FOR THE GIRLS.

Auckland Star, Volume 246, Issue 246, 16 October 1926, Page 25

FOR THE GIRLS.

JUDGES HAVE A HARP TIME PICKING THE WINNER. SOME SPLENDID DRESSES MADE. Dear Girls, — - " A judge's life is pot a bappy ope." I have quite decided Idp not envy thpsf pppr souls "who at bazaars, winter shows, and all that sort of thing:, 6p w »ndering from exhibit tp exhibit judging the various works, pouncing upon all the fittie failjpgs, extolling merits, watching for the "fors" and "against*," popping on a point for this, subtracting two points lor tjiat, and *° ?P> and so on- No, Ido pot envy them; I pity them ever so much, because I hppw wjiaj It is. All Wednesday J was surrounded by wools of all thicknesses, made into every kind of stitch, ending in every variety of the daintiest little baby dresses ever found in any baby land or Babe tie shop." If all the exhibits had been sent in by competitors of one age the judging would have been simple enough, but when the ages vary From 11 years to 16 it is ever so much more difficult to decide oh fhe winner. But ft had to be done, so I plodded on and did it. Between prizes 1 and 2, both sections, I had a big tussle. These two exhibits fought valiantly for first place, and I must congratulate these two winners on their excellent work. It was again very difficult to choose between the next three, and so Peter Pan has decided to give two extra prizes"pf FfFriffiFtfe "$fV *fpfpfyIp Sectipn B there were far less competitors, and the judging was not pearly so bard. ' TJje wprjfc'pf the three winners was very even and neat. In Section A ip particular the winners excelled ip hiding the Joins in thefjr wppl, but ip p>any of the dresses tjie knots were too visible. little epd; *bpuJd he separated and darned in so as pot to show. Really I did ppt kppw there were so many gir{s ip Auckland so J . «#y»r w»»h t|>eir kpimpf »pd . " SWh? \ Ppedles. What wpyes and I m \f_Jk^^ wswfFf y°» aw *M fi»* ke w J»?p we*''^^ you crow ud.

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