Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-14
nrs oHANGEs MADE

All Along She Line at BunneIl,s
 Grand opera House-SurprIsed Pa
 trons-A Complete Revolution In All
 ahe scene EmectS-Many other Jm- prOvements.
 Bunnelrs Grand Opera House has been so
 greatly improved that patrons last evening
 hardly recognized the place, so marked and
 numerous are the changes and all of them
 marked improvements. Mir. Bunnell had
 surprise in store for his patrons and first and
 foremost to command attention was the
 beautiful new drop curtain. It depicts
 lovely scene on the beautiful Rhine, ,the great
 river of Germany, famed in poetry and song.
 The river is shown winding through rocky
 and picturesque gorge with steep bluffs and
 beautiful landscapes on either side, villa in
 the foreground and castle in the perspee- tive. The setting of the curtain is fine and the colors bright and glowing, finely offsetting the Rhine scene. Below is represented short flight of marble stairs leading to the brilliant pictorial effects of the scene. MT. Bunnell has outdone himself in presenting completely new set of scenery throughout with only one exception and has kept several skilled scenic artists busy in New Haven, Jersey City and New York, all through the last few weeks, preparing for this admirable play. All the stage sitting and stage equipments are also new and the stage floor is itself entirely new. The proscenium boxes and the entire fronts of the galleries are decorated anew also and the whole large entrance hallway below is \ bright and gay on sides and ceiling, being newly decorated in bright and pleasing colors and bright ornamentation. A new reception room has been added especially for the ladies, ! at the top of the first landing in the main entrance and MT. Bunnell has had it hand | somely carpeted and furnished throughout. At l thelanding is also is a!huge ice tank decorated in pleasing colors and containing huge sup ply of ice water for patrons to drink. The whole opera house is, moreover, cooled by cold air ! forced upward through the ventilators by a I device, the principle of which emanated from of old Music Hall, Clark Peck, Esq. The air is cooled from an immense ice tank down below, and the forcing apparatus, MT. Bun- nell found yesterday, worked to charm, sending currents of cooled air all over the huge opera house. Fans are also supplied at MT. BunnelPs expense for every patron of the house, so that. people can keep cool at BunnelFs when the weather happens to be | hot, as is occasionally is at this time of the year. The two first seats in the gallery | all along have been railed off and beautifed, and for these small extra price is asked. These seats will no doubt be in demand Mir. Bunnen has also added 8 | speaking tube in a small ante-room in the rear of the audience, whence he can commu- nicata privately with the stage without pass- | ing through the audience. The whole mu. scum hall below has also been redecorated ard made very attractive in every point.
 How all these changes were accomplished in so short space of slime is wonder, but MT. Bunnel is we'll known as 8 man of in
 domitable vigor aud enterprise. He has had
 a large force, headed by one of his heuten-
 ants, MT. Van Buren, busy for weeks, and has had his hand on the throttle of the engine all the time, and the improvements patrons
 will not be slow to thoroughly appreciate.