GARDEN FETE, CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2597, 5 March 1889, Page 2

GARDEN FETE, CAMBRIDGE.

Tub garden tete in aid of the funds of St. Andrew's Church, will be held at _ Cambridge tn-diiy, and we can conscientiously recommend our readers to pay it a visit, as we believe they will receive Rood value for their money. The amusements aie diverse, and will doubtless please both old and young, for they range from shying at coeoaimt--, to tilting at the ring, and from maypole dancing to lady negro minstrels. The latter, we bilieve, are particularly good, and although the performers are sworn to secrecy—a moral impossibility for nine ladies—we have heard it whispered that one who has adopted the euphonious cognomen of " Eliza Jane" will have a word or two to Bay on local matters, and will eyeii venture to poke borax at tho vestry. This is—as it was told to us—in strict confidence. Muring our peregrinations we have also been enabled to learn a little about the tableaux, and these we think will eclipse anything that has hitherto been attempted in Cambridjfo, We have been privileged to view snrni! of the dresses—likewise strictly confidential—and they are everything that can be desired ; are most artistically made, and when they arc draped about the fair performers, will look simply ravishing. Tho (.tipsy encampment should also be worth a visit." for a young lady said to us the other evening, " Y»ti should see Miss So-and-so in her Gipsy dress ! She looks lovely. I am sure all the fellows will bo mashed on her!" Now, when one young lady talks of annthsr in that strain, we think that Gipsy mu*t im wonh seeing, and, after nature consideration wo have decided to visit the encampment even at the risk of getting " maKlisd." Tho tilting at the ring will be held in a paddock that forni3 a splendid arena, with a rise of ground at one side, that forms a natural grand stand. A large number of settlers have signified their intention to compete, and the contest will doubtless be an exciting one. And lastly, there are the splendid grounds of Major Wilson's to wander in, which ot itself should prove a great attraction. We trust the fete will be a success, and that a substantial amount may be realised from it.