The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-05
CLOSING SCENES
|NBLAzE OF LIGHT.
Never Before Has Such Brilliant
Display of Fireworks Been
Attempted.
"A vERITABLE FAlR yLAND
Heavens Are Flooded With
Multi-colorcd Designs, Which
Dazzle Capital.

washington, March 4.-AqIal nre-
works. with the sweeping, Yide-fung
rays o: mary scarchlights revealing
the outlines or the white done OF the
Capita and other historic buildings,
made Wosh;r gton a scene d beauty
and btilliancy in the closing itaugura-
ton festivities of tonight.
Never, 1t is sA'd. has SO Brilliant q
display OF fireworks or an iiluiiindtio
Of such magnitude been attempted.
Large searchlight3 threw thi,r rays
along the avenues and on pubiE build
1ngs. nile Of tile Monument Erounos
tho crushing Of Thousands o acri al
bombs and In. flaming light II On ia,gc
set pieces b!ur.'n mated the sky. -,rt II
was not aio:e n riot OF ponts ana
flashlights. The entire dispily was
significant OF the arrival of tie new
executives, with set pieces aiowine
the President and -Presiddt. and
many designs of Wilson" and Mar
shall"
Tho Illumination OF the city began
shortly after sunset At once every
part OF Pennsylvania Avenue. fpm tho
Capitol to Washington circt. was
.,pluxc with light Peace Moaume nj
stood out in bold relief and tie ave-
nue. from end to end was tran4ormed
into fairyland OF light by hundreds
of incandescent lamps spanning the
street I'M graceful arches.
On the roofs of the sense and
House Office buildings. a number OF
powerful electric searchlights played
upon the dome OF the Capitol max
ing tho Statue of Liberty that Browns
it stand out as of a living figure. /
Peace Monument. originally Intended
for fountain. was tonight pFform- I
ing that function for the nra time
al IuG In q
waters were thrown, by severa box
lights. different colored rays Teirdly
beautiful.
Central Point.
The Court OF Honor, In 'front.' Of the
White House. was a central paint of
illumination Tonight as II had
been OF activity during the day. the
replica of Jefferson's home at Monti
cello being tho chief feature pr the
display Facing the replica g huge
spotlight threw Its rays on tin JET
ferson!an mansion. bringing its prtico, /
column and Colonial outline ino bril- /,
liant relief against the background OF !
cedar trees. their branches ardded |
with countless miniature electric bulbs. |
giving the effect of thousands Il fire.
flies wringing their way through the
native pines which surround Monu- +
cello.
From the time the illumlnatins be-
gan thousands poured through Penn
sylvania Avenue TO witness tn, bril-
liant spectacle. But when the aerial /
pyrotechnic display started two hours
later the great mass Of humanit, turn I
ed its attention to the Monument |
grounds The display opened With /
flash which gave place to bomb sig
nal. Immediately q host of small bal !
looms and airships foated gratefully /
ncross the sky. made brilliant ~ the /
ascent of many rockets and other H.
Illuminating pieces.
Following the opening fast and I
bomb came tho salue of 101 guns fred /
from steel mortars. Then came 1 brill /
liant illumination OF the White House (
grounds and the Monument g'ounds I
through the ascent OF bombs th.t up
on explosion released tires that burn |
ed tho national colors. The effect OF
this upon the surrounding white build
ings and the Washington Monument
was spectacular.
Growing Effect.
At intervals. pieces were shown that |!
reflected against the Sky the red white |
and blue of the national flag, ether In !
the form of shield or the haglitself [
The browning effect of the display was
the Characterization device" with be-
gan with mammoth bouquet OF roses
that changed into an immense Ameri-
can flag and then transformed into the
portraits of President Wilson and Vice
trcSldenI Marshall This was by far
the most elaborate piece of the entire
evening, and the largest aeriad set
piece ever attempted, IL was said. The
device covered more than 1000 s1uare
feet of space.
Just before this piece was released
gigantic bombs assembled. and when
they reached great height, exploded
and formed in immense letters tho
words Wilson and Marshall TIE
last piece was entitled Good right"
and Ecu dc Joi." which brought the
display to close.
AT midnight tho streets slowly laps
ed into darkness. The searchHghts
wfnked one after the other, and tho
white dome OF tho Capitol merged into
the darkness from which 1t had stood
out with such conspicuous brilhncy
only moment before. Tho slender
shaft of the Washington Monument dis
appeared suddenly. The Peace Mpnu-
ment ceased its splashing and It's fpun-
tain of light went out Pennsylvania
Avenue merged into it's usual dnIy-
lighted self. The illumination and the
fireworks were at an end.
CORPSE" PUTS END TO TNQUEsT.