RAMABAI MISSION SALE.

Evening Star, Issue 14003, 9 March 1909, Page 4

RAMABAI MISSION SALE.

AN ORIENTAL BAZAAR.

The Choral Hall this afternoon, as a result of the' rumbk-handed work of ladies whose sympathies go sufficing children" in fyoia, was'a place of glittering attractiveness, and 1 " a kind of mirror rejecting the skill of Orientals in the making of thmjfe to "delight the eye. Something like £2i090 worthof varied goods'gathered in many lands by Mrs George Mackenzie, general' secretary of the Ramabai-Mukti Mission, -was offered for sale, pf which the pet"proceeds will'go'to help sad children loaded with thp fouraens pi men and women in a simiry land where the blessings known in N#w Zealand are'still as the treasures of dreamland. There'are vases and ornaments from Mooltan, silver aijd silk work from Persia, embroideries from Armenia, pretty table coyprs frpity Turkestan, jewellery frpßi Algeria, embroidered goods from Tunis, jewellery from Damascus brassware f refm the poly TUmd,' embroidered bed-spreads and mandarins' gowns frpoi China, beadedornaments from Honolulu and the Sandwich Islands, kimonos from Japan, mitre turquoise necklets and ornaments from Kashmir, arid charming goods' from Venice. There arp wares in the great collection to please every mind, and ladies with, a love of pretty things about their homes would do well to visjt the Oriental bazaar in the Ohoral Hall. The arrangernents for the display of'goods were supervised by Ifrs Mackenzie and Mrs John Wilkinson. There was a good attendance at tjio opening. Mrs Hooper, wife of Dr W. Popper (father of Mr Basil Hooper, of Dunedin), who has been in India for neatly "fifty years, declared the bazaar open, referring interestingly to thp work of Itamabai I airpngst the child widows and orphans, much of the work of whom was on the stalls. All Indian women, she said, even those taken from the fields, were taught to do this drawn-thread work. It cost only £3 to keep an Indian child or a widow for a year, and she appealed to those present to do what they could for the cause, asking if it would be too much to expect 100 persons to hand in their names as willing to contribute that sum each, thus . ensuring the support of 500 widows and orphans for a whole twelve months. The sale will bo continued to-night and for two more afternoons and evenings. [ Following are the stall-holders: Indian Stall. —Mrs Mason, Misses L. Simpson and InglisJewellery.—Mesdames Don and AldTed. | Palestine, Armenian, and Persian Stall. —Mrs Dick, Miss Kennedy. Indian Goods No. 2.—Aliases B. Simpeon and L. Broadbent. Fancy Goods.—Miss J. Macgregor. Ix>llies. —Misses Aldred, M. Forrester. Toys and Christmas.—Misses Adams, V. Forrester. Wfc'te Fancy Goods.—Misses V. Somerviile, T. Grey. Blouse Stall.—Misses C. Hall, Herbison, Kerr. Post Cards.—Mrs Leslie. Plain Goods.—Mire Lees. Laco Stall.—Misses Somerville, Redd, Withers. Handerchiefs and Mats.—Misses Neville, Harrison, L. Simpson. Chinese and Japanese Stall.—Mesdames Driver, Purvis, Misses Bpwley, B. Brown. Trinkets.—Misses Sundstrum, Sinclair. Refreshments. —Mrs Inglis and assistants.