The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-09
En1Inet s Memory Recalled k Again In
 Song And Story Eloquent Effort By Con gressman O'Shaunessy
 of Rhode Island PLAZA THEATRE
 PACKED TO DOORS Delightful Musical Concert Precedes the Grafton
 Resolutions Adopted

acter and so generous 1nMproportlons that the. Plaza theater was unable to Hind seating accommodations for all Iwho desired to occupy them testified Hast evening to the stability of the an- | nual observance by the Robert Elm met club of Bridgeport. The S. R. 10. sign was early displayed and hun Edreds who applied for seats were turn ed away.
 The audience was we'll repaid for their efforts for seldom has this city been honored by the presence of a lmore charming or convincing public IO'Shaunessy, of Providence, R. 9., I whose beautiful tribute to the mar tyred Elnmet and the other great Irish men of his day and generation will long be remembered as one of the most eloquent evev delivered in these parts.
 1 Frequently throughout his address the speaker was compelled to pause until the applause sIbsided and at the close of his splendid effort he was rendered an ovation.
 Congressman O'Shannessy arrived here Dn the 6:58 express last evening 1 land was met at the railroad station J by the president of the club, Sergt. John O'ConneH. Chairman F. c. MuI 1ins, Col T. J. Murphy and a deIega- ton of local postal employees. He was escorted to the Stratfeld hotel
 
 opening of the concert. He left on the midnight express for Washington where he arrived early tefay. i Weidenaam mmer's orchestra opened with two approprfate seleetions. Irish l Airs'' and 'tsalslte to Esrdn.' and later, during the inItermission, Sweet Inis- carra.'
 Professor Frank cofey of New York, to the delight of the audience, in native costume performed Irish marches and other selections on the I Irish war pipes.
 sF'oIlosvhng Prof Go5fey,s perforrnance Maurice Finn, also Of New York, un- accompanied, sang s~The Handful of Earth From Mothers Crave and later in the evening, ssCslla Mic Coda 7 keen Lawn were next rendered with pleasing effect by Albert Lapke He, too, generously responded to the ap- paaa1se with encores.
 l Mrs. Lena Mason BarnsIey, the charming soprano soloist of this city | self throughout the country sang with delightful effect seFhe Kerry Dance,' and -ssVoce df PFimarera.''
 Miss Ethel M Poland likewise ia 1 voraibly known in musical circles Of this part of Connecticut, with her beautiful soprano voice aroused the 1 enthusiasm of her auditors with ssThe Little Red Lark. .s iris the Last Rose of Sumner and as an encore sSThe Low Backed Carr
 Prof. William Weld enhana1ner ac- companIed inc singers and his art created a splendid background for 1 their work.
 When the chairman of the meeting Frederick c. Mullins. and the speaker of the evening, Congressman OsShau- neEsy, appeared, they received a hear | ty welcome, the applause which greet Haf7 11a enthusiastic. MT. Mullins was in ex- cellent voice. Before Introducing tin I oraftof of the evening he told of the 1 purposes of the Emnet club and of it's growing membership He appeale.d I to the sons of Irish faGhcrs and Irish mothers present to affiliate with the club and assured them that the local | camp was only one of "a number that contained many of the foremost citi- zens of Irish birth and extraction in the country.
 Gen Phil sheriden and Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher, two of the valiant civil war generals, were proud of their membership in the organization he said Chairman Mullins continued:
 MIR. MULLINS SPEEOH.
 Ladies and Gentleman: Tn behalf Of the Robert Ernmet club of this city extend to you a cordial greeting to this entertainment. celebrating the | J Robert Emmet. also wish at this time to extend to you the sincere thanks and appreciation of the Ernmet club of this city for your attendance here tonight in such large numbers and also your generous support in the past. The story of the life of Emmet 1 is a most beautiful one Young he was, but how great and lasting in the memory of man over and above many others who lived far beyond his years This is no time or place for me fo occupy your time with any attempt l to pay tribute to him whom we to- 1 night remember and revere. We have with us tonight one who will do jus I tiee to that, and so as not to impose upon your time and patience, it gives I me great pleasure and honor that ] appreciate, to introduce to you as speaker of the evening. the Hon I George F. O'Shaunessy, congressman I from Providence, R. I''
 BRILLIANT GRAFTON OF q CONG. O'SHAUNESsY |. MT. O'Shaunessy said in part: T Hundreds of thousands of Irish men throughout the world celebrate each year the achievements of Irish heroes; they meet to venerate their dead and to invoke the glories of the past; the Hfbernian temperament ! overfIows with emotion in recaIline the deeds of those who died that Iib- er-ty might come to an oppressed peo- pie. They thrill with emotion at the
 mention of such names as Gratoon I Curran, O'Connell. Wolftone and Charles Stewart ParneI
 THE NAME OF EFNEr.
 One name, however, stands out in bo1dest relief in the history of Ire lands great martyrs and heroes That l name is Robert Emmet, whose life did not embrace a generation, and whose 1 deeds so far as benefit is concerned were not as great as men whose mem ories are not so frequently invoked i He had the charm of youth, the mag ! nstism and ansuiration that floE from