New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-01
Streets Shake with
Deafening Welcome
as 1910 Arrives.
LID BANGS
GOOD NIGHT SONG
RevellerS. HoarSe but Gay
Routed from Crowded
Cafes at 8 A. NJ.

v-,.1 bg, w,thered hanis clipped to
=. .s-s the Old Year waited ssseriy
las, night. his blssrod eyes axed on
-. ga. clock IN the Metropolitan
,,vsr Then IS tho swinging mino!e
49, slssrsd away the last SECONDS
80 s-o.bsr twelve months he heaved
.gb - relief srd with one single
,.-,..ed backward glance hed Crate
s-vv 90 the silence Of the psst from q
ci.v that exploded with racket
coming from the comparative silence
. .ts rr-o7esn trenches, which he
,ss ,s.,.s6 seven hours earlier me
;--,..-. New Year vss plunged into
--,~f-r ocean Of sound. IN which
,,--v-tvo cenrime;rs shell could
-,rs btars itself bu-st Doubt
-te bells after their imme-
.-.,, custom. we're melodiously Chin
his sr-.val No one knew 1t
keep. che ringers.
III. hands 90 his head i1 uneon-
...-.- imitation OF his predecessor.
,rs rou-- Year looked down in amaze
-.-. on '.e mighty city that beloved
g.. ersst.--. His ea-,ie- welcomes had
- bee. Ike this He r-nembered the
.-tes. Grear cities. where war-woTn
,- and women scarcely lifted their
ayes 20 witness his coming. He had
s,s5 s--5ss sombre stretches Of bar
rs- land. where no living thing stood
above ground. where the stars and the
It-rs Do t.ls.-G shells .s.e ,ae onls
rr-rsHons that greeted him. Ter
10y and darkness and agony alone &C
| claimed tae New Year I'm the frs;
esrs- o. t.s Quincy.
Entire City Swarming.
Here. below him. the greatest city
| c-.-c world shoae with a billion lights.
/ Broadway. g. his feet famed and
banged and ratified like a pack Of giant
s-s crackers. I-= sidewalks we're black
v,a people who wished their neigh
Isrs the compliments Of the season by
SCATTERING their eardrums With blasts
from horns. cov5els, rsttles and sirens
| s-d every variety Of instrument that
casts blssssdnsss upon the condition Of
-1e deaf was worked 10 its utmost ca
| paeitv. TO this was added the doubt
ful harmony Of several hundred thou
sand voices screaming, simply because
,ae.r neighbors we're.
While Broadway was as usual the
chief haunt Of the celebrants. other
highways Of the city were not neglect
o.. From The Bronx 20 the Battery
the towns avenues we're filed with
people and bursting with sound. Park
Row sad Grand Street, l25th Street
\ ird Avenue. each had what appeared
De most Of the city gathered along
's sidewalk for the express purpose
y running their own voices and their
fellows hearing.
The traditional crowd gathered in
front o. Trinity as the old year ebbed
20 listen 20 the chimes. As usual, they
we're awarded with a fragment OF the
1rst bar, sad then noise welled Up
from The street and drowned the bells
Crowd a Record Breaker.
As usual also. New York surpassed
al former efforts in greeting the New
Year At no former celebration did III,
popping Of champagne corks, foreigr
and domestic, both al war prices, sounC
nOre merrily from every hostlery
Never were seats in restaurants NOR,
demand or at higher rates. Never
vas the crowd larger or more vocifer
ygs
Possibly there were some citizen,
'ho spent New Years Eve in their owr
zones. Certainly a large crowd gath
t'ed about the tree Of light IN Madison
| square, and with their backs % th'
blowing tide Of Broadway, lifted thei
'o!ces lI song. The fusIl,ade Of open
ing VINE bottles, which increased 20 tn,
1oohd OF heavy yOlleys toward mid
-'thl' also bore witness that the cafes
'aDareis and plain, everyday vestau
''1ia were packed 20 capacity.
ne crowd was large and. as alway,
.O"o"s' good nstured Occasionally
"e escort sufficiently derauged u
nave brought the lady Of his affection
.-.o ,Ae s"rling tide, would lose biz
.aptI "hen some one smote her with
HSHlef and endeavOr 90 paste" tl.C
essAiiqanl Gangs Of rowdies, who il
J,eIyday life are probably college stu
'.lls and ribbon clerks, formed fyin,
euses and ploughed through the crow,
..t mOmeutarily dispersed by In,
'Ns-suiering police
Mayor Spiked Bottles Early.
10y . O'Clock last night, the numbc
reserves and traffic police tina
'arceo broadway between Forty
.ouIJh and Ihirty-third Streets, CAV,
lne ,hofoughfare the appearance Of be
ihg Dordered with a blue picket fence
III Long Acre Square was marshallet
shother cohort Of cops. F.r q tim,
None OF the policemen was cOnfrOnte,
NitA any duty other than standing still
tAo LOOKING severe. From the hour IN,
theatres turned loose their crowd,
however they were very, very busy.
Ohedlent 90 the Mayors warning. tn.
champagne corks did their New Year
popping carly. Three o'clock license
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