A Page for Little People

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 6, 11 February 1925, Page 37

A Page for Little People

Concluded by ANNE

Dear Lillie People, Such, a full mail bag I got this week, and how thankful I am that my Little People are well and able to write. Are you all being very careful to do exactly everything the grown-ups tell you to do —keeping to yourselves, playing in your own gardens or yards, and not worrying everyone nearly to death by wanting to go to Pictures and swimming baths and all those places which are forbidden now ? I hope —indeed, 1 sincerely hope —in fact, I couldn't believe anything hut that you are really trying to be good. Have you ever heard about St. Pooh, our great saint who protects us, if we ask him, against great sickness? Well, dear Little People, here is a short prayer we can ail say every day, and let us all say it daily; “0 Most Merciful God, who, through an angel promised St. Roch that whoever would invoke his name, should be preserved from pestilence and contagious diseases, grant that through his intercession we may be preserved from all dangers, both of the soul and body, through Jesus Christ our Lord. St. Roch, pray for us.” Will you say this prayer, my Little People, and say it every day for yourselves and for everybody. L.P.L.C. BUSINESS Nearly all our letters this week are club business, and most of them are about the , - badges. Ever so many of my Little People say they are going to have badges, so. 1 think I shall order, them right away no v, at once, because it may take some time to have them made. I want you all —those who say they want badges—to send me the sixpence for them, as I cannot let any Little Person have a badge which has not been pari lor. That would be what the grown-ups call “Getting the badges on credit,” too altogether disgraceful a thing for Little People to do. And then besides, I have a secret to tell you, but it’s not a full-blown secret yet •it’s only in bud —so I cannot say much about it yet. Only this — we’re going to have a “Treasure Box” this ; ear, and into this box we’re going to put every penny we have left over after we’ve paid for ihe badges. That is why I’m so particular about getting the money first, because if we don't do it that way, most likely we’ll have nothing left over, but will be in debt or what the grown-ups call “out of pocket.” Hurry up then, like business-like Little People, and be sure to let me have your addresses so that there will Ik- no mistakes when the badges a»T, posted to you. MEMBERS’ LETTERS As you read the letters you will see that rpiite. a number of members are asking for ■ « friend to write. Please write to each other Little People, keep the ball rolling- ( now that we’ve started and don’t keep each I other waiting, (■ NEW MEMBERS VMe have so many new members that it is ip-time I gave you a list of their names. Our

hist member was No. 75 and now we're up to No. ( J 7. Here is the list:

Scanned, Clem, Sutherlands; Veronica Quirk, Hot Springs Hotel, Te Aroha; Molly Quirk (same address); Moira O’Brien, 206 Burnett Street, Ashburton; Jack Carroll, Brookville, via Swift’s Creek, E. Gippsland, Victoria, Australia; Kathleen McDonald, Cronadun; Jean Soutcr, 1.02 Harrison St., Wanganui; Rosaleen McKendry, 27 Talfourd Street, Sydenham, Christchurch; Ellen Thornton, Waimatnku; Joy Brocherie, Onnku, via Akaroa, Banks’ Peninsula; Margaret Burger, Kumara : Paula Creel, Martinborough ; Kathleen O’Rourke, 13 Van tier Street,. Napier; Kathleen O’Reilly, 3 Pirie ’Street, Palmerston North; Terence Michael Quinn, Okain’s Bay, Banks’ Peninsula; Margaret Guidance, Otokia; Veronica Kane, 72 Molesworth Street, Wellington; Molly Lamplough, Portia Street, Stratford; Mona Cottrell, Princes Street, Temuka; Eileen Walsh 22 Cambridge Street, Pahiatna; Eileen Keane and Norma Keane, Clyde. LETTER S. Now we will get away under the trees and read all our letters from old and new members. Dear Anne, I think it is a very good idea to have badges. Mill yon please send Jim and I one each. Love from Marie Searle, Invercargill. (Good girl Marie, do you know’ yours is the very first money I’ve received for badges. So dear, 1 will give you and Jim your badges from “Anne’” and the whole of your shilling will go into our “Treasure Box.” —Anne.) Dear Anne, I hope you had a, happy Christmas and New Year. I did and I suppose you did. For Christmas I got a cup and saucer and a handkerchief. What did you get? I went for my holiday on December 31 and I came back on January 18. I went up to my Grannie for a week end then. I . went to my Auntie’s in Christchurch for nine days. My Grannie lives in Ohoka. On New Year’s Day we went to sports in Ohoka. I think it is a very good plan about getting badges Ida Archer, Little River. (You did have a nice holiday Ida dear, and nice Christmas presents. Yes, I had a very happy Christmas and such a lot of presents. Save up for your badge.—Anne.) Dear Anne, This is the first letter I have written to you and I want to know if I can join the little people’s page I am ten and my birthday is on the 10 of February I have got two sisters and a brother My brother has r lamb a dog and a little foal we are having six weeks holidays I go to the * Convent School, and if I pass will be in ‘ standard 4 wo are having very' nice weather "here'. We have got one cow milking. I think I will bring my letter to a close. Good-bye Anno. From your loving friend, Margaret Burger, Kumara. (Of course you may join us Margaret dear,

we're pleased to have you. What is tho little foal's name. Write again.'-—Anne.) Dear Anne,

I thought I would write and tell you what I thought about the badges and competitions. It is a grand idea, about the badges. I think Anne, and I am sure all the little People would be very pleased to wear them. I Would also like to join the scrap-book competition. It is a good while since I last wrote to you'' Anno, but I read the Little People’s Page always. I would like to join the L.P.L.C. Would you please put my name in the. list. lam 14 years old and go to the Akaroa High School. Lorn Carroll and I have been writing to each- other regularly. I have also been writing and receiving- letters from Noel Cape-Williamson, Kathleen O’Rourke, and Mary Marshall. This is all the news this time dear Anne. From your new friend, Joy Brocherie, Onnku, via Akaroa. (Welcome Joy, so glad you have made some L.P.L.C. friends. I’m hoping we will have a really good scrap-book competition, and also that we’ll get enough sixpences to buy badges.—Anne.) Dear Anne, Just a line to let you know that I would like to join the L.P.L.C. I have already written to two little people and I will bo writing to several others soon. And, Anne, would you mind giving me Mollie Punch’s address, as I would like to write to her and I would like to write to Esther, if I knew what her second name is. I have a lovely garden of flowers just now, of sweet peas, asters, and stocks. I wish you could see them. How do you like the holidays Anne, I am having a good time. ell as this is all the news this time I will conclude now, from your little friend, P. Creel, Martinborough. (Do you know Paula, I- thought you were a member already Am glad you’re writing to and getting letters from my Little People. I haven’t heard from Mollie Punch for some time hut will ask her to write again.—• Anne.) - Dear Anne, May I join your letter page? I. am ten years old, in std 3. I go to St. Joseph’s School, Temuka. My birthday is on October 19th. Do you know a girl of my own age if you do please tell me her address. I have a young bunny that my Uncle gave me and I would like a name for it. Dear Anne could you tell me a name for it. I must close now with love from your new friend, Mona Cotterell, Princes Street, Temuka. (Welcome Mona dear, I’m sure sonemie will write to you soon. Is your bunny while or colored? Would you like to call it Tiny? —Anne.) Dear Anne, I am taking the pleasure of writing these few lines to you t . ,We had a lovely shower of rain on Sunday. It will do a lot of good Dear Anne, I saw in the Tablet that you were going to give we children a badge, I

think 'it will bu a good idea. All of our flowers are finished blooming. I like reading the little People’s letters. I look for the Tablet every week.. We get the Tablet every Thursday. We live one mile away from the post office. It is a lovely road. I go for the mail every day. Well Anne as this is all the news for this time. I will close for the present. Hoping to see my letter published in the Tablet next time. Your fond reader, Margaret Outtance, Otokia. (Nice to get a letter from you Margaret, and to know you are well and happy. i really believe all my Little People will have a badge, and won’t it be nice to know we’re wearing one? —Anne.) Dear Anne, Jlist a short note to ask when we have to send our scrap-books in as I have just about finished mine. I have just .finished my letter to a little girl in Australia this is all for the present. Yours sincerely, Mollie Campbell, St. Bathans. (Just keep your scrap-hook Mollie dear, I’ll have to let the competition go on for a while longer yet. Gould not put your nice little snap on our pageit was hardly clear enough to print nicely. Thank you for it. — Anno.) Dear Anne, This is my first letter this year, and I hope it will not be my last. How is the weather up your way, Anne, it is raining here to-day, but we have had beautiful weather for the last week or two. I think it will ho very nice to get badges. I went ‘'Combined Sunday School Picnic,” and I enjoyed myself very much. I was in two races, and made 1/3. I came first in one and third in the other. I must close now hoping you have good luck this year. Your old friend, Mary Donaghy, 'Dipton. (Hullo Mary, a Happy New Year to you. ’ Wander could you beat me if we had a race. You did very well at the picnic, and you put the circus together not so badly either. Have you seen the whole circus since it was mended ?Anne.) Dear. Anne, As it is a long time since I wrote to you I am writing to you 'to-day. I think it is a lovely idea to have badges, and I would like one very much. Two girls from the L.P.L.C. wrote to me, Marie Searle and Winnie Traynor, but after I answered their letters, they never wrote again. My birthday is on the 18th April, so will you put it in the birthday list/ please? Will you ask some little girl of ten or eleven to write to me please, Anne? I got the prize in Std. 11l for highest marks, and the prize was a lovely book called Kitty Quick. I hope to be in Std IV next year. I will close now, Agnes Emerson, 178 Tinakori Road, Wellington. (Glad you want a badge Agnes, and we’re , very pleased to welcome you. Perhaps Marie f an d Winnie have been busy dear, they may I s - write to you while.the holidays are bn. I’ll ask someone to write to you. Anne.) [Will some ten or eleven year old reader write to Agnes, please.—-Anne.]

Dear Anne, I am going to join competition. I think it would be very nice to have a badge, because I am sure we all feel proud to belong to the L.P.L.O. I am writing to a little girl in Hastings. From your little friend, Mollie Hanrahan, St. Bathans, (Yes Mollie, it will be real good to feel that we belong to the army of Little People. Do you know dear, that if there were no Little People, there would he no world. — Anne.) Dear Anne, I am writing to tell you I like the idea of the badges very much. It is just a short note as I am in a hurry. I was glad to see my letter in the Tablet. I will close non, a bigger one next time. From your little friend, Irene Hanrahan, St. Bathans. (Save up for your badge Irene dear, you’ll see when they are ready, and I’m sure you’ll like —Anne.) Dear Anne, This is my first letter to you and I hope I may become one of your members. We have a little black and white pup and its name is Tip. I.received a prize when we brokeup and the name of it is Nell and Her mother, and it is a very interesting story. Can you answer this riddle, What is the best thing out? We have wall-nuts, chest-nuts and hazel-nuts in our garden. I go to St. Gerard’s Convent, Alexandra. Well Anno as news is scarce I will close. Your new friend, Norma Keane, Clyde. P.S. I think it is a good idea about the badges and I think I will take one. (Welcome Norma dear, we’re wanting such a lot of new members this year. Do you know that when I went to school I got The Old Curiosity Shop for a prize ? Is that the little “Nell” your prize is about? Save up to buy your own badge, won’t you?— OTHER LETTERS I have received a story from “M.R.” but it came too late for this week. (Thank you “M.R.” for the story, did you write it" your self, or is it something you have sent on to us because you knew we would like it. Let me know will you.—Anne) Dear Anne, This is my first letter to you. I read the Tablet and like the children’s page best of all. I was confirmed on the 30th, Nov, and I took dear St. Agnes for my name for she, was martyred at thirteen the same age as I am. I have a brother named Bernard and a sister called Margaret, who is the pot of the family. I walk three miles to the Sacred Heart Parish School. Hoping to see my letter in print. I remain, your loving friend, Eileen Mulcahy, Glen-iti, Timaru. (Glad to hear from you Eileen, and think you’re very game to walk that long way to school. Hope to hear from you again;* so that we can become good friends. —Anne.) Dear Anne, ; Here we are again, I am writing to,your page after a long holiday. Hoping the you and all your little folk are quite well, I have been trying to piece' together the broken circus and help the ' little child. Thu s 1, clown; 2, horse; 3, camel, 4, zebra; 5,

leopard; 6 monkey; 7, —— ; 8, -——; 9, frog; 10, snail; 11, kangaroo; 12 elephant; 13, rabbit; 14, hare; 15, lion; 16, wallaby; 17, tiger; 18, donkey; 19, ; 20, wombat; 21, lizrad; 22, fairy; 23, acrobat; 24, sawdust; 25, gages; 26, hoops; 27, wand; 28, whip. Well dear Anne, I will conclude in wishing you a Happy New Year. Your fond little folk, Molly McMenamin, Milton. (So glad to hear from you again Molly, you were only short of three animals for your circus. Have you seen the whole circus on our page? Hope you are having nice holidays.—Anne.) Dear Anne, I am writing to tell you a little' about Fortrose. We have a very nice seaside and we go in swimming nearly every day, we enjoy it very much and we wish you were here for I think you would have a lovely time on the beach. I shall be eleven on the 27 of September and I shall be in Std 4 when the holidays are up. We have three nice little cats and they get lip to such funny tricks climbing polos and then pulling each other down by the tail. I shall close now with much love. From your new friend, Bill Murphy, Fortrose, Southland. (Welcome Bill, indeed I know we would have had a. joyous .time together on the beach. Your three kittens seem to fit the names of “Hop,” “Step,” and “Jump.”— Anne.) A KIND OFFER. January 30, 1925.^ Dear Anne, I cannot claim to be a member of the L.P.L.C., as I am a very ancient person of over seventy years, but your suggestion in re scrap books for, the orphanages appeals to me very much. It is something I have often thought about, and in my young days used to indulge my tastes in that way to some small extent. That time, however, has gone by and now it is quite out of the question; but I would like to help the movement, if I could, by giving a prize—say a book or a small sum of money. Any movement to brighten the lives of the poor little orphans, in however small a way, must be a great, good work. I do not know exactly how to address this communication, however I suppose it. will be answered in the pages of the Tablet in “A Pago for Little People.” I remain, Yours sincerely, . ' ’• 1 • a.m f. ; Thank you, dear “A.M.F.for wanting to join us in our competition. You are indeed our “fairy godmother,” and we think it is just beautiful of you to give us a prize. M e are wondering who will be lucky enough to win it, and we wish you could join us in our play. Thank you again and again from “The Little People,” (Thank you also from “Anne,” dear “A.M.F.” We do appreciate your, offer very/ much, and we love the “grown-ups” who are interested in us. We want our competition to be a.'great success so that we will have some nice books for our friends, the* -Little People in the; orphanages. — Anne.)? \ Good-night Little People. Anne.