New-York tribune., 1879-10-01
DRoOKLYNs NEW THEATRE.
BOW IT HAS BEEN BUILT AND DECORAIED-lIa

Row IT HAS BEEN BUILT AND DECOKAIED-4I'a-
CAUTIONS AGAINST FIRE.
Uaycrlv's new Brooklyn Theatre viii be for
mally opened next Monday night, when Clara Nor
rs Will appear in a American play, entitled
sThe Royal Favorite." Tho sale Of seats for The
opening night is going on brIsky. To one entering
the lobby aud looking through at the busy carpcn-
kcrs The dozens of painters and the mass of scaf-
folding and lumber, IL seems rs If IT would be al
most an impossibility TO prepare the interior In
nme The proprie,ors, however are confident that
NTH the large force at work the theatre can be put
In readiness and If il is found TO be necessary work
will be continued by night The architect OF the
theatre is G.. l.. Morse. of Brooklyn, and tho resco-
ng is beng done by L. Ii. Cohn & Sons, Of this
.ty, who decorated the jewish Temple In Fifth
I'VE The building is 40 feet in length, and 127
Ieet in width. There is also wing twenty-seyen
tect SQUARE on Westinghouse. The stage has a
width of seventy-ive feet and depth Of fortyfve.
The proscenium opening is thirty-sevon feet wide.
The theatre will seat 800. AIS the parquctte.
$40 in the first gallery, or dress circle, ana about
500 IN the third gallery, OF family circle and am
ohitheatrc. All of the orchestra chairs. aud hall
of thoss ia the dress circle Will be covered with
plush, and tho others Will be covered with enain-
Tie interior Of the theatre will be pleasing to the
eye. The coiors are rch ana benH Wc!. Hpeclal
pans have been taken Ia arrange the seats so that
good view of the stage can be obtained nom each
one. The acoustic properties OF TIE house I.na,n
iuteror viii bc the drop-CuTtain, Whch has ptvn
PAINTED by AugOn The scene VIII I,pieseht tnv
naIs Gods and soddessSs to the number Of even
ty-tUU.. AneabOIate perspec' I'VE eireJ M.oP ;,
sent what i called the " Temple OF the iic"'SuS'
Above the curtain Is an arcintiaNe eNtcrI"S3 H",n %
side % side. and above this are four ba, 'vl5 eI
fescntiug shake peaTe Beethoven, tr"c anu NOS
slnl; HE masks on the pioscs- .r.,t " Pit '1' -,
The lobby were made by tie '""'' must i'''0i'
Therr are six boxcs-threc on each side. Two Of
them are on either side OF Cue pa4Gnrle are HVmed
10y rail- aud have heavy hanglrg curtains on me
side OF the audience soneMl"l siiillI 40 lilNs' u,
Walacks Iheaire. The fifth and sixth boxes lead
from the dress circle. Ihcl command au excellent
view of tie stage On tie wall az We tc . 'NeS are
two swiss scenes with lofty mountains dimlN out
lined ia the distance, and " th tuihOilag stiean
and a CLASSY lake in the foreground. Iney were
nain,ed by NorihcDtt. 4 skilidl arrangement of
mirrors viii give n bulliant appearance Ia the sides
al Nh. boxrs toward the body of the house. In the
space between the boxes and the droPcurtain are
four Corntdlau columns, suIm0untcd by gIac, lu!iN
worked capitals. The columns are decorated, aud
the j mes are broken up IN various ways.
Ihe ceiling is irescoed IN mug" squares ana seq
nl.rts ON the four sides Of The chan iclci are pc
turcd four muses., and the ADJOINING squares are
pdntcl III imitation OF WINDOWS, through "hlcii
vines and hOwcr, are apparently hanging lhe rich
color aud the tasteful d signs produce Nely pretty
effect. hc walls of the lobby VIII he palntu dark
lluc which VIII be relieved bv border of scroll
WORK. On the ceiing OF the lobby Aurora viii be
painted.
an ease OF fire appear be sufficient for any cmer-
eency There are water butts with hose attached
bV which ii can he Hooded with water III few min
Mes ana many doors Ihc stairWays leading To the
galleries are OF iron, stone and Drlck. from the
paiQu.tle doors open CA the street, on an aioyWay
and ntO an adjoining hotel. Ilom the dress circle
one can get Tn the street by either OF the broad
saIWays, and Ia the hotel by door, ana there Is "a
ua.sap,-WaV to the roof Of the hotel IN addition 10
the st..irways from the family circle. 6r,ck wall
separates the stage iron the auditorium.
DTCLINE AND FALL OF THE BUCKEf-SHOPS.
The long uninterrupted advance III the prices
of stocks has brought disaster to the Wall Street
"bGckct-snops." L. W. Todd u Co., OF Nos. -
ard II BroadSt the largest. and one OF The oldest.
suspended Yesterday. The firm did large business,
and in prosperous seasons lis receipts are said TO
hsve neen in one day over 100000. The liabilities
have noi been asceIjaned, but II Is said that they
viii not fa far short of 100000. The firm
had branch houses at Boston and Fbiladepha,
which aie sdid Oy private dispatches 10 nave suS-
The "6.cket-shop" system Of dealing in stocks
w4s stirred i'm this city in the spring OF 1877. III
wa round 10 be profitable, ana, Win ccrtain
class ot spe,ulatprs. popular. Under ordinary con-
dtrus Of tle stock market, with q fair proportion
az - hulis > AID "bears" the gains from the busi-
u..s ..ic sad 30 have been very large. In Novem-
Der 1875 nc Gold and stock Telegraph Company
obfalfed ai Injunction restraining the use OF ITS ln-
s;rat,en.s In these places. For this reason the
rooms Of l.. ". Todd \ Co. were closed uutil last
N,r.p when they secured a modification OF the
order The case il said 20 be still pending IN the
Conn of Appeals. Only one bucket-sh,p Is left.
RESCUED FROM a SlNhlNG NEoSLL.
The biig GcoIgiana r. Geery. Captain Conklin.
arrived at tins city yesterday from Charleston,
<. G.. having on board the of the schooner
Xnte Wing bound TO Philadelphia from Maian-
zos winch tle Gcery fell IN with near H1tteTas in
sir King cond.tiO Captain Jas. NJ. Puelan OF the
VLlt. Ming SAWS he i.ft Matanzas Septcn Der ~
with a cargo of Oia iron rails. On september -. in
a heavy blow. Witl high cross sed running, tbe
vessel began leaking. aud ON the 23d the water
Leac,u 10 gan At The rate Of three inches an hOu
A. / D. M Oh Cape Hatteras, be sighted schooner,
which proved to De the Maggie j. Lawrence AL
,Le s.ll. time the brig GcOrglaua j. Oeery came
aiouq-lg g. and at p. IN. took the crew OH. An
Iour' and a iillf ailtr abandoning the vessel she
yvcuf down. The schooner Wa. hNe years O!u' u
:gg4 ton. burden and owned IN New-lOrk.
LAST PAYMENT FOR FOUR PER CENTS.
The First National Bank yesterday, completed
the ayrnents for the four per cent bonds to which
il had subscribed. fine last payment was made on
occount If bonds sold by the Syndicate IN London.
I,r fnse sold III tls country settlement was mace
Ia-t week and II had been expected that payment
fnr Louts sold abroad would be made only III Lon
1ou ON account of the small supply OF called
Lords iu mat market il became necessary 10 pay III
eas. balance vi $3.35l,OOO. The Treasury De-