The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-28
CHILDREN VISIT
ELECTRIC PARK
MORNING NEWS DAY AGAIN.
RAIN IN EARLY AFTERNOON KEPT
DOWN SIZE OF CROWD.

Amusements Worked over Time and
at Least 1900 Children Had Hours
of UnaIlOycd Joy-DOorkeeper mt
Tobogsnn Had Hard Task to HoId
Back Enthusiastic Tots and older
Persons as WeII-Street Railway
Handled Crowd in Perfect shape.
Despite showers and ominous clouds
more than 1900 children with Morn
ing News coupons were at the Electric
Amusement Park at Thunderbolt yes
terday afternoon.
Children, accompanied by their moth
ers, or sisters. or travelling alone, or
In groups, visited the park all during
the afternoon and played the attrac-
tons to a finish. Hundreds of Morn
ing News coupons were presented at
the box office and EXCHANGED for tick
cts to the various amusements, and
every boy who had taken the precau-
ton to provide himself with coupons
had the privilege of a continuous per-
Torrance.
But the threatening weather did not
deter huge punches of children who
had provided themselves with tickets,
and the drops had hardly stopped fall
ing before the youngsters had persuad-
ed their mothers that the rain was
over and that there was something
doing in their line.
And while children under such cir
cumstances are liable to allow their
desires to warp their prophetic in
stincts, this was one time when the
children had studied the correct dope
books. The rain cooled off the at
mosphere and left the temperature at
just the proper degree.
Children Out I'm DrOves.
AS the cars pulled in loaded with
their freight of romping children, the
occupants tumbled out and headed
straight for the nearest attraction,
while their mothers, or caretakers. fol-
lowed with such speed as they could
command.
Early in the game there was wait
ing crowd in front of the toboggan
slide, and the genial officer in charge
of the entrance had the time of his
life in holding back the youngsters, and
allowing the proper number to get into
the class of eligibles for the next ride
The crowd, in which was also the
mothers and guardians already re-
ferred to, would surge against the bar
and when it was raised those in front
were carried forward by the pressure
and were only able to stop themselves
by the closing of the bar, which cut
off the crowd from those inside.
From the toboggan cars, which were
rapidly chasing each other around the
slide, came shrieks of laughter as the
cars lurched from side to side, making
those still outside the fold more anx-
ious to break in" And their patience
was rewarded, for every one who wait
ed was given a ride.
Many other Attractions.
At the carousal the children were
always ready to fill the seats when the
music stopped. The mothers were
seated in easy chairs watching their
charges as they passed them at short
intervals.
Nearby was the ticket office. where
Morning News coupons were ex-
changeable and the young lady in
charge was kept very. very busy in
attending to the calls of the children,
who presented an almost endless num-
Der of bits of paper
Inc miniature railroad also ala q
thriving business, and the cars were
loaded for several hours with the chill
dren, who, it seemed, could not get
too much of car riding.
The Parasian Maize proved an at
traction for the children, though it
was not so extensively patronized as
some of the other shows.
Wearying of so much excitement,
some of the children spent a part Of
their outing at the wharf watching
the boats and enjoying the cool
breezes.
From o'clock until the close of the
entertainment at T. the children were
returning on all incoming cars. Final
ly the last tot had taken his last ride
and was safely aboard car for home,
with his return trip ticket tightly
clutched in hand which, perhaps,
showed too intimate an acquaintance
with the sports of the evening, and
royal day was at an end.
With ten-minute schedules the street
car company handled the crowds with
expedition and perfect safety to the
visitors.