The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-01
PRESIDENT ELECT
WILSON'S MESSAGE
TO COLONAVILLA
Wishes Ladies OF Charity De-
served Success I'm Their Big
Enterprise
Notable Charity Event Will Close
At Armory This
- Evening

| A message from President-elec
| Woodrow Wilson, wishing the Ladies
of Charity of ST. Vincent de Paul
| every success in the Colonavilla, was
received this morning by Miss Minnie
Desmond, graduate nurse of ST.
Vincent's hospital, and among the ac-
tive workers of the various commit
tees conducting the big charity enter
prise at the armory
Miss Desmond, prizes the message,
which bears the signature of j. P.
Tu1nulty, secretary to the Governor,
and displayed it with pride to a num-
Der of the members of the organiza-
ton whom she met at the armory this
afternoon, attending to the affairs of
the COlOnaviIIa.
Miss Desmond wrote to Governor
wilson several days prior to the open
ing of the Colonavillaa but owing to
the press of official business the pros
had been unable to attend to the cor
respondence until yesterday. He
thanked her for her message of good
VIII, and extended his best wishes to
This evening, the fifth and last night
of the CoIonavflla, will be the last OPP
pcrtunity to witness the impressive
March, which has attracted hundreds
OF spectators every night. There will
pc program of entertainments follow
AA4S5 ILLS Lecture, anu Ln0n QanClnS ana
the scores of attractions of the Vari-
GUS booths will hold sway until mid
night, and in the meanwhile the hun
dreds of dollars worth of costly gifts
will be awarded.
= All records for attendance at the
arnaory have been broken by the Col
onsvflla. Last evening the crowd was
larger than any former night, and the
sale of tickets this forenoon. was re-
ported to be progressing so rapidly
that another capacity attendance was
expected for this evening. The hold
ers of season tickets may use them
for admission at the door this even
ing, and general admission tickets may
be secured by others at the door or
from members of the Ladies of Char
ity.
Last night the living pictures. which
scored signal success Thursday
night, were again an attraction, with
several of the popular numbers of
Thursday evening repeated by request,
and a number of new pictures intro
duced. Those repeated were s.Poca-
hlontas and john Smith by Miss
s5thel Donovan and DR.. J. F. Kelley:
housekeeping Hearts Are Happiest.'
by Armand Rourke, Miss MarcelIa
ford and Master Edward Kennedy; "A
Colonial Greeting. by Miss Gretta
hurley and John Craig; and .CoIum-
bia,', by Mrs. w. j. Mclaughlin. A
new picture of Napoleon was intro
d1ced by billiard Bruce. Two pretty
autumn settings were shown when
4A1SS G]O1los 81 T0OIS0 dlEp0tdE0Q
1.-THE Song of the Lark, and the
Misses Jane Mccarthy and Marcella
Richard presented 1.-The Close of the
Day. For kathleen Mavourneen,'
Mrs. James T. Rour'ke rendered the
familiar song, and Miss Veronica. Oar
gan appeared in a Jetting in keeping
with the sentiment of the familiar
Irish love song. waking to the sound
of the hunters horn.
Following the pictures the various
booths We're literally swamped with
patrons.
The cabaret lunch room, which did
almost a capacity business all last
the following: Mrs. j. M. OsConneIl,
Mrs. P. j. Lynch, Mrs. Mary Reilly,
Mrs. NJ. A. Kenhey, Mrs w. H. Ken
nah, Mrs J. A McGuinness tand Mrs.
Joseph Butler.
The door committee for this evening
includes J. NJ. Donnel1y, d. E. O'Neil.
John C. Cooper and John NeacY