New-York tribune., 1901-09-03
MRS. MA TON AT COMFY.
SHE COINS MONEY WHILE A CROWD
FOLLOWS HER FROM RESORT
TO RESORT.


Dazzle and all the other vertigo producing ma
chimes on Coney Island could compete last night
with Mrs Carrie Nation. the Kansas Joint sma sh-
er. Mrs. Nation exhibition at one of the
resorts Of the island and instead of smashing
Whiskey bottles, she smashed all records at
traction for the curious and prOdigaL
Mrs. Nationfarrived at the island about p. m.
C. the boat which she she creatsd q
small sized panic by attempting to wreck the bar
with OF the fire axes. cab in waiting
for her the Coney Island boat landing and she
driven to Steeplechase Park. at the end
OF the Bowery. This sign was then hoisted over
the gate, Carrie Nation speaks here Admission
10 cents
advice OF her manager, rested until night. She
took dinner il a private house. When she again
appeared inside the gate barker In the Bowery
began shouting follows:
Carrie Nation. the Kansas .toint' smasher: here
she is. gentlemen step inside; it'll only cost you
dime; the only Carrie for dime. The great
est attraction the grounds-Carrie with her
hatchet"
The lungs Of the barker" acted like magic on
the crowd. and il surged the grounds almost
faster than the tickets could be collected.
AT the sight Of the Kansas there were
such ordinations these:
There she is there!
See the in white dress!"
Wears glasses and brushes her hair straight
back"
The saloon smasher followed by a
bowling mob. Mrs. Nation taken to each Of
the side shows within the steeplechase inclosure-
No sooner was she inside than the side show an
nouncer began : follows:
step in with Carrie Nation. Won't cost you
anything extra Fun to watch her. She's the real
thing. the only real show on the island
The first side show Mrs Nation visited was the
House Of Too Much Trouble" The crowd at her
heels pressed in. The next was "A big see-saw. As
the Kansas reforrner swung UP and down she ex
claimed to Tribune reporter seated at her side:
Il like that That's bully" Just at this point
she caught sight OF a young man smoking a
cigarette.
Spit II out you dirty wretch" she exclaimed.
Don't you know your mouth better than a
spittoon with that nasty. stlnkng weed IN it
At the shooting gallery the hatcheG wtelder took
rife and fired at the biggest bulrs-eye on the
wall No trace could be found OF the bullet.
That amt good my hatchet for breaking
the devils gin bottles" she said. she dropped
the rifle,
At the next side show Mrs. Nation posed before
all the concave convex and other shaped mirrors
with which ii equipped. over mirror
which makes a persons head look twenty times
bigger than HIS body. the sign, "Intoxica-
ton"
The foe Of the liquor habit took look and
said:
Il thought the drunken state he'll. but
know II now
In sliding the CREASED plank which was a part Of
another side show, Mrs. Nation slipped, and in full
sight Of several hundred people fell TO the bottom
with such force that her manager had 10 pick
her up.
Mrs Nation was then led 10 a theatre. and the
barker outside shouted:
Step in and hear Carrie speak This is fake
show. We've got the real Carrie inside She
speaks for twenty minutes. You get your moneys
worth, gents only % cents only quarter 10
hear the only real. genuine Carrie Nation in the
world"
After the audience had filed in Mrs Nation spoke
in brief follows:
/ take for my text the transaction IN the Garden
Of Eden. where Eve the apple. That's a lesson
TO you rum soaked. tobacco sinking men For
when Eve had eaten the apple and Adam had had
d % Adam Do %hy @ the m c6%ard that he
he blamed II all Eve. And that's what he's do
But that apple had one virtue. II made them
conscious OF their nakedness That's more than IS
become decent. but nowadays there isn't that
pictures. hundreds of them in this city that ought
10 be clothed, Ike Eve. You women ought not
allow your be dehled by such statues and
pictures.
After the speech Mrs. Nation made another round
OF the side shows. and then another speech. After
three rounds and three speeches she retired for
the night She expects 10 rmain in steeplechase
Mrs. Nation up early yesterday morning, and
saying forth from the Hotel Victoria she went 10
Police Headquarters. There she waited fully two
hours in the hope OF seeing Deputy Commissioner
Deyery. She said she wanted 10 ask him if he had
Disappointed in this, she made swoop on a
saloon at Houston and Mulberry sts and broke two
arranged for her. She also broke some cracked
Although this was the first attempt Joint
smashing in this city, il did not awaken any hOs-
ity. but only chorus of loud laughs from a crowd
OF hangers on.
on her way past Madison Square Garden the
iny oweT refOrmer caught sight OF the Diana on the
See that naked heather goddess up there If I
only had my hatchet would go up there and cut it
down" she exclaimed.