The evening world., 1911-03-17
PATR|CK'S DAY
PARADEHS MARCH
UNDER sunny SKIES
Reviewed by Mayor Gaynor
and Archbishop Farley in
Front of Cathedral.
$4,000 MEN IN LINE.
Horse Runs Away With Mar
Shal'S Aide and Gives the
Crowd a Thrill.

Crowd 4 Thrill.
The "rcatcst st. Patrlch's Day parade
In the history OF the city started IN
Firth avelue from FOrtioth street NJ z
o'clock this afternoon-an hour late. as
usual. Nobody has ever been able 10
nnd out why st. patrlck's Day parades
start an hour late.
Not in many years have the weather
conditions been so favorable. The air
was not too cold for the countless thou.
sands who lined the avenue IN the genital
sunshine. and still there was enough
snap and refreshmont in the breeze to
inspire the marchors TO quick move
men,.
Preliminary TO tho start. a six foot,
grand marshal's aide. mounted on n
raklsh horse with a restless tail, gave
the crowds between Forty-second street
and the Cathedral "A lifelikc imlta' Tor
OF the ride OF Paul Reverc-all but the
! midnight part. This particular aide will
NEVER wear any Heu9'' w hoiHeH'hh
ship.
He had on a big pair OF spurs and
his stlrrups were hung too short for his
legs. The horse. worried by the con-
tinuous jabblnC of the spurs, broke
away and rnn UP the avenue. a police
man made n thrilling stop In front OF
the revle~ing stand, after which the
long aide d,smountcd and led his horse
through u side street.
Mayor Cheered Crowd.
Mayor Gaynor rode up from the CITY
Hall to the Grand Central station In the
subway accompanied by Lieut.. Kennel,
walked across to Fifth avenue and up
the avenue to the reviewing stand at
Flftieth street. Tho crowds tightly
packed along the curb on both sides
cheered the Mayor az he stepped briskly
| along the pavement. At Fiftieth street
the lam was so thick that a police tackle
| formation was necessary to get His Hon
or through.
The Mayor and John d. Crimmtns
were the only laymen on the reviewing
stand. The rest were all clergymen.
Mayor Gaynor sat at the right OF Arch
bishop Farley and Mr.. Crimmins,at the
left.
The s~ixty-ninth Regiment 100
strong, led the parade. Then cnme 6e
Irish Volunteers, $500 Of them, and
every man a trim ryure OF a soldier.
under the command OF Col. Charles
Crowley. Al frequent intervals there
we're bands OF nfe and drum corps and
the sound OF music and the shrill OF
Mes and the boom OF drums was con
tinuous as the parade passed. Grand
Marshal Daily estimated that there
were a, least 5000 men in lire.
or the many thousands OF parades
and celebrations that OF this city was
the most imposing. No other city IN
the world has such n large and Loyal
Irish population as New York. M
other city turns out such enormous
parades or puts forth AS many func'
lions IN the way OF celebration.
Irlshmsn Now United.
II Ia customary to say on each re-
curing 81. Patrick's Day that tho
parade is bigger and better h eve'
before. This year the assertion had
the best OF basis OF fact. Never be
fore have the Irishmen OF New Yori
been So united never .pelore nav
: they .clt so close to the realzaton o
every irishman's dream-home ruie 10
, Erin.
! The strength OF the irish delegation
in Parliament, the concessions the
have forced from an unwilling Govern
ment and the measures now under way
which WIZ add immeasurao'y 10 IN
a self-government programme OF the IA
tionalists' are urash'AG nome RUE he'
g. ana nearer 10 feailza'loh' ireland u
A day Is prosperous heppy ana prosrrs
sive. The year 1911 promises 10 DE VI
best biggest year lFelahu nus zee
since she Lost her Independence.
The ia'orhpie eohoI''oh OF anni9s
the arcoa Isle tho conviction TIM, ~
movement ijr in'e, tnHen' COVER mei
has gathered sue" momentum" az
strength that no power can turn
ASIDE, have put new viGor INTO = GEM
mental and patriotic campaign tAht b.
a. never Jagged, even under the most d
u verse conditions. New York. closer
~" / Uh. n11 Sod In GNTnNIHaNhA and huInfI