The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-13
bAST|LE DAY IS
CELEBRATED HERE
Everyone Requested to Attend
Mass Meeting at the City
Auditorium Tomorrow.
MANY FAMOUS SPEAKERS
cambridge Colby and Captain
Courtivron Will Make
Addresses-Large
Chorus Choir.

Everyone in Richmond Is requested
to Join in celebrating the French
national holiday. Bastile day. at tns
city auditorium tomorrow afternoon
The monster mass meeting will begin
at o'clock. There will be no ad-
mission charged and no collection will
be taken. The committee on cele-
bration believes an overflow crowd
VIII be in attendance and that en-
thuSasm will run high.
Governor westmoreland Davis will
preside and the principal speakers
will be Bainbridge Colby. of the
United Slater shipping board. Captain
Courtivron. personal representative OF
French Ambassador Juseerand, and
Lieutenant Vincent wir,zbicke, of the
French high commission now tourin 6
the United States. Seated on the
stage will be representatives OF the
various war work organizations in
Richmond and city and state Off
Gals. Every war work organization
is cooperating for the purpose OF
making the celebration one OF the
greatest patriotic demonstrations yet
held in this city.
Professor w. c. Mercer. director
of music In the public schools, will
direct an orchestra OF forty. musi-
clans and will lead a chorus COM
posed OF ESQ or more school children
from the upper grades, The chorus
will be seated on the stage. The
patriotic French and American
songs, and the audience will be ex-
pected TO join with the chorus In sing
ing them. As community singing at
tanned great popularity at the audi
torium last winter at the Sunday
sings" it Is believed there VIII be
ready response when the audience
is invited to follow the lead of the
chorus.
Ministers Cooperate.
Tomorrow morning in all the
churches ministers will read to their
congregations invitations to attend
the celebration. The invitations were
tee on celebration, which is composed
of Coleman Workman. chairman OF
the Richmond chapter OF the Red
Cross; John c. Easley. president OF
the Chamber Of Commerce. r. l.
Peters, president of the common
council; DR.. J, A. Chandler. super.
intendent OF schools; H. e. Ltchford
committee Of Richmond, and G. H
Winfrey. secretary of the Richmond
War Camp Community Service.
Similar celebrations will be held
! Sunday In many American cities. thus
affording the people OF this country
an opportunity to pay q tribute tc
France, and to reciprocatA the demon
STATIONS OF affection for America
which were staged in France on July
4. the American national holiday. Elk.
President Taft Ia at the head Of the
Bastile day movement In the United
States.
Captain. Courtivron was q Rich,
mond visitor In January of this year
He spoke on that occasion In the hal
OF the house Of delegates. where, al
q joint session Of both bodies Of the
legislation, the sword of his father.
in-law, Prince Camille de Polignac
was preAented to Virginia The sword
was received by the prince while he
was serving as a general in the Con
federate army. Captain Courtivron's
wife made the speech OF presentation
Because II was not possible to ar.
ranre for the appearance here of a
sufficiently large body OF soldiers and
sailors, the committee on celebration
abandoned the idea of holding q
parade Sunday.