BOYS' EXPOSITION.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14760, 2 September 1913, Page 10

BOYS' EXPOSITION.

» . . OPENED AT BOYS' GORDON HALL. EXCELLENT DISPLAYS. Tho exposition of boys' work held in connection with the Boys' Gordon Hall was opened last night, and was attended by large numbers, who took keen delight in the numerous and highly creditable displays made. A concert was given by the V.M.C.A. Mutual Improvement Club, and was most enjoyable. A Shakespearean burlesque, based on "A Midsummer Night's Dream/ was admirably given by K. Calvert, 8. Thomas, B. Missen, A. Sparrow, F. C. Atkinson, and It. A. Farton. A pianoforte duet was nicely rendered by K. Conner and It. Leeming; conjuring feats were cleverly done by It. Nicholson and E. Nicholson; and the nigger minstrel troupe — C. Pett, E. Harris, D. Lamb. W. Robertson, E. Sjiier. K. Conner, and J. Lamb —was successful in songs, jokes, and choruses. Tho same programme will be given this evening. Jn connection with tho lighting o' the stage, an electrical student and his brother were responsible lor fitting up the footlights. The exi>osition will be open this evening at 7.30 and will remain open till Saturday evening. It will be open tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 for the convenience of visitors from the country. THE EXHIBITS. The exhibition of fretwork is a revelation of tho possibilities of this hobby, and includes some clever and beauti-iully-exeeuted designs. Amongst them are cabinets, clock-cases, photo frames, mirror stands, cabinets, and lamp brackets, but the most striking is a model of the Nelson monument in Trafalgar square. London, which is very cleverly made, and is complete in every detail. In the carpentering section the work shown is of a very high order of merit, and includes a very complete and neatly-finished model of the roof beam structure of a house, which has entailed much fine work. There are also sectional models of roof construction, a model school desk and form of the "dual" type, a neatiy-finished chest, and several doors, and some very fine samples of inlaid work. In the cabinetmaking section, there are evidences of considerable skill and neatness of design, amongst tho exhibits being a substantialjy-built chest of drawers, and several artistically designed hat-racks and palm-stands. Them are also some admirablyexecuted relief carvings, and some amateur tool makers have turned out some splendid samples of tools. The architectural exhibits cbntain some very clever and interesting work, covering splendidly-finished designs of houses and other buildings. There are three sections containing some thirty odd exhibits.- The mechanical drawing exhibits show some very creditable work by pupils of the Technical College. The art section includes a collection of paintings, the work of several of the artists showing considerable promise, while some of the black-and-white work , , and eight exhibits of charcoal drawing, contain some clever drawings. The mapping, printing, and designing exhibits are of a high degree of excellence. In the stamp collections there arc somo twenty exhibits, which include fiomo rare stamps of considerable interest to philatelists. There is also a valuable collection for exhibition only, which includes stamps of tho British Empire under King EdwardJVll.. The photographic section contains a large number of exhibits and some of the work of.tho boy amateurs, notably in portraiture and in many of tho scenic pictures, is very creditable. Tho hobbies of some of tho boys have to do with such modern inventions as wireless telegraphy and aviation. One noteworthy exhibit is a neat and very compact wireless set, which demonstrated its efficiency last nigh/t by sending messages to another part of the hall with complete success. The electrical exhibit also includes a number of quaint and novel devices, such as an electric bicycle lamp, the current being generated by a small dynahio driven from the wheel of the bicycle. Several mode! aeroplanes of neat design and sets of drawings of a machine by tho junior boys of the Technical College, form a very interesting: section. Two young mechanics give practical demonstrations with their home-made workshop equipment, including lathe, bench, forge, and blow-pipe. A young carpenter is seen at work at his bench, and a young fret-saw artist gives a display of hie craft. An amateur tailor has a wcllfinishod coat displayed for exhibition only. The journalistic capabilities of somo of tho boys are shown in the "Boys' Exposition Herald," which contains articles by some of the boys, and which is on sale in the hall. Tho Poultry and Pigeon Club is a separate section, making a good display of hatching,., brooding, and feeding systems, and a model of a poultry house. The exhibits include some fine birds,, bred and reared by their boy owners. The judging results will be available to-day.