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streets. He sold the remnants of the cable to Tiffany & Com- 
pany, Broadway jewelers, to cut up and sell as souvenirs to 
eager buyers. 
All these festivities and high jinks had been spontaneous 
and unofficial. It was now planned to hold in New York “A 
General Celebration of the Laying of the Atlantic ‘Telegraph 
Cable.” ‘This was to last two days, and September 1 and 2 
were designated for the momentous occasion. 
The celebration began appropriately on the morning of 
September 1 with a service at Trinity Church. The Church 
was decorated with the flags of all nations, the Stars and 
Stripes and the Union Jack being most prominent. In the ab- 
sence of Bishop Potter, the service was conducted by Bishop 
Doane of New Jersey. The latter had written some verses for 
the occasion. They began: 
Hang out that glorious old Red Cross; 
Hang out the Stripes and Stars; 
They faced each other fearlessly 
In two historic wars; 
But now the ocean-circlet binds 
The Bridegroom and the Bride; 
Old England, young America, 
Display them side by side. 
At one o'clock the procession formed at the Battery and 
started up the route later to be familiar to heroic aviators. 
The destination was Forty-Second street at Sixth Avenue, 
where stood the grandiose Crystal Palace—a large glass-and- 
iron building designed in imitation of the famous Crystal 
Palace in London. The following account from the New York 
Herald of September 2 indicates the elaborate display. 
The Herald’s headlines were resplendent. They an- 
nounced: “The Cable Carnival. . . . Achieved is the Glori- 
ous Work. . . . The Metropolis Overwhelmed with Visitors. 
. . . Over Half a Million of Jubilant People. . . . Broadway 
a Garden of Female Beauty. . . . A Bouquet in Every Win- 
