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FUN O' THE FAIR.
Official Opening By Lady Clementi.
A DAY TO BE REMEMBERED
Lee Garden En Fete All Day and Night.
preted with that notes careful
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THE CHINA MAIL
The
by golfers and non golfers and and munched the toothsome sugary Chinese chow many & mean * club waswielded lumps of candy with gusto. This is which is the Should the rain
the good news for local dentists who can sticks which Fair, Mr. Les Hy-8 will run the look forward to good business on to play risk of being,
by the Monday morning! Get One of the Sanitary Board for "harbouring, mosquitoes if he does not fill those holes mighty chop-chop!
MONDAY, OCTOBER
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Jack Horner's Pie peans at the gardens were the pret-attractive Jack Horner's Pie was run by the ty scenes from Chinese classico,
The nex
started at 6.30p.m.First
was the Grand Ensemble Antidotes," who put the audience in the "know" right at the start as to
St. Stephen's Girls' College, super- with pretty paper figures of bont Our barbers are what they might expect in the way Mrs. E. D. C. Wolfe had charge vised by Miss Atkins, and there girls, fishermen, etc, floating on the experts in Bobbing. of enjoyment. All the other items of the Police Branch, which ran were so many fingers in it that numerous ponds in the gardens. Shingling and Wav on the programme were of the same the Bran Tub, Hidden Treasure very little was left over for poor These figures and the boats on In the attractive settings, of Lee Gardens one of the biggest and the gathering was very sorry Dolly's Name Competition, and Wonder what Jack has to say about electricity and moved realistically, 19, Queen's Road C. Tel. C. 151 high standard as the opening one, the Cake Weight Competition. Jack by the time the Fair ended. which they stood were worked by CAMPBELL MOORE
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when the "show came to end. Raffles for women and men. Many it? Miss Newsholme and her, band .. Miss Marjorie Simpson and Ana- useful things could be "fahod" out of workers from the Bellos Girla pleasing dust. entitled "Hunting to, but it cost a lot of time, temper, Ring. It's a wager that very few Bands. In attendance attracted large ter Bryan Byrne offered a very of the Bran Tub If one knew how School had charge of the Lucky The various Military and Pipe
Military Music
Dance" and it must have done their and, above all money, to acquire the would agree that the ring was right-crowds, playing simultaneously at little hearts good to hear time ap knack! The Hidden Treasure was ly named. However, it was all for various parts of the large gardens, plause which greated them at the as hard to find as the proverbial a good cause, so why worry? The principal attraction for those Tollan had the Scots amongst the there were many prospectors stak-carna the M.C.L. Stall, the Whitey Smith and his musical kids, conclusion of their turn. Miss Lorna needle in the haystack Nevertheless, Under the heading of "Various" with dancing feet, however, werd audience wriggling in their seats ing their "claims."
Donkey Rides and the Guessing who seemed to be enjoying them-
The two first
fetes yet organised in connection with the Hong Kong Women's Guild and Ministering Children's League took place on Saturday afternoon and evening,"
Long before the time of the official opening by Lady Clementi large crowds had already entered and the Fun of The Fair had com- menced. Although there was no undue pestering of visitors there were always plenty of young ladies with winning wayá in attendance charming the spare cash from the pockets of the passers-by for. raffles and other competitions which all helped towards the same good cause,
is to be commended his
disposal of the M.C.L.
THE PRIZE WINNERS.
when the concerts and other attrac tions commenced, the firework dis play and Fish Procession proving very picturesque and attracting large crowds,
spirited action In placing his beautiful and spacious grounds at the with har Highland. Dance, White The Prisons Brunch was under were supervised by Miss Woo and selves da much as the dancers, who
Tollan, with Miss Betty Pestonji, contri- the guidance of Mrs. J. W. Franké, Misa J. Ho Tung, respectively, "musical ambassador”, and his gang's buted a duet entitled "Jazz" which The ladies of the branch ran the while the last named was in the snappy jazz pleces, played as only made it hard for one to avoid Ice Cream and Mineral Water En-charge of Miss Bedford and her band these tuneful boys know how. They "shimmying." The Irish Jig by closure and Barrow and did a of Ranger Guides, Miss Ho Tung's were so fascinating, and it seemed audience many thrills. Miss Marion Bryson also gave the roaring trade. The money came donkeys had sailor grooms, and the one could never tire of dancing to
pouring out of the pockets of patient animals had a lot of work their music. Pretty Dancing.
their thirsty owpers, while the to do carrying the large numbers of One thing which was not strictly some excellent
Corpl. W. H. Cox, R.A.M.C., gave amount of liquid that went down youngsters, all of whose ambition in in
vocal selections, dry throats would have been a good life was apparently to be attention and favourable comment the show but attracted much which earned for him well merited argument in favour of prohibition dashing jockeys." applause. The curtain was, finally had it been anything stronger than that
is well was the new motor cycle fire-fight- brought down after another En fancy drinks! The Kicking the carefully gave the gardens a which was in attendance ready to S.C.P.A. Inspectors ing apparatus of the Fire Brigade semble entitled "Dance Moderne" Football and "Coconut Shies de wide barth (or were they kept out cope with any emergency. in which figured the Misses Ann partments of this Branch were run by force?), otherwise it would be and Irene Butler, and Messrs. A. D. shamelessly exhibiting their broad have to say about "cruelty" to con- Tollan, Betty Clemo, Bella Pestonjf by Warders and hardened criminala Interesting to hear what they would Spoore, F. D. Angus, W. L. Ramsay arrows to the public gaze. After keys by working them without a and J. Pearse. They pro-watching for longed applause and persistent calls while it is forcibly, brought to mos to
All the aide-shows went with a real swing and the "ping" of the rifle range shots, the click of the coconut shies, the badinage of the energetic gentlemen in charge of departments which required plenty of lung power on the part of the directors of operations and, finally, the delighted shricks of the young- stors as they embarked on the ap parently hazardous "voyage" down the shout fell as welcome music upon the ears of the knot of people gathered near the centre of the gardens on the occasion of the cut- ting of the ribbon by Lady Clementi. The opening was purposely ar- ranged along simple lines in order that the visitors scattered over the extensive grounds might not be in terrupted in their very praise- worthy efforts to get rid of super- fluous cash in a worthy cause. The Guard of Honour, consisting of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides repre-
THE THEATRE.
The "Music Makers."
The theatre in the Lee Gardens had various attractive concert pro grammes to offer, and it was well filled at each performance. ***
The first "house" was opened at
5.00 p.m., and the first artistes to appear were the "Music Makers," comprising eleven performers, namely, Mesdames Charles, Cornaby, Grimble, and Marcel, the Misses Ellaby and Carothers, Captalus Hinchcliffe, and Laurie, and Messrs. Payton-Reid, Marcel and Urwick.
for an encore, the audience being sorry to depart.
The dances on this programme O'Keefe. were arranged by Miss Daisy
one that footballers are born and not made. If some of those kickers appeared in a local League game they would be lynched f
Little Dancers.
the
eat! Punch and Judy.'
Evening Shows.
There were two other perform- ances in the theatre in the evening. the first "house" starting at 8.15 p.m., and the other at 9.15... Tho same programme was presented at the evening performances, and there were good attendances at both
Pretty baskets with tastefully ar- ranged greenery were offered at the Basket Stall run by Mrs. Blair and Company. The baskets, which The programme was again opened Mrs. D. Templetori, presented the room, found ready buyers. In addled the success scored in the after- were very desirable ornaments for by the "Music Makers in new The Quarry Bay Branch, under that empty nook in the drawing songs and choruses. They repeat- Juvenile Highland Dancers trained tion to the Dragon Procession and noon, and had very great difficulty This combination presented some cast being taken ill practically at the reached their 'teens yet, did yeoman Mrs. Lee Hy-san ran the Chiness shadow play in two scenes entitled |
by Mr. and Mrs. A. Craig. These the Fireworks Display which at in making their get away. little dancers, none of whom had tracted large crowds in the evening, 'sentative of the various troops in which were deservedly well applaud- eleventh hour, and there was no work performing for the patrons of Conjuring and Punch and Judy Ug-Ug, The Ogre, in which the Then followed an interesting
the Colony, ivere drawn up in line near the centre of the grounds on either side of the stretched ribbon the cutting of which was the official act of opening.
no
Official Opening. Lady Clement's car was heralded by the martial music of picked pipers from the Scots Guards, the Cameronians and the King's Own Scottish Borderers and as she step- ped from the car Lady Clementi was handed a pair of scissors by little Miss Nancy King with which the ribbon was cut. There were specches. At the same time Master Cyril Kotewall presented a specisi- ly designed programme of the day's events to Lady Clementi who, in turn, presented little Miss King with a ten cent piece to avert the "evil" which the transfer of scissors is popularly associated in superstitious lore. The coin was then placed into the collection bag
axcellent choruses,
and
solos,
ed. Mrs. Marcel bang very sweetly and was persistently called upon for an encore. Captain Laurie was also the possessor of a pleasing veice, and the audience was not slow in showing its appreciation.
"Winnie's Warblers"
"Who Are You?" written by Mr. A snappy farce in one act entitled Alexander C. Greaves, was unavoid ably cancelled owing to one of
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the tea enclosure. They danced at shows. The Conjurers were quite characters were as follows: frequent intervals throughout the a mystifying crowd who could make The Dear Princess .. afternoon and evening, and al- things disappear as readily as they tired toward the end, each perform They plied their trade well, and did though the little tats must have felt produced things from nowhere." Mra. Blunderblobb (The Wicked Mrs., Davenport-Browne Housekeeper) Mrs. Murray ace was given with that "diehard" not lack admirers. Punch and Judy Folly Doodle (The Maid of No- spirit which is admirable in such also had a big following which in- were well repaid by the rounds. of memories of childhood days. Young folk. The dancing was of a cluded many "oldsters" to whom Prince Cheerio (Betrothed to
work)
Mrs. Cornsby very high order, and the little ones they must have brought happy
Princesa) Mrs. A. N. Lucey UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITERS applause which greeted their every appearance.
The Cigarette Stall, run by the University Branch under Mr. Peter Pau, was the smokers haven, where were able to replenish their cases those who had an out of "gaspers" at a reasonable cost.
Woollies.
the Woollies Stall, where pretty wool- len garments and other fineries Mra, H. K. Holmes had charge of
were on exhibition, each one. a The Shooting Gallery attracted
Motor Car Raffle." Captain Jacoba Larkcom and Mr. Richard Lee had ready buyers of chances in their Raffle for a 23 seater Studebaker coupò presented Scouts and Girl Guides netted in a by Capt. F. Baylis, while lot of money selling programmen at
for Lady Clementi, who opened the the gates and in the gardens. They
Fair. also supplied the Guard of Honour
Ug-ug, The Ogre... Captain Doyla Twinkletces (The Fairy) Stingo (The Teme Dragon, a Pet of the Housekeeper) D. M. Rycroft SCENE 1
Nosuch Place The Palace of the Dear Princess Winnie's. Warblers played: between Scenes 1 and 2
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THE SIDE SHOWS. The Naval and Dockyard Branch, supervised by Mrs. J. Pearson and Mra. C. H. Philips, had charge of various side showa under the title received with enthusiasm, atyled Here was the kiddies' play ground, Another combination which was of "At the Sign of the Jolly Sailor." themselves "Winnie's Warblers." and many enjoyed the thrills They were too modest to even dis-shooting down the chute, and It was close their identity, their names be good to hear their shrill cries of ing carefully left out of the pro- delight. Even a gramme!
child could not tire of the attractions arranged for the dancing items contributed by had enough of the chute, little Tem The "bly hand" was given to his amusements, for when he had the pupils of Miss Joan Mitchell, could turn his attention to "spoil Heller's Scarf Dance" and Arditi's Ing Aunt Sally's face by taking "Liiting Dance" were very prettily shots at it with rubber balls, and executed by the Misses Helen and many were the hits scored on her Lola Paterson, Caroline and Mary nose and other parts of her "dial" Braga, and Joan and. Joyce: Patar by budding cricketers. son. Then followed J.C.M's dance entitled "Mischief"
timely reminder of the approaching be made of the First Aid Detachable "show, and the audiences were by Misses
Last, but not least, mention must It was altogether a very enjoy- Margery Lammert and children, and many sharp-shooters
the grown-ups as well as the elder Winter. Business was brisk here, ment provided by the St. John sent away very pleased, and many for the funds of the Fete in order Olivia Matthews, who were two in the malding were seen scoring the Peak Branch under the super-trusted to leave nothing to chance, would not have missed it for double! that good luck might be brought to perfect little imps. The first named creditable bulls and Inners. The vision of Mrs. E. B. C. Hornell, and and its members are always present the admission charge.
An Ice Cream Barrow was run by Ambulance Brigade, which can be were heard to remark that they Lady Clementi then Inspected the dance the "Great Grandmama," was petition, at which many took Noll superintended the Peak Chiling. A stretcher squad of ambut the evening were the Dragon Pro- young lady's interpretation of Sind's Branch also ran a Guessing Com- did not lack patronage. Mrs. M. G. wherever there is a large gather- Guard of Honour accompanied by
also excellent. Macdowell's dance chances. the Rev. G. T. Waldegrave (Com- "An Autumn Leaf" was Mias Josn
The principal attractions in missioner of the Hong Kong Boy Mitchell's special selection, and she
dren's Club Stall, where the handiance men paraded the gardens ready cession and the Firework Dis- Scouts' Association) and after dis- presented it in a way which would The Military Branch conducted was offered for sale. Here the notice, while in their depot in the Hy-san, 28A, Des Vœux Road Central.
work of the members of the Club to render assistance at a moment's play, both arranged by Mrs. Lee cussing the prospects of the Fair have made
the Clock Golf and the White "early birda" secured the choicest gardens the lady members, were to with the organisers who were pre
Elephant Stall under the supervi- "worms" and lots of useful things be seen in the picturesque dresses fully 16 feet long, had a fearsome Bent she made a tour of the stalls
The dragon, a huge monster and other attractions, congratulat a dance turn entitled "In the charge of the concert party and stituted themselves under the footh- uniforma.
The programme was wound up by while Mrs. Russell-Brown had Ladies, led by Mrs. Meyer, con- male dressers in their neat khaid green satin, under which the low- sion of Mrs. T. A. F. Robinson, changed hands. The American of Red Cross nurses, supported by head of plaster and a body of ing the various helpers on the re- Bult of their arduous work in the Loln Paterson, Joan and Joyce given elsewhere.
Forest," by the Misses Helen and shadow play, a report of which is sorme name of the "Kandy" Kids." past few months,
Paterson, Joyce Crapnell, Shiona Among those who were present at Mackichan and Isa Lammert. The pretty too, were obtainable at the a sweet tooth. The kiddies crowd- tasty Chinese delicacies, attracted very finely made of coloured rice ous bearers could be seen. It was Chinese Chow, Many very useful articles, and Yankee candles, to offer those with aut, with its high class menu of twenty prettily lighted fishes,
They had a fine orra
array of real The Lee Garden Chinese Restaur accompanied in its stately march the opening were Capt. Whyte dance was divided in two parts (a) White Elephant Stall,, which collected around the stall like files, but many patrons, some old addlets to a
around the gardens by about (A.D.C.) who accompanied Lady Lund's "Woodnympha" and (b) ed crowds of the fair sex like what was surprising was the num- Chinese "feed, while others were must have entailed a lot of work, Clementi from Government House, Schumann-Macdowell's Capt. H.B.L. Dowbiggin, Mr. and These, intricate pieces were inter- Clock Golf was also well patronised who were also attracted to the place, ing initiated into the mysteries of The effect of the procession, "Fairies" moths around a bright light. The ber of rather over grown fies" curious "Gret timers who were be and they were undoubtedly costly Mrs. W. T. Southorn, Mr. and Mrs.
paper, the construction of which T. H. King, Mra. D. W. Tratman, Sir Shou-son and Lady Chow, Dr. R. H. Kotewall and Mrs. Kotowall; Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe and Mrs. Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hy-aan, Mr, E. I Wynne Jones' and Mr. and Mrs. Ho Kom-tong,
the efforts of all concerned.
Excellent, Arrangements. A general move was then made in the direction of the various stalls and side-shows which had been doing good business for some time. Lady Clementi shewed parti cular interest in the activities of the Police and Prison Branches and of the Naval and Dockyard Branch where there were a large band of workers and excellent arrangementsTM for the entertainment of the visi tors, as indeed there were at the numerous other centres of Branch activities.
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