New-York tribune., 1918-06-05

to the precinct commanders to see to
its enforcement
Within an hour after the issuance
of the order most of the big users of
/ display lights were advised of its pro-
visions and prepared to act accord
ngly.
Among the first to be notified was
Luna Park and Steeplechase Park,
whose electrical displays can be seen
at sea for miles. Other shore resorts,
on Staten Island, at the Rockaways
and at points on the Sound, within the
city limits, received copies of the or
der.
All agreed to live up to the order,
although violation of it carried no pen
atty.
William Hett, manager of Luna
Park, said that the park would be kept
open at nights while the order was in
force.
I'VE can cut off the current from
the tower lights and other big displays
visible at sea-" said Mr.. Hett, land still
carry on business just the same"
This was the substance of the state
ment most of the amusement park men
made, but some were of the opinion
that they would have to close their
places OF amusement at sundown, as
many of them depended on display
lighting for the drawing features.
Owners of big buildings. especially
the owners of office structures in Man
haitian. were apprised of the order
early in the afternoon. And a walk
across Brooklyn Bridge late last night
showed the order was being obeyed, for
the luminous windows of the towering
skyscrapers on the lower part of Man
haitian Island had become, temporarily
at least, thing of the past. Here and
there, however, lighted window was
visible
Four prominent bits of New York's
sky-plercing architecture at night were
not visible for any great distance last
evening. These were the Tribune Build
ing tower, with its illuminated clock;
the Pulitzer Building dome, which for
years has been picked out at night by
strings of incandescent electrics; the
Singer tower, usually bathed in a flood
of light from numerous searchlights
and the Metropolitan tower, with it's
big clock. All these were in darkness.
Theatres, motion picture houses and
other places of amusement in the city
with big display signs were affected
goers think of last winter, when the
coal shortage led to the discontinuance
Of display signs.
I Restaurants and hotels with big dis
play lights were similarly affected.
The lights on the marques and other
exterior illumination Of hotels were
not turned on last night, and the
shades on the windows of outside
rooms in all the big hotels were pulled
down.
This last also was true of private
dwellings,, and apartment houses with
their own electric lamps at either side
Of the porch did not turn on these
lights last night.
Sharp at dusk patrolmen went the
length and breadth of their beats and
cautioned those they found violating
the order In fact, the platoons who
turned out at o'clock began their
work of warning long before the sun
began to sink. One overzealous mem
Der of the force, from the Coenties
Slip station house, long before darkness
had fallen, walked into a restaurant in
Pearl Street, near Maiden Lane, and
ordered the proprietor to extinguish his
lights. The restaurant is on the street
floor
"Why?" inquired the amazed restau-
rateur.
Government orders," said the police
man.
The lights were turned out and the
policeman went on his way repeating