The sun., 1917-08-30
STATE WILL HONOR
SOLDIER SONS TO-DAY


dressed UP like broken arm. was try
ing yesterday and last night to bandage
on as many more yards of bunting as
the architecture would stand Strange
to SAY. no stories came of bandit charges
for good places along the side lines
either instead II was reported all along
Fifth avenue last night that the wave
Of patriotism had so thoroughly hathed
Manhattan that svenueites who In the
past had boosted prices for positions TO
see famous passing shows were actually
not asking for admission fees AT all,
And freedom took another upward
urge at the last minute Yesterday when
the Mayors Committee on Nationai De
fence announced that all day TODAY tho
soldiers uniforms will he their ticket OF
admission 10 the movies. owing 10 the
action Of Messrs l.. F BlumenthRl. Jo-
seph Brandt and Lee oches. president
respectively of the Motion Picture ES-
hihtors' League OF Manhattan, the Mo
ton Picture Exhibitors League OF
BROOKLYN and Of the National Motion
Picture Exhibitors Association, the
co,Irtesies Of the movie houses in Man
haitian. BROOKLYN and The Bronx are
extended to every man in uniform
throughout the day
ANYBODY who wants 70 get across
Fifth avenue between 10th street and
Washington Square to-day had better
set out bright and early or he'll have
more trouble than Washington had
crossing the Delaware.
on the even half hour the column
will be hal-ed for a rest OF FIVE minutes
during which time vehicles will ne AL
lowed To cross the avenue ~ side streets
From 1loth street south 10 Seventy
second street the avenue will be closed
/ TO all traffic from 9:A5 A. NJ until th'
last Of the parade has gone by. The
closing time between Seventy-secont
and For.y-second streets will he II
o'clock and from Forty second stree
, to Washington Square the avenue vii
be closed from 10 :15 o'clock until th'
! parade is over
GOV. Whitman. Comma nder -in-Chie
o. the State Guard Mayor Mitchell anC
their parties will review the process ioi
from a stand in front Of the Unioi
League club at Thirty-rinth street Th'
main grand stand will begin block "
the avenue in front Of the Publ
Library Individual grand stands O
soap boxes chairs. barrels and the liz
are forbidden ny the police for fear o
accidents The police hope the holder
Of passes of honor" viii select vantaC
points other than the cross street IN
tersectipns as the crowds ht stree
crossings VIII nave TO ne moved ever
half hour to permit vehicles 10 cross IN
avenue during the FIVE minute rests
Bus Routes Changed.
There will he no Riverside Drive hu
service to Washington square durin
the parade The other Fifth avenu
| bus lines viii he run on reeula
schedule, but owing 10 the closing of III
avenue 10 traffic during most OF the ds
the buses will of course be diverte
from their regular routes
The COMPANY announces that the
!, service No. ., now running UP Fifth an
! Seventh avenues. instead OF turning eSs
al llOth street will turn east at 1lst
. street on their downtown trip Froi
there this service will run TO Madiso
avenue. thence south TO Ninety-siNt
street east on Ninety sixth street
. Park avenue, thence to Forty-tft
/. street around 10 Grand Central Te
minal down Park avenue TO Thrt,
ninth street thence 10 Madison aVeuu
: Twenty-,hird street. Fourth avenu
Fourteenth street to University pla,
: and TO Washington Square.
Service No. 3, known as the Fifth sv
y nue. and St Nicholas avenue route "
follow this route generally. going ca
: on llOth street. however, to Sevenr
averue. thence ~ Seventh avenue
= 10th street
e Services No and S which no
q operate or Riverside Drive and connec
ing thoroughfares will run directly dow
: Eighth avenue from FIfty-nnth sire
instead of going over TO Fifth aycnl
i during the hours of the parade