Evening star., 1907-09-01

folks that the average Washington girl
has got everything else in the dance de-
partment pinned to the cushion, and visit
to the Luna pavilion is conf1rmatory evi-
dence. But, then, 1t mustn't be forgotten
that even an elderly elephant with out
cropping corns could dance smoothly and
gracefully on the Hon. Alonzo Jones' fine
and dandy floor.
Whiz! Walk a Mile.
That shoot the chutes Is a foolish thing,
and this, of course, explains its popularity
with the great American public. The celes-
tiaI's description of something Of the sort
"W-h-iz-z-z-z! Go like - asterisks walk a
mile fits in fine, except for the walk
mile At Luna there's no way you can
get to the top of the idiotc incline except
by riding up in the open-faced boat in
which you just slid down. If It's your first
trip you're mighty glad to ride back. You
confident you'll find lung or some
other vital part of your internal mechanism
scattered round above somewhere
The scenic river was mighty we'll patron
lied all day long, but particularly after
dark, when the oodly-ums and umdy-oodles
began to bounce through the main gate and
make running motions toward the ice cream
and soda water emporium. For the benefit
of gentle reader it may be explained that
an oodly-um Is a young female person be-
tween sixteen and twenty something, who
is in love with an umdy-oodle, and that the
latter is the same thing only reversed.
Those Foolish Dears.
The scenic river was the big thing with
these. They galloped for the entrance gate
like dusty ducks to a mill pond, grabbed the
last bench in boat, and slid off into dun
ia rlrn inf dc Of or
coupons and smiling with blissful idiocy
Once upon a time some fresh misanthrope
carried pocket electric light underground
with him and flashed it at the most interest
ing bend in the river He nearly broke up
the parade and busy picking flinders
out of his countenance for a month after
There weren't any flash light operators last
evening, and the scenic river all clut
tered up with heavily-laden fat-bottomed
craft right up to closing time
The Chateau Alphonse was another popu-
lar concession all of yesterday and holders
of Star coupons seemed to cotton nightly
to the foolish affair. For it is foolish, you
know, and is guaranteed to extract gfggle
out of anything short Of a dead ones Why,
If John d. Rockefeller ever visited the cha
teau it's ten-to-one shot he'd forget he has
money. The foolish house Is in the same
class giggle-getter, only the brand of
folly is different. All of which kept business
booming in both places most all the time.
Bye Bye, Everybody.
'Twould be sort of repetition to mention
the other concessions and the business they
did. Fifteen to twenty thousand people
cover a whole lot of space. even when
standing UP, and the real money coupons
papered the park before the day and the
evening Of fun and frolic came to an end.
The car service was better than you'd
think. considering the great throng that
| went down and had to get back. Some of
| the lively ones had to hang on by their
| teeth and eyebrows, but no accidents were
| reported and there We're few kicks
Twas a big success-this Star day thing
Maybe therell be another next year.
| Bye bye till then.