New-York tribune., 1903-07-12
WORLDS FAIR DISPLAY /,
Continued from ninth page.

elaborate 4s5 wedding ceremonies At point the
chinese maidens are singing. clapping hands and
youthful femiDinity. Another pretty incident is
SRe tea the e % 3 hdT hs bridal M
among them When the tiny saucers and cups are
Il into the tea kettle, the third sweetens it. and
then no.hh # is passed Ass around
dsPiay of national SharacteEistics is seen in the
istics Of life in the Island KINGDOM 'ne
There Is also Hindoo Kmbo dance and Hin
all Of which show most enertSnng phases sI Of life
among strange peoples in lands far beyond the
TRIP TO THE MOON
But while there so many new features to at
tract and interest the visitor to Luna Park the
have clustered, The Trip to the Moon" must
not not be forgotten In this the would-be traveller
EIfs Elsng from the earth and landing the lunar
TO the surface of the earths satellite is conducted,
under the leadership of a personal conductor of
varied surface and to understand as well as he
can can the problems presented by the mountains in
the beautiful woman which some observers of the
wondrous loveliness from the earth's surface But
II these features are not dscernible from the
lends enchantment to the view T5 ii9or to
the Luna Park moon in fc nds e tSat V.Tr tbar { Is
many a man in the moon, and. although they are
to have kinship with human creatures, and on one
OF OF the recent hot evenings one was heard to say.
had North Pole Breeze p for an6sRe fe% mnuteS
moons supposed surface give one an impression
OF Of so oiferent place from the earths surface
stay in that region. In the method Of ending the
Trip tp me adyenture has its most surprising aspect
moon calf creature of the most frightful aspect,
in Luna Park after an even more surprising trip
than that by which the earths surface left for
~, The whole world of illusion comprised in the
Park nay ran b 5 at Of novelties M at at Luna
HTes ires of the the great Midway at Chicago. at the
with those which so many thousands saw at B1f-
falo at the time of the Pan-American Exposition,
and surroundings which did much to detract in the
those shows by the younger portion of the com
munlty, no matter how much they were enjoyed by
the more adult visitors. Pleasure and instruction
are combined in the proper proportions in the
Luna Park shows. the glittering appearance of
Which Is a most potent source of attraction TO
visitors to Coney Island, who are thus brought in
viewing the exterior of the many attractions there
Is little will power left to resist the attractveness
is repeated until all the many attractions have
visitor finds frequent Expression n terse phrase G
summing up the ingenuity of the inventors and
means OF adding to the pleasure Of the vast amuse
ment !eT1,, seeking e9,1l1 public i1
tne te trip to the arctic regions Il think they will
Out the bowels of the earth for US to travel
III don't want to make any more such trips"
Moon for 1t will make me dream of it every time
see see the moon itself after this,
have believed the mind Of man was so full of in
The work already done at Luna Park in the way
OF providing amusement for the millions would
seasons to the features of this great aggrega-
& uGn OF entertaining features but doubtless in the
ios 9t ITS creators there are more surprising and
f6 69 mes for devices that shall throw
Verne. H G. Wells, or even Dante.
THE WAR OF WORLDS
The War of Worlds in the Naval Spectatorium."
one Of the 1904 features of Luna Park, is a repro
afa ah91Gn on on tn scale Of marvellous realism Of an
Harbor by the allied fleets of Europe.
IN viewing this more than mmicry of glorious
one of the bastons of Fort Hamilton at the en-
the fort-which by the way are real service ones
aTge Tah6re ee and manned by genuine can
ecfye s the eye g2aes beyond them the per
proportions of objects ana andscane are MAIN
tanned There is the illusion that actually
which the enemy's ships are seen approaching
ebece n1 n IN be size as they icy thep
look of full sized batteships and torpedo destroy
brought into view. skfuly manpuvred and coun-
Ter manGuVred by means of the electric machinery
tance Of five miles comes the report of the first
While the spectator sees the vivid reality of the the
scene As the combatants close in the solid earth
Guakes beneath the roar of the forts great guns.
Now and again a vessel is struck. splintered. dis
abled or sunk by a well directed shot. and de-
struction thunders over the deep broods in
the sulphurous clouds upon its surface. Their
comes the climax, In the sinking or dispersion of
one of Fort Hamitons bastions by the explosion
of a shell.
The entire scene is illuminated at night by eiec-
trio from a tower which rises two hundred
feet. Never before attempted such gorgeous
electrical display as this OF the New-York Worlds
Fair: There is illumination at CCney Island which
be easily at Prospect Park. The grounds
in all their elitrering beauty when the
forty-Odd structures. the 132 towers and the in
spring electric tower are all lighted at once with
two hundred thousand electric lamps. No previ-
exposition. not Buffalo,. with its har
messed Niagara providing power for its dynamic
machinery. ever had such brilliant display con-
centrated in such