The colored American., 1902-11-22

great pleasure the dCQulSI EOn IG-
Ceuuy by a company OF responsible
cJ.orei gentlemen, OF the property
known as Odd Fellows Hall, situated
Oh Eighth street. southeast, between
f and q streets. The edifice has long
been the home of the White odd Eel
lows OF Capital Hill, and has also been
The tayOrlte meeting place of the best
social circles among the whites OF
iuat part of the city.
Recognizing the crying need of a
hrsJ-cIass hail for our people in that
vicinity, and also for comfortable and
rrpuIabIe accommodations for dancing
schools and for lodge rooms for the
many societies among our people who
have no homes of their own, the gen
temeu inUruSted with rare foresight
seized the opportunity afforded them
and bought the property.
A representative OF The COlOred
American had the pleasure of visit
u- this hall day or two since, and
Le found il in almost ideal condition.
Ii is three stories high and its di-
mensIons are Al by 1O9 feet. On the
first floor there are two stores, al
ready advantageously rented, in front
and in the rear a well-lighted and
beautiful hall for small functions or
other entertainments.
On the second floor there is a lofty
and magnifcenJly appointed theater,
fully equipped with drop curtain,
scenery, refectOrs and all the other
appurtenances of a frst-class opera
house capable of accommodating no
fewer than fifteen hundred people.
On the third floor are a number of
lodge rooms, all completely furnished
and carpeJed, with ample ante rooms
and every convenience required by the
most eNacJing body.
Perfect sanitary appliances and toilet
rooms are literally distributed on each
floor Of the building.
Painters and decorators are busily
at work putting the finishing touches
on some changes, which the new COM
pony has been making, to increase the
comfort and convenience of the public,
and i'm a very few days the race will
have at command an institution of
which it may justly be proud, as an
enterprise in which our own people
have engaged and which viii afford
them a beautiful ana attractive build
ing for all classes of entertainments
which they may project.
The name of the hall will be THE
IuIit0yiUDl" 1t is within easy reach
OF dli parts OF Jne Guy, DcIuS Oh IllS
line of the Navy Yaru cars of the
traction Company, with the AnacOstia
and llth street cars at the corner, but
81 hai square away.
4 number of dates have already
been booked for most Of the rooms
and the management are making siren
nous efforts to have the wOrkmen COM
p,aJe the improvements now going on
hy next Wednesday evening, when the
first entertainment under the auspices
of cOlored people ever held in this
bWlding will occur.
The fine acoustics of the main hall,
or theatre (tO speak more eXactly),
make it the ideal place for concerts
and lectures and its beauty and com
modiousness will be sure to win for
the building an enduring place in the
estimation of the community.
lr should appeal, most of all, to those
talented members of our race who have
adopted the stage as their profession,
ar| who 30 OUr great pride and salts
f0otion are succeeding so we'll therein.
Iara is an opportunity to cater to the
refined tastes of cOlOred society In
Washington in a perfectly equipped
and beautiful theatre, to be secured at
moderate rates and not at the prac-
uca'ly prohibition cost of any one or
other Washington theatres.
The people of Capitol Hill have al
ready entered into the spirit Of this
enterprise with enthusiasm, and have
come prOIODtIv forward and rendered