The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-07-03

White City," near the Worlds fair
! grounds and New York has her "Dcam
land" and Luna Park, between Coney
Island and Manhattan Beach. For ) or
10 cents person may ride to these
hrathing spots and take in many inter-
esting features at 10 cents each two
or three or more sights in one night.
\ clothing manufacturer of Buffalo,
| y. Y, took me to Coney Island and |
enjoyed the trip immensely, We took
the good steamer. Pegasus, aud passed
scores of brilliantly lighted sky'scrapcrs
and it made great impression, New
York harhor by night We went on
past the statute Of Liberty, ont to tho
| Atlantic ccean 10 near Sandy Hook,
The boat rolled, the air was crisp. yet
felt happy, because could sniff tho
sea breeze, and because il was more
like home,
II seemed strange TO be on the At
lanue after more than % years, II re'
minded me of the day when first saw
the shores OF this continent, u beardlcSS
boy; and for few minutes was lost
in dreams, thought of the place where
was born, where happy childhood days
were spent, the sod where my fathers
and my mothers bodies lie buried and
| | longed to 90 to that hallowed spot
hut--like ilash--I remembered the
other shore, on the Pacific, my home
where | have lived and labored for a
quarter of century, where my best
years were spent, where my loved ones
dwell, where each one OF my babies were
born, where my hfe's dramas and conf
edies were enacted, the land where tol-
erance and reason reign a. against the
preiudiccs and despotism of older coun'
tries, and the desire 10 cross the Allan
tic for foreign shores gave way to the
longing for a return home, my home,
my country; Gods country.
Talking about Coney Island! II is
dreamland for sure. \ blaze OF light
and a marvel of pleasure. II would
take A book to describe il all There's
the loop the loop, dip the dip. shoot the
chmtes, the scenic railway, a trip through
Switzerland. through France, Germany
and other countries on imitation rail
ways; infant incubators; cowboy and
chariot races; the ever present Arab and
his camel; the Bowery ballroom and an
act called Fighting the Fire" in which
over Geo people enact, Life in City,
You see buildings all around, children
playing in the streets, policemen patroll'
ing their beats, people going into res
taurant and being waited upon; hear
Eehurch bells Ginning and people OF all
ages and both sexes going 10 church;
! Chinese wash houses, where drunk gets
into A fight with Wah Sing; a barber
shop where men are getting shaved; a
dude getting his shoes shined on the
curb; men fighting on the sidewalk. Soon
YOU hear the music OF band and big
Fourth OF July celebration procession
comes around the corner. The grand
marshal, company Of soldiersv many
civic societies, floats, fire department, one
company dressed in modern paid depart
ment style, blue shirts, caps, ETC.
winding up with company OF red-shirt'
ed volunteers, led by a drum and hlc
corps. The women and children wave
handkerchiefs and flags from Windows
and the crowds in the streets cheer. The
people resume the ordinary routine oi
life after the parade has disappeared
around a corner and pretty soon a cry
of "Firel7 is heard. The fire bell ring
land behold! five-story building is seer
TO be onfire. Through a window on th'
top floor we see the curtains burning
hear a woman screaming. She faint
/, as the room fills with smoke. The FIR
department arrives. Three engines
drawn by horses, a hook and ladder AM
hose companies are on the spot IN
short time. People carry furniture Oh
, lof the houses; fremen going UP ladders
, streams of water turned on the build
2 ling: police and fremen carry women an
4 children down the ladders, and, as tn
| roof falls in a young man, and then
h girl Jumps from the fourth story windo'
q down into outstretched blankets held b
A fremen. 1t il all very thrilling and rea
I Every one, men, women and childrel
4 acting so real. This is no picture, 1t
d real life, enacted by people, right befol
your eyes and it made a vivid impressic
% on my mind. The street cars also n
N out to the beaches from New York al
AZ we returned home on the cars.
,r The next night We went to "Fo
N cooroe - n nlaee of amusement out