The Washington herald., 1907-01-01
GAY BROADWAY WET
Confines New Years Eve
Festivities Indoors.
BIG CRUSH FOR LAST SUPPER
Hotel and Restaurant Men Say New
York Never Before Saw Such "a De-
mand for TabIes-High links at the
Cafe Martin, Where Many Actor
Folk Enjoy show.

New York. Jan. Papa Times gaIoshes
did not MT well, as was demonstrated be-
yond peradventure last night when, as
the hands on Trinity's clock Joined at the
hour of twelve, Willie New Year slipped
in from the Atlantic CARRIED only in the
conventional sash. with 1857 stamped upon
it. Willie was badly in need of gal0sheN
The boy came In on the edge Of rain
cloud. When he landed on Trinity steeple
he looked down on the street and sighed.
Why this is no New Years business. "
he said; this looks like a circus day in
Keokuk Iowa"
you will learn before you have been
here long, said the old man. with the
long beard, who was packing his suit case
in the belfry, that a New Yorker don't
mind getting wet on the inside on New
Years Eve, but he can't stand for the
damp anywhere else"
Rain spells Despair.
The rain began to spell despair for the
holiday makers all during the day. and
was raising the limit so high that nobody
could see where they had "a chance 10 iii
on the big celebration. But by o'clock
last night the elements put on brakes and
they began TO take the trains at one
hundred and twenty-hfth street to go
down to Wall street station and play horse
like any other New Years Eve.
Along in the evening, after the theaJers
nad swallowed up their people Broadway
looked like Main street in Canandaigua
the day Hearst spoke there. Later when
tho theaters disgoTged, their crowds
streamed to the restaurants, where tables
had been reserved several weeks before,
but after all, it was not the rip-rOdring,
slambang, pushing. crowding joyful New
Years Eve that New York is used TO.
Mostly il was an indoor celebration, with
the big parties breaking records for
crowds and champagne opening.
From oscar at the Waldorf 10 Herr
Muschenheim at the Hotel AstCr, the
fancy food purveyors ware agreed in say
ing that New York never saw time
when there was a bigger crush for the last
supper 0btainable IN 1906 or a bigger de-
mand for tables.
High JinISs at Martins.
Possibly there was more real high jinks
at Cafe Martin than at any other place
in the borough Among the singers and
actor folk that enjoyed the show at Mar
tins were Sicuor Caruso. who was at a
table with Big Pol Plancon, Renaud, the
lady with the blissful eyes; Lima Cava-
leri, and other opera folks; Anna Held
and her husband, FloTenz Ziegfeld; Liz
Ian Russell and Jesse LewisOhn. Blanche
Ring. Annie Russell. Truly Shattuck. Lit
tie Joe Weber, and Cissie Lotus.
RectOTs was damned long before mid
night. and the doors were closed at u
o'clock. Manager Mueller let his guests
do pretty much as they pleased, and save
than a pretty surprise when the New
Year slid iu. \ bit after midnight, the
lights went Up strong. and a big silk
American flag dropped from ceiling across
half the room. The orchestras got a bit
mixed in the music one Of them tried q
switch from Bill simmons into The
star Spangled Banner" and got the notes
tangled The other went right on with
Columbia, the Gem Of the Ocean and
the result was like @ 81. Patrick's Day on
Broadway
In the Waldorf-Astoria every available
inch Of space was taken UP by tables. and
even the cafe was turned into a woman
dining-Toom. The popping of corks in the
Waldorf-Astoria at midnight sounded like
a match AT Creednl0re.