New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-17
LUNA PARK OPENED.
Especially Fine Examinations
Large CrOzcdS Present.

The New-York Worlds Fair at Luna Park Coney
Island was opened last night under most suspicious
circumstances. Although last night was an invita-
ton opening at 10 o'clock fty-three thousand peo-
ple had paid for admission to the grounds Inc
Examinations were especially pretty.
Luna Park covers an area of twenty-five acres
contains half hundred buildings AM utillzes over
two hundred thousand electric lights Electric
fountains and cascades are there III Abundance
The entrance to the park is an arch covering nan
Of city block A. each top corner rest mammoth
monoliths From the top of this is presented d
striking spectacle.
AS far as the eye can see rise from the sio1
prettv shaped structures down the Court Of Honor
at the right of which is Venetian city with d
canal making its course along the fountain me
upon the waters of which are boats WIN saUuii'
attired gondoliers singing to the music OF sui''i
md mandolin On the other side from the entrance
10 the Court of Honor are the three illusion spec
tacles First of all is Trip to the Moon the hISI
eIectroscenic mechanical Illusion spectacle ever
constructed This was great success at the ran
American. -
Next is = monster battleshp with rs turrets' ana
guns protruding from the b:eastwurks behind hieh
hove tn. heads of those walking about this TWEEN
tfeth century midway. Within its walls, when are
shaped to represent Fort Hamilton ana -i S
Raw will be presented on and AFTER MeHioi41'
Da, q COSTLY scenic spectacle. 1t is TO be known
rs the War Of Worlds, and will show an attack on
NAv--York Harbor ny the navies Of the aliied
mowers with their own ultimate destruction and de
feat
Passing an electrical fountain, one comes to
large h,Iilding Inside this may make a trip
with J1lles Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea" on a journey from Luna Park 10
the North Pole at which point the boat hnaliy
glidcs under the water, with submerged ICEBERG
al tn, top of which is discovered an ESqulmau
village with Esquimau dogs and sleds and polar
bears enjoying life amid icebergs. made possible
by a refrigerating plant. The beat IS brought TO
the surface and the passengers alght and are
guided around the cities of ice by the Esquimaus
After making the tour through grottos. an iceberg
theatre is discovered. where, b. means Of thirty
eight different scene drops. forty-sX hundred cleo
trio lights and Il gauze scene panorama, three and
a half miles in length. a delightful transformation
is witnessed beginning with King Frost and end
ing with the scene of the aurora borealis. The
passengers are again taken board the boat and
landed back in safety on the Midway
In different of the grounds the SCENE
rivers and bahbling brooks. Japanese garuenS, Old
Germany. Little Ireland with every county made
the real sod from the natural counterpart across
the sea. the Grand Casino. Alhambra and COnVen-
ton Hall. the infant iucubatorS, the Htppodrome
with Monkey Theatre, the Mile Minute Shoot
the ChuteS. sensational ride, Sea on Land.
d Chinese Theatre with a Ching Ling Foo the
Midnight Express by which one may take trip
on a real railway train from Luna Park to Buffalo,
Filipino Village. Hindoo Village japanese village,
SingaleSe and HaWaIlanS-
Two immense circus rings stand out at either
side of the electric tower in the lagoon, in the
arenas Of which strange acts are going on all the
time the water at a height OF 2O feet are
aerial artists. high wa lkerS trapeze perform
crs and Cameron. who with his hands tied behind
his back hanging d strap fastened tightly be-
from the top of the tower 10 the extreme end OF
the park a distance of two thousand feet.