New Britain herald., 1927-06-11
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 LADIES' AN CENTS
Amusement Parks Invite Public
 To. Cast Aside Dignity

Amusement parks. from hot dogs to roller, coaSterA present to the tired business man . vacation in 8.
 day which is difficult to duplicate.
 A visit to one of the realms of paddle wheels and shore dinners is equal on a rushing Sunday. to two weeks spent in any other place not so vibrant.
 The amusment park IS usually visible and audible from approxi- mately five miles in each direction, the white turrets of the roller coast CT rising above the scenery and the steady roar of the bankers subduinc even the rumble of the Sunday traf- fife. At about two miles distance from the gates to the park, the mo- torist goes into second gear to allow for the parade of cars going into the place and the last 800 feet arc generally made in low gear or afoot as the crowds make speedy driving impractical.
 Once inside, a vista of sights and experiences is opened to the visitor which should keep him busy for the rest of the day providing his money holds out or the roller coaster de- cides to jump the track. a feature which 1t threatens to do on every trip but which it never seems to ac- complish.
 Probably the first visit will be to the penny arcade. Here the lowly copper comes into its own. Machines are worked only through the inser- tion Of the smallest of the coin family. One may peer into movie machines and see everything from Casey and the Goat" to "A Parisian Experience" and all for the penny which ordinarily needs a group of it's brethren to amount to much. One unexpected feature of the penny ar- cade is the fact that in spite of the penny machines, one is soon discov- cred breaking five dollar bills in order to take a chance at the cleo tric rifle or have ones fortune told by the automatic gypsy. Incidentally. it has never been discovered where the automatic fortune telling ma chimes have procured the pictures which are used as photogra phs of ones future husband" or future wife"
 When the amusements in the penny arcade. from the punching bag to the photograph which grinds out tunes heard during the recent war and makes the customer like it, have failed or the customer has done some quick addition and has found that If he doesn't get out of the place he will have to walk home, the crowd usually drifts over to the roller coaster.
 Here is an instrument of torture much beloved by the patrons of the average amusement park. It 1t were necessary to make the dips in order to be rescued from burning build ing. half the customers would prefer to burn, but the name and the harkers and the crowd make the average habitue of the place put down his dime and run for a seat on the rollicking railway. The first dip sends him into state border ing on apoplexy. the second brings on acute nausea, the third places him in a coma and each succeeding dip shortens his life approximately five years a piece, and yet he IS always present when the guards come around to collect for repeat rides ten cents"
 Then comes the tanner things of the park including throwing base balls at stuffed cats which look so .topply and in reality need a Dazzy Vance to dislocate them from their perch; rolling balls at the Japanese booth for huge sets of dishes, the prize generally consisting of a tin whistle or a small fan which fall- apart some three minutes later; ski ball, where one rolls duck pin balls onto a jump. landing the bah in baskets marked from 5 to 50 and usually into the ones marked 5.
 4. fairly new addition to the . amusement park is 'the whip" 8. new method of taking the back of one's head off for dime. One sits in car, srasps-a bar and Is hurled around backwards, the sensation that of hard attack of vertigo. Another is 'the caterpillar" where an up and down track insures the patron of getting the same re- suits as a hard squall at sea on :. 20 foot cat boat
 Then, for a real finish. trip to the "crazy house" or whatever 1t is named in the specific park visited. Is the only logical step. In this building are enough devices to outfit ! | Spanish 1nquisition. Ladies suffer at the hands of hidden | ai, vents. one is electrocuted. thrown around. le: down through partitions onto chute, stuffed in rolling bar rels. Jostled by clowns-ail the ! practices of the average lodge mi tiation are tried. and all for the i price of a quarter.
 Food there Is in plenty. Hot dogs. ! popcorn, soda, peanuts-all the in | gredients for a good old fashioned ! attack of indigestion-all for a dime. ten cents. And the customers love 1t.