The Archive · 1923

Among the Stalls

The stalls were of one design throughout and they were loaded with hams and various other articles of food, tobacco and: pipes, household utensils, _clothing, and every imaginable useful thing. as well as a profusion of the prettiest ornamental kind. And again, the.prices for what everyone wants were of the amount that anyone can pay without the thought of being "done."

Probably the most attractive stall was that for live stock, presided over by the wives of some of the leading sportsmen, whose kennels, pens, coops and stables have had to pay heavy toll to find funds for the ladies' Association. There was a splendid kennel of sporting dogs, mostly puppies of the right age for training by new masters, and labelled at prices which make them little less than gifts. There was a beautiful little piebald pony, quiet, but with plenty of action. and obvious

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