Novelty In Fireworks

Among the new fireworks for the glorious Fourth a clever 1902 piece is the "loop the loop," says the Philadelphia Times. This looks like a rolling hoop with a little block of wood attached to its inner rim. A spark transforms the hoop into a blazing circle and the block of wood into a car, which races round and round inside the circle till all its power is gone, throwing off as it goes gaudy showers of red, white and blue sparks. The "loop the loop" is fastened against a fence or a post after the manner of the pinwheel, of which it is a variation.