New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

The daring little Japanese craft rush IN on the
! larger battleshps and then make their escape Ths
like one OF the early battles Of the struggle that
New-Yorkers win be particularly interested in tn.
last scene, which consists OF the attack on New
final repuIse by shore batteries and the Atlantic
| Squadron, among the vessels Of which Is the IA
nlliar Brooklyn Ferryboats and transatlantic
liners. as we'll as an exact model Of the Manhattan
From the war is He'll pavilion one drifts nat
uraIy into the upper deck. or newly created por-
now have capacity OF more than two hund ttss
thousand. These gardens designed resting
charged. The garden idea is carried out by stick
Ing growing things. from turf to bay trees. from
palms TO pOtted flowers. wherever there IS a BIT OF
green 70 carry out the effect and in the centrs IL
great lagoon into which the boats from the shoot
the-Chutes plunge at intervals.
gardens Three circus rings have been mounted on
iron Orders. twelve fifteen feet above the water
In them continuous circus performance VIII DO
given o. the heb best known Tpg w0TksTs p ts
oack rlder5 WITHOUT end, ch4Tlot races anu many
new aerial performances The performance can
be watched from either the upper or lower gar
The Japanese portion Of the park has part Of
from Japan will tea. and amuss the visitors
as they do In the land or the cherry blossom Their
houses and decorated by Japanese painters. Even
the garden scheme has a Rising Sun cast. the vari-
plots being worked out in miniature. with tiny
lakes and stqnted trees and baby lawns.
sired TO know the style Of architecture followed in
me ne hangins gardens The question was passed
park. Some held that il Moorish, others
for Egypt. and still more thought that 1t In
splTed oy the temples IN the land or the Turk The
last man asked one OF the prOprietOrs, and his
style Of architecture he began, Its Thomp-
sonesque. There Is nothing like it IN the world 10
Turk. the Egyptian. the Indian and the HOttentot.
with some only original Coney Island ideas thrown
When Thompson = Dundy announced The out
line Tor Fire and Flames the most spectacular
OF this years attractions, amusement experts were
you can't burn down city block half a dozen
times day, they scofed IT'S too big a contract.
At one side OF the park the city block stands to-
day complete in every detail There is an elevated
trouble IS anticipated keeping people from rushing
up the stairs for the train that is waiting there.
ments the upper floors. The street is paved rs
are city streets. and the hydrant and IRE alarm
When the pc. sormance begins this street is tuH
fruit \ cabusan drives up and down looking for
deply pufe eli smoke barsts from one of the
turns in the alarm and the rush out Of the ten
Then comes the fire departnent-real horses pull
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children jump from the upper windows 70 safety
with a most reaIistic crash. the larger building
fails. the flames are checked and finally extln-
Henry W. McAdams who resigned year ago.
after serving for tTeDty-Cue years INSTRUCTOR
of the New-YOTk Fire Department, recognized as
authority training hremeu the world over
IS chief of the Luna Park department He has
sch0oled forty thousand rercen for this and other
cities. and is making prize pupils out Of the sew
crty men who are TO play hrvmen this summer.
They viii be experts in their several lines when
Fire and Flames opens next Saturday.
The amphithcatre from which the spectators viii
look on this remarkable spectacle is about far
away the opposite side OF a city street. The
effect Will be that of watching a fire from n
tage point much nearer than the police lines
permit. Before every performance Will pass
through the park warning the people that the fire
EOngs which viii be heard shortly are not ringing
FOR real fire, and that the smoke which rises IN
great clouds. while IL is real enough is under per-
feet control and no cause FOR stampede The
buildings built OF iron. and arranged that
they can DE speedily put together again after each
performance.
In a preliminary visit such as The Tribune
porter made il Is only possible TO cover the args
features which are under rehearsal There Is no
end OF smaller entertainments. which the public
must seek out fer itself There for instance ths
elephant barns. or the training yard. where Peter
Barlow Is experimenting with animals for next
season Not the least of the Luna Park attractions
Will be the vast thrOng which will crowd the park
until closing day toward the end OF September.
ITO aHuse the greatest number at the least cost
Is the motto OF Greater Luna Park, and il will
surely DO lived up 10.