Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
Crowds Gathering All Day at
Luna Park.
GAYETY is PLENTIFUL
Coupons Give All a Treat at Every
Amusement Place.
JUVENILES MAKE THINGS HUM
Having Time of Their Lives and .
Trying Everything Once
at Least Today.

They're off
Who?
The Star guests.
Where
Luna Park. of course.
Yes. a good many Of them are there.
In fact. there are a great many And
fun! Well, they are just chock-full OF II.
The weather man was good 20 them He
said the other day he thought il could
be fixed up. And he did ii.
The crowd started just as everybody
thought il would Early 10 bed and
early to rise" was the slogan. and at IL
O'Clock. when the gates opened. there was
a good bunch OF people on hand And
they kept going through the turnstiles
steadily right up 10 half an hour ago.
when the last reports were received from
the pleasure resort.
Children Get Busy.
The children got busy the minute they
were through the gates. And couponsi
Well. each one of them had a fist full and
then some. The carrousel was the first
thing they thought of. and on its initial
trip this morning every animal had a
rider and all the available space was
occupied. And il kept up.
Next the youngsters flew for the chutes.
and such shouting and yelling you never
heard since your born days. There is no
law at Luna for the determination Of USE
less noises. No. indeed. You can Just
yell your head of II you want to. No
one will modest you as long you are
having a lot OF fun.
After they had shouted themselves
hoarSe and couldn't even boo any more
they got into the old mill looked the
farms over smelled the hay, dipped their
hands in the water. threw il on their CON-
panions. rocked the boats and just had
one glorious time. And all the time there
was music. You never heard of music
in an old mill? Well. there is music
down at the Luna mill. The management
hasn't overlooked a thing
THE Merry Widow hat and the Down
and Out couldn't accommodate the crowds
of youngsters. They tried their best to
hang onto the hat and ii wasn't long
before the alfalfa was baled ready for
shipment. The kidets hit the sod with
resounding whacks and new layer OF
that western fodder had to be placed
around the whirling hat.
Try Everything Once.
The Down and Out" was never more
slippery. The youngsters stand at the
top for a minute. out from under them
go their feet, the slide comes up and hits
them a crack and away they go to the
bottom, always ready to try it over again.
The older folks are barred from these
two amusements. but they have the fun
of their lives watching the youngsters do
the whirling and sliding act.
The Chateau Alphonse. the Aerial Swing.
Loves Voyage and all the rest of the
amusements were just as busy bees.
Loves Voyage seemed to hit the medium
grown-ups about the best of anything.
Loving young couples wendell their way
toward the mystery. and after spending
an allotted time inside out they came
smiling, blushing. hair rumpled and just
as happy as young people could be.
The last report received by The Star
says that it is the happiest. jolliest and
merriest crowd that ever assembled n
Luna. Welk it's mighty satisfying.
When the older folks get through with
their work today, there's going to be more
fun at the park. All the men folks whose
families are down at Luna will hit the
trail, and then look out. They've been
working most of the day and a little out
ing is what they are going after. And an
outing they're going to have. Yes. indeed
You can't stop 'em when they get started.
The women folks will have a nice little
lunch for them. they'll grab a chicken
leg i'm one hand and a couple of kidlets
in another and then for another round OF
good things.
Those that weren't down today are 60
ing down tonight. That's cinch. They
wouldn't miss a good time like this for
anything No. indeed.
So look out for tonight, little Miss Luna
Park.