Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-26

The Anerican Flag Rocket WIN
Greatly Stimulate Patriotic Enshs.
siasm.
From the New York Hersld
We've got the fireworks business down
% nne." said a New York pyrotechnist the
other day. that We can produce a perfect
likeness In fire Of any persons face n we
have photograph TO work by. Since FIRE.
works have come to be used 1t ali sorts
OF celebrations at all times OF the year the
business Of manufacturing them has grown
amazingly. and there are but few features
Of the business. a. practiced by oriental
artisans. that we Americans haven't nsas-
tered"
few years ago q horse cracker was q
wonder TO the boys and a roman candle set
them wild. Skyrockets were q whole show
In themselves and pinwheels were an ever
lasting delight. Now. a man with a purse
string Of limited length IL able TO put up q
Fourth OF July celebration in which cannon
crackers. roman candles. skyrockets and
pin wheels play a minor part
Nowadays a pyrotechnic display 20 bring
the young American to the point Of throw.
ing up his hat and bowling must be marked
with Niagaras OF fire. rockets that worm
their way into the sky a thousand feet or
more above ground and crackers that boom
like swamp angels.
I'VE are put to It to think up new fes-
lures each year." said the manufacture
1t seemed as II we had reached the limit
Of ingenuity In that direction last eeason.
but the inventors have developed some new
IDEAS. and this year the American nag
rocket VIII figure conspicuously In the most
elaborate exhibitions"
Some New Ideas.
This rocket il what 10 known to the traAs
a. ten-pounder. and when It 10 set OF 70
goes into the air. kissing Ike q million
pythons. fifteen hundred feet II n not un-
wieldly in form, but II is loaded with strong
powder. that is packed into q clay chamber
under hydraulic pressure When 1t the
highest point Of Its elevation an explosion
takes place and q wave OF colored fire. moro
than twenty feet long and q dossn feet
wide. in the form OF the American Gag,
streams out and floats from q parachute,
gradually descending to the ground. The
effect 10 striking. Plain. everyday people
will not be able to indulge In this style Of
rocket for they cost $40 apiece
The worlds fair rocket IL . new inveu-
ton. II 10 q stx-pounder and IL soarS more
than Q thousand feet into the air. finally
bursting and filling the air with Q torrent
Of colored fire. These rockets come nearer
to the pockets of the common people Thsv
cost 81 each.
New York dealers have imported but two
new pyrotechnic features this year. One
IL IL used In daylight exhibitions, and 10
probably the most ingenious contrfvance Of
It's KIND that comes across the water. IL
IL cylinder. about four inches In diameter,
covered At both extremities. IL IN thrown
from mortar to q height OF about four
hundred feet At that altitude the cylinder
explodes. releasing . large figure made of
light fabric that IL inflated with hot cdr
rising from powder that burns IN small
cups suspended from the under side Of g.
When expanded these small wads take the
forms OF various animals, and they f1oef IN
the air Q long time. never falling until the
hot air In exhausted
Makes q Great Noise.
The other importation In the mandarin.
which Is small frecracker that possesses
an explosive power that 10 wonderful and
the noise OF II is deafening. They are made
In China. and are one OF the principal fea-
lures OF the Chinese celebrations. The
mandarins are attached to long strings.
charged with powder. and when IL is time
string is ignited. The irregular booming
that follows IN like the discharge OF rapid
fire guns. American pyrotechnists haven't
found out how to crowd SO much noise into
30 small a space yet There are about q
thousand OF these crackers In q pack and
each pack costs Is.
Among several smaller pieces that Gre
new the most conspicuous for the fuss they
make and the beauty OF the iiery streams
that they send forth are the peacock
plumes. flying pigeons colored saucissions,
Jack-in-the-box. devil among the tailors and
Indian 1ugglery.