Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-01
new YORK
GOES Wild
ON ADVENT
Of new Year

New York, N. Y. Dec. 81. with
hearts as light as the Confetti that
swirled, blizzard like, about the
Broadway revel route, Ne. Workers
tore the last leaf from the calendar
/ Of or tonight and set their faces
toward the New Year.
It had been promised that tonight'sH
demonstration would be the noisiest
ever, and the whole thing came of as
! advertised. Early In the evening the
fun began, with eardrum-splitting
horns, cowbeils and every other din
producing device that the cult of
4 llcksters has discovered, sounding in
horrible dissonance and increasing
volume until the midnight climax,
when the shrieking whistles, pealing
bells and shouts from a million
threats marked the passing Of the old
and the advent Of the new.
Tonight's celebration cost New
Workers about ee-quarters Of q
million dollarsthe exact amount
Will not be known until tomorrow.
But those considered authorities on
1 the subject said that $780, was ex-'
pended in restaurants and cafes, in
theatres 100000, and musicians, for
lists, cabmen and walters quarter
! million, while club parties. private
entertainments and thc thousand and
one attractions along Broadway put
at least quarter Of million into
circulation.
During the early evening the
crowds were divided between street
parades and theatres, which were
crowded. When the playhouses turn
ed loose their audiences things be-
gan to liven up at the hotels and res
taurants. In the most fashionable
places tables had been engaged
Z weeks in advance and aggregations
OF diners rivalled each other in bril-
lance ard spectacular gaiety.
In many places champagne was
served for drink and minimum
charge for eatables was 81 a cover.
Delightful music, beautifully gowned
women and the clink of glasses al
Martins, Rector's, Murray's, Shan
ley's and other restaurants gave the
81 approaching year a rosy tint. The
dining rooms of the big hotels also
held thousands. A .fusilade of corks
popped at the Knicke rbocker, Aston
st. Regis, Imperial, Plaza and Wal
dorf-Astoria, just as though there
i had never been a financial stringen,
cy.
AT Martins innovation added spice
4 to the merrymaking. For the frs
\ time and for tonight only, womer
patrons were allowed to smoke in TIL,
public dining hall.
The scene in the big dining room
Of the Plaza was an unusual one.
In this room, at the strike o.
twelve, Caruso, the opera tenor, san,
the chime song from the Chimes O.
d Normandy !" In all OF the cafes din
ers rose at minute before midnigh
and with glasses poised In air, shout
ed q good bye to the old and vel
come to the new year.
In marked contrast with these fes
tivities were the scenes at thousan,
churches, where congregations gath
cred at 10 o'clock and in silent wor
ship watched the old year out. Els
pecially largely attended services
were held at Old Trinity, st. Georges
Old First Presbyterian, ST. Patrtcks
and ST. Michaels Above the heads o
the worshippers pealed chimes ID re
freshing harmony. ss8
AS the old year disappeared, til,
whistles Of factories and seemingly 8
all craft In the harbor let one terrifi
blast. bells changed and every othe
variety Of noise imaginable, mingIe,
In roar that fairly shook the city