Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-02-11
FIREWORKS men
HERE TO PUT UP
CARNIVAL SETS
PnnchboWI Eruption and MoiIiiIi
Events win Surpass Last
Years Spectacle, Promise

w. H. Wilson. the fireworks king, :
and j. A. NJ. Johnson, chairman of the
committee which has the fireworks
features Of the Carnival In hand, are
outdoing each other today in superla-
tives descriptive of the planned erup-
ton Of Punchbowl, the Moiliili spec
tacular event and the. fireworks in
connection with the water carnival.
Wilson arrived yesterday, a pas
senger on the steamer Burline, and
.-he viii remain here until after the
celebration to superintend personally
the carrying out of his plans. Both
Wilson and johnson declare the fire.
works this year will excel any ever
seen In Honolulu. or any other city.
for that matter.
The eruption Of Punchbowl viii be
made a special feature. A big ship
ment of special chemicals have been
received Mr.. Wilson has an assist
ant with him who win commence to-
day 70 treat the materials to be used
in the production Of lava and volcanic
effect. A temporary laboratory is to
be erected IN the crater
The spectacular fireworks at Mo-
iliili February % viii be even more
wonderful than last year." declared
Wilson. rOf course there will be
rockets in nights and bombs galore,
and bombs different from any you
have seen before. There will be an
aerial masterpiece. a house on fire.
and g 'Chantant des Oiseaus, octopus
shells and volleys of kissing cobras.
But the surprise viii come when you
see & fireworks portrayal of a Chinese
laundry, with the wsshman laboring
away. The climax CT the evening will
be reached when the Darktown fire
brigade appears when a two-story
house gets afre
The engine is seen coming, horses
galloping to the fire. The engine ar.
rlyes at the FIRE plug. the horse IL.
hitched and the engine starts pump
ing fiery water on the place. At last
the roof falls Inland the climax
comes
fHou saw the Indian do his stunt
last year? Well, the Darktown fire
brigade Is even better. with far more
intricate performance. There are so
numbers in all
Chairman Johnson doesn't do a.
thing but strain tie high-key adjec-
tives N describing this fireworks cele-
bration. This is how he put IL:
1T will be the biggest show ever
pulled OF in this or any other city;
the effect VIII be more gorgeous. the
display more dazzling and every de-
tail worked out as never before. EE-
erSone who went to the display last
year came away delighted. This year
Supervisor G. N. Arnold. head of
the electric light committee Of the Car
nival decorations committee. has re-
ported to Chairman Emil A. Berndt
that the board of supervisors viii make
en- appropriation sufficient to dress
up the central blocks Of the bust
ness section Of Honolulu through the
use OF many hundreds Of electric
lights.
The lights will be strung along both
sides OF King and Hotel streets and
Fort and Bishop streets beyond Hotel.
There win be a light every Is feet.
Chairman Berndt is urging that every
householder in Honolulu illuminate his
|or her yard each night during Carni-
val week with Japanese lanterns.
More Marshals for Parade.
Three additional marshals to direct
the movements Of the Japanese lam
tern parade. Carnival feature, were
appointed at meeting OF the commit
tee ,ip charge They are Messrs. So-
gtNb Izumi and Inouye. local Jap
anese newspaper men. 1t was report
ed that more than 5000 Japanese viii
take part in the parade.