New-York tribune., 1909-01-01
PROSPERITY GREETS
A SHIVERlNG INFANT
YALE f908! S4LTE 1909! IN
OLD YE4R'S GONE.
Wild Cro5cd& Of Mcrrym0l'cr& at
Curb and Table Hold Record
Celebration.

&nise noise noise, AL sorts and varieties
and conditions Of noise That was the feature
Of the going Of the old year and the coming of
the new
IF On the stroke Of midnight that marked the
going of 1905 and the coming Of 1909 there was
a7v one inclined TO retrospectiOn reflection and
prospectior Il Mas not apparent in the streets
or in the hundreds Of public places where
seemed gathered = city's varied populace- That
Erch 2 one-if such there was-Could have in
duIced in such an old-fashionei custom. no mat
Ter where he or she might have been. IS almost
beyond belieE.
The predornating note Was one Of revelry
Forget the Old, Look not 70 the newt Live for
this night. May Il be merry: Think not Of the
morrow Away with carking care, Blow the
truupets ring the bells sound the cymbas-
ANYTHING everything that viii make a noise,
Sing and shout. laugh and dance, This wss the
-pirit that was rampant from the courtyard of
old Trinity in lower Broadway ali the way TO
Harlem. running not and merging into wild
revels in the congeSted centres.
Nor was the noise confined to the streets IN
the dining rooms Of the big hotels which in
dcsted clearly the return OF prosperity. in the
cafes ever where. which were thronged with
merry men and women. the hilaxIty that had
been slowly rising the clock moved toward
midnight burst forth in unbridled toy on the
stroke Of midnight.
To be sure. there was wide gulf between the
celebration IN the East Side cafe and that in
the Fifth avenue hotel. But the same desire
to subnerge the stern realities in the brimming
cup Of noisy JOY for the moment was present in
both places
II must have been relief 10 the ears Of the
palsied Old Man l90S-Tl7en he passed over the
me away from the shouting and 10 him heed
less world The shy, shrinking Infant-19Og-
must have faltered just the fraction Of a second.
sEed by the tumultuous greetings
But he is here. Vale 1903. Salve 1909,
The Old custom Of holding a watch night
service was observed by many churches through
cut the city, notably old Trinity. in the John
Street Church, in ST. Georges Protestant F.pfs-
copal Church and in the Old First PRESBYTERIAN.
u Old Trinity the service was early. because
ialer IL would have been impossible u be heard
On account Of the noise Of those who were to
come, presumably to hear the chimes. who were
"'t 'o 90 so because Of the racket they would
make
Those who for years have seen the old wear
out and the new in under old Trinity's snire
Sala that the crowds were not 50 dense in years
sone oE- II is the lure Of the restaurant. with
.S many attractions" said a grizzled Old police
'-'eulehaht Harlem listened to the chimes peal
ing out from ST Andrews belfry at l27th street
and Fifth avenue
"ole uan a thousand policemen were on
'peOisI ooty IN various congested points 10 keep
selhoance Of order and be ready in case of
INV eehcN. But they allowed the crowds the
Sc freedom. and it was seldom that the con-
- pest OF the ticker abonination was checked
- "''ie than general reminder to Go aisy
Inc police did their work with patience
- i''eoearance- and took care that the con-
- al no spot REACHED the Ganger point
y di'hg the Great White Way there were
Ne" varieties of noise makers one of
"ios' popular seemed 20 be the miniature
pan with a castanet accompaniment.
good old ccgv bell. as I'm past years.
the din d s''"'S snare %
g., eond-natured. care free crowd and
,o,-. 110fe TO produce a bigger and stranger
nailed with shouts Of delight
a., spite Of the crowds that surged back and
- ai'hs Broadway it was remarked by old
,...- " mat they We're not quite so dense this
f,t l1 We're more orderly. though no less joy
ror,.,-e1 o' ID some past years. The increase in
c.l.t--..'s oi The eating and drinking method Of
,-or-'g ng New Years Eve is believed to be re-
street ''e vi 'iie tnrohss III the