New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-14
BEACH AND PARK.

nv next Saturday all of the chief park
ond beach resorts will be open and sum-
mer recreation will have begun. Luna
port which was opened informally last
Sunday. IS running in part to-day. Dream
land will be opened on May 20. Inc Ne"
Brighton Theatre, at Brighton Beach, VIII
omen tomorrow. Palisades Amusement
park on the Jersey shore, overlooking the
Hudson. will open Its gates next SATURDAY.
Dreamland this season will glow under
new color scheme. The effects by day and
the electric lights by night Will be IN req
and white. Most of the popular rides,
7 gldes and slides have been retained ana
enlarged. Creation" will continue to be
the chief feature of the park. THE Great
Divide" has been rebuilt. The Canals OF
Venice" Hell Gate" the l.. a. Thompson
scenic railroad. the baby incubators and
the diving girls will remind patrons Of for
mer seasons. The wild animal show this
year will be Ferraris collection Of lions
tigers and Laddie the talking" pony. I'M
portant novelties will be '"rhe Sacrifice" a
Biblical pantomime taken from Genesis B.
and illustrating the love story of the shep-
herd boy Joseph. and 1.-THE Pit" In which
will be exhibited the Cave OF the Winds
the Chamber of Horrors. the Mirror Maze
and Paris by Gaslght. Another interesting
show new this year. will be THE Siege of
Richmond" which is a mechanical spec
tacle, depicting with miniature figures the
battles OF Petersburg and Richmond, with
Grant and Lee as opposing generals. The
Borneo village will be replaced by "A
Curio Village" in which human curiosities
have been gathered from the world over
The Dreamland Theatre, which last season
had a spectacle named Egypt" has been
transformed into The orient" in which
scenes from the harem of Sultan Abdul OF.
showing Nautch dancing, gun spinning and
the famous torture dance. will be shown.
miniature subway, with tiny cars, the
exact duplicates of those used by the Inter
borough, will encircle the grounds The
bathing pavilion on the ocean has been con-
siderably extended. There will be many
free shows going on continuously on the
grounds, the principal attraction of these
being a two-ring circus in constant opera
ton. Dreamlands famous shoot-the
chutes remains as Of old. and there will be
several bands of music to add general en-
livenment to the park.
Although most OF the old attractions at
Luna Park will be in full swing to-day, the
new devices will not be in operation until
next Saturday, when the regular season
will be formally opened by the release OF
forty Luna Park carrier pigeons from
Philadelphia, Atlantic City. Scranton.
Penn, Albany. Hartford. Conn. Montauk
Point and from other points on land and
mil
OF the pigeons. which of their own accord
have made their home at Luna Park are
being especially trained for the flight II is
expected that most OF them will return.
Luna Park to-day is a veritable maze OF
rides and amusements. The huge park has
teen practically rebuilt this season for the
first time since it was opened, nine years
ego. Frederic Thompson has carried ont
to the letter this year his scheme of a
toyland for grown-ups. with the result that
day spent al Luna will be a joy from he
ginning TO end. There are twenty-one rides
and forty-two shows all told. 4 big sign
IN front of the park this year reads. "If
it's fun it's at Luna" And II comes pretty
near being literally true.
The work OF reconstruction of Palisades
iark on the Jersey shore. overlooking the
Hudson River. is rapidly nearing compile
ucn' ana the resort. bigger. better and
brighter than ever. Will open for the sea-
son on saturday, May 20 under the man
dsement OF the Schenck Brothers. AVA
ton Is to be given considerable attention
at the park this summer the idea beins to
make daiiy flights. weather permitting.
American and European ayiators OF note
VIII APPEAR there throughout the season.