It is a pity that the Richmond audience on the opening night are sometimes comparatively small. There were many vacant seats last night which ought to have been filled with the music lovers of Richmond. The Wednesday Club is for the purpose not only of elevating, but of educating musical taste, and that can best be done when a series is heard, when comparisons may be made, and even a little mild criticism may be indulged in.
Richmond audiences are not especially noted for their good manners at musical entertainments, but among other educational work which the Wednesday Club has undertaken, it has succeeded almost absolutely in preventing the interruption of numbers by the seating of late comers. Last night, for instance, very few were allowed by the watchful ushers to seek their seats during the performance of any number, and those few only at the beginning of the first number.
It might be well, however, if the outdoor noises could be lessened, and if enough officers could be spared to patrol the southern and eastern side of the auditorium, as well as the northern and western sides, the audiences and the musicians would be spared many noisy interruptions suffered at the hands of frolicsome boys.
Another achievement of the Wednesday Club and its management must not be overlooked. The programs announced that the concert would begin at 8:30, and at 8:30 to the minute the conductor raised his baton for the opening measure of the first number. 