Welsh Journals

flricpstii Dcanerp magazine. Vol. III. (New Series). JULY, 1907. No. 175. GENERAL. Payment of the half-yearly subscriptions is now due, and in the absence of the Secretary he will be much obliged if the Correspondents in each parish will send the amounts due from them direct to the printer —Mr. John Ellis, Long Bridge Street, Llanidloes. On Saturday, July 7th, the day on which the present issue ought to have appeared, the Secretary had received but two columns of copy: hence the delay in publication. LLANIDLOES. Church Party and Sale of Work.— Owing to the wet weather of the past weeks, the Annual Garden Party—this year to be held in the Vicarage Grounds, on Wednesday, July 3rd— had to be abandoned because of the saturated state of the grounds. The National School Rooms were utilised in the emergency, and most of the programme was carried out with marked success. This party is looked forward to by many Church-people as one of the most enjoyable events of the year, and disappointment was of course occasioned by the unavoidable and unsatis¬ factory state of the weather. Yet the after¬ noon, though unfitted for out-door amuse¬ ments owing to the damp, caused by heavy rains, was otherwise bright and sunny, and the Schoolrooms were soon well-filled by friends and well-wishers. The Vicar opened the Sale of Work at 3 p.m., which, together with various amusements, went on busily until the evening. The desks, arranged in two rows, provided good seating, while the rest of the floor was taken up in parading, games, and dancing. There was a good attendance of Llanidloes Churchfolk, and a few visitors from the outlying parishes, noticeably Trefeglwys and Llandinam. During the early afternoon children were much in evidence, and the proceedings partook of the nature of a Juvenile Party at which the chief item was a dance (Sir Roger de Coverley) performed by 32 scholars of the Schools, suitably attired with red and blue sashes. This pleasing dance was very well performed, and reflects credit on the pupils and their teachers. Mrs. Jones, Vicarage, and Miss Jones, The Close. As the afternoon advanced, adults preponderated, and the sale at the stalls became brisk. There were four stalls, the first being the General Stall under the management of Mrs. Herbert Roberts, Mrs. D. A. Lewis, Miss Annie Davies and Miss Griffiths. This stall was composed of miscellaneous articles and a lucrative business was done here. Mrs. Jones, the Vicarage and Miss Grant were in charge of a fancy stall, at which a profitable business was carried on. The third stall was one of choice cut flowers (bunches and button-holes), in the care of Miss Walters, Penrallt, assisted by Mr. D. T. Hamer, assistant master, National Schools. The remaining stall consisted of refreshing tea and eatables. Tables were daintily laid in the old Class-room, and looked tempting with their abundance of choice cakes, and profusion of sweet flowers. The tables were presided over by Miss Phillips and Miss Jones, The Close, assisted by Misses A. Evans, Emma Jones, Ada Walters, Priscilla George and Beatrice Marpole. Mrs. Brown, Dresden House, kindly lent all the china. Mrs. Rd. Jerman and Mrs. Hopper had