NAVY DAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12785, 31 October 1919, Page 9

NAVY DAY.

Be owe to tho Navy such an enormous debt of grautude that it was no suipuso to find the public willing to respond to the appeal made by the Na.Vv Ltxigue today , Various stalls werh m?tlntM iedlal SqUate ’ and ««&• to? pt ly anran Sßd- with articles , f al °- ocmo very Jmo needlework of the useful variety, as well as some luxurious negligees, were to bo had at SVn ' vh t ldl was nnd or tlie charge of Mrs Overton. Near uy Mrs Raphael in Bryoe dl(1 brisk business selling balloons, copies and otiier toys dear to children. Most attractive'of all •?. as t, ..flower stall, in the charge of Mrs- Boyle, artistic in its arrangement and massed with the loveliest blooms. Sweet smelling Lily of the Valiev wa* there ui huge branches—one could toll that by the perfume iu the air ” without even seeing it. The produce stall always appeals to the more practical, and indeed the Navy League’s produce stall outshone most produce stalls in its contents. Everything one could imagine under the heading of “produce" was for sale, and many things not under that category. Mrs Bethell wa s in charge of the country branch and Mrs Archer in charge of the town portionfriendly rivals. Home-mado sweets required no persuasive speak for themselves. At this stall Mrs Nevill, Mrs Wyatt and Mrs Batchelor did an excellent trade. Where one gob value for money was’ at a well-laden book-stall presided over by Mrs d. S. Thomson, Mias Heywood anil Miss Reeves. The .miscellaneous collection of reading matter for sale at absurdly low prices would suit the most cosmopolitan of tastes. A number of girla wore .collecting ,by the sale of badges, and. woe betide anyone who did not respond to the appealing glances of the fair solidtants.