The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-13
John Mccormack, the Great Singer and Po-
 triof, Acclaimed

TITO the thousands of admirers and
 friends in America of the great
 Irish singer, John Mccormack. who was heard in Birmingham last December for the first time present. ed by the All Star Concerts" the news of his illness and his subse- quent recovery has been matter of great concern.
 Here in Birmingham-"he came and saw and conquered"-by the sheer magic of his beautiful voice and he added hundreds of admirers to his already long list, not alone because of his matchless art and God-given talent, but because of his personality-his big generous nature and the human" angle of the man which was so appealing.
 Those here who had the pleasure of meeting Mir. Mccormack had also the pleasure of realizing that the mans heart is as big asa his body. and that his kindness and generosity with his beautiful voice is exceeded only by his great art and during the late world war when he was Commanded" bS Woodrow Wilson then President of the United States of America to remain in this coun- try during that period feeling as he (Mr Wilson) did that Mir. McCor mack could do more with his excep- tional voice toward helping the war than by going overseas, the great singer out of the wealth of his mar velous talent was the means of rais-, ing thousands upon top of thou sands of dollars for America 10 "carry on" the war with.
 The press" all over the world has spoken the sentiments of the millions during Mir. McCormack's re- cent illness, the love in which he is held and the appreciation which his efforts in behalf of America have called forth and among the com ments is an editorial" in the New York Herald of April 19. which said. in part:
 'The news of John McCormack's mending health, will bring genuine relief to a larger circle of admirers than any other singer now before the public can boast of having. He is the singer of the people. He has, to be sure. appeared with success in opera. He has been a soloist with symphonic orchestras. He has con tributsd to the extremely musical conoerts organized by professionals for the qualification of their art. But f. is as the singer of the peoples songs that he has made his far reaching fame. So. while he woes the senses with his ineomparable tones, he has always stimulated the taste by bis addition of some music of the highest class to every con cert. This program he has carried almost with the thoroughness Of r1opaganda. No other singer has done so much to introduce the high est kind of music into the small and outlying towns which are eager to hear him. The popular numbers Of his programs are, to be sure, In tneir place of importance. But he always adds as well a classical number. On subsequent visits the classical features of the program are likely to be more numerous. This has al- ways been his rule. It is not prob- able that it will be changed in the future.
 His popularity was greatly in- creased by the generosity with which he put his gifts and his art at the disposal of the country during the war. No other singer was more generous He was unflagging in organizing concerts whenever they were needed. Nor dV he confine himself to aiding tsa good works of any one creed or race. Already ad- mired as their singer. the people