The Washington herald., 1908-06-17
WILL BE CITY OF FIRE
Wonderful Programme Out
lined for the Fourth.
HEAVENS TO BURN BRIGHTLY
What washinEtonians VIII See
When Opening OF Municipal Build
ing Ia Celebrated - PyrOtechntc
Display VIII surpasS Any Ever
Seen in the National Capital.

According to the programme for the Il
Elimination OF Pennsylvania avenue and
the new Municipal Building, July 4. a
display Of fireworks will be given that
will eclipse anything Of the sort hereto
fore seen in the National Capital.
At o'clock on the night of the "Glori-
Gus Fourth" the firing will begin. Set
pieces have been eliminated. but every
kind Of aerial display that human in
genuity can suggest will turn the heavens
above the city into a gigantic fairyland.
During a continuous bombardment OF
Lyddite Shells bombs. and Calling bat
teries of colored bullets. silver snakes
will wriggle up into the air kissing real
istically; birds OF Paradise viii soar
among fiery. floating japanese blossoms;
swarms Of bees and clouds Of yellow
Jackets will buzz about, adding 70 the
confusion Of pyctechnic beauty; large
flower pots will rise mysteriously from
the ground and as mysteriously burst,
spreading red, blue. and white flowers in
hundreds: and as a climax to the scene.
an aerial flower garden will be produced
by the discharge Of 80 American beauty
skyrockets.
Varied Programme Planned.
Following is the programme OF the dis
play:
Illumination OF Pennsylvania avenue
from the White House to the Capitol for
one hour
One hundred Lyddlte shells. as used al
twentieth century celebration. New York
January l. 1901. fred from 15-inch guns,
Three hundred pounds colored fires.
Discharge OF twenty bombshells, l31z-
inch, fired In flights.
Discharge OF ten bombshells, three
break. as 3s-inch. fired In flights.
One hundred Gatling batteries OF COL
ored bullets.
Twelve mammoth fireworks balloons
displaying as they pass over the city
suns, silver spray. radium flashes, &c.
Seventy-two S-pound American beauty
rockets.
One hundred pieces I5-inch bombshells
Twenty bombshells, l5-inch, high In air
Ten saucisson bags. releasing high in
air swarms OF bees and yellow jackets.
Discharge Of eighteen 4-pound fancy
rockets.
Eruption OF twenty-four s-pound fancy
]
Twenty-four giant fountains. assorted
! effects.
Bombardment, produced by the dis
charge OF twenty-five Gatling batteries.
Twenty bombshells. l31s-inch. fired in
! flights.
Discharge OF thirty-six fancy rockets
/ four-pound. resembling an old-fashioned
/ flower garden. high in air.
Five bombshells. A-inch. al height OF
600 feet, releasing 100 parachutes.
Bombardment. produced by the dis
charge OF twenty-five Gatling batteries
A cross-fre Of 10000 colored bullets.
Ten 55-inch bombshells. three break
each shell breaking three times high n
air. and each break a different and pleas
/ ing effect.
/ Fusillade. twenty-five Gatling batteries
rHpid discharge OF colored bullets cross
/ ing and intersecting each other.
/ Twenty-four fancy rockets, eight-pound
/ floating festoons OF Jewels strung on gold
wire; ten nests OF silver snakes. writhing
and Kissing as they rise high In air
Grand flnale-The aerial flower garden
| produced by the discharge Of 80 Amer
! lean Beauty sky rockets.