New-York tribune., 1908-01-02

way along with tin horns and other New York
methods OF celebrating New Years,
The first ray of 1908 net without its
serious side, however Five persons, two of,
them women, were shot in the early morning
hours One woman and one man may die. Their
injuries were the result of boisterous revellrles
The annual saturnaIia ceased along about
O'Clock. The 'millionaires' near -millionaires
and those who simply had a bank roll unencum-
bered by a sense of shame crept away from their
''SeeIey dinners" or took their chapped lips away
from their raucous horns about daybreak. AS
result, about nine-tenths of the population did
not begin to turn on its pillow until about
o'clock yesterday afternoon The Duke of
Wellington once remarked that when it time
70 turn over it was time to turn cut. but New
York paid no attention to that dctum: it just
turned over and then went to sleep again. And
it was not until evening that the streets resumed
anything like their wonted appearance. And it
was not food that the early arrivals wanted.
either
When dawn began to send the last CeIebrant
home many q scene Of disorder was overlooked
by the police Now. man on the force will
not arrest man in the early hours of the
morning for much short OF murder. and yester-
day the policemen were about willing to over
look even that. On the upper West Side many
a man was shunted into an areaway or down
the basement stairs that the patroIman post
might not have to take him TO court a charge
of ''over exhiaration. For that matter few
men were on post What with the Christmas
cheer to be had at the various Hfesaving sta
tions on a mans post, why should patrolnan
bother with his post even as little as usual?
A few hundred years ago, more or less, every
one called on his friends. But only in Green
wfch Village and a few other places where the
wore oI1S hey do
terday Mailing cards is a whole lot easier and
a great deal more conducive to sobrety. The
great prohibition wave which has been sweep
ing over the country busted up New York a lit
tie yesterday.
At those places where the dispensing OF pleas
ing and exhilarating beverages was for mercen-
ary rather than social reasons, turkey took the
nIace OF bologna sausage and chicken sUpplant-
ed the humble potato in the salad. At the clubs
all the front windows We're at premium, and
it was open house to all who had a claim upon
any one.
Even the prisoners started the new year
right Those in the Tonbs did not have to get
uD at O'Clock as usual. this relaxation being
winked at rather than sanctioned. At midnight
the lights had been flashed in the cells and
every one made all the noise that he could.
after the local custom. Harry +. Thaw and a
few others had got hold OF horns and these
thev blew until their wind gave cut. Aside
from the prohibition of visitors and religious
services New Years Day different there
from any other Harry Thaw had the heaviest
mail In addition to 1.-The friends who wished
him a happy new year, an appropriate remem-
brance as his trial begins on Monday there
were hundreds OF cards from total strangers
The celebration or New Years Day at the
immigration station on Ellis Island was COM
paratively quiet. This was because most of the
immigrants who had arrived at the island from
incoming steamers during the week had been
sent on their way TO their destination before
Yesterday There were few immigrants at the
island outside of those who held for ex-
animation
The West Side Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation entertained hve thousand persons at its
New Years Day celebration In the afternoon
there was a concert by the association orches-
ira and war songs and dances by a group or
American Indians; swimming races were held
in the pool and in the gymnasium there was
eyrnnastic exhibition in which Greenfield, IN
tercolleeiate champion trick rings. and
Schnan. Amateur Athletic Association UNION
champion on the parallel bars, took part.
The n1kraen were making their rounds yesterday
morning when the merry threng that had danced
the old ye ar out and the in al the annual
mask bali OF the Herman stark Association was