Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-11
1T WOKE u ALL UP.

When We went to bed last night ali
al ~ were KEYED up to the highest pitch
ii cvpectation. W. had been told that
linn had until o clock this morning
"a sign he armlstire terms and We thought
THAI along about noon today We hear
that he had done 50
But he was 80 doggoned ANXIOUS ~
Get IN ont of the wet that hc dldn wait
until the last minute. which resulted IN
olr being aroused long before sun-up by
the glorious ncW>
The Policc Department got Il from thc
tSsociated Press and proceeded lo ol9-
Seninatc il Just n last as the telephohG,
! wires could carry it The big industrial
dents were notified among the first,
because their whistles once set gong would
tell everybody within earshot OF them
very much better than telephones or any
other medium would,
And that's what happened. Along
about quarter after tour the nrst siren
blasts crowbarred our sleepy heads Oh
nlr pillows and told us hat the armistiee
had been signed ana that the Hun had
confessed he was licked. There WASH {
my need to ask what the whistles were
blowing for-we knew without asking.
EVERYBODY TURNS OFT.
And then aS the knowledge anchored
itself in our minds vc made q leap from the
bed grabbed our clothes. got INTO the.
omchow goodness knows 3uSf how
pecs1se ws 90 / tod tho 'wlsS'S
who was about IS Wild as We were thai
Ne didn't care u hang about breakfast
nd then beat II for the street just Is
asst as our legs could carry Us
II wasn't light vet Mis- Rosy Dawn
vas still clIddled in the clouds and her
alarm clock. the sun. Wa- long way
ron, riuging-ti1nc But hat didn make
nv difference The one blg thing ~
he world foda. was being told by PnseE :
,h,s1le b.. Harlan ; hv the wild clamor
+ fire house bells by other whistles
ittlc and great on every old industrial
liant in the town, by shouting. yelling
ex,lltant voice. ,of which ours wa one
py everything that had voice with which
noise could be made.
And the more the whistles blew ana the
more voices yelled and shouted, the louder
rev the ioyous din. The hrst outburs'
ras great enough and one would have
thought il could not be stopped But as
the minutes sped by it was as the footing
M = I'm horn 10 the tremendous blast 81
an ocean liners siren 70 what rent anc
tore the air.
There NAV have been folks who thought
tbev could sleep through It, but they sooE
found out their mistake and then they
TOO ioined the populacc on the streets
FEW THOUGHT Or WoEK.
Mighty few people thought Of work
except ;.s thing that wouldn't gct dom
today. And oi these few policemen
newspaper folk,, rroilczmcn and bar
tenders were J,l,' about five times 4
lllsv - ever they were n Their who'll
husy lives. because their was work TN
ilst had tn bc done and they could spar
no time for celebrating
Like THURSDAY a demonstration spran
INTO being fully-forned Long before
was light there were marching crowds %
the streets The Pusey and Jones iolk
would seem to have been the first oui
They claim the honor It any rate BI
If ANYBODY vas beaten u It II was ON
bv a whiSkcr
The earliest abroad did not have band'
/ but then they really were not needec
because tin pans, old washboIlers, 2
cases. or ANYTHING that N>euld let out
noise If were induced to 80 50 by vig0rou
thumping was brought into service TO q
the duty OF drums while tin horn
kIaxons auto Sirens and other nOn-nusic;
Instruments took the place ot horn
clarinets and the outfil Of bandsmer
Bands are all right in their place ny
when fellow wants to yet out ID th
street and get himself black III the ta'
with iubilation before the other iello
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