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COVERING 30 ACRES, Marineland's Dragon Mountain steel roller
coaster is the largest ride of its kind in the world. The coaster (as
seen in an artist's rendering) is one of the four major new rides
Eire_
know aboutler cog'
The world's first roller
coaster didn't roll at all. In
fact, it was a sled. A sled•
which glided down a wood -
frame ice slide near St.
Petersburg, the former capi-
tal of Russia, in the 1.7th Cen-
tury.
Daring young men raced
their sleds 70 feet down a 50 -
degree slope on the edge of
the ancient Russian city,
creating a sport that became
so popular that "Russian
Mountains” were later built
near Paris,
But the French winters
were not nearly as long or
severe as the Russian ones,
so the enterprising Parisians
added wheels to the sleds
and — voila — a year-round
sport.
The term "roller" came
after the attraction was
introduced to North
America. Artificial coasting
courses were developed with
closely -spaced rollers serv-
ou. wan
ing as the tracks for the
sleds, and although this type
of coasting course had disap-
peared by 1884, the name rol-
ler coaster remained.
In 1870, a group of entre-
preneurs turned an aban-
doned coal -carrying inclined
railway into a passenger
ride. Although the passen-
gers only travelled at five
miles an hour and dropped 60
feet, the Mauch Chunk Rail-
way, named after the coal
mine, was an instant suc-
cess.
Adapting the Mauch
Chunk concept, Sunday
school teacher La Marcus A.
Thompson opened the first
commercial coaster at
Brooklyn's Coney Island in
1884. He called his coaster
the Switchback Gravity
Pleasure Railway. Its 10 -
seat car travelled six miles
an hour over 450 feet of dip-
ping and curving track. At
the end of the ride, passen-
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being introduced at Marineland this year. The coaster sets many
new records for length, height, duration of ride, tunnels, height of
loops and number of trains.
gers got out while the car
was pushed up a 30 -foot hill.
Then they got back in and
rode back to the starting
point.
Later the same year, oval
and figure eight tracks were
developed, while 1885 saw
the addition of power -oper-
ated cable lifts to move cars
to the top of the first hill, and
a coaster craze that was to
last 40 years was born.
From the turn of the cen-
tury, each new coaster tried
to outdo its predecessor. By
the end of the Roaring Twen-
ties, there were more than
1,500 coasters world-wide,
such was the craze at its
height.
The Depression, the
Second World War and lack
of maintenance took their
toll on the coasters. By 1960,
fewer than 200 remained.
Yet, in the late 1970's, a new
wave of coaster mania hit
North America and steel
coasters — which featured
loops — were erected in
many amusement parks.
None, however, promises
the thrilling ride that
Marineland's Dragon Moun-
tain offers. The world's larg-
est steel roller coaster will
take passengers over more
than a mile of track during
an active ride time of 3.2
minutes. Riders will whirl
through tunnels, spin
through double loops and
speed down through double
spirals past one-third repli-
cas of Niagara's Canadian
and American Falls. And
then into the white -knuckle
bowtie finish, upside down
twice within seconds, as a
fitting climax to the ride of
your life_
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Gardener
By PATRICK DENTON
Reward your
blooming bulbs
Let's turn our considera-
tion this week to those
beautiful bulb flowers that
give us so much pleasure
through the winter in the
house or apartment, and in
the outdoor spring garden.
Those bulb flowers you
potted last October and en-
joyed indoors during the
winter and early spring
should not be grown in-
doors again this year. Pro-
ducing foliage and flowers
from the confines of a con-
tainer exhausts the bulbs,
and they will need a well-
prepared, rich lame in the
garden as a reward.
Whether the bulbs have
been moved outdoors or
are still in their pots, keep
the foliage fed, watered
and going till it dies down
naturally, At this point the
bulbs can be lifted and
stored for fall planting or
left in their pots, the soil
dry, until fall. Either way,
storage conditions should
be coolish but not cold, dry
and well ventilated
These bulbs that have
flowered indoors may not
put on such a fine display
nest spring, so the wise
and wary gardener will
want to plan on placing
them in an inconspicuous
spot for a year or so while
they build up their flower
power once more.
Here again though is a
case where a well -accept-
ed garden principle does
not always apply and we
sometimes do weft to defy
the rules. Last spring, for
example, both my Eros hy-
acinth and Dutch Master
daffodils bloomed beauti-
fully in a very prominent
flower bed after having
flowered in pots the previ-
ous winter.
In the garden, bulb flow-
ers that have faded should
be removed so the plants
will not spend precious en-
ergy on making seed. The
tidy types among us will be
sorely tempted to do some-
thing
omathing about the foliage as it
slowly Mmes las and
less decorative and
progresses to downright
shabby in the garden.
But the foliage must be
!eft intact, fed, weeded and
watered so it can work to
fatten the bulb for next
year's flowers. As the
leaves begin to wilt, if you
feel you must do some-
thing, tie the leaves of ittdi-
viduai daffodil plants into
a loose knot to get thein
out of the way of seeding
marigolds, zinnias or other
warmth -loving annuals.
Once the leaves have dried
and can easily be pulled
out of the ground, they
have finished their work
and can be removed.
Some gardeners prefer
to empty their bulb flower
display beds after the
blooms have finished so
they can have a clear
sweep at replenishing the
soil and planting the area
with annual flowers.
In this case, each plant is
carefully lifted with a good
ball of soil around bulb and
roots, and replanted in an
out-of-the-way area to
ripen its foliage and devel-
op the bulb for setting outs
again in the fall.
This bulb -ripening bed
should be fertile and sunny,
and the plants should be
carefully set out, fertilized
and watered till the foliage
dies down naturally. All
the care you give them is a
deposit made in the bulb
bank for next spring's flow-
ers.
Tulips should be dug at
least every second year
after the foliage has died,
for they multiply into
small bulbs and need sort-
ing before fail planting.
Think of your tulips as
cannibal plants. The
mother bidb produces nu-
merous babies at the ex-
pense of her own existence.
The baby' bulbs need sort-
ing into the larger, bloom-
ing -size ones for planting
in display beds, and
smaller ones that can be
grown in another area for
a year or two tmtii they
reach blooming size.
Shirley Whittingto
Gds WILL be gals!
From New York: Some-
thing new, something old .. .
something has been dis-
covered in the Big Apple that
we have known for a long
time up here in the boonies.
The New York Times re-
ports that women -only social
occasions are fun. One wide-
eyed participant in such an
outing was quoted thus: "It
was so stimulating that when
I got home I couldn't get to
sleep." The article goes on to
point out that this changing
attitude shows that women
feel more secure about
themselves and they admit
more freely that they enjoy
the company of other
women.
The article keeps talking
about a "new dimension" in
dinner parties. This new
dimension is where you eat
dinner with eight or nine
women friends instead of
with a bunch of couples that
you owe.
"It's nice to be able to
meet and talk with women
you are not involved with in
your workday world," says
another breathless convert
to this new dimension in
socializing. She adds, "It
broadens one's horizons."
I am surprised to see this
coming from the New York
Times. This is news? For
heaven's sake, women have
been enjoying each other's
company for generations.
pTheon brave women -only
.
_ini_. ,New. York keep
-talking.-about "common-
ality" and I guess that's
what my grandmother and
her friends had when they
put together the little cook-
book that has been preserved
through the generations. The
book is heavily sprinkled
with handwritten additions,
like "Greta's Governor's
Sauce. Nice" and "M's choc
cake. Scorches easily." On
one page, my grandmother
has written firmly, "The art
of rolling up wealth begins
with the sleeves." Common-
ality or not, Granny and her
friends talked about more
than just cooking.
My mother and her friends
met regularly to exchange
ideas. She was a Women's
Institute member and with
her cohorts she tirelessly
attended meetings, drafted
letters which were sent off to
the big boys' club in Ottawa,
established scholarships,
taught young people and
started a county museum.
Quibblers will say these
were working groups. But
my mother also had a closely
knit circle of friends with
whom she travelled, played
bridge or Scrabble and ex-
changed letters and books.
They cheered each other up
when there was trouble.
When they said "Keep in
touch" they meant it.
My own life experience in-
cludes memorable dinner
parties with seven or eight
stimulating and creative
women friends. Some of us
meet regularly for lunch.
Sometimes we travel
together to play tennis or`ski L
or go to the theatre. We cele-
brate each other's joys and
sorrows. We're more than a
_network. _We're._a :bulwark
_ We➢ve been doing this for
years and years, so it comes
as a surprise to read that the
fashionable ladies of Gotham
— the actresses, authors,
photographers, ad execu-
tives and lawyers — have
just discovered the import -
Mainstream Canada
Travel observations
that hit home
By W. Roger Worth
Perhaps, just perhaps, we
are our own worst enemies.
How else to describe Cana-
dians' penchant for visiting
other nations, while tourism
operators and their em-
ployees in our own country
are facing such difficult
times? It's a paradox, but
the facts are relatively
simple.
Last year, Canadians took
more than five billion of their
dollars out of the country to
travel and • support tourism
operators in other nations.
What's more, about $3.2 -bil-
lion of the total bill was spent
in the United States.
Naturally, there are some
good reasons for the spend-
ing. The winter weather in
Florida, Arizona and Cali-
fornia, for example, is cer-
tainly warmer than it is in St.
John's, Chicoutimi, Thunder
Bay and Cold Lake. But
that's a cross we have to
bear, even condoning the
sun -seekers who drift south
to recharge their batteries.
Nevertheless, we're now
entering the sunny season
when Canadians can get the
ready-made warmth in their
own country. So, there's
little reason for them to take
their money south of the
border. Still, many persist in
making the trek.. There are
good reasons why they
should change their ways.
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Canada's campgrounds,
trailer parks, cabins, lodges,
motels, hotels and tourist
facilities, for instance, are at
least the equal of those in the
U.S,, and travellers don't
have to worry about losing
money on currency ex-
change rates (Don't forget,
the exchange rate is more
than 20 per cent, and that
cash is lost money.)
Then there are the funny
little items that people tend
to forget when they add up
the cost of a trip. We some-
times don't compute, for
example, that the use of
Canadians roads is generally
free, while travel on those
south of the border costs
nickles, dimes or dollars.
But there is more than out-
of-pocket costs involved in
the choice between vacation-
ing in Canada or the USA. As
it stands, it is a crucial mat-
ter of jobs, and in which
country they will be avail-
able,
With 1.6 million or more of
us unemployed, Canadians
badly need the jobs that can
be provided if we vacation in
our own country. In addition,
they are the kinds,. of jobs
that really count.
Many of them are filled by
students, who may not be
able to attend sessions in the
fall if they don't earn some
cash. Others belong to the
young unemployed, who
haven't had the opportunity
to show their skills, even on a
short-term basis.
So perhaps Canadians
should have second thoughts
about relaxing for a week or
two at a U.S., rather than a
Canadian, resort this sum-
mer.
By spending the cash in
Canada, you won't have to
feel guilty about depriving
Canadians of jobs.
What's more, your spouse
or children might actually
appreciate seeing a greater
part of their own country.
it's a point worth consider-
ing.
No pain in brain
It's odd, but studies show
that the brain tissue doesn't
feel pain from direct stimu-
lation, nor does the bone of
the skull. But other parts of
the head are sensitive to
pain, such as the scalp, blood
vessels and some of the
brain covering.
ance of women friends. As
one convert commented, "If
you have any sense you real-
ize the importance of women
friends. A date is just a date,
buta friend is a friend for
life."
Since my particular circle
of friends does occasionally
— very occasionally — stoop
to frivolity, I was interested
to hear what the New York
dinner party conversations
centre on. "Once," reports
one lady, "we got involved in
discussing the relative
merits of shaving legs as
opposed to waxing ... and
we got off on a trivia contest
to see who could name all of
Lana Turner's husbands."
The reasons advanced for
the growth of this new social.
phenomenon were interest-
ing. "These women had not
only gone to coeducational
schools, but had also lived ill
co-ed dorms."
In other words, these
women had been surrounded
by men for most of their lives
and men just don't come to
grips with problems like leg
waxing and Lana Turner's
husbands.
There is nothing new under
the sun. Maybe the girls
from New York will try dis-
cussing that in their next
commonality session.
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