Evening star., 1909-06-08
Many Novelties and Favorite Py-
rotechnics to Be Shown.
Is ORGANIZED
Commissioner Macfarland Names It's
acknowledgements Display
Is Arranged.

Board OF 1rade ana the Cndmper OF Soii-
merce.
Its members are Cuno Fl. Rudolph,
chairman: J. Fred Kelley. first vice chair
man: A. E. Offutt. second vice chairman;
Frederick A. Fleming, secretary.
Allen d. Albert, jr.. James ii. Baden,
James B. Brown. Capt Hiram Bucking-
ham. Alfred G. Buhrman, John Brewer.
Lyman E. Burdine, r. B. Caverly. Charles
d. Church. w. w. Connor, ]. Harry Cum
nngham. S. w. Curriden, NJ E. Danforth.
j. D. Darnall, l.. A. Dent, G. W. Driver,
II. Dunkhorst, FM. Finnetti. E. Il. Fox.
B. Richard Gasch, c. ]. Gockeler, Will
liam F. GUIDE. DR. II. I. Harding, NJ. c.
Hargrove. T. VI. Harvey, J. Phil Herr
mann. John X. Heyl. Joel Hillman. Thom-
as r. Holden. 3. I. Janney. A. F. Jorss,
o. H. P. Johnson. John A. Koons, Charles
Kraemer. DR.. ]. NJ. Lamb, c. E. Langley.
Luekbert. Alex Mcneil, DR.. Collins Mar
shall. George F. Muth. James i. Norris,
jr., George E. Potter, Samuel ]. Prescott.
A. d. Prince, Charles Rauscher, c. II.
Roesch, Calvert S. Rosenthal. George F.
Schutt. F. A. Sebring, John Shughrue.
B. F. Smith, d. E. Stephan, Joseph Stras-
burger, John J. WALSH, DIR. George b.
Welch, Andrew J. White. J. Louis Will
lige, Louis c. Wilson and l.. Perry West.
Fireworks Features.
The fireworks feature Of the program.
which the committee will no doubt adopt.
will splash the skies with brilliant pic
lures in fire of many colors.
Four large japanese shells will be sent
tumbling and turning high into the air.
AS they curve downward each of the
shells will release large American nag
that will float proudly with the upper-air
current. This display will be made during
the exercises in the forenoon. Balloons
will also be sent up.
The gorgeous evening display will be-
gin at s:3 O'Clock. First the grand illum-
ination OF the surroundings in waves OF
ruby, emerald and electric fire. The dis
play will be produced with 80 pounds OF
planned. will be brighter than the mid
day sun
The national salute will come next, with
a discharge OF ninety bombshelis, fired
showing the national coIors-red, white
and blue There will be more bombshells.
then will come the scintillating Won
ders, as they are termed, releasing at
height OF $40 feet fiery golden dragons
which fly through the air, terminating in
flashes Of radium.
The battle of the skies promises to he
a brilliant and thrilling picture in fire
and smoke. Aerial warfare will be illus.
trated by the discharge of twelve man.
moth bombshels. releasing twelve air.
Ships each equipped with q seArchlight
and dischargng a fusillade of l.GOO shots
as the fiery vessels float over the city.
Other bon,bshells will form the south
ern cross in midair. There will be pop
pies In the cornfield. electric sunbursts.
giant cuttlefish. the field of the cloth of
gold. A brilliant spectacle will be the
hanging gardens of Babylon. Another
picture win be the wonders of Japan
with great wheels, firefiies, fiery dragons
and golden rod.
There will be bombshells and more OF
them. The small boy who delights in
Fourth of July noises will have a surfeit
Of racket. For the girls there will be
plenty Of pretty designs from fire-fire-
flies and flowers and other pretty things.
Pyrotechnic Program.
Included will be an eruption of ten bags
Of fref1ies fired from fifteen-inch guns and
filling the air with thousands Of bees and
yellow jackets. buzzing and flying through
the air.
There will be Whirliaigs. golden rain.
aerial jugglery and the fiery octopus. Ten
bombshells, eighteen inches each, there
are to be. Each shell breaks twice, and
each break will be equal to regular
aid, azure blue to gold, sea green to sill
yer spray, purple to amber. and twenty
bombshells displaying sky blue. lavender,
cherry. red, old gold, orange, saffron and
heliotrope.
There will be. shown golden lattice
spray with ruby and emerald globules
interspersed, crossing and intersecting
ascent Of twelve mammoth balloons will
be spectacular feature. Each will bear
powerful searchlights, which can be
seen for ten miles as they float over
the city. Assorted effects. vivid light
colors, diamond jets and silver falls will
be part OF this spectacle.
Military visitors will be interested in
a display Of twenty jubilee variegated
and electric gattlins batteries at
height of 100 feet. emitting stars, in
terspersed with red. green and amber
globules, sprayed with silver.
Next will come volley of ten fire
flies, filing the air with swarms of bees
and clouds of yellow Jackets, fired from
fifteen-inch guns.
The next number on the program will
be ten Neapolitan two-break bombshells.
eighteen inches each, bursting into frag-
ments of rainbous, iridescent arches,
flashing stars Of crimson and rich spark
ling blue Then will be a display of fifty
assorted bombsiells. Next Lloyd's 1903
novelties. consisting of gigantic spiders,
revolving cascades, japanese apple bios
SONS and Sindbad's jeweled cave.
The next number will be a lombard
ment Of flowers. produced by the stimuli
taneous discharge of nifty assorted bat
| lerleS ana fountains pidCcu III ScNcIdl iO-
cations. from which cross fire will be
made in all directions. creating flower
garden, studded with jeweled stars A
twentieth century novelty. the poly
chromatic canopy, is produced by the dis
charge of thirty-five assorted bombshells,
fired from opposite directions of the
grounds, toward a central location, Great
ing an arch in the heavens.
Sindbad's Jeweled Cave.
"Sinbads Jeweled Cave will be a
novelty i'm fire. presenting display of
liquid gems produced by the discharge of
ten 24-inch bombshells, bursting into acres
of jewels 500 feet in the air.
Silver clouds will be produced by the
discharge of ten mammoth bombshells.
introducing Lloyd's electric one mass
Other scintillating wonders are produced
by the discharge of twenty bOmbshells.
15-inch releasing, at a height of 500 feet,
myriads of golden dragons. flying through
space, and ending in flashes of radium.
Thirty bombshells, ten-inch. will be fired
In flights, prod6eing primrose and violets,
geraniums and pansies. larkspur and
hel;otrope.
Following will come the carnival of
flowers produced by the simultaneous dis
charge of fifty batteries and fountains
placed in several locations. from which a
cross fire will be made in all directions. |
creating flower shower interspersed
with colored bullets. Again the lombard |
ment with thirty-five jubilee batteries. A |
cross fire of thousands of popping bullets
which can be enjoyed by a great number |
of 9noctatorS national rolorS |