The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-25
WHERE BOYS AND GIRL s ARE FITTED. FOR LEES TASKS
Fairfield County Officials Guests At Patriotic Reception In
 Westchester Profectory

 Protectory, to visit that nstitution on the occasion of it's annual celebra ton in honor of Washington on Monday-.
 The institution is. Charity Com missioner Kingsbury, of New T of'tS City. said in his address to the Doys, one of the largest of it's kind in the world Connmissfoner Kingsnuxy Is the man who travelled as a, tramp for a year in order to understa nd more thoroughly the Conditions of tEe down and outs and he was able to give the boys a talk that they could un- derstand The girls department of1 the Protectory which is also a shelter for the tiniest of boys hardly able to walk the steps to the stage, also had as much of the patriotic spirit as the boys section Of the inst ta tion- They had a varied program and exhibition of sewing, crocheting, millinery etc- BAND AND G1sEE CLUE.
 The Westenester Protectory Ba1ld gvflicf1 has appeared in Bridgeport on several occasions. added its usual in spfrzng martial music to the other parts of the program. However, they had competitors in the gdee club of vfolinss and na3ndo olfns which appeared ae one nflnber- The modern dances we're taboo. as all that was seen were scotch and Irish folk dances, etc. The. educators present seemed to take par fzstzisr delight in the spelling contest that was conducted The jlrd ges. who were selected from stIle audience could find EIat three errors In contest I hat " as decideely severe
 Each boy left r'tankling was awarded one dollar in cash 4 similar contest in the audience would have been en- firely us1NelcoIIl that is if they each Trad to earn d dollar in that manner The portion of the audience who Nerea moi pedagogically inclined voted the Blue Goats the best number on the program. These were dozen or go inn pl-essive sefgeantsy from about 6our to. ten. in years. with their captain in command They executed a sraeefula dsill each with berfbbone1 nnilia-. flire billy. and then in numerous rs1anner received their promotiqns If the Po1i circuit had these entertainers they would make the hit of the sea- son
 GIVES PRIZE TO MOTHER.
 The oratorica1 contest was another izrtaresting feature of the day. One young Den0gthenes won tw enty five dollars, and he was heard t0 say by he was going to send if to his mother. Tf1e three boys who contested were a. study as Conn missioner Kings bury an 1lolirced the prizes He had as his as ssstants City Charnb berladn Bruere and Deputy Commissioners Dougherty- However. like little men they were all game and smiled bfeEvely as tIley could
 Upon lrz1udryzit it svss learned that the boys who appeared yesterday were chosen for their app I1ca.tipn an I eail,il ity from among both dependent and delinquent chdldaen. They were credit to Westchestar in fact would 1e to any school. both in appearance, conduct and general a.ttractiveness and their numbers include6 con-, a3laekegt of shiny little faces to brown freckles and reddest of red heads.
 BOYS ENyOY PROGRAM
 The Boys a;t the Protectory are both dependent and juvenile delinquents. yet delinquency does not seem in evil dences either dn manner or in appear ance al though the discipline does not seem rigisd-tfie boys arpearing to en- joy themselves and their prog ram, casting an occasional friendly glance at the audience and at the brothers who were seated among them Tn Broom street these same brothers, vino are members Of the Chrdstian Broth : CTS whose work is entirely among zoys have a temporary c1aa1dtv Iorn q and also a Board5ng home for very poor boys From this home the boys are taken to Westch ester and again when feasible, to LncolndaIe the six hundred acre agricu1tural Institution. which in its six years of existence has gained great fame LircoIndale is Kind in the country. The unidueness Of Lincolnda1e and the ya1stness of rWestch ester are both in their respec- tixe spheres equally impressive.
 The Christian Brothers receive the E7aTnest support from their adraira- ble board of directors The chairman of this board is MT. My1es Tierney. of MontcIazr. N. J. MT Tderney acted as host for Brother Henry in entertain ing the visitors of yesterday, and a most negotiable host and honorary host. if that latter term may be used, they were. The Norwadk County Home vfeztors were made as welcome ap- parently as Mayor Mitchel,s repre- sentative. City Cfamberlair Bruere A4r. Tierney seemed just as happy however. each time a boy braveIy stood his ground in the spelHng con- test as he did in escortfng the various dfstinglis1ed visitors abtSut tn e grounds Mir. T7erney is six foot six and three score and ten, and if it were possible to multiply his noble df1nen- Hnd the unknown product of his ben- efactions
 PH1IlANT1IROPIsTS ATTEND.
 Mfr Thomas M. Mulry, president of the Ernigrant Savings Bank of New York city, was among the guests not ed at thzs gathefing. MT. Mu1ry and 7dr. Tzerney work with an enthusiasm that ie admirable, each with an en- fffelv different pereonality--ye with results so wonderful that Brother Henry could hardly tell which the Profectory needs most MT. Mulry is one of the for enost of the real philan- thropists of the United States and Is well known speaker at charity con 1erences- He made one of the adj dresses at the last Connecticut Con ference of State Charities.
 In mentioning the supporters of the director Of this wonderful instfb1ztion, st is to be conceded that the man whom these men consider worthy Of such nunf7cent aid must be one of mighty talent wonderfully expended Saacll in fact is Brother Henry. Were Ee. h.z szlaz- l.tlsr,f.e tfa find h irasalf ex-