, 1888-02-09
FIZZ, POP AND BANG.
THE PRESENTATION OF POINTS
Pc CULiAR TO PYROTECtlNY.

How Spectacular Combustion Finds o
mnrket-Fircw"rhs No Longer nionopo.
izcd by the Fourth OF July-CoiiectIona
for Corporation Celebrations.
Ono does not have to overhaul lis mem.
ory to any great extent to reach back to
the limc when Independence day was tho
one day OF tic year when skyrockcts end
pinNheclS asserted themselves rs Il sym.
Dol OF our country's greatness Along in
tho fall, 1t ia true, when candidates for
public Office sought the suffrage Of thcir
fellow citizens, the Roman candle supple.
mentca inc OIL torch as TN adjunct Of 20
lltical professions. But, ~ IL general rule,
the fireworks that were not burned or
Fourth of July night were carefully
packed away for next year, 1t is not SC
any more, Pyrotechnic displays are prom.
lnent attractions ut summer resorts all
through the season, and the father CT q
family who takes his boys ard Cirls In the
country to pass the heated months not
unfrequcrtly adds n box CT fireworks tc
the Larcs and Pcnates that lie carries
along.
''Ihis fireworks package business has
grown to some considerable proportions,
hasn't its' asked tho truth seeker
BOX COLLECTIONS.
. Neii, EucsS you " tnilK so, ~ replied
tho pyrotechniclan. "Wc instituted ,he
plan Of putting up these box collections
about sixteen yCars uCo, and it has Lccr
growing more Popular every year. Wont
to know why2 Wen, most people wEc
buy fireworks for II Fourth of July cello
bration very naturally put Or the pur.
chase until tho last minute For th,,
matter, most purchasers of any kind q
goods do tho same thing, but just stor
and think how the rulc applies TO fire
WORKS when you consider what they rrc
1t Is not to bc expected that nrn wouic
want box Of them lying around loose Il
his house for two or thrcc weeks Yes
II there's anything that's bought ut tlt
eleventh hour, its fireworks. Then
again, not ono person in twenty knoWs
what he wants. There Is general desire
FOR something that will make u show. and
perhaps mako noise, but tho AVERAGE
man knows only tie commonplace name:
or pieces that VIII produce certain effects.
They know what bongola lights, trlanglcs
ana mines are, but VIC can't cXpcct the
president Of u bank, or q man who hes
made q fortune in potatoes, TO cXpcnd LIS
valuable time in trying TO learn the differ
cncc between saucsson mine and q
tourbillion rocket.
So we, us il were, do their thinking fol-
them, and pat up ~ collection according tc
our knowledge of results consistent with
the price charged for IT, It's very much
cheaper for tho purchaser too. Now
thcrc's n collection rpckcd ready for de
livery. We charge 80 cents for it lust os
it stands. 1t contains thirty pieccs-none
or them very elaborate, it is true, bu
What do yot suppose you'd have to ray
Tor them II you came in here ard puttcrco
around our stock selecting this one here
ana thGt one there, ard wasting at least
half an hours time in doing itp We'll
hcre's our catalogue, and You can sec CT
once that, IL you BOUGHT each ono Of those
thirty pieces TT retail. you'd lgyo TO rc,
something over 81 fer thc lot, and tLCy
wouiun't be 30 Cu'lGctly packed fer Go
livery either. How could tncy be, undeI
tho circumstance
CORPORATION CELEBRATIONS n
upe' Wv W. p"'
TO any amount that Il customer wants.
for that meter, with corresponding rates
OF discount us Ietwccn Wholesale rrd rc
ia prices, but for regular cataloruc rocLs
W. have II 500 collection. This is cCo.
quate TO complete town or cclrorat,Cu
celebration, and contains CCoGs That would
cost, at retail, just double the money.
Thcrc nrc pieces in it whose prices rlure
from 20 to $40 when purchased singly''
Nv nat 60 you nCGn Dy 'corporutior
colcbrations'y'
"1'll tell you. There arc lots of manu-.
featuring concerns that core TO us every
year and buy collection OF fireworks fcr
their mills up in tho country Only The
other day mill superintendent carnc in
and gavc me n Cd0 order 1T keeps Tic
boys at Eorc,' lie said, and they srcrd
their money right in town instead Of com.
ing to Boston, Very frequently tho lccal
trGdcsmen chip in with the mills for d
fireworks display for this reason
"5ut, of coursc, we Cont have to &c.
pend upon tho Fourth Of July alone for
business. iou know it has become tLe
regular thing to have ryrotechnic displays
at the summer resorts, and excursion
! parties often consider y box Of fireworks
as necessary to good time Us basket oi
| champagne
What have you to say about fire
crac;ers?''
Fire crackers nrc no object to our
trade nowadays. Wo Lave to Keep them.
| of course, because they are bound to be
popular, but therc is no profit in them.
| Have you seen that American cannon
cracker, by the way, that WAS introduced
| last yearY There's ono point about then,
that's worth consideration Not the
noise especially--of course we expect that
but the fact that no danger from fire
attends their use. When they go of they
| go for good and all, leaving no vcstico CT
spark behind them Wo're ahead of
the Chinese in this respect ut least. ~
| Boston Herald
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