The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-02
THAT GRAY MORNING
AFTER PAINTED RED
New Years ReveIry This Year
Forced TO Run a Second
Section.
BEGAN ABOUT PRESS TIME
Many Festivities, Including
John Bunny, Occur After
Witching Hour.
BEGAN ABOUT PRESS TINE

out of the subway at Times Square and
again look 'em over.
Indications had been such when leaving
the general scene Of horrors that. after
one had done ones post midnight stint,
cr stunt aud had locked up the tyne
writer for the night. perhaps one might
pick up an item or two IL one were on
the Job during the general retreat along
about daylight.
And the very first person that loomed
vi In the gathering daylight was none
other than handsome John Bunny, wend-
.ng his way into Sbanley's at the head of
:. party which, together with John, had
Just come from, undoubtedly. some place
else BESIDES IA foolish paper hat that
lent even added tone to Johns general APP
uear,,ncc, the Edwin Booth of the movies
had with him also President william q.
Rock Of the Nitagraph Company and Mrs.
Rock. with Mrs Bunny always at Johns
elbow to see that he went only 80 far and
no further.
And never did a conQuering hero come
into such an uproar OF applause rs that
which greeted the great MIR. Bunny az he
I'D the way down the centre aisle Of II
restaurant, which like all the others at
this hour had begun to grow positively
unkempt
What happened when John aud party
even later Cor earlier) wedgcd their way
past the oyster counter at Jacks, where
TONY. the first man in America to open
oysters with his thumbs. was 80 busy
that lie was almost driven to calling for
an oyster knife to help him. cannot lie
related in all its seriousness because
folk after folk after folk are bobbinf
up al over the neignborhood end clam
uriur for attention.
Like AIexsnder's Band.
Did you ever see sam Harris of Conan
4 Harris and Irving Berlin. perhaps the
,r,utest lyric poet English speaking peo-
piles have produced, entering IA childs
r,stlurant in January wearing giddy
straw hats with broad scarlet bands, no
coats. 1uTy white silk shirts white
trousers bracelets Oh the right wrists and
WRIST watches ON the left, i'aring red
r,vkties and carrying tennis rackets? If
."u had only stuck around until the
sixty clubs dance came to an end at
80 O'Clock yesterday morning ut the
As'or YOU might have seen this vision.
Lets have a tytr 81 breakfast here"
suggested Foxhall keene as the Aston Gle
,4'or was lowering him tF. wore only
evening clothes at the sixty Clubs mas
uu.i.ldr dance in the Belvidere on the
Actor roof and Russell Colt. who was
..s-ui-cd ~ a broker, from the roof to
L. street line.
"i."i's.' agreed both Russell Colt and
l,,uuold Mnif. VINO was present in the dis
:; SO 90. % newspaper man.
SON Harris and irving Berlin. Bill
trufti-gb, dressed us a st"Vcdpre Geo. gc
". Young. ia, banker. who has held the
'lii.' Of president of tho only Their
llu- bands club since his marriage TO
Alme Nurdica--Gcurge Wore "a college cap
and gown that caused many. while h.
t'll wore his mask, to place bets that he
~ Nicholas Murray RIiler ar
President llad!,y OF Yalc--and Cyril
Niulc dressed as Mr.. Pckwick, and
lGanN. mIay more now gathering in tn.
hotel lobby refused 10 agree with Foxhall
kccncs suggestion.
"Gakcs und Coffee! What!'
"rf YOU go to a table here or at any
other big hotel for breakfast, protested
Freddy Zimmerman. who had been
ballet girl III red tights earlier in the
night with IL quick change toward dawn
- an elaborate Colonial costume more
suited To his unique style of beauty,
you'll stack up against aJi elaborate
Breakfast bin | want something quick,
because | gotta sleep 30 that | can get
up early and work hard. How about
cakes and coffee down the stree. at
Childs's? WHAT
SO that's how Sam and Irving and
Freddy and Jack Dean in hts glorious In
dian rajah costume. and John Rumsey.
dressed as sailor. and many. many more
oil strobe toward the butter cakes and
coffee.
The regulars In the quick lunch place
FOR some reason quickly brewed a dislike
Tor Sam Harris and Irving Berlin and
we're about to Gust them. when Mike
Slmons, fresh from the Sixty Clubs party
aud dressed as a mandarin. Jumped into
IN" fray and saved Sam and Irving from
'xpulsion. Sam took his ham and New
York beaps and Lyriclst Berlin his wheat
cakes in peace then. And they both had
coffee.
And sim They Danced.
BY this time in the Claridge grill. in
SANKEY'S. Cap Churclhlrs and the very
lew other places where It had been posi-
lively announced that there would be no
dancing. everybody was doing It. The
only reason there was no dancing, &C.
cording, at least, to first formal an
houncernents, at the places listed was be-
'ause the entire floors were chock filled
with tables.
When, however. the witchng hour OF
Dawn approached, when perfect strangers
were talking affably to one another all
over the place. when gentlemen usually
most reserved were handing their cards
TO the waiter and asking him to spend a
art Of the summer as their guest
"hput thla time there was II general feel
* broadcast that the rag being played
nF the orchestras was going to waste.
Fables were showed back. Room was
,hddD somehow. and up and down the
lanes thus made the couples danced into
lh' dawn.
~ very startling hour Of yesterday
morning the first thing that hit your eyes
haI I'm l,.is