The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1914, 1914-08-21
Festivities Committee Meets
at Commercial Club and
Maps Out Huge Program
SKYROCKETS TO MAKE
THE HEAVENS DAZZLE
Water Carnival to Resemble
Miniature Worlds Fair
Program Best Ever

After a careful consideration of the
various forms of available attractions
for the downtown entertainment of
visitors to the coming fair, the COM
mittee at its meeting in the CONNER
cial Club rooms yesterday afternoon,
displayed its intention of breaking all
past records in its effort to please the
throngs, who are expected to be in at
tendance.
Arrangements were perfected
whereby the Pain Fireworks Com
pany, with one of the most wonderful
and elaborate displays of dazzling il
foundations will give exhibitions from
the river on two different nights dur
ing fireworks. This attraction stands
in a class by itself. The gorgeous and
many colored lights with which the
heavens will be illuminated will cast
their rays for many miles around.
The entire city will present scene
of dazzling and bewildering glare.
Great balls of fire will be shot high
into the heavens, there to explode and
release myriads of many colored
sparks, through which will writhe and
wriggle great fiery serpents hundreds
of feet in length, with flaming forked
tongues darting as if in earnest pur-
suit of green-eyed, phosphorescent
dragons as they make their way clum-
silly through the darkness in an APP
parent endeavor to avoid their pur-
suers.
This entertainment cannot properly
be appreciated without being wit
messed. It's gorgeous grandeur cannot
be described with words, and the fol-
lowing program will merely serve to
give vague idea of what is really to
be witnessed. The matter of expense
did not enter into the action of tie
committee. The sole aim was to make
the fair a complete success, and it is
to be hoped that their efforts in this
behalf may be properly appreciated
by an attendance that the attractions
merit.
The downtown attractions selected
are:
First-Grand signal salute of aerial
guns, exploding at a great altitude,
with tremendous reports. This salute
to be fired few minutes before dis
play takes place.
Second-Ascent of American mill
tary balloons bearing dazzling pyro-
technic search lights, the most power
full light known to science, with pene-
trating shafts of radium lights sweep
ing the heavens.
Third - Magnificent Fairyland
glimpse of the river and surroundings
by the sudden firing of colored fires
concealed, but illuminating the sur
roundings in wierdly beautiful man.
ner, their rich glowing tints constant
ly changing and blending their shades
of color.
Fourth-Showing the American
flag, the Stars and Stripes being de-
picted in brilliant fires, thanked upon
each side with saluting batteries, as
the flag of our country appears to be
waving in the breeze.
Fifth-Triple Rocket Salvo of II
six-pound exhibition rockets, fired
from two points, forming a curved
dome of streamers, from which con-
stantly burst forth showers of beauti-
full silver effect.
Sixth-Spider Land. Electrical dis
charges of bombshells bursting into a
!. scene resembling colossal spiders
creeping across the sky with lightning
flashes.
Seventh-An amusing piece of py-
rotechny representing the Devil
Among the Tailors," which is a most
brilliant eccentric and amusing de-
vice.
Eighth-Ascent of six eight-pound
colored U. S. A. rockets.
Ninth-Bombshell effects, five fif-
teen-inch shells creating jeweled dome
with stars of every hue.
Tenth-Ground and aerial contor-
tionists.
Eleventh-The Panama Aerial
Rainbow, arranged by the discharge
of 16 rockets fired rapidly in success
sion from two positions.
Twelfth-Liberty Shells, throwing a
great searchlight effect through the
sky, followed by heavy cannonadin"
resembling the turmoil of war, but
from the smoke of war comes the en-
blem of Peace. From the center is
, thrown RAYS of color into circle Of
200 feet. This is new 1914 feature.
Thirteenth-Aerial Field of Clover,
: Fourteenth-The Magic Fan
Fifteenth-Flight of six Pain cele-
brated Asteroid rockets.
Observation-Disclosures Wonders
depicting great water geysers of Vel
lowstone Park.
Seventeenth-Twelve Flirting But
, terfly Rockets.
Eighteenth--Comical Aerial Wrig-
glers, 1000 fired from large batter
les.
Ninctecnth-Flight Of Weeping
Willow rockets.
Observation-Disclosures Of pound
electric star rockers.
Twentv-second-M Mammoth Device,
( "The Blazing Sun"
p Twentv-third--Aer Wheat Sheaf
Twenty large fifteen.