The Sewing School Exhibition

Saturday afternoon the (lUiristmas exercises of tlip Sewing s;-1h,)1 were held in Clister hall, and th bright faces of the hupdred youthfui acholara was evidence of the good tial.e t!iat was held. A large, brilliantly llghted and heavily liiden ChristmastreeBtood n the centre of the room, tlie it't of the scholars of the Presbyteria Sunday school, while numeroua puf ckages laid on tables represented the J-il'is of other friends of the school, fin the distribution of presents none of the scl'olars were forgotten, each receiving a present of some kind. The exercises ooiisisted of songs and recitations by the scliolars and a short address by Mina Brown, superintendent ol' tlie school. The school is one oL the best of our charitable institutions. Every Saturday afternoon during the past flve yer.rs, the faithfu! teachers have industriously taught the young girls, whose róothers have nut luid the time, to sew airl do otber useful work. The school now has a Imndred scholars and the teachers, besides Miss Brown, areMrs. Doig and Mrs. Swindler, and Misses Armstrong, Fischer, Gofln. Bullis, Taylor, Stnrgis, Smith and Johnson.