Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-27
NEW FADS IN FlREN ORKS.
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Philadelphia Record.
There will be as glorious a Fourth OF
r,l,, for the fireworks dealer TINS year |
3or anvbodv else. and the manuiac- 1
e,,rers are preparing, have prepared |
already. indeed. % do large business !
slreadv the sign Fireworks. No Smok- |
,nc1 Is TO be seen in all sections oi the
,itv where there are retail shops ana
,he enthusiastic small boy who mas saved
IN bis money and now fears that unless
ns acts promptly other delights viii
,emnt him to squander the pile else
,,bere OF that perhaps the powder sup
nlv viii give out is 20 be found in these
sbons or frudging homeward with all his
celebration tucked carefully under his
arm. and bis Joy spread over his coun-
tenance.
In other words. the work Of the whole
.,i,rs In fireworks Il about over for this
season the retailers arc hard at It and
tbe sellers Of court plaster and salve are
vetting ready for the inevitable boom.
Inc novement,foE ''the national Fourth
of Julvn-that IL, one IN which flags and
bunting are substituted for crackers and
Din wheels, has gained some headway
hereabouts, though scarcely as much as
had been hoped for by Ne advocates, and
rold here this year than ever before. The
anout can. indeed, be estimated already
bv the wholesalers, and is placed at not
less than $1,000 000for about S3.33 for
everv man. woman and child in the city
This ia explained by some as being due to
yenoral nrosporitv. while by others II rs
attributed directly to the awakening Of
civic patriotism due to the current politi-
cal situation. In proof OF tins II IS
pointed ont that the business IN hags and
bunting is also good and above the
Avcrape which indicates that both the
quiet and the noisy are getting ready TO
celebrate
Fireworks are not more expensive this
wear than usual. but there seems TO be
tendency 70 buN the large pieces, exc
rent Of course. in the matter Of crackers,
for which there is still, and doubtless
will be an immense demand. Iorpe-
does are not 80 popular, because the tiny
little fellows that make only small snap
have for long been viewed with scorn by
avon the smallest celehrants, while the
larger stronger varieties have incurred
the displeasure of the authorities as
being somewhat dangerous. The re-
strictions placed on the use bt fireworks
bv the city are about the same as last
wear and II seems TO be taken Tor granted
that the luitInItlhNNN " NiA' ~ ? f,itft''f'N
by the police viii be broad and lenient
No celebration of a noisy character
must be undertaken in the vicinity OF
hoepitals or similar institutions, and IN
addition. Fire Marshal Lattimer has in
structed dealers AS TO certain things
uhich must not be sold Among these
are an fireworks and liTecraokers con-
tanning picric acid or picratesi all explo-
eive canes in which blank cartridges are
al blank cartridges pistols and al
pellets or tablets composed, OF chlorate
Of potash or other highly explosive COM
pounds Specifically named, also, as for
biddcn. Is the "son Of a gun, fiat tab
let about the she of a quarter OF dollar
which. whcn rubbed on o rough surface
gives A series Of explosions and Jumps
around, and back and forth through q
radius a nve OF six feot Another pro
hibtcd mticle is the cracking match.
Chinatown alwnsy celebrates thI
Fourth, and this year shows the SAINT
increase in enthusiasm as is found else
where. Many Of Fhe shops devoteC
ordinarily TO the Eile OF tea ohinawQrl
and ctrios. arc now displaying fireworks
and IN one, given over almost eutirel!
TO the temporary trade, is 70 DO seen
picture Of George Washington tlanke'
on one side by The HtsHs and Stripes ant
on the other by ne back dragon OF hi
heather majesty, the emperor, on, on
yellow ground. The Chinese IN fhila
delphia are great buyers Of fireworks
but though they set of large quantitie
In their own purlieus, much Of what the.
buy is sent 10 nearby outside points
"They must sell a great deal 30 Ameri
cans toop said one of the large whole
salers "for il Is impossible 10 accoun
otherwise for the huge supplies they la'
in and seem to get rid off" This yrove
on closer Investigation, to be the case
A large majority of the white people II
the neighborhood Of Chinatown bu.
their fireworks Of the Chinese.
The Chinaman makes most Of hi
noise with the frocmckers, never settin
OF less than an entire string of them a
one time. but he also buys large quaint
ties of the various spectacular piece,
Firecrackers. whether little OF big, ar
stll made only abroad, most of them
China but all that come here are manu-
featured especially for this market, as
shown by the English printing on Oh
wrappers Everything but the fire
crackers is now made in this countr,
PRINCIPALLY in New York and Jersey Citl
and none is imported.
Among things which are now this We,
the slicSloss rocket leads. IL is, as j
name implies without a stick. and COZ
seqtientlv is deemed much safer f.
urban use than the old style Il pc
forms nearly an the marvellous foats
the stick rocket, and sells at from 80
S32 n dozen. Another new rocket
the electric waterfall, which. upon reac
ing its eliminating point pours out
stream OF liquid fire as though il we
flowing over dam. In set pieces
those which are stuck on or rested up
the ground there are new things too
The Pcacock's Tail is a set piece wi
three diverging cylinders, which thr,
out a glittering combination of sta
and streamers that resemble a widel
spread tail The Oriental Wonder thro
out stars and with binding flashes
radium-at least an imitation of t. T
Silver Birch throws stream Of sil,
leaves to height of 80 feet while {
Golden Rod makes a display resemble
that flower The Floral Bomhshell thr
out single colored stars which look ratl
ordinary and unpromising until there 4
loud explosion followed by the displ
Of crown OF many colored jewels IN
there is the Devil Among the Sailo
which puts forth a multitude of wigglh
squirning figures; the Gattling Bate