Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-10
CORNET COLOR|NG
FOR WEEKLY SING
Last Nights Crowd at City Hall
Plaza Larger Than Ever and
Full of Enthusiasm

"A country is no stronger than It's songs,
was the opening remark at Harry Barn
hart. aS he mounted the platform last
night and faced the crowd IN the City
Hall plaza and their singing, though
rather weak n first. became stronger and
more strong - the evening wore on.
The outstanding feature Of last night
concert was the presence OF the corner
virtuo>o. EinccnzO Buone, who plays with
BarnhArt'S chorlscs elsewhere. lie was
warmly applauded when introduced 10y
the leader and for ms excellent and
artistic solo work IN les Pyramids,
hv libcratI. a typical show piece of great
technical brilhancy. and Il Hear on
Calling Me. as an encore. lie also took
the ohhgato solo uf the '1nhammatus,
and helped alhng materially in the songs.
the timbgs Of the brass adding q tang 10
the lead Of the piano.
Acknowledgement WAS made by the
leader and ratified by Hip, Hip, Hip
from the crowd. Of the courtesy of Man
ager Wilson Of the Traction Company,
in re-routing the Hing street cars during
the two hours Of the sing. so that no
pause, were caused In the proceedings
by the wait for them 10 pass.
This also gave more space IN front OF the
platform. which was utilized last night
for the marching and counter marching oi
q hundred girls and boys, who were mar
shalled bv twos and by fours, back and
forth a dozen times by Drum Major
Barnhart to the strains of Glory
Hallclujah interesting the crowd and
/ tickling the children. whose thin but
! sweet voices carried, when the crowd
was stilled TO listen.
/ The crowd was greater than ever. by
AT least thousand, but It's psychology
/ IS ALWAYS much the same-tO study II Is
! like looking into a human kaleidoscope.
/ Probably 5000 persons were present. The
i fringe Of children IN front. from the
( banbino in arms and the kIddles IN
/ middies. up through all age grades to the
grandmother with grey haIr Last night
/ local color was also impaired by wheel
chair invalid near the stand then there
was also the village sOttle tTampng
with the little tots, and genial house dog.
of the waller sort that made friends
with everybody and slept between whites.
nose on paws
There ought to be a committee ap-
| pointed to investigate the matter Of the
awkward words that are gwen for the
"Aiarseillaise. III about all the books
The one on the song sheet IS particularly
fragrant and very hard 20 tlt to he words,
a. was shown last nj -ht Why cant the
French words be used? and thus teach
language and patriotism together? There
was no discount on the three cheers for
France though, and likewise for Italy
and for England.
The "Garibaldi March" and Rule
Britannia preceded these last, played by
Cornet and piano.
Two Of the Motor Service girls wer'
called to the stand and introduced t.
the audience as the authorized collector
for the chorus funds and were cheered a
they stood up gamely to the ordeal.
Incidentally ly-the crowd and the choru.
sang the familiar songs: Garry Me BacI
to Old Nirginny, and Kentucky Home
being a. effective and affecting as ever
and the chorus sang, Unfold, Ye Portals
and ''Halleluiah Chorus, and the In
fammatus soto voce accom- paniment
The crowd stood and stood for it
for more than two hours which is proof
enough Of appreciation