Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-03
SURE "SOME' SING
WAS THAT HELD AT
THE old COLLEGE
Last Nights Community Music
Proved A Revelation In
Patriotic Enthusiasm
GOVERNOR HARRINGTON
INTRODUCED LEADER
Mr.. G. Miles Put Plenty Of Life,
Spirit And Variety Into the
Whole Program

OUG Ok tklG knOSl AnCPtl Ills VA tiAN
many war meetings that have taken
place in Annapolis was the community
sing on the campus of st. Johns Col
lege last night 1t was a revelation
as to the inspirational value of music
and as to the effective machinery that
has been built up by the government
to provide for the entertainment of the
men in the service as well as to unity
the nation behind them. People who
were fortunate enough TO be present
at the meeting will treasure it as an
impressive recollection of an occa-
sion on which the meaning of the
great events now transpiring was
brought home to them, and the mighty
force of our unalterable determine
tion TO win was made clear.
Governor Harrington opened the
meeting by presenting Mr.. Gwilyam
Miles as leader of the singing and in
charge of the exercises. Mr.. Miles at
once got to work, and called for the
"Star-Spangled Banner" which was
sung with unusual effect as result of
his vigorous prompting.
Mr.. Miles then led in the singing of
Over There" and after the whole
gathering had sung it, he asked the
children to do so; then he called on
the grown-ups, then on the soldiers,
and then on the sailors to do it alone.
In this way he impaired variety and
emulation of the singing, and got
much more life into it,
Then in rapid succession many pop
ular war songs were sung. among
them There's Long, Long Trail" 7"
Keep the Home Fires Burning" F"
"Good Morning, Mr.. Zip-Zip-Zip,' y
xxx Katy" Keep Your Head
Down, Fritzie,' . "The Last, Long Mile"
and the less recent favorites, "Old
Black joe" and America"
The outstanding feature of the sing
ing of these songs was the rendering
of There's a Long, Long Trail" by
the sailors, and the humorous effect
iveness of "K-K-K-Katy," and MIR.
Zip-Zip-Zip." A group of sailors in
the audience proved to have remark
ably good voices, and sang with such
ROOu eueCB liidI tiiCtC was 6CbCA oA AS-
gret that more was not heard of them,
while the other two songs were great
ly appreciated, the more so because of
their light-heartedness.
1t was expected that the Camp
Meade Quintette would be present,
but they were unable to appear. Mrs.
Jeanne Woolford, of Baltimore, how
ever, and Sergeant Walter Leary rem
dered solos, with Miss Blackhead ac-
companying them on the piano. The
accompanist for the general singing
was Mr. Boutelje.
Mrs. Woolford sang four songs in a
strong and true voice that was heard
perfectly everywhere. Her offerings
were: Tommy Lar" Mighty Like
a Rose" Down in the Forest" and
Khaki Sammy" and all were done in
a manner that realized their possibili-
ties to the fullest extent. Sergeant
Leary sang "The Young Warrior,
when You Come Home" and Hen
Iey's HInvictus'' in a very effective
manner.
The management of the meeting was
in the hands of Mr.. John Richard
Roland and the local executive COM
mittee of the War Camp Community
Service. Mr.. H. F. Sturdy, also on the
executive committee, was in charge
of the seating, and Miss Helen Douw
was of great assistance by placing her
motor at the disposal of the commit
tee. Commodore Lloyd co-operated
by providing flags for the decorations
and Superintendent Eberle showed his
interest in the meeting by being pres
ent. The only regretable feature was
the presence of numbers of unat-
tended small children who sometimes
prevented the soloists from being
heard.