The Washington herald., 1920-11-02
CITY TO DESERT
HOMES TONIGHT
HEAR NEWS
Showers Threatened, but
Eagerness for Celebration
Is Undimmed.
FEATURES BY SCORES
Herald to Flash Returns on
Great Screen, and Mo-
vies In Between.

The fayorite quadrennial sporting
event of washington's able bodied
citizenry-going wild over an cleo
tion in which they participate only
to the extent of making financial
! offerings to the gods of Repub-
licanism and Democracy-promis
in spite of threatened showers and
the league of nations. to break all
records for unpaid admissions to-
night
Pennsylvania avenue, broad enough
to swallow up inaugural parades.
national reputations( at the Capitol
end) and war workers at 4:SO p. m,
nevertheless will find itself cramped
in some portions as Main streets
during Fair Week.
Herald Has Large Screen.
Particularly will this be true
about the triangle formed by Tenth
and D streets and The Avenue. Here.
before the facade OF D. J. kauf-
mans store, two big screens erected
by The Washington Herald will
blazon forth the fux and flow of
election returns. punctuated with
custard and dehydrated movie COM
edies warranted to bring a grin even
to the face of the man who sees
his sentimentally-pla bet wing
ing away over the Postofffce tower.
And in those pauses when the
news waves subside for an interval
there will be shown something a
littlH better than the free-and- light
stun. as
TO show Brand New Film.
Through the courtesy of Maj. Gen.
Charles T. MenOher. chief Of the
Army Air Service. and the Bureau
Of Commercial Economics. The Her
aid will be enabled to show a brand
new hIm The Call of the Air
reeled from the big army ship. I'd
U. 8. No. l, during its visit to the
Capital recently. This great flm
does for the lighter-than-a branch
of the service what so many have
done for the more daring and ro-
Iasntic planes--it shows t;.e- thrills
and wonders Of aerial navigation
from the uuderside Of great gas
bag.
The course Is shown from Langley
Field. via Norfolk and Hampton
Roads and rural Virginia to Wash
ington.
Just as fast as votes. pouring in
over The Herald's wire systems,
can be counted. the results will be
projected upon the screens, and joy
or woe will sway the waiting
thrOngs- From dark to dawn" is
the motto with which The Herald
has embarked on this enterprise.
And even if the man COR woman)
who voted the wrong ticket (men-
tally) goes home bit put out, he
or she will have to admit. on sec
ond though. that d good time was
had by all. as they say in the
county weeklies.
4 "SmashinE" Reaction.
And, by the way. the injection of
the feminine vote into the big scrau
of 20 will have a novel reaction.
While Teddy's or Bits or Wood
rows smashing pluraIities were be-
ing stereOptiCOnned upon the high
hung linen years, or not so manv
years, ago. mother and sister were
glad TO save their chapeaux from
destroying impacts. while father or
brother Condescendingly or impa-
ttently told them what the West
virginia flop pOrtended. Indica-
uons are that father and brother
viii be humbly glad to get the
crumbs from the table of wOman's
political genius this trip. Near
beer goes well with that.
Autos Banned.
Maj. GessfOrd has banned all an
lOmobiles from Pennsylvania ave
nue and from + street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets.
Leave your car a good ways I'M
town and get the inspiration of
me commonplace by rubbing shouI-
1ers with your vOteless feIIowmen
Tor one night. at least. Everyone
equal before the law or the cleo
ION return boards.
While The Herald and three other
newspaper shops toll nightly thai
ne puDllc may be served with red =
not news and comedy interpoIa-
ions, the political hosts, who while
heir brethren do battle in the sew
eral States must gnaw their finger
nails and wait out the day. will
gather numerously and eagerly TO
get the word of defeat or victory
ov radio. wire and phone.
Both Sides Ready to Cheer.
Two thrOngs of Republicans will
cheer and rejoice at Harding and
Coolidge headquarters at I4lO II
street, turned over for the night
20 the Harding Democratic Club
and in the auditorium of the New
Masonic Temple. The Democratic
slans will convene at national head
quarters in the Woodward Building
Democratic central committee head
quarters. 1345 Pennsylvania avenue
and in six halls to which messen-
gers will be continuously rushed
rhey hope to cheer and rejoice also
If not over Cox and Roosevelt
It least over the Senate and House
lews.
To Inform stny-at-Homes.
1t seems as If every honest to.
goodness American, red-bIooded
oiue-blooded of any tint or shade
ought to be out on the streets with
merrymaking hundreds of thou
sands. But for those who perforce
or by choice stay indoors, hotels
clubs and theaters have made ar
rsngements guaranteed to get the
news TO them as quickly as thev
want it.
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.