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Show SALTAIR READY TO OPEN WEDNESDAY iiihiiihmwpm MiiiiMiiiniiiiri nr" - in, I WJi ... si A Vv'V v ! s ' i . n&'iaaMieuiX f Q ; .v ' .;1t - V-, I 8 ' ' - - , - i I I , , , ? , s t;, j Great resort has teen put In readiness for thousands on Decoration day. Many new features arid a large number of improvements. - With its dancing, bathing, roller skating, skat-ing, boating and other amusement departments de-partments spick and span, and with many improvements and new features in evi,i?nce, altair is ready to open next Wednesday. Decoration day, for the summer season of 1917. And with the half million Salt Lakers and tourists who will flock throuch Saltair's gates this summer, the resort rounds out a full quarter of a century as not only Utah's most famous resort attraction." but one of the best , known and most visited pleasure resorts in the entire world. Over 500,000 people pass through the gates at Saltair annually. They come from every corner of the earth, and it has been s"aid that Saltair has been visited vis-ited by more notable people tharr any other resort in the entire country. This will be Saltair's twenty-fifth consecutive consecu-tive season. A full quarter of a century cen-tury of catering to those who like and appreciate the incomparable bathiutj at the lake, the great dance floor together with the roller skating, boating, dining and other attractions that go to make up Saltair's big coterie of amusement devices. Same Train Schedule. General Manager Joseph Nelson of the Saltair company has announced that, beginning with the opening day Wednesday, Wed-nesday, Decoration day, the regular summer train schedule will go into effect ef-fect that has been used for several seasons sea-sons past. The first train of the day will leave Saltair depot at 9:30 in the morning. The next train to go to the lake will leave the Saltair depot at 2 in the afternoon, and from that hour on the trains will leave even- forty-five minutes until 10:15 at night. Returning Return-ing from Saltair trains will leave the resort at intervals of forty-five minutes min-utes throughout the afternoon and evening. even-ing. Improvements. Salt Lakers who go to the lake for the opening day this year will find many new attractions, comforts and conveniences. con-veniences. The most important improvement this season, from the point of cleanliness and safety, is the fact that the entire main floor of t ho pavilion, including the groat picnic room, has been laid with reinforced concrete, so that now at iSnltair the first floor above the lake throughout the entire flooring expanse of the resort is concrete. This is a mo't. important consideration from a sanitary and safety standpoint and Salt air now enjoys the dist inci ion of bein one of the few resorts in the world of its size with so grout an expanse ex-panse of reinforced concrete flooring. The landscape gardening, which was inaugurated at Saltair last season and which proved fo successful and attractive, attrac-tive, and which did so much to beautify the resort, has been greaily extended and enlarged for this season, and Saltair Salt-air will present a morn beautiful appearance ap-pearance than ever before. Carloads of new palms have been purchased and will be distributed at advantageous points about the pavilion. The gardens and grass plots came through the winter win-ter in splendid shape, and thousands of hot-house flowers ami plants are now being moved from greenhouses in town back to their beds at the lake. One of tha most beautiful places at the pavilion this year will be the great picnic room on the main floor. Two hundred hanging riaskets of flowers have been suspended from the ceiling, one over each table, and they lend an air of beauty and attractiveness that is unique and dist incti vo. Au improvement in the bathing department de-partment that will interest thousand? of Salt Lakers has been announced hy ( ieneral Manager Joseph Nelson in the form of a thick, layer nf tough but smooth roofing paper down the sides of the bathing pier where the barefooted bare-footed bathers scamper to and from (he lake. This paper has been ordered and will be put down on the bathing piers in plenty of time for the opening of th1 heavy bathing patronage. This will obviate the possibilities of bathers encountering and picking up slivers from the plank surfaces of the bathing piers. A new 100-foot pier has been constructed con-structed at a heavy expense, running from the ship cafe into the lake, and will be used as a pier for Blair Tiich-ardson Tiich-ardson 's new boats this year. Horning at t iic lake is better than ever before, and Mr. Richardson has made extensive exten-sive additions to his boats, chief of which is a big fine 60-foot boat with a cabin and seating accommodations for 100 people. Dancing Will Be Popular. A new stnirway has ben constructed lending from the main floor of the pavilion pa-vilion up to the Ship cafe. The Ship cafe itself has been cleaned and redecorated aud put in applc-pie order. It is doubtful if any amuscmeut at Saltair, except bathing, will ever supplant sup-plant daiu-inp in the heart? of Salt Lakers. The great dame pavilion, with1 its ideal floor, perfect acoustics for the j music, has a mighty strong hold on the' thousands who go to the lake during the summer season. W. W. Woodward, well-known Salt Lake dancing master, who has had charge of the ballroom floor at Saltair for the pa?t three years, will take over the management aain this year. Many innovations have been planned for the coming season's dances at the lake, some of which will be introduced Decoration Deco-ration day. i Under "the arrangements perfected ' for the coming season dancing stands well' at the top of the list. Every Tuesday Tues-day evening there will be a moonlight dance, with the pavilion lighted with blue rays from a big moon, ten feet in diameter, suspended from the dome ot the pavilion. This saft and pretty light lends an enchanting atmosphere to the Tuesday night moonJight dances, while, at the" same time, there is sufficient light in the pavilion so that the leader , of the band can see the farthest couple in the hall at all times. The promenade around the dance floor is well lighted, and all of the corners of the pavilion are brilliantly lighted during these moonlight dances. Wednesday will be picnic dav at the lake just as last year, aud on Thursday evening there will be continuous dancing with two bands furnishing fur-nishing the music at opposite ends of the dance pavilion. Sections Reserved. Friday night, will be society's night at the fake this year, and for the Friday Fri-day night dances the management of the resort has announced a new arrangement arrange-ment that will enable parties of several couples, ranging up to fifty, 100 or 200 people to easily keep their crowds together in designated sections around the dance pavilion. The great steel supports sup-ports around the entire dance floor have been painted with large numbers, each of which is visible from any point , in the pavilion. There are some forty of these sections, and for the Friday night dances parties wishing to reserve any one of these sections for their own particular accommodations can phone to the Saltair office and ask that one of the sections be reserved for them. A holder will be provided just below the large painted numbers on the steel supports, and into this holder parties can insert a large card with the name of their party or club. The four large corners of the 'promenade 'prome-nade around the dance floor will be segregated for large parties numbering fifty or 100 or more people, while the recesses at one or two points around the promenade will be similarly used. This will enable the big throngs of dancers at the lake to keep their parties together aud meet their friends at these i designated points. Many Bathers Already. j The lake water is still chilly for those1 who are thin-skinned, but hundreds ot ; tourists are going in each week, and to those accustomed to ocean bathing; the lake, after the first minute in the i water, is comfortable, declare those who have already enjoyed a dip at Saltair. I The big indoor pool has been pumped I full of lake water, however, and heated to a comfortable degree, and is being heavily patronized by tourists already.' This will be one of the attractions of j the opening 'lay. i The stunning new bathing suits purchased pur-chased by Sa It air last year ha ve been .added to for the coming season, and feminine bathers at the lake this season sea-son will find a galaxy of beautiful bathing suits to choose from. Ketcham in Charge. Ben Ketcham, ouo of the best known 1 and popular amusement managers in the west, and known to a host of Salt Lakers through his connection as manager man-ager of various local theaters, has been placed in charge of the Saltair roller palace. This was a new department at Saltair Salt-air last year, the great maple floor being be-ing laid in what was formerly the hippodrome. hip-podrome. The floor is iliiU by 1S4 feet, and is the largest roller skating floor in the world, without posts or pillars of any kind to impede the skaters. The entire floor is of hard maple and and cost several thousand dollars. The rest of the building is fitted up with such comforts and conveniences as cozy corners, promenades, refreshment booths and check rooms, etc. There is plenty of room around the skating floor for spectators, and the sport jumped into instant popularity at the lake last year, and is as firmly' established as are the great roller skating rinks of New York, Boston, Philadelphia. Chicago and other large eastern centers where roller skating skat-ing has become extremely popular. There will be plenty of good music at the roller skating palace, according to Manager Ketcham, and many new features fea-tures are being planned for this department. depart-ment. The roller skating palace will be open and ready for the Decoration day throngs. Big Cafe Ready. C. L. Le Maire. the caterer who had charge of the Ship cafe last year and who has managed several of Salt Lake 's most prominent and popular cafes, will again be in charge of the Ship cafe at the lake. Provision has been made for dancing during meal hours in the Ship cafe, and au orchestra will furnish music mu-sic for the diners. The cafe has been redecorated and presents an unusually fine appearance. W. W. Woodward, who will have charge of the pavilion floor Ht Saltair this season, assisted by Miss Florence Mishu, will demonstrate the modern fancy ballroom dances during the dinner din-ner hour. With a new pier 400 feet long to work from, Blair Richardson, who will have charge of the boats at Saltair this year, has put a new OO-foot boat on the lake equipped with two 7o-horse-power engines and capable of accommodating accommo-dating 100 people, and, in. addition thereto, there-to, the popular Cozy, refitted and' furnished, fur-nished, will be used together with gasoline gaso-line launches which can bev rented out to boaters, as well as rowboats and sailboats. K. Owen Sweeten, for years associated m the leading music circles of the city, has been secured to take charge of the music at Saltair this season. His band organization is one of the best ever heard at the park, and the efficient conducting of Sweeten stamps him as a master of musical organizations. Assistin g Mr. Sweeten will be Rav M. Russell, well-known vocalist of Salt Lake. Mr. Russell possesses a remarkable remark-able voice, and will present solo numbers num-bers at the concerts to be given daily at the lake this season from 5 until 7 o'clock in the afternoon in the juenif room, in addition to the regular Sunday afternoon concerts. For the opening concert "Decoration dav, the eirls1 glee club of the University Univer-sity of Utah, under the personal direction direc-tion of Mis Edna Evans, will take an activ e part in the programme. Saltair anticipates one of the biggest seasons in its history. Foreign travel has beeu stopped entirely, and'Jhe reat. flood of easterners who formerly went across the continent are now learning something about the resorts of their own country. The tourist parties coming com-ing through from the east already tnis year are far heavier than ever before, and Saltair will cater to well over a half million people during the 1H17 season, sea-son, which opens next Wednesday, Decoration Dec-oration day, May 30. , |