Show London Indulged in Wild Peace Orgy Matching American Exuberance DY WILLIAM J. J LUll HUT Jl Universal Service ice Stuff Hurr Correspondent i I L T ONDON Doc Dec 1 11 The Tho Tho pulsating i J heart of or London beating with four sour years' years up pent-up emotion ed overflowed 1 in rousinG historical demonstrations demonstrations the like HUo of or which never has been equaled down through the centuries Like an American college collelo town on tho the night of or a football victory this staid ol old town has hns thrown Its characteristic characteristic charac charac- reserve to the winds s and with Yankee zip and nd only more so celebrated the tho victorious peace Tho The abdication of ot tho the kaiser didn't got get ot a rise out of or em That sensational I Joyous news even didn't penetrate I through crust 0 of world famed English English Eng Eng- i lish reserve Du But t tho the news of ot tho the armistice armistice ar nr- ar- ar signing signing i bang bans let er er bo go t. t They tore tho the lid I off otto Pan Pandemonium reigned every nl night h t tIn In to tho the west end of ot London There was an orgy of or wild rejoicing From sundown sundown sun sun- down to nearly marl sunset hundreds of oC I thousands of or singing sins cheering flag flag- waving dancing revellers the Strand Trafalgar ar square Fireworks shot ahot up in endless profusion I sion slon Police folic n Tho The roadways became open air dancing dancing dan dnn- cing pavilions Kilted pipers bag and I mouth organ musicians ground round out Yankee ragtime the tho while Tommies rollicking civilians ci gray gray- haired hatred silk silk Bilk old men forgot dignity dignity dig dig- and grabbed girls girls any any girl s-Irl nearby near near- by and by-and and fox trotted bunn hugged bunny hugged and stepped one on tho the asphalt pavement pa Motor buses ceased running through h these streets There was scarcely an any other wheeled traffic except an occasional occasional occa occa- motor lorry piled high h with girls and soldiers even perched on the auto roofs roots anI and radiators cheering yellIng yell yell- In lag Ing and ln chanting ns its s they rode rodo slowly 1 along Tho The te few policemen discreetly withdrew wIthdrew withdrew with wIth- drew to doorways and were quite satisfied to look on There Thero were dancing dancing dancing dan dan- cing processions scores of ot girls and young oung men holding arms or arms arma holding holding hold hold- ing inS waists and dancing groups and squads dR and bunches from single re couples cou cou- pies ples to dozens and cores Tho The side pa pavements wt were rc crowded crowden with onlookers ers P River Rl of cr people flowed slowly lowly along the tho middle of or the tho streets and every en few yards Js In tho the rivers ri there thero were w whirlpools whirlpool of dancers man many tj girls with British or American flag head head- dresses In most places it was all tho the most primitive e kind of or dancing simp simply Jigging jigging Jig jig- ging Ing to and fro and backward and andI forward or ho hopping around round on one leg Jes to ragtime of ot tune tuno on mou mouth th I prans punctuated b by tho the of or paper horns and accompanied b by tho the blowing of ot whistles the tho ringing of oC bells and the iho beating of or all kinds of or substitutes for tor drums Cnn Can Dance There were concertinas and cornets and tambourines wooden rattles and I student choruses of oC sentimental songs I Hundreds of oC sol soldiers lers an and young oun civilians civilians civil ll ians Inns and nl girls danced In Trafalgar ar square nightly When they were vc tired I I of dancing they formed lines fore tore and aft with th their lr arms round each elch others other's waists and ST. ST opt to and anil fro no through tho the crowds Then ihen they thoy broke up again into groups flinging ln their arms round each each others other's necks and danced a sort of of can can can while they yelled and an sang sans Fireworks w were ere lot ot off all over o tho squarer square square ne lied Bed and blue flares lares were flung about and there was walS a succession succession sion slon of oC nom Roman n candles and magnesium lights lIS Tho They Thoy built huge huo bonfires nightly at Trafalgar square s and lud other centers and anti on ors these fires tires were nun flun flung captured G Gorman German cannon on exhibition along alons- tho the Mall th the whole frenzied war- war dancing Indian fashion about the fire lre sparks flying tift fifty fifty- feet high At Trafalgar square a party of or po- po drove their Va way through the tho crowd an and surrounded a bonfire but made no effort to put It out Shortly before this a n couple of Scottish soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- I diers had hall be been n w waving ln nagS flags on a cart I near the tho fire tire Th They y disappeared fora fura fur for tora a time and then reappeared ret with Ith a small mob of supporters pushing one of ot tho German guns The gun un was pushed through h tho the police and forced on top of the bon bonfire tire Tho flames lames shot hot up all around an and the crowd went frantic frantic fran fran- tic cheering The fire department arrived arrived ar ar- r. rived anti anil the revellers re cu cut t tho the hose One gun sun tas as taken for tor a 1 riotous joyride on a great motor lorry which had evidently e been commandeered b by bythe bythe the soldiers crowded nil all o cr it The lorry with its shouting and cheering I freight lashed dashed full Cull speed peed through the Strand and First 1 street ant and up Lu Ludgate Lud- Lud Kato gate ato hill High o above the gun jun waved a n white while banner banter whimsically exhorting j the public to Lu buy war bonds bunds Tho The Eaten calca of ot tho the Admiralty arch I were closed to prevent more moro guns be beIng being being be- be ing taken out Good humor was wan gen s-en- eral A Jr great a t crowd surged Hursell up the Mall to Buckingham palace where they stood cheering the king for tor hours hour er E Everywhere where there were astonishing scenes but nowhere was there drunk drunk- enness Here and there I saw sa a girl or woman woman wom wom- an on unable to restrain her emotions and weeping mayhap for tor a loved loed ono over there In France under one of those In Innumerable innumerable In- In numerable small mall wooden crosses Others Others Others Oth Oth- ers fought back the tears and cheered I with tho the crowds s as though straining their vocal cords the better to case the at lt their heart cockles les All the restaurants theatres and antI hot hotels b were ware Jammed I managed to bribe a n head waiter niter into seating me meat meat meat at a n table u up near the American Jazz- Jazz bo ho orchestra at tho the Trocadero The place was ab absolutely peace mad l gowned owne women officers I young bloo bloods s anti and staid old business businessmen men climbed on top of or tables whooping I liko maniacs manIac or snake danced In and around the tables I Finally when I caught the spirit and I uncorked a few lew yip yips a party parly at a a table nearby recognized I was an Amerlean Amerlean Amer- Amer Yank Tank and lean and yelled ailed Look a hes he's all alone alone lonesome over o I and Join th the gang gans- Yankee i They Thoy didn't wait wall for tor protest protests and andone and andone one blond queen decked out a la 80 Gaby Gab s. s pulled hulled mo me o over to their table L lire re long Ions th they had me on their shoulders shoulders ders dors parading me around the room yelling yelling yell yell- I ing Ins Hurrah for tho the Yanks hurrah Yanks hurrah for America t F. Everybody else then took to tn carr carrying Ing e everybody e body cl elso o around on their shoulders J. J and I h helped with ft n young o oung n British h aviator lator prancing and shouting with the rest Hurrah for fort I IEn l En hurrah England hurrah for tho Tommies Tommies' J 1 |