The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-14
ONE OF THE MOST PERFECT IN
 THE SOUTH.
Building is Splendid in Its Appoint ; ments for Comfort and Con- 4t
 venience-Interior Plan
 Shows Artistic
 Excellence.

The handsome Standard Club building, situated at the corner of Montgomery and Moulton Streets, has been completed and its formal opening will take place tonight
 At the invitation of the president, of the club. MT. Alex Rice. a representative of The Advertiser was shown over the building yesterday.
 This handsome new building which does credit to. the city of Montgomery and to the good taste of the Building Committee, was erected at a cost, in clGding it's furnishing, of about $75,O0O. The building is four stories high and is spiendidly equipped with every modern convenience. and every Twentieth Cen floor. It is steam heated and brilliantly lighted throughout and in every apart ment there is a house telephone, be- sides several city telephones through the building.
 The main entrance to the building is from Montgomery Street. and from the time the handsome oaken doors swing back to admit the visitor, until those same doors are passed through and closed again, the visitor Is struck with the mag nifieence -ot1Aksf building and its equip mer1t and the beauty and good taste dis played in the furnishings. Upon entering the vestibule and look ing ahead. is a charming view of the TO- tunda. with it's marble floor and furni- ture of massive oak. upholstered in
 
 ascending to the second floor. leads from the rotunda, on the first landing of which are three large and handsome art glass windows and in the center of each win~ dow is the club monogram, artistically woven in the decorative plan.
 On the first floor are the committee Iocms. the reading rooms ladies re- ception room and the ladies' parlor. This parlor is a room 50 by S5 feet, the wood work of which is in ivory white. and it is lighted by two elegant chandeliers Tho furniture in this room is in keeping with the beauty of the interior finish be- ing of gold leaf frame, of exquisite de- vice and design, upholstered in delicate tints of satin brocade. The center piece in the parlor is a superb gold leaf table The ladies' reception room on the first floor is furnished with mahogany, up- hoistered in shades of green.
 On the first floor is the handsomely equipped billiard and pool room, an ideal barber shop, checker and chess room and cafe, the wood work. tables and chairs in which are all in Flemish oak.
 On the second floor is the banquet hall. S5 feet wide by 100 feet long, and furnished with tables and chairs of an elegant design in massive oak This room may also be used as a ball room, and in one corner is a gallery arranged for the orchestra. The overhead work on the second floor is of steel and Is painted in delicate fresco shades and around the en- tire room, near the ceiling, is a beauti-
 
 The kitchen, with all its necessary paraphernalia Is on the second floor and convenient to the banquet hall It is a splendidly equipped apartment-store rooms, dumb walters, to both the first and third floors, refrigerators and every other convenience necessary to an up- to-date, we'll regulated culinary depart ment
 In the china closet there are dishes enough with which to serve three hun dred persons.
 On the third floor is another ladies' parlor and dressing room, the furniture in which is upholstered in delicate tints of silk replicas. Here is also a smok- ing room designed for solid comfort, and on this floor are the bath rooms, done in marble, and are models of elegance and luxury.
 The most beautiful room in the Build ing is the ball room on the third floor. The ceilings and wood work of this mag nificent room, the dimensions of which glre 50 by 100 feet, are all in pure white. At one end of the room is "a stage--9S by 50 feet. The stage is not entirely furnished but when completed will ho fully equipped with scenery, drop cuJ- tains and every accessory necessary to first class concert hall stage. On the rage is handsome grand piano.
 The floor of the ball room is in nire hard finished and waxed.
 Venetian blinds are used throughout the building and in each room are made in