Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-18
PYROTECHN|CS At
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immense THRONG
Fireworks and Crowd Ably
Handled and Event One OF
Best of the Carnival

An estimate of the attendance at
uciliiIi field, last night, to witness
the elegant display Ct fireworks put on
by John H. Wilson, the Los angeles
pyrotechnic expert, places the figure at
between 5000 and 1000, not to include
the thousands who Witnessed the spec
tacte from the numerous vantage i
points that the city Of Honolulu af-
fords. That all would be well salts.
fed was a foregone conclusion and
comments heard around the grounds.
during and after the exhibition. proved
the conclusion correct incidentally,
comment ION the street. today gives
the highest praise to the efforts of
Mir. Wilson and the committee in
charge, headed by J. A. II. Johnson.
Everything moved without hitch.
The seating arrangement was as near
perfect as human endeayor is posi-
BILE to make it The grand stand and
added seating equipment were we'll fill
ed, while the roads around the park
we're lined with automobile loads of
pleasure seekers.
According to the count of special
officers Chiffon and Ferry. in charge
of the automobiles. there We're $50
cars in line and all were handled in.
first-cIass shape, with noticeable lack
OF confusion and an entire absence
Of accidents. The policing of the
grounds, un6er the supervision of Cap
tain of Detectives McDuffie, was we'll
handled and every effort was made by
the head of the detective department
to safeguard the audience from the
ravages of a crew of pickpockets re-
ported to have made the trip to Homo
lulu from the mainland for Carnival
week.
! The Pyrotechnic Display.
During the entire program of pyro-
! technics there was not one dull mo-
ment, event following event in such
, rapidity that the air appeared con-
Itinually to De filled with fireworks
The color scheme of the Carnival was
maintained as nearly as was possible,
and the display of bombs and rockets.
interspersed with handsome set pieces,
i proved one of the finest exhibitions
Of its kind ever offered anywhere.
Among the larger and more magnifi.
lcent set pieces was the depicting OF
the attack on Adrianople. the attack.
ling forces being shown entrenched
i before the city and the roar and boom
of mortar and cannon giving a most
realistic effect Another was '.The No
BILE Red Man. with his deadly arrow,
1 shooting an inoffensive owl from a
distant tree top. Another was the
Silver Cascade sheet of liquid
fire. Still another was the pigeon
House" from which the pyrotechnic
birds flew and returned. Also. a piece
lof comedy showing a trapese per
former. Also. each and every mum.
Der on the bill was good. Each was
greatly enjoyed by the vast assem-.
/ blage and voted as one of the best at.
fractions of the entire Carnival.
Support PIeases Johnson.
i Chairman Johnson of the committee
lin charge said this morning that he
had never worked with more loyal
or energetic set of committeeman than
i those who were associated with him.
/ They really deserve the credit, in
conjunction with Expert Wilson" he
/ says
Il With johnson were G. S. Mckenzie,
Jr., Richard Bolton, 3. NJ Levy, Bert
Il Clark, r. R. McCorriston. David Lar.
4 sen, William Ouderkirk, Harold Nor.
gan. A. B. Knoll, Irwin Spalding. Lau
h Tang, William Kwai Fong. Ernest B.
lark, James L. Friel, o. G. Scott. Ray.
mond Smith. George A. McEldowney,
4 R. r, McEldowney, Kelly Brown.