Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-28
BRIDE. THE GROOM. AND The FALLS

II they were flies crawling on the
shore.
The town OF Niagara Falls offers
what American travellers seem most
assortment Of souvenirs that seem
somehow more in keeping with ths
ora Of whsfno nots. gincrsclR. and shut
tered parlors than with this decade
pf 80 many many beautiful and useful
thinss-
THE GIMCRACR BUSINESS
That there IS a demand for thr SOU
venirs Is apparent from the taei that
there are so many Of the shops. a
count showed twelve souvontr stores
and ten restaurants on two blocks Of
Falls street on one side the street nrls
These shops are Ear from cheap.
The owners figure on five months ac-
tive trade hut 1ut Of the five months
ihoy say there is only Six works rush
ing business 4 Eood many newly
wcds come during June but not many
auontsts Then after the fourth OF
July. ihe number OF vinitoT Increases
steadily and rises to a peak 10 AI
gust falling off again by the end Of
the month. After that. as winter ap-
proachss, The Ehop keepers beard az
their stores. and open hilIaness in the
south or at aone winter resort.
There rs no large. appointed
hotel in Mia CARA Falls such ss most
popular resorts have The city ex-
pects n have one in few wears In
The meantime. the tourists are Hc-
commodaisd In small hotels Of all
gradca and IN private rocminE hovsss.
The latter can apparently he counted
eniy by numbering the houses in
Niagara Falls. for practically every
houEekoeprr within mile of tho falls
has a sign out The five months oren
- AFH IsH sfsHas
houses. and many Of the hotels too
are locked mp by the tiuie OF the first
snow
Some DAY. Niagara Fails hopes ~
he winter resort Tho beauty Of the
ire-hound fiifs and tho snow-covercd
cycrEreonE on tn. shore is REGARDED
hy many people a. more mngnif-
cent sight than tho fails In summer.
Comparatively fcw people who work
take vacations In tho winter and
summer - xfiil the popular Hesrnn for
marriages but the wealthy who fire.
qucnt reroris the year round may
soon hr EouEht out nE patronr ~
Niagara tn winter With tho sddad in
duremenf nf winter rportE- such as
skating. toboEEnuinE. and sieiFhinE
~ present, this plan ls merely an
air castle. Like other places. Ma
cara FaliF has fcli the shock of hard
times thir season ono re-fauranf
n last years crowds have been here
this summer.
There arc more auto tourists" 10
Ian meutcd. and lots 81 thrm eat ptcuir
lunches and hunt out cheap places to
cat. Close' why tuo men came IN
hero tho other dsv aud ordered 80
cents worth of breakfast between
theui-ono toast and two roffees'"
The scenes m tho shops bear out
thu story Of hard nnleH There ~.
plenty of people pricing and oaamin-
ing goods but not 20 much hassy bury
Ing
Tho city n Niagara Falls disolainns
the ifca that N esistH only for The
tourirta To he fur~ tho failF bring
many visitors with their dollars into
tho citv. n is csrfEin thar tho hsrd-
ened natives or Niagara Falis do not
contribute largely 70 the fortunes ~
the numerous dealers in spar iswsirv
and felt penn8ntS Yet Niagara Pals
holds that Hs town 10 i- becoming
really slsrificani a. manufacturing
center. It, power companies sre
hitrhinE Niagara IN industry Not
only is " tho hsIduua rfsrs from which
large puantitisH % we'll known
breakfast food are Hoattsr@t daily tn
waiting world. hut n has Secone a
center ~ tho electro chemical bust
ness. very important industry. So