The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-31
SALTAIR MECCA
FOR THOUSANDS
Merry Throng Crowded Great
Pavilion Until Late in the
Evening.
FEW TRIED THE WATER
AMUSEMENT DEVICES WERE
LITERALLY PATRoNiZED.

Thousands thronged Saltair, the palace
on the inland sea, yesterday and thou-
sands went away satisfied that the big
resort is bigger and better than ever
There was no special program but the
multitude of amusement devices which go
to make up the every da- attractions
were sufficient to meet every need.
The crowds started going out early in
the day and the first train at 10 o'clock
| in the morning was packed Beginning
with the 2 o'clock train in the afternoon
each train added hundreds to the merry
throDg and there was hardly room TO
move about when the good time was at
its height during the early hours of the
evening. The train service was excellent
and many compliments were paid the
management for the Improvement over
last year. There was only one complaint
and that was that the paint on the seats
of the open cars had not dried sUffi-
GENTLY and as a consequence many new
suits and dainty dresses suffered.
Upon their arrival at the grounds the
crowds scattered in ever direction, some
going to the roller coaster, others to the
dance pavilion, while hundreds strolled
along the great piers which lead out into
the salt sea-
Few Took to Water.
A few of the more venturesome dOnned
bathing suits and disported themselves in
the water to the intense envy of the more
| timid ones. But the timid ones were in
the great majority and scarcely at any
time during the afternoon were there
| more than two score bathers in the surf.
| This, too, notwithstanding the fact that
the bulletin board in front of the pa
viii On announced that the temperature of
| the water was 20 degrees and that the
bathing was good But the cool air did
not seem to subStantiate this belief in
the minds of most of the pleasure seek
md ffnrr To, fror
most heroically. The resort has now 200
additional bath houses attached to the
end of the north pier and can accOmmO-
date LOCO bathers at one time during the
| coming season.
Ride on Great Salt Sea.
One of the pleasures of the lake which
was taken advantage of but by few. few
because the accommodations are limited,
was a ride in the small steam yacht. The
! boat made trips every half hour. and
| each time was loaded with pleasure seek
erS who enjoyed the novelty of riding on
| the briny sea. A large boat, the Vista,
was anchored close to shore and will be
put into commission in the near future.
OF all the devices for amusement pur-
poses the roller coaster carried off the
honors of being the most patronized. All
/ day long the little red cars with their
| loads of excited humanity dashed down
| the dizzy inclines and through the intri-
cate network of tracks until it seemed
that everybody who went out must have
had at least two rides. A tour of the
| world, which is new attraction, was
| also literally patronized. The device re-
| sembles a railway car. and when once
started a series Of moving pictures are
| passed before the windows showing
| scenes along railroads in various parts of
the world. The illusion that the car in
which you are in is moving through these
places is perfect.
| The Japanese ping-pong booth did a
| flourishing business. especially among the
women. The device consists in rolling lit
| tie wooden balls into holes at the end of
long board which are numbered. and
| after ten attempts the Jap behind the
counter determines your score by adding
up the numbers of the holes you have hit
| and then give you a prize which is de-
termined by the score made. Numerous
| japanese tr1nkets were offered and wO-
| men would stand as much as an hour at
| a time rolling these balls and loading
their companions down with their prizes
Many Danced in Evening.
Of course the big dance hall attracted
its share of the attention. During the
| afternoon there were but few dancers
] but in the evening everybody f1ocked to
/ the smoothly polished floor and at times
| there was hardly room to move
| The slide for life by Wheelock took
| place at O'Clock in the afternoon. 1t at
| tracted great crowds. and as the daring
performer shot out from the pavilion roof
| clutching in his teeth a slender strap at
| tached to a wire and slid along 1000 feet
| into the lake without a mishap. a general
sigh of relief went up.
The pavilion cafe was well patronized
| ana IS better than ever. The service YES
| terday. considering the big crowds. was
| exceptional Many families brought their
lunches and enjoyed their repasts on the
many tables provided for this purpose on
| the lower floor of the pavilion
! The train service going back, although
| at times inadequate for the great crowds
was all that could be expected under the
circumstances and everybody finally got
/ home