Show AMONG THE SPORTS rf EW YORK spends fa if more money on S fali amusements than A sy alry any city y ln in the L world e except x 0 e p t SS Z pria parts of legitimate theaters she has thirty six not including the score or more connected hect deith with dime museums these theaters will seat people besides these there are ten high class concerts and music halls balls counting the madison square garden with its three rooms for musical performances as oue one the combined seating capacity of these is making a total nightly pro irit britlon lon by theaters and music halls for T merrymakers merry makers but strange as it may seem it is perfectly safe to my ay that not one halt half of the people who pay for amusement nent are included in the theater and concert goers athe other plans for making afternoons and oven evenings gi pleasant there are without number gardens where lunch and beverages are served while musio music and performances are in ress low lov class concert halls where smoking and beer drinking arc are permitted lectures fairs and kindred kind red schemes a absorb by far the greater portion of the dollars paid for admission fees to places of amusement with the summers coming doming of course many of the theaters close although a surprisingly singly large number succeed in making money durine during the hot months and for the man with fresh ideas for amusing the public the season commences the circus cannot be counted as among the results I 1 of his thinking tor it is as well established s Z limbed in the public favor as is the theater itself it is given every year nowadays in the great madison square garden building where the vast amphitheater offers better play for the mass of horses and performers than any tent could and where the spectators have all the comforts they could find in the best of theaters i C y CH g k 3 r w ws 77 fl J OS TOE MADISON square HOOF the most remarkable rn and successful novelties of amusement which have appeared in new york during the last few years are root roof gardens and outdoor spectacular performances both were born in that city so far as america Is i concerned the root roof garden made its advent with the famous casino home of light opera that graceful moorish building was topped with a flat roof railed in with dainty arabesques and walla walls and towers palms and flowering ering plants were grouped artistically about and everywhere above below on every bide side were glowing colored lights under the waving palms palm in dark corners and cozy nooks tables were placed and everything worth eating or drinking was served while in a hidden spot an orchestra played the root roof garden was immediately connected by stairs and elevators with the I 1 luina la firm ui UL gave access to both the casino root roof garden became one ot of the most popular resorts in new york on fair simmer wimmer nights everybody went there society people business people professional people it became the favorite loitering place for men about town who wanted to I 1 ait it down and bee pleasant things while t they hey smoked their cigars it became the favorite loitering place for every one who was able to pay fifty cents to gain access to it the lights the music and the crowds of beautiful women and well dressed men made it seem like fairyland although I 1 have written of the casinos root garden in the past tense it still exists but another scheme for pleasure on a root roof lias has been perfected which is novel to new tic SCENE AT TUB TUE FALL rall OF PLEVNA A york and which may rob the casino of borne some of its patrons the other night it harden garden was opened on one of the many roo roofs as of madison square garden which has in addition to the attractions offered by the casino a complete stage w with ith scenery curtain and all on this the orchestra will sometimes sit as it plays but often it will be given over to regular theatrical performances of a light and airy kind the casinos root roof offers a garden b between tween the earth and stars that ot of the big madison square building offers a perfect theater with the night chiky for a ceiling and the busy earth a hundred feet below this resort is modeled as closely 7 as possible after the cafes chanar tants t nt of paris the three big spectacles this summer aro are located at south beach staten island el dorado on the beautiful palisades that overhang the hudson andrest and west brighton coney island at south beach the fall of plevna a famous episode of the ruso russo turkish war la is counterfeited with much firing of musketry and cannons and with the somewhat inconsistent addition ot of COO girls more or less la in tights As many men will swell the total of performers to 1200 at eldorado probably the most beautiful and elaborate pleasure grounds in the world the noted Kir altya have brought all their art and i ingenuity into play in the presentation of an egyptian spectacle of unequaled splendor at west Br ichton coney island goers may see venice t the he bride brido ot of the sea mimicked at enormous cost and with elaborate displays of fire v arks the throe three spectacles employ more than people but these by no means conclude tho the list ot of amusements which new yorkers may indulge in this summer nt at a moderate cost there are fifty tour four excursions which may be covered the round trip tor for not more than halt half a n dollar the longest of these is from newyork new york to poughkeepsie le bridge and back on a findson river steamer this costa costs 0 full fifty cents the shortest is from K N ivr york to fort efam frowning gray stone walls on the narrows the th e full tal expense ot of this round trip is fifteen cents centa A gigantic plan is in preparation which ion contemplates templates the expenditure of hall half a million dollars this scheme Is probably the moat moal remarkable ol of ahem all 1 jam I ara ciul i 10 lo S ivo its dan Hs ca cou a fists I 1 a to in brief of ft A floating theater negotiations t tiati I 1 ons arc are I 1 in a progress pros for tho the p purchase u cb or 0 a big sound steamer if they fall through a boat will be especially constructed sin sh will sail from new york every evening at 7 sometimes going up the sound sometimes sailing on the hudson A first ca dais 1 4 7 light opera company will give perform ances on an adequate stage on board on shore arrangements will bo be made for the display of fl fireworks reworks the fittings of the ship will bo be luxurious the same capi capitalists tall 8 ts who have put up their money to carry 0 out ut this scheme hive have in mind tho the construction of a floating hotel aswell as well this will sail every night at abut the eimo samo time the marine theater will and will cruise slowly around until 11 or there about aboul then it will tie tic up in some quiet r spot pot for tho the night landing its guests at tho the battery at 0 the next morning this will give tired business bu sines people an opportunity to get fresh pure sea bir and thorough quiet from tho the uproar of 0 tho the city without giving up their work taken all in all it may be safely asserted that more than different forms of f amusement will be nightly available 0 to the residents of tho the big bi city during the summer months EDWARS edwall MAr |