DICKENS FELLOWSHIP.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20962, 27 August 1931, Page 5

DICKENS FELLOWSHIP.

COT FOR HOSPITAL. A SUCCESSFUL FAIR. To raise funds for the Dickens cot at the Auckland Hospital a most successful fair, organised by the Dickens Fellowfillip, was held in the League of Penwomen's rooms yesterday. The stalls had been most attractively arranged and were supplied with a wonderful variety of goods of all descriptions, each one bearing a Dickens name. The stage was a mass of lovely spring flowers (for sale), and another bright note was that of the sweet stall in the centre of the room canopied with red and white streamers. Needlework, knitting and crochet work, dainty and attractive novelties, homemade sweets and cakes, produce, lampshades in a variety of colourings, dressed dolls and tpys, as well as surprise packets found ready buyers. The president of the fellowship, Mrs. Kenneth Gordon, in explaining the purpose of the fair, spoke of the great interest that Dickens had taken throughout his life in children and their welfare. The deputy-mayor, Mr. A. J. Entrican, endorsed the president's remarks, and spoke of the wonderful influence of Dickens as a writer, also of the activities nf the fellowship. Mr. W. Wallace, chairman of the Hospital Boai;d. also j eulogised the efforts of the fellowship in working foi humanity as Charles Dickens had done. The Rev. A. B. Chappell, past-president of the fellowship, thanked the deputy-mayor and Mr. Wallace for. their kindly interest in the society, after which the deputy-mayor declared the fair open. There was a. very large attendance during the whole of the afternoon and evening, among whom was included Miss Nutsey, lady superintendent of the hospital. In charge of the stalls were the following, wearing the costumes of the characters they impersonated : —Edwin Drood (flowers, plants, etc.), Mrs. and Miss Rennie, Miss Webster; Golden Key. (novelty), Mrs. H. E. Jones, Mrs. G. H. Laqy, Mrs. R. J. Lusher; Little Dorrit (plain and fancy), Mrs. Preston Chambers, Mrs. B. Wood, Mrs. Davidson, Miss Hill' and Miss Marie Rountree; "The Hollow by the Flare" (lampshades and balloons), Miss ; McCauley, Miss MacCormac and Miss ' Burleigh; Saint Antome (tearoom), Mrs. Stitt, Miss Coutts, Miss V Coutts, Miss Opilvie and Miss M. Davidson; Jollv Tapley (knitting), Mrs. # Kidson, Mrs. Marsack, Mrs. Upton, Miss Geddes and Miss Sims; The Cookery (cakes), Miss E. Statham, Miss Grant and Miss Bell; Covent Garden Market (produce), Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Dickie, Miss Wilson and Miss Wright; Dr. Marigold's Prescriptions (surprise packets), Dr. Kenneth Gordon. Mrs. Wolsten-Croft, Mrs. Rose; Picadilly Circus Flower-sellers (hidden treasure), Miss Spicer, Miss Lavets and Billv Lawson; Dinglev Dell (sweets), Miss Haresnape, Miss and Mrs. Ivan Clarke; Bellboy, Maurice Stitt. The secretary of the Dorrit division, Mrs. Kealv. and Mr. W. E. Arev, secretary of the fellowship, were also among the invaluable workers for the fair. ■%>