Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
BRILLIANT NUMBERS
NOVELTIES NEVER BEFORE WIT
MESSED IN WASHINGTON.
Committee to Add Features in Case
Sufficient Money is Contributed
Committee Meeting.


Commissioner Macfarland. chairman of
the committee of arrangements of the
national capital Independence day cele-
bration after meeting with the executive
committee expressed the desire that all
contributions to the Fourth of July fund
be sent in promptly, within the next day
or two The committee of arrangements
is very much gratified by the success of
Chairman Smith of the finance committee,
but desires now to have the different con-
tributions sent in at once
The committee on fireworks has report
ed that it has it's plans all ready and de-
sires only to know the amount of money
that will be available. This committee has
been very successful In getting satisfac
tory. program, which has been approved
by the executive committee. and which
indicates that a fine display will be made.
The rule adopted by the committee that
all fireworks should be displayed high in
the air. so as to be visible from all parts
of the District, enabled the bidders to make
exceptional arrangements since they do
not have to spend money upon costly set
pieces and structures on the ground.
All the arrangements for the morning
military procession, from 8 to 10 o'clock,
have been completed. The naval contin-
One or more naval bands will accompany
the bluejackets The Marine Band will
head the Marine Corps. The arrangements
for the meeting are rapidly approaching
completion and will be definitely announced
in a few days.
The celebration fund now amounts to
$2,O51
Messrs. w. F. GUIDE, chairman: Cuno H.
Rudolph vice chairman; F. B. Sebring and
F. B. Keefer called upon Commissioner
Macfarland, chairman of the executive
committee. this morning. and outlined in
detail the fireworks program which as
stated, has been approved The entire dis
play will be made from the monument
grounds and will be purely aerial In char
acter.
Features of the Display.
The program embraces many new and
interesting displays, and will be as fol-
lows:
1. National salute of 15-inch aerial
| maroons, fired from steel mortars, making
| terrific reports.
,. Grand illumination Of the Capitol with
| Pains powerful colored lights, changing
| color five times.
| B. Ascent of mammoth meteoric bal
| looms ascending with dazzling brilliancy,
changing they rise to a. spiral formation.
| leaving in their wake beautiful corrusca-
| tons, which fall to the earth. CWeather
permitting.)
| f.. The polychromatic canopy, produced
| by the discharge of large rockets, contain
| ing Pains latest tints and electric effects,
enveloping the entire sky with brilliant
colors, artistically blended
| 5. Batteries of jeweled mines. displaying
| beautiful tints as they rise into the air.
6. Flight of colored rockets and continu-
| GUS discharge Of electric comets.
Z. st. Lousan rockets forming pillars
| Of Are. as given at the dedication of the
| worlds fair, 1903. ~ X
s. Display of Pains new combination
shells-mauve magenta, canary vermillion,
IA nd
| Each bomb having from three to five sepa-
| rate and distinct effects.
8. Field of the cloth of gold produced by
| the discharge of an immense shell. exhib-
| iting golden stars, emitting glittering SPAN
| giles.
10. Flight of six-pound rockets. contain
| ing triple parachutes; bright as stars
| sparkling in the sky.
IL. Display of 24-inch shells-primroses
and violets. pansies laburnum blossoms,
passion flower. heliotrope, etc.
IL. Aerial novelty. rockets bearing mag
nesium lights flooding the entire country
| with light.
13. Discharge of national bombs-red,
white and blue. Pains 1903 combination ef-
fects.
IA. Display of PAINS electric rockets
Is. Pains aerial wonder. The Southern
Cross" An artistic aerial novelty. Fired
| from heavy rockets.
16. Flight Of bombs. The aerial acre OF
| variegated gems Bombs fired by electric
II. Display of Pains dedication bombs.
The sensation Of the great ST. Louis dis
| plays.
1s. Revolving cascade bombs Q9Os nov
elty)
| 10. Pains triple chrysanthemum bombs.
Covering the heavens with gigantic Japa-
| nese blossoms: each break a different tint.
20. Peacock plume bombs, with rich,
| trailing colors.
| Fl. Display of Pains 3O-inch Manhattan
Beach bombs, containing northern lights.
silver corruScations, turquoise, rubieS. sap
| phires, old gold and other combinations and
| effects
%. Flight of six-pound rockets. dis
| charging Pains hanging chains of ever
| changing colors.
-. Twenty-four-inch Italian bombettes.
| opening with silver streamers. changing to
| golden rain. again changing to purple and
| amber Q9O3 novelty. introduced at the
great st. Louis dSplaysO
"a Display of Pains aerial novelties,
| forming showers Of dazzling magnesium
meteors, In three mutations followed by
| loud detonatiNns. (The sensation of 1909
The American Bird.
%. The eagle screams rockets The ma
| tional birds screech realistically produced.
26. Aerial sleigh bells. So named by
| Mark Twain
81. Floating festoons of ever-changing
lights. forming necklaces of gems
% National streamers The national
20. Flight of floral bombshells. Peoples
| in the Cornfield"
30. Salvo of Pains large bombs with
great combination and color effects includ-
Ing whirligigs. prismatic torrents, aerial
jugglery, fiery octopus. etc.
81. Volleys of Shells electric blue and
| sea-shell pink ~ So
80 Our Empire. This unique novelty
| is produced by mammoth combination
shell, which. at LOCO feet releases large
bomb. with red, green blue and white stars,
representing the United States, followed by
gold shell, representing Cuba. followed by
a silver shell for Porto Rico, and finishing
with a number of smaller shells for the
Philippines. So II
81. Great silver clouds Introducing Pains
marvellous electric fire. One mass of shim-
mering. dazzling splendor
a. The pyrotechnic 1cuttlefsh, with long.
radiating, fiery tentaeles ~
Aerial Novelty.