HAPPY COGS

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 43, 20 February 1937, Page 16 (Supplement)

HAPPY COGS

THE HUB REPLIES EVENING STAR.—Your Uncle will have a large number of she.ep, Evening Star. The holidays have been very long this year, haven’t they f LADDlE.—Writes: “I will be glad when school starts. I have not been away this year.” School will seem quite new when you start again, Laddie. It was very sorry I was out when you called to see me. Perhaps you will be ablo to call again sometime. MAID MARION.—TeIIs us that 4 4 The 1 other day our old horse died and she was over forty years of age.” You will miss such a faithful old horse on’ the farm, Maid Marion. The weather hasn’t been at all favourable for harvesting, has it ? LITTLE QUEEN. —The baby foals have very long legs, haven’t they, Little Queen. How disappointing to have had only one swim this season. GOLDEN WILLOW.—I am always very pleased to see our Cogs try their hand at rhyming, Golden Willow, but there are many points that must be watched. The meaning and lines must flow on smoothly and you must be careful in your choice of words. However keep on trying as your work certainly shows promise. HLNEMOA HAS BEEN ILL IN HOSPITAL Palmerston North. Dear Hub, —I would very* much like to know if I will have to fill in another enrolment form as I have just found out that a few months back you had a roll-call. At that time I happened to be in the hospital and did not hear anything about it. I am much better now having been ill in bed for six months. Now that I am allowed up for a little while every day I feel that I would like to take an interest in the Cogs’ Page again. I won’t be going to school for a good while yet much to my sorrow as now that I have been away from it for so long I realise what a good place it is. Hinemoa. I am sorry to hear you have been in hospital, Hinemoa, and from all the Cogs I want to send you very best wishes for a speedy recovery. No, it is not necessary to send in another ciitolment form. TE RAUPARAHA IS TRAINING HIS MEN Kapiti Island, Ngatitoa Tribe. Dear Hub, —How is this Mr Puz 1 Jumble the names of ports of call on the All Red route to England via Canada and leave out ono letter such as Vancouver “Ravenouc” thus omitting the letter 44 v.” That would make a good puzzle. I obtained that information about the eclipse from an Auckland paper published just after the epidemic broke out. You will have to wait awhile for some thrilling news as 1 am busy training my men for war. Te Rauparaha. I am sure Mr Puz. will be very pleased with the suggestion, Te Rauparaha. Do your men have to go through a very lengthy course of training before they are ready for war ? BRIGHT EYES VISITS THE SHOW Feilding. Dear Hub, —Hero I am very lazy after my very enjoyable holiday at the beach. I had a glorious time in tho surf, as you may guess, when 1 was at Foxton for a fortnight. I have been, to many pictures in these holidays which I am enjoying very much, but will be quite glad to get back to school. I am in Standard 6 this year and if I get my proficiency I will be going to High School next year. I went to tho show and had a ride on the merry-go-round, and saw tho concert by tho Scotch band which I enjoyed very much. Bright Eyes. P.S. I am sending some cigarette cards for the Treasure Chest and 1 would like to know if the things from it go to the hospital or a children’s home. I am sure you will get your proficiency, Bright Eyes, and then it will be lovely to go to High School, won’t it ? Many thanks for tho cigarette cards. We send all the gifts in the Treasure Chest to the hospital for Christmas Cheer. A NEW BICYCLE Feilding. Dear Hub, —I received my new bicycle, Hub. When my money box was opened it contained nearly enough money and my aunts in EnglaiJU sent the remainder as a Christmas present. I have had some lovely outings on it and every day when the weather is suitable I plan to go somewhere. I have had two trips to r J angimoana beach with ray parents, enjoying myself immensely amongst the sand hills and on the beach. To-night Dad and I went black berrying but we found only a billy full as there has not been enough sun to ripen them. Our long holidays are drawing to a close and 1 suppose most mothers will be pleased. My playmate went home last week and 1 miss her very much. Narcissi. I am sure you would miss your playmate, Narcissi. What jolly times you can have now you have a bicycle. Say a word of three syllables which / contains 26 letters in itself. Alphabet. *

A “WELCOME-IN” This week the Hub wishes to “Wel-come-In” the following new Cogs. Betty Cade, Palmerston North. John Wood, Palmerston North. Phyllis Terry, Shannon. Jean Caiman, Feilding. Joyce Stewart, Feilding. Peggy Pitman, Feilding. NATURE STUDY CORNER The prize for the best contribution this week goes to: Bright Eyes, Feilding. TWO BABY KITTENS Mangatainoka. Dear Hub, —School will bo starting again soon, but I will not be going back. We have two baby kittens now. Could you give them a name please? Brownie. Are you going to help keep house now, Brownie? I wonder would ’Penny” and “Chip” sut the kittens for names?

A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET Feilding. Dear Hub, —I was very pleased to see our Page iu last Saturday’s paper, and so I thought I had seek out my pen from a stowed-aw'ay schoolcase and write to you. It seems hard to believe that we have another three weeks’ holi-day-time yet, doesn’t it ? Still 1 just secretly am a trifle glad. Can’t you just hear tho text books groaning in wrath. ‘‘Disgraceful!”, tho F.ench grammar will be saying, * 4 as if she knows all my verbs and their conjunctions. Why ” “But that is a trifling matter,” will interrupt the algebra book. “Now just look at me. Why my pages are becoming all dusty and it is ruining iny complexion entirely. I call it—why words won’t describe her impudence I” Oh! Hub, can’t you just imagine their stuffy conversation locked away there in tho back room. Ugh ! However, I think Mr Weatherclerk and his assistants must take a different view of the subject for they have ladellcd cut a largo bowlful of sunshine these last few days, haven’t they ? Oh! JHub, 1 saw tho loveliest sunset whilst I was away. We had spent a day at the beach and the road home wound along the sea for quito 3i miles. In several places small islands lay just off the coast. Gradually the sun sank as wo drove along and presently our attention was caught by the beauty of tho scene that lay before us. A hugo orange semi-circle was balancing as it were on the tip of the horizon, sending a yellow carpet of gold onto the hills and painting tho water a bright gold. One could make out the valleys by the dark bronze of the shadows. It was altogether a most striking scene. As wo watched the gold disc slowly disappeared from sight. The sceno was one of dark hills silhouetted against a sky of fiery crimson. Here and there a tree stood gaunt and black against the scarlet canopy like some high turret of an ancient castle. And the water ’veiled in shadow murmured softly as Night covered the bay in a cloak -i darkness. Hub, could you please tell me which days are open for visiting the “Hubery,” as I think you call it 1 1 am often in Palmerston and should very much liko to call. Aren't the Square gardens beautiful. 1 think the dahlia display is the most striking. Summer is certainly a professional in the art of painting. Woodland Whispers. You are very welcome to call in and seo mo at any time during the week, Woodland Whispers. What a beautiful Sunset that must have been. HONEYSUCKLE MAT GO TO THE LOO Foxton. Dear Hub, —Last Saturday. 1 was to be taken to the Oroua Downs sports but it was too wet. Next Sunday week, if it is fine, we will probably go down to Wellington to the Zoo. I will write and tell you all about it if wo go. Honeysuckle. Mr Weatherclerk has been most unkind to us lately, hasn't he, Honeysuckle ? \\e will be looking forward to your account of the Zoo if you so.

COMPETITIONS RIDDLE-ME-REES. Skilltest Winners. The prizes this week go to: Laddie, Halcombe. Brownie, Mangatainoka. The entries to this competition were excellent, Cogs, and nearly every one was correct. Cogs, our flag is on top for the New Year. Other correct solutions were sent in by Dancing Daisy, Honeysuckle, Evening Star, Honey, Sunbeam, Star Mist, Snow Queen, Golden Willow, Hinemoa, Amy Mollison, Bright Eyes, Pink Sugar, Maori Maid, Maid Marion, Snow-flake, Silver Bell, Twittering Bird, Rag, Excellsior, Whisky Bill, Little Queen, Bimba, Te Rauparaha, and Bluebird. SOLUTIONS TO RIDDLE-ME-REES 1. Birthday. 2. Coronation.

A SCHOOL JUBILEE Halcombe. Dear Hub, —In March our school is going to have a jubilee. Last Sunday week we went to the beach. It was rather windy. On Saturday my brother James came home. He went back to Frankton on Sunday night. Our house is getting painted. It is nearly finished now. Snowball. What fun the school jubilee will be, Snowball. I suppose you are busy preparing for it. It is not very pleasant at the beach when it is windy, is it ? AT THE SHOW Kiritaki. Dear Hub, —The show was nice and 1 had a good time. It was a beautiful day but my sisters went at night and it rained all night. I went to seo the baby monkeys in the show and they were good to watch. The smallest, one had a blue check dress on. My two sisters saw the baby horse and they thought he was lovely. I think we had better take your advice and not tease our kitten. At the time he is sitting on my knee watching me write. Rimu. Aren’t monkeys funny to watch, Rimu. What a shame it rained so when your sisters went to'the show. It spoils things, doesn’t it ? A PINK SET FOR BABY Awahuri. Dear Hub, —I have been trying to puzzle out some ways for skilltests but I think it is as hard as doing tho skilltests themselves. 1 have started to knit a little baby’s dress and coat in thin pink wool. I like the skilltest of jumbled cars or flowers. Excelsior. The little baby’s set should look very pretty when it, is finished, Excelsior. It certainly is hard thinking of new. puzzles. A BRIGHT GARDEN Apiti. Dear Hub,—it is very wet, and cold up here to-day and this ( will spoil many farmers’ crops of hay. The orchards ur’o starting to look much better now with the bright coloured plums and apples coming on. I am in Standard 6 this year and if I pass 1 might go to High .School next year. Our baby will be six months old on tho sixteenth and he is nearly crawling. Atv auntie has little twin daughters a month younger than our baby. They are called Joy and Fay. 1 expect auntio will be very busy looking after them. Wo have a white cat with three kittens, two white and one grey. The vegetables in the gardens are ready for use now and the flower gardens are covered with heaps of scarlet colours. I think it will be lovely -when we start school again after such a long holiday. Maori Maid. It’s a shamo tho rain should come and spoil the hay, isn’t it, Maori Maid? llow pretty your garden must look with all those scarlet flowers.

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Hukfinui. Isn’t the weather terrible, It makes me want tc cry, To see each day that should be A summer one, pass by With, clouds so grey and threatening Lining a troubled sky. I miss the radiant summer song Of the lark that soars on high; I miss the green smooth river bank, I miss the sun’s warm ray, While I cuddle up in woollies On this freezing winter’s day. I love mother’s gladiolas, I’ve never seen such lots, In gardens in the cities, Or in private flower plots. Bhe has every shade you dream of, I think—excepting blue— Yellows, pinks and oranges, Maroons and scarlets, too, Purples, reds and pure whites, Creamy ones so sweet, Some of them with scarlet throats, Some all white and neat, Some with faintest tintings Of lemon, pink and cream, Some with all the colours, For which I often dream. Oh! Hub, I have the ‘bluest’ ring, From Africa ’twas sent, In the first place owned by Auntie And worn as a pendant. But I have had it Made into a ring, And I love it very much My blue, butterfly’s wing. I have the sweetest necklace From an Auntie at Home, (If ever I went sailing ’Tis there that I would roam). The necklace is mirror stones, They reflect what you wear,. So there’s really no need To select tho beads you wear. If , one wears a blue frock They’re blue as blue can be, And if one wears a green frock They’re green as the sea. I had some lovely Christmas gifts, Useful ones and treasures, But most of them I hold dear In the greatest of measures. My sister knew I loved jugs And gave me the sweetest one, One that’s caught the golden hues Of marigolds in sun. I have tho sweetest night gown, My mother gave to me, Such a lovely shade, Hub, And worked most beautifully. 1 also received, Hub, A note from “Peter Pan,” Written on a lovely card, From a Powder and Patche’s fan! I’m thrilled to think the Coglets Read my letters as they do And Peter Pan I send with this My biggest thanks to yoji. Oh! Hub, the canary’s singing, His notes are very shrill, I can’t see the beauty in his voice Leastways until, I’ve finished rhyming letters, For the noise goes through my head, And makes me feel 1 ought to be In. bed with a sore head. Powder and Patches. RAG’S PET LAMBS Kahfttarawa Valley. Dear Hub, —1 am sending in the skilltest and also a drawing of our lambs. Tho best drawings are those of Baby, Brownie, Chink and Chunk. Tho others just would not draw properly. Nearly a mouth ago we tried to wean six of our lambs; they were put in tho cow paddock and fed only once a day, then wo put them in tho hay paddock and did not see them for a week. We went down at the end of that time and the minute the pets saw us they came at a gallop. Geneva arrived first, came straight up to mo aud chewed my hair. I took a deep breath, closed my eyes aud mouth, and let Geneva sniff mv face. Bho turned from it, however, and taking a mouthful of hair she tried to pull it out. 1 had to stand up then. We petted Fiopsy and Lanky; the others had to be caught—little snobs I I put my jacket on Geneva and tied the sleeves round her neck. She did not mind a scrap, if she was stronger and bigger I think she would let me ride her. When we came home Geneva followed us and wo put her in the cow paddock with our other seven lambs. After that she was fed again I We are not going to feed them to-day unless they come over the little creek to the cowshed. Usually tho creek is a trickle flowing over tho grassy course and can be crossed by a large hop; to-day the lambs could not cross it, tho heavy rain having put it up to a great height. It should be fairly low by to-night. Daddy caught three fish, a 14 ouncer, a l£ pounder and a 3 pounder. Aunt Iris went home with the middle-sized fish. The biggest fish was pink but not fat. Wo were in the sitting-room when 1 heard a thump last night. “What’s that asked Mummy. “Oh, go and see if the back door is open. The fish are in tho porch!” 1 ran out an<l found that Jan, one of our cats, had taken the big fish out of the dish and was dragging it over tho floor to the door. I put her out, shut the door and had to examine the fish to see if she had eaten any of it. Luckily she had not. A fortnight, or nearly a fortnight ago, 1 had six teeth out with gas and oxygen. Evidently I didn’t feel very bad afterwards for the next night wo went to a picture. Rag. I loved your drawings of the iambs, Rag, and am going to put them in our Album of Happy Days. It was fortunate you caught Jan with the fish before she had gone too far. YOUNG TURKEYS Apiti. Dear Hub, —Our baby is nearly six months old and can nearly crawl. The weather is very cold and showery to-day. There was snow on the hills last night. Dad will have a happy birthday because it ie the day the King is to be crowned. The plums are not nicely flavoured this year as there has been to much rain and not enough sunshine to ripen them properly. Wo have four little turkeys and now they are so cheeky and the fluff their feathers when wo chase them. We are milking nearly fifty cows now by machines. lam knitting my brother a singlet but I havo to knit baby ono or two. Bimba. Little turkeys are very perky, aren’t they, Bimba ? They look so funny, too. 1 Oh, dear I It sounds liko winter to hear of suow on the ranees.