The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-09

outdoor season of gayety and pleasure
for the residents of Topeka and sur
rounding towns. Thousands of people
visit the pretty little park each sea-
son and leave, only to sing of it's glories
to their neighbors and friends who
have been less fortunate and unable
to see it in it's beauty.
Every attraction that was there last
year will be there this season with the
single exception Of the miniature rail-
road; which has been abandoned as
nonprofitable; and many others be-
sides. Vinewood park will be seen at
its best Sunday for each succeeding
day for the remainder of the season
ural beauty by those who cannot re-
sist the temptation to pick sprig
here or a flower there, though they
we'll know that it detracts from the
beauty of the place for future pat
ronS.
For weeks past wOrkmen have been
busily engaged in preparing Vinewood
park for it's opening day and neither
time nor expense has been spared in
the effort to make it pleasant and at
tractive. The figure eight" has been
treated to a fresh coat of paint as
have most of the buildings on the
grounds. Each cavorting animal which
does its part to make the carOuSal at
tractive to the children and their par
ents, has been given coat of paint
peCuHdT TO the specimen winch II Is
supposed to represent.
| The stripes on the zebra are a little
more brilliant than they will be a
week later and the spots on the leopard
more prominent while the names and
| tails of the horses will flutter more
| like the real things than they will af-
| ter they have paid their tribute to the
| young patrons who cannot refrain from
| the plucking habit. The boats have
| all received their new coats and pass
i ed through the retouching process so
| we'll understood by the painters in
| charge of the work.
| The scene this season on the open
| ing will differ greatly from that of
| last when the trees were bare or
| hanging full of frost bitten leaves and
| tWigS on account of a late freeze. The
| grass too was withered and lacked in
| greenness for the same reason and
| there was an air of abjectness about
| the place which will be absent this
| opening day.
Vinewood park has been the pride of
| the city since it was opened at the
completion of the Vinewood line and
| each season has grown in popularity
with those who long for a breath of
| fresh country air occasionally The
| improved car service has done much
| to popularize the park and it will be
| better this year than it has ever been
| in the past.
| Liz loddOcu lids O0eH greatly I'M
proved during the winter and block at
| ter block has been rock ballasted sew
| eral thousand new ties have taken the
| place of secondhand ones which were
| used when the road was first built; the
switching facilities have been improv-
| ed and everything is in readiness to
| handle the crowds in the most expedi-
| tious manner. The car schedule this
| season Will be about the same as it
was last on ordinary occasions, though
a dozen cars purchased about Christ
| mas time will provide additional trans
portation facilities whenever neces-
Sary.
| Vinewood park has been a success
| from the view point of owner and
/ patron ever since it was opened under
| the management of F. G. Kelly. the
| present manager. Each season it has
l made a little money for the owner.
Mr.. Wilson, who in turn has shown
ms appreciation of this fact by addi-
uonal attractions for the next wear.
several new features have been added
= this year or will be shortly, and q