New-York tribune., 1921-11-09
Noisy Election
Night Crowds
jam Broadway
Theaters, Csfes and Hotels
Filled With Tllrongs
Eager for Vote Bullet
ins; Few Arrests Reported
Big Bonfires in Harlem
Fashionably Dressed Women
Show Keen Interest in
Mayoralty Race Reports

An hour after the polls closed las+
night Times Square was packed with
the largest crowd since Armistice
night From Z o'clock on pedestrians
arrived in swarms, converging from all
rolnts of the compass. Police Inspec-
ter John o'Brien, of the Traffic
Division, with zoo patrolmen, kept
vehicular traffic moving with difficulty.
Restaurant reservation holders began
SLING up popular resorts in the Times
Square section as early as half-past
four. If there was any anticipation of
a strict prohibition enforcement those
gathered in the dining halls of Broad
way and vicinity did not appear de-
pressed by it.
Tl.rorgs besieged all newspaper Of
fees Immediately after closing of the
polls and remained to study the bulle-
tins until late hour. Interest CEN
tered in the Mayoralty contest an-
parently. though a peculiar aspect of
tie celebration was that in the shout
ing no names were mentioned It was
noisy crowd, but its mission ap-
peared TO be merely noise making, ir-
respective Of candidates.
Broadway Crowd Orderly
In Broadway the west side of the
street vas reserved for down traffic
and the east side fer northbound
demonstrators. Both sidewalks were
jammed with slowly moving process
sions from o'clock on Thousands Of
conches and other noise devices raised
the usual Election Night din, but it
was an orderly mob. on the whole. Up
10 10 o'clock only few arrests for
minor ofenses had been reported.
Election returns were read from the
stages OF virtually all theaters in the
city. Special wire installations had
been made in several of the leading
theatrical houses. Few theaters in the
main theatrical district had seat left
FOR sale" fifteen minutes after their
doors opened.
Hotel crowds we're perhaps not so
large as have been known in former
yeas hut there was plenty of life and
movement in the lohbies, while n1ezza
mines swarmed with women eagerly
canvassing tie situation. There were
great crowds of fashionably dressed
women at the McAlpin, Waldorf
Astoria. Martinique, Clsridge, Wood
stock and Astor, while the dinner and
supper rooms at Sherry's were well
slled.
At the McAlpin one Of the largest
groups in the grill room was that OF
Soab 81. Banton, candidate-elect foy
District Attorney, who entertained
sixty friends at q supper dance while
the returns were being received.
The McAlpin and Waldorf-Astoria
arrangements had prepared specially
printed elections bulletins which were
distributed with the assistance of uni
formed bei.hoys at intervals Of about
I've minutes.
The Claridge had a large dinner and
supper-dance crowd. Fred A Reed,
managing director Of the hotel, had
two stereopticon screens so placed that
they could be seen srem >ba Ianca
floor, and throughout the night interest
vas kept at high pitch by constantly
flashed bulletins
The Club de vingt, at the Waldorf
Ast ria, in the Bradley Martin ball
room. was filled with dancers, and fre-
auent bulletins were distributed.
Sherry's was packed from the lunch
con hour on. Large and small luncheon
parties filed all the rooms and there
was an excehently managed bulletin
service. Impromptu speeches, some of
humorous sort, rendered this one of
the .gayest Of the nights gatherings.
The usual election night crowd in
vaded Tammany Hall auditorium The
big hall was filled before o'clock and
an hour later long lines of belated ar
rivals reached far down the street. In