Evening journal., 1893-01-28
THEIR new HOME READY
New Century Club Building
Prepared for It's Natal Day.
A GEM OF BEAUTY AND COMFORT.

The Handsome New Home of the New
Century Club Ready for the Opening Of
1t Promising Career ON Tuesday-Ar-
rangements of the Rooms Opening EN-
ercises.
The New Century Club will celebrate it's
fourth birthday on Tuesday by formally
taking possession of its new building ON
Delaware avenue, between Jackson and
Van Buren, streets
Appropriate exercises will mark the
event At o'clock in the afternoon a
club conference open only to members
and non resident guests for whose enter
tainment the following program has been
arranged Greeting, president New
Century Club, of Wilmington, Mrs.
Abby Woodruff Miller; dedication poem.
New Century Club of Wilmington,
Mrs. Susan Marr Spaulding; open dis
cussion, "The WOmen's Club, led by
Mrs. Mary +. Mumford Philadelphia +,
Mrs. Eliza Sproat Turner, Philadelphia, /,
Dr. Jennie de la M. Rozier, New York,
and Mrs. Hiscock Bockus, Brooklyn At
o'clock a reception open to members
and their guests Of whom each member is
privileged to invite two
Tuesday Club WIN Move There.
The Tuesday Club will move into its
new quarters in the club building on
Tuesday and will celebrate the event
with a private concert. The program
has been almost completed Three num-
bers from the oratorio of "Elijah,
which the club intends to render at its
grand public concert in the spring, will
be given with other vocal selections,
solos, quartettes few minor choruses
and instrumental music.
Everything Finished BY Tuesday.
The building with few unimportant
exceptions will be entirely completed on
Tuesday. The cold weather has pre-
vented the completion of the porch
which is to be paved with cement. and
the large patent folding door which is to
divide the ladies' reception and commit e
room from the dining room has not yet
arrived
Decorating the Interior.
The drawing room set of scenery will
be completed and placed in position to-
day and the carpenters will have CON
pleted their work of building the stair
rails and balusters and the painters will
/
auditorium floor on Monday.
The plans and specifications for the
/ building were drawn by Architect Mrs
Minerva Parker Nichols of Philadelphia.
The building is colonial In style, three
stories in height and is built OF Pom
peiian brick, adamant plaster and
81 ood. The roof is of black slate
The mai n entrance opens into he'll o,
] oh a. 20. Q h.. fNf fa4 fr IN
rear. Two stores 16xE6 are on either
side of the hall and will be the only
rooms not occupied by the club or It's
guests
On the second floor room 1Gx33 ol
the west side will be used as ladies' re
ception and board room and will be di
vided from 26x33 supper and class room
by a folding door Of linked wood. On th
floor above two dressing rooms, one
22x24, for women, the other, 1882, 10
men, will be located There are toilet
and pantries on every floor. The iani
tors room will be in the third story.
Appearance of the Assembly Room.
The auditorium and assembly room !
43 feet wide and 90 feet deep. A "a foo
fire place Of Pompeiian brick on the cas-
side and % foot bay window on tn
west gives the room a decidedly snu
appearance. The roof is arched and
twentv nine feet high The gallery
sixteen feet deep and will seat 150. Tn
seating capacity of the assembly room i,
600 Movable chairs will be PLACED
there 50 as to allow clea
floor for dances when necessary. Tn
stage is % feet deep and 43 feet wild
with the musicians stand above 1t
accessible by a special door on the souti
east side. In the left above the stage al
two dressing rooms, one 13xl5 for womeI
the other 12x13 for men, Another dres
ing room. 1924 and q property r0oi
1880 are i'm the cellars where are also tl
/ clubs kitchen. 20x24, two store cellar
, and a boiler room. Two stairways lea
/, to the cellar, one from the stage, III
other from the front Of the building.
Bright and Cheerful Finishings.
The entire interior is finished in yello
and gold The floors are Of yellow pin
= and the ceilings. which are Of adamaI
f plaster are twelve, twelye.and a ha
f and nine-and a.half feet high on frs
n second and third stories, respectively.
e An entrance on the west side opei
directly upon the main stairway III
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entrance.
Steam Heat and Electric Lights.
The heating throughout will be
t. steam and the lighting by electricit
The combined lights in the auditoriu
- make 9, POS candle power Seveaty-ty
/ twenty four candle power opulesce
lamps light up the ceiling. Two fou
In light electroliers have been place
under the gallery and the two two lig
Is brackets light up both sides near 1
g. stage.
is There are twenty footlights Of twent
four candle power each and fifteen b'
Of der lights. which have yet to be put
le There will be four lights on either 81
60 Of the proscenium. Other rooms viii
o5 amply lighted.
Entirely Satisfied with the struotu
ce John B. Johnson. the contractor,
IL ceives much credit from the members,
Oh does Mrs Nichols, the arohits CT, for
rk satisfaction which the new structu
". gives.
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