New Britain herald., 1917-05-10
|WRlRLWIND TOUR IF ! GAY OLD NEW YORK: French Visitors Rushed Here and There in American Style
 ALL TRACKS ARE CLEARED

1 Crowds Remain on Streets Until After
 Midnight to Welcome Envoys-
 Chcck for @1O0,0 900 to Be Presented
 to Marshal Joffre.
 New York, May 10.-The French war commission visiting New York
 faced formidable program today, calling for the presence of it's distin- guished members from 9:3O o'clock this morning until midnight.
 The unveiling of statue to La- Fayette. a luncheon by the merchants association, the conference of degrees at Columbia and visit. by Marshal Joffre to the tomb of General Grant were the chief functions claiming the attendance of the mission.
 New York today renewed the well come extended to Marshal Joffre and M. Viviani in such unsurpassing warmth yesterday. Never before has this chief city of America accorded any one man or group of men the welcome that broke into a tremendous demonstration whenever, the victor of the Marne and his distinguished asso-' ciates appeared where the people could get a glimpse of them in pass ing through the gaily decorated streets where the tri-color of France predominated in the gorgeous display of color. In numbers New York showed the magnitude of it's apprecia- tion of the ideals of the man and thousands of people were banked along the route taken by the visiting mission from Battery Park to City hall, along lower Broadway and Fifth avenue, unmindful of the cold wind and intermittent rain, to see Joffre and to do him honor.
 Tonight members of the mission will attend a reception in the public library under the auspices of the French societies of New York. Fol- lowing the party will be escorted to the Metropolitan Opera House for the
 gala performance and reception.
 From the sale of seats . fund of $6O,-
 900 has been raised and 1t was esti-
 mated today that this would be in-
 creased to $100,00O to be presented to
 Marshal Joffre for his favorite war charities, the Commission for Relief
 in Belgium and the Society for the Re- lief of French war orphans. The fund known as the "Joffre cheque," will represent the largest sum of money ever raised by a benefit performance at the Metropolitan Opera House. More than half of the $68,000 realized yesterday came from the sale of thirty-five boxes at $1,000 each. The cheoue will be presented by M. Lte-
 bert, French consul general in New York,
 Crowds Out Till Morning. As if celebrating the victorious con- ! clusion of the war, rather than the entrance of the United States into the struggle the streets of the city were crowded until after midnight. One of the largest night crowds which ever thronged Fifth avenue packed the sidewalks from Madison Square Gar den north under the triumphat arch and in front of the brilliantly lighted facade of the public library. and on to Central Park. The colors of the United States, Great Britain and Trance were everywhere, while an occasional building showed the galaxy of standards of all the allies.
 At the home of Henry c. Prick, which is for the time being the home of M. vivani, Marshal Joffre and many of the other members of the French mission now in this city, MT. fT1ck 1 entertained at a dinner last night. Next to Marshal Joffre sat Colonel Roosevelt, and they talked together l almost necessarily for two hours. No | speeches were made but after the dinner the guests were entertained at 1 Q musicale at which the majority of tho numbers were patriotic airs. Tomorrow Marshal Joffre will visit 1 washington's headquarters at New l burgh, at the invitation or Governor 1 whitman. and will then go to West 1 poir+ where he will review the West ! Point cadets M. Viviani will be the
 ruest at luncheon of the. lawyers of 1 the city. In the evening both the
 1Trench and British commissions. the
 latter arriving in New York tomorrow
 afternoon, will attend the banquet ot l the mayors committee at the Wal 1 dorf Astoria.
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