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SHOVS AT THE SEASIDE.
PAINS Fireworks Display to Open This
Wect-Other Novelties.


Port Arthur" the new fireworks srcc-
tnce in PAINS Amphithcater at Manhattan
Beach, will open on Thursday evening OF
this week. The scene shows Port Arthur,
looking diaGonally toward the sea- In
tho foreground are the old and new towns
and the permanent Notifications. Russian
warships are seen inside tho harbor ana
Toco's ships are outside. The action that
follows includes a declaration of war,
torpedo attack and n combined assault
by sea and land, ending in Stoesse's sur
render. \ fireworks display will wind up
the nights entertainment.
Percy Williams will open the Manhattan
Beach Theater on Saturday with the first
of a series of vaudeville Carnlvals.
There are many changes in the free cir
Gus acts at Luna Park this week, and the
program has ieen heightened so that the
performance now lasts from noon to mid
night, with only two appearances OF each
act. Among the additions are Caioeco,
king of the bounding wire; Josie Ashton, in
bareback riding act; Archie Seacor. in
Jockey act; Chick, Nine. leila and her per-
forming dogs, and others. An innovation
is a hand concert from 6 to 7 In the band
stand, near the restaurant. by Lemlein's
military Land of sixty pieces. With the
advent of warm weather and the open
ing of 4The Fall of Port Arthur all the
shows are open. In the lgorrote village
additional dances are being given, and
stone and spear throwing contests have been
added to the program.
A number Of Ogalalla Sioux Indians are
giving in Tobin's Novelty Theater at Dream
land an entertainment consisting OF a war
dance and other characteristic featS. A
feature of the show is Tom Ford, Vest
erner who can shoot His manager an
nounces his willing ess to back him against
any rife shot in this country. The public
has taken kindly to Hunting in the Ozarks,"
where amateurs can have enjoyment shoot
ing at animals, birds and figures as they
move through the mountain scenery. Last
Sunday between 5000 and 1000 people
crowded around the hippodro me track to
see the races. The hippodrome is the best
| free attraction Dreamland has yet devised.
| The races are given at 3 and every day.
Capt. Bonavita announces that he has
in rehearsal new series OF tricks for his
lions, which he hopes to have ready for
production at Bostock's, Coney Island. by
July 4. Rey (ilS, has scored with his
/ amusing colItilS dCt, Ht DuSI
Mile Auro-as Animal Avalanche" is as
surprising as ever, and Nine. Morreli is
doing some remarkable stunts with her
! jaguars and leopards.
New things are being added at Brighton
Beach Park. By the end Of the week Leo
Stevens's airship, the California Arrow,
will make daily ascents. The Brighton
Pike is rapidly getting into shape; Ireland s
Own Band is giving daily concerts. and
next Saturday Thompson's Scenic Rail
way will be opened.
| The Beer War show continues to be a
great attraction, and not the least interest.
ing part is a trip through the Boer and
British camps where more than 200 tents
have been pitched.
Austen's "Johnstown Flood" and his
latest novelty in the way Of electrical and
mechanical scenic effects, New York 10
the North Pole" are both proving among
the most attractive things at the new
Coney Island. The latter was one Of the
few successes made on the pike Of the
worlds fair at st. Louis.
At the Grand Pier Music Hall, North
Beach, a continuous performance from /
to II P. NJ. includes vaudeville stars and
many European novelties At Gala Park,
Lockwood, the one-legged cycle marvel
shoots the chutes on a bicycle, and there
are other interesting feats.