The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-06-04
ploy.d By Paine frequently.

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mate OF Hhe crowd on the first day |
ranged all the way from $4,000 to
175.0O0. In sizing up a Coney crowd |
what IN a paltry $1,000 more or lessf |
There IN always n crowd at Coney, the |
only difference being that sometimes
Il IN denser than st others. The motto
OF this year In. Everything new exs
cept, the ocean--and II II whitewash-
ed" There certainly "a new paint, at |
any rate, likewise new shows. One OF |
these employs several million gallons
OF water, I do not know how many, 10
wash away n mining town. Another
also pumps In water by the ocean full.
In this case II In used to stage, or,
rather, to tank, the wreck OF the Re
public. Two boats bump into each
other I'm n most realistic and grinding
manner, and Jack Binns-the real Jack
Binns, not an mitation-pounds the at
mosphere full Of G Q DIS. When we
were yelling our esophaguses sore at
Jack Binns. hero. a few months ago
we never imagined he would come to
this and be a. hero TO make a Coney
holiday. Yet / suppose 1t Is all right.
II Jack cannot save any more ships he
can at least save money.
But, while Coney Is open, 1t is not
wide open. and thereby hangs a tale of
woe; also a lawsuit At u o'clock
sharp Saturday night fifty unfeeling
policemen clamped down Coney so
tight that even the barkers' faces had
to close up. 1t broke the show owners
hearts and almost broke their pocket
books. Investigation showed that the
mayor was behind the tight lid order.
and now the Coney showmen are suing
the city. getting out injunctions and
yelling for Sunday money. Only four
or five months to separate people from
their change and then to have one day
out of seven taken away from them,
and the best day Of the week at that
IL 10 too much! No wonder the vendors
OF hot dogs and cold beers are growl-
ing and foaming
Incidentally Coney is causing trou-
bic to the ROSTERS. Down at Sleeps
head Bay the poor fowls are deluded
by the Coney rockets into the belief
that dawn Is breaking all night, and
they keep up continual growing that
would wake up even William Travers
Jerome. Now, a rooster may think
that the Declaration Of Independence
assures him the right to crow as well
~ to pursue happiness and worms, but
II he lives at Sheepshead Bay he Is
mistaken, The owners Of the fowls
have been ordered TO shut or either
their music or their existence. and for
that reason the hens OF that vicinity
will probably be widows without going
to the divorce court.
Nor is Sheepshead Bay the only re-
gion I'm which the ROSTERS are causing
trouble. Up New Rochelle way there
was so much Growing recently that
the matter was taken before the judge,
who solemnly issued an injunction
against cbanticleer tearing loose his
steam siren before time for the COM
muters to catch their trains. The
owner OF the particular rooster thus
tangled up in the legal machinery ex-
pressed his sorrow, but what could a
poor man do? Would some one please
tell him how to keep a rooster from
Growing or to regulate 1t like an alarm
| clock? Thereupon one correspondent
suggested the remedy Of Herbert
Spencer who. 1t would seem. was wise
to ROSTERS. even If he was a philoso-
| pher. When Spencer's chanticleer
awakened him he proceeded TO tie its
wings, well knowing that no cock will
crow If he cannot Zap his wings
Firmly tying the ROSTERS neck might
also help.
| Recurring TO the unacceptable peach
basket hat. one of these millinery
monstrosities recently proved nearly
fatal to one poor man. Crossing a
bridge over the Harlem. Michael Con-
Ion saw a peach basket hat afloat and
jumped into the stream to rescue the
woman underneath. When he reached
the hat no woman was there. Swim.
ming with his clothes on, he lost
strength and was with difficulty rescued
and sent to the hospital to recover
Now. II that had been a civilized hat
poor Conlon could have seen whether
a woman was under it or not: but, be
ing a peach basket, it might have con
cealed anything. even 10 n sunken scOw
Following the outcry Of n Boston
sculptor that modern fashions. espe
cially lacinG and high heel shoes. are
causing deterioration Of feminine beau
ty. 4 number Of New York physicians
have added their testimony 10 tn,
same effect. Race suicide. puny chill
dren. feminine i'll health and even di
vOrce ere ascrihed to the fearful anC
wonderful Garb with which lovely wo
| man now diSCViSaS avap thOuc,h eb.