THE LADIES' PAGE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 4 March 1908, Page 72

THE LADIES' PAGE.

By Emmelijtb.

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ANSWERS TO COREESPONDENTS. Alpha II. — All my answers to you seem to be thanks, de*r happy dispenser of pleasure*! The sweet peas were as welcome as beautiful, and "Dot" asks me to tha-nk . you very heartily for your kind intention tHsrt I should. slisu-e. (Kern -svitli ter Difficulties rendered that impossible, for as a mattei of f«ct I was not at the office all day. Saturday is our weekly half-holiday, and "Dot" and I live almost as far apart as residential suburbs can take us. But your flowers were shared with a flower-lover mirus a garden ; and with a dear, unselfish girl 'who, working for her living, is never top tired or too busy to be doing something for others. Last of all, they were the source of un- j limited pleasure to "Emmeline" herself. . What a lovely and wonderful one that ifr which is cerise, marked with blue violet! There was a black thread round the stems. What is its name, "Alpha"? No, dear friend, it was a mistake in interpreting I my answer, for I never personally receive j my unknown friends. There is something ■ at once so beautiful and so satisfying about the relationship on both sides that it h<aa always been retained as imrpersonal with my predecessor as with myself. But I am writing. J. D. Elmstead.— l was so truly glad to hear from you once more, after a. silence of years. Thank you for the card with its sweet and friendly wish. If you can spare time to write and tell me about the invalid whose physical troubles interested me so much in former years, I should like io hear. Anyway, to find myself still remembered is most pleasant. R. 8., Waitartt.— l will, if possible, give you a suggestion or two on the subject. Shasta. — Thank you for your long and interesting letter, Shasta — interesting, dear, because I do so like to hear about you and the events and surroundings of your life. I see you have traderstood very truly that article on "Paying the Price," and Tead between the lines as well es on them. I suppose it was vivid, Shasta, because I was so vitally impressed with •the truth of it myself at the time of writing. You know how things seize upon one sometimes.