The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-12
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the city in an almost incredible space
of time and, by Encouragement every
factory whistle. locomotive engine
whistle and siren opened their valves
land emitted a succession of blasts that
produced the most terrific din In the
recollection Of the proverbiai Oldest
iinhabitant
Only the heaviest sieepers failed TO
hear the bedlam OF noises. Peils rang,
tsxicab and automobile horns aonkcd.
owl car bells changed and sounds or
cannonadlng added TO the din.
| Newsboys, with bundles of The Viz
ginian's extra hot from the press
iund with the pointed letters still moist.
sped. with the feetness of Mercury,
10 every part of the city with the
ageriy-awaited ttdings. No one OBJ
iected to being awakened when tho
mature of the news was learned The
-newsies'' did land office business.
/ Acceptance by the Germans OF The
allies terms was the chief topic of
discussion 1t Father Byrd's breakfast
table. TO the exclusion of every other
subject. The usual morning supplica-
ton was uttered with increased fervor.
City in Holiday Attire.
! The ~ early took on a holiday
aspect cry few of the city's popula-
tion feI Inclined to wurk--eyery one
felt more like celebrating. Some one
said nat II was a sacrii@c e to labor
on such a day--the Day OF Days.
B Thousands of employees. when they
arrived at their places of cmploym ent.
learned with glad hearts that holi-
day had oeen declared. This. 1t is
understood, is true of the Chesapeake
d Ohio railway general offices and
shops. Others il Is understood. OBJ
served the entire day. while, by proc
,amation of Mayor George Ainslie.
still others closed their doors al /
o'clock. A number of establishments
did not wait for the mayors pro-
nuuciamcnto and closed an hour
earlier.
| The mayors action was upon rec
ommendation of the administrative
board. which, Immediately afterward,
closed proceedings and suggested that
the entire city do likewise
Governor Westmnreland Davis was
out of the city and did not issue an
order closing state Offices Heads OF
] departments. however. took it upon
themselves to declare "A holiday and
long before the usual closing hour at
both the State Capitol and Library
building offices presented an unwonted
I deserted appearance. The same CON
di;ions. To a slightly lesser degree, OBJ
tained at the Federal building.
Celebration Of Celebrations.
Broad street carly began to assume
tho appearance OF Thanksgiving Day,
Halloween Night and New Years Eve
Night. but all OF these occasions com
lbined paled into insigniticance beside
the celebration of ali celebrations yes
terday.
BY II o'clock thousands were on
the thcroughfare. The early Corners
were constantly augmented by later
arrivals until by midday Rich
mond's Broadway was we'll nigh i'm
passable. This condition was even
more intensified as the afternoon wore
on. until. by midafternoon. IT would
have been difficult to find n single
uncccupied square yard Of pavement
trQ-n one end of the street to the
other.
Father Byrd and his entire brood
was out en- masse Every one either
@aved the Stars and stripes or the
oIorS .of the allies or wore flags and
bunting in their buttonhoies Every
conceivable manner OF noise producer
WAS brouvht forth. These comprised
I cowbells, horns, crickets and even
Kitchen utensils. Many a pantry was
depleted of pots and pans.
Confetti and multi-colored paper
ribbons added their Kaleidoscope hues
10 the general scheme of things Flags
OF Old Glory ana of France of Great
! Britain. Of Belgium and nf Italy were
flung 80 the breeze mot only frvsA
f}aFayHffs. hut from every avaHabie
window Broad street and Main
street. too, for that matter. was a riot
OF color from end TO end
I The weather could not have been
more propitlous had it been made to
order. There was just enough OF a
tang TO the air 10 invigorate the cele-
hrants aud to make marching a de-
light
sOME rEE-RADE,
( Richmond's most hurriedly arranged
parad" humble hundreds of auto
mobiles and trucks and thousands of
marchers among It's marching ranks.
Considering the fact that II was
/ slapped together" with preparation
OF f1ly a few short hours at the most,
tt wa the most remarkable In the his
tory OF tho city
1t began at Laurel and Broad streets
aud wendell It's way down the city !
prin,ipa retail shopping thorough
fare to Governor street. where it turn
ed down and then into Main. The pro-
iccSSiou continued up Main 20 Sixth,
lup Sixth 10 Grace and then on down
Grace 10 the Capitol Square. bringing
up in The shadow of the Washington
monument.
! The cavaicade was headed by the
police, with mounted men Of the de-
partlnent in advance The eity's guar
dams were followed by the Infantry
Replacement and Training Camp band
! from Camp Lee in command of Lieu.
tenant c. +. BAKER The musicians
numbered fifty and ere the recipients
ipf round after round of applause
along the entire line OF march
| Directly behind the band came the
! Richmond college students, several
score strong. followed by the Lax"
band from the aviation camp In Full
ton. The "jazzers'' were followed by
the Women's Munitions Reserve and
iemployes OF the Offices and shops OF
tevery railroad entering Richmond
1 The Chesapeake q Ohio railroad
aggregation probably was the largest
/ OF these.
/ State and city officials and some Of
/ the city's most representative citizens
were In the line Of march tt csc
! included Mayor Ainslie, John Stew irt
/ Bryan. Carl Boschen, DIR. Lawrence
| T. Price, Henry Schwarzsehild, Nor
, man Johnston. John NJ. Miller. w. A.
Clarke, Jr. William r. Dabney. A. p.
Wilmer, j. r. Palmatory. Police jug
/ tlce John j. CrutchfieId and others