Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-01
.APPY NEW YEAR.


II To the music of clinking
u glasses, footing horns and lusty
cheers the swan song of 1909 and the
welcoming anthem of 1910 were sung
by Angelenos. Despite the rain the
cafes were jammed, and the streets
We're alive with people until we'll into
the wee sma" hours.
AS early as 9 o'clock the streets be-
gan to swarm with people. Rain,
blowing from half a dozen directions
at the same time, did not seem to
dampen the ardor of the merrymakers.
Up and down the streets the crowds
surged, splashing through puddles,
tacking in the wind to keep at least
a portion of their clothing dry. BY II
o'clock those who had planned to bid
1909 farewell in truly vociferous style
refused longer to be denied the pleas
ure of New Years eve by Jupiter Plu-
vius. Umbrellas were lowered and the
elements were defied.
Evry cafe in Los Angeles was filled
to suffocation. The theaters, too, were
popular, for when the playhouses dis
missed their audiences every auto
taxicab and carriage which could be
hired was seen making rapid progress
from the theaters toward the cafes.
The Alexandria hotel had the most
pretentious celebration of all. Father
Time, with scythe in hand bent and
old with his weight of years, passed
through the Mission grill just as the
clock began to chime the last hour oi
1909. BY the time he had finished his
progress, and the lights had all been
dimmed, the new year was born. In
stantly the room was flashing electric
signs on which were the figures 1910
In another instant huge ball opened
and from the center stepped little
Cupid, the embodiment of the New
Year.
Majestic Actors Feted
At Levy's, Ben Welch, w. H
Thompson and "The Two Bobs'' from
the Orpheum gave dinner party for
twelve in honor of Austin and Bailey
of the Majestic theater. All the guests
appeared in their stage costumes, and
after making merry at the tables, LED
in the entertainment of the night.
Society was out in force for the big
assembly at Bosley and Goldberg's
academy, sixteenth and Flower streets
About 275 were present to dance the
old year out and the new one in.
Early in the evening a squad of po-
licemen was sent out from headquar-
ters to stop the sale of horns ano
other New Years noise and funmakers
because most of the statesmen were
without permits. However, hundreds
of horns had already been sold anc
the noise was just as effective as
though no attempt to stop it had beer
made by the police department.
Gay parties of men and women II
evening dress and faultless gowns vice
with the festive urchins and the rabblt
in the production of sheer noise. WITT
the closing of the theaters it seemed
the streets, protested against the swell
ing crowds, but the mass merely oe'
came a trifie more compact
All seats at the theaters We're sole
days ago, and many a person who hao
intended spending the last Few hourS
of the old year in the theater and VINO
to buy tickets was disappointed.
There was not a cafe of prominence
in the city the entire seating capacity
| of which had not been reserved by
"watch parties" numbering from three
| and four up to a dozen, comprising, II
MANY cases, little knots of styhshiy
gowned members of the fair sex Spe'
cial decorations, embodying widely
varied conceits, had been employed tc
beautify the tables and to lend hol1'
day air for the benefit of the happy
revelers.
Hotels Are Crowded
The principal hotels of the city were
crowded to their capacity with out OF
town guests. Hundreds of these ar
rived from San Joaquin valley ano
coast line points, the Santa Maria and
| Arroyo Grande valleys, from Santa
barbara and San Luis Obispo counties
contributing literally to the hotel reg
listers.
s. Sibbalu, chief clerk at the Alex
andria hotel, stated last night thai
! this years business, compared with
that of last. was much in advance OF
| the latter and that, considering the
general tendency of hotel patronage tC
remain at home during the Christmas
| HOLIDAYS. he was astonished at the
splendid patronage his house was en-
toying at this particular season of the
wear. "Our guests tonight comprise
mostly persons from the coast and val
lev points of the state, the southwest
and Mexico" said Mr.. Sibbald "TheS
are here presumably to celebrate the
birth of the New Year in the cafes Of
the city,
"The sudden increase Of our business
within the last two days indicates an