ALL SAINTS' INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9219, 23 November 1888, Page 5

ALL SAINTS' INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.

The Industrial Exhibition in connection with All Saints' Sunday-school was opened last night, and proved a great success, both in point of exhibits and in the large attendance of visitors which came to inspect them. The All Saints' schoolroom was tastefully decorated, and the exhibits shown to the greatest advantage. Many of the articles contributed by friends in the loan collection were interesting, as being quaint and rare. Not only the Sundayschool scholars, but the teachers displayed their handiwork. On one table was displayed an excellent collection of work by the girls, in the shape of children's clothing, dolls, fancy work, &c. A number of crayon sketches adorned the walls, the greater proportion being executed by pupils in Miss Tripp's class, the lady being a teacher of drawing and painting. Miss Tripp contributed a mantle drape, the design on it being executed in water colours. This lady also exhibited a painted table-top, the design being passion flowers. Among other exhibits was a wax harp by Ada Dixon ; painted cabinet, by Miss Bastard ; coloured photos., by Miss Greenbrough. There was a collection 'of brackets and portrait frames in leatherwork, by tho girls. The boys of the Bible-class (Mr. C. Calder's) displayed a fine lot of cabinet work, consisting of rustic inkbottles, hanging whatnots, etc. The "old boys" showed some good cabinet work in table tops, etc., and the boys of the Costley Institute also contributed some articles. A chess table was exhibited, the veneers being made out of firewood, by C. Dickson. H. A. Crafts had a unique collection of terra cotta furniture, executed at Carder Brothers' terra cotta works; a model mantelpiece by a pupil of St. Thomas' Sun-day-school was a very creditable piece of workmanship : as were also some texts painted in oil by Master Fricker. Some good collections of stamps and coins were shown by the boys. In the all-comers' division, there was a wooden frame work for holding portraits, fixed without glue or nails, and containing 4000 pieces, which is a marvel of patience and ingenuity. It is the handiwork of George Riley. In the miscellaneous articles, Messrs. Rowe and Gill contributed a good many curios of interest. One furnished by Mr. Gill was a specimen of handwriting executed by his father for the Great Exhibition of 1851. On a circle, the size of a fourpenny piece, is written the Lord's Prayer, the Apostle's Creed, and a motto. The disc contains 219 words, and 935 letters, or equivalent to the Lord's Prayer being written in the space three and a-half times over. Many of the articles we must leave for further notico. One of the features of the evening's entertainment was a boot-cleaning competition, and it caused great amusement. The . first contest was by boys under 12, there being three entries. Each boy brought his own brushes and blacking, but was supplied with a pair of boots to operate on. Seven minutes were allowed for the operation, and the judges, the Rev. W. Calder and Mr. D. F. Evans. On getting the word the boys went off with a will, receiving encouragement from their juvenile associates, in the shape of "Go it Sandes!" "Slip into it, Dacre !" "Wire in, Osmond !" While, as each competitor dropped his brush on the floor in nervous baste, there were shrieks of laughter. Sandes was adjudged ihe winner, and his pair of boots would have excited the envy of "Holy Coppers." The second competition by boys over 12 had three entries, but was not so exciting in the finish, and was won by Durnsford. During the evening an amusing series of tableaux vivants was given under the efficient management of Mrs. Calder, and elicited great fun and applause. They were: "bailor Song," "The Attack and Defeat," " The Smile,". " The Frown," and "An Old Friend with a New Face," namely, " The old lady who live in a shoe." An enormous shoe was placed on the platform, into which some dozen of youngsters in character stowed themselves, and caused great mirth by their antics. This evening there will be a spelling bee for scholars under 16, and another for allcomers over 16, which promises much amusement; also a Christy Minstrel entertainment by " Our Boys." Those who desire an evening's unalloyed mirth and amusement, combined with instruction, cannot do better than attend.