The sun., 1919-07-05
MUSIC Is FEATURE
AT VICTORY FETE
Crowd Fills Lewisohn Stadium
for Celebration Staged by
Mayors Committee.
HYLAN ONE OF SPEAKERS
Elsie Janis and Rosa Ponselle
Among Those Who Helped
to Entertain.

Despite atmospheric oppression that
would rob any man Of his life ambition
1S,006>burghers of New Amsterdam and
their spouses made varicolored lining
In and around the Lew.sohn Stadium Of
the College OF the City Of New York
last evening to perspire through the
Victory celebration arranged by the
Mayors Independence Day COMMITTEES.
They not only fiuttered like a cascade
over the seats Of the stadium, but they
stood on huge .boulders outside the fence
and helped their city jubilete.
The first craning Of necks, after the
Fifteenth Coast Artillery Band and the
United states Navy Band had each been
given a hearing In preliminary concerts,
came when q bombing plane drifted ike
an autumn leaf through the dusk. Aerial
maneuvres by three airplanes had been
announced, but only one machine hoated
I'D out of nowhere and away again.
presumably back to the same place;
Then some excitement was occasioneo
by a rivetting contest between two teams
under Foreman James p. Walsh from
the Department OF Plant and Structures,
who pitched red hot rivets and sewed
them up in two large girders. while
]. r, Mcmahon cut out q star by gas
in a steel plate and T. L. Murphy and
william Gilrain thumped away with
drill
silver Cups to winners.
The rivetting competition was won
with ffty rivets in nine minutes by
Crew b, composed OF J. E. Duhig. ]. X
weisiger, J. p. Hagerty and p. l..
whalen. Afterward the men were pre-
scented with silver loving cups by their
own C'mish, Grover Whalen. even
though there was now practically no
real use for the cups.
Rosa Bonselle OF the Metropolitan
Opera Company. bearing large Ameri-
can flag and escorted on the field by
battalons of soldiers. sailors and ma
rines, aroused enthusiasm by her sing
ing OF THE Star Spangled Banner ex-
cept from one man of a Germanic cast
who neglected to remove his hat but
was reminded in a hurry. Following
america the Beautiful and Ring Out,
Sweet Bells of Peace" sung In stirling
manner by the Peoples Liberty Chorus
of 1000 voices. Adolph Lewisohn. the
master OF ceremonies. who said that
I'VE must all cooperate and serve the
great cause OF mankind unlimited by
State or national lines" introduced
Mayor Hylan.
The Mayor, speaking with the spot
light on him and with the colored lights
from the top Of the stadium weaving soft
Kaleidoscope changes In the audience,
dwelt upon the world rank achieved by
this country in the war. and went SO far
as to declare that to-day America rears
her head above the waters of the west
ern world as the grandest. greatest and
most glorious democracy the world has
ever known.
New Problems With Peace.
with the coming Of peace" he said.
new problems are presented. The
thoughts Of the world must be diverted
from the wasteful channels OF destruc-
tlon to the profitable avenues Of repair.
, In addition to the loss OF human life and
wanton destruction OF property, vast re-
gons laid waste by the war will have TO
be rebuilt that they may again contrib
ute to the economic. industrial and finan-
cial requirements of the world
The speech OF George Gordon Battle.
which was along similar lines, received
an ovation-because the crowd was tired
Of speeches and wanted to get down to
the music and spectacles. Mr.. Battle
had got as far as asserting that the
treaty Of Paris. which includes the con-
stitution of the League OF Nations. is
in my opinion the greatest and most sig
nificant document ever written by hu-
man PEN" when the throngs on the
stadium sides, unable TO hear him. began
to clap for tho end OF his speech in a
respectful but firm manner.
1t was a good speech and Mr.. Battle
continued nobly on, even though he was
frequently interrupted by undesred ap-
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the end he was greeted with war whoops.
Then the Stadium Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Arnold Volpe, performed
Tschaikowsky's "1sl2" and Massenets
"Neapolltan Scenes" besides accompany
ing Ernest Davis, who stepped from the
, audience to give admirable voice to "Ridi
Pagliacci" in place OF Forrest Lamont
Miss Ponselle, who sang zone Fine Day"
from Madam Butterfly" and Blanche
| Consolvo, who sang "Oh. Promise Me-"
The quartet from "Rigoletto'' was sung
by Mr.. Davis. Idelle Patterson, Lillian
Eubank and Earle Tuckerman.
Cheers for Elsie Janis.
Elsie Janis was acclaimed when she
made her first public appearance since
her return from overseas, giving some
OF the bits OF entertainment that de-
lighted the boys at the front. Julia
Arthur, accompanied by the orchestra
the Police Glee Club and the chorus
delivered THE Battle Hymn OF the Re
public" impressively. An allegorical
tableau, THE triumph of the People"
was presented by Ben Ali Haggin. with
Miss Arthur portraying America and
Mrs HaGgin taking the part OF France.
The Mayor was accompanied to the
ceremony by Mrs. Hylan and his daugh-
ter. Virginia, who sat in a box beside
William Randolph Hearst and Mrs,
Hearst, chairman OF the arrangement
committee. The rest OF the committee
comprised Mrs. Lewis Nixon. Mrs.
George w. Loft, Miss Elisabeth Mar
bury. Mrs. Nelson Herrick Henry and
Miss Sophie Irene Loeb. The patrons
OF the celebration included the follow
ing: Henry Clews. Adolph Lewisohn,
Major Michael Friedsam, Clarence
Mackay. II. +. Sinclair, T. Coleman du
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