Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-04
WONDERS IN THE AIR
Brilliant Spectacle in Fire.
works Line Tonight.
FLASH AND SOUND SIGNAL
Opening to Be Inauguration Of Series
Of Surprises.
ALL SCENES ARE UP-TO-DATE
Midsummer Storms, With Thunder
and Lightning Accompaniment.
Set Pieces Many and Attractive.
ALL SCENES ARE UP-To-DATE

From the time Of the flash and sound
signal which will announce the begin
ming until the final good night in six-foot
letters Of fire the fireworks tonight will
be succession of color innovations and
surprises. There will be many new pieces
which have been made possible by the
increased study and knowledge of
pyrotechny. The contractors for the dis
play seem to have baked at nothing in
their attempts to give to the inaugural
visitors the very best OF their art, re-
producing in fire high In the air natures
own work as well as things the work of
the hand Of mere man. Screeching.
bowling bombs will be there, some Of
the noises followed by magnificent fiery
discharge hundreds of feet above the
ground.
The makers of the fireworks are right
UP to the minute, a feature of the dis
play being the release OF fiery aeroplanes
which, realistic as they may seem while
their dazzling light blazes away in the
air. will follow the road of the other
pieces and mass into nothingness like
phantom airships.
charges and thunder reports in fiery
pieces rivaling almost to the point of
reality the elements themselves. might
cause unsuspecting ones to turn UP their
COIaTS anu SUCK THEIR Nc6OS uOWu III
their coats and others to seek shelter in
anticipation of a real storm.
Niagara Falls Reproduced.
Niagara Falls in all it's glory, before it
was made to work, could hardly be more
beautiful than the dropping fall of fire
which the fireworks manufacturers have
manufactured to reproduce this great
American wonder. This feature will come
in two distinct changes. opening with the
weird white falls, then changing to the
golden falls. 1t is said that it will be a
true reproduction of the famous American
extending from a point 500 feet in the air
to the ground and 800 feet in width.
One of the real new features of the dis
play Of this inauguration will be the aerial
piece, "Salue to the American Flag
Fired from gigantic bomb, an American
flag, seventy-five feet long by fifty feet
| wide, is released LOCO feet in the air.
While this piece Is in the air the national
salute of twenty-one guns will be fired.
The manufacturers declare that this pro-
duction has just been completed by them,
and to appreciate it one must see it.
1he flight of aeroplanes is character
ICED to prove most interesting. There
will be a flight Of fifty, greater number
reality i'm this country, gliding across
the sky outlined in diamond jets.
Visible for Miles.
Stay-at-homes within a radius of
twenty-five miles Of the National Capital
will have a chance to get glimpse
of the Washington Monument at
least if they can reach a point high
enough. This part of the program calls
| for special illumination of the monu-
ment and neighborhood with 200 mag
nesium fires, lighting up the entire
neighborhood and making this edifice
visible for twenty-five miles.
| The discharge of one gigantic bomb
| in the air to the waiting crowd the
name Wilson This will be followed
| Immediately by one with the last name
| of the Vice President.
Shortly after this will come the
| Transformation device opening with
mammoth bouquets of roses, changing
| to an immense American flag. then to
| the fire portraits of the President and
Vice President.
Elaborate in Design.
| This is declared to be the most elabo-
rate set piece ever attempted, and will
prove the sensation Of the greatest fire.
| works display ever given at any in
i auguration Then will come the in
| auguration bouquet produced by the
| electrical discharge of 500 bombs. fol-
lowed next. and just before the good
ever fired at one flight. enveloping the
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