The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-08
FIFTH AVENUE MAD
WITH JOY AT NEWS
Mighty ThrOng Springs Up as
the Magic Word "Peace"
Rings Out.
LID rs OFF EVERYWHERE
Big Parade Takes on Aspect
Of a Great international
Carnival.

After the frst shock Fifth avenue
went wild. Women tainted and men
caught in the Infectious excitement
abandoned their dignity and became boys
again--dancing in the street, shouting
and tossing their hats In the air. An
airplane few up the avenue kicking
out confetti and papers inscribed with
the single word, "Peacel"
And then came the Italians on dead
run UP the avenue from Washington
Square, the flags of America and Italy
Bent forward to the wind. shouting IN
English and italian. Those not already
dancing in the street to the aecompanI-
ment Of back firing automobiles ana
horns with the deeper notes OF the police
sirens rushed into the throng ana
swelled the symphony OF peace.
Hardly had the Italians charged on
before the most abandoned band that
ever paraded the avenue romped along
with blaring horns, every man playing
his own tune. Reaching the Public
Library the band halted and struck on
the Star Spanged Banner" Miss
Kathleen Howard of the Metropolitan
Opera Company. who had marched up
the avenue with it. lifted her voice
and uncovered thousands Joined In the
soul stirring words.
Officers Centre of kissing Zee.
Everybody, II seems, Joined lin the
parade. Turning into Fifty-ninth street
, the crowd discovered several French Off
GERS and American officers standing on
the steps OF the Plaza Hotel. and be-
! sIeRed them. The band played the
In In aap OftCprQ d,
| Women rushed forth to kiss their hands.
| Then some one discovered that one of
! the American officers was Gen. Gorgas.
A quick wittei chap cupped his hands
| and shouted "Gener-a-al Gor-gus"
| The band was drowned and the off,
! GERS were overwhelmed. They had to
beat retreat through the revolving
| doors. obviously affected themselves.
The worshipful crowd. not to be damp
ened by the discreet withdrawal. turned
around and proceeded TO Broadway.
This was the signal for another uproar
almost as great as that OF Fifth ave-
nue.
Pinning a late edition with its box
car letters. Germany Surrenders.' "a
mis- hat. an actor led the parade. His
antics attracted almost as much alton
tlon as the parade with Its allied fagf
streaming in .he wind and the Gallo
cock In papier mache borne on the
shoulders OF a FrenchmRn at its head
Parade Becomes Carnival.
The traffic police gave the dlsordered
parade right OF way over everything
II steamed its jostling length for blocks
down the street and continued dowf
Seventh avenue. Automobiles ran along
side speeding up their engines and re
tsrding the spark, causing terrific de
donations from the backhre.
From mysterious sources came fame,
hats and wash boiler tops. shoyels, Gym
balls and any other noise clashing oh
jecH. to add to the tublation. Mei
bought bright colored kimonos. dresses
. 'anything that would add to the color an
their expressions of wild JOY. ant
donned them.
To many the first intimation OF pea
that reached the Waldorf Astoria an
: aroused the guests to jubilation, cam
} from the bar, where champagne bottle
were exploding like rapid fire batter
amid the shouts and cheers OF the mer
$ Hurrahs swelled forth from the inNe
l walls and resounded throughout tn
hotel. Many girls and women await!n
b. luncheon partners who had been in dule
= repose forgot the conventions in the exu
= berance OF their feelings.
z There were thousands OF workers trol
. the sweatshops In the lower avenue VIII
r were out exercising In the thin sunshin
: when the news reached them, Many di
Q not comprehend until the Jewish new
papers came up; and then another moi
r Of jubilance was added. Many OF thel
i gathered In n harmony of religious sons
: Of thanksgiving the chanting notes ll
: a thin fire thread weaving into n
shouts of the more boisterous SOM
j. where n merchant gave his entire stoc
u OF feather busters to the crowd. The
! those who had been simply glad befol
became tickled.
u In the Union League Club an elder
man did a toe dance on the windowsi
= waving his hat to the accompaniment
u Of wild Western "Yips!"
s. Trucks OF the drab army hue bega
y edging into the procession III the cent
~ OF the avenue. Into them piled solde
- and sailors. and now and then a woms
!. was lifted bodily and thrown among Il
:. fighters She seemed to acquire.
~ though by magic. flag. and the fla
a took its place among a hundred tho
- sand OF the same kind to make the av
20 nue. a maze OF undulating color. Tax
- cabs and autos fell into line with Il
-, same aImless mission that possessed q
=, sidewalk marchers.
= Down in the wholesale district belo
/, lTWenty-tnlru street lne employees tO'
=, the srools of paper that are made
-, hold ribbon and hurled them throuI
~ the air. They enmeshed the housan
~ below and made the streets perfe
+. litter of tape. From Madison Square
an Washington Square one might ha
"A thrown a bushel basket without havil
a. II at any time touch the ground.
al After the dinner hour the crow
an surged back into Fifth avenue a
ed broadway. shouting and blowing hori
IN The big map OF France. Belgium n
Germany in front OF the public library h
rs undergone some changes. casual G
-. server could see that Germany was +
in Sale, Berlin was now Hester street, a
ar other German towns were named for
cd Louis. Albany and Brooklyn.
"a Portraits of President Wilson. a.
he PershinB and Marshal Foch were past
over Germany and in far corner
n q the country was good likeness OF
SO Kaiser, under which was written: wv
M the hell said he could Tight"
No.. The Republic Theatre held the curti
ha half an hour for Miss Marjorie Rambe
~ whose car was tied up In traffic j
40 as far north az Fifty-ninth street
,' The Rivoli orchestra mounted the
~ escape in the Forty-second street =
49, and played the national anthem
crush became so great that people W
literally taken off their feet. and ar
IL all two negro girls managed to ca
p. walk in three foot circle that M
dared encroach upon for fear they wo
nd stop. II was regular old "slappy TOW
cakewalking.
Some who tried to argue that
n. a "fakR' kn0Cl