The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-09
MEMS LEAGUE
Will ENTERTAIN
DURING WINTER
Varied Series Program To
Be Given in Park ST.
Church.

The peoples entertainment course
given by the Mems League of Park
Street church last winter proved so
successful that it has been decided to
give a second course this winter.
Capacity houses greeted each enter
tainment offered in the first course,
and it Is believed that the attractions
this year will be even better. The
aim of the league is to secure the
very best talent available, regardless
Of cost, and to place the tickets at
the lowest possible price to insure
covering all expenses In this way
Park Street church is contributing to
the city's enjoyment of high class
and yet also popular evenings of lee
ture and music.
The course will begin this year
with a popular scientific lecture by
Charles H. Tyndall, Phi. D., on "The
Wonders of Ether Waves" This will
be given Tuesday evening, December
49,. DR.. Tyndall is connected with
the family of Sir John Tyndall, the
scientist, and William Tyndall, Bible
translator. He comes rightly by his
love for science and the reverent spir-
it with which he unfolds it's mys-
teries. He presents the profOundest
scientific facts so simply, clearly and
forcib1y that they are deeply in
structive and wonderfully interesting.
The lecture he will give in Park
Street, church takes up the marvels
of wireless biography, invisible light,
inaudible sounds, telepathy. etc. He
will accompany his lecture with ex-
periments on the platform revealing
ho of S.to hrinpiT1p d.
| ible sounds into the range of hear
| ing, finding the keynote of numerous
| objects, tuning wireless circuits, and
many other things. DR.. Tyndall is
sure to be heard with intense inter
est. Committees that have had him
| once have asked him to repeat his
| lecture not less than five to ten times
The second entertainment will be
a splendid concert by the Redpath
! Grand Quartet of New York city.
| This is believed to be the most ex-
pensive male quartet that can be had.
Each one Of the four members is a
concert soloist. Mr.. 'Carre, first ten
or, possesses a voice of remarkable
range and clarity, with an unusually
clear enunciation. DR.. Ion Jackson
has a robust middle voice, capable of
brilliant renditions Of the great arias,
yet adaptable also to popular music.
Every music lover knows Carl Duff,
and will welcome this opportunity to
hear the great baritone. Frederick
| Martin, oratorio and concert basso,
completes the personnel of this re-
markable quartet. For the past eight
years. Mr.. Martin has been bass solo
list of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church in New York, a church posi-
| ton probably more sought for than
any other in America. The concert
will occur on Friday evening, jan
| uary 5.
The third and last entertainment
! Of the course comes Thursday even
ing, January rs. At that time Strick-
land w. Gillian, Americas foremost
humorist, will appear. Mr.. Gillilan's
lectures on Sunshine and Awkward
ness and GA Sample Case of HUI
NOR have made him exceedingly
popular with those who love genuine
clean fun. He is in great demand
both on the platform, in the maya
zines, and as the guest of clubs and
societies on noticeable occasions. With
all the fun he has a great message in
all his lectures touching the hearts
Of men and strengthening the higher
motives of life.
On the same evening with Mr.. Gill
lilan, Mrs. Alice Mertens, contralto,
will be heard in song. Mrs. Mertens
is an admired friend of Bridgeport
musical people, and will be we1com-
ed back from New York for this con-
cert engagement.
Course tickets are now on sale
There are no reserved seats, only as
many tickets will be sold as the seat
ing capacity will allow. Single tick
cts, if any are offered, will be 40
cents. Course tickets Should be Sc
cured promptly at the Jackson Book
Store, WOOster's dry goods store
Kingstop's mems furnishings, Wolff
& Hitch's drug store, Bassett's bak-
cry, Challengers news store,
Wright's pharmacy, or the Y. M. c..
A.
Mrs. Mary K. Wilson, one of the
most effective speakers on conditions
among the colored people of the
United States, has been secured for
a lecture at Park Street Congrega-
tional church, Sunday evening. She
is negress, speaks from personal
knowledge North and South, and is
one of the most eloquent and con-
vincing advocates of the cause of
justice for the negro, and is the wife
VI buIloT r. wilson, an able and Sue
cessful Boston lawyer
Mrs. Wilson was born in Oberlin
of free parents, who came from
North Carolina. Her father was i'm
prisoned with the Oberlin professors
who shared in the famous fugitive
slave rescue. An uncle and cousin
were with John Brown in his famous
raid. The uncle, Sheridan Leary, was
shot on the banks of the Shenan-
doah, and the cousin, John Copc
/ land, was hanged with John Brown.
Mrs. Wilson was educated in
Oberlin and Washington, and taught
in the schools Of the national capitol.
She has been a pioneer in physical
education, has lead in the promotion
Of folk dancing among colored peo-
| pie in order to raise the moral in
! fluenee of their recreation. In Bos-
ton she has been engaged in social
settlement work, and has done much
for the National Association for the
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