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Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, February 14, 1907, Pictorial Magazine and Comic Section, Image 10

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'RK CITY 1ms toe ffi
untMiit raaort in the
in iu Coney Island,
'lands unchallenged a
wonderful fnampir
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"ructions presented at
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l.ut it wu the ftr'
rid where Am class at
"t opened to the pub
mom price of ter cent
uve steadily nsprored
1 nry, but the price re
' always been toe retort
rarlier history wit not
i makes cities greet or
!rrlopmnt of good
' ty years ago tlicre
rr, ten cent shows, but
iharaetcriicd ljr any
the public or amuse
At one time it was
Ui rrort uhcru crook
ill it was the rotten
many disgrace nil
nl'lic and an improved
x is largely responsible
tlut have been wrought,
lc credited to a new
amusement producer
d Coney Island as a
Courts have asiiitcd in
r great
die wont section of
I i he courts sent corrupt
who aided in the corrup
1 ' ', tu Sing Sing. lint all
' 'H the courts could nut
'"d .is much as Thomp-1
fought when they open-Kates
to the public, anil
1 "i producing attractions
urrounded by artistic
1 d signs by architects of
' where many people
' lareful to refrain from
'"., it is now a place
Rocs and trlks en-
f the
visit for weeks
" enthusiasm is
Island can be seen
the most complete example of the re
suits possible by the scientific applies
tioti of electricity to art. Ihe famous
White City. Chicago World's Fair, afforded
a splendid sutitacle, tlie Buffalo
HxKtitiott marked another advance,
but at Luna Park and at Dreamland
the builders have brought the art of
decimal illumination to the highest
egree of perfection it ever has kndwfl.
Combined, they have been classed as
the eighth wonder of the world, and the
distinction is merited.
When Luna Park wa built it was
said it never would pay its owners, and
the undertaking was certainly a great
risk as it imnlvcd the expenditure of
nearly two million dollars before a
single cent was paid in at the fftrfc. Hut
the people came and Luna Park has
been made bigger every season, and it
has created a new standard in the
amusement world When the builders
of Dreamland announced their intention
to build another great amusement
resort, almost at Luna Park's doors,
persons, who thought they knew, said
there was no room for two great places
at Coney Island, but time has demon
strated that there is no limit J '4
respect, for these two grcaunty, with $10,
have paid dividends that 0. II. Norton,
fabulous, and they havcjrjCBt Frazior, of
up a number of minor a ' g cxlTyt 0f Mar-
The only amusement .' ,
, , , ., . jkholdors,
fcrcd by their presence
places, and the halls w
shows had prospered. The clean
haw made good, and tin pub
lie has been awakened to the opinion
that clean attractions of real artistic
merit were what they wanted. In Luna
Park and in Dreamland there has never
been an attraction offered for public
favor that depended on a questionable
feature ' '.r ' v ' : tmmg proposition.
XT
Com-
Dy aiiowiusj -. , f(f lhe tvnc
but no regular courts, iovo 0f
, i..t v- .. .
can DC unaenaKCD. ue
instruct on Saturdays any w
I ftnnsed to enter under tne c
that is too important to be ignored.
The conceptions of genius have found
an opportunity at Coney Island, and art
and science, have been called upon, with
luwsh hands to make every detail appear
in its best light.
The greatest spectacle of mod rn
times was probably the Indian Durbar
at Delhi, when the wealth and splendors
of the Empire of India was
marched in review in honor of the coronation
of King Edward. Thompson
and Dundy rcauVed the universal in-
rest in this event and at Luna Park
KIaVscn,cd CP' .f spectacle which
tions. Of course, ho. would ,a
, . . ;. . . wot completeness in every detail aiftl
regular teachers training
give o rcproduction exched lhc
of the artistic world and elicited
applause from hundreds of thousands of
delighted people who nightly filled a
vast amphitheatre devoted to the spectacle.
Just what this feature of one season
at Luna Park cost us producers may
never be known, but they made it pay
and constantly improved and elaborated
it during the seasons its was produced.
Attractions on the order of
"Creation" and "The Deluge" cost a
small fortune, and the original production
of "Fighting the Flames ' required
the services of a regiment of men, women
and children. The fire fighting force
was led by one of the most famous of
New York's fire chiefs, and under his
charge a body of trained athletes gave
the most rd.1fis.tic and spectacular per
formancc of its kind that was even
given.
While Thompson & Dundy's Luna
Park and Dreamland have been doing
their work in the reformation of Conej
Island, their efforts would have been
seriously impeded if it had not been for
the presence of the number of attractions
covering a somewhat smaller
space, but embodying all of the elements
of novelty and ingenuity that, charac
tcrized the best features of either Luna
Park or Dreamland.
Principal among these attractions is
Mr. E. J. Austen's "Johnstown Flood,"
which has been one of the real features
of Coney Island for several seasons.
It was first produced at the Buffalo Ex
position and later removed to Coney Is
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