New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-27
AVENUE A LIVING SEA
NEIT WHITE WAY rs HERE.
Nulfifudes Stream Through Route
of Land Parades.

.,ir,t il goin' 90 Re beautfulr'
Zach die Bchten."
.syou must 60 10 London the next time Chawle.
,rhs strand is always like this. But think laris
,ss more sights than London"
'q5razio. grazio!"
asfn'f i grand. kio!"
81 wonder Il we'll meet sny one we know
.sTbis is Thoity-thoid street"
.rrenez. teneg!"
Ga they surged up Fifth avenue last nigst thou
.snds OF them pressing their way in the glare OF
,candescent lights which stretched in narrow lines
o. miles up and down the avenue and making the
.,aet as bright day. New York-or was 1t the
,rtire United States?-had turned out TO see the
examinations. A never ending throng swayed past
,.se an OF all sorts and conditions of men, women
srs children. The glistening silk hat jostled the
rrsw that still TO see more service. a daintly
slo-ed hand held up the long flowing train of the
s-ossoloth gown which brushed the skirt OF the
.ssbtseer from the Sums.
rsfth avenue had robbed Broadway of its own,
,,s never it's palrniest days could the Gay White
Way boast OF the crowds that swept by the homes
NJ the rich. Broadway in comparison g dark
ss the main street OF Oshkosh after the electric
Iishts had besn turned OF at midnight. and only
chose who sought short cut home traversed the
.sr-faued thorougnfare
II may be the BUwery chuclIled compiacently Up
as sleeve 10 he fate OF fits long hated rival.
For years its taCnt, we were In business when
broadway was only path" had fallen on
ears that heard not. and the Gay White Way got
csyer every year. Taking the fame which was once
The East Sides and nothing could stop IL The
lure Of Fifth avenue TOO strong last night and
n hiss gone down 20 posterity through the lips OF
.he country cousia who will be the centre OF at
traction 81 the village store for months come.
Ee can see himself nov tipping back on the
cracker box. relling his pipe and relating the story
O. his walk down Fifth avenue while the squire is
swallowing his wrath that Roosevelt the
Try fair Is no longer hesdliner.
NILES OF DECORATIONS.
i an inspiring sight 20 see the svestruck
faces taking in the scele with wonder. From the
Court OF Honor st 42d street one susth OF light
ext7ndsd IN both directions 10 Central Park and
the outlined arch at Washington Square. Each
building. 700. had its decorations OF lights while
banners and flags waved IN the breeze Each shop
10 matter how small. had hung out q pennsnt OF
so-e form another and the hotels WED with
each other in celebrating their decorations
you see that building there? That's the Wal
dorf-A Astoria said the man with the cans and
air OF proprietorship.
Dew tellr' would come the reply from some
visitor. stopping 70 take in good look
Al every street corner and doorway was 6 knot
os men and women. crsnins their necks 20 get the
fun sweep OF the lights that extended 10 the tops
The Waldorf, Gorham's and Tifanys were centres
Q. interest for all who passed
Although there were thousands that walked. Il
sssmed as though many rode. Automobiles and
isEicabs sped by. perhaps not breaking the speed
limit but too fast for the ordinary pedestrian 20
be nit with any comfort A chug-chus whirr
and 6 whiZz the loot Of horns and the wall OF
sirens al contributed 10 the babel OF voices OF
those the sidewalks. There were the Fifth ave-
nue. buses loaded TO the limit. rafting along few
hundred feet apart.
Maybe they didn't sit there all day TO get those
front seats" murmured one envious girl green
sightseeing whizzed by with standing room
only.
"Spearmint gum only i've cents package girls =
shouted e faker. and they passed into the throns
out Of hearing.
THRONES CROSS BRIDGES.
Fifth avenue did not have them all. Thess were
thousands TOO. who walked across Brooklyn Bridge,
which msjestcally out OF the night and the
dark waters which washed the piers beneath.
short distance above appeared the Williamsburg
Bridge her cables glowing like molten wire extend
ing in gracefully curVing lines from one shore 20
1he other and rejecting rudy glow In the black
waters Of the East River. Far over IN the dis
the illuminated towers OF Brooklyn
TIE City Hall too, was visited by many All
SIS architectural beauty was brought out By the
lights which outlined the corners while the flags
and evergreens made Il fairy palace. The sight
seeTs pressed their faces against the iron gates
which shut of the arcade and gazed at the decora-
lions within. For the first time in many moons
the bronze tablet in front which reads. AT this
place. - March. 1907 the Hon. Robert A Van
wyck made the first excavation for the under
ground railway" was surrounded by attentive
group which stood mere IN a Eespectlul atlAuuS
where New Workers have hastily scured their feet
in rushing by on business bent.
Il was the first chance that many had had 10
see what was going in other parts OF the town.
Cor the naval display had held the attention OF all
Saturday. No special attractions had been
scheduled and an ample opportunity was afforded
20 take breath and look around before the restivi-
Ties 81 the week began.
IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE ALL.
To ii all would take more than one evening.
for there was the Singer tower and the Home Life
Insurance Building, way down town. and other
sights well worth seeing extending far uptown.
The Flatiron Building. the Metropolitan tower. the
Hotel Astor and q thousand others, decked out In
an tie splendor and magnifcence that the over
Sowing pocketbooks OF New York would allow. As
many weary sightseer said when the crowds
began to diminish around midnight. IL was worth
going miles see.
The court OF honor. near our new Public Ia
hrary," the New Yorker who lives in New Jer-
sey and has his washing done In Connecticut eS-
presses IT, was the cynosure OF all eyes Although
Il was not quite completed. the festoons OF ever
green's and electric lights which stretched from
pillar 20 pillar. gave promise Of being one OF the
most magnificent sights Of the parade
In the small hours OF the morning the sailors
and visitors OF all nations and states, farmers,
bankers and merchants found their way TO the la
boring subway trains 20 catch few hours Of sleep
before the real celebration began.