Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-09
THE OPENING PLANS.
The Carnegie Library Free to People
on Tuesday and Wednesday.
HOW THE EXITS ARE ARRANGED.
Masses of Beautiful Flowers and Pleasant
Organ Recitals.
A 100000 COLLECTION OF PICTURES

While there exists tacit understanding
as to the events of Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday in connection with the opening of
Carnegie Free Library, it is deemed best to
point out some of the regulations which are
to govern the public. Not that there are
any iron-clad rules with fearful punish
ment for their infraction. but there are
many things which the public can refrain
from doing, if there is some intelligent idea
given through the newspapers.
One of those who has a connection with
the opening of the hall, intercepted repre-
sentative of THE DISPATCH yesterday, and
requested that enough space be given to the
matter to enable the public to understand
the arrangements as at present made, with
view to the doing away with surmises or
confused ideas as to the part the public is
desired to play in the opening of Mr.. Car
negie's magnificent place. Some of the
more important matters to which attention
is requested are as follows:
The admission on Tuesday from o'clock
P. NJ. to 10 o'clock P. NJ, and on Wednesday
between the same hours, is as free as water.
There are no tickets of admission of any
nature whatever, and the public is abso-
lutely unrestricted as to time of going or
length OF stay. The two organ recitals each
day begin in the afternoon at 2:15 o'clock
and in the evening at 8:15 o'clock. There
will be no reserved seats in the hall, and
those who wish to be sure of occupying one
of the !, Ito seats will do we'll to go early.
OPEN ON TWO DAYS.
On Tuesday and Wednesday the whole
building from garret to basement can be
seen without Limitation as above described.
Ingress will be effected at the Ohio street
hall entrance or that of the library facing
on Federal street. Egress will be via the
same. The door between Carnegie Hall
and the library will be open these two days.
As general thing it will be closed but, as
has been said, on the two days the public
will go everywhere.
The stage door is on all of the occasions
absolutely reserved for participants in the
programme an6 their escorts. 1t is reached
from Diamond street, in the rear of the hall.
The Art Loan Exhibition, than which no
parallel artistic event has occurred in Pitts
burg for wears, wi II be accessible to every
body during Tuesday and Wednesday,
between the hours of P. NJ.
and 10 P. NJ. But don't carry either
cane or umbrella into the domain Of
art. II you do it will have to be like the
prayer meeting in mining camp; you must
leave your weapons at the door. Even fans
are interdicted. The reason for this is easily
apparent. The pictures in that art gallery
are worth $500, 900, and belong entirely to
private persons. They have been loaned to
be looked at and not felt or poked.
THE PICTURES VALUABLE.
A stray cane or umbrella pushed BY acci-
dent into Baugerlau or Corot would ruin
the occasion as we'll as the picture. There
are number of pictures painted on high
finish wood or porcelain, The paint is brittle,
and would break, even if ian were laid
upon the suriace. Hence these reasonable
precautions and the earnest desire of the
Art Committee to have no accident to bor-
rowed property occur during the existence
of the exhibition. 70" ~
The floors, furniture and tables are spot
less and stainless. There will be a great
crowd and it is hoped that great care will
be exercised in moving around. 1t is there
fore urged that every consideration be paid
to requests that the building and its ap-
pointments will not be marred.
4HS pTSsCuCS VI Ou Tue opening
days, Tuesday and Wednesday, might be
pleasant to parents and families, but as a
great crowd will be surging through the
building and as high class musical per-
formances are to be heard in Carnegie Hall
it is requested that children be allowed
future opportunities to view the edifce.
MASSES OF FLOWERS.
There will be masses of flowers in every
room of the building. The flowers come
from the Phipps greenhouses, and are the
of Allegheny City, and Superin-
tendent Hamilton does not desire to have
the public consider his treasures in any
other light than to be carefully treated in
every way.
For Thursday nights ceremonies and for
admission into the building from z P. NJ to
midnight card will be absolutely neces-
sary. No excuse, no entreaty, no expostu-
lation will suffice to effect an entrance. The
card must be presented. Outside of the
Allegheny City officials, the County
j Judiciary, the Federal officials and
some of Pittsburg's governing powers,
the clergy of both cities and other local
celebrities, it is distinctly understood that
Mr.. Carnegie's personal friends are all who
will be present. A mysterious and invisi-
BILE power has arranged all these details,
and the absurd stories about punches of
tickets, tickets for sale or tickets to be gotten
from any source, except an impersonal one,
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