New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-22
COMFY ISLANDS GREATn.,
THE HEAT DROVE MANY THOUSAND.
THE SHORE.
RAILROAD CARS AND BOATS ovERcRowDn
yAKIRs REAP THEIR SUMNER sAsv.-

TAKIRs REAP THEIR SUMNER HAav,~
WITH THE SAME OLD oANxs
COney Island was the Mecca yesterdsv
sands Of people who sought to escape tn. ,,,s'
atmosphere Of tenement-houses and n.
baked pavements For a week the coo, :. ~
phere has tended to keep the crowd q.
and the fakirs and others at Coney Isl.n.
in a state bordering on despair. Bu, - va
there was a difference. The hot ws.,,~q
scended upon the city. and the havoc II t.r.~
make with tempers and starched linen ~
pleted by General Humidity, who swan, Nv ~"
fore him. and left a feeling Of stlckin...
where. Consequently, everybody who oo,,, UT
away did SO early. and the sun wa. .,% %
in the east when thousands were I'm ,'e
about for an early start to the seasho,. ,s't
Island. the paradise Of the multitude, or...
share, and, II the careful statistical, ," 80"
lowed to speak. he would say that n.'"@
some thousands over. Coney Island ,'w
does not retire the night before until .s.-q
break, and the first arrivals from tn. A., '
many Of the alleged places OF amussr.. .'~a
fakirs' shows still closed UP and wrspn.1 =. va
deep slumber that an all-night vigil n. ~,
engenders. But this was not for lone
Coney Islander knows what to expsc, a, -.
Sunday and was soon up and ready n 49,"
the legions from town. Along toward ma.
Island was itself.
BY trolley-car. by steam car by boat. ,A.,u.
pie poured in as II there was no end TO hum.,s.
behind them. The trolley-cars, an usu,
ceived the worst jam. Both the comnar., ~,
the people. forgetting the recent fata, sc.,s...
by overcrowdng. piled on the hundred, a, ,...
regardless OF danger The aisles and altar. -
packed the projecting running gear o., m. 49,.
platforms had as many on each car a.. !, ,,.,,
possibly mold, and In some cases the roo,s ,,y.
cars were utilized FOR the collection ~ nlctsl,
There vas no attempt on the part OF ths en-.
ployes TO keep the people away. Come ,hr
would. and come they did. and Il was q rsr
piece OF good luck that no fatalities Of stres
travel are reported this morning Blu, Cons,
Island received everybody with open arms tn,
jaded appetites OF those who went down N h.
amused can hardly DE said 10 have been on.
peased with the froth and tnse and ali N.
etceteras which go to make up the sum total
OF the most mildly wicked place in America
But there was plenty Of breeze all day which
after all, was the desiieratum and the most
grateful thing that could be imagined in the way
OF solid comfort. unless II Is the strictly pure
Coney Island beer grateful only to the mos,
inveterate habltue Of the Island, whose interior
is copper-lined. and VINO drinks and enjoys inc
way truly beautiful to behold.
There were some people who had the temeny
to say that Coney Island was hot but they were
overloaded. and did not begin to feel comforta.
hl= until the thunderstorm which swept over
Long Island at about ) O'Clock brought even
more pleasing temperature than that which
came in from the opon sea
There Is really nothing new at Coney Island
The reporter. who has spent eleven seasons down
in that unique conglomeration Of oddities and
who has seen everything worth seeing. and be-
come stated thereby. says so, but, nevertheless,
the same old game al Coney daily and weekly
attracts its mutitudes, who seem 10 go eacn
tine with An undlsmayed imagination. born Of
an ever-recurring freshness OF heart, and an
Imagination il may be said. that is easily salts.
fed. Perhaps II you enjoy the UNIQUE TIE
"barkers." who reel off such wonderful tales o!
the mysteries 10 be found within the canvas
structures for which they are worn1g VIII
amuse you. In no less than five places FatmA
who originated the muscle dance, more IA
miliarly known az the "cOucnee-coucnee
featured In the picturesque language OF the yer,
bal press agent as being the only True anu
origina! Fatima. the wonderful and darkeyed
beauty from the proudest harens OF the "a!
East There are mild and intermittent hsaa
among tho rival "couchee-couchee' pr0pretOrS
which have lasted ever since the aosoiu'ey
original Fatma came from the Streets o, lam
at the Worlds Fair No one, not even the oces'
hanger-on at the Island knows what mas De-
come OF THE only" Fatima. She is lost IN or
SECURITY. or else has returned to her own nal.'
East. But her successors. counterfeit tnousa
they may be- coin the shekels that their prop'.e-
tors may live in winter Incidence and pes.s'
Fatima's dance in the den OF Hons Is pernals
the only thing on the Island when MAKES Wv
hair OF the crowd rise. 80 10 speak ana o''"s
out genuine enthusiasm. "a.
This and other like amusenents CONSUME w
ing" Coney Island Yesterday thousands o ge.'
pie did" the Island in the late morning n's W.,
through the afternoon and until the Iast cSl 49,
the Island But II is not until aiter lle "a, ns'"p y,
are lighted that the Island. and esps Ia "a.
Sunday night awakers 70 real Nle. In "A
lights are the frlnkfurter sausage ~oiii. 80 "a "a
the venders Of questionable food. Inc! g. ,hs
amuse YOU and II you haven't oeen - u,sht
Island before take trip dowl NOS. on! !,
II only costs YOU 10 cents. ana the exp ~ ears
worth having II you saw Coney ~ -. sone.
ago. go again. FOR possibly, there VIII NC
thing new" by this time.