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THE SWISS VILLAGE BAZAAR AND FANCY FAIR. Opinions differ as to whether the person or persons ^wlio originated the idea of bazaars should be sainted or not. Certainly the ladies of the present generation 'would be unanimous in conferring honour upon her, lie, or they, who by originating such exhibitions gave simple opportunities for the display of taste, or otherwise, in dress, of ornamentation, and general jhandiwork in all grades and shades of knick-knacker- ies. But on the other hand it is a question with many "whether bazaars in aid of special objects are fair means of procuring funds, inasmuch as they must to a, fjreat extent interfere with the tradesmen of any town. However such a problem we do not now in- tend to discuss, because most systems even in the present advanced age are not without their imperfec- tions, and bazaars at any rate have been made "the means for assisting many excellent and worthy objects. A bazaar is specially the forte of the ladies and children who may be anxious to support some particular form of religion or some particular cause. indeed, as a rule, the ladies are glad of an excuse for a thorough good display in which they can charm and please the sterner sex, and at the same time enrich the funds of any particular institution. The English Presbyterians of this town decided, soon after the advent of the Rev J. Varteg Jones as "pastor, to erect a new organ at an expense of about £ 300, in their church in Newfoundland-street, and also, as soon as funds will permit, to build a new schoolroom adjoining this place of worship. Pre- parations had been going on for months past, and it was intended that the bazaar and fancy fair should equal if not outvie any that had gone before. Whe- ther this ambitious result was fully achieved we are not prepared to say but certainly a good deal was achieved with the aid of extraneous assistance and at considerable cost incurred in procuring Swiss stalls and Swiss scenery from a London firm whose business it is to furnish such equipments. Added to this some of the ladies and friends of the church worked most industriously in providing very pretty, artistic, and in some cases valuable goods wherewith to entice purchasers. The bazaar, which was held in the examination hall of the college, was opened on Monday, at twelve p.m., by the Right Hon. the Countess of Lisburne, among the other patrons being the Mayor and Mayoress, Colonel Pryse, Miss Loveden, Mr R. Davies, M.P., Sir Pryse Pryse, Bart., and Lady Pryse, Sir John Jones Jenkins, M.P., Mr L. P. Pugh, M.P., and Mrs Pugh, the Hon. G. H. P. Evans and Mrs Evans, Mr H. C. Fryer and Mrs Fryer, Capt and Mrs Cosens, Mr Vaughan Davies, and Mr H. P. and Mrs Cobb. The doors were thrown open shortly before the hour announced, and very soon there was a fair sprinkling of visitors, the general impression created by the ap- pearance of the room being one of pleasure. Among the ladies and gentlemen present were the Countess of Lisburne, Lady Constance Lisburne, the Mayor and Mayoress (Mr and Mrs James), Colonel Pryse, Peithyll, Mrs Pugh, Abermaide, Alderman P. and Mrs Williams, the Rev Dr Edwards, Bala College, the I Rev LI. Edwards, M.A., Mr Evan Jones Williams, Mrs Williams, Llanbadarn-road, Mr Rees, North and South Wales Bank, Mrs Richard James, Queen's- xoad, &c. After a pianoforte solo, played by Miss Morris, The Rev J. Varteg Jones, on behalf of the com- -mittee, said that he had great pleasure in presenting to all kindly greetings. They desired to accumulate funds to pay for their new organ and also to build a sehoolroom. The organ might be a luxury, but they ■would all agree with him that the schoolroom was a great necessity (hear, hear). He then enumerated the many attractions which they had provided, and the many attractions which they had provided, and alluded in flattering terms to the presence of the I Countess of Lisburne, whom he requested to open the I the bazaar. The Countess of Lisburne said it gave her great pleasure to assist in such a good work. Everybody I must admire the skill and energy which had devised such an undertaking, especially as this was the first fancy fair of its kind which had been held in Aber- ystwyth. Her ladyship then declared the bazaar open amid much applause. Any attempt at a full description of the room must l>e inadequate from the nature of the varied assort- ment of the goods displayed for sale. The scene re- presented a bazaar in a Swiss village, and the equip- ments, such as scenery, &c., requisite for a repre- sentation of this character, were procured at con- siderable outlay. The room was rather small to set the view off to complete advantage; but nevertheless the effect was picturesque and to a great extent artis- tic. Very many of the attendants at the stalls were attired in a costume which it was said became Swiss females but if the textures requisite to attire the ladies of this unassuming country are as costly as some of those worn on Monday and the following days, then the pockets of Swiss gentlemen must be pro- verbially well filled. The stalls, or rather chalets, were six in number, and besides these were two addi- tional ones, whereupon to display the overplus stock, and another containing flowers, &c., which were also offered for sale. The chalet Mont Blanc was presided over by Mrs T. C. Edwards, Miss Lizzie Roberts, I Bridge-street, Miss Hughes, Portland-street, Miss Ma ggie Jane Jones and Mis3 Anne Jane Edwards, I Terrace-road. The stall contained a combination of most beautifully-worked fancy and useful articles, prominently among which were landscape views and a miscellaneous assortment of all those pretty things usually found on such occasions. Crewel- work, draperies, china, dolls (Welsh and English), and a host of other things were here nicely arranged, -and were calculated soon to meet with a ready sale. Mrs Edwards had also an extra stall, which was pre- sided over by Misses Edwards and Benbow, on which there was again a very nice display of articles of value and beauty. At the chalet St Gothard, Mrs E. Morgan, Mrs Ll. Edwards, Mrs Ellis, Little Darkgate-street, Mrs T. Owen, North-parade, and Miss Ellis were the sales women in the several departments. Mrs Evan Morgan had a large and well-assorted display of ladies clothing, as well as an abundant variety of smaller items, many of them very valuable; among them were some good views, nice Dresden ware, crewel work, baskets, and other articles. Mrs T. Owen also -made a capital display, in the setting out of which good taste was exhibited. Mrs Ellis offered for sale some nicely-worked point lace, views of the college, -handkerchiefs, brackets, crewel work, and many other things too numerous to epitomise. Mrs LI. Edwards exhibited a large and choice selection of antimacassars, inkstands and jars of various kinds also, some very costly rugs (wool, &c.), children's 'dresses, crewel work, and other such items, besides which she had pictures by Dore, valued at fifteen guineas downwards. A rather unique thing on this stall was a representation of a cow, which on being touched would imitate the "moo" with surprising exactness. Of course this wonderful animal was the the cause of much amusement. Mrs Penllyn Jones, Mrs Kensit Jones, Miss F. Jones, Miss Jones, Miss •M. Jones, Miss James, and Miss Benbow overlooked the chalet Simplon, while that of Monte Rosa, also a "part of the same business concern, was more particu- larly under the care of Miss Davies, Sydenham House, and Miss Cissy White. These stalls were by no means the least effective in the" village." Among the many beautiful things here to be seen was a fire screen of arrasene work, all done by hand; it was a representation of apricot blossoms and birds, and certainly was a very handsome article; also, there "was a cushion of similar make and material, chair back, all of which were worked at the Ladies Colle- giate school, and were really works of art; a beauti- ful dinner mat was also worked at the sams school. Then there was an elegant smoking chair, carved in walnut, added to which was a nice fender .stool. These are only a few of the costly articles 011 vipw here, and altogether this was a most attractive exhibition. The flower strtll contained a choice and fragrant assortment of exotic and other plants, most -of which had been presented by the Countess of Lis- buriy>, and were of the finest description and others were from the well-known firm of Dickson & Sons, Chester. Miss Davies, of Sydenham House, had a nice assortment of maeramo work, brackets, and other beautiful ornaments. At the chalet St Bernard the attendants were Mrs E. H. James, Mrs Edwin Jones, J^iss Jenkins, Bridge-street, Mrs John Owen, Penglais-^oad, Miss Lillie Jenkins, Swansea, Miss Jenkins, the Misses Jame^, Dolybont, and Miss Anna Joieg. Mrs Evan Hugh James showed some exquisite articles in children's dresses, dolls of every description,and other beautiful articles- Mrs E. Jones had -s„lso a nice assortment of china, Welsh dolls, and sgme things of a useful as wen as orna- mental character. Miss Jenkins and Mrs Owen were offering articleg to suit the capacity of all customers, %J1 of which were admired, Wo should have men- tioned that Mr.s 3s. H. James had for disposal some ncyel and yet handsomely made milking stools, and a yery handsome dinner screen on a brass stand, as W:,ell as some handsomely stuffed birds. D. Lloy/l, with whom were Miss S. A. Jones, Miss J. Jones, Miss Evans, .Miss E. Lloyd, Miss Benbow, 'and Miss <3yen, presided &ver chalet Jnngfrauhorn, awl afforded ^capital display of goods, some of which were of £ ae description. The refresh- men^TS chalet Leuegrne, was presided over by £ he Mayoress and the Misses Davies, and contained delicacies ot_|very description. We know that the Mayor and Mayoress spared no expense in proving thenjselves excellent caterers:, find we are pleased to fidd that a good stroke of business was done here. Immediately tl:c bazaar was declared open, the jioble Countess set to work with a will, and with tho assistance of Miss Cissy White bogltIl disposino- of beautiful bouquets of flowers, which were readily purchased. Her ladyship also visited the various atalladuriligtho afternoon, and purchased largely, thus showing very practical sympathy with tho < b- ject of the effort being made. In addition uo bazaar entertainments were provided, s ic a gallery of art, many of the pictures coming f gallery of the late Mr G. E. J. Powell, Nant Eos, magnetism, panorama of Egypt and the Soudan, tableaux vivaut, marionettes, a living mummy, and a fine art parody gallery, a small charge being made for admission to each of them. During each day, songs were sung by Miss Annie Williams, London, Miss Price, R.A.M., Messrs D. Jenkins, M.B., T. Maldwyn Evans, and a glee party gave some glees. The attendance on the first day was good, and about X170 was taken at the different stalls. On Tuesday, the sale was opened by Mr John James, mayor, who remarked upon the success which had been achieved on the previous day, and trusted that the good work would continue on the following two days, so that the object of the promoters might be attained. The attendance during the day was not large, but in the evening the room became crowded, and the stall holders had a brisk time of it. The pro- ceeds of the day amounted to upwards of < £ 80. On Wednesday, Colonel Pryse was expected to have opened the proceedings, but a letter was re- ceived from him stating that an unexpected call else- where prevented his fulfilling the engngement. The Rev J. Varteg Jones, therefore, formally declared the bazaar open, and the sale of work was again com- menced, of which there was still a large quantity re- maining on hand. ABERYSTWYTH BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The fortnightly meeting of the board was held in the boardroom of the union workhouse on Monday. Present—Mr H. C. Fryer (in the chair) Mr Morris Davies (vice-chairman); Messrs Hugh Hughes, Glyn- padarn; S. Davies, Glanyrafon: James Jones, Llwyn- glas Richard Richards, Gwarfelin John Jenkins, Aberystwyth; T. Smith, Gelmast; Rev J. T. Griffiths, Llanilar; Messrs David Jones, Rest John Edwards, Rhiwlas; Thomas Jones, Cwmere Richard Hughes, Cefnhendre, D. S. Davies; Hugh Hughes, clerk. THE HOUSE. The Master reported that during the past fortnight there was one admitted, and seven discharged, leav- ing 88 in the house, being a decrease of one on the corresponding fortnight of last year. The number of paupers relieved was 25, being a decease of four on the corresponding fortnight of last year. FINANCE. The following out-relief was administered during the past fortnight:—Aberystwyth district, per Mr John Jones, Commerce House, £ 35 18s, to 165 paupers; Geneu'rglyn district, per Mr John D. Jones, .£52 Is, to 217 paupers Ilar district, per Mr Joseph Morgan, £ 47 17s 6d, to 171 paupers. The amount in the bank was shown to be .£192 5s. THE BERKSHIRE RELIEF SYSTEM. A letter was read from the clerk to the Machynlleth union on the subject of vagrancy. The question had been brought before the Machynlleth board on the previous Wednesday, when it was stated that great inconvenience ensued by the Aberystwyth union not having adopted the Berkshire system. The Chairman said it was a question which they had mooted once or twice, but the board thought it would be quite useless for them to adopt it until it had some continuity, and they had been waiting to see how it worked. He saw by the discussion at the Machynlleth board the difficulty was to find out where a man came from,because as a matter of course if they had no tickets they told the master of the workhouse that they came from Aberystwyth. But if they adopted the suggestion of the Machynlleth board they would be in the same difficulty unless Aber.ayron and Tregaron did the same. He suggested that they should bring the matter on at the Quarter Sessions and ask the guardians to meet at Aberyst- wyth and discuss the whole question; and to meet the difficulty at Machynlleth they might supply the vagrants with tickets to take away with them. Mr Morris Davies agreed with the suggestion to bring the matter before the Quarter Sessions, and this was decided upon. INVITATION TO WORKHOUSE CHILDREN. Mrs Pugh, Abermaide, wrote asking the board to allow the workhouse children to pay their annual visit to Abermaide on Friday. Granted.

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