Show for A noisy fourth now that firecrackers are placed un der the ban by the laws las of some communities muni ties the boys and girls will find numerous other explosive noises with in their reach that are entirely sane among those substitutes we find the following follow ing shelling peas will NN ill be found to make a pleasant little noise not unlike tho the pop of a small firecracker and will prove very helpful to the cook an interesting noise similar to the reverberant discharge of the exceed angly mischievous giant cracker Is to fill a grocers paper bag with lot hot air air and give it a terrible whack on the side this done at sunrise from the outside ot of your parent a door will barrt the day along reasonably with ith no attendant injuries an electric light bulb tapped sharply with the end of a billiard cue makes a sound which with your eyes shut resembles the explosion of a rifle and is less dangerous than turning the gas gaa on in the cellar dad and throwing a lighted match down the coal hole A fairly effective substitute for a roman candle and one that Is entirely harmless consists in a length of gar den hose stuffed with red white and blue balls of arn placed at intervals of say three feet when the water is turned on it will forth like a flery fiery spray and the bills balls as they emerge will give an illusion not un tin like the colored balls of fire from the old time candle for the little girls who ho caro care more for the sibilant molses of the sisser than for the popping of the crackers a steam radiator ridi ator ready for action forms forma an excellent substitute and can be used indoors if the day to is rainy without danger of fire to your dwell ing A pleasant evening celebration fos foi a young roan man who can afford it la Is tc ta call upon his best girl and spend au an hour or two in popping the question it Is just as v well ell for those who decad upon this method of honoring the day to see eee that the young womans comans small email er brother has been successfully fired before beginning operations operation s judge |