The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-05
SUNDAY AT THE SHORE.
Host Of Attractions for the Patrons
Of Crescent Park.
Many New Features Unusual Offerings at
Rocky PoInt-FieId's Point

| 70"9'" NVh'diHs no Sucn tale OF success
as has come to Proprietor Boyden an
Crescent Park since the summer o
1899 opened. and i'm return for the pat
ronage which has been given him thu
Far Mr. Boyden promises a return [,
his patrons in the way OF greater at
fractions. more lavish expenditure d
money.
The special attractions for tomorrow
will be in line with what is 10 be ex.
pected al Crescent Park on the busiest
sunday Of the season, and Proprietor
Boyden viii show the people OF tbs
state and surrounding places what il Is
possible 20 90 20 make "A day big one
| even IN comparison with ordinary DAYS
at so big a shore resort.
Since the season first opened IN
| clambakes at Crescent Park have been
notably successful, but tomorrow will
J be success among successes. Ar
1 rangements have been made for hand
| ling a great crowd, so that a crush OF
excursonists will not prevent all those
| VINO attend from securing first class
/ service and bake excellent in every
| way
The 9 o'clock bake has never before
attained the popularity IL has reached
| this year. Mr. BOyden, with his wisdom
! of years and fund OF experience, has
I found ways in which TO improve his
\ dinners and the improvements this
year are appreciated by the people who
| partake OF IL. II has become a very
common thing for parties TO be made
up IN Providence and Pawtucket with
| the object of going 10 Crescent Park,
partaking of the late bake, and spend
ing the evening in viewing the mani
fold and diversified attractions of the
Coney Island of the East
Mr.. Boyden has acceded TO the nu-
merous requests made him by those in
terested who visited Crescent Park
evenings this week and at a consider
able financial sacrifice has induced the
managers of the CineOgraph TO contin-
ue their entertainments for one more
week. IL would seem that i'm the NOV
ing pictures OF the Jeffries- Fitzsim-
mons glove contest. recently held at
Coney Island. the acme of motion-p pho
Biography had been reached. a sporting
editor Of one of the papers of the state
who attended the great contest and
who Witnessed these pictures "A night
or two ago. said that not a movement
of Importance was lacking in the whole
boxing match. from the time the men
entered the ring until the final blow
was struck that made James j. Jeffries
the champion pugilist OF the world.
When il is remembered that the con-
test itself took place at Coney Island,
amid all the sounds OF a great resort,
and that the reproduction at Crescent
Park, the "Coney Island of the East"
Is surrounded by almost exactly SINH
lar conditions, il may be understood
how the representation is perhaps more
true 20 nature than would be possible
Ut any other place of entertainment.
SO popular have these pictures be-
,ome arrangements have been made
they will be given indoors i'm
future, I'm order that exhibitions may be
given in the daytime as well as the
evening. The last evening show will be-
gin soon after $3.50 o'clock, or upon the
arrival of the o'clock boat from Prov
Idence.
Ladies and childiDn are delighted AT
The entertainment which has been pro-
vided especially for their amusement
and although the perform
lnce of Prof. G. l.. Edwards horse,
log and monkey curriculum is design
"a especially TO please them the gentle
men who are able to attend AN after
loon entertainment have been no less
over the exhibition. There |
re number OF each OF the three kind, |
4 animals in Prof Edwards troupe, |
ut the king of all is Bonner" tho /
andsome black horse who demon /
trates daily his right to the title of /
he best educated equine i'm the world, |
nswering questions OF all sorts, read
TX, writing and doing sums in arith- l
Ietic. This collection OF wonderful ami
als has also been engaged to remain |
'r another week and will give three |
every afternoon as well |
evening exhibitions.
There Is no shore resort in New Eng
nd which has so much music OF so
)od "A quality as Crescent Park IL is
practical impossibility To visit the |
eat Measure "A WI 4
band or orchestra concert may not |
found in progress on some part Of |
le grounds. The Banda Napoli. under |
lie leadership OF Sig. Giulio r.. Ca
& selected programs that refech as
me. gives concerts all day long. play
uch credit upon the taste and dis |
animation OF the bandmaster rs they |
We satisfaction to the multituies who
,ar them. The concerts by the Rhode |
land Ladies' Orchestra alternate with |
e band music, and Brigham's famous |
nging orchestra plays for dancing af-
rnoons and evenings
The 200 broad acres of Crescent Park |
e being filled more and more each | 8
nek with attractions many OF them | :
der Mr.. Boyden's direct MANAGEMENT
any concessions. but not the less in
resting as assisting 10 make Crescent | :
lrk one Vaff pleasure ground where 6
people. men, women and children. |
ana young. ingenious and blaSe can |
lite In being entertained each I'm the | Ii
~ that just suits him or her best The | a
~ beach, the best on Narragansett |
". is well patronized this summer.
q the capacity of the 100 or more n
IN houses is frequently seriously | G
Pr taxed. In the waves that strike | !,
shore and out upon the raft placed | !.
bathers' convenience are TO be seen =
ge numbers OF people at nearly any =
ir Of the day and many people enjoy ~
sight from the long pier. =
ROCKY POINT. "
appears TO be a confirmed habit -,
h Manager Harrington OF Rocky p
MT to continually spring surprises $,
n his patrons. and without regard 10 IN
expense entalled he is determined -,
urnish them with everything I'm the m
OF legitimate recreation that IL up "
late, and for tomorrow and the bal n,'' n'
p OF the coming week ne has one OF ar
greatest OF vaudeville - ttractions IN
he popular Forest Casino and 4 Is III
20 say that neither in Rhode Isl. -
. nor In any summer theatre on the ,'.t -,
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