The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-12
FRIARS AND LAMBS
GET SILVER PAVING
Even Fifth Avenue Crowds
Make Way for United
War Work Drive.
NOBODY SAVING CHANGE
Coins Rain From All Direc-
tons and Planted Money
Is Not Needed.


Days mornings morning already in full!
blast. both crowded sidewalks clamor.
ously full OF people you don't see OF
Fifth avenue above Madison Square
every day and no thoroughfare to speak
of on the pavement, the United War
Work campaigners in charge of the Sal
yer Road to Berlin. began feeling APP
prehensions yestei day as IL A. NJ. drew
nigh.
They were scheduled to stage silver
coin race along the Fifth Avenue Cub
from the north side Of Thirty-fourth
street to the south side OF Thirty-sixth,
with Lambs and Friars' teams entered.
And It didn't look as II any race, and
especially any moro of the human one.
could possibly be held on that thorough
fare at that time.
r. For instance, the two blocks were to
have been roped OF. Campaigners TOOK
one hurried look and perceived that sho. t
OF the personal appearance Of Wilhelm
Hohenzollern. nothing could be accom-
pished by using rope. But they reckoned
without their starter, Police Commits
sioner EnrIght. BY the time he dep.oyed
into the avenue. wearing the robe and
cowl of a Friar, marching right behind
the band and heading the two racing
teams, each 1856 strong, 200 or his up
standing vassals had pushed and cajoled
and commanded the populace into making
room.
Rules of the Contest.
The commander in chief of the Friars
was George NJ. Conan. their abbot. The
beilwethef Lamb was to have been Will
fam Collier, but as william was sick AMI
couldn't come. the Shepherd. r. H. Burn
side, captained for him. The big idea
was to work the sidewalks for silve.
coins and lay these in lines on the pave
ment until Thirty-sixth street was
reached. Then the next dtf the same,
and tine next day the same. and at the
end OF the week the rival hauls OF silver
were to be counted and whichese err CLUB
was shorter on cartwheels but longer on
lightweight slim din was to pay the
otter a very hefty BET.
The coins we've to be left lay. as they
say IN green room circles, until the days
stunt was over, wnen they were to De
Bwept up and c..rted Off in wheelbarrows,
Sust like village street cleaning. and ul-
iimaIeiy devoted to the Young Men
Christian Association. the Young Wo-
mems C.n II. an Association, the Nat.onal
Catholic War Council. the jewish well
fare Board. the WaA Camp Community
Serviee, the American Library Associa-
ton and the Salvation Amy. same being
the war organizations which have united
to pass a.ound one nat.
But the size and pep Of this Peace
Day crowd altered the plan little.
Nobody was af, AID of anybody trying to
lift a dime. Still. people might surge
on the curb and on the currency. AMI
muti.atlng currency is penal onence.
Therefore the coins were picked up yes
terday nearly as fast as they fell and
all all AirartinnS-
upstairs windows. IL New YORK was
saving its roll for big night 1t WASH
saving its change. :
Each Gets About 1000.
Both lines had reached Thirty-sixth
street some time before noon. when the
race was called of for the day. The
sacks OF coins were not counted, only
estimated. The estimate was that each
club had raised OF lodged about $1,000,
and honors were SO far easy.
AT late hour last nigat the name
Silver Road to Berlin remained UNI
changed, with Silver Road to Itinerary
the choice OF the X. OF c. people, and
something about Golden Streets in favor
with the Salvation Army.
Commissioner Enright megaphoned his
part in rousing style. Then the robed
Friars. who had won tie toss, began
wc-R'>r re west sidewalk, reaching
IL "a T.. ne of cn~s to take the
nrSnsy. dIi- i,:- --am.s. dio.t 49, that
is, In citizens clothes-did the san. for
the opposite walk to the Waldorf-As-
toria. The teams did little in personal
appeals. They didn't have to. and
couldn have been heard II they had.
They just reached and the silver came
raining.
Some willy campaigner, not foreseeing
that Mr.. Hohenzollern would be wear
ing a barrel in Holland quite SO soon.
had scraoed together 1900 silver dollars.
which he had ready In banks near by to
gtart tie thing .solng IL need be. Need
wasn't. Exactly two t2) dollars OF
planted money were used, and they were
the first coins put down on either SIDE.
Henry J. Cochran, vice-president OF the
Bankers Trust Company, led on the
Friars' side. o. II. Hartman on the
Lambs, whereafter the Silver Road to
some place or other simply built itself.
burnside Has n Little Lamb.
Mr.. Burnside had a mascot. a truly
live lambkin. cuddled under his arm.
To-day. tie Lambs announced, they will
wear lambskins as racing costumes,
probably in the hope OF attracting what
ever Wall Street men happen by The
course will be Thirty-sixth to Thirty
eighth street on the avenue, and to-
morrow Thirty eighth to Fortieth, and so
on r0 town through the week. The start
will be at IL o'clock each day, the finish
when the distance has been covered. To-
da"'s teams will number $50 each.
While the race was on yesterday
moLnted policemen were passing along
the curbs to help hold the crowd back.
and professional stunts came Off in the
cleared street John Wanamaker had
contributed piano, which a truck de-
iiVercd. hnckIng through the crowd al
most as tank would have done. Silvio
Helm, who makes up music out of his
mead. cat down and. SO far as could be
seen. performed some tunes. Sophie
Tucker and jazz band gathered around
the piano. and the faces Sophie was
making looked like singing. The horns
and cowbells prevented verihcation.
Then Sophie hailed forth an army off,
Ger In uniform, wao didn't seem TO mind
and danced with him. while Frank era
ven. who acts, pulled a whistling act In
O sailor suit and false mustache, a no
lieem'n whistler Ginning in contralto.
And Doyle and Dixon. a dance team, did
that. until the Hippohrome eleph nts
came ambling through the proceedings,
followed by the Hippodrome Shetland
ponies and steam plano that managed
10 make itself heard. The police band
appeared toward the end. and nearly
did.
Fro'ic-GsmboI sunday Nixht.
Last night the Lambs and Friars
announced jointly that they would hold