The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-06
STAMFORD

The whist and dance held in the town hall last evening under the aus piceS of the Altar society of St. J annes church was a decided success. w1at tcl1 was evident from the large number. who attended from Stra-tford and cut E of town In the afternoon whist was played on the first floor of the town
 hall which was very prettily decoTat- ed for the occasion with flags, stream CTS and bunting- Whist was also en- joyed in the evening and the lower floor was filled to capacity. At least |s200 handsome prizes were d1stributed5 among the lucky players, among the articles being glassware, si1verWare. doilies, sofa cushions cakess apronss cigars, chickens and many other such useful things.
 l Dancing was enjoyed in the even ! 1 ing on the second floor. Walsh's or chestra very generously donated tnelrs services and played. all the latest Ne " " Work dance numbers. Refreshment booths where cake, cream and punch were served were presided over py several Of the young ladies. Candy was also sold and several chickens, 2 pig and the graphophone donated ny l the firenaen were presented to the lucky ticket holders. The conTnlttee i in charge of the affair were James 1 Lalley, John Hotz, David Hllghes, John Osborn and George Baten1an, all of whom deserve great credit Tor the admirable way in which the air fair was arranged. The proceeds will be used for the stained glass win-, dows which are to be put in the church There are fives windows and the funds raised will no doubt be suf-E hcient to put in very handsome ones SUFFRsAGE ENTHuRT AIN lTEgNT.
 Red Mems new hall was flied to capacity last evening at the tIJnusuaI Entertainments presented by the Wo-s r. ford The entertainment was opened with a pIaylet by w e. De Mile en- titled Votes for Fairies, The scene represented was central Park and the characters were represented by sew ersl4 Of the younger children. Elsie IIubbell tok the part of 2. Tome. the Fairy Queen Ruth Baldwin was F1exine fher daughter: FWindspray,i her son, was played by Edwin TTa Il. and John Ramsay mortal. was thes part taken by Lawrence Beardmore-e The p1ayIet was a very entertaining one. The fairies represented suf-s fragettes, while the rnorta1s repre- sented those opposed to suffrage The mortal was troubled by a lump on his head which prevented him from. be- lieving in the fairies. He called the, lump an opinion, but the fairies called the prejudice and with the morta1s's aid, seci1red the vote.
 Joseph Weller, who is a we'll known; baritone of Bridgeport, was next on the program and he sang Shun1ann s. 1.-TWO Grenadierss. in a. very fine man. nen for which he received much ap- plause, making. it necessary to render an encore. Miss Alberta F. Black, who is the dram atic instructor in he local schools, gsby e a 1noroIogue by Beatrice Hereford entitled Piazza Scenes, which was indeed enter ain
 
 Laughter all the while and was obliged Ito respond to- an8 encore. Several lines from Kipling were. given which lcontrasted with the selection preced- ling them showing the perfection of Miss Blacks art
 Miss Norma Weber needs no irl- 1 froductions to Stra1ford music 1overss l Her beautif u s ! tralt9 voice was lzheard to line Adva ntage lin two num- sbers, sAt.sDawn ing by cadman and The Swallows, by Cuweh- Miss weber was ent usfastlcally app1auded and rendered The Fairy Pipes as an encore Mr. Weller was again heard in Were a Star, Han1ey. and The
 Ringers Isohler To complete the program Master Frederic Q. Beach gave a very clever performance of magic tricks. Miss Mabel French and
 Miss Louise Dufour were the accom- CHAT NoIR DANCa The Chat Nofr club is planning to
 hold a dance in nsthe near future, pos- 1 sibly on May 16th, in the new Rcd
 Mems hall It has been some time since this club has given a daG tes 1 Former ones have always been very pleasant affairs and the coming one I will be no exception to the rule
 TOWN AEElTING.
 I The town meeting will be, called at I 8 o'clock this evening There will 11n- 1 doubted1y be much argument over the l Franklin school question Just at lpresent, school questions are receiv- I ing good share Of the vetens' atten- ton and this matter of adding on to for a good part of the interest. s
 MUsCTAL EsNTERTAI AIrndIErEr
 On May 21st a musical entertain of the local odd Fellows in their hall 1 that should interest a large number.
 The Till family and their wonderful rockaphone will be the principal num-
 ber on the program. This iastrum ent sl is made entirely Of rocks and is the T only one of it's kind in the world Sew ] eral other Instruments are also played
 by this talented family. Tickets which are 25 cents, are now on sale.
 HIGH SCHOOL PLAY
 Miss Lorraine FolIett has printed a 4 very pretty poster advertising the se-
 nior class play to be presented Fri q day evening. tickets for which may I be procured at St. John's drug store
 for the play, which will be excelIentiy
 staged RehearsaIs will be held or
 the stage on Thursday and Friday af-
 ternoons-