Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-06-20
FIREWORKS DISPLAY
FEATURE Of FOURTH
FIFTH CELEBRATION
Pyrotechnical Exhibit of Portland
Rose Show to Be Seen
Here in July.
NOVELTIES FILL TWO DAYS
where Shall We Crowd Then.
in?" Is Question Bothering
the Committee.

THE great problem which confronts
the Fourth of July committee of the
Chamber of Commerce at the present
time is how to include all of their at
bratiOn within the specified time"
Secretary H. L. Whiting of the
Chamber of Commerce was serious,
too, when he said that even though it
may sound little "fishy" to you, but
when you hear about all the members
of that committee have planned for
the 4th and 5th of July you, too, will
wonder when they are going to find
time in those two days to present it
all. For Olympia is going to have
"some celebration this year, man
take it from me-" as one of the mem
bers of the committee expressed it,
celebration that will beat anything
else you could go to "all hollow"
Just take that matter of the fire.
works display on the evening of the
5th. You hadn't heard about that, had
you? 1t will surprise you, too. when
you read about it. for Olympia never
had anything like it before. 1t will be
the same display that thousands of
people just got through hemming and
having about down at the Portland
Rose Show, a wierd, scintillating, gor-
geous, wondrous, beauteous Chats
enough from the press agent) pan
oply of brilliant colors, SO you see from
this one feature what effort and ex.
pense the committee is going to to Of.
fer you some diversion on these two
days.
Forty-eight different features there
are on that fireworks program from the
flash and sound signals that will be
fired at the start to let you know
something is going to happen mighty
soon clear through to the set piece OF
rich purple tints set in frame of gol-
den light that will bid you good
night" Right after that opening sa-
lutte immense balloons with heavy
trailers and magnesium effects will be
sent up, wind and weather permitting.
Then will come the grand opening
girandale," consisting Of 25 large
rockets fired simultaneously and from
then on the pyrotechnic effects will
come fast and furious, the sudden far
ing of hidden fires giving a fairyland
glimpse of the grounds and surround.
ings, a hundred flashes and detOna-
tions depicting summer storm, then
some comic devices, followed by be-
wildering series of vari-colored and
designed rockets, bombs, stars, flash
light shells, wrigglers and devices of
aerial splendor one after the other In
an ever-changing kinetescope of color
interspersed with different novel set
pieces until the show pieces Of the
evening are reached.
Comes first, then, transformation
device, "The Last Rose of Summer
showing the leaf, the bud and the full
grown rose and finally the falling pet
ais the display covering space or
400 square feet. Some incidental dis
plays follow and then comes the big
event OF the evenings exhibit, a pyro-
technic representation of an attack on
an old fort by the Indians Of the re-
bellious Northwest tribes. design
covering more than 1000 square feet.
The program closes with fascinating
fiery potpourrie combining the "Pyro-
Rose Carnival" "The Battle in the
Skies" and THE Climax Bouquet"
From this brief resume Of the sur
prising program to be presented, You
will gain a nazy idea of what the
evening of the 5th will be. The
Fourth's celebration will start with the
grand parade of floats at 10 o'clock IN
the morning, when various prizes Will
be distributed The sports for the
boys and girls will start at l:3O AT
Third and Main streets, to be followed
by some loggers' sports on the water
front fill, and the climbing of greas-
ed pole and tub races for the boys.
Besides these diversions. for the old
er people there will be baseball game
at Athletic park with the Olympic
club of Tacoma and later some motor
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