The evening world., 1911-05-29
$4,000 SEERU|NS
Of DREAMlAND AND
COLLECT SOUVENIRS
Victims Of Coney Island Blaze
Open for Business Amid
Debris.
CHEER H E
Down but Not Out" Senti.
ment at Every Stand in
the Park.
THHONCS CHEER THEM.

1O1vVu1P.r-rs OF the great ~fre-great
'Yeunity WI iifetime-al tha's left Of
Beayuttfui Dreamlsn'-tsn c~en's-risht
~ way. ladies and %sents-the only
ssnoowfns relicts OF de ire-picked out
q tho roons red hot-nreates' 'p'tunity
~ hfe1me-sumpin' 70 han down to yer
Heae-grAn' chiirun-an' all fur ten
eootA. Pick EN- out ~'ile dey las
'p'tuDity va lifetime
Thus Ooney's hustiers greeted the
rGmendous mob Of $1,000 who had
hussisd down yesterday 70 see what
the little old Island loohsd like after
Salurdays IRE.
"Vooltan. right this way 70 see Sooltan.
he ~feroot0us. man-eatin' king OF tho
&~nUee-step r1eit inside and see Sool-
taA. who rave battle to a dosen police
nsn, holdin' dem at bay on the hishAs'
srAg along tho Rocky Road to Dublin
only ten oep's to 600 this fe~er-r-roshus
best now 20 tame that the chil'ren or
diuA ton Gems to IN dis mint wunder
O - world
Ard ehsrs. IN front Of q tent which
Cd yssear. VINO was burned out along
IN he rest OF DreamlAnd. had rugged
~ neaFUy. stood one-ar1ned Bonavita,
the Non-tamsr. fondling q lion cub. the
better to lure the crowd under the can
vss. where the undismayed Ferrari was
giving Q shot Of fve acts. half his
usual programme. with new performers,
lions, lsopards, ponies and monkeys.
hastSu recruited from his winter show.
Wanted 70 Geo Ruins.
Those VINO couldn't GET in 70 see the
snimais. and to srest Marguerite. the
boby Homes. VINO was reported dead.
bvt turned up a. frisky a. a pup. got
N under the tent, where tho tattooed
lady snd the other freahs were exhibit
Ing themselves with their usual air OF
~patronixing superuiiousn0s. II their
queer thrones made out Of rough pine
boards hasdiy moc&sd together ruffed
their dignity. they dd not show It.
They went rtOht on selling their photo
Eraphs Of their usual aloofness.
But for the most part yesterdays
cr0wd-ooe Of the bigEest that ever VS.
tied the great resoft-swsltered and
sapsd snd pushed and jostled along the
v OTONAD VA evVuuo ioSih Nv
ruins. They had come down to see.
what they expeoted TO see rhey didn't
know. but whstevsr thsre was to see
they wanted TO have a look at.
N they tainted from the heat. II
parents lost children. II husbands and
Wives and s~weethearts were separated,
II Amde no difference. The vast crowd
went right on staring at the twisted
sirders. the oharred lumber piles. the
piles Of ashes. the mud, the SCOT. and
some Of them. perhaps two hundred.
mostly women. got right down on their
knees and rmmaeed in tho muck for
fragments Of any old thing they could
point to with pride later on and say:
Yea, stree. that comes from the
Dreamiand nrs. l picked 1t out Of the
ruins myself"
Souvenirs for All.
But Conveys game business men had
beaten them to IL. They were ready to
greet rhs mob with everything con.
cavable IN tho way Of a souvenir. from
q twisted strand Of half molten wire
cable to . Hons tooth.
New canvaS and boards were W
every where that Conveys undismayet
n citizens could squeeze into. The Steu'
oenbords. whose hotel and restaurant
went With Drea INLAND. were selling no
n roast beef sandwiches and mo dogs
from the brick oven which was all tina
. remained.
Down. but Not OUT scrubbed on
board. right over the brick v toiS
q the whole story. Consy Island wal
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