A Page for Little People

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 7, 25 February 1925, Page 37

A Page for Little People

Concluded by ANNE

■v. My dear Little People, jT I ve had such a big mail-bag this week • that I hardly know where to start answering you all. Where shall I begin ? Suppose we make it Badges. - You will be delighted to hear that our lovely badges will be ready by the end of ■this month, I think. I was really pleased to iget so many enquiries for them from our members, and when you see the list it will make you all hurry up and send in your ■sixpences in case you’re too late. Little 'People can be too late you know, same as «Grown-ups, and it would be a very sad thing to be a member without a badge. All •the following have paid for theirs and will -have them posted to their own address, as s °on as I get them: Jim and Marie Searle, Agnes Emerson, •Zoe Howarth, Mollie and Pat Campbell Yvonne Londrigan, Annie Hannifin, Doreen Haddock, Trephena and Terence Quinn Len -McMahon, Pearl McNeill, Frances and Jack Scott, Ida Archer, Mollie and Irene Hanrahan, Alice Mundy, Mary and Kathleen Byrne. This is the first batch, and I know the second is pretty close behind it. +i You will see by our letters this week that the L.P.L. Club members are writing to each other regularly now, and they are all enjoying the business. You will also notice that some members are asking for someone to write to them. Please someone write to every other someone who wants a letter. And be sure you answer what letters you get. As we have so many letters we’ll read and 'answer them now, and we’ll have the birthdays next week instead. L.P.L.C BUSINESS. Dear Anne, I would like to be a member of your Little People’s page. Mother reads the page for ns each week. I was seven years old on 13th January. Have you any other little boys or girls with birthdays on that day. I will be in Std. 1 when school opens again. I have one sister and one brother. My sister’s name os Mary Kathleen. She will be six years old on 24th May, and she is starting school this year. My brother’s name is Bernard Edward and he will be four on 22nd of April. I live six miles from Te Awamutu on a farm. We milk over 50 cows with machines and an electric motor. I bring the cows In for dad at night and put them out m the morning. I have a dog his name is Darkie. He helps me bring the cows. Dear Anne, I hope you will not mind lead pencil this time, as mummy says I am too small to use ink. * We have a lot of hens and ducks, and we have four horses their names are Captain, Major, Jim, and Bluey. . We * have four little kittens. Well, Anne, this is a long letter for a start, so I must stop now, # with love and best wishes. Good-bye', dear Anne. Yours with lots of love, Jack McVerry, Pokuru, via Te Awamutu. P.S.—Anne, I think I am the first little boy from up this way to write to you. PiP.S.—Dear Anne it finished up . a bit

dirty but hope you will forgive that this time, as Jack is very keen to send it. Wishmg you and your Little People's page every success. I remain, with best wishes, Jackie’s motherL, McVcrry, (Welcome Jack, you are indeed my first little boy from your part of the world. I wish I had a birthday mate for yon, but although I have four they are all girls. I’m sure some boy will write to you. Thank your mother for her good wishes to us and you’ll soon lie able to write with a pen and ink. —Anne.) Dear Anne, I am writing to you for the first time, as I wish to join the L.P.L.C. I have just passed into Std. 2, and I am ten, my birthday is on the 21st October. I live three miles from school, sometimes walk and sometimes I ride. I have only been in New Zealand five years but I like it very much. I have four sisters and two brothers, but they are all older than me. I have many pets, one of them is a little grey kitten,' and I would like you to tell me a name for it. From your loving friend, Theresa Healy, Pukeatu. (Welcome Theresa, and you’re not a New Zealand Little Person either. Where did you come from dear Write and tell me and get yourself a badge as soon as you can. Soon you’ll be able to write in ink. — Anne.) Dear Anne, As I have been reading the Little People’s 1 age for some time, I thought I would write to you. I am fifteen and my birthday is on 14th of August. As the nearest convent is •seven miles away, I go to the State school. I have two brothers, two sisters, all of them being older than myself. My two sisters are married. Being nice and hot these days, I go up to my friend’s place for a swim. This being my first letter to you T shall make it short, but before I close, I Avant you to ask some girl of my own age to correspond aa ith me. Now Anne I will close with much love from your new friend, Kath Smith, Cronadun. (Welcome Kath, I’m sure someone will write to you. Your birthday mate is “Molly McGrath, Lime Hills.’’ Hurry up and get a badge. —Anne.) Dear Anne, I saAv my letter in the Tablet a fortnight ago. I was pleased to know that you thought my puzzle was nearly morrect. * Well dear Anne I am writing you this letter specially to thank you for asking some girl to write to me. I have received two letters—one from Joy Brocherie, Akaroa, and the other from Moll McCormack, The Valley, Hastings. My birthday is on the 20th September. " I forgot to tell you in my first letter. Anne I think it is a very good idea of yours to let your “little people” to write to each other. Your page is getting very full now Anne, and you must have a busy - time answering all the letters. Well, dear Anne, I will close with best love and many thanks for asking the girls to write to me. From your true friend, Kathleen McCormack, Cronadun.

(So glad Kathleen that you have some little mates. Have you decided to join the club and get a badge?—Anne.) Dear Anne, I.his is my first letter to you. Igo to the Master ton Convent to school. I hope you enjoyed your holidays ; I enjoyed mine very much and would have been going back aagin to school to-day if there had not been so much sickness about. My brothers and I have a dear little pony which we ride about a lot. His name is Charley. My birthday is on. the 25th April. From your loving friend, Winnie Agnes, Martinborough. (Welcome Winnie dear, do you want to join our L.P.L.C. and get a badge? Let me know your full name when you write wain. —Anne.) Dear Anne, T am just writing to let you know I have not forgotten you. We do not go back to school till February 19. On October 7 Mary and I u ere confirmed. For our names Mary took Magdalene and I took Teresa. We had a bazaar here on 23rd January in aid of the church founds which was a great success. I think the idea of badges was very good. I have three sisters and one brother. Their names are Mary, Joan, Sheelagh, and trick. As this is all the news I will conclude with love to all. I remain your little friend, Kathleen Byrne, Kotinga, Takaka. (Glad to hear from you again Kathleen, Mind you take care of yourselves during these long holidays and see how useful you can be. Anne.) Dear Anne, May I be one of your little friends? I v isii you and all the little people a happy ISeAv L ear. I think the idea of having a badge is lovely. I have three sisters and four brothers. lam the eldest of the family. I am going in for the Escaped Circus. My birthday is on the 1 1 th March. I am thirteen years old. Igo to the Convent School, which is three miles from our place. I will write again. Your new friend, Eileen O’Donnell, Palmerston North. (Thank you Eileen dear for good wishes. You did well with the circus, but we had put it together before your letter came. Yours is a good birthday, but you haven’t a girl mate yet. Would you like to join our Letter Club? Anne.) Dear Anne, This is my second letter to L.P. Page. I live on a farm in Woodlands, which is a great dairying centre. We milk 70 cows and have milking machines driven by electricity. AA have also a sheep farm. Have you ever been on a farm? We go to Rakahouka Church and I serve Mass. I will send you the answers of that circus that is in 28 parts. Good-bye. Your loving friend, Pat Concannon, Woodlands. (Hullo Pat, thought, you’d forgotten us. The circus was pretty badly smashed up, wasn’t it, but we got it put together all right. Write again and join the L.P.L.C.— Anne.) ■

Dear An me, . A I have been reading your Little People’s letters in the 2ablet, and I enjoy reading about their pets. I have no pets, but I am fond of them. I will be in Sad. five when school starts. I will be twelve on the twentieth of June. I went to Waikaka for a. uiftYith of my holidays, but I am back home again, I learn music and I am interested in it, have you any Little People interested in music. Do you like reading Anne? I do. Well Anne, I have told you all the news. Your new friend, Anne Francis, Nightcaps. (Welcome dear ( Ann, we’re glad to hear -from you. Never mind if you have no pets, you’ll have all the more time to read our page and write to us. Yes, I’m very fond of reading.—Anne. Dear Anne, I thought I would like to write to you as many others are writing. My sister Kathleen wrote to you some time ago. I have three sisters whose names are Kathleen, Joan, and Sheelagh, one brother whose name is Patrick. My birthday is on the second of March, then I will be 12. Kathleen’s birthday is on the 16th of March. She will be 11, and Patrick’s on St. Patrick’s Day. He will be 10. We live on a farm and milk 46 cows by machine. It is very interesting to watch the machines milking the cows. We have not many sheep or horses, mostly cows. Now 1 will tell you about this little valley of Takaka, it is situated in Golden Bay, not far from Cape Farewell. It is a pretty place, but very quiet. Marble used to be sent from here to build churches, but the quarry has stopped work. The Tarakohe Cement Works send cement to Wellington and other North Island places. Have you ever seen a photo of Pohara Anne? It is a most beautiful beach. There is a road that runs between the rocks and the beach and that makes it look prettier. The rocks are very big, covered with ferns, lilies, passion fruit, and many other things. Two services run be-

tween here and Nelson. There is no convent here so we go to the public school. 1 think the idea of badges a very good one. Can we get them now or any time? I will send my sixpence for one. This is my address— Mary Byrne, Kotinga, Takaka. I must close now as I have written a long letter. Would you ask some .girl of my own age to write to me. I am a new friend of yours. I remain, your sincere friend, Mary Byrne. P.S. I forgot to ask may I enter your L.P.L.C. ? Please send me another badge for Kathleen. (So very glad to hear from yon Mary dear. And your letter is so interesting too. I’m sure some one will write to you.—Anne.) Dear Anne, Just a few lines to ask you if I may become a member of the L.P.L.C. My birthday is on the 1/th of July, and I will be fourteen then. I did not go anywhere for my holidays this year but hope to go next time. .1 received a nice prize this year and I have just finished reading it. Our fruit is getting i ipe and the birds are eating it. "We reared two calves this year, one is a red one and the other a red and white one. We have a hen with four little chickens and they are all brown ones. I have a little grey kitten and would you please give me a name for it. The weather here has been very dry and the grass is all burnt up. I will close now. Yours truly, Vera Crowe, Winton. (Have put you down as a club member, Vera dear, and you and Kathleen must get badges as soon as you can. Call your grey puss “Silvery,” don’t you think that’s a pretty name.— P.S.— have a birthday mate Mollie McCormack, The Valley, Alaraekakaho.) Dear Anne, This is the second time I have written to your page. I will be in Std. V when I go back to school. There are about 48 children going to our school, and there are two teachers. It won’t be long until we have to go * back to school now. I never went away for

■ - ■ - ■ ' . • . ■ • • • *’ V. . any holidays this year but enjoyed myself at home. The weather down this way has been very dry lately, hut it is raining- to-day. The grass is all burnt up. Most of the farmers are cutting and stocking their crops now and some have got it stacked. We did not have many chickens this year; all our hens have stopped laying just now. I think they are laying away in the bush, and we cannot find the eggs. The flower gardens are looking well at present, as most of the flowers are in bloom. Our fruit trees have not half the fruit on them this year as they had last year. The name of the prize I got at school this year was the Plucky Patrol. 1 would like to join the Little People’s Letter Club. I will close now wishing you and all the Little People a happy New Year. Kathleen Crowe, Winton. (Nice to hear from old friends Kathleen, and such a lot of news too. Glad you want to join the club. Someone is sure to read your letter and write to you. What is your birthday? Dear Anne, Just a few lines to let you know I am getting on alright. Have I a birthday mate —oth of November? We’ve on our farm 24 cows, a pig, 8 calves, a lot of sheep, and 2 pet lambs, Dot and Mick. My mamma and my big sister Eva set a hen with 15 eggs and she brought out 14 chickens, but 3 died and she only had 11 left and then another hen set herself and brought out six. Goodbye Anne. I hope you good luck Anne. From your loving friend, Annie Thornton, Waimatuku.. (Glad to hear all about your farm Annie dear, but am sorry I have no birthday mate for you yet. Very likely one will come through some day. Would you like to join the L.P.L.C. as have a letter-mate just the same. —Anne.) Good-night dear Little People, don’t forget to see about your badges bright and early. —Anne.