The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-08-24


house. The acoustic properties OF the
theatre are excellent, conversational
tone carrying perfectly to the topmost
seat in thegallery and the loudest sounds
from the stage creating no unpleasant
echo even with an empty auditorium.
The horseshoe curves OF the balcony and
gallery are brought unusually close to
the stage. a feature OF construction agree
able alike to speaker and nearer. The
stage space, forty-one by seventysix
feet, is all available for the purposes Of
dramatic representations, none being
taken up by the dressing rooms. These
apartments, thirteen in number, are
furnished with completeness seldom
found even in the best appointed thea
tres. The four allotted to star perform
ers are just of the stage behind the
boxes. They are Hastily carpeted, and
fitted with gas and electric light. hot
and cold water and individual closets.
The remainder Of the dressing oms
are on the two floors II the little annex
adjoining the stage westward and reach
ed by the stage entrance on Harvey
street as we'll as the door from the alley
and the archway leading from the
stage. These rooms are OF good size,
and each is provided with an outside
window. They are carpeted, well light
ed. beautifully supplied with shelves and
each has it's hot and cold water bowl,
with closet on each floor. The fact
that the first floor rooms are level with
the alley and the second floor windows
are only ten feet above, taken with the
further assurance that three exits are
provided from this supplemental struct-
ure, would seem to show that the danger
from fire has been as we'll guarded
against here az elsewhere. From the
foyer, uninterrupted save by the pillars
of the graceful arches overhead,
a view is had of stage, par
quet and circle. A drop curtain
from the pen of William Grabach
is perhaps the most striking single
object in sight. Departing from the
usual custom, the artist has produced
not the shocking daub which too often
stares theatre audiences in the face and
harrows up their artistic souls, but
representation of drapery, severe in dis
position and in tone harmonious with
the dominent tints Of the interior. This
curtain, the sombre beauty Of which
will grow upon the public, is reinforced
by another, massive structure of sheet
iron, braced and riveted, and so accur-
ately balanced that minimum OF force,
tightly directed will move it in its ap-
pointed channel. By means of this
ponderous wall Of metal an impervious
barrier may be instantly set up between
a fire on either side of the footlights
and the other regions OF the theatre;
and the entirJ construction of the
building, both in point Of materials en-
ployed and in respect to the number and
convenience Of exits provided in all
parts, has been wrought out to the end
of assuring absolute safety, so far as
might be, to audiences and players.
Augustin Days company is taking a
vacation alter short season in London.
William Farren, Of celebrity in England
as an actor Of old men, will come here
with Olga Nethersole. The London
Garrick Company, to come with John
Hare. contains Fred Terry and Julia
Nelson. A new American play will be
used by William H. Crane when he
be1ins hia nexf New York season Will