The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-02-20

John II. Wilson, embraced many novel
effects. The figure that really caught
the popular eye was the Trapeze Per,
former, fiery automaton with red
shoesswhieh gave nn extremely life-llke
horizontal bar exhibition Of the muscle
grind, back swing and ginnt swing,
until, through excess of zeal he shook
himself 70 pieces and Disappeared He
was londly encored but refused to am
swer the curtain call, 4a a Z
The crazy wheel acted that way. 1t
sounded much like atChiaese band play
ing Annie laurie IN sypcopated tune
at an Irish witk e, anil, being the fgst
important number, il Pui the crowd in
good humoR The spectators were Will.
ing after thnt 10 take the balahee Of
the progrnp in good faith.
The frft number was Bengolio. or
a balloon. or something Of the sort.
Most people thoa2l,t II was balloon.
its performance iwRs perfact. After
emitting shsHpis 'fofs Of alftae eolors
IF the linbow ~ sh0oting-Etars, gold
dust, silver small change. aloha leis,
and other things. On its npwarl jour.
ney Of about mile or so until every
spectator had acquired heproper star
gazing slant in the back Of his neck,
thecbaIloon suddenly caught wireless
from the China coast and started In
bee-line for the Flowery Kingdom
where the frecraekers come from.
Mongoose chases Doves,
The pigeon house, sent out some
wild doves that, after making a
straight fight Of City yards or so, met
o nongoose and started back home with
that animal hot on the trail. The mon
goose got the last bird about twenty
feet from center field, at. !,
After that a Sioux Indian chief in
full war regalia appeared in left field
with bow and arrow. After taking a
long sight at great snow owl sitting
on stump clear across on the other
. side of the diamond, Sitting Bull drew
his mighty bow and let fly his silver
tipped arrow, IT was as pretty a feat
of archery as has ever been staged
since William Tells celebrated apple
stunt way back in Sehiller's tine.
Tourbillons Are Erratic. 49,
The tourbillons or table-rockets were
erratfc fire discs with banderlog habits.
They would start Off in one direction,
forget where they were going or what
II was that Willgon gent them for,
change color aud abruptly leave for
somewhere else. Then there was the
electric constellation that blinded ev-
erybody. To describe it would be like
trying TO paint thunderstorm.
The most gorgeous OF all was the
silver cascade with molten star dust
Gal ala nj. ha
could hear the roar of the breakers and
the seething sizzle Of the waters as the
molten silver poured into the iluid.
The bomhaFdment and capture of
Adrianople by the Balkan Allies was a
picture Of the spectacular side of war
which embodied realistic. TEXTURES. The
minarets and towers OF the Sophia
mosque wero outlined in gorgeous fire,
but the splendid city melted before q
destrnetive,shellIfr fire ffom the surround.
ing Creek ANcGl llseaEtan siuge guns.
The heavy detonations could he heard
for miles and shook the very ground.
The Turkish defense was extremely ac
tive but finally the city was overcome
by assault and mosques and minarets
sank sin smoke and fame.
Aloha Is Pretty Set Piece.
The last set-pleee was - Aloha in
silver and gold and crimson, like our
own gorgeous sunsets. a.
The rockets rnd bombs fred during
the intervals between the set pieces
"'are EXAMPLES Of the gorgeous FIRE and
color effects Of the iifty,seven yarie.
ties Invented BY man, II was all in
all the grandest pyroteehuc exhibit
over staged IN the Hawaiian Islands--a
magnificent spectacle, and one that will
long be remembered The fireworks dis,
play last night set new high,water
mark in the Carnival Of 1914, The
whole event was splendidly handled byt
the carnival committee having ftlis
nart Of the entertainment in charge.
The noticing Of the grounds reflects es,
peeial credit on the executive ability