St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-07

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lection of arrangement. admirabiiity of CON
structlon and complete adaptability to the
uses for which it is erected. The work has
so tar been prosecuted that the building
could De almost Immediately dedicated. and
has reached that stage where a description is
in order and due the people who will patron
ize il.
The auditor will enter through a spacious
sdlie-a-manger opening upon the foyer.
Sturdy, but graceful columns guard the en-
trance and give 1ugress to the foyer, from
which on either side the stairs ascend to the
balcony. Everything is fire-proof The
floors are of mosaic and the panels of marble.
The metal OF the stairway is of dulled copper
ana the steps of Tennessee marble; at the
curve bronze statue on either side relieves
the opening. and is visible from both floors
Separating the foyer from the auditorium,
instead OF great gaps dressed with drapery,
are, solid panels of beyeled plate glass.
each surmountcd by a design in cath edrai
glass, affordlng view of the auditorium
but excluding sound and draught At the
right OF the foyer are the luxurious ladies'
toilet rooms, and at the left stairway lead
Ing down to the smoking room, which is
fitted up with Oriental luxury. The foyer
decorations are a rare combination of simple
elegance and durability. The tinting APP
proacheS terra Gotta In shade, with darker
colors for the capitals of the columns and
general over the auditorium. but tightening
in tint i'll the coyes of the balconies and the
dome.
The main floor of the auditorium contains
600 seats, or chairs. each twenty two inches
wide and placed i'll thirty-three-inch rows, to
prevent crowding. The legs of the chairs are
git bronze, to correspond with tho decora-
ions. and the upnolStering is lions name
plush, to suit the draperies. Besides these
luxurious seats, there are twenty-five hand
some fauteuils, or visa-vis chairs for two
persons. scattered through the house. The
balcony contains 464 chairs. and the gallery
700 seats IN new and comfortable style of
perforated school benches The seating ca
pacity is 1920, but, by the crowding as seen
IN ordinary theaters, the house could easily
seat $500. That the commodious arrange
ment vii. be doubly appreciated, goes with
out mention.
The proscenium arch is 94x36.6 feet.
handsomely decorated in the prevailing
style, and the sounding board is marvel of
the decorators art. At each side OF the arch
are three tiers of boxes of three each. max
ing eighteen IN all They are Handsomely
lighted. arranged and decorated: three Ioges
in the balcony complete the box complement
A supplemental foyer or parlOr is found at
the rear of the balcony, and is as elegant in
style and appointments as its cOmpafion on
the main floor. The auditorium will be sup
piled with machinery to heat it in'winter
and cool 1t in summer, and 1900 electric
lights are distributed about III pretty designs.
The stage is seventy-one by fifty
feet to the curtain line and is mod
ern in every detail of machinery. traps, drops,
etc. The rigging loft runs 10 height of
sixty-eieht feet. Everything behind the cur
tain is complete, and columns might be in
tereStingly employed in describing the maze
OF ropes and wire, the acres of scenery, drops
and borders, the curtain arrangements, the
elegant elaborate dressing rooms and the
thousand and one details of the inner work
1ngs of the stage sanctuary Pressure on the
GLOBE columns this morning makes it i'm
possible to go further into the details of ST.
Pauls magnificent new thealer.