New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-01
WELCOMING THE New YEAR.
NIGHT MADE HIDEoUa BY I6A'p RoRNS.
HOW To-Day WILL BIZ orsERvEp-VEEfONN''
,ycFs At THE THEATRES.

HOW TODAY WILL BIZ opsERVSp-'Ni'''
AycEs At THE THEATRES
This is 1901 Try u l,,cvg0ot that fact wheh .o,'
date vour letters The old year that gave ~ ~,
heart burning and so great happness-the ono u'uap
offsets The other IN this spblunary eAls'ehoe ~ =,
and gone and buried and there's no ear'i"' w.
exhuming It every time you take IN pen ,or.re
passed into history, 1890 Is now ohit ~ ~, ~ md
iotan Tho New Year was rung in nreu W ~'u
h,ou,, IN The din OF the blowlnsn began ~
o,e,ock la. evening, At that hour all INC ufS =
angels Of the neither world seemed let loose no,n
WAS done and the caow yonth from tNeHV w. "a
10 zero felt himself transformed, or rauer
himself into bednm-et-lOose sort OF demon ILL.,,
with but one passion, and that was 10 inaAe N'"'''
hoard in the world ~. l.. ,urlovod
The chief instrument Of torture that he empo'eu
mn. lin horn with reed in the mouthpiece, on
,ic,a sold I'm carload lots at 5 cents apleee' WIZ
oIx six hours Of 500 to daily with, everything lna'
he did was expanded to its greatest possible hh "a
had made I'D his mind beforehand 10 nave ms" Wv,
time while the old year lasted, lot TIC Hau a..
father mother and wife TO turn over q ne" ieA ..
birth of sell That is the only reason why
I,igsr submlt 10 these New Years Eve testlmohlas
Of general "cussednessn; they say to themselves H"
the tornado Of noise and terror Is only is''hs VI
ot steam that after tho explosion everything wiz w
calm and serene for twelve months. WIN thl' e''
sbation tIe rich and the Owly lay down last Hb"' "
groan out the old year and sleep IN the new 49,, l.,
rbs custom of New Years calling that obtained ~
the. time of the Revolution and was scrnpuouSH w
served in this city and throughout the country 'o Do
than 100 years after the battle oi LeAlhs'o' VIZ m
mercsn eagle startled the universe with his lHt scream
o., ,hortv and independence has fallen Into decay ana
- ,o,, followed here by only small part 81 me soc'aI
World There Is, however, handful oil hlsN p'cu
women who call themselves Colonial Danes IN hoho
Of The memory OF their Knickerbocker oreiaherS' anu
these worthy granddaughters ana gfeats' a.lu.
daughters OF the Revolution permit no Wv
Years Day 10 pass "l''oul io'0''7 -
from legion of friends. Many preachers also Keep
nm the old custom aud il is generally understood tla'
strangers whether they be angels or not. are as wei
come al tile shepherds ircside As any member Oh "s
own flock. one OF the representative Co'ohai D""''
who receive New Years calls is Mrs j. Lyon ha'cr'
and one OF tho representative preachers "Ho 1--we
fail 70 observe the day is DR.. TalmaSc Nieiuhs '''
among the Four Hundred arc too long as fd!o 10
make New Years calls success, and for mat fca'o
they were long since abandoned. The country, when
doe, not forsake the traditions Of its ancestors Us
readily As the city is prone TO do will observe the day
in the good old way.
Tbore will be a suhicency of entertainment and
amusement for everybody this afternoon ana eaen
ing At most Of the theatres in tile city thcie VIII
Ice special holiday matinee, in ADDITION 10 '"o
r.crIar evening performance. some Of the me-"
impOrtAnt
If fine Casino: The Last Word" ut Days Theatre :
PAP of spectacles," at the Madison square " lh'
Idcr@ at the LycclIm: Dr.. BILL at the Garden :
The Pupil i'm Magic at the New Park. where thc'o
will also be a matinee to morrow: ship Ahoy az ti'
STANDARD 4 Texas steer" at the BJ0u: mage ana
Illusions at IIermanns: Men and women al
Pr0ct1r's Blue Jeans" at the Fourteenth street
The County Fair at the Union square; INC ')lu
Homestead at the Academy Of Music: THE Babes
in the Wood" at NibIo's Garden; "Vncle Joe AZ
tlc Grand opera House; variety at Tony Pastors
tlc Harlem opera House and Roster a Ba!>' ana
e Mr. Barnes Of New YorS," at the Columbu' Tue
Fifth Avenue the and few Of tl% other theatres
Will give no matinces.
For the young folk who like to be outdoors there
will lie skating at Van Coutlandt Lake. if the weather
i, good a, the ice EaS been cleared of NOV.
Anarg the OH If town pleasures 81 ihc evening may
he mentioned the New Years Hop al TIE Alsuai me
beautiful Pine Park hotel. at brentwood. L. L. Trails
for brentwood which j. forty one miles from New
York, leave Long Island City at 80 D. M , d,
Epaister +. r. Fitzgerald, who is the Tammany Ilal
leader of the Isl Assembly District will give his usual
annual New Years reception the district committee
today from to p. m. the American Museum oi
Natural History Will be open free 10 the pubH' hodN
At 80 p N. a free illustrated lecture upon 'hc
PHYSICAL Geography and scenery Of New prk Stit"
the Highlands and Niagara viii hc delivered 10y Pro-
fc>,or Albert ,. Bickmorc. No tickets arc frpdired.
The Museum j. also open free II the public on each
Wednesday and saturday evening and oh the evenings
Of all public holidays from Il. H. until 10 p. NJ