The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-18

in their own country and they are preaching seditfon here, s.S7emanding liberty for themselves only and preaching the equality of men, which in their anterprehation means the seizure Of other mems property.s' They pose as reformera lovers of worlxingmen and he said the rebels of the ieariy days are not to be com pared with these wiId-eyed zeado&s.'' who preach rebellion
 We are reformed almost to death. my friends, he said.
 He said fear has been expressed thar the ha1f-educated, the iIliterats is bringing calamity by anarch1stic half f-educated, the iIIiterate, unless they are ground to earth by perse- cution- It is the man with 8 smat- terfng Of learning that we need fear
 sIf Cromwell were living today, my frien ds, z he said, he would be the leader of the Anarchist club in New York =
 Martha Moore Avery. an eloquent Boston woman. touched the hearts Of her hearers with her story of her early efforts to overcome the preju- dices of aristocrat, of which she was 3 member and return to faith. Love. Of country. she said, .'cannot be love Of country without love Of God. 2 She said some Of her forefa1hexn had become so advanced that they supplanted love of God with love of cquntry. She dyveEed on the sacred. uess of the family and the necessity siibsist, Without protesting anti suffrage, she made a strong argument against it. The man is the head of the family, she said .sIf you try to make two heads, you have a nonstfosity The man is the head ,<x&F heed of the home. She said she edespises the narnby pa1r1by attitude. that some men have taken, who ! haven the dignity to maintain their I state under God.
 Christopher Heffernan of Amster- 1 dam. N Y.s was the last speaker but he made the guests forget the fact I that nlidnight had come and gone with his naasterfu1 resp onse to the toast The Day We CeIebrate', II believe, he said, that the man
 of Irish birth or the man of Irish de- scent who does not honor this day. whc is not in sympathy with the spirit l of the day. is recreant to the noblest of human emotions; is not loyal to l the flag under whose protection he
 exists and for which his ancestors foug1t,s
 had given to the world more than it's share of genius
 .Irelanel,a $ word has been drawn for more than 1000 years he said
 and it will never be sheathed in the scabbard until the Irish people stand I free and independent beneath the folds of o5lr sacred flag
 I MT. Hefgernan traced the influence of Irish culture and Irish learning. 4 through bout Europe He told how the Irish monks went to the continent
 and spread their knowledge there | 1a-1S h
 generate Europe with Charlemagne. l On the martial theme. he told of the ] achievements Of Irish soldiers with l the leg1ons of all nations and made an interesting alluson to the Irish l patriot, Ra4E1ck Sarsf1e1d
 It was glorious banquet all | around. HxceIIent food. Irish music
 and handsouae women made the affair l a gala one.
 Friendly Sons, Ranouet.
 About 200 members of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and their guests
 were thrilled with the e1oquence Of half a dozen speakers in the Atlantic
 hotel dining room last night as they trecounted the wrongs and oppression inficted upon the Irish people or ex-
 toiled the virtues of the sons and daughters of 1OId Erin. It was a I gathering of the sort which inspires Il men to enthusiasm and patriotic zeal. f l. patron saint of the Irish was retoId iiand the deeds Of Emmet and other
 Irishmen recounted enthusiasm ran high An orchestra played Irish songs and frequent1yS the entire assem- blaze l joined in singing them.
 # Attorney John H. Casey was toast master and in opening the post pran- dial exercises he called attention to
 the fact that the Friendly Sons of :. St Patrick had first been formed in d PhiladeIphia in 1771 in order that all
 men Of Ivish birth or descent in the 4 New WoFle saaigFf be brought togeth- \ CT for nutual Advantage. Wherever I Irfshmen or peoplegof Irish blood hap I pen to be he said they would be found
 in celebration Of the 17th of March, 4 the birthday of their patron saint.
 Forced from their own land by tyran-
 ny and oppression he said their strong I arms and stout hearts had helped in .l fighting the battles of every nation on the globe and their brains and fntel- I lects had aided inxshaping of legisla- I ton and governments of most of the sl countries Of the globe.
 Rev. Charles F. Kelly Of St. Pat riclx's church was the drst speaker