Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-11-12
HOW new YORK Celebrated
The Peace Report Set the Great
City Wild


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New lurn World, Friudy.
Never was there day like it-neV-
er. IN all probability. will there Dc one
the November ! Oh which New horh
heard tnat ENJOYS OF Germany Dearhhs
the white liag of surrender mad sieheu
the arn.stIce offered by the Aili.s.
At noon, when newspapers tolu II III
lyur luitl mI5uI Dv .''.u ''~'OH" '">
street, awe held the city for Il breath-
less moment.
Then ave was swept on tide VI
hysterla. II w,ls as II the lau!e ha'
come true OF the whole world sathereu
to,,Iurr To smut III uIIsaom. in'
,,t, echoed wttn Il roar Oi Ju"ii'h-
ton. The bells and whistles anu sirehS
and horns and rattles and bahus anu
r;,ns and guns that took up the roar
we're puny things beside 1t. Mechai''-
cal contrIvances were not eleheh'"'
enough TO express the JOY that se'%eu
and tore people out OF dignity sorrow
.,bs,r,c,ion-evcrythin but the glori-
Gus fact.
prom;se of u second Mad Day.
Twelve hours after the beginning oi
tho celebration, in spite of the absence
of official confirmation, 1t was uhder
q heod that showed no diminution. IL
had sptcad to every corner ol lh'
community, into every home. 1t seem
ed at midnight TO be Galvanizlns ih'o
new life those who from sheer weari-
ness had fallen from the riotinS rahhs'
For all that any one could tell then Il
u.cond day as mad as the first was In
prospect.
10 describe the celebration Is ike
irving to describe all the New year
eyes and election nights oi the la"'
generation made into one. 1t was JUST
that even by day. and when hlsh'
came il was more than that.
broadway from Saith to 59th street
WAS swept clear of everything Dut
merrymakcrs from 8 o'clock on. An
automobile that attempted TO ee'
through would have been crushed TO
splinters. Street cars could not iorce
their way beyond either cross street
The police sought for u little time 10
regulate affairs, then gave up anu from
building line to building line Broadway
belonged to the two slow. surging cur
rents Of humanity.
Big Nights for French Sailors.
Hotels and restaurants never dld
such Il business. The price OF war
time meal would not so much as gain
one the seventh right to a place at the
least desirable of all the tables. Ia
bles overtiowed ehe dining rooms ana
filled the corridors, the ante rooms anu
the cloak rooms. For no better than
these bonuses that went beyond
Broadway's record were asked and
eagerly paid.
strom of humanity. In its centre was
a circle of French sailors who hrsl
gathered about u girl wrapped in the
Tricolor and wearing Il Liberty cap
When she had been serenaded ana
kissed by each of the sailors In turh'
they formed their circle and Kissed
every girl who found her way inside.
And the girls did not protest bit
against finding themselves inside the
circle.
No New Yorker will need to be told
that the night was wet. But as Il mat
ter OF news record it may be added
that it was wetter than any night the
city has ever seen. There was no such
thing as the wagon" anywhere. 1t did
not even exist for those in American
and British uniforms, against whom
the bar of government regulation has
long since been raised. The mere sight
of such as these was the signal for
their kidnapping and Imprisonment in
the nearest cafe.
Theatres damned and Joyful.
Not even the hotels and restaurants
did q bigger business than the thea
tres. BY 2 o'clock in the afternoon ev-
cry house in the city had been sold
out. BY o'clock they could have
been sold out three times over. AT
nearly every one of them the anthems
of the Allies were played In place OF
overtures. and at the Cohan & Harris
to cite but one instance of many like
II. a woman sprang to her feet when
Belgium's song was reached in the
potpourri and sang it.
And Broadway was once more the
Great White Way. BY the book 1t was
n lightlcss night. hut theatre mana
gers early sought and got dispensation
from the state fuel administrator
Washington said later there was no Of
fetal approval of the lifting Of the ban
on the lights. and would be none until
formal announcement of the armisticc
came, but Washington did not speak
until after il was too late to make any
difference.
It must not be supposed that noise
and skylarking were even the chief
ways in which New York received the
news. As fact. it was one OF the
noteworthy aspects Of the day that Sc
many persons devoutly returned
thanks for the definite approach OF
peace. All day. all evening, the church
es were filled with those who offered
up prayers Of gratitude. st. Patrick's
was a particular haven. and many
knelt upon its steps while the avenue
resounded with jubilation.
Wall Streets celebration was among
the maddest OF all. And Wall Streets
celebration began with prayer. The
Rev. William Williamson. long known
as the bishop" Of the street. was just
starting his noon day meeting when he
heard the news. He ran to the steps
Of the sub-treasury, and from that pull
pit lead the thousands who gathered