McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-05-18
Letter From New York

i Anyone doubsing that America has
entered upon = new and wider sphere
OF Life shoQIi have been n New York
this week. and seen the surging
crowds. hundreds Of acres in exteat.
cheering and appiaadibg the French
and British Statesman who came here
TO confer Hish cur Isaiiag govern
u1eas authorities sboas the con9Eet Of
the war against tha German Enoire.
More people than there ara in the
whole State Of Tennessee were push
ing aud showing each other ta see
these great ma1. whose coming u as
historical u our n2tI01sl affairs Is
was the coming Of the Marquis De
Lafayette about } hundred years ago.
the Memory Of which Is ssilI char
ishs,i-
was fortunate enough to get a
place on the balcony Of the pcstnffee
bgifiing, which commands . vie%
reaching far down Broadway toEard
the Ba terry. at which attsr place the
/ digHitaries were to start from to
come TO the CltT Hall for the recep-
/ tiou awaiting them. Myriais Of Gags
were waving; not only our own dear
Old Stars and Stripes, bat also the
British Union jack, vita its mingled
Roman and Greek crosses, and the
French Tri-Col7rs, three broad basIs.
irs6 blue. then white, thea red Meu.
women and children had for hours
been Gathariag along Broadway aud
( the All iaEHg slte-ssraets. for every
body wanted TO sea the famous gea-
efal. Marechzl J0ffre f5runaQncs T.
Zho&r, il you please1. who roGied
back the German inE1ters at ID
Marue, and sawed Paris and Fran
land perhaps the rest OF the yorl
from Prussisa Domination slavery
and misery. OF course be hal aIensg
/ Of help to 10 it, but his W. tie mas
ter-mind that PLANNED and ex@egted
the victory. and it Is proper that h.
should fore7ar be hoaGred for 1t.
( BY four o'clock in tee afterraon, Ms
less than q million people were 10
sight frprE M place Of obssrvati0a:
like ants they swarmad evarywhere.
sEd the fartV-ssorY bgfhdfngs were
full Of peppers II every window. and
even the roofs were dotted with al
TsHsaraas sighsseers. Still the7 kept
Iamr1ing in wherever thsre vas staalE
ing room, and sach crowd Eas never
seen even in this place Of m9Isisu9es
fSudIenEy. from away down Broadway
came . dull roar Ike the b0oming Of
the distant ocean, and hats could be
seen in the air and handkerchiafs
waving. JGfra was coming no
dOEbt OF that Companies Of cavalry
N khaki giving sanher eFsct la
the nutdy-IoakIag drab-yeIEGw of
their uniforms. their beautiful horses
stepping in unEsan ~ though they
knew what was going On; then cssme
an automobile with four men lin it
were VIviaai. foreign minister Of
France, and several famous Amer
cans; In the next vas the veritahIs
JOtfrs himself. a grizzlad locking oil
soldier nearly IL big and chafg look
ing As Taft, with his sggare-topped
cap. hrs 6las uniform and his heavy
white nEstacks- He bowed Silly
right and IefE. with his hands to his
face like be was goins 10 wavs scue-
thing a#sE. bat ii VAS onlg his salute.
which be was giving all the time. he
turned sudisnIy toward ". and I SAW
. grim. but intelligent face with
square jaws and keen eye; then he
- sV13denFY turned his face skyward
/ for hIs auto Was casing under the
fr0EHing steeps Of that greatest Of
AL skY-serspers. the Waogwerth Build
ing. at Barclay street and BrUa5waF,
which. towering up nearly 500 feet
\ from the s5dsaask. mat have REMIND
I'd him Of the ElEeI Tower Of Paris
which ii ! ca1pIs Ct hundred fer
higher- Tay hlsek specEs 10 sh
aeetIiEg hsighs Of the building
showed where people were sticking
their heals cut af the virdOEz. s1d
IoEre's salute vent Up TO them More
aatas. bearing sch 5ignitar a.
Admiral Choeherrst (StesAs rshI
Of the Freneh navy. and d0a's suaE
how naay other big men, al sasau-
panied ev cur big city officials, sgeh
as the mayer, eoIHsctor Of the 7Ort,
lefty Comptroller, exc. sxEEg