New-York tribune., 1922-11-08
Gro wds Brave
Rain;CaylyHear
Election Result
Fhousands Throng Streets,
Hotels and Restaurants,
and Cheers Are Vocif-
ero,as as Smith Wins
Many Dinners Are Given
sores Entertained Where
Voting Figures Are An
uounced to Society Folk

y
y..t nights fog and drizzle that damp
...d early political ardor of million
! more persons massed in Times
s,.are and up Broadway to Fifty-ninth
street., packing Columbus Circle from
earb 10 curb. held no power to restrain
,s.n after newspaper screens flashed
ssr,tb Wins--others Nowhere"
The early crowd was large--not SO
t.rv. as In q Presidential year. per-
s.n. but nevertheless imposing 1t
.,sv momentariiy until by 8 O'Clock
...ss In front of uptown bulletin
sr.,s. were jammed. An hour later
~ ef hats and umbrellas bobbed
"a writhed in slowly moving tides
Sortb and south.
a. Ire outset it was silent multi
,.de Returns announcing Governor
smiths up state lead evoked only
Feeble cheers. Traffic Patrolman Me-
Ssuy, In Broadway at Forty second
Street, offered an explanation. He said
4 vas the wet outside and the drought
;uside that made folks talk in whispers.
i, vas the dryest and soberest cleo
slcn night ever seen in Broadway so
6ar as the pedestrian elemetn went,
ksNally said.
Then the Scene Changes
With realization of Democratic
! htdslide the scene changed. A fash
srsbly aownsd woman clambered to
II roof of Black and White taxicab
4 a.side the Astor Hotel and insisted
! /. three rousing cheers for Al Smith.
as led the cheer and tiger. That
eemsd to start things. Men and women
isFsed their umbrellas and began to
ake interest. Cowbells appeared. Two
d, three hastily improvised whats
ia matter with Smith 2" gangs roared
+ ia auestion in hoarse voices at fire.
sysnt intervals. The umbrellas toters
scuted back Hes all right"
Down town, in City Hall Square and
ssng Park Row the crowds proved
rsm demonstratire. Newspaper bull
lin boards remained centers of inter
st for approximately 10000 vociferous
enthusiasts until all possible doubt Of
shs result had been dissipated. A
hasty song-maker fixed up something
20 the air of "Auld Lang Syne," with
words that ran:
eve all know Al, we all know AL,
And Al he knows us, too;
When there's chance to vote for Al
Why, al knows what we'll do"
i2sth Street Enthusiastic
Upper East Side streets were we'll
filed, but the crowds were not demon
stratiye. A continuous procession of
mixed social elements paraded up and
5.uyr Fifth kyeryta ,al
avenues also we're crowded. BY far the
most eathusiastic outdoor throne ap-
peared in f25th Street Automobiles
bearing Smith banners passed and re-
passed amid the jostling mob. This
district displayed more real election
night spirit than was shown anywhere
else 10 New York City last night.
Many parties were held in hotels and
iesarrants. Every table in the Nc
Apin grill was reserved weeks ago.
The corridors of the hotel were
tipuged with fashionably gowned
women, who awaited eagerly frequent
bulletins read from balcony. The
siners numbered more than 500. They
znced after dinner, and many made
sisht of it,
Among those who entertained at the
Waldorf was Mrs. Anna White,
sto gave dinner for thirty friends,
aM W. j. Briggs, who sat down with
'aurteen. Others who gave dinner
Erties were Frederick Nisler, Arthur
Upper, Stewart Jones, r. H. Fitsch,
!Edye Samuel Kalich, of Jersey City;
Emory, president of the Onyx Com
Fany; DR.. Z. w. Spottswood, of Mis-
saala, Mont, who had party of fifty,
aad Mrs. George A. Alderman, who
Msertained large number of women
guests.
Dance at Hotel Martinique
Thsre WIS big dance at the Hotel
asrnnique. Former Governor Brewer,
q Mississippi, gave dinner party
ssere m for New York City Mississippians.
oark Wright entertained forty at din
ass ana Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert l.. Miller.
eighteen.
M the Ambassador Hotel returns
vs.s Mseived over a direct wire. They
.iss asss announced simultaneously by sue.
U.Hasss In the main restaurant. grill,
~ Ttnaa garden and circular lounge
49, ms terowd IN the s]cbby and BALLROOM
srian ie.eo several thousand. The gath
Civ. Included many of New York
naji pest knewn men and women, as
,,s ssh as several distinguished foreign
q ;'' rrsnd ngsd St. Leonards, with party
jsna,n rnsnsh friends on their way to
elscsts,u l, e1hioited keen interest in the
" fisslss E were given at the McAlpin
L,a.re are Powell, of Omaha; John L.
q fih;, III, OF Chicago, who had q party
Gsrsrrsalyi; :, D. Low, of Detroit;
Itv ss u. Paul and Robert F. Beas-
Sr s6aa ,,s G Stone, of Birmingham, Ala:
.crd Ac MRS George B. Lane, of STAN
Braa,k,o B, Conn, and L. G. McHugh, of
TSSsiya, TSs o., who dined eighteen friends.
turns hel hnosel Vanderbilt picked up re-
aes. s broadcast by the Police Depart
sas... s. an amplifer in the hotel lobby
taInss tsu them, and figures thus OBJ.
Dalls spe wefe shown on a screen in the
syIys,,aa ,aooia room. The Hotel Penn
S'a received returns over a direct