The evening world., 1911-09-18

going down to sec the new
Coney Island that's risin
N nke a phoenix bird from
the ashes Of the old rssor.
I'm going with Norah Flynn. and We"
fall victims to all tho dry GOODS oe-
ceptions, from the r~ed-hanne sfupto
Of Mount Vesuvius to the pink ciik riD-
bons on tho rscs-sui0ds prooie"As !"
tho incubator kiosk.
..Was / there bsforsf I w. Z VA
there last Tuesday. DID I see the
sishtsf I did not. ~.
LAS Monday I amalgamAtsd myself
with the Bricklaysrs' Union. ana IN
accordance with the rules I wss ordered
TO quit work the same day on account
Of q sympathy strike with the lazy
salmon Gamers Lodge. No. 4 Of Ts-
coma, Washington.
II was disturbed In mind and pro-
c~iivities by losing me Job. bein' alrssdy
harassed in me soul on account OF
havln' ausrrellsd with Norah Flynn .
week before by reason OF hard words
spoken at the Dairymen and Street
Sprinkler Drivers semi-annual Dali
caused by jealousy and prickiy heat
ana that divti. Andy Coghlin.
80 I says. II will be Coney for Tues
lay: and II the chutes and the short
| change and tho Green-corn SILK between
the teeth don't create diversions ana get
mo feeling better. then ! don't know At
all.
"Ye will have heard hat Coney has
received moral reconstruction. The old
Bowery. where they used to take your
tintype by force and give " knockout
drops before having your palm read. V
now called the Wall street OF the ISL
7, md. Tho w~ienerwurst stands are re-
quired by law 10 keep . news In
'sm; and tho doughnuts are examined
every four years by . retired
Inspector.
the Niger mans head that was used
by tho old patrons to throw baseballs
at IL now illegal: and. by order Of the
Police Commissioners the image OF .
man drivtn' an automobile has been
substituted. hear that, the old immoral
smusements have been suppressed. Peo-
pie who used 10 70 down from New
York to sit In the sand and dabble In
the surf now give up their quarters to
squeeze through turnsdlss n see imi-
tations Of city hres and foods painted
on canvas.
The r~eprehensibie and degradin' re-
sorts that disgrs ced old Coney are said
10 be wiped out. The wipin' out process
consists Of raisin' the price from 10
cents TO Is cents. n hirin' q blonde
named Maudie TO sell tickets instead of
Micky, the Bowsry Bite. That's what
thew say-I don know.
But 20 Coney I goes q Tuesday. I
gets OF tho l. and starts for the
| giitterin' show. Twas . hne sight. The
Babylonian overs and the Hindoo roof
gardens was blazin' with thousands OF
electric lights. and tho streets was thick
with people. It's a true thing they say
that Coney levels all rank. l see mil
! ~llonaires satin popcorn and trampin
along with the crowd: and I see eight
do~Isrs-a-week clothin'-store clerks In
red automobiles fghtin' ono another for
who'd squeeze tho horn whom they come
to a corner.
"I made a mistake I says to myself.
Twas not Coney I needed. When q
mans sad its not scenes OF hilarity he
wants. 'Twould be far better for him
20 mediate In a graveyard or TO attend
services q. tho Paradise Roof Gardens.
'Tis no consolation when a mans lost
nj, sweetheart to order hot corn and
have the waiter bring him the pow
d4red sugar cruet instead or salt. and
them conceal himself. or to have Zozoo-
KUN. the gypsy palmist, tell him that
ma has three children and to look out
FOR another serious calamity; price
twenty-five cents
81 walked far away down on tho beach
10 the ruins OF an old pavilion near one
corner OF a new park. A year that
old pavilion was standin' up straight
and the old style walters was slammin'
weeks supply OF clam chowder down
in front OF you for a nickel and calm
YOU Gully friendly. and vice was ram
pant, n you got back to New York
With enough change to take a car at the
bridge. Now they tell me that they
serve Welsh rabbits on Surf avenue and
you get the right change back in the
movtn' picture Joints.
81 sat down at one side OF the old
pavilion and looked at the surf spread
in itself on the beach. and thought
about the time me and Norah Flynn ga
on that spot last summer. Twas before
reform struck the island, and we was
happy. We had tintypes and chowdcr In
the ribald dives, and the Egyptian Sor.
ceress OF the Mia told Norah out OF
her hand. while I was waitin' IN the
door, that 'twould he the luck OF hei
20 marry a red headed gossoon with two
crooked legs. and | was o%verrunntn
with Joy % account Of the Allusioa-