CHALMERS CHURCH BAZAAR.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13996, 3 September 1909, Page 3

CHALMERS CHURCH BAZAAR.

c 1 k - T. ™a-** - *S'i ■■"T- A SUCCESSFUL FUNCTION. 4 ~t ' i» » .'I 7 : A/basaarwaa opened yesterday afternoon ui tuO' Aiasembly itooms by belongiug to L'balmers ' Church—- | lawies*: Uuild r —tlie'object being to raise funds^for: jPlpiwh : r' Hnilding yiind. , On occasionsChalmers: Church has. shown, l*ow, ; by enand .welMirected- effort, it is cfinMMy- in a ".very "short time, if the '1 ■■'■ i i be's gOodi vatf, "and - their cffwtl JtiSM- are/an "less-suceewfuL than< st 'tbß put —lh«t-s this is ftr, iiitmitfbe a souree of gratification to all, sjrf the, ladies are to be congratulated , ttitdma yidls*, :/'/eoMnrinv 'tlie:;baaar besides a Christ ' tlgmi dmntidHr; was sdded thfr str 'ctftiw /artistically 'dresscd result wast the creation of a, nfr.:aad;t»W .The. phia hsa ; a MtS-- sfpeaiaace - abont it, "sn g 'frt>trtsn* l ***g' *"*"». f, of art nwfdlw and M» Mimlikiii am in ;Qne. of i ::,^: cUsS-ss-caniM>t fsil to /find?fairour -in 1 J «»,«t v tl»e t paUic.-; Some'wor ;i dmcs petaß* and pamtingn of van- j j. ! <hKBplMM r- .aa 7 ' - well . aa. - •. some ; t Isstlf.lllj rtisirsnil irj r 1 " 111 *" 11 ! — 1 artidw'form -a prondnnaller articka fine collection. - Those iTia. cbsrae of 'this stall are Mm Scott, 1' aa,' ,4s- quite to ifcedict tist before the hasaar'.has ruu very ."'loMj i they - will have the satisfaction' sof ;s*ip«' shelvea around tiwrn: - Ttien is* sfco, a nicely wranged little iomm" for inanimate children, the doK I - lies being' decked but so as to wadfly -ui iiiwsad attention, of : the -* 3es, and in a leaser de»*e, of tte 1 adsiti also., Ilia Shaw and Miss Mc- , 'Leaß? here; and m wijh their stall they h«re arranged eompetitioH. ftir , the tart drnsed dcJl, these giving .added-inter-est to the stall. An enticing stall is eae derated to a display of cookery- " Here, Miss Mellroy andLM«s,A. Mur- . <ktdi are in Competitions are fbo inn in*connection with This wwo. of .hasin«« snd fJeasnre. The lud£Wß is done bv Mr Htrtchswn ind the . wards made yesterday were as follows: .Oven 'soones, -Mrs. D. G- W»tam Jgirdle scones, Mrs Mcl«an. . Miss B. All«*n. i Pikelets. Mrs MalcnlaMbn 1. Mr*. McLean 2.. j Kones, Miss- B. Allen Sppnge sandwich; Bliss Msy BonaWson 1. A: big mm is devoted to pot- plants* and . flowers and needkn to say it readily nmmH* sdmirstion. Flowers--and . - fsraa off many kinds are herein sale. " and Mrs B. Evans, Mrs Davidson and Mrs H. Mi Bohertson, who are jn behiad the counter, may cOTfldently anticipate a bow- tune. for tho •' mind is provided in. a. well- stoclcoS hook staU where literature of a taned deaLiiption ia sold by Mrs .Cowsn. An excdlent produce stall, wherein the . product o? fieldl and represented, - is m chaiye of Hn. Ten nant, Mrs Irvine, and Mrs Aitken, - -i while "a very choicely arranged sweets stall has its destines controlled by Miss .Prinze and the Miascs Strachan

...'. ' . " 7-T.-I-. f \ J ; (t\v Another centre of'attraction is * e ' 1 laden, Christmas.. trco . which- at oiico<. captivates tlio little - ones, tliis > being -in cjiar^v-of the Misses Murray 'ind'|lud«biie.v: -In?room.! just oir the main centre -of:business<is a place well-worth visiting, this being the art curio department,. where Messrs' I). Cowan and tfichol "have many curious : thingg .toshow you when -you're 'there.'? Last to he mentioned,-but- by. ■no -means' least is the - supper and af ternoontca room. - This is set out'indainty'style and- for a small-considera-tion, the;-best of good tliings-is provided. ~As a guarantee that this' is so, it'. need only be mentioned that tbon , ■ , v..ur fe o are—Alesdames f . Crerar, Thompson, Evans and, McWliirtcr.' : before 3 -o'clock the bazaar ,w«s opcued by Mr Craigio M.P., who -was. supported-on. the platform bv,the 'Ber.fC; McDonald CFemuka) ana the Rev. S.Buchanan(TimSru),_ MrCraiIpo aaid that tLu - was . the > sixth function » that lio.had< opened for Chalmers Church, and ho congratulated: them upon tho progress tbey had matin m a. -. seal. and enthusiasm they T had obtained * reputation frAm Auckland tqtlio Bluff,, and .'oiidcould not but' admire-them for what.tbey Lad done.. Having- attained siich a reputation for ? progress _ and success 'they must strive, to maintain 'it, t -but" he knew- that they l would .do this without Looking round: the room he ladies present who were- in attendance attbafirst basaar-held-in. connection with the church, "and he nuat eontucu kH 1 uiefact • that they looked younger- Jow than then, and actionstbey were still as: determined aa e«>r ; that Chalmers, Church should prosper." Mr- Craigio made feeling ■ n»lerence to. tho death of the Bct, itobert Jackson; who, be said, had been to him 11 a- personal .friend, and no ono could regrethis decease more thanhe~ (tlie ipeuer) did. Could Mr Jack-son-have been with; them' that day, he 'Would have had reason to be proud of his congregation, and it was a source of' sattfactioa to Jtnow that though dead, his spirit still lived among them «iiil th« influence for, good which he had exerted'*would-long bo felt.in/11maru. *' air Craigie complimented tho meinoens ot the cnurch upon the way they had pulled together since the departure ot tlieir late pastor, "'and upon tue way tney ever stnvcd to lyjoh j| higher goal. It was pcculiarly fitting that vney should now- . bo yxw.lrinir funds with which to complete Chalmers Hall and make: of. it a, memorial to their late loved minister. - llie church was not yet out of debt,, but he did not look upon this as. being detrimental to it in any .way. If were' ftise of debt there would not bp the same incentive to work enhusmstically, and it was a bad day for cither man or institution when ho or it began to drift aimlessly. Better far to have an: , object/ in . vicw-soine-thin-' to work for or atnvo after. Ho 'had himself been in debt since ho was a boy of 15, and yet he was accounted KUcccKsful in. a small way. , Necessity to work brought out the best that was in a t»°" He complimented tho ladies upon the excellent lot of goods they had got' together for sale, and .expressed the hope that tbeii* most sanguine expectations in the way of financial': ..results % would) bo realised. Kast tlio Marine Band played through the' main street and outside "the Assembly Booths as an attraction to the bssaar, the bandsmen generously giving their services free. riio bazaar, was well patronised yesterday afternoon 'and evening. It .will bo open again to-»iiglit, and to-morrow afternoon and evening.