THE HOLLOW TREEE.

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 584, 9 February 1929, Page 31

THE HOLLOW TREEE.

Letters to the Dawn Lady are answered as lollow:

Nita Short, Onehunga: No membership cards were sent out wh le the Dawn Lady '\as on holiday, Nita, but I think yours vvili have reached you now. Thank you for the riddles.

37 Coyle Street Edendale: Lost a name, 'our puzzle entry reached me safely, dumber 37.

Joy Hill, Auckland: The Doorkeeper d ,«? ot manage all the letters, Joy. lne \Voodpecker is guarding your love for Jean Mclndoe, Eileen Grade, Marcia George, Jean Farquhar. Mary Potts and Ruby Thomas, and Elizabeth Christine will be glad that you have included a special thought for her. Some Happy Tonn love for Joy. Thank you, too, lady y ° Ul second charming letter, little

Irene Setter, Auckland: Yes, 1 know ihe poem ••Nod’*- oit by heart, Irene. It . s v ? n ® , ot favourites. Do you know fUi °£* s If •» also by Walter (le la Mare. Joyce Sheath will be glad \ij Vte your congratulations and Jean Mclndoe, Gay du Faur and Nancy Waller >our love. Thank vou for answering the competition Bell. Daphne Thomassen, Avondale: WelDaphne, and congratulations on liming a prize in the puzzle eonipetiI h °M* ! I shall soon lind another lettei from you in the mail. Edeen Neben, Birkenhead: CongratuMUons on gaining your Proficiency, aiul ma,,y thanks for your comPetition entry. The Woodpecker has promuied not to peck the Hollow Tree right

Morman, Birkenhead: Congratusocn I *** Your prize will reach you

Margaret Anderson, Mount Eden: I yonder it you saw the fairy Good Fortune when you looked in the crystal, * ["■ She was certainly at your „ ®?' v '' hen you wrote out your list. My umbrella, was a very good tent that wet JL 1 *? 1 * and I reached Tiptoe Street moderately dry. Some Happy Town love f Ruth r ¥if et ’ Jean and Maryff,U,uth T , hom PSO". Mount Roskill: I am v, . ou ", ave been on holiday, too, Ruth. ~°, u , c L , ? nd l *iose girls' names. How is ite Indian ink these days? 1 hope you are keeping up your drawing. Josephine Rutherford, Epsom: Welcome home, Josephine. And after your on* silence you consider yourself 'the rntr * eSt member?” Thank you for your Clarence Davey, Elferslie: Your letter ? v *»fy, interesting. Clarence. What a •ne holiday ut Howick. How many Pounds of blackberries did you eat? Marjorie Harvey, Takapuna: Thank you *2 r . thti stor Y, Marjorie. Isn't it splendid 'hat your wee sister has become a Sunbeam, too? r. 7,' ntoe Harvey. Takapuna: Welcome, itUe one. What h jolly name you have. Jt sounds like fairy hells. The Little sends you a special kiss. , Ll,, »as McLean, Glen Massey: Yes, I some pets, Lilllas—several thousand Sunbeams. Felix and Nigger must V® ,nu °h attached to their mistress. Welc°m« to our happy family. Muriel Lander. Maungatawhiri: Thank V ou for >"our interesting letter. Muriel, jou should almost know how to run a meetin *J after attending so many, f hank you for your puzzle entry. °. l ? a d Wallwork, Takapuna: Oh, dear, xhi w?n Woo 2P eck « r never laya < -^ s in liu» Tree. Perhaps you would w«tJS° ** nd him a china egg, Donald. A "arm welcome to this young man. Jean Wells, Papatoetoe: Do you think \v-iiTi , kitten would like to be called (vi5 kle , ? Thank you for answering the Competition Bell. Jean. rrtnZtu w ' lkins * Remuera: Another seven juonths on crutches. Joan? That year is very slowly. The Little Thought nvulf sure that n, " xt summer you will be p 6 lo swim like other girls. A Pixie entry 4ll delivered your competition Dene Edna Freescn, Auckland: Here are Happy Town, Irene. The Holis very full this week, so the but ? L a m y r annot send long messages, letters** 1 a i Wtt >' s be glad to have your

Beeson . St. Heliers Bay: What a ane holiday, Joe. Your puzzle is eorPKw., lio « is l he faithfu * Beppo? , p hy||is Rea, Grey Lynn: Yes I should (ove to see those stories, Phyllis. 1 hope . ou will soon write again. You found -he girls' names. Lucy Crooks, Otahuhu: So you are yow one of the world s workers, Lucy? ' hope you will b- verv happy in your !**"* Jife. The Little Thought declares uiMt he peeped in on your birthday party. Helen Somerville. St. Heliers Bay: ■teaches for the Dawn Lady? How tempt-

ing they look in their bed of green, and they were not the least bit bruised. A thousand thanks to this kind little Sunbeam.

Eric and David Buchanan, Takapuna: My little flower men have sent me some more sunshine this week and my vases are filled with those beautiful blooms What is the name of that big pink lily with one bud still unopened? It is a stranger to me. Ary best love and thanks to Eric and David.

T. Algoe Miller, Avondale: So you are going to Sydney? I hope you will have a pleasant trip, and I shall be looking forward to your next letter. Some Happy Town wishes for this member.

Val Matthews. Hamilton: Your flower elf looks very dainty, Val. What a pity you were not able to send it in in time for the competition.

Jean Mclndoe, Hamilton: Another letter in ink, Jean? What joyous days. Poetry is a world in itself where people may see ‘‘fountains in the desert” at will. One passage in your letter made me pause to wonder how such thoughts come to flow through the mind of a little girl of fourteen. I think the Muses must

sit and watch you while you are asleep Write me another poem and I shall be able to say for certain. My dearest love to our little “happy warrior.” Maureen Gill, Frankton: Oh yes, Maureen, the Little Thought and the Dawn Lady loved that voyage in the rainbow boat. Perhaps, if you listen well, you, too, will hear the rower's chant. Y’our puzzle is correct. Nola Craig, Mount Albert: You will feel a very grown-up Sunbeam now that vou are at Grammar School, Nola. Your puzzle is correct. And Buz would like three golden tears from the Dawn Lady’s eves as payment for his services as Keeper-in -Cnief-of- the-Dawn -Lady's-Let-ter-Opener? I am afraid I shall have to ask the Dustman to throw some golden dust in my eyes when next he calls with his gifts of sleep. Buz can then call for this three golden tears. He has rather quaint ambitions for a cat. Dorothy Ferguson, Remuera. Thank vou for your two letters, Dorothy* Xam

i MESSAGES FOP SUNBEAMS.

glad., also that you were able to answer the Competition Bell. Do you know, I have never been to. Brown’s Bay. Isn't that an awful confession?

Alice Williams, Epsom: Thank you for bringing your two little friends down Tiptoe Street, Alice. I hope they will lind much of interest in Happy Town. The Little Thought sends you a very particular smile.

Elizabeth Christie, Auckland: This morning a shaft of sunshine stole in at my window and 1 knew that it was bringing me a message from you, for the smallest Pixie Postman declares that he slept last night in your mail box. Some Happy Town thoughts for Elizabeth. and Kathleen Baker, Taumarunui: Welcome to my new Sunbeams. I shall be looking forward to hearing all about you. Please will you let me know how old you are. Kiwi and Kathleen.

Jean Buckley, Mount Roskill: Rita Tangaroa is nine, Jean. Thank you for the poem, and your competition entry.

Gay du Faur, Howick: The gardens at Ellerslie are certainly very beautiful,

Gay. School is a bother, but 1 think you will soon settle down. Y’ou found those hidden names and the Woodpecker is taking care of your messages for Jean Buckley, Becky Pelham, Joyce Thomson and Mary Potts. Some Happy Town thoughts for this little sun lover. Vera Norton, Mount Eden: Welcome, Vera. I am glad that Jean's friend has come to Happy Town. Your puzzle is correct, and I like the wee poem about the linnet’s nest. Now that you have ventured down Tiptoe Street I hope I shall have many letters from you. George Dormer, Mount Eden: Many thanks for your competition entry and for sending me that game, George. Your Happy Town brotrr<rs will be glad you have remembered them. Stella Knight, Auckland: Thank you for the pretty card, Stella. Yes, 1 like it very much. When I think of this little Sunbeam, I shall always remember that line: “Noiseless falls the foot of time that only treads on flowers.” Annie Josephine Kenny, Karangahake:

Welcome, Josephine. Perhaps you would like to write to Lucy Crooks, Panama Estate, Otahuhu. Y'our puzzle is cor-

Isabella Newman, Rotorua: Another happy letter from Isabella. The Dawn Lady likes gathering pipis, too. And they eat jellyfish in Samoa with vinegar? I am afraid I should not like to find one on my plate. My best love to this faithful little girl. Margot Hogben, Parnell: Yes, I guessed which little girl was writing to me. You and Phyllis should be great friends, and I hope you will soon meet your cousin. Has the whooping cough quite gone? Get plenty of sunshine, wee one

Joyce Sheath, Remuera: That must have been, your lucky day, Joyce. Isn’t it lovely winning a competition? When I win anything 1 always want to jump on a table. Thank you for your entry. Edna Bowman, Grey Lynn: I am glad that you and Marjorie have not forgotten Happy Town. It would make the Dawn Lady very sad if her little people did not remember the way down Tiptoe Street, because that is where the Dawn Lady finds happiness, too. What jolly outings you have been having. Thank you for answering the Competition Bell.

Willie Carron, Birkenhead: So you keep all the Happy Town pages, too, Willie? Soon you will have to have a special room to keep them in. were lucky being able to go to Wanganui and New Plymouth. Y’our list is correct.

Douglas Hill, Mount Albert: Welcome, Douglas. We are all delighted that Joy’s brother has come to Happy Town. You are going to be one of my good scribes, too. I am glad to find that you are interested in competitions.

Isabel Rennie, Stanley Bay: You have still a year in Happy Town, Isabel, as sixteen is the turning point. Yes, I had a happy holiday on that “dreamy isle.” The Lady of the Little Brown House is a ■very charming person and I hope to visit her again soon. She called on me not very long ago. Thank you for answering the Competition Bell, and please will you give my love to Mac. Jack Lydster, Takapuna: “Silver” is a great favourite of mine, Jack, and I am glad that it appeals to you, too. I like the decoration at the head of your letter and your solution to the puzzle is correct.

Grace Beer, Remuera: Y'our fountain pen must be a good one, Grace, for it writes very neatly. I am glad that you are going to take up a commercial course. Your puzzle is correct. Rita and Ngaronga Tangaroa, Morrinsvrlle: Thank you, little people. I like that wee rhyme, Rita, and you found the girls' names, Ngaronga. Margery Grant, Portland: So you took Ross to a picnic and put him in the baby show? And he Avon first prize? When he grows up he will have many a quiet laugh over it. Y’our competition entry is very neatly set out, Margery.

Jean Norley, Whangarei: Welcome, little Miss Jean. The Dawn Lady will always be glad to hear from her new Sunbeam. _ Jessie Beavis, Portland: Twenty pounds of blackberries was a good harvest, Jessie, and 1 think your fingers must have been dyed a rich purple. I hope you will realise your ambition to become a kindergarten teacher. Margaret Norley, Whangarei: Thank vou for the photograph of Whangarei Harbour, Margaret. It is a very pretty place. That was an exciting race and you were fortunate in being able to watch it. You found all the girls’ Gloria Rawlinson, Auckland: bo Silver Bells, the* fairy, lost her silver shoe/ How lucky that she happened to meet that kind spider. I think if was quite correct of her to repay him as she did, for he would not have thanked her for a bag of gold. You puzzled out Cora. Lucy and all the others. Lulu Eddy, Waiuku: Snowy is a muchtravelled cat. Lulu. Which part of New Zealand does ne prefer? Thank you for your list of names. Eileen Knight, Auckland: I am glad that you are going to add still further to my picture gallery, Eileen. It is good to know that your sunburn has recovered, for it is very painful while it lasts. The Pixie Postmen did not lose vour competition entry. Kathleen Grieve, Herne Bay: Youi little boat, the “Stanley,” sounds very interesting, Kathleen. Do you ever take it across to Stanley Bay? What a popular competition that last one was. I was glad to have your entry. Ida Cunningham, Ohinemutu: Here you are in our little world for little people Ida, and I shall always be glad to hear from you. There will be plenty more competitions, and 1 am sure you will find numbers of friends in Happy Town.

best love and greetings. Lilian Gibb, Archhilh. So you have skipped three classes in four years? Soon you will be skipping away from school altogether. Some Happy Town thoughts for you and your brother. Phyllis Mary Stenlake, Royal Oak: Congratulations on winning that scholarship, Phyllis. That is splendid work. And vou have been familiar with Hajxpy Town from the very first page? I am delighted that you have decided to become a Siciubeam. All those names are

correct. Much love to this new member. Dorothy Rice, Onehunga: So your brother keeps pigeons? If we had some in Happy Town I could send you messages by pigeon post. The Doorkeeper will be glad to have your love message. You managed to solve the puzzle, Dorothy. . , , Kathleen Lord, Turua: And you have left school, Kathleen ? Don t the yeai s fly bv? The Little Thought thanks you for responding to the Competition 8011. Vera Lord, Turua: A new Sunbeam for Happy Town. Thank you for your fine little letter. The Dawn Lady hopes you will often come tripping down Tiptoe St Joan Carbutt, Waihi: Oh, no, we were not seasick in the rainbow boat, Joan. It sailed like a feather on the water and did not rock at .all. lour teacher will be glad to have those riowers. lou are a true little Sunbeam. I was pleased to have vour entry for the competition. Bill Pratt, Takapuna: Y’es, I was very surprised to find that you were in Nelson, Bill. I hope you will be much stronger after your holiday. The postcard you sent is very interesting. My best love to Phyllis and Bill. Molly Clark, Waihi: It was very sweet of Jean to send you that pretty handkerchief and I am sure you will always treasure it. Jean has found the way to be happy against great odds and the sun will always shine for her. When I told the YVoodpecker to take charge of your “Arohanui” for your Sunbeam brothers and sisters he looked a little perplexed, but the Little Thought whispered that it was just another way of saying big love.” There is a big love for you in Happy Town, too, Molly. Olive Courtney, Henderson: Yes, you may send me some papers if you wish, Olive. Some sick Sunbeam would be glad to have them. lam pleased to-Unow that Grace Lawless Is your friend. You will be able to share Happy Town. Ruth Powell, Huntly: 1 was glad to hear again from Ruth. The Little Thought’s wheelbarrow is piled high this week, but, unfortunately, there is not room to give everyone a message. YVliat a fine holiday you had. Ella Dinsdale, Rotorua: The goldfish must look very pretty among the reeds, Ella. So far I have not been to Rotorua. That is a pleasure in store for me. Thank you for the joke. Margaret Jones, Raetihl: Yes, by all means give your cousin a form to fill in. There is a warm welcome awaiting her in Happy Town. Thank you very much for the riddles and the poem. Annie Archer, Auckland: Welcome home, Annie. YVe are glad that you have not forgotten the way down Tiptoe Street. That was a wonderful holiday. I knew that you were born in Tonga, because I know a lady who knew you and your sisters there. Jean will be glad to have your love message. Jean Farquhar, Auckland: Numbers of my Sunbeams are starting at Grammar School this year. Yes, that tall girl is Nola Craig. Did she have a black cat with her? The Woodpecker is looking after your love messages for Jean Mclndoe, Joy Hill, Mary Potts and Nancy Waller.

June Hinton, Eureka: Welcome, Blue Eyes. I should love to see your pony. One of these days I shall not be surprised if I hear him galloping down Tiptoe Street.

Frank Hinton, Eureka: So you are going to be an airmail, Frank? How fine that will be. Y’ours is a proper Happy Town birthday. That was the day of our first page. Joyce Woodcock, Edendale: YYhat a beautiful armful of flowers, Joyce. I am a very lucky Dawn Lady. My Sunbeams bring great happiness to me. I shall look forward to plenty more letters now you have returned from your holiday.

Letters and competition entries have also been received from the following Sunbeams, to whom the Dawn Lady sends her love and thanks:—

Mavis Heath. Waihi; C. Scott, Thames; Maxim Marsh, Parnell; Jim Newman, Hamilton; Molly Garland, Auckland; Jim Couper, Auckland; Bert McGee, Epsom; Dorothy Ellis, Onehunga; Lily Forbes, Portland; Jean Govan, Grey Lynn; Lillian Govan, Grey Lynn; Ruth Owen, Mount Roskill; Heather Price, Grey Lynn; Sylvia Wouldes, Papatoetoe; Quita Taine, Epsom; Patty Browne, Devonport; Leslie Taylor, Hamilton; Ethel Hodson, Manurewa; Valda Francis, Ponsonby; Gladys Goodman, Parnell; Lucy Majurey. Thames; Pamela Taylor, Grey Lynn; Kathleen Piper, New' Lynn; Marie Boggs, Mount Eden: Joyce Waghorn, Auckland; Mary McLeod, Takapuna; Edna Swanson, Ponsonby; J. Riddolls, Parnell; Leslie Adams, Mount Albert; Ivy Brooks, Parnell; Eva Minnear, Royal Oak; Margaret Sewell, Onehunga; Bruce Wilson. Grey Lvnn; J. Clark, Mount Albert; Charles Frederick Dare, Remuera; Lois Brausch, Ponsonby: Earl Douglas, Onehunga; Frances Tohill, Grey Lynn; Rona Gates, Onehunga; Kenneth Pullan, Onehunga; Ken Brookfield, St. Heliers Bay; Phyllis Skinner, Birkenhead; YVilliam Brown,

Onehunga; Lesley Mary Bentinck-Stokes, Herne Bay; Godfrey Horne, Te Aroha; Gussie Lemme, Otahuhu; Jack BentinckStokes Herne Bay; Kitty Voltz, Huntly; Eileen McAnulty, Otahuhu; Ailsa Stuart, Cambridge, Olwan Molesworth, Ngaruawahia; Marie Andrews, Mount Albert; Nora Bentinck-Stokes, Herne Bay; Olive Tasker, Avondale; Lorna Finlayson, Remuera; Mary Elliot, Green Lane; Alan Wilson, Royal Oak; Becky Pelham, Royal Oak; Gwen Hansen, Green Lane; Olga Dyne, Remuera; Elsie Dickinson, Royal Oak; Lorna Joyce Willoughby, Avondale; Mary Grattan, Mount Eden; Eunice Clark, Onehunga; Eileen Gubb, Papatoetoe; Joan Miller, Devonport; Myrtle Stern, Birkenhead; Margaret Andrew, j Devonport; Trevor Bassett, Devonport; > Lorna Willoughby, Avondale; Arthur) Crowhurst, Epsom; Victor Storey, Point ; Chevalier; Marjorie Rose, Onehunga; j George Moorhead, Mount Roskill; Dudley Roberts Mewa, Ponsonby; Nancy Kay j Stratton, Grey Lynn; Evan Steel, Birkenhead; Gladys Abbott, Papatoetoe; Berys Hodgson, Devonport; Gordon Purdie, Birkenhead; Olive Abbott, Papatoetoe; Dudley Cochrane, Birkenhead; William Ward, Northcote; Louise Snow, Remuera; Mary O’Brien, Parnell; Irene Graham. Devonport; Beth Walker, Henderson; Rita Nesbitt, Avondale; Rona Robertson, Devonport; John Gordon Culpan. Birkdale: Peter Stipick, Devonport; L. Harris, Belmont; A. Craig, Parnell; Trevor Skelton, Herne Bay; Arthur Percy Myers, Avondale; Gloria Tucker, Takapuna; Milly Young, Ponsonby; Idra De Lacey, Papatoetoe; Ethel Parkinson, Edendale; Muriel Laurance, Auckland; Nancy Waller. Penrose; June Howden, Waiuku; J. Lodge, Takapuna; Joan McLaren, Auckland; Elva Jean Spencer, Epsom; Nancy Mclntyre, Grey Lvnn; A. McDonnell, Auckland; Edna Rutledge, Ponsonby; Mollie E. Sutherland, Green Lane; Peggy Brennan, Northcote; Peggy Summerhays, Remuera; Mary Turrall, Birkenhead; Sylvia Scales, Takapuna; James Ralston Lawry, Epsom; Jack Crippen, Green Lane; Nola Wolfe, Edendale; Edna Batt, Mount Eden; Molly Wilson. Avondale; B. Olver, Epsom; Freda May Anderson, Parnell; Edna Florence Ingles, Mount Roskill; Lily Grason, Morrinsville; Agnes Barry, Remuera; Jean Edith Morris, Papakura; Pat Davis, Epsom; Elva McIntosh, Waiuku; Chris. Knight, St. Heliers Bay; Gwen McDonald, Waiuku; Hazel Calder, Otaua; Rachael Drabble, Rotorua; Doris Irvine, Auckland; Lyned Alison, Parnell; Zelma Spry, Auckland; Joy Smith, Hamilton; Jean M ingins, Epsom; Mona Hetet, Auckland; Marjorie Carr, Waihi; Desmond Drake, Mount Eden: D. Pickard, Waiuku; T. Stirling. Huntly; B. Tooman, Hamilton: Trevor Hayes, Epsom; Editli Learmonth, Glen Massey; Dorothy A. Smith, Devonport; ! Eileen McVeigh, Owhango; Lawrence ! Clark, Otahuhu: Eileen Proud, Remuera: j Marjorie Ireland, Mellon’s Bay; Margaret Thomson, Remuera; Leonora Dudley, Otahuhu; Ronnie Crabb. Devonport: Pat Ross, Onehunga; Patricia Anglim, Herne Bay; Audrey Douglas, Mount Roskill; Kitty Mcßeath, Parnell: Denis McMahon, Te Aroha; A. Shilton, Kerepeehi; Andrew Donald Mackay, Auckland; Beatrice Joan Attwood, Mount Roskill; Elsie Cox, Manurewa; Margaret Brain, Devonport; Norma Wigg, Point Chevalier; Gwen Rowe, Herne Bay: Florence Eileen Langton, Onehunga; Joyce Rubick, Archhill; Joyce Nina Blackburn, Auckland; Alma Evans, Onehunga; Letty Matuschka, Waiuku; Daphne Voltz, Huntly; Viviene Henderson, Papatoetoe; Vaimai Over, Mangere; Harold Needam, Onehunga; Gordon Needam, Onehunga; Ernest Arthur Maber, Ponsonby; Una Vear, Onehunga; Phyllis Beckett, Auckland; Molly Allen, Onehunga; Dorothy Munro, Devonport; Irene Mcßurney, Ngaruawahia; Valmai Wright, Morrinsville; Winifred McCowan, Mount Albert; Lorna McCowan, Mount Albert; Salome Jones, Morrinsville: Noel Francis Faulkner, Morrinsville; Keith Knight, St. Heliers Bay; Isabel Davis, Epsom; Thelma Shaekleton, Waiuku; Winnie Carbutt, Waihi; Olga Rasmussen, Edendale. CHARITY The teacher was giving his class a ; lecture on charity. • “Willie,” he said, “if I saw a boy beating an ass, and stopped him from l doing so. what virtue should I be i. showing?” , i “Brotherly love.”