The New York herald., 1922-11-12
Everything and Every One
Halts at Eleven in Grand
Central Terminal.
MANY VETERANS PARADE
Planes Flying Above Graves
Drop Flowers as Tribute
to Soldiery.

Armistice Day is no legal holiday in
this State, so the business life of New
York throbbed on as usual. But all
over the city there was spontaneous
recognition Sby thousands of the days
solemn Significance, half joy. half sor-
row. In many places work stopped at
II and for two minutes prayers were
said. In morning and afternoon there
were memorial ceremonies. At night
many dinners or balls were given.
In Grand Central and at every other
station Of the New York Central Rail-
road all noise. all movement stopped
at two minutes to II o'clock. From
balcony bugler sounded TAPS" The
hurrying crowd came to a standstill.
most with barred heads. In the Of
fices Of the terminal executives and
clerks were on their feet in silence.
Flag Laid on Altar.
At Wanamaker, an hour later, there
was similar observance OF the day
Armistice Day services were conducted
in st. Thomas's Episcopal Church. Fifth
avenue and Fifty-third street. The Rev.
DR.. Ernest NJ. Stires officiated. After
the hymn the roll of members who died
for their country was read. The congre-
cation sang a verse of the national an
them. In Trinity Church q service flag
bearing thirty-elght gold stars for the
men of the parish who died In the war,
was unfurled and laid on the altar. In
the Brick Presbyterian Church there
was a service under auspices of the
1o7th Infantry Post of the American
Legion.
Special sermons marked the day in the
synagogues and Jewish temples. At the
Institutional Synagogue, in West 116th
street, Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein said
the world was In sore need of humility
and that abiding peace could not come
until nations understood that humility
was the shock absorber of life. Humil-
ity is the great expansive quality of a
nation. he said. while pride exalts but
does not expand.
Veterans on Parade.
In The Bronx several parades and
celebrations were conducted Arthur
Viens Post OF the American Legion pa
raded in Bathgate and fremont ave-
nues. with many detachments Of soldiers
in line. There was speaking pro-
gram in the clubhouse, with CASTOR Lie
bert Consul General of France, among
those present.
In Brooklyn the Citizens Memorial
Association of Draft District No. ] un-
yelled a memorial statue in the yard OF
Public School 1So. at. Fort Hamilton and
Ocean parkways. The memorial is a
granite block, with q bronze figure of a
woman inlaid. One arm rests upon
tablet bearing the names of the forty
seven men OF the district who died Sur
rogate George A. Winsate, the Rev.
Matthew ]. Tierney, pastor OF the Ro-
man Catholic Church OF the Immaculate
Heart OF Mary; Senator William NJ,
Calder and others spoke.
At Cypress Hills, in the National
Cemetery, 5000 homing pigeons were re-
leased from a gigantic cross formation
when members of the T. Raymond
Nulty Post, Veterans OF Foreign Wars.
had their memorial service in the az
ternoon. Army planes passed over the
graves. dropping flowers. A salute was
fired for the dead. Taps" was sound
cd. The Rev. Davis r. Wiley. the Rev.
Wallace Ward Meehan, James S. Kier-
nan, state Commander of the Veterans
OF Foreign Wars: Col. Tillinghast L.
Huston and Rabbi II. Weld were
present
PershfnG Invited TO Dali.
Brooklyn buildings were flag draped.
A tablet in memory of the officers and
men Of the old Twenty-third Regiment.