The Jersey City news., 1906-05-05
LARGER BRIGHTON
New Amusement Park to
Open for the Season On
May 26

Greater Brighton Beach will open for
the season on May 26, with the greatest
line of attractions ever offered in an
amusement park. On June H. will be
added to the roster Of seventy attractions
Pawnee Bills Wild West Shows with
one thousand of the worlds savages, five
hundred horses, elephants. camels and
ponies, and typical western village
that will occupy a spoce of over twenty
acres. One feature of these shows alone
would command attention anywhere in
the world, for the fame Of Geronimo, the
Apashe, the most blood thirsty Indian
with whom the United States Govern
| ment has ever had to deal, is world wide.
Accompanying Geronimo will be his wife
and dauhtegr and one male attandant
who will act as interpreter.
Among the dominant features of the
Wild West shows there are unlimited
novelties. Besides, there are realistic
racing contests and spirited turf events
by accomplished lady and men Jockeys;
chariot races, Indian and squaws in
standing races, indians and squars in
picturesque scenes On the plains, scouts,
Mexicans, Chinese, Japanese, Arabs,
Russian Cossacks, South Sea Islanders,
Elk United States Soldiers. boomerang
and bolo throwers, Filipinos. Turks, the
South before the War, genuine George
plantation jubilee singers and dances,
Keilars Zouayes, the best and only
drilled lady soldiers in the world.
Apart from the Wild West shows
there will be the most extensive Of all
| mena geries, Ferrari's Animal Kingdom
with over thirty cages of trained wild
beasts.
Thomas r. Ryan Of Philadelphia, has
built great carousels costing over
| thirty thousand dollars near the main en-
trance to the big shows.
An unique feature of this seasons
plans is an exact duplicateof Donny-
brock Fair The various attractions
that have been imported for this exhibit
will be found along the line of what
known as ''The Pike" last season.
Real Irish soil has been brought over for
the purpose, and the varions shows will
be given on Irish soil. Everyone has
read about the famous Irish fairs, and
Manager Brady las at last given New
Workers an opportunity of seeing of what
they are composed AMI just what they
mean.
There will be baseball games every
Saturday and Sunday in the newly ar
ranged baseball track upon the site of
the old bicycle track. In the Manhattan
Beach theatre, also controlled by the
iofI,f oh I'm q nv
Edward q. Rice will make ella borate
productions of extrayaganzas which will
carry one back to the days of ''1492."
Among the other attractions that may
be named are the bathing pavilion with
| its 700 feet of beach. a japanese Pago-
do, Ye Old English Kitchen. a Mechani-
cal Steeple chase,> novel invention
which admits Of racing possibilities IN 4
very novel way Chiquite, the smallest,
most beautiful and most talented dwarf
balloon assertions, dancing halls skating
rinks.N and all sorts Of electrical wonders.
Mamie who is said to be a every nice
girl too, is to be one of the mysteries of
| the Brighton Beach Park. about whom
there is going to be great deal of con-
lecture, katzen TANNER Castle,
Mahdi Temple of Palmistry. an Indian
| Museum, Monkeytown and Fire and
Flames, the famous London Ghost Show
Happyland, the toboggan, Thompson's
largest scenic railway, and a host ol
other attractions go to make up the
amusement monage Of remarkable
park.
The great advantage Of Brighton
Beach over other Atlantic coast resorts
| is ifs extent. Over mide of beach.
more than one hundred aud fifty acres of
| land along the sea shore are natural adj
| vantages that cannot be gainsaid
There is nothing cribbed or confined
| about this new park, entrance too which
| is absolutely free, and it is undoubtedly
4 destined to become one of the greatest
resorts III the cpantEy this season.