The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-30

of New York. a musical program or unusual merit was presented the huge audSencet which gathered in the new PoIfs theatre last evening. The af- fair was under the auspices Of st. at rick's chur cb-
 The musical talent with the excep- ton of the pianist, Prof Fri1z K G. Weber who created splendid back ground for the singers came rom New York. It included Mrs ElizabetH Callahan Fellows, soprano soioass whose voice was sweet and clear ana flied the large theatre well; Miss Edith Mae Connor, . tiny girl who played the. harp with east and grace and John F'innegan, a tenor whose voice revealed splendid qualities. MT Tsnneean Is tenor .soioist at St. Pat rickys cath edral. New York
 Mrs Felolvs and MT. Finneean were reard ia two duets Say Once Again . Love TEee. by DoTnzettL and The 1erEson seene's from II Troyatore- Mrs. Fellows WAS heard to best advantage il :<The kerry Dance, and I<illar- 5tEEly rendered Her other selections included T Dreamt Dwelt in Mar Gree Tbros Tara-s Hal1.v Moore, and an encore Iris the Last Rose of Sum 1ner. Moore
 a- Finnesans solo selections includ- ed Then sfYousH Remember Me, by RaIfe. and with the harp aceompani- znenf Molly Bawn,'' by Lover; Come Rack to Erin. bx Claribel and two encores q Hear You Calling Me- and Mother Machree-'
 Little Miss CoIlnor completely won the hearts of the audience by her c1ev- CT performance on the harp. She is Considered as having prom sing fu- tnre in the musical field Her sex Jenfions included sa1he sweetest Story F.ver To1d.,s by Pinto; ssVaIse Caprice 7 ny verd41le, and an encore, Believe He if All Those Endearing Y6uns Charms. by Moore
 John H. Coughlin introduced the speaker of the evening, thanking the audience in his remarks, for their splendid support not only in this en- fertainxnent, but in other ways which have enabled them to dedicate last year the beautiful ediice of worship oh North avenue He mentioned with regret the illness of Congressman Thomas L. Reilly, who was scheduled to deliver the address, but spoke Of fheir good fortune in securing a. speaker as widely known throughout the land as Dr. Coyle
 The comprehensive title of the ora- ton. TI1e Irish in America " was ann ply fufhIfed in the delivery The shis- tory of the Irish in this country was tcld from date preceding the Morse men Among other things the follow ing facts were brought out in the Iec- fure.
 Whether one Accepts the legend of
 
 western sea by St. Brendan Of Ireland in the sixth century as the beginning of the Irfsh in America or not, the traces of Irish settlers are early enough to satisfy students of history that IrishInen were among the early dating Columbus. Brendanss 8 nara tive was preserved by oral recitation for some hundreds of years. then re duced to writing as the ..f1avigatio Brendani-s Many learned scholars oi today credit Brendan with the firs' white mans voyage to America Maps from the eleven century onward place Erendanss Lanr or tBrendan's Isles as the westernmost knew land from Europe
 The Scandinavian sagas were pre- served with great purity in Norway and Iceland. The very sagas which tell Of the discovery and settlement of Vinland 6be1ieved to be New Eng 1and1 tell of the White Mems Land further to the south The descrip- tions given to the Morse settlers in the eleventh century by the Indians oi white men far to the south, whe marched in processi ons. carried ban ners. and cflanted as they marched fitted the descriptions of the Irish monks who had Christianfzed Iceland The Norseman's maps showed HeIIu- land (GreenIand.) ) Markland (Labra- <orl and yinland (Nova Scotia CT New .EHglano)- and to the south 4Tiand ell Mil<la- Great Ireland. for they believed Irishmens were settled there.
 But certain it is that among the crew of Co1um bus. the names an6 records reported by Navaretfe. ths maritime historian of Spain, was 4sWil. liam the Irishman, native of Galway fin Ireland" The IrishTnan was one of the garrison left behind by Colun- bus and was murdered, with the oth- CTS by the Indians The blaod of the 1rishrnan, shed American soil. wa: but symbolic of the Irish blood thad would be shed, to make the westerr Hemisphere a land of white men's hopes and opportunities.
 Ir1s11men came with the various set tiers who formed the early colonies There were Irishmen on the James River in Virginia There were Irish rnen William Mullins and Christophei Martin. on the Mayf1ower.s Priscilla courted by Miles Standish, througl John Alden, who. finally "spole 10 hirnse1f,'s became John Alden's wife She was Priscilla Mullins.
 The Irish came as free settlers, fl Massachusetts in 1884. receiving from the General Court this permission ssThe Scottish and Irish gentlemen wn< intend to come hither shall have lib ertv to settle in any place up ths Merrimack not possessed 5y any Thsse settlers left the names of Irisf towns and counties in New Hamp shire. Londonderry and Derry; and II Maine. Bangor and other towns named for Irish places
 The Irish came as slaves. sold int slavery by CromweII whose ruthIes. ferocltv condemned many thousand into slavery in the West Indies and 1T New England. They came as bont mnryentH. or redenptfoners who sery.