The New York herald., 1921-07-05
THIRSTY THOUSANDS
IN DRY ACT PROTEST
HIKE DESPITE HEAT
Brave Hottest Afternoon of
Summer to Parade for
Personal Liberty.
NEARLY $1,000 IN LINE
Veterans of Many Wars,
Workers, Women and All
Classes Appear.
DRYS CALL 1T FAILURE
Unique Outfits and Banners
Deride VOlstead Laws
Mayor Reviews Marchers.
DRYS CALL 1T FAILURE

Yesterdays anti-prohibition parade
in Fifth avenue fell far short of the pre-
dicted host of marchers, but the fact
that anybody at all was willing to
tramp those two and half miles OF
gummy asphalt on the hottest after
noon Of the summer suggested the
presence In New York of a goodly
number Of persons whose thirst is in
deed a terrible thing.
These personal liberty protestants
were just two hours in passing and
acclaiming the given point which was
Mayor Hylan, on a stand near the
F'arragut statue in Madison Square
The parade managers insisted that
there were at least $4,000 of them
This was an estimate born of hope
rather than experience.
Inspector William Coleman. who has
had charge of the police about review
Ing stands on countless parade days
said as the last painting marcher went
up the line: mot more than 5000 OF
EN-. That guess is based on what
were able to do in the police parades
If we get 1000 past the stand in an
hour we do WE'LL
The fastest and biggest PROCESSION
that New York ever saw was the Pre-
paredness Parade of 1916 Gen. Charlie.
H. Sheriff., wizard of crowd organiza
ton, by crowding twenty men to a file
across the avenue and keeping them or
one another's heels. shot them by the re
viewers at the rate of $4,000 a nhour
Yesterdays files of pedestrians ranged
from eight to twelve men, and between
the divisions there were about 300 vehi
cies. ranging from hanson cabs ant
opsn barouches of Van Bbber's day t.
Obviously there were not 1000 an hour
or anything like it.
14,022 Persons I'm Line.
Inspector Coleman's guess may be q
little low. IT seems not improbable thai
there were between 10000 and 15.00t
men and women-not a few women-ir
one of the paraders was a camel. The
rest of the advertised 100000 must have
been bowled out by the heat. 1t was toe
hot for anybody in the reviewing stand
To attempt an actual count. The hostile
William H. Anderson. head of the Anti
Saloon League, said last night that h'
had professionals from an audit company
somewhere along the way counting every
nose.
"The actual number marching in the
parade was 14.922," explained a state
ment issued last night at Mr. Anderson's
office "The accountants certify tha'
this number includes every indlvidua
In the line Of march. whether on foo
or In auto, and also includes the bands
numbering 922 musicians, and the police
numbering twenty-four."
However. II was an interesting pa
rade full of sharp gibes at the Eigh
teenth Amendment and the Volstead ac
and of color ranging from the red shirt
Of men who fought with Garibald anc
the faded blue of the G. A. r. and the
olive drab Of young American wal
veterans, some of them I'm carria ges
wounded. to the black plumes of 8
beauteous Bacchante who swayeC
beside a great bunch OF grapes on floa
and invited beholders to note the forlori
emptiness of her wine glass John r
Hylan. glutton for parades-he re
viewed the Irish yesterday morning anc
came right back In the afternoon 70
more punishment--was a superb figure
4. tfaxJ rOh nv a tar mo r,nh az
"a the present and next and perpetua
Mayor OF his great city.
Mayor Drinks Soda Water.
Pete" called the Mayor. when tn
barbed sun rays that emote the grand
stand seemed about to pierce even hi
resistant form Pete, get me a drink
and. Pete, make Il cold" Peter Mitchell
factotum OF the Mayors office. all cor
rectly got M In black cutaway an'
striped pants. hurried 10 a drug stor
and returned with a foaming beaker o
ice cream soda. This the Mayor lifted
and, first waving the glass at the wavo
Of sweating men rolling up the avenu
and crying I'VE want our beer" h
rnushed the ice cream with one roll o
tho spoon and drank In the sight OF all
later the Mayor refreshed himscl
with Ice water and bricks OF ice cream.
"weu make II beer for yer Honor. !
vou'u stick by us T. parader screamed
The Mayor laughed Tree cheers 10
.Tohn +. Hylan. best Mayor New Yorl
ever had :" the cry continued, and do
sni,e All the heat. which made this pa
rade the wcttest Of the wet. althougl
most throats were dry enough. bari;
ing roar from the dripping citizen
proved to the Mayor how solid he ha'
made himself with one segment of so
cIety by keeping his promise TO review
the perronal liberty boys and girls.
The sections formed about Washing
ton Square and disbanded at Fifty
eighth street. The first one reached tn
reviewing stand az 2 ;o5 p. NJ. Thirteei
mounted policemen romped ahead. Thei
n carriage containing Frank G. Drake
director-general. boss Of the whole af
fair. sponsored by the American Liber
ties League. Inc, with Mrs. Drake AM
Ben De Casseres. and without, one wa
panied to note. Don Marquis. Thre
automobiles full Of women came next