The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-09-13
FIREWORKS AT FAIR
They Will Be Furnished by the
Newton.D uffie!d. Company.
TO BE MUCH ENJOYMENT
There Will Be Numerous Rockets,
Bombs, Designs and Other interest
ing Firsworks-the Exhibition VIII
Be Nightly and Free of Charge.

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What will probably cause as much
talk as any other sight at the Louisi
ana State Fair this year will be the
dazzling fireworks display that will be
Seen each night in front of the grand
stand, as the result of an agreement
That has been reached between the Far
Association and the NeWton-DuttIeld
Fireworks Company. This is a concern
that furnishes spectacular pictures anu
other pyro-aero scenes like those with
winch the celebrated Paine concern
has been thrilling the world with Tor
years.
There viii be scores of beautiful and
novel designs, rockets, BOMBS and other
explosives and Examinations in eacn
nights performance. The designs Wul
De IN very elaborate character, show
ing appropriate scenes and individuals
OF To-Day. These viii all be brilliantly
Illuminated, in a way that only COM
panies like the NeWton-Duffield con
Germ know how to reproduce. Last
year THE Battle of Juarez" was shown,
and the yea before the feature of the
fireworks was the Last Days of Pom
peii.' This year there will be no his
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take up too much of the time. 1t viii
be a round of "rocketing." bombing"
'deSlSninS,' etc. There will be Il zig
variety Of the fireworks; something to
please everybody present. Mr.. Duffield,
who has had charge of the fire works
at the fair here for the past two or
three years, is expected to be in COM
mand again, n that's enough to in
sure big success. He knows what the
nannIa inf this Snntian 1ilyA boot nd =
planning TO make this years exhibition
n greatest success of all.
The number OF spectators his year
will be larger than ever before, because
the inducements are going to be great
er. In the first place there Will be a
brand new ~grandstand, with seats SO
that everybody will be able
to see the different displays. And an
other improvement in the arrangements
is the fact that there will be no charge
for admission. Admission to the
grandstand will be absolutely free at
night. Admission to the Fair Grounds
after + O'Clock in the evening will also
be absolutely free. Everybody desiring
TO see the fireworks may do so without
cost, except the street car fare to the
grounds.
To give this big open air feature free
to the visitors means a big expense to
the fdlr ASSOCIATION, but the directors
have decided to make this one of the
free attractions Irrespective of the cost
to the association. To have the fire
works will cost about 81 900 each light,
but it will help in populariZing the IaII.
and that is what the association wishes
more than all else.
Each night the fireworks program
will start at $50 o'clock. 1t will last
about one hour. The quality and nov
city of the exhibition that has been
promised assures pleasure to all the
spectators. Those who have witnessed
the previous exhibitions will not have
to be urged to attend again this year.
They know what a treat it is, and will
be on hand, n their exhortation to
those who haven't been fortunate
enough to witness the fireworks as
given at the Louisiana Fair is to be on
hand also, n be there at the start
and remain throughout. To tell them
to stay throughout, however, seems un-
necessary, for they will be interested
from the opening of the bill and force
would have to be used, it is predicted,
to get them away before the compile
ton of the program.
Each night there will be a different
program. The first one will be given
October 80, which the date Oh which
the fair opens this year, to continue
through November 6.