Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-14
qHB GRHAr EVENT.
The Opening Of the Finest Opera House
in the Western Country.
IT WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT
The House and Its DecOratiOnS-Th'
Internal Arrangements
TEMPLE OF GRACE AND FASHION
The Sale ogSeatS far Commodore David
sons Testimonial Benefit.

sons Testimonial Benefit.
In twenty -fcur hours from the time this
Issue of the SUNDAY GLOBE shall have
reached the breakfast tables of its readers
the new Opera house Of st. Paul will have
become a fact, and as the sturdy old cynic
and Philosopher Carlyle, is authority for
saying, in his quaint way, that facts are
the only things under the spangled cano-
by that should engage the consideration OF
reasonable human beings, or words to that
effect, it becomes eminently proper at this
to chip in a word or two further concern
ing this really commodious and beautiful
temple of the muses. which is about to
make its bow to the generous handed art
and amusement public of st. Paul.
The Sunday GLOBE takes especial pride
in abiding to the new Opera house at thia
iuncture, for the reason that. it has nur-
tured the enter rise from its first ipcep-
ton until it q etIength reached its full
proportions growth, and meantime the
public have oeen ouly informed from
time to time OF its progress towards co m
pletion. But now the period of prepare
ton and probation is over; all that could
be said It's inception, growth, magnif-
cence and cost has been recorded time
and time again, and a liberal minded
pnblic now await the event
SO long and ardently expected.
That the openingsof the new and gor-
geoas temple of Thespis tomorrow even
ing viii prove the crowniAg event in the
social and amusement annals Of st. Paul
Is settled beyond a peradyenture. Like
beautiful, rare and costly gem, the editce
upon which SO much thought, time
and money has been expended, now awaits
only the animated and sumptuout setting
of q brilliant audience OF men and women
to make 1t perfect. This setting will be
given the superb glim tomorrow evening
when such an assemoiage OF grace, fashion
wealth and beauty viii be gathered within
its walls as has never before graced any
publicresort IN st. Paul.
At this writing, midnight Saturday, q
small army of decorators and artisans are
engaged IN putting on the finishing
touches OF the new Opera house. Tbs
work Of completing the decorations and
Graperies Will be continued until tomor-
row, but fer the purpose Of giving tho
reader some idea OF how the house will
appear at the opening, the following
sketch Of the decorations is given:
THE Inner finish Of Tie Opera House.
the walls in the main foyer are papered
in crimson, buff and old gold, contrasted
with red and olive, all of the paper being
made by hand and especially designed and
manufactured for this purpose. The
walls in the second floor or dress circle,
are done in paper of terra
Gotta, crimson and old gold.
The walls Of the boxes are papered with
hand made velvet patterns which harmonic
splendidly with the decorations. The boxes
on the second tier are papered in patterns
of different colors, the prevailing shades
being old gold and leather brown. The
floors of the main foyer and stairs will be
laid in body brussels, while the floors OF
the aisles and boxes ara covered
with the finest administer
The ladies' and gentlemen's toilet rooms
will also be handsomely carpeted, and be
sides the ones named there are two stage
carpets of red and green respectively. The
draperies of the boxes on the main floor
are all of rich silk, with Iambrequins OF
satin damask in shades of crimson and
gold, with center of black and q rich silk
fringe.
Costly and sUmptuous silk curtains are
hung in the back os the boxes, tho prevail
ing tone being old gold with small olive
wins running through, the lambrequins
proper being relieved with Curtains Of
Smer's lace. The boxes on the second tier
are decorated with the same quality of
draperies, excepting the curtains in the
back ground, which are of satin damask
and gend'arme blue; the lsmbrequins be-
ing variegated colors to contrast with the
boxes OF the lower floor. The balcony and
parquette rails are Of heavy bronze, trim
med with curtains of silk plush. The
rail which extends round the
foyer is also Of heavy bronze, and the
hapgings consist OF an extremely beautiful
curtain, with crimson centre and a
heavy dado at the bottom. The cur
tain in the foyer of the dress circle is
the same as the other, with the exception
of blue instesd of a red background
The temporary drop curtain is of heavy
green baize with trimmings of silk Grim
son pIusheS ana heavy draperles. AS pre-
viously described in the SUNDAY GLOBE the
prevailing tints on the main floor are Grim
son and buff, the predominating colors up
stairs being blue and gray. The work OF
upholstering the boxes and house was done
by Auer5ach, Finch & Van Slyck.
The proscenium center price, is study
in art, the subject being Aurora ushering
in the dawn. the work being in f-escoe
The subject is fanciful and poetic
and the artist has succeeded
admirably in reproducing the
thought. The center foreground
represents the chariot of Aurora drawn by
q pair of snow white fawns accompanied
by numberless nude and rosy oherubs, the
whole being surrounded by nimbus Of
light in the oolors of the dawn. The effect
is highly beautiful and the execution arts
tic. The prevailing tints are crimson
buff and gold. The proscenium arch is
draped in border of crimson and gold
and a drapery border in cclors of pink
gold and blue depends frem II front Of
the curtain. The tormentor inings ar
finished in crimson drapery and the pillars
are made to represent stone colors