The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-11
Even HDouble-Headsr' in John
Marshall High School Can
not Accommodate Crowd
THOUSANDS AGAIN
ARE TURNED AWAY
AT EACH SERVICE
Those Who Are Able to Get
In Enjoy Popular Music and
Listen to interesting Ad-
dress by French Officer

Having outsrown the limited space
OF the John Marshall High school au-
dItoFtum, the sunday sing next week
win be held In the City Auditorium
where every man. woman and child In
tho city who desires, may Join in the
sings" that have become so popular
here.
Originally planned as s. Sunday AZ
ternoon's entertainment for the week
end Camp Lee soldier, these unique
wartime concerts have become suci
great community affair. that every
week hundreds are turned away Ions
before the scheduled time of the open
ing of the service.
Secretary Winfrey. as a measure Of
accommodation, yesterday triad thu
scheme of having double headed pro
gram of an hour each. the nrBt sing
TO last from TO o'clock, and the
second from 4:I0 to $40. which would
allow the crowds time to leave and
enter the auditorium. But as a matter
Of fact ii was AS before the second
"sine" began and $50 before IL ended
and then a crowd large enough TO hl
the John Marshall auditorium twice
over collected on the outside after
each sing had begun. tanning thf
trent entrance and the sidew aikt
around the school
This plan having failed. Mr.. Win
frey of the local training camp com
mlttee, therefore. said yesterday that
IL Is extremely likely that the sing
next Sunday, which will be the sew
enth. will be held in the City Auditor
fum The other mem eers OF the com
rnittee having jurisdiction over thii
matter are Or. j. A. c. Chandler, Pro-
fassor Walter =. Mercer and DIR. Mao
lachian. Mr.. wsnfrey said taerr ws'
not the slightest doubt but that tht
most logical place is the City Audi
torium.
Chorus Given Assent.
That the crowds Will gladly coas
there was ascertained at each sing
when Professor Mercer asked tht
singers whether they would come .
the affair took place at the City Audi
torium. and so far as could be seer
every hand In the house at each per
Torrance went up in favor OF shit
plan.
The most disappointed of the would
be singers turned away were hundreds
of children under fourteen, who wsrs
not allowed yesterday at the sing.
In many cases children were seer
crying when they were told by ths
BOY Scout usher% no children undeI
fourteen years allowed The few
allowed TO enter came with thetl
adults.
Among the disappointed we're rer
and women from all parts OF the city
Once inside there were few people
who did not sing and catch the con-
tasfous musical atmosphere. one oil
the most popular forms OF music In
troduced by Professor Mercer sincs
the sings began liz whist1lnE wher
coming to q chorus.
Whenever Professor Mercer thougti
that the crowd did not sing seiec'
tion with the proper snap. he would
order them as IL they were q practsc'
ing chorua over" And forthwith
Ike oeedient pupils, the audience
forsooth. would repeat popular air.
They whistle In Chorus.
Or IL Professor Mercer desired. hi
would order. whistle the chorus" and
Richmond has never heard such whist
ling ~ took place yesterday. The
most novel part OF 1t all iH, however
that so many men. women and children
who came for singing purely allowed
themselves 10 be conducted like
practicing chorus.
can whistle as much as I like at tbs
sing without being asked by mother
or big sister to stop.
Captain Jerome l. r. Tou3an. o.
the French mission at Camp Lee, spoke
for ten minutes at each Sing" yester
day, on ine spirit OF foIu III
speaking OF <the wartime spirit %!
France, he said:
1.-THE whole nation Ia at war. womer
work In the factories and in the field:
and everywhere and the men are ir
the war at the front"
Captain Toujan Speaks.
Captain Toujan elected much ap
piause by his recital of the ESencs
soldiers tightlng spirit. whoS<He said
fight with their weapons, Their owr
spirit and with the spirit of theil
dead
AS the French captain tenered. tbs
audience arose and sang ''Marsetilaisc.
the national French anthem, led by th'
John Marshall High school chorus.
Joan of Arc" Good bile Broadway
Hello Frances over There" Com
Thou Almighty King" Onward Chris
tian Soldiers" "Marseillaise. 'oit
Black joe" There's a Long, Ions
Trail" Sons eff America, Amertcs
Needs You" were some OF the popular
airs sung yesterday.
And as the little boy said: Aunt
Katy can no longer say Good hvs
Broadway. Hello France" is vulesi
song. because amt it sung AZ the sun
day sing"