The sun., 1896-10-25
ALOSG RIVERSIDE PARK.
Countless Thousands There to Watch the
Beautiful Spectacle.

Beautiful Spectacle.
New Workers nassed themselves along about
eight miles OF the North River front. from the
Battery to Grants Tomb, so thickly. to sec the
great marine show, that to any one among the
thousands OF them who was at paina to go
from point to point down the shore IL
appeared as though nobody could have been
left at home. That idea, however. was to he
held only while one kept his eye toward
tho river and its scintillant spectacle, or
kept it wandering among the crowds. For
turning toward the houses this particu-
larly along the Riverside Park and far
down town, where roofs are the natural resorts
OF tenants who haven't any piazzas. balconies,
or cupolas there appeared in hundreds Of win
dows and on scores of housetops more thousands
of people all bent on viewing the aquatic dem
onstration Of New York's sound-money senti-
ment.
The assemblage along Riverside Drive, es-
pecaly around the northern curve. began to
form soon after o'clock, and by 1880 there
was semi-circular line OF people-men.
women. and children extending from the
northcrnmost point OF the drive to well below
the Grant monument. The Claremont ve-
randa was filled early. AS pedestrians.
cyclists. and citizens in conveyances of all
kinds, kept coming to the heights. a common
impulse spread among the throng and they not
nward o ne se bu, the lawns
about the inn and the tomb The wheelmen
were In great numbers and their lanterns. here
and there at rest and everywhere in motion.
gave the place. viewed In perspective, the aspect
OF u field full of iirelies
The craft maSsed below, filing the hig Hud.
son estuary all the way over Fort Lee evoked
exclamatlons of admiration everywhere. and
when the aggregation had been surveyed. COM
ment turned to the mines shooting upward on
the Pal sades. looking like beacon fires burning
above the woodland.
Staa nlara Rpnt
the greater number OF intending paraders wero
already in positi"n. and many OF the late corners
tho river so as to bring out the many vessels
living there. and then turned them upon the
u point to cast the radiance upon the hero's
monument. and every time the rays fell unon 1t
the eyes OF the multitude turned that way. too.
and people drew each others attention TO what
was being done.
escarpment above the roadway. between the
scores OF persons standing at its top. and shad-
owgraphed on its face other scores who formed
the slope bet cen the road between the road
and the waters edge and the angular silhou-
cites were like carirntures OF the persons who
stood out In the vivid light above them.
last sh Tne Wnd was S,nG and to the
imaginative its rustli sweep through tho
witherinv leaves OF the trees lining the drive
lr'nt There we're ei. Wghs!'' and "Mys!" and un-
turnings Of collar. but everybody stayed until
stood.
Between the Claremont and Seventy-second
street the roadway, the bride path. and the
foutway Of Riverside Park were filled with
moving people.
Al Sevcuty-second street there was n station
ary crowd again. Looking up the river from
there the people got one Of the finest views of
the parade. Search lights from boats in the
rear Of the procession illuminated tho whole
line ahead and painted vapornus pictures in
the clouds of steam and smoke rising from
the craft between them and the spectators.
The houses along the drive were illuminated
all across their fronts. all the windows nearly.
showing lights. ana on the roof Of some houses
Greek fire in colOrs was burned.
On West End avenue too the windows were
al,ght. and even back on Amsterdam avenns
high tenements showed brightly lighte ed win
duws all along the upper floors. ami some ten
ants showed their patriotism by hanging out
lanterns not visible from the water front at ali.
AS the search Lights swept over the crowds ut
Sevcnty-secund street-where numbers of pri-
vate carriages awaited people who had stepped
to the river bank to get better vantage points
and the rays flashed into the faces Of
Of the groups of girls. there
q conGomerated exclamation and burst of
laughter that sounded like the recess OF a dozen
boarding schools Although the great ma jority
of the house windows were lighted. here and
there one in half darkness where couples
preferring obscurity had enscOnced themsel es,
and into those the search lights. chasing away
the shadows in the embrasures. carried constcr-
nation. ntfordinR some amusement to watchful
passors.