New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-01-01
1910 COMES TO TOWN
WILL STAY n YEAR.
Cherubic Stranger Royalty
Greeted BIZ Cheering Throng.

An optimistic. brisht-eyed stranger was
the hero Of the metropolis until a late hour
this morning. He was sockless. but robust
and engaging. and was met by multi
tudinous merry chorus of the Isle of
Mamma Hata.
II. the tail of HaIley's comet had sud-
denly sent the world a-splnning In the
opposite direction, the streets Of the city
probably would have been no more con-
gested than they were las. night As
wake for 1909 the ceremony lacked rever-
ence and sobriety. But 1t was not intended
for a wake. AS welcome TO stranger
whose ultimate intentions were unknown
there was no noticeable holding back OF
enthusiastic regard.
Young 1910 simply arrived from some
where-he didn't specify--and hoped to re-
main at least for twelve months. He was
quiet as 10 his plans. His face was his
fortune A smile as innocent and dis
position as uDspoiled as his was seen TO
be could he trusted to start no trouble,
said the welcoming throng. and they de-
cided to make him comfortable long
as he decided to stay. The newcomer
bowed In Youthful but digniied way, and
merely said he would begin business at
once.
spun noonbeams the vagueness of the
dawn in the heartness that spent itself
when 1910 first DOTTED his cap Hours be-
fore his arrival there was not a crevice
to be found in the human walls that lined
Broadway. Nought Nine was referred 10
IN tender TONS by many because, it was
said. ne had done more good in the same
length Of time than either his sire or his
grandsire- But apparently every one had
heard rumors of the wisdom and kindli-
ness and generous propensities OF the
awaited heir. The signs for the outgoing
We're therefore drowned in a riekety-rAck-
ETY. preparation properly 10 receive The
chap who had a future only-coujure1 UP
no past pangs-and in whom all New York
was generously anxious to place unlimited
faith.
Each December brings forth number of
new mechanical methods TO greet without
stint in noise the newborn year. Broad
way was not the only street that produced
all and more turmoil than even the manu-
facturers of such novelties might reason
ably have expected. No knowing the num-
Der of dollars spent for sound, even of the
1ack-liGuid sort. But if each screech and
gong had been dollar the per capita had
gone up.
Within hotels. cafes and clubs the squeak
of the patented torment and the eowbeU
chorus were displaced by the higher priced
but lighter music made by the incessanr
popping of champagne cerks. Anything
inferior in price and sparkle was worthy
only to be put under bridges last night
All places to eat and drink were filed
early in the evening, and the name of
the expected infant was used freely by
many in urging drinks upon all. \ walk
up and down Broadway was enough to
make a prohibitionict go home early.
Just before midnight, when Broadway
sounded like a harbor welcoming the dis
coverer of we'll hidden spot, and the
two rivers were blasting away like series
of fatal explosions of dynamite; when
bells that were just ringing and bells that
rang glad chimes by note mingled their
results at random and breathing space
in wine palaces was bringing skyscraper
prices all lights were turned out In
some of the hotels electrical sky and star
effects were produced in the temporary
gloom. AT one restaurant there was an
aerial ballet of girls swinging down from
the big dome OF the hall.