The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-08
accomplish nothing and didn', try. Just

OF the Sub-Treasury, the steps OF which
were packed and the streets choked.
George Washington's bronze hand be-
slowed q blessing On the stone plat
FORM beneath II was a cluster of sizeable
siik American flags, and flag OF Italy.
winch when II appeared reused an extra
storm OF noise, and regular hats scared
spinning. Until then all the hats In the
air had been outlawed straws
various self-appointed masters OF cere-
monies tried to organize something good.
but all failed until the Bishop OF Wall
street got to the fore with his flashing
eyes and his silvery head uncovered.
He shouted and waved his broadbrim,
conducting verse OF America" then
one OF THE star spansled Banner"
| After each verse the yelling gained in
volume as II the news had but Just ar
| rived.
Tho climax OF that corner of the ex-
citement, however. was reached when a
Blue Devil In full uniform was discovered
on the Treasury steps He was partly
thrust and partly boosted to the rostrum.
He grinned. swinging his blue beret. and
the welkin OF liberty Numbered till It
! cracked.
Bnrs DO n Rushing Business.
| Every downtown bar did rush busi-
/ ness. But II Is to be noted that in two
hours wormlng through and through the
crowds only one patriot visibly illumi-
mated was met with before 3 O'Clock
tl>ater the celebration became more nor
mali He was most correct and even
dapper looking business man. and his
worst mistake was to fondle the wrong
derby with his cane. Its owner wanted
to night, but nifty bystanders. or by
showers. OF assorted ages and sexes, got
between and fighting was adjourned. II
did seem, though. as IL one atomizer full
of prime old stuff sprayed into the breeze
and the sunshine from the top Of the
| Woolworth Building might have been too
mucN for all New York.
Parades began to be extemporized.
Orcfestras led them. The instrument
most played was the sheet iron waste
basket. beaten with ruler. One orches-
ira wore its FourthS4.iberty Loan caps
Behind 1t marched pallbearers pallbear-
ing ladder on which was the Kaiser In
effigy turning up his toes and a wreath
of dead chrysanthemums. Another con-
tingent had the Kaiser upright. placarded
that he was looking for a job. But ne.
cessity whelped a lot OF bright inventions
In every borough. A truck driver In
Brooklyn displayed one OF those red
LEND cards with the l. cut off.
Every service uniform had to stand a
lot Of feminine assaults, unless It had d
! FEMININE on ltS arm, ana ever
then the game laws were sometime,
broken. The blueJackets rose most easily
to the occasion. annexing such gigglinl
young things as had hooked off thelI
white caps with canes. The dignied
paternal guard in chief OF the doors o.
the Stock Exchange was ringed arounC
with Sadies and Maggies, who took hin
! for an Admiral.
"Pve got to hug somebody-quick =
gasped one.
III can be OF service" he sale
: politely, and abe made n seven foo
|, standing jump and disarranged his col
lar.
= stock Exchange Quits Early.
The Stock Exchange. with business ii
. . furry on the news, set itself a prece
: dent by voting about 2;10 to close Il
: ESQ. The Justices of the Suprem
: | Court got the tidings as they sat lunch
: ing in the County Court House, and i'm
: mediately shook hands on an adjourn
'. ment for o'clock. to attend to the rea
y business of the day. Such Suprem
= Court parts as were not in on this agree
ment were Informed by the noise and tn
extras. and the Justices didn't stickl
for silence In court.
The broadest pair Of khaki covere
% shoulders on Broadway belonged to Cap
l. fire chief at Morgan. y. j., shell loadin
e plant was terminated when the piar
n went skyward some weeks ago. He wa
q asked how victory and peace compare
/ with that catastrophe as to noise.
l. Not 20 good one way. A blame sigh
l. better In others" was his verdict.
70 BY o'clock "A minority element of II
ID downtown saturnalia was sitting on. Il
y. ward the subways and the bridge an
s. starting for home. That was the old,
n and staider element which wanted
1f spread the news and get some good
s. the half day off. They were not MISE
&c The younger blood. now in a recklet
NJ mob delirium. was for seeing peace ar
N victory through till morning. Reef
ar forcements were coming from up tow
n AS soon as traffic got moving below MI
1, ray street the automobiles OF the theatr
IT, cal district appeared and strung alor
down Broadway. Other reinforcement
~ the kind that come from the wat
- fronts and make election nights int
esting. were on hand to see how far Il
cops would let them go.
The jubilee generally boiled high
:, and higher until about 3 80. which ha
pened to be the hour when Washin
tons contradiction OF the armistice Z
" port, eunnating to the streets from
" newspapers bulletin board and d
seminated very. very slowly by cru
30 extras, had begun to make It's Wi
southwark through the crowd. The co
tradiction didn't act as damper. y
' a bit of It! 1t WAS not believed
Early In the afternoon II was n
- nounced from Governors Island I'll
~ War Department employees in this d
na trict had been given hale holiday
81 celebrate. Shipyard workers had be
given the same. and 1000 OF them eau
"a, from Shooters Island on the ateambo
IA Highlander and marched up Broadw
AZ, and around City Hall. They had Il
gu work just as they were. greasy a
panty overalls and faces to correspoi
Al and had extemporized signs and bann'
announcing themselves as THE BE
ng Behind the Boys"
,od \ navy diriglble balloon cut circ
,as over the lower bay, looping Miss Lihei
gracefully. II came from Sandy Ho
,gs over on Ellis Island every walking !
an tient In United States disembarkati
ing hospital No. /, where the wounded fr
let France are received and classified to
ery sent to the base hospitals, became III
on ping, skipping and jumping patient
lad soon az he heard the news, and II
or who had no business to be out OF 2
for a week got out and Joined the h
ear pitfalls parade. Some 700 WOUND
,ar, marched through the grounds behind
. 80 efflgy OF the Kaiser, which they burr
before they broke of and went back
.on. the wards
ere Al the custom rouse '.o III
~ raised the roof OF the rotunda. Coll
AZ tor OF the Port Newton had trouble
4 han COLL