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Show ELECTRICITY THE FUN MAKER. Nearly all the fun making devices at our public parks and places of recreation recre-ation and amusement depend upon electricity for their successful operation. opera-tion. Electricity plays the pranks, makes the surprises, drives th various var-ious merry-go-rounda, shoot-the-chutes, Incline railways, etc., and Is employed for all tho spectacular illumination bo necessary for the nightly success of these parka. One of the greatest amusement pi a- ces In the world iB to be found at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco and without electricity it is doubtful if it could be operated at all. The Btroets and avenues of tho A.musement Zone, or simply "Tho Zone" as it Is popularly called, aro i uu-'d uv Mazda lamps, as are also the interiors of tho various bulldlners. The oloctrlc motor Is UBed on every hund. It does tho heavy work of transportation on scenic railways or moves miles of gorgeous scenery rap-Idly rap-Idly before admiring audiences. It drives the mechanical burros down the "Grand Canyon" trail, pumps tho water for tho cascades in "Creation," moves countless dummies and targets U I M and whirls the people around in tho j IH "Bowls of Joy." Electricity also docs In jH the work In tho candy kitchens and Iji H refreshment palaces all along the jv Zone. If vl |