New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-31
READY FOR NEW YEAR.
WATCH PARTIES TONIGHT
Chimes and Racket HiU Mark
Death of 1908.

..rss,,v New Year," Is the greeting that will
-srr from many hundred thousand threats sust
e.ter midnight tonight as, with the raspng
ssiute OF iublIant tin horns and whlrling watch
re-. rattie. dsoordaEt bells and the yells OF the
,1,sor,.ous small boy. and. ove- all the soft
chimes from TIE church towers. strangely incon-
eruous IN the baser din. old Father Knickerbocker
masses another annual milestone
All over the city the year will be welcomed
with watch meetings by the serious and watch
PARTIES by the festive. Tomorrow dinners calls
and cards VIII contribute their share giving the
new year a good start on its way.
With 1905 goes out the reform administration and
The Ten6erloin Fou-teenth-st. and the Bowery
VIII celebrate this IN their own peculiar manner.
This year, usual. & vast multitude win throng
tie streets about lower Broadway 20 listen to the
chimes OF Old Trinity Varied programmes will be
played by the chimes OF ST Patricks Cathedral
oue Grace. ST. Thomas's and ST. Andrews
churches At Grace Church. Miss Bertha Thomas
viii ring changes from Haydn. Gounod and Men
delssohn together with several OF the old popular
melodies. J. Grand Senia. the ringer at St An
drew's vii play abide with Me- at the midnight
hour followed by the doxology as the clock points
ct twelve. His father rang the chimes OF Grace
Church at Broadway and Tenth-st. for fifty years
The Church OF the Heavenly Rest has a new peal
of bells. which win be rung for the first time at
Gridaicht tonight
n nearly al the churches watch meetings will
be held IN the evening. The Rev. Drs. Chivers
Wheeler. Leaner and Foster will speak beginning
at O'Clock. Prayer service Will be held at the
Prospect Avenue Church al the same hour. The
Scotch Presbyterian Church at Ninety-sixth-st
and Central Park West win unite in union watch
services with Rutgers Park. Fourth and West End
churches Services win begin at 1880 o'clock
At the Lexington Avenue Baptist Church there
VIII be q sermon. followed by testimonial meet
.ng. and memorial service for those members and
friends OF the church who dei last year. The Mad
.son Avenue Presbyterian Church will attend the
New Years Eve exercises Of the First Union Pres
byterian Church The evening will open with an
entertainment followed at 10 O'Clock by the annual
church dinner. Devotional exercises Will be held
from Il 80 til midnight.
The 4 renty-fourth Street. Eighteenth Street and
Chelsea Methodist Episcopal churches Will have
union service in the first named church The Har-
vice in The New-York Presbyterian. Church, in
y.tans, Harlem. Morningside Lenox and East HaT
lem Presbyterian churches viii unite
services at ST Georges beginning at Ii O'clock
Ealt an hour later tie doors will be closed and at
Other watch meetings viii be held in the Broad
way 4SDeTaele Menoe!ssqnn , ta1 me S5it Fnis
oopaD. West End-ave: and Eighty-sixth-st-. Holy
In Literary Hall Bayside. a stereopticon lecture
o,t the 1 fife Of C los vii Be gY Sa 3y be FOL
lowed by watch services. at which the Rev. {. p.
AaJboTs' club win meet ana start al about %
o'clock with debate on the question: Resolves:
history IS rare and its novelty not oyerd0he o,c
The Actors. National Protective Union WI. ho!o
Happy New Year Social Session at Actors
Union Han. No. Union Square. The usual French
Students bail will be held at the Grand Central
Palace.
While New Years morning will probably be
utilized by many in resting from the effects OF the
3ollity and watchfulness OF the preceding even
tng. the afternoon viii a renewal OF the cele-
bratiol- In spite Of crash OF steel and furry OF
cotton. the powers OF Wall street and the bankers
OF the city viii fouow their usual custom OF giving
substantial New Years remembrances 10 theiI
employees.
The day viii be celebrated for the most part in
the homes OF the city. though there will be some
riSag Of a NAT a
Branch Of the Young Mems Christian Association
No 3l6 West Fifty-Segenth-St, there VIII be morn
ing and afternoon sessions for young men only
IN the evening win be 8 short musical programme
followed By a informal social. Clubs VIII hold
open house ma hotels and saloons Will offer free
1unrheons 10 cheer the New Years caller. Even
Warden johnson OF Sing Sing Prison has arranged
s0F q vaudeville entertainment for his charges.