The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-08-25 00:00:00

HOLY TRINITY ellrßeil BAZAAR.

The Alexandra Gardens prisoottssl very gay and
pleaaing appearance •as Tuesday and Wednesday, on
the occasion of the bazaar in aid ~f lily Trinity
Church Restoration Fund. Flags anti bunting
floateil from every available site aroinid the gardens,
In the wittre of which a 1.1113Ci..11. marquee had been
erected by r. Brown, of I Otrchester, :nut it was
tinder this scoring that a superb and very extensive
collection of articles Wall arranged for sale. The
stalls were held in Swiss chalets, bit- which scenery,
&c., had been hired from Mr. (leorge Baker, of
Tooleysstreet. London, whilst the ladies in charge
won. the charmingly iticturtoque and brilliant
istuinee for which Swiss peasant women have ever been
noted. Their petticoata were only ankle deep, and in
newt instances composed of white -lin, or a
fabric of thin soft texture of such decide.' colones as
scarlet, true blue, &c. The lower parts of the
bodices were of velvet. !acid stay fashion, and
decoratssl with silver coing, silver chains, and other
grotroque "momenta. The head dresses were high on
the crown, composed in many indent..s of pleated
white muslin, silver coins, or silver arrows. The
Youngcr ladies, Vs, wore "pig tails," some of which
were of remarkably fine length. Although on this
account more thon one auspicious look was cast upon
the locks thus displayed, we may venture to say that
all the hair belonged to each of its individual
exhibitors, for, if even nature had not supplied them
with the whole of it, their Uri rate resource* had doubt-
less made up for any deficiency. The more matronly
of the stall h"lilers wisely wire co.t tune.
of less brilliancy, and were satisfied with black
Is'tti,, ate and Ilead dresses Of the Slllne hue.
Excellent taste, it may be *aid, was observable in
ever). instance, for although the costumes included
the most trying as well as the more refined coheirs,
the effect WAA as it should be in respect to ladies'
apparel, for it seemed as though the wearers hail been
made for the dresses. Several little girls who odd
butt,in holes and other small articles were dretired in
perfect taste, and when conibined with the dresses the
exteriors of the chalets were inspected, the scene, it
was evident, had some claim to the title which it had
assumed—that ~f an "Alpine village fair.- The
promoter* judiciously decided tett to have any opening
cerein,,ny. and although for the first few hours the
attendance was somewhat limited, it gradually
increased, until the marquee contained as many persons
so could manage to nine' about comfortably. Among
eh.... present at the commenoentent of the sales were
the Rsvp Canon Hooke' of Rampisham ; W. F.
Roister, vicar .4 Holy Trinity Weymouth; Mc
Knight and C. M. Watling. the curates;
Stephens, ,n, St. .1, Weymouth ; Ooluttion, ,if the
Hercules ; and .1. Nleigh, of the Seamen's Ilission,
ortland.
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The Mower stall, a charming structure of Virginia
cork, entwined with ivy, was managed by Mrs.
Bennett and Miss It. Neat°, the Mows Bennett (3)
and Leamon, the latter being attired as flower girl..
There was a cheer collection «1 tnaiden hair ferns,
MOCA, fern baskets, arum Jiffies, begonias, tiger lillies,
pun flowers, &c., kindly contributed by Nl...lames
Pretor and Cambridge, Mbei Torkingt ~,,, Rev. J.
Lines, 'Misr( Church, Mr. Hotpot" Ash, %Ir. John
Cl.', Mr. Dunn. Mr. .1. H. Iketenish, Mr., Owen
Bwatheld, Mrs. Matthias, and others._

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ra;:i'ls...t-ofiee. wax managed liy Mesdames
Blair and Perkins ; alto Nils,. Wynn Pereon.vieiting
the bazaar and purchasing might, by taking their
articles to this stall, hair, the .1111 forwarded to any
given address maul payment of .1 few coppere. This
scheme for increasing the fund. of bat:tars will doubt-
less soon become very general.
The stall managed by Sowter, wifeof the vicar,
and Nile. Church, contained many valuable and useful
articles. The other ladieo connected with Ili. staß in.
cl ed Mr.. Powys, the Mimes Church. kc. The articles
attracted moot attention were specimeu. a pot-
ka.. generously forwarded for the ocava.ion from
by Mr. Church. These included Ayin,rhur ware,
and M...ltan pottery, Madeira basket*, absv
Lucked.'" and Calcutta miniature figures of Melle
lardener : • LeoZ, Or W.411'1111911: and a bir:i or tailor.
ir=the general fancy articles WV noticed richly
antiinacaasan., sareena, camp tablea pin cueh tone,
and ddl
Watlitur and Mr. E. M. Smith officiated at a
sll he moat ..1 the article, exhibited had been sup.
filled by membere.,f the Parochial Guild. The assist•
ant. were Mime., Watling (2), Lawn.nce (2), NI. Smith,
F. Libby, and Master Templeman Smith. The articles
had been contributed as followe.—Mrs. E. M. Smith,
a wedding cake; IM'm Lon/Man, handsome hand
int ed dessert plates ; Mrs. Bartlett, a model mahogany
bedit• Mr. Hussey and Ilhav Jeffreys, cushion
tables; Mr. Monis, draper, VArlOl.l5 fancy article.;
Isogon& Irons Mn. and tie Mires Lawrence, Mr.
od hire. Tesspiamsd. Ur. Rad. jeweller, 81. Tho

street and the model of a five ton racing cutter,
from Jr. Jame. Talbot, beat builder, value O.
Nag. Deveni.it was aided by the Misses Deveni-h
and Clarke, also -.sr.. awl is.. Mercer. The leading
articles for sale included a ni.ou,l piece cover Waas.
fully worked in aewels, steels, and
Japanese chairs.
The friends fnwn the neighbouring church td St.
John's were .0 kind am te supply a stall. Of this
Mrs. Colonel Mine had the inanagentent. She was
assisted by the MisereStephensonftl, Mn.. Lyon, and
Miss Aneild.
.t sumptuously supplied refnwhinent stall was Coll.
ducted as follow. ;—&sr. Mrs. (Mutant.: fruit, Nliss
Brantley : tea, Mrs. Strickland and e is. Owen ;
coffee, Mrs. Owen l and Miss Toinlinaen : love. Mrs.
Brenner and Miss Strange ; Italian warehouse, Mr's.
Swathe's' and Mr.. Ginnacombo
%Ir.. FL Speke's stall was managed by that lady.
Miss Ida Tomlinson, and Miss Speke. A beautiful
worked hassock. crystoleums. dolls, and
worked baskets formed part of their commodities.
Mrs. Groves and Mr's. Betts' stalls. Assistants,
Misses Groves and Rear. Articles for sale :
Paints d table, screens, pictures, mirrors, and
work baskets.
Mesdames Hawthorn and Rough were sup-
istrted by Mrs. Stwiltridge, Miss Hallway],
Mists Saunders and Miss Phipps. Here we
particularly noticed handsome hand screens,
fern pea, a screen painted n leather in a unique
manner. Indian work in gold, brass, and silver, itielud•
ing fans noullseed of Indian Kiisktes and tlie beauti-
fully tinted wings of beetles, ViderM china, !nen"
cards painted by hand ; also an artistically designed
rack for whips and sticks, formod by crass spears and
hauls. axes, mounted in nickel, cannon balls and
ebony.
Mrs. Wheeler, the Misses Snook, Miss Gubbins,
Mrs. NlcHuish, Miss Baker, and Miss F. Wheeler had
a stall supplied with • siiiserb collection if both
artistic and useful articles ; sloe a weighing machine,
a " fine art gallery" ot the usual description, an,
an id woman living in a shoe." The "old WoM/k11”
WM little Slim; Whevler, who sat in a Shoe
in loath, but I.ltle.ugh she had a numerous familv.
emulating of handsomely dressed dolls, she certainly
knew what Lod. with them, awl obi her hest towards
charming her isitors into purchasing the same. At
Mn'. Wheeler's stall Mess. Self also proved very
attractive. Her "get qs" as a gipey was perfection.
and she told fortunes with an art which did credit to
an sunateur. A model yacht, value five guineas, was
also on view, and WWI drawn for at It &I. {ter
chance.
The thanks 4lf the committee are due to Mr. Lows.,
who, as manager i 4 the Weymouth Ga. Conwany,
superintended the laying itn of the gam. Twenty
chandeliers had 'WWI erected for the oireaeion, and
when lit up in the evening the marquee presented an
exceedingly charming appearance.
As to the musical feature., it will suffice if we my
that the band of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and the
l'ipers were in attendance.
On Tuesday the receipts were not so large as might
have been expected.
On Wednieday the attendance 11/IVI not large until
the evening, when the marquee WAS well filled, but
many articles remained unsold.
The Bninswick Band sustained the musical
gramme.

Vri'TX REGIS.
FUND DROWN/D. -•••• On Tuesday it fisherman
mono' Sament found • norm, in the bay near this
village. It ia ouppeaed t.l he that of a flahertnan con.
acted with the smacks (rim Penzance, which have
recently rialted the licality, and were caught in a