Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-25
TIME OF THEIR LIVES
Thousands Enjoy Star Day at
Luna Park.
BIG SHOWER OF COUPONS
Bundles and Boxes of Them Collected
on the Grounds.
YOUNGSTERS POCKETS FULL
All the Forms of Amusement Liber-
ally Patronized-Fine Weather
Makes Occasion Memorable.
YOUNGSTERS POCKETS FULL

Many thousand citizens of Washington,
young and old, present or prospective
readers of The Star, who had been col
lecting coupons and planning stunts for
the last wee kor so, journeyed down to
Luna Park yesterday and had the time
of their lives. 1t was Star day for 1903.
and one glimpse at the crowded amuse-
ment resort, with every funmaking and
thrilI-producing device going at full blast.
gave evidence of the fact. Star day last
year was big success, but yesterday put
it all over previous records.
It appears from the trunstiles at the
park that more than 10000 Washing
tonians awaited themselves of The Star
coupon offer yesterday and made merry
at the resort. There were no accidents
and no disagreeable or Objectionable fea-
lures of any kind at any time during
the day and evening. The car service
was excellent, handling the big crowd
with ease, and everybody got home on
schedule time. Many of yesterdays
visitors expressed their appreciation last
evening of the efforts of The Star and
Manager Goodfellow to provide day
of fun for such considerable slice of
the city's summer stay-at-home popula-
ton.
For one thing, the weather couldn't have
been better for an all-day time out of
doors. Then, again. the weather hasn't
been so hot and enervating as to take
away from the average citizen the idea of
going somewhere near town to have fun,
either mild or strenuous. So when the gates
of the Park opened at IL o'clock yesterday
morning there was quite little throng,
made up mostly of folks who had gone
early with their lunch baskets and picnic
boxes and children prepared to stay late.
After that every train that rolled down
toward Fur Mile run was crowded to
the guard rails.
Shower of Coupons.
The coupons, published in last Sunday
Star, We're good between IL am and
midnight yesterday, and from the bales
and bundles and boxes of them that were
collected by the proprietors of the park
and its various concessions during those
hours, it would almost seem that not one of
them had gone to waste. Positively, some
folks must have been very active coll
lecting these coupons, some of which
were good for this and that and the other
thing, all by themselves, and some of
them became operative when combined
with a nickel or one dime, 10 cents. Some
youngsters had their pockets all stuffed
with coupons, with little spare change
to help out, and the gentlemanly pusher
who helps the roller coaster cars Sn their
way up the steep incline to the jumping
off place, insists that two bright
youngsters settled back in one of the
little vehicles at noon yesterday and
stayed right there, Smelling out coupons
at the end of each trip. until o'clock
yesterday afternoon. 1t was the same
way as far as the other attractions were
concerned and the carrousel in particular
carried its maximum load of juvenile
freight on every trip. Some of the kids
were so busy after riding around on this
contraption some umpteen times or so
that they had to sit down and hold on
to something when their coupons were ex-
hausted, and they had to jump back to
solid earth again.
Pause for Luncheon.
1t is the family feature which in the
past has made Star day at Luna Park
such a success. and yesterday was no