The Night Scene At Coney Island

Evening linda thousands of people strolling about, tumbling in the surf, sipping beverages on the piazzas of the pavilions and hotels, enjoying aolid repasts at the restaurant tables and spending the time in an eminently satisfactory way. The returning trains begin to take on extra cars and to receive heavier loads than earlier in the day. and the boats take on full compleïnents of passengers. ï"et the people continue to arrive . Every boat and every train is full. There are at least 125,000 people on the island, and until as late as 10 o'clock the majority will not think of going home. Then there will be scrambling forseats. Meanwhile the crowd moves about in a blaze of light that seems almost like the glory of noon. Lamps are sparkling in every direetion, and electric lights send their white glare over great areas. The concourse is alive. and in the direetion of Hotel Brighton rockets ascending into the air indicate some unusual attraction. The carriages are running with increased burdens, there seems no cessation to the streain of travel, and at times one is taken almost f rom nis feet by the dense crowd, pushing along. In front of the Hotel Brighton the throng is indescribable. lts thousands of voices break in harshly upon the music at intervals, and drown it altogether as some beautiful pyrotechnic design breaks into many-colored fire. The exhibition of firoworks, with the dark sea and sky as a background is grand. It is given to the public free by the railroad company and the proprietors of the hotel, and is one of the sevei al exhibitions to be given during the season. The guests on the balconies and in the Windows add their expressions of admiration to those of the people on the piazzas and on the grounds, the continual murmur rising and falling like waves in a sea of sound.