| Show HEROES HEROES' DAY IS RENDERED HO HONOR OR New Y Yorkers Bo Bow Heads in iii Reverence for Men l Who Fell FelLin an War Tar Br nt Universal erle New ew York Sept 1 Heroes Heroes' Heroes Heroes' day found round a n welco welcome e toda today In la the hearts heart of oC tho the people Its celebration littered differed from most celebrations There was no noise There was no parade In Jn their place there was reverence rc whose outward out dl display play took the tho form Corm o of general ob observance ob- ob servance l o of the request that at 59 all traffic cease ccase for tor one minute and allper all per persons stand at attention with heads bowed bowell In prayer for Americas America's brave sons Reverently also the people complied com corn plied with another request of or Mayor Hylan's heroes' heroes day committee that thc they carry arr flowers lowers to the thc parks parka and drop them on the floral mounds formed by bythe bythe bythe the silent touching contributions commemorative commemorative com corn of at the nations nation's men who have ren rendered ered up their lives In iii the great reat cause And it Is safe sate to 53 say I that every ory such floral mound was Vas VasI watered h by ly the tho tears of or mothers and I wives and sisters o of dead heroes as the they too dropped flower Hower offerings All city parks were used for the tion lion All flags lags In lit the elt city were at half haIr mast masL Soldiers and sailors who had leave heave from their cantonments ships or yards ards and were spending leave time In iii the city responded Cree freely to their commandants commandant's request that they attend divino divine services and nearl nearly ever every church I audience was Creel freely sprinkled with uniformed uniformed uni uni- I formed forme broad shouldered young men Services commemorative of at the heroic dead were hold heM In the tha churches where touching tributes were also aiso paid to the mothers who had hall given their sons Thero There were gatherings at tho the sol soldiers soldiers' ol- ol diers' diers and sailors sailors' monument and md other I monuments and In the various cemeteries come come- I teries where rest the tho remains of or some some of the heroic dead and In all places there were flowers In profusion Pershing's veterans strong who arc are vIsiting tho city distributed themselves themselves themselves them them- selves among tho the various gatherings s The They caught the spirit of ot tho occasion occasion occa occa- sion slon and Joined in the tho community singing and patriotic songs and were themselves the thc center of ot marked n n n- Tho The Pershing veterans went In a body to the time Greek memorial I meeting at tho the Hippodrome tonight |
