Evening star., 1924-11-04
THOUSANDS WATCH
STAR FLASH NEWS
Of VOTE PROGRESS
Bulletins on Screen Discuss
ed by Vile and Pictures
Shown.

| space between the Star building and
the Post Office Department, received
the returns of the election this eve
ming through the service furnished
| by The Evening Star.
1t was philosophical sort OF
| crowd, which began to gather at $50
| o'clock, when the first returns were
I flashed on the two great screens In
front of The Star, and which grew
| by hundreds and thousands as the
| evening progressed.
| By the time Frederick Villa m
| Vile, noted political writer and radio
| speaker, got into action al z O'Clock.
| by means of the great loud speaker
pointed out across Pennsylvania ave
| nue.. the thoroughfare between Elev-
| enth and Twelfth streets had begun
| to take on the appearance OF real
| o!d-time election night.
| Shortly before o'clock a motion
| picture made for The Evening Star
and showing the traffic situation in
Washington and urging automobil-
| SITS to drive right and pedestrians 70
| walk right. held the interested at
| -ention of the great gathering.
! An old colored man, his face CLEAN
| ing. announced loudly, "Mistah Cool
| idge got it," and walked off, shortly
after the early returns seemed TO
| indicate that the President was car
rying many precincts throughout the
country.
Nr. Vile Speaks.
Mr.. Vile, however. with the latest
| in Associated Press diSpa tches before
| him, did not emulate the colored citi-
| zen in the street below, but contented
| himself with giving a balanced, care
| full appraisal of the bulletins as they
came in, stressing early in the eve
2 yair hn fonf hat
welt, jr., seemed to be showing un-
usual strength in his race for gov
| ernor of New York.
| Well. ] reckon Cal is smilin',' said
! a gray-haired man in the big crowd
as he read a bulletin showing tn"
President had 16.053 votes in 56 pre-
cincts in New York City, with Mr..
! Davis. the Democratic candidate, haN-
! ing S,59S and La Toilette 2,62s
| With the two screens, upon which
the bulletins were displayed, Mr.. vii"
| interpreting the news minute by min
ute, cartoons flashed at intervals from
the pen of Clifford Bergman, TIL
Stars famous cartoonist, music, ana
plenty of snappy motion pictures, Tn
Star entertained the vast crowd to its
evident high satisfaction.
| Whatever the political faith of Tn"
component members of the throne.
it was evident that the gathering.
| as whole, had imbibed somethins
| of the Keep cool with Coolidge
spirit.
Crowds Quiet at First.
Men smoked pipes. women chattcd.
| children talked. but there were few
demonstrations at any time. When
| the photograph of President Coolidgr
was displayed at Z o'clock, there was
applause in a decorous manner. Mr.
Doxt &c. nh ., n ,f
applause, but there was distinctly
| less handclapping when the visage Of
Mr.. La Toilette appeared.
AS the evening wore along, how
| ever, the big crowd warmed up, even
as it continued to grow in size. Il
| occupied the entire wide space be
| tween The Star and the Post Office
| Department, on both sides of the car
| tracks.
! The steps of the Post Office Depart
| ment were occupied with large con-
| tingents. while the Pennsylvania ave
| nue. front of The Star Building fur
| nished a hospitable refuge for several
| hundred persons, who did not seem
to mind in the least reading the
bulletins on the screens backward.
| nor viewing the motion pictures in
| the reverse.
street Cars Crowded.
Scores of street cars, crowded t.
the gunwales, plowed up and down
| the Avenue. the occupants craning
their necks to read the bulletins. On
the north sidewalk of the Avenue
the usual floating crowd fioated by
Election or no election, it did not
seem to matter in the least 10
the scores that fitted by on the side
| walk. Like moths in the night. they
| went on their way, more interested in
| motion than in the commotion Of
politics.
The traffic motion picture held the
| interest of the crowd from start TO
finish, much favorable comment being
| heard from the watchers. The pic
| ture showed street scenes in Wash
| ington, including shots" taken al
Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue and Fourteenth and G streets
| at busy hours.
The proper way to handle traffic
under the new double whistle system
| was made very plain in the picture.
| which in captions urged the fullest
Incorporation of all citizens. both
pedestrians and automobilists alike.
| in making this method of handling
| traffic Il success.
The Lone Shout.
| "Attaboy." was the lone but en-
| thusiastic cry of some one in the
crowd at an early hour, when the
! news was flashed on the screen that
Rome, y. Y. which gave Al Smith
plurality of 1862 two years ago, to-
day gave Col Roosevelt a plurality
Of 147.
The mild night allowed many of
the men and boys to go without hats.
Indeed, it was night made to order
it seemed-one that allowed the full
est enjoyment of the program
Constant accretions to the crowd re-
suited as the evening wore on, and
men and women got of street cars
or sidled out from the sidewalk to
join the standing thousands.
One gray-haired woman took
place in the front line at $50 o'clock
| along with the first gatherers, and
was still there at a late hour, drink
ing in the news. being especially
pleased with the numerous bulletins
that showed gains for President
Coolidge.
Police early stretched ropes along
| Pennsylvania avenue, moving the
crowd closer to the curb in front of
The Star. Gentlemen. will you
please move up-I don't want to
ruin your clothes with this rope
have asked you before said a
cop" And the gentlemen moved
forward.
Berryman's cartoons always evoked
applause, especially the one sho~ins
Miss Democracy saying, Some way
New England doesn't seem to warm
up to me-"
In addition to the traffic film. sew
eral other motion picture reels en-
tertained the watchers during the
course of the evening. The crowd
seemed TO enjoy most of the antics
Of Crazy Cat.
Crowd Is Orderly