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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 01, 1935
Page
7
Aunt Judith tells children a parable about Sims who longs to be beautiful and learns true beauty comes from happiness and character. A prince says he will return in a year to marry a girl who grows to contentment. The tale urges inner kindness shaping outer charm.
Beryl Rohner of 7 Withers Street Sunshine wins the competition for correctly solving jumbled sentences. Prize letters will be mailed, the Prize Letter Competition ends Monday November 4, and entrants may write to any recipient with no length limit. There is a 2 shillings prize for Christmas preparations.
The trio reach a woodland clearing described as a beautiful lawn beside a tranquil lake with water lilies and violets. A wise old woman plans lunch and hints at fairy sightings as Minna and John glance for signs, observing a bluebell fairy lowering spider web ladders from a violet and silver clad creature.
Aunt Judith hosts this week’s Corner competition with a Word Square puzzle. Examples include Not coming, A Flower, Nina, Esau. all words spell the same forwards and backwards. Closing date is Monday November 11. Submit envelopes marked Word Square Competition at The Advocate Office Sunshine.
The Tale of Man describes Norse exploration and invasion by bold Vikings. King Orry, son of the Danish king, led a fleet to land on the Isle of Man in 998 A.D. The Manx people faced conquest under a noble Viking who ruled with strength.
Merl and Geoff pool their small funds to buy dad a simple gift of monogrammed hankies with a card from the Naughty Twins. They also plan to include Dorothy and others, debating what to give relatives as jokes and poems arrive, with Edward Crosbie sending a dog poem and children sharing humor and verse for a Christmas issue.
Under Orry the Isle of Man enjoyed peace and established one of the world’s earliest parliamentary bodies years before Britain’s constitutional Parliament. Each July 6, the Manx Parliament meets outdoors in the island’s heart, with Inns read in Manx and English. Orry died in 947 A.D., centuries before William the Conqueror.
Edward Croakie from Roslyn sends nine riddles and four jokes earning 10 extra marks toward the Big Smile Prize which closes on the last day in November. A riddle from a Sunshine resident at 217 Hampshire Road bears no name. A promise of 6 marks is offered if entrants send their names.
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