The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-08
JOY DOWNTOWN
FAILS TO STOP
AFTER DENIALS
All Quit Work to Rejoice,
Exchanges and Even
Courts Closing.
PAPER FALLS LIKE SNOW
Showers of Ticker Tape Aug
mented by Millions of Scraps
Many Paradcs Held.

The cry of Dead Wolf reached the
downtown strcets OF Manhattan ten
minutes after noon. by way OF the ex-
tras that burst out in City Hall Park.
Within ten minutes more, as II seemed.
every soul south Of Fourteenth street
had the newe. had voted him or her
self half holiday on the strength Of
Il. and was helping along a maniacal
jamboree of JOY in n blizzard OF fut-
tering paper. The like of that impromptu
carnival the town had never seen. and
probably never will see again.
"Its regular Irish holiday" was
the conclusive opinion OF the biggest
and ruddiest traffic cop on Fulton street,
standing helpless at the centre OF
jam that pinned peoples arms to their
sides. Except for the want OF broken
heads, II was-and even as he spoke
one head was in great danger, for
whooping patriot in a fifth floor window
had tossed out n telephone directory
that weighed two pounds, more OF less
and the book landed squarely on the
hat OF young girl. Feathers and wires
saved her and she looked up smiling.
The extras told the sections and the
sections tolled the bells-St. Paurs,
Trinity's, the City Halls and then those
Of hundred or more churches. But
presently the bells were drowned out
as they are on n New Years Eve. fof
the extras or somebody had also told
Police Commissioner Enr!ght. whose
order had turned loose the bakers
dozen OF air raid sirens all together. II
was the sirens that brought the heads
popping out of the ONCE building win
dows. and scouts down from fortieth
Moons TO find out what was up.
Few stayed Indoors.
Within an incredibly short time the
only persons remaining INDOORS were
tnose VINO stayed 10 Wa'ch IL from on
hlgh, ana 10 pl'ch every scrap OF paper
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,oon4d with IL the Wo6lworth's Gothi
a,ipree and the statues in the pedimen
of the Stock Exchange, and pretty mucl
everything else. All sorts OF pape
showed down until by o'clock
dropped lighted match. with little luck
could have sinsed or every sidewsl
between the old Post office and the Bat
terry, as well as about million pairs o
shoes. 1t is doubtful that their wearer
would have noticed It,
Ur.r. rrom Ex.r~h
The crowd. the multitude, the popu
'ace-humanity at large, by lingo wa
soon supplied with regular festivity ma
terials. The notion stores along Sassa
and the cross streets might nave bee
expecting pun movement IN norm
hquawkers raulers, the KIND OF Tin kiaN
old motor norm that notloh stores nav
TO sell, ana especially stars an
Staripeses. Iher stocks seemed ine'
haustible. New year co"beilS al
peared. and from nowhere came the cur
hawkers with nags OF All description
Prices scared ana kept soaring hus
pronteering IN noise
Nassau street cIotn'er, VINO "a
tee o,,ar since his oldest customer W;
boy, took piece OF soap and print'
on his windows:
GERMANY SURRENDERS. SPECIA
PRICES TO MEN IN UNIFORM
tIo got n qood hand. But eyerythir
5,d rba Scran NJ paper Joke was goo
,s ov,an 90 n was nulled and IL Wi
nu,Iad onca ,or avery scran that fell
Tbe aXodus rom the tail buildin
wound have looked more or less, from
airnlane ike those OF the fuel savii
days last winter. But II was a fresh,
ever, elevator was TANNED and eve
entrance lin mil spate Depending
vhnn, Won questioned, employers hi
given EMPLOYEES the half holiday,
,,ir, ysrsa and usually the latter.
">rister RIank told us all to Gle
any," sbriaxed Mamie in Maggie's ei