The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-25
COL ONAVILLA
SPECTACLE TO
BE BRILLIANT
Ladies Of Charity Ex-
pect To Surpass All
Former Records
Arnory Will Be Transformed
into FairyIand Of Light
And Color

| Upon a scale of magnificence sur
passing any similar undertaking in the
| history of the city the annual charity
entertainment of the Ladies of Char
Fifty of st. Vincent de Paul, the Colona-
villa will be thrown open at the arm
| Dry on Tuesday night, when Mayor
| Wilson, with appropriate speech.
will formally inaugurate the worthy
| enterprise.
| This is the first time that the am
plified armory has been put into use
for undertaking of this sort, and
adequate facilities, it is expected that
| the brilliant records achieved by the
Ladies of Charity in former efforts will
be eclipsed. Even now, the prospec-
! tive profits are well into four figures,
for the response from the general pub
| lie, in the way of contributions and
| the purchase of tickets, has been 80
great to insure splendid success.
Opening Tuesday evening with a
grand patriotic spectacle, the Colona-
villa march, symbolica1 of the march
| of progress in the early days of the
Colonies, and superb concert by a
triple chorus of the local German sing
| ing societies, the ColonaviI1a will UNI
| fold q. picture of Kaleidoscope beauty.
Bright and early Monday morning a
big force of carpenters and painters
will begin work, and a corps of decor
| working day and night until Tuesday
evening. The bleak, bare walls of the
armory will gradually vanish behind
| a complete interior structure ranging
| almost completely around the vast In
terror. The gray masonry of the
structure will give way to a series
across the east end, each booth blaz-
| ing forth in a color scheme typical of
the particular type of Co1onists- who
| will be found in the interior. And
when the ColonaviI1a doors are thrown
open at 1880 Tuesday evening, every
booth will be found peopled by gaily
costumed folks who will strive
throughout the Undertaking to make
it a record breaking success
There will be gaudily bedecked Span
ish senoras and senorftas; bronze hued
Indian women and Pocahontases and
Minnehahas by the scores; pretty
| hoydens of old Holland; Colonial
| Old France with charming denois-
Giles; English ladies and their dainty
daughters; and a corps OF nurses. in
the neat, conventional hospital uni
form, in a department all to them
selves IMPLYING last word in modern
| hospital work.
These will be only part of the big
ensemble. There will be a, real cab
aret restaurant, where chansonettes
will sway among the diners and take
the orders of the patrons to the ac-
com paniment of melody and mirth.
And, perhaps most novel of ali, will
be Paradise ALEX
| prises of the show. There are to be
all sorts of amusements here, from
the real thrfl1ers of Coney Island, to
| the wonders of the nickel museum. A
big and busy committee is gathering
| a host of novelties for this depart
ment. Band concerts, orchestral Sc
| lures will pour forth golden stream
of melody every evening. Dancing
and the myriad of attractions of the
booths will follow the set programs
of each evening.
wednesday evening a big feature
| will be Lester Burdick's minstrel pro-
i
| liner will be the living pictures featur-
ing the Christy paintings, in which
many artists will take part, and many
others will assist in the direction. Fri
day will be another evening of sur
prises. Elaborate plans are under
way for the. Friday evening entertain
ment
Save for a few final steps. plans are
complete for the Co1onavilla- Con-
tributions, many of them of unexpect-
edly generous proportions. have been
Forthcoming. Some are in cash, 9TH
ers in useful articles for the various
booths. Among the latest, one that
will doubtless attract considerable at
tention, is a box of fine cigars, the
gift of Congressman Thomas L. Reilly,
which will be placed in the Spanish
booth.
Tomorrow afternoon at 80 the min
strels will hold what will probably be
the final rehearsal, at the Park Thea
Christy picture participants will have
| their final drill at John P. Ha1ey's
studio, 458 State street.
Thanks to the cooperation of the
members of the C. N. G., the arnory
will be thrown open for the Co1ona-
villagers on Monday evening, and at
1880 Prof w. G: Newell will hold the
final drill Of the mammoth Co1ona-
vile march, in which all the several
hundred matrons and young women
who will take any part in the affair,
The entire Undertaking is in the
hands of a general committee made up
of the officers and directors of the La
dies of Charity. The proceeds will
be devoted to the usual work of the
Organization, cooperation with the
Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de
Paul in their works of charity and
mercy at ST. Vincent's hospital This
year the particular object is the fur
chiIdren's ward at SIT. Vincentts nos
Dita1.
The officers and directors follow:
President, Mrs. M. H. Ford; vice pres
DooIan, Dennis J. Gaynor, J. Murray
Johnson, Mary Fulton. J. A. O'Brien,
and the Misses Mary Lee and Ann
Dennis; secretaries, Misses Nora M
shanahan, Catherine Flanagan, Mary
Walsh, Ada Buck; treasurer, Miss
erick Ho1ste; directors, Miss Frances
Arnold, Mrs. John E. Lyddy, Mrs.
King, Mrs. David Osborn, Mrs. Fred
erick Holste Mrs. George Vorschmidt
Mrs Fred c. Mullins, Mrs. F. r. r.
win, Mrs w. E. Allen, Mrs. Anna
sad1er, Miss Anna sadler, Miss Mar
garet Brady, Mrs. Mary Miller, Mrs. |
Cora Musante Miss Charlotte Gleason, |
Miss Anna, Gleason, Miss Jane Lee
Mrs. Joseph Griffin.
There are many sub committees.
each taking charge of a particular
booth
The entertainment committee in
cludes Mrs James T. Rourke, Mrs.
Henry Lee, Mrs. Mollie DAILY Ogren, |
Mrs. F. K. G. Weber, Mrs VIM B.
Prendergast Mrs. William ]. McLaugh-