Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-29
OPENING Oh
DREAMLAND.
BIG COney Island Attraction
Ready for the Seasons Rush
Some Of the Attractions.

Dreamland, Coney Islands biggest
amusement enterprise, is open for
the summer season. Since last sea-
son so many improvements have been
made and so many changes in the
NJ character of the park that visitors
will scarcely be able to recognize it
as the Dreamland of last
LIT is said that Senator Reynolds and
his associates have spent something
in the neighborhood of 100000 in
redecorating and re%iuvenating the
big amusement enterprise. The orig
inal color scheme which gave to 1t
its distinctiveness and the name of
The White City" has been retained
but everything will be found bright
and new Some of the most import
ant attractions of last season will
again be in evidence, but for most
part the minor ones have new and
attractive substitutes.
Creation, which was one OF the big
successes OF last season, occupies the
same space as formerly but this year
many new electrical effects have been
added and 1t will be found to be mor
attractive than ever. Bostock's ami
mails also occupy the place at the en-
trance of the grounds, which has
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Dreamland. Bostock himself has re-
Gently arrived from abroad, bringing
Tmany new and strange animals and
many novelties are promised. The
Palm Garden, which last veal was a
most attractive feature of the park
and which was underneath the big
tower, has 10Y been raised until it
is level with the boardwalk and it is
expected that this will increase its
popularity with Dreamland visitors.
A great free hippodrome will be one
of the attractions this summer IN
which forty horses and as many
drivers and riders will participate.
There will be chariot races, stand
ing races, Jockey races and numerous
ring acts In which several prominent
European circus performers will take
part. One of the feature attractions
and ono that is entirely new is called
THE End of the World" This spec
tacle is given in two big auditoriums
connected by subterranean passages
and 1t is expected that 1T will prove
an eve bigger sensation than did
the production of Creation last sea-
son. 1t begins where the other spec
tacle left off and shows the Garden
of Eden with Adam and Eve being
driven from Paradise by the Angel
Galriel. This is done in pantomimo
and is in the shape of a tableau;
beautiful scenery and numerous cleo
trical effects are employed, this part
of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES only
a few minutes. The audience then
leaves the first theatre through the
s~ubterranean passages, the walls of
which are decorated with numerous
paintings copied after the style of
Dore, and come to the second part,
the auditorium where the major part
of the spectacle is given. This de-
picts the destruction of the world by
fire, the angel Gabriel dividing the
wicked from the blessed, showing
part of them ascending to the abode
of the elect and the rest descending
to the neither regions. More than
one hundred people are concerned in
the production of 1.-The End of the
World" there is a choir of twenty
five voices and a magnificent organ.
The Infant lncubat0rs, it is expect
ed, will prove to be n of the best
drawing attractions of the summer,
as it was of last season. "a novelty
this year will be the exhibition of
two machine guns, which were cap
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during the late Russo-Jap war,
and which will be operated by sever
al Japanese soldiers, who it is said
took part in the battle in which the
capture of the guns was affected.
Scenic Railway, always
one of the most attractive features
of Dreamland, has been enlarged un-
til now a single continuous ride of
two miles is given for the n price
of admission. 1t has been extended
until it occupies a space encircling
the whole of Dreamland. 10 this
has been added new pictures for the
The big ballroom. undoubtedly the
most elaborate affair of the kind in
the world, has been r~edecorated and
more electric lights added until now
there are more than 5000 electric
bulbs in this gigantic hall. The facil-
tiles for bathing at Dreamland have
been increased until now $500 peo-
pie can be accommodated at one
time. Hurst's Auto Tours of France
and Italy win be one of this seasons
novelties. There will be the usual
array of carousals, and 1t is well
known that the chutes at Dreamland
are unsurpassed. To those who wish
to delve into the future, there are
numerous fortune-telling parlors and
experts in the art of palmistry.
The iron steambOas run directly to
Dreamland and the fare on the boat
includes admission to the park.
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