The sun., 1919-07-05
Thousands Go Bathing and
Line Beaches, Seeking Re-
lief From Heat.
STRONGEST DRINK IS BEER
Railroads Are Taxed to Limit
$4,000 Spend Holiday
at the Island.

HOrlspn, the last scarlet Duln on the
highest minaret OF Luna blinked YEARLY
TO sleep. the bankers were silent and
all the lost kids of the beach had been
returned to frantic mothers when the
last Brighton 81" ratified out OF Coney
Island q bit after midnight with the
last of the $4,000 who were dumped
into the amusement stamping ground
on the beeriest Fourth of July the island
has known.
Coney tried It's beeriest to acquire a
respectable bun yesterday on the frst
non-alcoholic Independence Day and quit
cold. Abou. the bay mare Of the Black
There wasn't enough lager in Germans
place of business. Shea's Gilsey House.
Morgan's, Hop ms Chop Suey, Stauch's.
Newman's. Villa Renza and the other
GASES in Surf avenue to make any ones
pins bend at tho knees. Coney yester-
day was the last place in the world to
raise a thirst
Before the day was half gone sturdy
mahoganies wiited and gasped for air
In all the dispenssries and the taps ran
try. At that. the seidels and nickel sIes
wore chokers three inches high 10 get
enough to go around. but toward evening
pineapple. yellow orangeade. grapeades
and several other colored drinks we're
dispensed. None OF the red aid was to
be had. Barkeepers were not taking
chances. The beer was kept going as
long as It lasted.
Great Time for Bathers.
AT the beach it was just one little biff
after another among the bobbing 400. 600
bathers. At one point hundreds gath
cred TO see one excitable individual smite
another person for absent mindedly
stepping on him. Then hundreds more
uloughed to another rope where a Balkan
situation had developed. Then, when
everybody was wondering where the next
wallop would land. some ribbon counter
Eghert would get freal with somebody
else's "ladyfren" and zowie more hun
dreds rushed in that direction. The
press agents OF Coney went crosseyed
trying to count the bathers. Suffice Il to
say. when Moe Poodle's family licked the
Il. r. T. and finally scrambled down
the boardwalk about o'clock there
Hts
or stolen. and Ma Poodle had to wear an
old wrapper she brought along and I'M
dress the kids behind an umbrella under
the pier.
The heat was terrific. Vendors did an
enormous business. Food was cooked on
the spot. Coney just ate and drank
ntself almost to the appendicitis point,
but still there was plenty of time to
raise goose flesh thrills on the scenic
railways. the ocean coaster, the mystic
stairs. the raIzle dazxle, human pool
table. crystal maze. roulette, south pole,
soup bowl. chandelier carousel. in vene-
tian gondolas and in the palace OF H.
fusion Then. too, the bathing girl the
siren and all the other rapturous bits OF
femi7nity In the penny slot machines had
eyes from Totoket and other important
community centres popping out OF their
sockets all afternoon.
Over in Luna a few hundred lobster
eaters passed out completely when 1.-THE
mysterious unknown" eased on to the
ballroom floor in the kind OF a dance
that cost the Turkish Sultan his job.
Princess Adee. Spider Field, Marie
Devere. thes word swallower; Abo Nah.
Jack Wilson and the other freaks In the
side shows along the avenue showed to
capacity crowds all afternoon. And in
the evening the jaEz bands drew the
young folk into the music halls, when
there and elsewhere Coney shimmied the
end of perfect Fourth.
All shore Resorts Crowded.
Thousands went to Long Island and
New Jersey seashore resorts over the
Long Island and Pennsylvania railroads.
| The congestion was so great In the
Pennsylvania Terminal that IL was
necessary 20 call upon the police reserves
| TO straighten things out. Several women
tainted in the jam around the Long
Island Railroad ticket windows. The
| rush for tickets WAS such that the Long
Island stopped selling them at 10 A. NJ.
| in order to curtail the crush at the gates,
II was said at the station masters
| office that travel yesterday was four
| times heavier than on last years Fourth
| OF July. In the morning Long Island
| trains were running on two minute head
way to Far Rockaway. Rockaway Beach
| and Long Beach. Along toward noon
| the crowd at the terminal was swelled
| by travellers to the race track, but con-
| ditions were fairly normal shortly after
p. NJ. The rush in the opposite direc-
| ton at night was heavy.
! Trains leaving the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Terminal for Long Branch. Asbury
| Park. Atlantic City and other Jersey
resorts were sent out in two sections OF
| from twelve to fourteen cars each. ],
| was admitted that there were not enough
cars to accommodate the great crowd OF
| out OF town goers. Railroad officials
agreed they never before saw such O
| rush.
| Staten Islands trolley service wal
unequal 10 the demands OF the tremend
Gus crowds that wished TO get where
they wanted TO go in hurry. Thousand,
| OF folks lost what they called much
valuable time because they were unAbl,
TO get on cars which didn't have a single
strap left. All the beaches were jammed
to overlooking and the bathhouse keepers
made small fortunes.