The Hollow Tree

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 176, 15 October 1927, Page 31 (Supplement)

The Hollow Tree

Messages for Sunbeams Letters to the Dawn Lady are answered as under: Alma Evans. Graham’s Beach: A warm welcome to this new Sunbeam who has found the way to Happy Town. Perhaps you would like to enter for the present competitions. I hope I shall often hear from you. Margaret Anderson. Mount Eden: Two letters from Margaret this time and two n*nv Sunbeams for the Dawn Lady. It was splendid receiving those stamps from Jean. Can you find the new Sunbeams in the puzzlers this week? The Little Thought thanks you for your kind message and sends his love in return. Don Day, Mount Albert: Many thanks for your letter, Don. Did you forget all about the red flowers you were going to paint for me? I still have the others on the wall. How is Jack Johnston? Please give him my love. Phyllis Miller, Otahuhu: I was glad to receive your two letters Phyllis, and also the clipping and the story. You are a big girl for ten. I hope you are stronger low. Kathleen Ricketts, Takapuna: I was flad to have your letter Kathleen, and to find that you have discovered the hidden names. Does Eileen live with you? Many thanks for the poem. Reginald Smith, Kingsland: You have certainly had a fine holiday Reg, and I am sure you must have enjoyed those motor trips. Your letter is very neat this time. Gloria Sinel: Please may I have the new address of this little girl? Your membership card wont on a fruitless errand and I should like to know where to send it. Eileen Thorn. Takapuna: I was glad to hear from this Sunbeam and to have your solution to the puzzlers. How many sand castles have you built this week? Joyce Gilbert, Epsom: Many thanks for your friendly little letter Joyce. I am glad that you mother is better and that you are happy again. Are you sending me that story? Perhaps you would like to write one for the competition? Doris Brown, Epsom: You are now a member of our happy family, Doris, and I hope you will often come down Tiptoe Street. Many thanks fo your painting. Edna Bull, Remuera: I feel that I know you very well now that I have a photograph of you Edna. Shirley' is a beautiful doll. I hope her face is not a wax one. I had one like that once and put her to bed under a currant bush, but, when I went back for her. the sun had found out, and I hardly recognised her. ©Id 6 ” a nCW doll did not make up for the Jean Anderson, Mount Eden: This is A very neat letter for a little girl of seven and I hope you will write me many more. I am so glad you have come to Happy Town. That must have been a fine little Play. I wish I had been there too. Birdie Hepburn, Bayswater: I was glad to hear again from this Sunbeam and to nave your painting. This competition feems very popular and has been most interesting. Pa*iy Aldridge, Edendale: Another new Sunbeam for Happy Town. 1 shall he looking forward to hearing all about you. The Little Thought waves a greeting from Tiptoe Street. Mary Anderson, Mount Eden: Welcome to Happy Town, Mistress Mary. Do you nave tea-parties for that large family of dolls? I used to love making them sh. at tables and drink “pretendy” tea. Ella Gwillim, Parnell: Another prebreakfast letter, Ella? You arc certainly an early riser. The little Dutch scene is very pretty and I am putting it •k ,? n wa ll among my treasures. I “nail always think of you when I look at Bruc^ leilSe SiVe my lOVe t 0 Cameron ancl Thomas Freeman, Mount Albert: Greetings. and a warm welcome to our largo Master Tom. I hope I shall be P* ace many messages for you in tne Hollow- Tree. Do you know any of °ther Sunbeams? Gladys Whitley, Auckland: I wonder v this little girl is running her finger ‘•own the names in the Hollow Tree? If 1° she will find her very first message. rime you write to me me you find an answer. The Dawn Lady never forgets Bonny Freeman, Mount Albert: Welcome to this little six-year-old who has come tripping through the Happy Town sates. The Little Thought sends his *p\e and hopes you will soon come again a °^ rn Tiptoe Street . Boyle Ponsonby: I was glad to hear again from this little lady and to nave your clever drawings. What a busy time the pixie postmen are having. Nola Craig, Mount Albert: Your Happy i own letters have always been very neat, •'Ola. and your name has been many in list of Good Scribes, so I tmnk your teacher must be quite cor*yct. Joyce Thomson sends some special on your prize-winning Joyce Thomson, Thames: Your beautifully neat letter and the clever story J av ® reached me safely, Joyce. Many tnanks for both. My birthday is past ~ n d gone, i never tell the date to anybut Insurance men and the Little Jhought, but the other day I heard Spring Sunshine saying to the I have just been taking the * i * n Lady’s pulse to find her birth-

day. She will be ten years old on the thirty-second of Octember!” That’s worse than a leap year birthday, Isn’t it, Joyce? I couldn’t help smiling. No, I have not yet visited Thames. When is your birthday, by the way? Is it in Octember too? Charles Richard Schofield, Ponsonby: Your letter has reached me safely Dick, and you are now one of my Sunbeams. I think you are going to be one of the faithful ones. Much love from Happy Town. Mary Gordon, Herne Bay: Another Sunbeam for the Dawn Lady. lam so glad that you have come to Happy Town. It was a good idea having a frame made all ready for your membership card, but how did you know the size? Did the Little Thought tell you? Connie Dennehy, Newton: I was very glad to have your letter, Connie, and a very neat one it is. You must be a keen student to have passed that examination in so short a time. I shall bo delighted if your friend comes to Happy Town. Nanette Schofield, Ponsonby: Welcome to this little girl who will soon be old enough to read the answers in the Hollow Tree. The Little Thought sends you a very special greeting. Alice Milne, Waiuku: I am sorry that you are not very well just now Alice, and hope that you will soon recover. If the sick Sunbeams are peeping into the Hollow Tree they will find that you have been thinking of them. Molly Dennehy, Newton: Many thanks for your neat letter Molly. You and Connie are certainly Good Scribes. The name of “Ginger” seems to suit your kitten. Is he a tawny one? Mary Earle, Royal Oak: A warm welcome to this little maid whose first letter to the Dawn Lady' is one of the neatest this week. I find that the children who read the Happy Town page always come down Tiptoe Street sooner or later. Every' good wish, Mistress Mary

George Gatfield, Ponsonby: Welcome to our friendly' family, George I am so glad that you have come to Happy lown and hope I shall have a long letter soon so that I know all about you. It is always an exciting busines finding new Sunbeams in the mail. Ruby Maher, Otahuhu: I was glad to have your letter. Ruby, and to hear all about the fancy dress dance. Many thanks also for sending the poem. You and Kathleen must, be great mates. Do you live together? Phyllis Wright, Grey Lynn: A warm welcome to this new Sunbeam and many thanks for your competition entry. I hope I shall have many letters from you. Much love from Happy Town. Kathleen McMullen, Otahuhu: I was glad to have your competition painting.

Hi rk Hi Hi Hi rH t Hi Hii Hi Hi Kathleen. The little girl and the vase, fashioned from the grey Nile mud, are very popular in Happy Town just now. Michael Hutt, Birkenhead: I was glad to hear again from this young artist and to have your entry for the painting competition. I see you have mounted it and very attractive it looks. That book on commercial art should give you some useful information. Joyce Ludlow, Ponsonby: A new Sunbeam for Happy Town. I am so glad that you have come down Tiptoe Street. The pixie postmen have delivered your competition entry and the Little Thought waves a greeting. Myrtle McCormick, Pukekohe: I was glad to hear again from this nine-year-old and to have your painting. Little Miss Wales is still smiling at me from the wall. I have such an interesting picture gallery. Jack Montague, Thames: I was glad to have your jolly letter, Jack, and also your competition entry. It is very good. You would like particulars of the Giggler Bird’s birth certificate? Very well. It reads thus: “Giggler Bird, Rara Avis, born in Land of Lost Ideas, 7291 B.C. Age of egg: three centuries.” I quite agree that he would not make a very suitable Christmas dish. He himself would chuckle at the very idea. Eric Taft, Birkenhead: I was very sorry to. hear that you have lost poor Larry and that your friend’s dog has been poisoned also. It is most unfortunate. Dogs are faithful friends, aren’t they, Eric? Jean Buckley, Mount Roskifl: Many thanks for your letter, Jean. In spite of the inferior pen the writing is very neat. So you consider the Dawn Lady the “Queen of Happy Town”? I am certainly having a pleasant reign. John Kirtley Cameron, Mangere: I am very glad to have you for one of my Sunbeams, Jack, and hope I shall often hear from you. Please tell me about yourself when next you write. Lorna Radford, Avondale: Your tidy little letter has come safely to Happy Town, Lorna. All the puzzlers are correct. Can you find the hidden animals this time? The Little Thought thinks they are very easy. Clifford Bowrey, Onehunga: I was glad to have your neat letter, Clifford, and to read the story about the Polar Beai\ Have you seen them at the Zoo diving for fish? It will soon be warm enough to go swimming. It is a splendid pastime. How far can you swim? Ruth Thompson, Mt. Roskill: Yes, thank you, Ruth, the Dawn Lady is well and happy. And you? Many thanks for your painting. It is very good. Your writing is as neat as ever. Alma Miller, Grey Lynn: Welcome to this new Sunbeam who has found her way to Happy Town. I really think I should have a corner for Very Good Scribes. Your painting is entered in the competition. Much love, Alma. Joyce Gilbert, Epsom: The little girl and her Egyptian vase, has reached me safely, Joyce. * I have some clever little artists in Happy Town. Best wishes, little lady. Jean Mclndoe, Hamilton: We are all longing for the time when Jean will be able to come down Tiptoe Street again. Such numbers of messages have come for you. All your kind thoughts have reached me safely. Often I spread out that beautiful little present of yours under the Happiness Tree and wish a big wish. Something tells me that this wish is going to come true, Jean. Isabel Davis, Epsom: Oh, no, not for a moment did I think that you would ever leave Happy Town. The girl of twelve in the Wigwam must be a Girl Guide. Give my best love to Pat. I am so glad she is better. Thelma Churches, New Plymouth: Welcome to this far-away Sunbeam. I am so glad that you have become a member of our happy family. Many thanks for your competition painting, Thelma. I hope I

shall have many more from you. June Gladd ng. New Lynn: Thank you very much for your letter, June. That fancy dress ball is going to be fine fun. I hope you have a happy time and also that you are successful in your examination. What a young rogue baby is becoming. I think he must enjoy those games with you. Gladys Dunkley, Birkenhead: I was glad to hear again from this faithful Sunbeam and to have that quaint little poem about the kitten. Much love from Happy Town. G. Kidd, Tokanui: A warm welcome to Happy Town, Master Tokanui. I hope I shall be able to place many messages for you in the Hollow Tree. When next you write would you please let the Dawn Lady know your Christian name. Greetings and best wishes. Jack Gladding, New Lynn: The Little

Thought was just taking the last message across to the Hollow Tree when I called out, “Just a moment. Here’s one lor Master Jack.” So he came flying back for it as fast as his wings could carry him. Many thank's for the riddles. I hope you enjoy the fancy dress ball.