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A Picturesque Bazaar. LADY BARCLAY ON CAREERS FOR WOMEN. TH-E OLD GIRLS' PRovinEiNT FUND INAUGURATED. There was a numerous and fashionable gather- inig at Pieorihois Cblliege for Girls, Colwyin Bay, on Saturdlay, for the bazaar organised in aid of the newly fonmed Old Girls' Provident Fund. The spacious and .beautiful ginauindis surround- ing the stately college looked remarkably at- tnactive in the pleasant sunshine, the lawns and trees and flowerls all reflecting the happiness "Which prevailed indtoors. In the new Hall the various stalls were ar. ranged with consummate taste and made a pretty picture. Parents, old girds, present pupils and staff thronged1 the room,- and the delicate toilettes worn served, to, enhance the beauty of 'the scene. The presence of such a numerous and deeply- iirateryeitied company, in which everyone exhibited the utmost sympathy with and eagerness to sup- port the good cause for which the bazaar was being held, ensured the success of the venture, eiven, before the time foir the formal opening. BRIEFLY HISTORICAL. Penrhos Collage was founded in 1880, the boarding house now known as Gilbertville, on the Promieinade, with The Bungalow and the ivy-covered cottage, being used as the school until 1895, when the Directors purchased in-w premises standing in their own well-wooded grouindis of four acres, extending to the Parade -and including a beautiful dingle and strelam, five tenuis courts, hookeiy ilawns, etc. In 1896 a ,deta.ched isaraatoriuim, equipped with all the "most modern improivements, was built 00.1 ad- jacent ground, and in, 1898 The School-house" was erected and connected by the covered way with the other building. It contains a gym- nasium, 60 by 35 feet, ianid 15 feet high, with apparatus on. the Swedish system, seven music practising ro,o,mis, and six large class rooms, one being .specially fitted; up for science teaching. On t,he,s,ee-ofnd floor are bedrooms, which, as in the other parts of the College, are for the accom- modation of one, two or three pupils. On the ground floor of the older building is a dining hall, 60 by 26 feet ant 15 feet high, a large drawing room for the use of the pupils, a reception room, the lady Principal's rooms-, and the feitchen department. In 1900 threle flDIOT,S, of bedrooms wienie built over the dining hall and 2% acres of land added to the playing fields; and in 1901 and 1904 the estate was: extended on the east and west sides, three acres being addled on the west. In 1001 electric light was installed throughout the Cbllege, and in. 1907 .and 1908 a large extlClusion of the S chool-house was built and the kitchen department remodelled and en- larged;. The grounds silope down towards the sea, but the College buildings stand so high that tihiey obtain the full benefit of sun and wind. The pupils enjoy gymnastic training and con- sidienabilb choice in. out-door giamlss. THE OLD GIRLS' ASSOCIATION. On leaving ischool. each girl is invited to. join the Old Girls' Association, which was founded by Miss Hoivey in. 1896 with a membership of 77, and has since increased to. 243. During the past twelve years the Association has issued a magazine every term containing news of both present and past member,s of the College. The money .received from the sale of these magazines together, with members' subscriptions, has kept the Society in a sliffici-einitly flourishing condi- tion. A ire-union of members takes place every year, usually at Whiitsluintidtei. At the one held in 1907 it was suggested that a fund be raised from which gifts or loans could be granted to formieir .pupils of the College who. might be in need) iotf pecuniary hellp either fortheir own per- sonal support or for the carrying on of their work. At a mleletilllig in 1908 it was decided, to hold a bazaar at the College, during the re'-union in 1909, to raise the sum of at least -f300. It is intended that the .scheme should be open1 to all Old 'Girls," whether members of the As- sociation or not. PATRONiS AND PROMOTERS. The following ladies and ge,,ntjieimein consented to act as patrons of .the bazaar —The Council of Penrhois College: Mr. C. W. Ashcroft (Pre- sideint), Mr. 1. A. 'Mack, J.P. (Vice-President), the Rev. S. T. House, Mr. W. Oulton, J.P., Also Mrs. 'Hutchinson, Mrs. Hammond (Mrs. Biechett), Mr.s. Crossfieild, Mists Dunonan, Messrs. T. L. Dodd, J.P., S. Homier, S. Mason- Hutchinson, T. G. Osborn, M.A., H. Nuttall, M.iD., A. C. Sybes, J.P., and 1. Dootson. The official list iof members of the bazaar Committee was as follows:—R. Hovey, B.A., Principal Penrhois Cblilege (President.) H. Roth- well, Brentwood, "YVlailkden, Lanes. (Treasurer) C. Helliwe/11, Hblly Bank, Walsdien, Todrnordan ■(Secretary), 1. Willi amis, D. Melloir, M. Hall, E. Sykeis, J. Gliedhiill, M. Carnley, M. Marston, F. Whfltilocfe, Misis Clayton, M-iss. Byrom, Miss March, I. Lee, M. Lee, M. Oldroyd, A. Leach, M. Erecknall, E. Shrimpton, N. Greenihalgh, D. Law, E. Smiith, H. Smith, E. Roberts. TIHE OPENING CEREM ONY. Mr. G W. Fnectonalll, of Northampton, pre- sidl-d ovetr the opening ^ceremony, and was sup- ported on the platform by Sir Thomas and Lady Barclay, (Mrs. Frecknall, Miss Hovey, Mr. 1. Dootson, Mir. A. C. Syktes, J.P., the, Council of Penrhos Cotlltege, and other .adies and gentle- rneii. After- the singing of the hymn, Now thank we all our God," the Rev. F. J. Briggs offered Prayer. Miss (Hovey, speaking 00 behalf of the ow, girls, the present girls, the mistresses, and her. self, exteinded a corddal welcome to all, and thtape were hearty cihlearis when she remarked that there werte with them that day no fewer than a IhBlUdmed and thirty old girls, or more than the number of present pupils. Already more than £ 50 had! been received for the fund, including a donation of £ 5 from MIls. H:ammond in memory cd Mr. Beckett. (Applause.) At fiirst the old gwflis tbought to Taise £ 200 for the movement, but after con,sidetation she bad taken the libenty of altering the .first figure, from two to three," and now there WelIIe priOlspects that titiey "would go beyond even the ^300. (Hear, hear.) In calling upon the Secretary of the Old Girls' Association to make a presentation to Lady Bar- clay, Miss Hoviey mentioned that her ladyship Was the motihelr of one of the, present girls, and therefore represented the present school.; whilst the Chairm.an, Mr. Frecknall, was the father of one of the old girls, and had done all he could for the school by sieinding his family there. (Ap- plause.) T'hiei Selcrleitary, amid applaiuise, presented a. lovely .shower bouquet to Lady [Barclay. Frocknall, who. was heartily received, said be had beeni greatly honoured by being asked to Preside. After expressing the great pleasure he felt at being present, he expressed his un- qualified approval of the scheme which was that *^ay being iinauguriatied, and said he felt sure that; the fund would .prove of great value in the future. The object of the bazaar was to form a fund for the assistance of old girls who might, f'°r some unforseen reason, become in need of such help, and that iheilp would be of inestimable ■service. It was a very noble movement, which had in it something of this .Masonic feeling, be- cause the whole idea of Masonry was to help others, an idea which fouind, its practical expres- SlIO in the various philanthropic institutions as- sociated with Masonry. The movement, -too, spoikie volumes for the interest which the old 9-lrls took in Penrhos Cbllege, and he ventured think that the fund 'would grow in such a anner that the name of Penrhois College would ome knoiwn in the four quarters of the globe as time wient on,. It would also serve to remind the girls, in later life, of their early days at Penrlios and after all it was the associations of one's school life that WeDel looked back upon with the great pleasure, afrid it was the friend- ships then formed that were the most enduring and agreeable. (Hear, hear.) Further, that movleiIIlleni spoikie volumes for the character Of the teaching at PenTho,s-(hear, hear)-and he felt ISUlne that it .was bound to prosper. It was a groat honour and a great pleasure to be as- sociated with such a scheme. (Applause.) WOMAN'S MISSION. iLadly Barclay, who was greet-ed with mucn warmth, then rose to perform the opening cere- mony. I have, said har Ladyship, the greatest sympathy with the object of this bazaar, and am much impressed by the public spirit exist- ing among the old girls of this school, which has led them, untdler the inspiration of Miss 'Hovey, to start a fund, for heilping each other. (Hear, hear). While we should all like to think that ouir daughters will be provided for, and have homes of their own in the future, we can- not ignore the fact that in many cases the home may depend on their own efforts. I have the strongest feeling that every girl should be brought up to soime trade or profession., and gain diplomas that might be of use in case ol necessity. (Hear, hear.) With boys we begirt early in life to try and ascertain their particular bent, and what they are most fitted for. Why should we not doi the same with girls? Even where there is no apparent need for their being independent, we all Know that a turn of for- tune's wheel may bring them any day face to' face with disaster. Then with dismay they be- gin to count up their assets, and find they are worth (nothing when brought into the keen pom- petition of the labour matfkiat. To. take one case in point. I met a foirtnighit ago a girl who had bejguin life with the brightest prospects. Her father was wealthy, she was brilliantly gifted, had shone in society, and had every advantage. She had baan engaged for years. This year her engagement was broken, off, her father had lost his money some time ago, and she said to' me most patheit-ic ally,, IwhJen speaking of careers for women., "You see, there is the age limit," feel- ing that she- was too. old toi start now to. qualify for any iprofeisislilo!n.. Of course, theilei is always the field of domestic work, but that has beiem greatly umdeirvalued in the past. (Hear, hear.) I iam gladl to, sie, that women will now be able to take housewife's degrees, and' that the Univer- sity of London is granting a diploma by which those who pass the King's College course caM write MJH..S." ("Mistress of Home Science ") after their names. These courses iare very com- plete, and include applied; chemistry, practical domestic arts, sanitary science, applied hygiene, economics, bacteriology, general biology, phys- ics, psychology, and ethics. I .see that applica- tions for teiacihicirs with this, degree already ex- ceed the demand. ('Hear, hear.) It certainly sounds like a very difficult and compreheiijo* ve OOUIlSeJ of .study. The old song says, Men must work and women must weep," but work is ithe privilege and birthright of us all, whether mien or woman, and. it is. one: of the greawlslt blessings in life; but it is only recently that women have had the opportunity of choosing their work in life, and I believe they fully ap- preciate the new avenues open to them. I remember about twenty years ago hear- ing Lady Henry Somerset and Miss Wil- lard speaking in the cause of temper- ance, and Miss Wil'lard told us how her father had opposed her public career when she first started it, but her conscience urged her on -even in Opposition, to. him—and I believe,, if her father had lived he would have felt she was justified. in the course she tooik, when at her death all the flags in Chicago' floated at half- mast in. siign of mourning for her devoted life. And I wish every girl might take as her motto the lines I heard Miss, Willard quote: — "To serve the present age ,My calling to. fiulfil; Oh, let it all my powers engage, To do my Master's will." —.('Hear, hear.) I now have much pleasure in declaring the bazaar open. I hope it may be very successful, and that the sum raquined may be raised to- day (Applause.) ANOTHER SCHOLARSHIP. Mr. C. W. Ashcroft, President of the Council, in proposing a vote of thanks; to Lady Barclay and Mr. Frecknall, announced that the Council, in order to show their appreciation of the work of the old girils in forming that Provident Fund, had decided toi grant an entrance scholarship of £ 3° a year, which would be open only to children of old girls. (Applause.) This, scholar- ship woulld be in the hands of the lady Princi- pal, by whom all the details would be carried out. (Renewed applause.) In conclusion Mr. Ashcroft presented the rackets given, as tennis, prizes to the successful competitors, D. A. Young and A. E. Deakin. Mr. A. C. iSylkes, in seconding the proposition, said that the scheme in support of which the bazaar was being held was one which would ap- peal to' the hearts of the girls1—past, present, and future—of Penrhos College. He had been delighted in watching- the steady progress made by Penrhos, and coiuld safely claim that there was mo brighter girls' school in, England, una that was a very great deal to say. (Hear, hear.) Hie trust-ed, that the past success of the schooll might be eclipsed by its future success, and that it might be a great help and blessing to, many girls for many years to come. (Applause.) Sir Thomas Barclay, replying on behalf of Lady (Barclay to, the vote of thanifes, said he had come thietre with mingled' feelings, because that day recalled a former gathering in countecti-on w,ith that College. It was in, 1880 that he brought oivesr friends from Llandudno to take part in the opening cextemony, and amongst those present on, that occasion, were Mr Gervase Becikiet, Mr Payne, and others whose names were well known. Tlhoise gentlemen were no longer with them, having gone to their rest; but if not with them in body, he wassure they were present in spirit. H)e¡ was proud to tihink of that cloud of wit- nesses. (Hear, hear.). 'His wife had much pleasure im coming there that day to show her syrapathiy with the splendid object for which the bazaar was being held. The second reason was that she wanted to help in some way Miss Hoivey in the great wcirk in which she was en- gaged'. (Hear, hear.). In the third place, she was attracted to that beautiful place—Colwyn Bay—for a nice littte holiday. And the fourth reason was that she wanted to see their littlje daughter, Marjorie. (Laughter and applause.) These things had been accomplished, and he was sure that she, would rejoice with him in the op- portunity of taking part in such a very beauti- ful gathering as that was. Thei thanks wore not diue to' her so much as to them for inviting her to 'come there. On her behalf he wished to thanik them for the cordial way in which' the vote of thanifes had bean proposed and passed, and also, to join in wishing the bazaar every success. (Applause.) The [Chairman also responded, and said he teilt ha owed a dlebt of gratitude' to' Miss. Hovey for the great care she beSltolwed lupon bis diaugh- ter whllle at Penrhos. 'Sb long as he had an op- portunity of doing anything to assist the worthy morvemfent it would give him the greatest pleasure to do so. He simdeirely trusted it might not be a long time before hie should be present at another suich gathering. (Hear, hear.) (Miss Hoivey apologised for rising to speak again, but she did. so, she. said, because she felt she owed a duty to Colwyn Bay. Among the many kind letters received was one from Mir. David iGamble, the Chairman of the District Council, who. was prevented by indisposition from being present, and sent a cheque for two guineas, and wished the fund every success. With regard to the announcement made by M'r. Ashcroft, the Directors had already shown their interest in the scheme by promising to, take care of the money and to give 5 per cent. interest on it, which would be a great help to the Com- mittee. (Laughter and hear, hear.) As regards the scholarsihip, theirte would soon be a number of the children of old girls coming to the school. (Laughter and applause.) STALLS AND STALLHOLDERS. The large company now turned to the artistic and well-laden stalls, the first five of which re- presented periods in the history of Penrhos. The stallholders, who proved very persuasive saleswomen, wore picturesque national cos- tumes. Stall No.. x.—Costume, Dutch; period, up to 1899 1. Williams, A. Bamsley, E. Lloyd, D. Mellor, M. Comptcn, M. Richards, C. Elder kin. Stall No. 2.-Costume, Norwegian; period, !?(,()• 1903 M. Hall, Gwen Morris, Ken- yon, Elsie Sykes, Haircrieit Hulme, Annie Lloyd Re beirts. Stall No. 3.—Costume, Scotch; period 1903- 1906: J. Gledhill, G. Duckworth, C. Dyke. E. McCowen, M. Carnley, C. Bradley, B. iyre, G. Elderkin, D. Jones. Stall No. 4.-Costume, Swiss period, 1906- 1909 F. Whitlock, Elsie Shaw, M. Litherland, M. Marston, D. Ayre, H. Lewis. Stall No.. 5.—Costume, Puritan period, pre- sent day Miss Clayton, W. Leach, M. McKeag, P. Cooper, K. Hughes, E. Blamires, Miss March, J. Heap, F. Widlatt, M. Bacon, M. Bar- ker, D. Sankey, Miss iByroim, M. Walker, M. Ashcroft, N. Dootson, H. Tattersall, D. Ward- man. Stall No. 6.—Costume, Italian (flowers) 1. Lee, H. Dootson, Mabel Oldroyd, Mary Mor'um, M. Lee, G. Dooitsan, Muriel Oldroyd. Stall, No. 7 .C:os;tu.mle, Japanese (refreshments and cafe) May Oldroyd, Elaine Hall, W. Ray- nor, D. Sutton, K. Day, H. Hovey, M. Kirk- patrick, M. Frecknall, G. Oldroyd, K. Sutton, D Adams.. During the afternoon the "old girls" gave two concerts, and the' present school gave an- other in the Library, whilst at eight o.'clock the Gymnasium was filled by an audience who thoroughly enjoyed an amateur dramatic enter- tainment by old girls and friends. The cur- tain-raiser was the comedietta, "A Lucky Legacy," in, which the characters of the Misses Dorothea and Amarinita OLd-stager were sus- tained by Miss Hildia Pearson and,-Miss Molbe Law. Next came the farce, Poor Pillicoddy," in. which the cast (as neT official programme) was as foLLows :-MT. Pillicoddy (nurseryman), Mr. A. Warner Captain O'Scuttle, Mr. H. A. Gray; Mills. Pillicoddy, Miss Qiuiaenie Law; Mrs. O'Scuttle, Miss Mabeil Warner; Sarah Blunt, Miss Dorothy Law. Selections were played during intervals by the Penrhos College Orchestra. Indoor compeltitions and out-dioor sports, lent an added interest to the agreeable day's pro- ceedings. THE ANNUAL CONCERT. On Monday evenjing the annual concert by pupils and musical staff of Penrhos College W,ct. given, with great success in the Gymnasium, and was much appreciated by another large audi- ence. The following was the programme --Piano quarteitt, Trot de Cavalerie (Ruibenstein), D. 'Culliwick, A. Fisher, C. Holmes, K. Watt; part- sonig, "Fly, Singing Bird" (Edgar), accompanied by violins, Selnior Singing Class; recitation, "To a Skylark" (SheUey), D. Holt; violin solo, "Romance" (Elgar), M. Bacon; duet for two pianos, Valse Carnavaletsque" (Chaminaaej, W. Leach, D. Pilling; vocaJl trio, Oh, Hush thee, my Bab;e (Richardson,), W. Batty, M. Leigh, P. Cooper; piano quartatt, march from Tan'nha,user (Wagner), D. Holt, E. Smithy K. Aokerley, L. McCowen; song, "The Bird and the Rose" (Horroclks), M. Barker; recitation, "The Lay of the Lady Lobster (Culver), J. Heap ensemble class, Chant Sauls Paroles (Tschaikowgki) piano solo, Gondoliera (iMoiskowaki), Miss A.. S. Jackson, A.R.C.M. songs, (1) Der Nieugierige," (2) Ungeduld (Schubert), Miss W. L. Ramsey, L.R.A.M. vio- lin soilo, Air Varie, (Vieuxtemps), Miss E. Hodson (Diplomtee Leipzig Conservatoire); song, Hindoo song (Bemberg), Miss M. G. Little, L.R.A.M. (violin obligato, Miss E. Hod- son) two. pianos, "FinaJJe from Concerto in D Minor" (Mendelssohn), Miss_ C. Elderkin, A.R.C.M. (orchestral accompaniment, Miss G. Elderkin) part-song, "Good Night" (Reinecke), Singing Classes.

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