EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 97 



It is no uncommon occurrence for visitors to say to waiters 

 that although they have visited the Park a number of times, they 

 never before had known there was a restaurant. A plain sign, 

 with ten-inch gold letters on a green backgrqund reading "Rock- 

 ing Stone Restaurant" should be put up on the end and the 

 south side of the front pavilion, as a matter of convenience to 

 visitors who desire a place of refreshment. 



Soda Water. — While there was a substantial gain during the 

 past season over the previous one in this division of the privi- 

 leges, the high record of 1911 was not reached. This condition 

 was almost entirely due to the most unseasonable weather in the 

 month of September that has been experienced in several years. 

 Up to that time, conditions had been fully up to the average. 



The delays in the completion of the Privilege Building re- 

 ferred to elsewhere had a more or less serious effect on the show- 

 ing that would have been made if the facilities finally provided 

 for in this building had been available. 



Souvenir Books. — The scale of souvenir books kept pace 

 fairly well with previous years although it was found impossible 

 to carry out our plans for the issue of a new edition-de-luxe to be 

 sold at one dollar, as well as an illustrated booklet intended to 

 appeal especially to children. There were so many demands on 

 our funds for other purposes that both of these projects had to 

 be deferred. 



The last editions of both the 25 and 50-cent souvenir books 

 were so large that there still is a sufficient number on hand to 

 meet all demands for some time. 



Postal Cards. — We are continuing the sale of souvenir 

 postals issued and put out in 25-cent sets in March, 1912. 

 Although we found it impossible to dispose of as many sets 

 as in the first year, the number of sets sold was very satis- 

 factory. We have found it utterly impracticable to sell postal 

 cards singly, and have been compelled to abandon the idea. 



At the close of the year 1913 about half of the last issue of 

 one-and-a-half million cards had been sold. The stock on hand 

 will probably run through the next two years. 



Photogravures. — The series of twenty thousand photograv- 

 ures in sepia, size 8x10, of four animal subjects which was is- 

 sued as an experiment in 1912, and placed on sale at 50 cents for 

 the set, was so popular as to justify our increasing the number 

 of subjects to twelve. In order to permit those interested great- 

 er range in selecting pictures the number of subjects in a set 



