Show TO BY WANDA A Special Correspondent for the Utah Independent The joke of it all is that Coney isn't an island at that's Sst its stepped off the electric train t Culver depot in company with iro girl As we emerged from the depot preparatory to promenading down Surf avenue Island's principal suddenly one of my heads we need a guide as we are some soe to show us Coney foolish know better AH you need is to be and have cash and the will the We immediately found this to be The fairly carried us we were not conscious of walking or of making the slightest pur observations absorbed We had only gone what seemed to be a few steps when we came to a resort where all kinds of refreshments were served and at the tack was a continuous picture The every resort has its glanced m our direction as though he look Go in and get a sandwich and while eating you'll see a free and we were hypnotized in remembering that we had had a very early breakfast and very little at After some light refreshments we felt so much better that wc were tempted to thank the for such a timely but upon coming out we were disillusioned by hearing him make the same remark to some other women who looked as as we As we traveled along were confronted with such signs as and Longest Ride in the Road the Riders Trip to Pike's One might conclude that Coney 1 Island was the home of the for every resort sells frankfurter sandwiches and at each place one sees hundreds toasting and when the hungry visitor gets within the range of smell as well as he If you hear a sharp sound and a prolonged trill of letter ending in some unintelligible you may know that hot corn on the cob is near and for We saw visitors walking along on Surf avenue munching corn as unconcernedly as they would in their own There were so many nice merry-go-rounds and we never could pass and our many delightful were accompanied by such music as the and many other selections from the operas rendered somewhat mechanically but appreciated just the The are a great we passed one that wc 3 decided must be the king and must have commanded a large He gazed intently into the concert hall through a small aperture and loudly if you could only see what I sec catch and his grimaces were remarkable as he staggered back feigning exhaustion as though he were overcome by the wonder of the performance We at once prophesied thai he would sometime be a world We visited Dreamland the entrance of which was a colossal female figure in stone representing a goddess and bearing a huge sea-shell on her the attractions we took in was we got into a boat and traveled through a circling canal for a few suddenly our boat began io go and before we knew wc were whisked into the underworld and all was dark and silent as the we did not seem to be moving and the awful darkness was After a period of which seemed about fifteen but was really only we saw a anil presently we scenery that I must be Dante's conception of the Infernal This was at least pretty to look if one did not to partake of it to any further here my thoughts were rudely interrupted by a and we dragged ourselves out of the boat to hear the to your all was darkness we groped stepping upon soft things that felt like rats and unworldly sounds came to our manufactured snakes and other reptiles were-thrown over our shoulders and an illuminated menacingly thrust his tripod in our direction several At last we found our way into the welcoming the fresh air and sunshine as we had not done for many a The next was the baby where precious bits of humanity prematurely born are taken nurtured and cared for in most scientific We came upon a Burmese fortune teller cosily ensconced in a tent with his native rugs under his feet and native tapestry hung around We shot climbed up into a tower and slid down a highly polished when we struck the bottomland regained our equilibrium we found scores of spectators gaping at us in a most amused and I was worried because I could not remember in what position I was when I In Dreamland there were several scenic a to we took although it was the realistic frigid scenes made one feel We visited a concession name I have where we placed in a huge tub and were shaken and bumped down a twisting incline and were hustled out just when we thought we could not endure any The most beautiful attraction in Dreamland is it is Voltaire's conception of the Biblical of This concession alone would ward one many times for a trip to Coney Visitors who take boat at New York arrive at a pier in After coming out of we visited the largest resort in Coney It is the native of Deutseh- land's One part a reproduction of a German beer here we sat down at a table and I asked for a drink of the waiter laughed and haf no vater I looked no but the beer was flowing as freely as if it were being drawn from the briny waters almost-at our Here we look a ride called which is all that the name for it was fast and After an hour of repast and we again prepared for more In the meantime it had grown dark wonder of Coney had been and such a transformation changed in a moment to a fairyland of The illusion was We were lucky in visiting Coney during the last week of the for then the Mardi Gras is in full sway and is rampant in its gayest And now for the At commencement of our promenade on the Bowery we met a lad cheerily whistling the and I'll never go any but we were determined to see for We first visited the kingdom of those who love The gayety was we passed through the crowd and were several times asked if we were everyone looked happy and seemed to want every one else to be the We gay- 7 I i ly swung into a waltz a few minutes and then went hurriedly away to other scenes of ragtime We passed music halls where scores of pretty girls were dancing and singing all the popular We lingered at Steeplechase Park and gazed wistfully at the dear wooden but decided that we wouldn't until we were confronted by the We felt its it was we hesitated no but mounted inanimate steeds and were away m a mad joyousness which was ravishingly such delight I had thought was long since gone out of my but now it had returned and I welcomed it L feeling ride so intoxicated us that the spirit of the carnival held I ami we resolved to W the which before lb dubiously hesitated at I the most exciting time bad that At first you m up a steep incline which you enjoy very ia a j then you suddenly turn and i for a little dis- ance and then a sharp turn and the ride begins to get then another turn and it grows exciting and from that time on it is almost What with crooks and turns ind jerks and bumps and drops dips with an ever-increasing wc forgot- J was no time but for which amounted to I 1 we j struggled and ached with laugh- 1 my was first in stitches and then in when ire came we were being lifted of the car and I felt as though never be the same woman again after that Our hair was hanging down our j as we had not taken the precaution of doing it up securely A young man near smiled knowingly and not for the sir that I'm going but we j didn't we braided our hair in fashion and went I on our way me rode on camels and lost ourselves in 1 f mystic mazes and bad our photos j on to send to Mends and relatives who had ji never had the good fortune to f visit Coney and whose lives to us at that time I Pathetically I had to be content with i a lingering glance through i entrance to Luna Luna the beautiful city of i grandeur seemed unreal so Cereal did it truly a j f Phantom of the And this Coney the playground Aye a playground and old alike but then I- all young they get We opened our purse up the enough to get home but fun as we had was eaP at any If you ever to New York don't forget to it Coney |