Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-06
READY FOR MIDWAY
All Washington Invited to At
tend The Stars Party.
PLENTY OF FUN ON TAP
Has Fabled Fountain of Eternal
Youth" Beaten a Mile.
COUPONS SAME AS MONEY
They Are Tickets of Admission to
One of the Best Times You Ever
Had in Your Life.
COUPONS SAME AS MONEY
Are you all ready?


Then go.
Nobody needs TO ask where he or she,
or the whole family for that matter, is to
go. because the answer is obvious.
To The Midway" of course.
The Sunday Star has done its part.
Here is the free admission coupon. which
1t was promised would be printed In to-
days paper and all that remains Is for
mother to find the family shears and cut
out the valuable little slip, which is just
as good as money al the Midway en-
trance. gate. Brother and sister. If they
want to go along with the family party,
may spend a part OF today collecting the
at-home aunties promised them the even
Ing after The Star issued the invitations
to its party.
AL around town the past three days,
ever since this newspaper announced its
intention to entertain its thousands of
readers at the Midway during five con-
secutive days this week. the talk about
family hresides has included little else.
And the result may easily be imagined,
for this week at the new pleasure resort,
despite the very great popularity it has
enjoyed ever since It's opening night a
month ago. Is sure to Surpass all records
Of attendance.
just Cut Out Coupons.
The program for The Stars party has
been carefully outlined in each issue of
the paper since Thursday-but here 1t is
again. just to be sure no belated reader
may go astray:
The Free Midway Coupon entities
each individual holder to pass the en-
trance gate at the big pleasure resort in
14th street near Park road, and once in
side TO have just as good a time as his
or her inclinations may direct. The cou-
pom Will be received just the same as a
twenty-five-cent admission ticket by the
management of the pavilion on each of
the next five days-Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and F'riday-be-
tween the hours Of 3 pm. and Z pm.
There is no extra expense to be consid-
cred. because all Of the amusements pro-
vided-and there are plenty of them-are
open TO all who pass the gate.
The coupons are readily transfera BILE,
SO there is no need for any of them to
60 TO waste. and this newspaper hopes
that all OF its subscribers and their friends
may find opportunity to enjoy its hos
pltality-So these subscribers who cannot
possibly arrange to take an afternoon off
to get share in the fun may easily find
other folks who will be only too glad to
use many extra coupons as may be
found. There is no desire to have the
papers bought in great bundles just to
get the couponS-and. in fact, the supply
will not exceed that which is usually
printed for Sunday circulation-but the
conserving of natural resources, other
wise the saving of all coupons in the reg
ular issue for friends who may want
them is a boon which meets with hearty
approval.
Attendance Has Been Large.
The attendance at the Midway up. to
date has run into the tens of thousands
and nearly every one knows about the
fun which Is afforded both to the watch
ers and to those who participate In the
healthy amusements which are offered
to all corners. The Human Roulette.
for example. big convex wooden plat
form. revolves rapidly that only one
person in a hundred is fortunate enough
10 hold his or her seat for more than a
minute. The other ninety-nine slide on
in all sorts of fantastic positions 'and
land kerfiunp against the soft cushions
at the side. Even Mr.. Sober Sides could
not help laughing long and hilariously
when he finds himself clawing at the
smooth surface and grabbing whole fist
fuls OF thin air in fruitless effort TO stay
on the spinning platform
Only a few short months ago one of the
men who makes 1t his business to PRO-
vide novelties IN the way of amusement
for the public happened to walk into the
pantry at his home (and 1t doesn't mat
ter who he was or where his home hap
pened to BED when he found tiny mouse
in the bottom OF big soup bowl. The
little animal was about as badly fright
ened as q mouse could be. Its frantic
efforts TO climb the smooth sides resulted
again and again in slide TO the bottom
until finally IL began running round ano
round In ever wider and higher circles
1t was held to the walls of its pseu do
prison by the very velocity Of its pace
and one supreme burst OF speed carried 4
over the brim and away to safety.
Easy Enough to Get In.
Thus originated the Soup Bowl fol-
humans, and ii is another of the bigges
fun-makers at the Midway. 1t is a wood
en- bowl about five feet in depth, made
entirely of hard maple strips. set on edg,
and rubbed to as CLASSY a finish as an,
real soup bowl in mothers pantry. Any
one can get into the bowl by simply put
ting his feet over the edge. Gravitatior
does the rest, and Mr.. Experimenter lands
in a heap at the bottom. The stunt con
scranrbling will carry even the mos
active person straight up the sides. ant
the only recourse is TO follow the exam
pie of the mouse. and run round aiA
round in larger and larger circles Unit
the momentum attained Is sufficient t
carry the entrapped human TO the top
The slightest interference in any one
sprint spells immediate disaster. ant
when ten or a dozen persons are in tn
bowl at enc time some one is Away
alipping az the wrong moment and bring