The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-28
CARMINTIvAL TO END TONIGHT IN
 CARD CARNIVAL
Splendid Success Marks ElabO- rate Undertaking of Ladies
 of Charity
Arrangements to Seat More Than a Thousand at Card Games Tonight - Minstrels Make Hit-Other Diverting Features

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 With a monster card carnival at which accommodations will be pro vided for more than a thousand play CTS, the two nights Carmintival of the Ladies of Charity will close at the Colonial ball room this evening. An other throng like that of last even- ing, when the ball room was crowded to its capacity, Is expected this ev- ening, for besides the card playing there will be many other attractions.
 The Carmintival was opened last evening by Mayor Buckingham, who was introduced by City Attorney Thomas Cullinan. Mayor Buckingham congratulated the Ladies of Charity upon the very apparent success of the Carmintival He said Bridgeport ap- preciates the work of the Ladies of Charity whose works of mercy are unheralded and untold. It Is Bridge ports wish, he continued, that the work of the society may continue. He said he considered it privilege to be in- vited to open the Carmintivai and he urged all to cooperate with the Ladies of Charity as far as their means would allow.
 The Carmintival Minstrels followed the Mayors speech. A score of pret- ty girls and half a dozen young men were included in the cast. Miss Ken nelly, the interlocutor, the Misses Het- fernan and Flynn and Lester Burd1ck and William Toomey at the ends sup piled laughter galore, for the jokes were bright and new and teeming with local significance. The soloists. Miss French, Miss Hartigan, MT. Hughes, Miss Daily, William Tomlinson, Lester Burdick, and Miss Bee shared in storms of applause. Miss Retta Mo respond to an encore, scoring de- cisive hit. The songs were tuneful and excellently rendered, and in such numbers as the chorus joined, 1t dis played an excellent volume of tone. Beside the soloists the minstrels in troduced the piano quintet, with Dl- rector George Finkelstone presiding. and including the Misses Daly, Mc- Glinness, Sullivan and Mccarthy. Their numbers added to the general excellence of the program. The oth- CT participants in the production were the Misses walsh. Kelly. Barkey. Well don, Burns. Barkey and Burnes.
 the opening night. the other attrac- lions remain this evening in connec- ton with tho card carnival. These include the Garden of Chance. where a great variety of handsome flowers are on sale. many of which carry val Well. in one Of the reception rooms. where a group of Rebeccas. gowned in striking costume. dispense palatable drinks from a picturesque old well; the Utility table. with a wealth of in vting articles on sale: the Nurses
 y1 1, In nof e in abundance, sold by graduate and student nurses at St. Vincent'S hos pital; ice cream parlors arranged in the balcony. and numerous other equally novel and entertaining effects. Each department is in charge of a who in turn have selected their corps of assistants Effective decorating schemes enhance the architectural beauty of the ball room
 The Wheeler & Wilson orchestra played last evening. Tonight Ma cert during the card carnival and will! play for dancing at it's close. Hun dreds who will lay aside social diver- sion beginning with tomorrow. Ash Wednesday. will likely select the Car mintival for the last of their pre-Len-- financial success is assured by the gen. erous patronage at all departments last evening.
 Tonight promptly at s:3o the card playing will begin. All who wish to take part in either the whist or pin ochle play must be seated by that hour in order to secure the first scores. One of the finest arrays of prizes ever collected for whist is to be awarded the successful contestants.
 The committee in charge of the whist has selected the following SCOT CTS:
 Misses Mary Lyddy Helen Lyle, Alice Lyddy. Judith Kennedy. Minnie Kennedy. Belle McMaton. May Glen non. Lillian Glennon, Jane Dargan. Leslie Herman, Anna Chew. Ethel Keefe. May Cody. Agnes Burns, Julia Lulu Mullins. Gertrude Mullins. Kath- crime Kane. Rose Burns. Anna Buck, Carrie Gavagan; Anna Belle McPad- den, Marguerite O'Mara, Millicent Bee. Caroline Brady. Mary F. Clancy. Jane Mccarthy nS; @ Mary ar Mclaughlin qaania Helen ly. May Kiely. Margaret McGuinness. Esther Burns. Katherine McGuinness, May Best, Louise Vorschmidt. Joseph inc Vorschmidt. Evelyn Doyle. Grace Kelly. Bertha Reilly. Mabel Cunning
 The general committee includes the officers and members of the board of directors of the society as follows:
 President, Mrs. M. H. Ford; vice presi 1ent, Mrs. Henry Lee, Mrs. Peter Doolan, Mrs. J. A. O'Brien, Mrs. D. J. Gaynor, Mrs. George T. Mccarthy, Mrs. George Fulton, Mrs. S. B. That ford, Miss Annie Donnie. Miss Mary Lee; treasurer, Miss Mary Sullivan; financial secretary, Miss Katherine Flanagan; assistant secretary, Miss Mary Walsh; recording secretary, Miss Nora M. Shanahan; assistant, Miss Ada Buck; directors, Mrs. M. D. Gilroy, Mrs. John Lyddy, Mrs. F. R. Irwin, Mrs. John McElroy. Mrs. John T. King, Miss Frances Arnold, Mrs. J. A. McGuinness, Mrs. F. c. Mullins, Mrs w. B. Allen, Mrs. Mary Miller. Mrs. Anna Sadler Mrs. Joseph Gig lar Mrs. F. A. Holste, Mrs. Joseph Griffen. Mrs. George Vorschmidt, Miss Charlotte Gleason, Miss Anna Gleason, Miss Jane Lee, Miss Mar garet Brady, Mrs. c. Musante, Miss Mary Pastine.