Show Li LiSo A 9 I In n New York or orA A I So this Is the worlds world's playground play play- ground you say to YOUrself r rather ther that your our curiosity had led you there at such unseemly hours Somehow all the allure has gone from th the show fronts that once seed gay The realization comes sUddenly that Coney Island needs people It ItIs Itis Is the crowd and Its spirIt that has been most of the picture The rIdes become just skeletons ot of wood the coasters are really what ugly made them vivid were the tho shouts ot of the riders and discord of the crowds r. r a aThey I They tell me this has been a bad year yeal at Coney In tact fact at all resorts re- re sorts Even summer isn't what it used to be And the oldsters recall the days when one could parade from one be beer r hall to another getting drInks and tree free lunch for a nickel Toda Today th thc orange olange drink sets you back at least a dime and 1 if you youw w wish lh to gamble with digestion a dime or fifteen centS centS' adds a hot hotdog hotdog dog that Isn't as good as free lunch used to be In those days one could get Ket a I bathing suit auit and take a swim for two bits Today a dollar Is a minimum mini mini- mum rate for lor a a. three by seven stall for changing clothes Before one exits a two spot has been kissed goodbye and with ones one's girl along I a 5 bill Is about ruined before one enters the water Everything is In proportion If one eats cats dances and takes In a couple ot of attractions u. u ten spot has gone never to return And since Coney Is the playground ot of the I people masses whose salarIes are small one wonders how bow the tens ot of thousands manage manae to afford it In fact I often otten wonder how people peo- peo pie ot of medium Incomes manage to todo i do anything or go 1 anywhere in these parts since 5 i Js Is little more than pin money when taking a Sunday outing GILBERT SWA SWAN Copyright 19 1927 7 EA Service Inc |