to write to you. I received your lovely badge with pleasure. I wear it to school nearly every day. I see that several of my school-mates write to you. I was. twelve years, old last May and wish to have someone to write to so that no one of twelve may be without a mate. Our Tablet came to-night arid I have just finished reading our delightful - page. As to voting about the Grown-Ups' letters, I: think that MRS. , MULLIGAN'S is the best, v t The reason ; is that I would rather make some garment for the orphans, than save a penny a week. 1 I think they would like it. I am coming to our glorious Make-believe Party with the' boys, of which we have > five, and cousin

Sheila Ford, who stays with us. It is too far for her to come in from : East % Chat ton, which ; is eleven miles from here, to go to the High School. Wishing you and your . bright Little People every benefit with our party, I s remain, ; your l old Little Person, Denise Mulvey. - . . ~,^ Gore. Dear Anne, - - My birthday is on January 6, and -I} am eight and would like to know if ". I have a birthday mate. I wish to join the-L.P.L.C.r • and would like a badge for which I enclose sixpence. I would like to vote on the Grown-Up's letters. ; I think ; MRS. : MULLIGAN is the best, because I think it would be nice for the boys and girls i. to make something for the orphans. Good-bye Anne, love from Greg. Mulvey. :s•*£& * Now dears', that's all we have room-for this week. Be careful with your votes, arid watch out for next week's page, there'll be more letters and votes in it. Good-night all. ''■ V ; ". ' .-'."' - ; -..: .""-/.■-' >■■ ';■/„ v ■:■ ...._■ ■■_/.,:.- !''- ANNE.