CHILDREN’S FANCY DRESS PARTIES

Evening Star, Issue 15859, 19 July 1915, Page 8

CHILDREN’S FANCY DRESS PARTIES

While the doings of the high carnvial in Princes street and the Triangle may have seemed to many people a peculiar spectacle in these days of war, no one could take exception to the simple enjoyment of the children at the Garrison Hall on Saturday afternoon and evening, nor could anyone deny the parents their quiet, if pridefnl. pleasure of watching the children at their happiest and prettiest. The sight was indeed a beautiful one* There seems no end to the invention of fancy dresses, but space forbids mention of the many ingenious _ representations. The judges—Mesdames Sira, Haggitt, and A Fenwick—had great difficulty in allotting the prizes. A small boy in a red post office pillar box of paper, because •the proud owner of a perfect hill trolly, made by a railway craftsman, and a hussar won the working model of a steam engine. Amongst the prize winners were a well-represented cabbage, a tiny tot as Cupid, a Triple Entente, a dainty Turkish harem young lady, a rooster, a small Welsh girl, a rainbow paper costume, a girl as a snail, a Chinaman, . GeneralFrench, a bon-bon, and a terrifying golliwog. In the afternoon there was not a dull moment, for the little ones played games well organised by Miss Winifred Isitt and many energetic ladies; a neverdiminishing circle surrounded the merry-go-round lent by Mr Hayward, and the afternoon was brought to a delightful conelusion by a real Punch and Judy show, given In its original form by the showman, Mr Johnson. ; A feature of the evening, party was the grand , march organised by Mr M'Laren, to the music of a most efficient orchestra under Mr Namnann. Mrs Wyatt’s pupils danced in • their usual finished style, and were highly appreciated, the boys and girls danced and played games, and the evening’ was brought to a close at 10 o’clock with a bountiful supper. These parties were under the joint management of the Queen of the Dardanelles and of the Queen of the Seas, who will cooperate in another children’s fancy dress party early Best month.