Although it has followed so quickly on the "National," the Naval and Military bazaar, which has been one of the chief events of this week, has scored a great success. Tt was organised by Mr. C. P. Little, the energetic promoter of the concert by which £4,000 was added to the War Funds in one afternoon sorns months ago. It was held at Olympia and opened on the first day by Princess Christian, on the second by Mr. Goschen, and yesterday by Captain Hed-worth Lambton, of the Powerful. The immense building, which in its day has been used in such diverse ways, looked its' very best; flags and bunting were everywhere to the fore, and each stall was in a way emblematic of the regiment it represened. Thus at the Guards stall, the ladies wore cream muslin dresses, with long
at the Admiralty stall, the assistants wore white duck skirts and blouses with sailor collars, The Royal Scots Greys chose grey muslin, with black hats and sashes of the regimental colours; and the 10th Hussars wore dark blue, braided with gold colour, Many of the stalls had specialities, The Powerfuls went in for feathers and artificial flowers, the Terribles for Venetian glass, the Royal Horse Guanls for silver (of which I hear their stock was valued at £5,000), and the Admiralty for sweets, The Ist Life Guards sold hooks and the Grenadiers, Coldstreams and Scots flowers, and so on. One great feature and' a commendable one) ut both functions has been the prices asked for the goods sold. They have erred on the side of cheapness, as in many cases the sums asked have been far less than those charged in shops. Thad a tat silver pend ase (hall marked) offered me for one shilling, whereas in Bond Street T should have paid at least 2.6 for it, What the total netted will be Feannot yet say, but the National Bazawr cleared something like £25,000 and this one should, I think, do quite as well. Where all the money comes from is marvellous, as every one seems to be suffering from the effects of the war in some way.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.