MRS. A. CONFESSES

New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 912, 1 February 1957, Page 15

MRS. A. CONFESSES

"THE Confessions of a Postwoman is a series of five talks written by Mrs. A. of ‘Poplar Hill.’ They are being heard from 1YA now and will follow later on the other YA stations. ‘' Some postwomen deliver mail as quickly as possible and then go home, but Mrs. A, thought that would be a very dull routine. On her round she met men and women of all temperaments and all problems, and they responded to her company. Her own occupational hazards, "the Bulge," the unfriendly dogs, and the Christmas rush, she dealt with cheerfully. But in the poorer districts where she worked she found need for sympathy | with the plight of some neglected and haridicapped children, and the loneliness of the old, from whom age and misery had taken even the power to laugh at their troubles, The postwoman was the one regular visitor in their lives, and Mrs. A. was always ready to stop and talk to them and any others. Fortunately, not all problems were so unhappy. In one home there was to be a wedding and there was no one to play the piano. Mrs. A. was not very sure of her ability as a pianist, but she finally offered to play. But when she was expected to play from memory, she was forced to let the "Wedding March" trail off into "Frog Puddles." However, the thanks next day sounded quite sincere. This incident, and many others, Mrs. A. recounts with humour and tolerance.