New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-01
MELODY, YES, But
THE TIN HORN KIND
Not All New Workers Have Been
Converted to Safe and
Sane Celebration.
BURY 1912 WITH "RACKET"
Cowbells Also Made to Live Up
to Their Reputation-Tick-
lers, Though Under Ban,
Much in Evidence.

Much in Evidence.
PsalmoGy may have its place in the
modus celebrandi OF New Years natal
dav. but Broadway prefers plain tin
horns. buzzers. tin pans. bovine tintinabu-
lators. Il cetera. and judging from the am
that went up between Trinity Charch ana
! Columbus Circle last evening, likewise
this morning the safe and sanests'
head,d by Jacob Riis, must needs accom-
plish a powerful lot of missionary WORK
ere Broadway-which. after all means
| New York-gets converted 20 melodlous
| New Years Eve celebrations
n may have oeen that The weather man
WAS the worst opponent of the committee
that started ont to substitute real music
for the tin horn and confetti riot. with
which New Workers have been accns-
TONED to say IRA Ia 10 the old year.
ANY way. somewhere in the neigh-
borhood Of half million hodics-about
| evenly divided as TO sexes-had neck oi
a time exploding their feelings last night
from the shank OF the evening until AFTER
! o'clock this morning In atmosphere that
depressed tho mercury not lower than ~
degrees Fahrenheit. In this respect-and
the air was dry. too-the event was some
what of a record breaker.
II began al shutdown. and the din in
| creased steadily until at midnight the
| steady Groom broke into a nerve-racking
roar that quite shut ont the usual contrib
| uting noises of the great White Way.
. drowning the racket even Of double
quota OF taxicabs Last year the course
Of 1911 was hurried to the ramparts on a
| sunday evening-and 4 wet one at that
which naturally put a damper ON the OBJ
| seques.
The funeral Of 1912 suffered no hand-
caps Even the small squares of "aho-
liton" from City Hall up To Madison
Square could not quite embarrass the
laudacious thing.
| Last nights hysteria had its usual wet
| ness. however. In the four miles OF
| steadily moving humanity you could find
your Bostonian. your Philadelphia. and
even your Chicago cousin-fellows whose
sense of proprieties was horribly shamed
at the prospect of going dry after mid
night. BostOn's . o'clock train to i2d
| street broke all records for popularity
| Yesterday afternoon. Notwithstanding.
! there was comparative good order, and
good nature found everywhere by the pc
lice.
| To be sure the tickler-On which the
heavy hand of the law has descended in
recent years-was hicked in the eyes and
on the noses of Broadway's prettiest. but
always when Commissioner Waldos men
/ A,..lt -,
| ways New Years Eve celebrants the
| snitchers are few and far between. Plain
| tin horns lived mp 10 their reputation az
| din makers.
| The tissue UPSTREAM bic substitute for
| the illegal tickler-waS vended by thou
sands and what ii can't accomplish in
| the way of endangering the eyesight of
| innocent participants in the grand Mard
Gras may be fruitful subject for in
vestigation by sociologsts some day. The
| police showed no desire to curb the joy
| Gus spirit that reigned, and they may not
| have seen the numerous instances of the
lock step that were pcrpetrated early
| and often
The flying wedge was conspicuous by it's
absence, and so was confetti The sub
| stance OF the good time was lodged in the
enormous mass of humanity that eddied
and swirled between Greeley and Long
| Acre squares.
A big assignment OF police was made
by Commissioner Waldo To keep the
crowds in control Members Of the traffic
squad, the faithful friends of the young
and aged 490 strong, were assigned To
duty in the congested sections from Har-
lem to the Battery. The strong arm
squad likewise was stationed where
trouble was the more likely to break out.
Manhattan was laid out into districts be-
ginning at Trinity Church and extending
10 18th street.
Inspector Daily was in charge from
Trinity to Grace Church. From 18th street
to 42d street. along Broadway, Inspector
Lahey held forth. Inspector Dwyer looked
out for his own baliwick, the upper
West Side" and Inspector Sweeney was
held responsible for Harlem-125th street
in particular.
zone Of the real old fashioned Kind,
smiled Inspector Dwyer. as lie leaned
against the Times Building during the
height of the rush. Signs were not lack
ing there 20 indicate too. that Father
Knickerbocker's family is increasing. In
the neighborhood of 100000 New Workers
contributed to a metropolitan demonstra-
ton that cost not less than s5oo0J0, when
YOU take taxicah fares and everything
into consideration. The big town did its
Ibandsonest to Danish it's cynicism. So
| nhistication and high cost OF living, and
10 forget the unpleasant memories Of
1912. Whatever may have been the fault
OF the hubbub, the crowd tried TO start
it's rev year without wrinkle OF Inhap-
piness.