Evening star., 1901-03-04
TONIGHT
Brilliant Pyrotedhbie Display to Mark
AdventSf Darkness.
WILL Be MADE FROM MONUMENT LOT
Sixty New and Startling Features
on Program.
GA MESSAGE FROM MARS"

The inaugural display Of fireworks thls
evening will be one of the sranoesl psio-
technic features yet attempted III the cap
ital of the nation. The display Will De lhaue
from the grounds surrounding the wash
ington monument, the first salute oi iol
lyddite bombs being fired promptly at ''4o
o'clock The display will continue 1or ah
hour and half, being finished IN tilhe "
allow those who witness it to attend the III
augural ball, arriving at the latter luilS-
ton before the President shall nave lea 'he
opening march.
The fireworks features are all aerlai III
character and may be seen from any part
of the city equally as well as from the ihoii-
ument grounds. There will be but TWO set
pieces, fire pictures of the President ana
Vice President, and these will be hoisted TO
a height of sixty feet, bringing them in
view of many portions of the city "A nov
sety on the program is a Message from
Mars" The contractors have arranged with
an Italian aeronaut to make an ascent III
a hot-air balloon to a height of several
thousand feet. When he shall have attained
sufficient height the daring performer Is To
make a parachute leap. On the way 70
earth he will set off a number or prliliant
and startling displays OF hre"orkS. Inc
danger from the fire. The complete pro-
gram consists of sixty unusual features, as
outlined below.
Program of the Display.
1. Salute of 1O1 lyddite bombs will be
heard ten miles away.
.. Carmne illumination of the monument
and ground with electric suns and packet
fires.
3. Ascension of balloons, with magnesium
f1ashlight and a stream of golden spray, fol-
lowed by an explosion of tinted gems
changing into an electric Illumination
4. Rocket display, crossing and lntersect-
Ing in their flight, forming a polychromatlc
canopy of glittering radiance.
8. Electric fountain. novel ana peau'l-
full representation in floral fire OF a foun-
tain throwing upward and outward llqmd
drops of spangles and SPRAYS OF fre, ter
minating in a crown of yarlegated-colofed
flowers of every hue.
6. Flight of mammoth bombshells, on
reaching their height produce links of dia-
mond chains, changing colors, followed by
bursts of electric fires, embelllshed with
topaz and emerald comets.
Z. Batteries of jeweed mines beginning
with prismatic colored shower of diamoad
fire, forming a beautiful fountain effect,
suddenly exploding with report, hllng the
air with fery-tailed. wrigglers Of fantastic
ers and shooting stars.
s. Fire picture, Our President Lance
fire portrait of President Mckinley festoon-
ed with the national colOrs and embellshed
with batteries of electric fires; area, 1000
square feet.
8. Message from Mars, new, thrilling and
marvellous.
10 Bombshell display, displaying chrys-
anthemums wilpwtree dragons, clusters
of grapes. necklaces and scrolls Of great
briliancy and startling effects.
IL. Aluminium flash light rockets, form
ing a gorgeous veil of feathery plumes, en-
belished with topaz and emerald comets.
T. Flight of bombshells in national col
ors, each bombshell opening with red,
changing to white, and finishing with blue.
13 Six pillars of flame, embelished with
ruby batteries surrounding and crowning
the monument, with bursts of colored me-
teors and showers of shells. shooting stars,
streamers, wh!rligigs and mammoth spread
erS.
a. Indian juggIery, beginning with pris-
matte illumnations, followed by brilliant
shower Of diamond fire; then suddenly cx-
plodng with a loud report, filling the air
with tiery-tailed spinners, forming fantas-
tic circles of fire and col0red rings
10 Whistling jacks. These pyrotechnical
curiosities fly through the air whstling and
screaming in wild fantastic, unearthly fu-
ror, terminating with a fusillading report
Flight of Brilliant Rockets.
16 Rocket display, eight-pound hanging
chain and floating wreaths, rising like an
Eiffel tower to an immense height, throwing
crosses of uncas, which float away and
finally disappear in the distance with col
ored magnesium flashes.
IT. Mandarin bombshells breaking three
times, producing Calling gun effects and
beautiful showers OF electric stars scintil-
lating in green and azure tints the whole
producing one of the most beautiful effects
1S "Our Vice President" lance fire o3r-
trait of Vice President Roosevelt. emhel-
ished with American flag.
10. Flight of fiery Wagglers. A continuous
stream of gyratory figures to be set off
simultaneously, producing bouquets of all
the latest tints
20. Discharge of fifty tourbilions spin
ming like horizontal Wheel forming UNI
brellas of fire in ascent and descent.
81. Balloon display. Flights of American
banner balloons, illuminated with magne-
fountains of diamond sparks combined with
brilliant emerald and orange meteors and
dragons.
% Bombshell display. Flight Of s6-inch
bombs showing all the twentieth century
effects and devices.
%. Flight Of fireflies, throwing vast num-
bers of glowing sparkles through the air,
displaying broad stream of Chinese gold
and silver spangles, as they fall throwing
off electrical scintillations
"a Flight Of 100 electric star rockets,
opening with parachutes, holding a silver
star of great brilliancy; these float a long
distance, changing color several times. end
ing with a flash of intense white tnat will
light up the entire heavens.
% Battery display. Mammoth spread
ers, which break into a golden star, tipped
with silver.
26 Display of 100 mammoth rockets of
changing tints and a large number of
streamers of brilliant fires, terminating with
shell bursts of brilliant stars.
27. Illumination of monument and grounds
with f1ashlght packet Bengal fires.
%. Flight Of mammoth bombshells, each
shell discharginS several parachutes to
which are suspended chains Of colored stars
%. Chromatic battery display, throwing
forth brilliant changing colored stars, fin
ishing in wheels of flashing fires
30. Chinese fans, with many changes of
brilliant fire and centers of variegated illu-
limitations, ending in an oriental fan of pea
cock feathers.
Battles of the Anacondas.