Evening journal., 1912-10-12
GEORGEOUS Joy REVEL AS
WEEKS JUBILEE NEARS END
HaIy's Sons Contribute
Columbus Day Parade
10 Old Home Jubilee
DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS
AT HEIGHTS TONIGHT

Today. the 42Oth anniversary Of
the discovery Of America by Colum-
bus, also marks the close OF the Old
Home Week celebration in Whining
ton. In honor OF both events, the
local Italian societies are parading
behind blaring band. making a splen-
did appearance. AS the day is holi-
day big crowd was on the street
One of the features of the parade
was float containing a reproduction
OF the Santa Maria the vessel on
which Columbus sailed to the new
world. The float WAS manned. the
crew wearing costumes of 1892. An
other attraction was the Boy Scouts
Band, of Philadelphia, comprising
fifty pieces. This band will give "A
concert following the parade, at Gem
eral Pulaski Hall. In Second street
where a ball viii be held tonight un-
der the auspices OF the combined tia
lian Societies
The parade formed at Tenth and
French street and proceeded over the
following route Down French street
TO Front, to Market, TO Tenth to Tat
nall. 10 Second to Shipley. to Front,
TO Jackson. to Fourth. TO Monroe, to
Delaware avenue. to Madison, To
Second TO General Pulaski Hall aud
dismiss
The jubilee viii come to a close
tonight with display of fireworks at
Washington Heights. This exhibition
will be preceded by an exhibition ol
the active members OF the Wilmington
Turgemeindo and the girls and boys
who attend the schools conducted By
that organization. This exhibition il
itself will be a feature of the even
inE's programe.
The display of fireworks will begii
with a flight OF cannon bombshella
tyeVhiph- p,il asoand ahoui one-gnaiie
4 OF a mile into the air and which vii
make terrific reports This viii b
followed by a set piece. Welcome q
Wilmington" or some similar word
/ ing. In letters of fire Then Will fol
low in turn three set pieces, fire.
simultaneously triple repeating ma
/ tional shells. three break, red, whit
and blue; set pieces. three wheels
/ fourteen feet in diameter; dragon
and electric bombshells; ct pieces
mammoth fountain; forty to flft'
bombshells fired regularly during th'
! next twenty minutes while other largl
set pieces are being fred
The bombshells will comprise al
/ the varieties known 10 pyrotechnil
art and will include all the ver'
large sizes and marvelously contrast
/ ing effects such as the new peacock
Iiume, golden cloud. search light, tin
sci. silver rain. willow tree, Rozz
Italian shells. floral geyser and ma
tional streamsr shells.
The program continues with hylni
/ eisondolas cf double dip wheels
twelve large wheels OF fire risnl
Horizontally from posts to a ecea
height. descending and making
section flight italian Royal thun
der and lightning shells, five inch
sixteen breaks each; set piece, Amer
lean flag released from bombshell
set piece FIVE wheels, five feet Il
diameter composed OF five smalle
concentric wheels OF chains Of fir
and revolving wheels suspended q
air; set piece Niagara Falls In da7
zli1e fire the largest and finest 81
piece In the display.
This piece cannot adequately b
described. but the fact that il is mad
Of pure aluminium bronze powdei
will give some idea of its effect. The
will follow dazzling magnecium aeI
ial illumination consisting OF 81
msanessium shells with parachutes
sat pieces to be selected, bombshells
rockets and novelties too numsrou
10 mention. closing with a set pec
"Good Night" in fourteen-inch lei
ters of fire.