"PASSING PAGEANT" STIRS AMBITIONS OF N.Z. YOUTH SAYS MARY HALL, DUNEDIN

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 34, 3 February 1939, Page 11

"PASSING PAGEANT" STIRS AMBITIONS OF N.Z. YOUTH SAYS MARY HALL, DUNEDIN

HANK you, Mary Hall, of Dunedin, for writing me such a charming letter. Miss Hall says: "In this country, isolated as we are from the glittering centres of tne world, we are inclined to sit back and think, ‘Oh, it’s no use bothering about London and Paris and New York, no use bothering about getting somewhere in the world. We'll always be stuck here in the same old spot.’ : "But your fresh, bright Passing Pageant, with its stories about the great world, its people and their doings, livens us up, stirs our latent ambitions, makes us feel we can toe the line with people in greater countries, In other words, that we can get somewhere if we want to. "Recently, you spoke about three young women from this. country who have gone abroad and are really doing something worth while. Hearing of such achievements, other young New Zealanders are prompted to say’ to themselves, ‘I’ve a good mind to try something like that myself. Why shouldn’t 1? 1 have always wanted to travel, to act, to do something vivid.’ "This is the urge you are giving to young people in New Zealand. And this is quite apart from the exciting and delightful mews you always have to deliver. "There is something lasting and stimulating about Passing Pageant." .