The age-herald., 1900-03-04
COMING WEEK IN SOCIETY
Alabama Federation to Elect Officers the First Week in MaY-Mrs. London Chairman Arrange
 ment Committee.
BY ANNIE KENDRICK WALKER.

BY ANNIE KENDRICK WALKER.
 The Sapho or any other Daudeit play might be put on for the opening of the Jefferson theater. stage denouement of the Nethersole woman could perhaps in- terest a habttue of the play at the close of the season, but Daudet, Sidney Grundy and the rest of them with their intense women would, I doubt, be discussed at all. The audience will give itself over to the enjoyment of a marble foyer, to a won Jderful interior done in old ivory, to the colorings of frescoes, a million lights, the brilMant throng.
 The array of fashionable equipages go- ang its flashing pace along the avenues Wednesday niglht will Nine the curbdng at the Jefferson, the white marble entrance of which will only need a scarlet awning stretched to the street to remind one of the pictlresque entrances of many of the Famous tlheaters in this country.
 ''The Chrlstian," a rage for two seasons, Eah be put on the opening night, and be- dng immediately followed by Mir. Mans field. the first week of the opening of Bir- minghams s magnificent new theater could not be more notables
 The Jefferson on the opening night, will. present scene of great .Ilreaaaty ana bril- aiancy. The orchestra will be augmented and Professor Grambs dlas arranged a su- --perb operatfc programme for the occasion. The managerial staff at O'Brien's will be transferred to the Jefferson, and it is needless to say that the business details lcoufd not possibly be In more capable, pop ular hands MT. Douglass is one of the most successful mana gers in the country. In addition to this. he is a recognized au- thority on all matters relating to the stage and its people. MT. Douglass sugges- tioras dn regard to the new thea,ter have been invaluable, and indeed the general outline of the building furnished by llim. He sought the comfort of actors in every respect, knowing so we'll the dis comfort they are forced to endure.
 The exterior of the Jefferson is impress sive because of its extreme simplicity, the White marble columns supporting the en- trance, giving the building a classic ap- pearance that is as imperishable as marble. The entrance is thickly studded with lights, and the broad foyer beyond is brilliantly lighted The floors and the wainscoatng are of marble while the walls above the dado are done in an old rose tint The ceiling shows that wondrous effect of blue tints known as clouded, and against which the gold relief work shows most vividly.
 The box office opens to the left of the
 
 prevent confusion. The entrance is thirty feet wide and eighty-eight feet long, and is subdivided into the managers room, the two cloak rooms and the smoking rooms and cafe. The cloak rooms, which are in green and gold, open directly into the par quet and also in the foyer.
 Birmingham women will be charmed to alear of the dressing room that adjoins their cloak room. It will be perfectly fit- ted up and win have all the appearance of private ,5oudoir
 The vakt parquet, with a shadowy light falling along the board aGsles, empha- sized tine great stiffness with which one is impressed in a massive interior, and the moment that 1 first e1impsed the vast space the stage beyond, above which hung a medallion of Joseph Jefferson, I felt as If l had entered an abode already dedi- cated to ail that is best in dramatic ant
 The interior decoration is done in the wonderful ttnts of old ivory, with the high lights in gold. The relief work shows a beautiful blend!ng of the beautiful pe- riodEs of Louis VI and the Empire, and the result is more effective than If the art ist had followed the style of one period. The boxes are exquisitely done in the old Ivory tints and the Empire designs afford a most elaborate decoration in the relief work The Louis VT. and Empire designs form the decoration on the tiers, the ivory t.nts and the gold showing in wondrous s flights.
 The proscenum Is a marvellously beauti- ful background of blues. In the center a