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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-10-24
La SaStreria de mOda

En- Ell acreditado establecimiento de
|SASTRERIA de Don Gerard Alcri-
no, Sc acaba de recibir un surtido
excelente de casimires franceses, in
g!eses, lanillas. franelas &c Ultima
novedad para la estaci5n del Lalor,
driles mallorquines y catalanes cha
lecos alta novedad y de dolores varia :
disimos.
Fin telas para forros etc., hay tam
bien un surtido extraordinario.
La prontitud, Ell esmero en- la con-
feccion vel corte elegante que es el
distintivo de este esta blecimiento de
SASrR ERIA, lie han conquistado ell
envidiable credito de que goza. real
zado shora por las grandes lmpur,a
clones de telas acabadas de recibir.
Sc hacen trajes a la medida, dcsde
5 1900 hasta $1,000.
Una vista al estsblecimiento, es la
mejor mauera de convencerse.
Fortaleza 10, frente al BoLETIN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-10-24

lgobierno no eche mano de cier-
tos auxiliares, continuaran los
anarquistas y demas gente ma
lleante hacienda de las suyas.
| No todos servimos para poll
zontes y habra que hacer una
detenida selection los que pre-
tendan ingresar en- ell cuerpo
Por de pronto deben ser exClui-
das las personals feas. Todc
criminal, por grOserO que resul.-
te a primera vista, sabe apre
ciar la belleza donde quiera que
este y cuando Sc decide a con
fesar el delito busca siempre
una persona de rostro agracia-
do para hacerla depositaria de
su secreto.
"Jamas abrais vuestro pecho
a ningln chato', decia en- ssus
memorials un gran criminal
muerto en- Ceuta recientemente.
Nj feos nj ordinarios: convie-
ne que los agentes de la policia
sean agraciados y fnos. Ahora
predomina en- ell gobierno ell
proposito de buscar gente dis
tinguida para formar parte de
la nueva ronda secreta. Hay
por ahi una porcion de sugetos
de buena ia milia que carecen
de recursos y ahora tienen oca-
sion de ganarse un sueldo de-
cente ipgresando en- ell cuerpo
de pollzontes. Sc les exigira
que vistan bien y cuiden la den
tadura para hacerse simpaticos a
los bandidos hasta captarse su
confanza. Hoy ell exterior re-
pulsivo de algunos polizontes
aleja del pecho del criminal to.
da con6anza y procura alejarse
de sus perseguidores; cuando
estos, ademas de poseer un fist
CO simpatico, vistan elegante'
mente y revelen en- sus maneras
la distinction de su origen, ven.
dra aquel espontaneamente a
eptregar su cuello a la justicia
6 esperara que Sc le pregunte:
iEsta usted bueno? Yo, bien
gracias. les usted el distingui-
do tomador sefor "Pelao"? En-
case Affirmative itiene usted Ia
bondad de reducirse por ST mis-
mo a la prision?
lQuien sera Ell ladr6n que al
verse tratado con tai delicadeza
no Sc rinda desde luego excla-
mando:
-lY usted es, sin duda, ell
nuevo agente de policia senor
Gutierrez del Moral?
Ell mismo
-Pues en- ese case, estoy des.
de luego a su disposition.
-Tantas gracias.
iOh las buenas formas!
La reforma de la policia debe
hacerse asi: teniendo por base
la educacion, la amabilidad y ell
aseo.
Znis 7ab0ada
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-10-24
Buena noticia

En- el antique muy acreditado es-
tablecimiento Baz r dc ropa hecha y
Sastreria de R. Mortes, Sc acaba de
recibir un immense surtido de casi-
mires ingleses y franceses, los que
ofrece 4 su numerosa clientele y al
p1blico en- general
En- rrpa hecha tambien hay I'M ex-
tense surtido de elegartes trajes. los
que Sc detallan desde 81 a $I4. Cuen-
ia tambieu el Ba7ar con un' surtido de
abrigos para caballeros nifios propios
para viajes. gorra$. can. isas, cuellos
pufios. tirantes. cinturoi es. ligas, cal
zoncilllos. corbatas, meGias, y muchos
mas aTticu!tS del ramo.
VISTA nAcE FE.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-10-24
Cr6nica alegre

Ell acto salvaje realizado POI
los anarq uistas en- Barcelona, hs
excitado el amor propio del go
bierno, que Sc propone meJoral
los servicios policiacos.
Parece ser que ell ministro ds
la Gobernacion pasa las noches
en- vela, estudiando ell medic de
descubrir centros anarquistas
exterminando a los enemigos dc
la familia Y a los destructores
de la sociedad.
Tratase de crear un cuerpo de
policia que reuna todas las con
diciones de idoneidad, cello, dis
erection y belleza necesarias
para ell logro de altos PROPOSE
tos.
Hoy por hoy las personals en-
cargadas de vigilar' sorprender
Y encarcelar criminales carecen
en- absolute de condolences; y
para uno que salga celoso y ac-
two, hay ciento que Sc pasan la
vida fumandO, con una pierna
sobre otra, la cabeza apoyada
en- la pared y la mirada fila en-
Ell techo.
Ell polizonte debe ser hombre
vivo, de imagination creadora,
sin defectos ostensibles nj ma
cas- de ninguna clase. Debe pro-
curar que sus pies carezcan de
callos molestos, a fin de caminar
con soltura y poder marejar los
remos iuferiores con to1a pres
tea y. energia. Hay ocasiones
en- que ell puntapie constituye
una necesidad de gobierno y un
Gallo delorido podria malograr
este recurso policiaco.
Aparte la gimnasia, que de-
ben conocer los polizontes en-
lodos sus detalles, convene que
posean idiomas; que tengan CO.
nocimientos ortografcos, arit-
meticos y astronomlcos v que
sepan bailar. no solo la jota y
demas bales sueltos, sipo tam
bien los "agarraos." a.:
Un buen polizonte tiene que
valerse de la hembra Ell mas de
una OCCASION pa a descnbrir pro-
positos criminales y 81 no sabe
bailar como va a ingerirse en-
un salon nj como va a invitar a
la pareja? Bailando I'm walls CO.
rrido fue como logro enterarse
del paradero de c.erto criminal
famoso un "detectlve" ingles
llamado Harristh, perteneciente
hoy d la camara de los pares.
Del nuevo cuerpo de policia
que trata de crear Ell gobierno,
formaran parte personas de to-
das las condolences de la socle-
dad; des1e Ell humilde sillero
hasta Ell encopetado marques.
Habra tambien en- sus flas Sc
iloras elegantes, mujeres del
pueblo y senoritas solteras, 81
puede SCI, huerfanas de padre y
madre.
Por de pronto va ha solicitado
un puesto en- la nueva policia
una viuda de mi veclndad que
sabe la vida y :nilagros de todo
ell mundo y entire ella y la por-
terra llevan una lista de las per
sonas que trasnochan' de las que
tienen vicios, de las cue sc pur-
gan y de las que Sc constipan.
Nadie sabe 10 it'll que puede
serle al gobierno una mujer hs-
gona. Entire el ramo de solte-
ronas de6nitlvas, podrian reclu-
tarse algunos cientos de expertl-
simOs agentes.
lilo que a elias Sc les escape!...
Made co no elias para averiguar
de que vive usted; que es 10 que
come; onde pernocta, a que
hora Sc acuesta y cuantas cami-
sas tiene.
Els vista de casa una soltera
desahuciada que Sc dedica ex-
clusivamente a averiguar todC
aquello que no le importa. POI
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-10-24
Unico Deposito

De semillas de flores y hortalizas de
las mejores casas de Europa y Esta-
dos Unidos.
Pasta Italiana de la fabrica mas
afamada de Geneva.
Viuos de Cporto para invalidos. re-
comendados bajo certificates por ell
reputado DIR. Cameron de los Hospi-
tales de Londres.
CASA CERECEDO.
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missioned to paint the scenic. curtain,
and has appropriately selected the ia
nous Acropolis at Athens for the, scene.
The proscenium arch, which is eighteen
feet thick, gives the effect Of massive
picture frame.
Immediately in front, on the right
side, facing the stage, will be the NAM
moth organ, which is to be the pride
Of the west. To maintain symmetry,
there will be a sham organ on the op-
posite side. 5.,>...-. .
A dainty little theater has been pro.
vided by utilizing some Of the surplus
space on the fourth floor over the main
entrance. 1t has stage with foot
lights and dressing room and some sta
tionary scenery. It can be reached by
the separate entrances to the second bal.
cony or by elevator from the insur.
ance company's building adjoining
with which there is connecting CORR.
dor on the fourth floor. The corridor
is cut off by a freproof door, which
ordinarily will remain closed. The thea
ter will accommodate 500 persons and
is adapted for lectures, musical recitals
small plays and similar functions. II
will also be a valuable adjunct to the
auditorium for rehearsals.
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direct radiation by the use Of the So
called fan system. Two large fans on
the fourth floor and two others in the
basement, all operated by electric mo-
tors, do the work. The furnaces are
in the building Of the Northwestern
National Life insurance company, ad-
joining, SO there will be no fires in the
Auditorium building proper. It is one
of the aims of architects in planning
buildings Of this character to have the
heating plant in detached buildings,
thus eliminating another source of
danger. e --' "a. +. -
BY this system the heated fresh air
is forced into, the building thru evenly
distributed openings in the ceiling.
Ventilation is secured by exhaust regis
ters at the floor thru which the vitiated
air is drawn out continuously. The sys-
tenn will give complete change of air
every eight minutes. So adaptable is
the system that the fans can be re-
versed in summer and cool, fresh air
taken in below and drawn out at the
ceiling, making the auditorium cool and
comfortable even in the hottest wealth
er. When one recalls the sweltering
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
FREDERICK FAYRAM.
Minneapolis symphony ORCHESTRA:
Photo by Opsahl.

course not possible within the main
hall, the arrangement of the corridors
and foyers isolates the auditorium. The
latter really becomes building with
in building, and all outside noises
tending to disturb the performance are
nthus quite excluded.
- On the first and second foyers are
toilet rooms, smoking rooms for men,
retiring rooms for ladies, checkrooms
and other conveniences.
The Seating Arrangements.
There are no boxes or loges. The seat
Ing arrangement is quite democratic.
However, at the ends of the first bal
cony nearest the stage there is an az
rangement of seats somewhat after the
fashion Of loges. In these two sections
there are three tiers of six seats each,
which are separated from the remainder
Of the balcony and have separate
entrances, from the corridor.
The main floor is simply an immense
rectangle. It contains almost fifteen
hundred seats, each one about as ia
vorably placed for seating and hearing
as any other. The floor space is divid-
led into six sections by two main aisles
@from front to rear and a wide cross aisle
leading to the side corridors and direct
ly to the main side exits. Thus every
row is easily accessible and contains
Just twelve chairs. These are of the
conventional folding opera type, uphol
stored in green plush. Assurance is
give nthat the seats are wide enough fol
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conveniencies for serving anything from
luncheon to a course dinner.
It is usually complained that archi-
tects ignore the artists in planning
an operahouse or theater and make little
provision for their comfort No one
will thus criticize the architects Of
the Auditorium, which has numerous
small dressingrooms, two large ones for
the chorus, and two special rooms for
stars.
Heating, ventilation, lighting, fire pro-
lection, acoustics, comfort and convent
ence of patrons and performers, archi-
lecture, interior decorating, everything,
has had the most painstaking care
from the outset. Every one is imnedi-
ately interested and completely satisfied.
The verdict of the public is awaited in
the complete confidence that it will be
"Well done.'
While the public is familiar with the
story Of the movement that resulted in
giving to the city an institution which
means so much to it's artistic develop
ment and it's prestige in the musical
world, the story will bear repetition on
the eve Of the dedication Of this temple
| of the muses..
Minneapolis has long felt the need
Of music hall and almost numberless
were the plans proposed at one time or
another. It was public want and the
sentiment in favor Of a hall adapted for
the highest class Of musical festivals
was so general that the city was au-
.thorized by the legislature Of 1903 to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25

wide and 100 feet long, connecting at
the front of the building with foyers
the full width of the building, and 20
feet wide. -...
The seating capacity figures up to
E,507 seats, Of which 1418 are ON the
main floor, 535 in the first balcony, and
554 in the second. A Encouragement Of
the seats in the corners Of the first bal
cony may cut out few, so that the
total will probably not exceed 1900. SO
much for the statistics.
The building is plain, almost severely
so, in form and general appearance, but
nevertheless the effect is pleasing. The
creamy buff color Of the exterior. with
trimmings Of terra Gotta in. a. lighter
shade, is in complete harmony with the
design. The terra Gotta; trimmings and
ornaments are modelled after original
designs by the architects, Bertrand &
Cham berlin. ''''''
The Interior Arrangements.
In the Interior arrangements every
thing has been sacrificed to the con-
venience, comfort and safety Of the
audience.
The auditorium is so arranged as to
shut out completely the noises Of the
streets.
The most modern and scientific sys
tenn Of heating and ventilation has been
installed.
All the electric wires are buried in
cement. ... .-....
The heating plant is in another build
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Hoe the Plan Was O,Igi,,0ted---
Hoe II Took form IN Tie North
westerw National Li1e's PROPOSAL
---H0p the Insurance Was .S0Iic-
ited BY Public. Spirited and Self
Sacrificing lZeu---How the Prof
eCt Reached Full Fi7tl11On.

issue bonds in the sum Of $3.50, 1000 FOR
a music hall and auditorium. On ac-
count Of the school, armory, permanent
improvement, and city hall bonds aggre-
eating more than one and one-half mil
lions, it was deemed inadvisable to take
advantage Of the legislative permission
and the plan fell thru.
The movement was not long dormant.
The Philharmonic club, forced to choose
between the Swedish Tabernacle with
its limited seating capacity and other
restric lions and the huge International
auditorium with it's poor arrangements
for oratorio and grand choral work,
continued the agitation.
How the Idea Originated.
Fred G.. Smith, one of the two or
ganizers Of the club and a member Of
it's music hall committee, conceived the
idea which resulted in the unique pub
lic-spirited movement that. led to the
completion of the Auditorium.
One day in the fall of 1908, while
meeting in the Commercial club with
the ways and means committee Of the
Philharmonic club, Mr.. Smith suggested
to Frederick Fayram and G. e. Fisher
that if responsible insurance company
| could be guaranteed $2,000,000 of in
surance it would be glad to put up a
music hall in return. Just about this
time w. F. Bechtel; president of the
Northwestern National Life Insurance
| company, came in and took a seat at
another table. Mr.. Smith went over to
Mr.. Bechtel and said:
eff your company was given $4,000
| 900 worth Of business in this city would
it build public music hall?'
elbow much will music hall costa
| inquired Mr. Bechtel.
! approximately $l50,0OO.'
! "We will build it on, the conditions
you name,' was the reply.
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: BY The Journal Staff Photographer.

would in itself make small volume.
It's immense size makes it equal to any
demand for the most elaborate produc
ton Of grand opera or oratorio. A
chorus Of 400 voices can be accommo-
dated with ease and when the Phil.
harmonics have permanent chorus of
that size, Minneapolis may justly claim
a place among the musical centers of the
world. An extended mention of the
".gridiron,,' the "fly gallery orig
cling loft' and other arrangements
would have little interest to the general
public. Suffice it to say that every
detail has been carefully planned and
the stage accessories are second to none
IN completeness.
The freproof asbestos curtain is nat
urally of immense size. 1t is so unu-
sual in this respect that the house hav-
ing the contract had to secure by spe-
cial order an extra heavy quality of
frecloth for the curtain. It will be
run in grooves and operated by wire
| rope, and will be as complete fire
protection between the stage and the
auditorium as solid brick wall.
Walter w. Burridge has been com
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Mr.. Smith invited Mr.. Bechte1 to dis
cussion Of the subject with Messrs.
Fayram and Fisher, and at this chance
meeting the main points Of the plan
which was later carried to a successful
termination were agreed upon.
5 Among the first men seen was w. J..
Harris, president of the Minneapolis
Retail Dealers association, who, altho
carrying all the life insurance he
needed, promptly agreed to take $4,000
in the Northwestern and to help the
movement. Colonel F. NJ. Joyce, presi-
dent of the Apollo club, was greatly IN
terested. A. c. Paul, president Of, the
Commercial club, added his hearty in
dorsement Of the plan, and everyone
approached only added more encourage
ment.
When it became evident that the pub
lie would support the plan by some
thing more substantial than promises,
Mr.. Bechtel, on behalf Of his company,
addressed communication to Messrs.
Smith, Harris and Joyce as the repre-
sentatives Of their respective organi.
cations, outlining the conditions of the
agreement He formally proposed to
erect, on the vacant block at Nicollet
and Eleventh street, building suit
able as an auditorium, music and cor
vention hall, to cost not less than $780,
600, in consideration of his company
Continual on Pace Twenty
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The emergency. exits, stairways and
fire escapes are arranged so as to make
congestion of crowds in the event Of a
panic impossible.
The interior decoration is, Of course,
Grecian turnout. The coloring and de-
sign plain and simple, but refined and
dignifed. The ''frst nighters' may
think the interior too bare, but the
permanent decorations are not COM
pleted, as the concrete work has not
dried out thoroly and the present tint
ing is only temporary. While the archi-
tect's plans do not call for ANYTHING
what can be done should occasion arise
for more elaborate augmentation.
One of the notable features Of the
interior is the coffered ceiling of deeply
recessed panels in rectangular form, one
within the other. the center panels
being the heat registers, which, instead
of being obtrusively placed in hap
hazard fashion, are arranged so as to
harmonic with the general decorative
scheme.
Partial tests Of the acoustic proper
ties of the hall promise that they will
be almost perfect. There has been much
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scientific research in the direction OF
adapting auditoriums to obtaining per-
feet sound effects, but science has not
yet solved all the problems, and the
architects confess that they do not
know exactly what they have until the
hall has actually been used. However,
the general dimensions of the Boston
symphony hall, which is known to be
excellent in this respect. have been fol-
lowed by the architects.
Safeguarding the Audience.
The entire building is as nearly fire
proof as it is possible to make it. The
outside walls are of brick. The floors
and balconies are of solid concrete. The
supporting columns and beams OF steel
are covered with concrete, so that there
is no exposed steel anywhere. The IN
terror walls and partitions are Of tile,
the roof of freproof tile, supported by
steel trusses. All the doors between
the stage and the auditorium and the
stage and the dressingrooms are ire
proof. All the electric wires are buried
not secured a building that is actually
freproof, they confess that they Go not
know how to build one.
| Other devices for the protection Of
the audience have received careful at
tention, the lessons from the Iroquois
theater catastrophe having been well
learned. Building inspectors, fire de-
partment officials, insurance experts,
| theater managers and architects have
been consulted at length. Mr.. Cham
berlin is himself an authority on safety
in public auditoriums, having acted as
chairman of the Commercial club com
: mittee which inspected the local the
aters and public halls after the Iroquois
| fire and made special study OF safety
appliances and arrangements.
The results of this solicitude for the
Esafety of the audience are apparent
everywhere. In addition to the regu
lar entrances, there arg plentiful mum
Der of emergency exits. The entire
building is surrounded by open ground
to which there are direct exits from tft*
4 building. IN front is Eleventh street
/ with five sets of double doors forming
the entrances and two wide passages
from the first floor corridors. On thu
east side is public alley and on tn!
west wide open court into which leat
numerous wide exits. There are tel
entrances to the corridors and foye!
from the main floor and twelve from
each Of the balconies. There are clever
emergency exits leading to broad an<
easy stair fire escapes which run clea
to the ground. The doors to the fir
escapes have neither bolts nor lock
and are opened from the inside b,
simply turning large handle.
Heating and ventilating.
Particular attention has been give,
| to the heating and ventilating system
and it is safe to say that no such build
ing anywhere. is equipped with NOR
Imoderp plant. The heating is done b.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-25
4 Description Of the Finely CON-
cei0ed and WondeyWlly Execmt-
+ ed Bavf2dImg---Hs Simple Dorlc
Grumdew-Hs Hrebro0f Con-
st,wctiom and Safety Devices
It's Convenience and Ad0bt06ilIty
to All Sorts Of Functions:

the comfortably stout and the rows far
enough apart to allow moderately tall
persons to sit without being cramped.
For Great Social Functions, Too.
It is not merely for grand opera and
symphony concerts that the auditorium
will be available, as it is equally adapt
ed for balls, receptions, fairs, and other
social functions, and even for "shows'
perfectly level and, being laid with
hard maple, makes an ideal place for
dancing. Probably five hundred
couples would find ample room for tread
ing a measure on social occasions. The
seats are not fastened to the floor
proper, but to false one. This is con-
structed in sections so that when it is
desired to transform the place from an
operahouse to ballroom, the false floor
and seats can be removed and stored in
the basement. To facilitate the task of
in the floor have been provided. These
are covered with steel and in no wise
hurt the floor for dancing purposes.
Facts in Figures.
The Auditorium has frontage on
Eleventh street of ITO feet and runs
back to depth Of 220 feet. The facade
has height of Sc feet, but the trusses
of the main roof are IS feet above the
ground and over the stage the roof is
about 100 feet. The dimensions. of the
Auditorium are IS by 1875 feet in floor
area, and the height to the ceiling is
55 feet. The stage, one of the largest
in the country, is 81 feet wide, SO feet
deep and from the floor to the "grid-
iron, from which the ropes and other
scenic appliances are worked, the dis
lance is 81 feet. To the fly gallery is
81 feet. The proscenium arch is 40 feet
high and 81 feet wide. The corridors
surrounding the three floors are IL feet