Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-02
NOISY WELCOME
TO YEAR 1903.
New Workers Gave Themselves UP
to the Greatest Noise Last
Night.
CELEBRATION WAS COSTLY
Estimated That s75O,OoO was Spent by
Merry Makers In Honor Of New
Ye"r's-Champngnc md s4n
Cover the Requisites for n
suitable Dinner.


lights as the confetti that swirled, biz
zard-likc, about the Broadway revel
route, New Workers. tore the last leaf
from the calendar OF 1901 tonight and
set their faces toward the new year.
or all the noisy, hilarioui New Years
owes. there never was one more NOISY
and hilarious. carly to-day tho word was
sent out from Police Commissioner Blng-
hams office: Let the crowds have "a
good time. Suppress rowdyism, but allow
them to make noise" In this way Gen.
Bingham recognized the fact that the
night before New Years in the Metropolis
is primarily for hubbub- making the like
Of which can be compared only with the
racket tina. ushcrs in the glorious Fourth.
1t had been promised that to-night's
demonstration would be the noisiest ever
and tho whole thing came off as ad-
vcrtscd Early in the evening the fun
began, cardrum- splitting horns, COW bells
and very other in-producng device that
the cult of huckstcrs has discovered
sounding in horrible dissonanco and In
creasng in volume until til" midnight
climax. when shricking whistles. pealing
marked the passing OF the old and the
advent of the new
To-nlght's celebration cost New York
ers aoout three-ouarterr of million dol
lars. the exact amount Will not be known
until Tomorrow. But those considered
authorities on the subject said that $3.50
oN0 was expended in the restaurants and
cafes; that the theatres got 10000 and
the musicians. florists, cabmen and wait
ers the balance of a half million; while
81 n ri Ia In
the thousand and one attractions along
Broadway put at least a quarter million
into circula ton.
CROWDS AT II. rAURANTS.
During the early evening the crowds
were divided between the street parades
and the theatres, which Were crowded.
When the play houses turned loose their
audiences things began to liven up at
the hotels and restaurants. In the most
fashionable places. tables had been en-
gagged weeks In advance and the aggre-
cations O diners rivalcd each other in
brilliance and spectacular gaiety. In
most of the places onH champagne was
served for drink. and the minimum
charge for eatablcs was 81 Il cover. De-
lightful music. beautifully gowned wo-
men and the clnk Of glasses at Martins,
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and n woI,ou. 70 tho Now Year
In marked contrast with these fest,v;-
ties were the scenes at thousand
churches where CONGREGATIONS gathered