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to the Friendly Societies' 

 Gardens, where the after- 

 noon is spent in various 

 forms of recreation, while 

 in the e:\ening there is 

 usually a special perform- 

 ance at one of the theatres 

 under the patronage of 

 the Associated Trades for 



members arc grouped 

 under the direction of 

 mounted marshals. In 

 many cases there are 

 cars containing workmen 

 engaged in the fabrica- 

 tion of the articles by 

 which they gain th< ir 

 daily bread ; in others 

 the occupation of the 

 operatives is denoted by- 

 some gigantic specimen 

 or other typical example 

 of their handicraft, and 

 in this respect the pro- 

 cession is becoming 

 more picturesque and 

 impressive year by year. 

 Numerous bands of 

 music form part of the 

 imposing demonstration, 

 and those who take part 

 in it, after perambulating 

 the leading thorough- 

 of the city, proceed 



THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 



