The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-31
? IN IIN | NEW | YORK
pY pAUL HARRTsON

8Y PAUL 4AxkAAeON
 New York - Neither fire, flood nor famine seems to affect Ccney Island very much. New tnln8s have risen from old ruins; neW schemes from past failures. Tne place this year 10 Q little Dr'gntef' due to more electric signs; and q little noisier because all the park CTS have gotten lazy and bought fhemseiyes ampiifiers. Gaudy and garish as usual, but not really very gay. People seem to be try- ing to simuiate enthusiasm, and in this they are encouraged by q vet- eran sideshowfhan who now ana then howls at throngs of passersby: "Tor 0awd's sake, smiiei You all look like you was goin' to . run eral.'
 There are. of course, some old Attractions that never fail to thrill. 6hrfll screams still blend with the roar of sweeping roller coasters, giggies emanate from the Labyrinth of Love-" and shuo- ders chill the gpines of lookers-in at the famous Eden Musee. As q matter of fact, the wax-works are all rebuilt since the fire of . few years ago, but most of the favor ite horrors are still on view, 70. gether with representations of all the recent crimes of note = from the kidnapping of Peggy McMatn to the gory staying of Mrs Jack Diamond.
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 A School for Barkers
 Many of the shows, especially the "see-the- he-littul-ladies- quivvah' variety, give practically complete performances on the bahyhoo platforms outside. Cash customers naturally assume that something more exciting will be on view with in. Filing out later, disillusioned, they're always surprised 10 near sounds of tumuituous applause them in the empty theater. These ghosts noises are produced by phonograph records of an applaud ing crowd.
 There's 6 new and popular mass gambling game ip which as many as two hundred patrons lwomen are usually in the majority) put chips on numbered squares ana watch them disappear. Consider able cash gambling is carried on too, at smaller game booths, just | as at any county fair. Hired look outs. who also double as 'shtlls" and "cappers," keep furtive eye l out for the police.
 Fortunately for many people, the police are not very much Tn evidence. On the beach, for tn- stance, men peel down the tops or their bathing suits and women Icy | fall their shoulder straps - all
 quite contrary to law.
 Ghost Applauding
 Now that sheer lungpower Is no longer the prime quality of spieler, about thirty women have
 taken up the ballyhoo profession. And some of the concessions now
 have extra bankers who shout in Yiddish and Italian. People who can bark persuasively in three | languages command the fanciest salaries; and next to them are spellbinders with southern acc cents. There seems to be some- thing particularly ingratiating to l a New Yorker about 8 southern accent, even when 1t is attempted
 by a scicn of one of the first fam flies of Avenue A. Such 1argon | l9 alWayS TemIHlsCcuI OL ohh'S Brice's delightful line as she re pulsed a Yankee cad: Sur, nah pipple in Vu-gin-ya shall heah
 fun dees!"
 Tn Luna Park Gan amusement entity in the heart of Coney) the spielers are facing a new deal and an ordeal Their desc,
 "dose" and "dems" are going to l be amputated. their initiatives straightened, their redundancies reduced. To the horror of the entire ballyhoo world, Luna Is starting a school for bankers.
 Experts have been hired to tell these people that they must never more say 'Tadeez and gents" DOS.
 itively the most unique spectacle.
 "all for a lousy dime" ''your kids at half the tariff" and 50 on. No
 indeed. The Mile Skychaser VIII become "an exhilarating experi- ence"; the Red Mill "a cool daili- ance in a darkened dreamland";
 the Spook House Ian eerie maze of illusory phenomena." Just now. though, even the experts are stuck on one problem. They can't think
 of any snooty phrases to apply to
 hot dogs.