Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
GREAT PATRIOTISM
DEMOXSTRATEDA At
SING LAST NIGHT
Special Brass instrument Accom-
paniment Aided the Vocal
Efforts.
CHEERS FOR THE ALLIES

There was much 10 attract tho eye
before things got fairly going at the
sing last evening The property-rnan
was backward on the job, so the crowd
looked on as touring auto towcd the
truck bearing our piano UP Eleventh
street hill, and maneuvered same into
nlace. Then the arrival Of n squad of
Naval Reserve men in white work-dress
brought "hand" from the crowd, but
the ultimate sensation was the costume
az the leader himself, Harry Barnhart,
when he appeared without his customary
khaki. for which natty Palm beach
was substituted, and Q silk tie which can
only be described as gorgeous, rs sun
set colors are gorgeous.
A perfectly trustworthy alto. after
quite careful study decided on burnt
orange as the trade name of the shade
and that will convey weak idea of its
dazzling effect 10 those who were not IN
focus. Beside IT, Pianist Fred Wat
sons effort. just ordinary cerulean blue
faded into insignihcance.
A surprise was sprung on Harry
Barnhart before the start-he was miro
duced to his own aunt whom he had
never seen, and he in turn presented
Aunt Clara Barnhart" TO chorus and
''pee-pul
A brass quartet. selected from the
forces of Balnhart's New York players,
came on with him: Messrs. Buono, Al
banno, Febbrario and Haynes.
Their instruments were two corneis,
French horn ard trombone, which filled
Ia admirably in the choruses and part
songs. and blended marvelously we'll In
their own numbers. the Lucia Sextet,
and Martha" prayer. Nincenzo Buono,
who was here fortnight ago with ms
cornet, PLAYED the Lost Chord to
Fred Watsons piano accompaniment,
and Rosary, with his usual taste and
feeling.
Parenthetically, the city owes a debt
to Harry Barnhart for the high standard
! of all the ATTRACTIONS" that he has Sc
cured and introduced TO his Wilmington
/ audiences, their genuine musical quality
makes instant appeal to thecultlvated era
and can but react on the general run
who do not dif1erentiate between music
and a mere disturbance.
The soloists were heartily applauded,
] including Fred Watson, for hls dashlng
Nancy Lee overture.
With the zest of the horns to stimulate
their efforts, the people" and chorus
produced a wonderful volume of tone
In Mother Machree' and BLACK Joe.
while the chorus found much help in
their sustaining power in Unfold Your
Portals" and Send Out Thy Light
The spectacular novelty of the occasion
was the salute to the colors of the allied
nations Handsome silk flags were sue
cessively displayed from the front Of the
conductors platform by u. s. Naval
1 Reserve men and their officer, Lieutenant
( Charles f. Breadwell The men were
First Glass Yeomen Signarowitz,, Prick
ett, Dolan and Vliet The Belgian,
Italian French, British and, finally, the
American flags were unfurled, and gently
waved by a breeze that sprung up as If
to order while the horns played the ma
tional anthems, the crowd saluted and
joined in rousing ''TIlp-hips' for each.
The patriotic fcrvor Of the assembly
was very marked, and Barnhart's skill
in directing it was noticeable all through
I the proceedings He quoted from a
letter recently received from his son Bob,
in France. before long itll be over, and
we'll be home, and spoke Of his three
nephcWs, sons Of "Aunt Clara, also at
the front, and appealed TO the crowd to
know if there were among them other
mothers Of three at the front and got a
7 response from three such, who got a hearty
4 AliP-AAiP-
No use Of talking, Harry" is live
wire. and we are fortunate to have him
among Us.
"Taps" was sounded by Buono's cor
net, while the crowd again the biggest
vet stood at attention, and ended the
proceedings.
Announcement was made that next
Tuesday the chorus will assemble IN front
of the du Pont Building on Market street
Mt $50 and march, in column of fours
to their seats on the stand, singing as they
60.
The voluntary offerings last week
amounted to Sl7l.
A movement is on foot to have the
Delaware Pioneer Regiment Band, al
Camp Dix, play NJ one of the Tuesday
night sings"