Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-22
Crowds Visit tho Handsome Building
and are Shown Thru Its Depart
rents and Many Rooms-Gymnas-
i,im Big Feature-A Detailed Des-
cription of the Interior and Arrange
nent.

buildings opening and dedlcatlon. FOR
two hours the railroad men and their
| families. who were the associations
first guests, passed in and out of the
building, admiring it's many beauties
ard conveniences. While the number
Of the first nights guests would prob
ably total several hundred, there was
nc jam, as the three floors Of the build
ing furnished abundance Of room, and
the visitors, divided into groups. were
conducted from one floor to another,
thru the different departments, doing
away with congestion in corridors or
halls. Surprise was expressed by every
one at the completeness, the arrange
ment and the general utility Of the diff
fe.rent departments. The gymnasium
seemed to appeal to the largest num-
Der, for in it the crowd fingered
longest. asking questions about the use
of the equipment for exercise. The
basement with it's swimming pool and
baths, was another center of interest,
as was the dormitory department on
the second floor, with Its many cozily
arranged sleeping rooms.
Upon the arrival of the guests they
were received in the reception room by
President N. II. Miller. Vice President
Jesse Troutner, Treasurer John Smith
and Secretary j. III. Fellingham. They
then passed in groups of ten or doz-
en-, into the hands of badged guides,
who took them for tour of the build
ing, which began with the first floor,
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leaving them with Secretary and Mrs.
Fellingham and Mrs. N. +. Miller IN
the large rooms of the educational de-
partment on the third floor. Here they
were served with light refreshments
and Mr.. Fellingham spoke briefly, ex-
planning the educational work which
has been planned.
Owing to the illness Of Mrs. Hamil-
ton, Mr. E. T.. Hamilton, of Chicago,
secretary Of the international railroad
department, could not be here. He
will come later in the week.
A Description of the Building.
There is nothing that might be term
ed elaborate about either the exterior
or interior of the new building. 1t has
been erected with view to the COST
and with the idea uppermost that IL
should be practical, convenient, and
adaptable for the purposes for which 1t
was intended. The front Of the build
ing. facing Third avenue. is of buff
pressed brick, trimmed with stone and
metal cornice. The foundation, whch
extends upward above the level OF the
street to the first floor, is of cut stone.
An alcove on the second story, formed
by three arches supported by brlck
pillars, is just over the downstairs en-
trance. Supporting the broad Intel
above the entrance are four stone pill
lars, between the center two of which
the oaken plate glass doors swing In
ward upon the tiled entrance leading
I'D the marble steps, and thru the first
floor entrance into the reception room.
First Floor Arrangement.
To the right Of the reception room
spring the winding stairs leading to the
floor above, and at its lower landing is
the curved desk Of the associations
desk secretary, where visitors are re-
ceiyed and all Information given. Oc-
cupying the front Of the building and
south Of the entrance on the first floor
is Secretary Fellingham's private Of
flee, connected with all the departments
with private telephone system. Be
tween it and the entrance is an al
cove, with a lounging seat extending
around its three walls. In the corner
of the reception room is an ornamen-
tai brick fireplace with large mirror
above. Occupying also the street
front Of the first floor, north of the en-
trance. is the reading room, smoking
and game room. They open thru
large doors into one another and the
reception room, and all of them can
be made part of the auditorium,
which occupies the full width of the
building toward the rear Of the build
ing and just east Of the reception room.
BY this arrangement Of swinging and
folding doors the auditorium can be
given a seating capacity Of about 400.
The reception room, secretarys Of
flee, alcove and auditorium are tinted
in shades Of blue, while the WOODWORK
has been finished in its natural color,
excepting that of the auditorium, which
has been stained in imitation Of cherry.
The reading and smoking room have
their side walls tinted light salmon,
with the ceilings yellow. The wood
work is also tinted with cherry stain.
Gymnasium a Beauty. :.
Thru the east wall of the auditorium
two entrances lead, the one farthest to
The north into the kitchen, and the
other one into the hall leading to the
gymnasium. Thru door on the
right Of this hall access to the private
Office Of Physical Director Willard P.
Dye is gained. 1t is fitted for physical
examination q. members, and has
partition window which looks out up
on the gymnasium floor The hall
ends up short flight of stairs, with
the double doors swinging upon the
balcony overlooking the gymnasium
floor. This balcony extends all the way
around the room, and will seat 200
people. who can look down upon the
games in progress below. Special at
tention was paid in the building of the
gymnasium so that it might be COM
plete in every detail, and the efforts
have been most successful. Its inter