The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-06
BRILLIANT LIGHTING
ENDED INAUGURATION
Washington Was a Blaze of Gaiety in
Honor of the Inducing into Office
of Another President of the
United States.

Washington, d. c., March 6.-The glow
Of thousands OF electric lights, bathing in
brilliant illumination Washington's wide
avenues and public buildings, the beams
of many searchlights playing on the
dome of the capitol, peace monument
and the court of honor, and the artillery
of mammoth pyrotechnicsl display at
the Washington monument grounds last
night brought the inaugural festivities
to close.
Pennsylvania avenue was broad
bright line OF yellow light, mile-long
colonnade set with Illuminated courts at
five points between the capitol and the
White House. At each of these courts
of state" the avenue was bridged with
festoons of glowing bulbs sweeping in
graceful lines from tall pillars of white
and iutertwined with evergreens. All
public buildings were ablaze with lights,
and many OF the larger private buildings
also were aglow.
The white dome of the capitol stood
out boldly, silver patch against the
sky The famous Rartholdi fountain in
the botanic garden was bathed in light,
and the clear-cut lines OF the peace mon
ument seemed to have written into them
the spirit OF life by the long silver pen
ellis of many searchlights.
At the Washington monument grounds,
whore great crowd saw the fireworks
display, the night was riot of bursting
shells and color. Peace and war scenes
WED for the ascendancy in the program,
he, h,,E ch tarr ttvry Ia
eades of silver fire, waterfalls in the
clouds, and splendid colon fantasies por-
traying in vast gardens and blossoms.
"Spiderland" was represented by the
simultaneous bursting, half mile in the
air. of 80 bombs, which spread a silver
web against the sky, over which count
less fiery insects crawled. Wheels of
fame skidded from the earth into space,
breaking into clusters of many -colored
stars Illuminated parachutes dropped
from bursting bombs, floating gracefully
into darkness and ashes. Wilson peace
bombs Is l5-inch shells, broke above
the heads of the throng, showering thou
sands of stars, which turned alternately
red, white and blue.
A spectacular feature was the repro
duction in flame, 1000 feet in the air, of
a huge American flag, 500 feet long.
"The Field of the Cloth of Gold" with As
rapid fire explosions, spread yellow
mantle, 1900 feet long, over the heads
of the crowd. A field bombardment, rep |
resented by the simultaneous discharge |
Of 1000 rockets, shot $4,000 colored stars
into the sky.
Niagara falls, 100 feet high, was re-
produced in silver fire, followed by "Sun-
set in the Alps" gorgeous color study
against a background of snow clad peaks.
The Southern Cross, in flaming glory,
was projected in huge dimensions against
he heavens, a pyrotechnical searchlight
playing its lights upon it as it melted
nto darkness. Sixteen electrical foun-
aims, spouting fire, were portrayed 81
followed by a mammoth
of roses, painted in changing
'olors.
The entire city, at one stage of the
Program, was lighted by the bursting of
of large bombs, fired a mile
nto the air.
One of the chief set pieces was the
reproduction, in fire, of the
aces of the president and vice-president,
ramed in a laurel wreath and fianked
N each side with columns, with Wilson
nd Marshall" written in white letters
t the bottom. This feature covered
900 square feet. 1t was followed by
he reproduction of brisk enga cement
n the firing line-the work of l2-inch
nd lS-inch pyrotechnicsl shells combin
lg the rattle of machine guns, the roar
t heavy cannon and the smoke of bat
e
The inaugural bouquet followed.
Mammoth reproduction of flowers, then
he last number of the program, the fir
x of 75s nine and l2-inch shells which,
ursting into streamers and stars, re-
ected all the colors of the rainbow
Good Night in red, white and blue,
rought the program and the festivities
a close.
President Wilson and invited guests
ewed the display from the White
ouse. Ii was nearing midnight when
le long program ended. the lights on
avenue fickered out one
: one. the throng dispersed, and the fes-
vities attendant upon the second inau-
ration of Woodrow Wilson were over.