Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-05
FIREWORKS ON ELu|PSE.
Big Display to Begin at $50
O'Clock Tonight.
ILLUMINATION OF AVENUE
Waves of Ruby, Emerald and Elee.
trio Fire on Program.

trio Fire on Program.
There will he real fireworks on the
White House ellipse. beginning at $50 to-
night and 70 he followed by the illumina-
ton OF Pennsylvania avenue. The nre-
works program is follows:
Grand Illumination in waves of ruby.
emerald and electric fire. produced with
go pounds Of special illumnators.
National salute of ninety bombshells.
Ten bombsheIls 1S-inch scintillatinG
" onders releasing al height of 800 feet
fiery golden dragons.
Iioyd'S. up-to-date aerial warfare. pro-
duced by the discharge OF twelve mann
moth bombshells. releasing twelve air
ships. each equipped with searchlight.
ach discharging a fusillade of 1000 shots
Q il floats over the city.
Display of ten mammoth 24-inch bomb
shells forming the southern cross. poppies
in the cornfield. electric sunburSts. giant
cuttlefisn field of cloth of gold.
Hanging gardens of Babylon. simulta-
neous discharge of ten S-inch shells. re-
leasing 100 parachutes with chains OF
gems.
Flight of twenty bombshells. assorted
effects.
THE Wonders of Japan" 1S-inch shells.
showing gigantic rings of gold and silver.
mammoth wheels. fiery dragons, frefj es
and golden rod.
ZEN Neapolitan 2-break bombshels,
changing from red to gold. to emerald, to
yellow. to turquoise, to magenta, to car
dinal, to salmon pink and a rose.
Riot of Rich Color.
Suuburst of twenty fifteen-inch shells
bursting into a marvellous riot of color,
forming a beautiful flower garden, with
jewels.
Monster bombshells. each breaking high
in the air into glowing rubies. changing
to fia shing diamonds, and again chang
ing into brilliant eHeralds.
Eruption Of ten bags of frefies. filling
the air with thousands of bees and yell
low jackets.
Eighteen-inch bombshells. assorted eff
fects, whirligigs. golden rain, aerial Jug
glery. fiery octopus.
Ten eighteen-inch shells, two urea- and
each break equal to regular bombshell.
changing from ruby to emerald. azure
blue to gold. sea green to silver spray.
purple to amber.
Twenty shells, fired in flights, display
Ing skyblue. lavender, cherry red, old
god, orange. saffron and heliotrope.
Golden lattice work, S-J feet long, gold
spray. with ruby and emerald globules
interspersed. crossing and intersecting
each other at a height Of 100 feet.
Ascent of twelve mammoth balloons,
each bearing powerful searchlights, which
can be seen for ten miles as they float
over the city. assorted effect. vivid light
ming flashes. floating lights changing col
ors. diamond jets. silver falls.
Display of twenty jubi ee variegated
and electric batteries at a height of 100
feet, emitting stars. interspersed with
red. green and amber globules sprayed
with silver.
Volley of Firefies.
voiley of ten firenies filing the air with
swarms of bees and clouds of yellow
jackets, fired from 15-inch guns.
Ten Neapolitan eighteen-inch bomb
shells, to break with fragments. rain
bows, iridescent arches. flashing stars of
crimson. rich, sparkling blue.
Display Of fifty assorted bombshells
thirty pieces, ten-inch, one break; ten
pieces. e.ghteen-inch. two break; ten
pieces. ten-inch, three break.
Gigantic siders. revolving cascades, Jap
anese apple blossoms, Sinbad's jeweled
cave.
Bombardment of flowers. produced by
the simultaneous discharge of fifty as
sorted batteries and fountains placed In
several locations, from which a cross will
be made in ali directions, creating a
beautiful flower garden, studded with
jeweled stars.
Polychromatic canopy. produced by the
discharge of twenty-five. assorted bomb
Shells fired from opposite directions Of
the grounds toward a central location,
creating an arch Of scintillating wonder
Sinbad's jeweled cave, a great display
of liquid gems, acres of jewels. 800 feet in
the air.
Silver clouds. produced by the discharge
of ten mammoth bombshells. introducing
Lloyd's marvellous electric. one mass of
shimmering, dazzling splendor.
Myriads Of Dragons.
Scintillating wonders, produced by the
discharge OF twenty bombshells. fifteen
inch. releasing, at a height Of 500 feet,
myriads of golden dragons.
Thirty bombsheils, ten-inch, fired in
flights: primroses, violets, geraniums,
pansies. larkspur. heliotrope
Carnival of flowers produced by the
simultaneous discharge of fifty batteries
and fountains. placed in several locations.
from which cross-f1re will be made in
all directions. creating a beautiful flower
shower, interspersed with colored bullets.
Bombardment thirty-five jubilee bat
teries, making beautiful frontal display.
Twenty-Five national colors, batteries,
fired from three points; thousands of bull
let's In red, white and blue.
Electric lattice work. forming a dag
cling lattice in silver flligree work. deli
cate and beautiful; diamond darts, frosted
silver giODules, diamond dust, JOO feet OF
silver mist
One hundred reporting shells, fired at
intervals during the entire display; serial
guns of tremendous strength, equal to
tWenty-four- pound cannon report; can be
heard five miles away.
Grand Finale.
Grand finale, produced by thirty fight
bombshells. 15-inch. one break; ten man.
moth bombshells. 36-inch, each shell
breaking twice high in air into different
effects. Ten Neapolitan bombshells. 80
inch. Thirty aerial shells, 15-inch, equal
to 24-pound cannon report, and twenty
gatling batteries; a mitraiileuse of 10000
bullets of extra large caliber fired in
rapid succession, interspersed with rain of
gold, forming a frontal display 30 feet
long and filling the air with variegated
bullets. accompanied by device; good
night outlined In 5-foot letters of fire
To be followed by the illumination of
Pennsylvania avenue. sixty-siX stations,
for one and one-half hours, with 2O0O6
candlepower lights packed in waterproof
tubes, nine inches in circumference. This
Is double the candlepower used heretofore
In this work.
Increase Of Naval Enlisted Strength.
The enlisted strength of the navy is
now within about 200 of its maximum
authorized quota. Recruiting Is progress