Management Can’t Explain This Knockout
•New Attraction
as Baffling to
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[You Can’t Walk. Yon Can’t
Sit Down, Yon Just I>augh
— Hilliard Ralls Run
Up Hill—All Laws of
(Gravitation Defied
In Newest of Fun
Creations.
Mystery over and
above all things is
the most fascinating
thing in life. .It is the extra
special added thrill to the
emotion of the living and is
probably the most poignant
pang to death. It has been
a charm, a recreation and a
religion for mankind in va
rious forms since the earli
est day.
Within the past year there has
been an architectural discovery
which may have an important
bearing on much that has been
mystifying in the past. The dis
covery has been capitalizing in the
name of the “mysterious knock
out.” This new attraction has
been built in Krug Park, and is
proving a veritable sensation.
Just a Room, but—
Imagine a large, plain room.
The windows open upon a pleas
ant garden scene. But as the vis
itor steps inside he feels a pe
culiar sensation—a force that al
most irresistibly impedes his ef
forts to walk across the floor. A
turn of the body and the force
impels the visitor forward. If he
stands still his body leans at a
toppling angle and as he walks be
sways in parabolic, curves. In his
bewilderment he has an inordinant
desire to laugh and all about him
are others pulling and pushing and
leaning and laughing, trying to
walk and trying not to walk, sit
ting down and trying to get up.
Be it some awesome mysterious
thing of that mystic region which
lies above, below or beyond the
Actual, nevertheless everybody
laughs because there are so many
funny things happening before
their very eyes.
Balls Roll Uphill.
A billiard ball placed in the
groove of a trough rolls to the
ceiling or rolls down, depending
upon whatever motivates a billiard
ball to roll in any direction up or
down. A broom inclined towards
the floor rises to a standing posi
tion when released.
Shades of Cagliostro, Anna Eva
Fay, Hondirti and the Zanczigs.
Never did they do these things.
Over, above and beyond the un
canny manifestations of this
strange power in harness is the
physical sensibility of its force.
It is a sensation surpassing com
prehension. And what is pro
profoundly more interesting is that
the builders working at Krug Park
are completely at a loss to under
stand the mystery of the sensa
tion.
What do park people do in the
winter? Some travel, some work
with theaters which run in the
winter only—some find similar
work in the south.
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Big Dipper Most Popular
of Park’s Many Rides
Few persons realize the
t thought and effort that is put into
the designing of structures in
j undulating lines and sinuous routes
and have climatic thrills.
Probably the greatest of these
, devices is the roller coaster, or
big dipper, a thing of curves and
dips and banks and turns that de
lights half of Omaha on holiday
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One of the greatest roller coasf
i ers in the country is to be found
at Krug Park. Over every inch
of the mile track there's a spine
shiver for the riders.
Sixteen dips, ranging from 25
to 75 feet, with a thrill at the
top, the bottom and the inclinf,
sends the patrons away with a
tingle in their veins.
One ride isn’t enough for this
greatest of amusement rides. The
kiddies and grown folks ride end
ride and ride.
ATHLETIC FIELD
NEW FEATURE
For the accommodation of or
ganizations which have baseball
games and athletic contests in
conjunction with their picnics,
Krug park has established a regu
lation baseball diamond and ath
letic field in the new auto park
ing space jyst east of the park.
Model City
Teems W ith Life
It took the inventor, Alvin
Frank, 20 years to complete the
Model City, which is an estab
lished attraction and which never
loses its fascination to park pa
trons. They marvel that human
brains and hands could build such
an intricate masterpiece of engi
neering, carpentry and artistry.
Alvin Frank made it a reproduc
tion of his own home town with
a great fidelity to detail.
The Model City teems with life.
Steamboats move up and down
the river with whistles blowing.
Trains, street cars and automo
biles burry about.
Factories and sawmills operate.
The Model City is a marvel of
mechanical construction, elec
trically driven and lighted.
Monkey Hotel Houses
20 New Occupants
Twenty new occupants have
just arrived to take possession of
Krug Park's monkey hotel. From
the world famous zoological gar
dens of Carl Hagenbuck, Gergen.
Germany, these jolly little mon
keys have arrived and are ready
and waiting for "Skinny and the
gang” to feed them peanuts.
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Concert Pianist
Heads Orchestra
Frank W. Hodek, pianist-con
ductor of the famous 12-piece
symphony orchestra that bears his
name, is by no means a new star
in the musical firmament, although
his orchestra only recently sprang
into prominence as the leading
dance aggregation in the west.
Hodek is well known as a eon
cert pianist, and as a director of
musical comedies, choral and light
operas as well as orchestral organi
zations.
His first trip was as director of
‘Mikado.” Born in Baltimore,
Md., his early musical training
was under Howard Thatcher of
t h e Peabody Conservatory of
Music. After two years prelimi
nary training he entered the con
servatory proper from which he
was graduated with highest honors.
Two more years of post-graduate
work under such renowned musi
cians as Ernest Hutchison and
Howard Randolph prepared him
for his concert work and study un
der Professor Hermann of Prague
conservatory, Bohemia.
Mr. Hodek’s ambition has been
realized in his present organization
of artists. Every man is an artist
and furthermore is studying for
1 the concert field.
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Jantzen Bathing Suits
All-wool suits, knitted to fit perfectly. Ac
complished swimmers wear the Jantzen
because it gives perfectly with every move
ment, yet springs instantly back into place.
Black, navy, Copenhagen, red, tobacco,
orange, purple and green, plain or striped.
Caps and hose knitted to match.
Children’s sizes, $2.95 and $4.50
Cadet sizes, $5.75
Women’s sizes, $7.50
-" The Best Place to Shop, After All ”
rPark Is Mecca !
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for Picnickers
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Schools and Fraternal Or
ganizations Make Dates for
Omaha Amusement Place.
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Krug park is becoming the
Mecca for picnickers within a
75-mile radius of Omaha.
Although the picnic season still
is in its infancy, more than 100
industrial and fraternal organiza
tions, Sunday schools, grade
schools, rural schools and high
schools have applied for reserva
tions.
When the season for outings is
further advanced, the park will be
the scene of several large picnics
each day in addition to the pri
vate ones.
A large space is appropriated
for the use of picnickers, and the
grounds are equipped with out
door kitchens, which boast gas
ranges, cooking utensils and other
paraphernalia designed for such
occasions.
The park also has established
a supply depot and furnishes
lunches, or any commodity for a
lunch, at wholesale cost.
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