The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-29
DONATIONS TO COSMOVILLA
 REACH $l,OOO Rush of Contributions Over Whelms Committees in
 Charge
Elks Contribute Purse of Gold-Hungarian Catholic Church Donates $1OO - Sheriff Hawley the First Individual Donor With $1O Check.

Over s1, 900 in cash and it's equivalent in premiums and the like has been pledged within two days for the Cos movilla and carnival to be held by the Ladies of Charity in the Armory four nights beginning next Friday. Ever the most enthusiastic of the committee members preparing for the big fete have been overwhelmed by the rush of churches, fraternal organizations and indidivuals to lend a hand to make the affair grand success.
 An outline of the donations already received will be made at the big meet ing of the Ladies of Charity in Jeffer- sonian hall tomorrow afternoon. At this meeting plans will also be com- pleted for a special matinee for the school children next Saturday, when all the little folks will be permitted to gaze into the wonderland of the Cos moxilla representing all nations of the earth. Only a nominal price of ad- mission will be taxed, and 1t is expect ed that thousands of the youngsters will take advantage of the opportun- ity.
 This will add another important num- Der to the already imposing enter tainment program for the four nights. Friday night, which will be the open AI, entire Common Council will attend, and the Elks will also visit in body. A big entertainment feature for the opening night will be the march of nations, in which many score will take part under the direction of Prof. Qull- ty. The participants will be garbed in costume characteristic of the various countries represented in the Cosmo- villa.
 Saturday afternoon there will be a special entertainment for the children. Saturday night the big vaudeville bill will be presented, and the Eagles and F'oresters will throng the Armory. Monday night will be the occasion of the special reproduction of the memor- Minstrels, when the German societies will be out in force to applaud. Tues day night big play, a complete scenic production, will be given. The United Irish societies will be in attendance.
 The first fraternal organization to respond to the appeal was the Elks, who have contributed a s'ahstantial sum in gold for the free bed funu~=-It is expected that several hundred of the Antlers and their wives and sweet hearts will be included in the first nighterS.
 The first church to respond was the Hungarian Roman Catholic church. This has pledged $100 in cash, in recog- milton of the work of St. Vincent's hospital among the stricken people or Hungarian extraction. This is a fine tribute to the non -sectarian nature Of the work carried on by the hospital, and it has lent much encouragement to the members of the Ladies of Char ity in their difficult undertaking.
 To Sheriff Sidney B. Hawley is due the credit of the first individual don- ation. Promptly on being apprised Of the plans of the Ladies of Charity, he mailed his check for $1O. Sheriff flaw lev by the duties of his office IS thrown into contact with many cases of sore affliction to which the Sisters of Charity in St. Vincent's have brought succor, and the Ladies of Charity have rendered much needed as- sistance.
 Following these donations have come tentative proposals of many more cash donations, not alone from Bridgeport, but from surrounding towns. The work of the hospital is not confined to any particular territorial limits, any more than to any race or creed, and the statistics of the institution since its opening show a large percentage or nonresident cases.
 Mrs. M H. Ford speaking of the rush of donations of cash, premiums, other suitable materials for the re- freshment booths, said that to est1- mate the sum already pledged in both cash and goods at $1,000 would be no exaggeration. This will no doubt be more than doubled before the open ing of the Cosmovilla and carnival next Friday night.