The Bazaar.

Manawatu Herald, 30 November 1893, Page 2

The Bazaar.

To-day is published an advertisement setting out more particularly upon what lines the Bazaar about to be held in aid of the All Saints Church parsonage fund, will be run. An opening ceremony will be worked up, some distinguished person will be got to make a speech and declare the bazaar opened ; other distinguished persons, if they can be found, wili be ru.i in and pressed to speak ; most probably the Curate will have something to say that will be interesting ; ladies of the choir will sing, and as much importance given to the occassion as it deserves. At present, we are informed the particulars have not been decided upon, but as soon as they are they will be made public. The work to be offered for sale has taken up a very great deal of the time of the ladies, but afternoon teas and a little gossip was also answerable for a few hours lost. We are assured however that no better assortment of work has ever previously been offered, and that a very good return for the time occupied can he shown. For some months it has been " a common object " of the streets to meet numbers of ladies of an afternoon hurrying all in one given direction and hours afterwards they have been noticed returning. Upon making inquiries as to the cause of the movement we have been informed that they were either going to, or returning from a Sewing Bee. We fear that when the bazaar has dissipated all this work the energies of the workers will be more thoroughly devoted to Lawn Tennis. The power lately conferred on women makes one nervous, and to steer a safe road, in reporting their actions, is a difficult proceeding. To-day we have only time to just draw attention to ffhat is going to take place next week, and in the mean time we shall be busy gleaning all the most important items of intelligence to sjive our readers. Much has be3n written, by brave men, of the difficulties of getting definite and accurate information from ladies, and we have experienced it, but never said so, the ladies do love generalities. It is a fact that there are to be two refreshment stalls, such is their opinion of hungry man, and they are to be loaded with the most toothsome dainties, some very new and perhaps 4< risky " dishes will be found which will be safely proved to the author's satisfaction at all events. Side shows are to be run, and visitors are to be run — into them — just at a nominal charge " don't you know." To leading funny men have kindly undertaken to get something not " out of the way " because that would not pay, up, but something unique, somethiug worth ten tiroes a3 much as will b« charged to , see it. We cannot divulge more tod iy, we fear we have perhaps said tao much, but we want all to go or olse they will be sorry, and next i'sue we may have something more to mention about it.