The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-28
COL 0NAVILLA
OPENS TONIGHT
Brilliant Features Arranged For
The First light
Coast Artillery Band Will Play
Concert For COlonavilla
March German
Singers to
Follow

With program including the spec
tacular CoIonavilIa march, a concert
introducing the Arfon, Schwaebischer
and Germania Singing
societies, and host of amusement
and entertainment features spread
throughout the armory, the Colona-
villa, a four nights charity enterprise,
will be opened by Mayor Wilson for
the Ladies of Charity of st. Vincent
de Paul at 8 o'clock this evening.
the Ladies of Charity with their as
sistants were at work in the armory
in the wake of a crew OF carpenters,
painters and decorators, putting the
villas spread along the sides and ends
of the big structure. Late this al
ternoon the interior Of the armory
was transformed from it's grim mar
tial appearance to a dazzling expanse
of color, light and novelty. People
identified with charity and other af-
fairs at the. armory for many years
declare that the Colonavilla arrange
ment is the most effective ever ac-
complished in the armory.
Principal interest tonight centers in
the CoIonaviIla march and the vocal
concert Several hundred will take
part in the march. The costumes Will
be of many styles, representative or
the various peoples of the Colonies In
-
of course will give ample scope for
the, introduction of many fetching
gowns The Coast Artillery Corps
Band will play for the march.
Then the German singers will take
the stage and Introduce a series of
their prize songs. This will be fol
lowed by the myriads of dvert1ng
amuseynents of the various booths and
villas and dancing will become the
popular pastirne. The program of en-
tertainment will change each even
All the proceeds of the Co1onavilla
will be used for the furnishing of the
new maternity and children's ward In
st. Vincent's hospital.
Ished yesterday, the following are as
sisting in other Departments:
In charge of the Holland booth, Mrs
william Thomas Mrs. Henry Murphy,
Mrs A. McDonald; assistants: Mes
danes Joseph Ciglar, James 0Neil, p.
H Brady, John O'Conne1l. John Scan
+. Porter, George Hart, John Cooper.
Joseph SSheehan, Edward Toles, J. H.
CIanpett, w. ]. Carroll, G. Weldon
Henry Schade, Wilbur Winn. William
Daley, Thomas Hargroye, James
Hickey. washburn,1 Misses. Ruth IIar-
grove Anna Sheridan, Mildred Kane.
Loretta. Hurley. Mollfe Mu1doon. Bes-'
sic MuIdoon, Catherine Coughlin, Pre-
nelIa McPadden, Alice Kelly, May
Thomas, Irene White, Annie Smith,
Elizabeth McPadden, Mary Refill,
Ella Murphya Catherine Schaack, Mel
lie tMcGuinness, Sadie Mccarthy, Lena
w alIace, Martha Schade, Gertrude
Schade. Catherine Keane. Agnes
Keane. Emily Grossly, Marie German
mold, Annie Daley, Agnes Hearn,
Anna Duggan, May O'Neil, May Nc
Gee Anna MCGEE, Julia Whalen,
Emily Speidel. Minnie ELLSWORTH, Ma
bel Ellsworth, Margaret McPadden,
Vivian Mcdonald, elizabeth Flynn,
Gertrude VanBuskirk.
In charge of the English booth. Mrs.
f. C. Sanford, Mrs. r. B. Halsey, Mrs.
Elmer Blank; assistants: Mesdames
D. e. Mcnamara, John Griffin, George
Burns, d. J. Gaynor, Arthur Gaynor,
Dennis Kellar, William Prendergast'
C. Eckart, Richard Reilly, PATRICK
Morrissey, William F. Russell, John III
Redgate, Joseph Griffin, A. p. Owens,
Patrick LaHaye, Misses Helen Burnes
Charlotte Gaynor, Gertrude Frawley,
Nellie Frawley, Rose Barley, Evelyn
Rarkey, Nellie Cu11inan, Marguerite
Maher Ethel Reilly, Josephine F.inlan,
Anna Finlan, Julia Haux, Mary Quig-
ley, Elizabeth Reilly, Agnes Reilly,
Grace Hamilton, Genevieve Brown,
Frances Lyons, Frances Chope, Cath
crime Lyons, Sarah Morrissey, B. Nor
rissey, Alice Garvey, Marguerite Gar
vey. Anna Donahue, Loretta Stanley,
Helen Druke, Eva Downing, Catherine
Doyle, May Doyle, May Brophy, Ethel
Keefe Josephine Sheehan, Nellie Tyer,
Lena Kelly, Anna Gleason, Charlotte
Gleason Anna Toohey, Anna Buck,
Nellie Owens, Josephine Cn1ith, Glare
Gilanas.
In charge of the Colonial booth, Mrs.
George T. Mccarthy, Mrs. John T.
King, Mrs. David Osborne; assistants:
Mesdames T. M. Cullinan, J. A. Hur-
ley, M. H. Rogers, j. Dolan, J. Kelly,
T. F. Walsh, NJ. G. Cunningham, F.
r. Irwin, E. H. Swan, Thomas Dewitt,
Edward Walsh, Thomas Morrissey,
William Chew, David Lynch, Joseph
Dargan, John Conway, Charles Deas,
William y. Mclaughlin, Stephen Gro
nan, Edward Casey, Misses Jane Nc
Carthy, Grace Kelly, Mary McLaugh-
lin, Elizabeth Mclaughlin, Eta Gun
Mary Stapleton Mary Mcnamara,
Dora Miller, Catherine Fitzpatrick,
Gertrude Fitzpatrick, Mary Lee. Jane
Dorus, Mabel Dorus, Jessie Duhigg,
Jessie Murray, Marian McGarry, Mar
guerite McGarry, Nellie Kelly, Molly
Btrnin CHAM, May Birmingham. Kath-
crime Mccarthy, Mabel Mccarthy,
irene Leverty, Veronica Leverty,
Louise Kelly, Elizabeth MCCARTHY,
Howell, Catherine Fitch, E. M Gar
rett, Anna Dennis, Jane Dargan, Eli
zabeth Roche, Hattie Campana, Agnes
Light, Margaret Carroll, Mary Nc
Guin, Marie Mcdowell, Anna Boy
with, Katherine Buckley, Mary Reilly,
Della Allen, Loretta Donahue, Geor-
gle Brisbois, Susie Heating, Gertrude
Walsh Alice Lyddy-
Camp Wilson Hospital, Mt. McKin-
ley, Alaska-Miss Minnie Desmond,
Katherine Burke, Rose McEvoy, Mary
Brady, Julia Moran, Julia Delaney,
SyIia. Poole, Catherine Toomey, Julia
Corcoran. Agnes Brennan, Olga Ats
naur, Elizabeth Westman, Helen Quig-
ley, Agnes OfBrien, Teresa O'Brien,
Catherine Wilbur, Mary Wilson, Grace
Mary Sullivan Elsie Blassett, Cath
crime McGurty, Mary Flanagan. Jo-
sephine Baldwin, Lesley Herman, Lii
liam Mcdonald. Josephine Lfllis, Mar
garet Fitzpatrick, Bella Adams, Ca TIL
crime Mcclure, Alma Gagnon.
Cabaret lunch room: Tuesday night,
Mesdames Mary NJ. Miller Andrew
Krause Chas. Kiefer, John FAINT,
Thos. Cunningham, Wa!dhaus, Chas.