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Show New York Pandemonium. NEW YORK, Nov. 11. Eighteen hours after arrival of the tidings of peace New Y6rk had begun to strike its celebration stride. Thousands of persons in pandemonium pande-monium had fallen by the wayside from sheer exhaustion d' exuberance and thousands thou-sands more were falling every hour, but there were millions left to "carry on." At least a million of New York's citizenry citi-zenry know what it is to be ruled by the whim of ai imperial master. The flight of a kaiser from the righteous wrath of a once deluded, but now awakened, people peo-ple was to them, therefore, a symbol of the milleninum. The nieasure of their rejoicing was in proportion to the majesty of the event. To the other millions the magic words "cease firing" meant many things, but all of them superlatively wonderful. In consequence the premature celebration of three days ago seemed only a dress rehearsal. re-hearsal. There was celebrations, big and little. In all quarters of New York tonight, but all equally heartfelt. Those In the foreign for-eign quarter were perhaps the most plc-. plc-. turesque. Red fire burned everywhere and every known device for making noise was at a premium. Tons of confetti sajrlnkled in the streets added a carnival note. The great thoroughfares thor-oughfares were packed from building line to building, line with ever changing multitudes. In Broadway, Fifth avenue and the main cross streets vehicle traffic was almost abandoned. Men in uniforms of blue and khaki Were caught up here and there and carried on the shoulders of the crowd. There was no attempt at formal celebration. cele-bration. That will come later. The outpouring into the streets was a mere continuation of the "Victory parade" pa-rade" dec reed by M ay or H y 1 a n as a token of the city's thanksgiving. |