Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-01
new YEAR BORN
mid SCENES OF
WILD FiILARITY
CROWDS THRONG STREETS TO
GIVE HIM WELCOME

GlfE HtM WEECONE
FADING HOTELS ENTERTAIN
WITH QUAINT CoNcEITs
fes Turn Away Hosts of WouId-6e
Visitors and Revelry Is Kept
Up Long After Stroke
of Midnight
F FATHER TIME really tried to
slip through Los Angeles last night
in the hope of escaping detection
lie deposing the old year and setting
the new year he failed utterly and
oelessly. From the very moment
It the streaks of night began to
Nv themselves in Eastern skies
Ill midnight ther11Dast an ever-in-
asing din whiclache9 its climax
IA the chimiN%6f the thour of Il
lock. whepMN pandemAnium was
nAsed "A city was Riven over
SllLN VI -4ACA~Nt anu LII
II Aeh,pers business men and
W. were still crushing for their
Erd cars around 6 O'Clock last
the Il 0'fi festive small % armed
fiendish horn, a er or a
r, was already zee. AS
the shopper and worker
BIT a hasty dinner the c-Owd of
7.af,i6lU a1IOTlaPnfPN
8 o'clock, great thrOngS were
the brilliantly lighted streets.
Jne was on pleasure benf and
a the delighted faces it was ap-
1T that no one sought in vain.
10 O'Clock the thousands of tourist
prs had added their numbers to
crowds, literally thousands Of auto
4 Eles, and conspicuously the White
ners, were screeching their un-
bly, sirens, tens of thousands Of
and other unearthly instruments
#oise which belong to the Eatanic
were belching their incess4 int din,
Afrom that hour until midnight the
Ia on the noise tanks Threatened
#Dlete exhaustion of curren4supply
Ian overdraft on the futurel
lily dressed parties of m&n and
IN in faultless evening drfEs and
evening gowns wed w In the
Is and the rabble in the lroduc-
sheer noise, while the vas army
idle class people served as an
70 Join the two extremes and
pc noise superlatively eo5plete.
iii615 i an alisssfif&6Sirat sfif6i e the the
ped.
sing of the thea orS Il
pc streets must Aro4ast
elling crowds, bit az
anne a trifie moreS .o,oe
lotels and cafes of\tba
theNgE6 y ar died in a blazeE 3f
", and ma Ry q registering assd
ge bid rq licking welcome to he
here was 3rdly cafe of pronhT-
zee in the Hty the entire seatin /,
acity of w Hch had not been re-
we'd by IVA parties,' numbering
m three and &our up to a dozen, az
n two doze comprising, in maI,v
es. little KIN s of stylishly gownH5
mberS of t fairer sex. SpeclI
orations, er bodying widely varieE
lceits, had bd employed to beautifN
tables and reate holiday air foA
benefit of Il happy revelers.
# all these aborate arrangementsv
,se al the Motel Alexandria We're
Ibtless the ost unique, requiring
most painstk klxing efforts.
n both the A Aexandria cafe and the
lian grill I'd 2n fantastic schemes
d been careRllly worked out by
sistant Mana er Reichl, and these
cited the wiz st enthusiasm on the
rt of the hJ lreds of diners who
d remained see the old year to
2 end In IT, cafe adjoining the
srble lobby a sver conceit, striking
apropos of H. day and the hour,
is enacted
Most Appfpriate Concert
Al the south e of the spacious room
monster clocH had been installed,
tn real handsEnd real clock move
mt. the face kpeing a translucent
ass with the f&lrs painted in heroic
q. Beneath tE clock was {, raised
is. while. envebping both clock ana
is were wreaA is of Yuletide green.
10 general mu 4 decorations of the
ON radiated I'll this central point,
4 the entire G; glowed beneath the
arlxIe of hunEeds of vari-colored
hts. AS the bur of midnight ap-
sceAh took on an awak-
ed tiOn. he anxious watchers
-eting = ntion on the giant
nds Of as they crept nearer
d neard lnidnight hour.
As the ached to within five
nutes of IN k a stir ran through
Q room as er Time, bearing his
vthe and. benz "a, beneath the weight
years. his sill white beard flowing
nerably to h waist, was seen to
ter the crowds room and pass slow
through the les, making his way
ward the cabs tic clock.
Stalking ma1eV cally to the dais, he
inted his LON index finger at the
nds Just as tl& touched the hour Of
dnight. Insta# lily the room was in
ter darkness. &nd deathlike still
SIS settled onHhe immense assem-
age. A minute passed, then Sec
d one, and agak the lights appeared.
lther Time f disappeared, and
rough an ape&re beside the clock
e tiny form a Cupid had APP
ared. dainty i#the softest of pink,
tn little bows d tiny wings. while
rough the vMilluminated face of
Q big clock We flashed the words
Iappy New veal N1909."
AS the Significant of the pretty little
enc dawned on dse present the still
SIS gave way to Eoisy hilarity, and a
rfect storm of dations was directed
ward the little Nherub who had SO
assisted in ushering in the
Eppy New Year.
A scene somewhh similar had been
acted meanwhilt IN the Indian grill
ON, which also G. alned an immense
ovid Here againM Mather Time moved
rough the seated hundreds, his ap-
arance being q 81 &al for the turning
{ of lights. As tt e reappeared they
one first from huge ball which
rung from the c&ng, containing a
tie pink cherub, kao, as he swung
fcnntfnued ON NaQe Three)