Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-26
NOVELTIES IN FIREWORKS.
News of Interest for Those Who Have
Money To Buru.


Money to Buru.
Anything new in fireworks? Yes. the
price list"
''How's that?'
Prices have gore up from twenty-five
to fifty per cent" replied the manager of
great fireworks manufacturing company
up to his ears in the busiest week of the
busiest month of the year, but cheerfully
ready to talk. BOX of frecrackers. fort,
punches. sixty crackers In a bunch, costs
about one dollar. Dealers make up little
punches to sell for cent. though; nois.
is still cheap enough"
w hat excuse is there for higher pricese"
on, the labor is costly and the new
tdriH raises the price of chemicals-yes
1 Know IL hasn't gone into effect Vet hui
IT, IL already making material expensive
linen, 100. there's something else. Maybe
some of the manufacturers are tired Of
dong business for nothing and have kind
Oh nXed up a list. A fireworks trust? oh
no JUST business agreement. But prices
are hlSher. whatevers the cause
There's another thing This Fourth n.
july business Is changing character grad
uahE ana IN some ways for the better
Srdckefs are so cheap. and have been for
SO ions time, that the boys begin nom
ping EN- two weeks beforehand which is
good Tor the trade. But on the Fourth n.
ser there not nearly as much noise as In
.ne sood ola days Bicycle. OF course b.
All the boys who have wheels go off or
century runs and the like and don't gel
pack until after dark. Grown-up folks
are by lar our best customers because
tney buy ornamental fireworks for use al
night. This part of the business is grow
ing last; has been really revoutionized in
the past few years. I'll tell you a pretty
custom few years ago the people liV.
ing on the garden block I'm upper Brook.
iyn combined and put in a dollar or Sc
apiece Tor a celebration. They had speech.
es' songs the reading of the Declare ton
regular old-fashioned time of it-and al
night a fireworks show. The popers took
II up, and you'd be surprised to know how
many such neighbCrhood clubs there are
now Some that began just by a Fourth OF
July blowout keep it up all winter with
social Of one sort or another"
Are there really no novelties except the
price liSt?'
Plenty of them: only that's the most i'm.
portant. Aquatic and aerial fireworks are
the strong novelties compared with the
old set pieces-whch are always good
though. The paper balloons are an exam.
Pile We make EN- now in the shape OF
pigs, elephants, men and horses and thai
makes more fun. Then We hitch fireworks
TO them to explode in the air Besides
theyr fairly cheap. What are called
electric light effects are a favorite modif.
cation of the old rocket idea Chromatit
candles with rainbow effects. electric
spreaders which throw out horizontal
showers of what look like electric lights
and batteries of colored stars fired up-
right, are novelties of this season. though
the principle of all is not new. We have
upright mortars that fire explosive bombs
straight INTO the air. You can fire a bomt
five feet in diameter, If you like Ii will
burst and make fine show but the aver
age private exhibitor wouldn't use many
Oh them at SlSo for single shot"