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Show Liquors Flow Freely and - H Revelers Stay (M Until Ihvm H NEW YORK, Jan. 1. Celebration of. the advent of the New Year continue-2 until dawn in the hotel3 and restaurant along tho "Great While Way," lie rev-ck rev-ck ra taking advantage of what they con- sldored the last opportunity to eclebniti In the- htlnriou3 mimcndltfbnal to AorkJrv r i , rDroa'dv;-ay fremi rnidn'cht 'until nearly morning were cfcuol in else and spirit '.o those of former yea;-.. H While unnumbered thousands naral -l the thoroughfare with all sorts of no're-makers, no're-makers, others, who with forcsightcdne.-s' had 'purchased stoqks of wine and liquors IH before July I. were making merry In lh" IH hotels and restaurants. IH Much of the liquid refreshment was enc iH in advance by truck and llmour-ino aU reservations for the night had been mad" iH A heavy profit through "corkage" nni jH "cooling" charges was reaped. jH Orderly Crowds on Streets Crowds on the streets while not lai'n- jH ing In exuberance, wore" moro crdcii. jH than In former yoprs. Two thou&m.l police officers who lined Broadway fro: i jH Thirty-third street nnd Cohmihui Circle. raid thy had little to do and few arres ; were made. jH The celebration wash not confined o jH -Incs r of merriment; The chimes of jH I hundreds' of churches rang out as of Kl jH I at midnight, while thousands of whistle-; ' shrieked an accompaniment. Many thou-.ands thou-.ands attended watch night meetings In Ihe churches. A chorus' of 1.S00 voir, a sang at Madison Square garden, while a ' pageant was presented H Theatres wore crowded beyond capacity jH notwithstanding the fact that most of thr , larger houses had doubled tho price of admission. It was estimated that the box office receipts totalled $300,000. Two roo: garden.'; charged $11 a seat for thcU' !H midnight shows. ,H Notable Event of Day. ROME, Jan. 1. The most notable event o the clay was the address of Camille JBarrere. the French ambassa-dor, ambassa-dor, during, a recaption to the French colony, at which he siid he bad never -H practiced "what is described' as secret diplomacy. Ho hoped- ho would never I commit such a sin, he .declared. 'H |