Evening journal., 1893-04-29
HANDSOME NEW AUDITORIUM.
To BE Formally Opened Next Tuesday
Evening with a Grand Concert-Descrip-
tion of the Interior.

To BE Formally Opened Next Tuesday
Evening with Grand Concert-Descrip-
tion of the Interior.
The Auditorium, which was formerly
the skating rink on Eleventh street near
Madison, will be opened next Tuesday
night with a grad concert. Admission
will be by tickets only, which are now
being distributed The doors will be
opened at Z. 10 and the concert will begin
ct o'clock. The auditorium was lighted
up last evening and two EVENING
JOURNAL reporters were shown around
by Elmer e Benson, the manager.
The interior of the old rink has been
completely transformed In place of the
old platform which was erected for the
Moody-Sankey meetings is large
elevated stage, 26x70 feet wide, at each
side of which are stairs leading to the
dressing rooms below
There are fourteen rooms, which will be
furnished There is circular screen of
wood at each side of the stage in front of
the stairs leading below. Iron frames,
upon which will be suspended pale green
curtains, extending from the footlights
to the rear of the stage. By means Of
these frames, which are movable, the
stage can be made smaller, if desired.
To the right of the stage are the
switches for controlling the lighting Of the
stage and auditorium There are about
100 electric lamps in the buildings.
Sixty four of them comprise the foot
lights and the lights overhead, which are
of 24-candle power Attached to the
girders are forty 90 candle power lamps
of ground glass which shed a soft, but
bright light on the auditorium. The
lamps at the entrance are controlled by
switches in a room at the right of the
entrance
The interior of the building is finished
in white and gold. The walls are
frescoed and plastered. The ceiling is
covered with canvas and the girders
are draped in white and gold The pill.
lars, are white, each Of which has
bracket upon which to place potted
plants The windows are curtained and
in the offsets above them are rosettes.
The entrance to the auditorium is more
spacious than when it was conducted
as a rink 1t is now sixteen feet in
width. The lobby in the rear of the
auditorium is twelve feet wide and is
separated from the seating portion of
the building by partition, containing
windows, and the main and two side
entrances.
There are three wide aisles running
lengtbwise and an intersecting one about
the centre
The auditorium has a seating capacity
of about 2 600 The seats are mahogany
opera chairs with hat holders They are
divided into four sections on the main
floor, Section A contains 352 chairs
section B.432; section O. 4S0; aud section
D, 464. The gallery will seat 224 These
figures make total of 932, Which will
be brought up to about 2 900 by one row
of seats in each Of the side aisles.
The gallery is reached by stairs in the
rear and is where the inquiry room was
during the revival services 1t has a
turned balustrade, upon which will be
hung an old gold colored curtain The first
four rows in the gallery will be on a
level and the remainder will be raised
The building has four exits, which
could be used in case of fire, the main
entrance and two side doors and door
at the southeastern corner. Board
walks make a convenient passagewsy
from these exits.