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Show SPEND MUCH FOR AMU8EMENT. B Twenty-Five Mill'ons Are Invested In B Parks In This Country. BB "It costs a lot of monoy to bulla Ba and operate an amusement park on t largo Bcalo," says Frederic Thomp. H Bon, In Everybody's. BB "I suppose that tnoro than $25,000,- 000 aro Invested In these parks In this B country. Dreamland on Coney Island B cost about $2,600,000. Dlvorvlow Park and tho Whtto City In Chicago coit H about a million each. "Luna park cost $2,400,000. The total annual expenses, Including th cost of rebuilding, of putting In new shows nnd tho operating expenses, B nverngo about a million dollars, and B the season lasts four months. I spent BM $240,000 on ono show, of which $G8,- 000 was for animals, mostly elephants B and camels It was tho representation B of tho Indian durbar and I lost $100,- B 000 on It I charged tho loss up to education, and It was worth It. it BR costs $5,000 a week to light Luni B park, and $4,600 for tho music. The jB salaries of the free performers this B season aro $2,300 a week. And all of B theso oxpondlturcs, ns woll as a good B many others, go simply to manufac- ture the carnival spirit." Bl |