"Tickling the risibilities of the
public is an evidence of the greatest success in catering to the
entertainment of it. We all laugh at the distorted features and figures
that the cartoonist and caricaturist makes of our best known men, and
it is this innate love of the distortions of nature, when only
temporary, that makes us visit and visit again the 'Fun Factory' at the
WHlTE CITY, where every feature and every figure is made to take on the
most peculiar shapes and yet lose not one whit of their individuality,
but rather accentuate the same. In a score of specially built mirrors
one can see reflections of self and friends twisted and contorted into
all sorts of odd and fantastic shapes that create laughter and endless
amusement. This one place will sugar-coat the bitterest pill of life
and make us see the humorous side of things. If you are in ill humour
with yourself, your friends or the world, then a visit to the 'Fun
Factory' will set all things right and make you feel better towards all
mankind. It is a supreme tonic for the blues and a guaranteed cure for
the sulks."
(excerpt from the 1909 program)
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