Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-05
improvements In chase's.

Chase's viii welcome the patrons of DO
lite vaudeville Monday. August IS. when
the ninth season of the theater viii upen.
In anticipation of an advance demand for
permanent reservations and reserved seats
the box office will open a week ahead.
commencing tomorrow
In the bill celebrating the opening there
is but one act that has been seen here pre-
yiousiy, and the engagement of that act
Two years ago was productive of public.
appreciation Included in the program will
De EDWIN Stevens, assisted by Miss Mar
shall; Sam Watson's Farmyard Circus thu
schubert Quartet the Wilton Brothers,
juliet Wood and Company, the Rooney
American Vitagraph
Sndse Iheater stands CARRIED gated and
glrded Tor the season of polite yaBdevIlJs
nc IoIce OF arusts, decorators and artisans
under the personal direction of Mr.. George
/. thompson, in charge of Chase's scenic
ana stage departments, has finished its la
DORIS ana the theater awaits the inflow of
patronage next week to reveal the beautiful
Gress that has been designed for it by Mr.
thompson. The ford style of deeora tion
TYPICAL of the French renaissance has been
foiiowed in the tinting and characterization
OF the walls, dadoes, friezes and ceilings,
ana those parts of the big lobby the audi
forum and the adjacent parlors are rich
and varied in blended tints of ruby red
ivory, green and gold, enhanced by ornate
plastic relief creations. Throughout the
theater, beginning inside the brilliant arch
dado OF antique oak design follows the
walls through the mosaic tile lobby across
the drawing room on the elevation above
the box office, and thence into the theater,
terminating with the same heightening ef-
feet along the stage front
All the doors and wainscoting have been
grained in accord The mosaic tile floor
on the lobby has been extended to the main
stairway. A rich new carpet adds harmo-
niously to the color effect of the drawing
room and auditorium. Allegorical g,foups
in flesh tints decorate the ceiling under the
first balcony and the panels at the edges
are occupied by plastic relief floral designs
in ivory and gold colors The fronts of the
tiers of boxes flash with gold-mounted or
namentation and the pilasters are almost
hidden under heavy plastic relief work All
the chairs In the theater have been reuphol-
stored and freshly secured, making them
more comfortable. Every spot of bare floor
under the seats has received triple coat
ing of paint, in conformity with the most
recent requirements of theater hygiene
The general effect may be described as
presenting ensemble, in which the strik-
ing designs In gold plastic relief and ivory
tracings are deity and tremendously sup
plemented by the ground work of ruby red
and vari-shaded green.
In the ladies' retiring room fresh touches
of the painters brushes and more work by
the plumbers have added new beauties and
change in the three parlors that invite the
theater patrons at intermissions is in the
windows. whose cathedral lines of structure
have been accentuated by cathedral glass
which tempers the light with all the strik-
ing colors of the panes as it passes into the
interior.
The walls have been colored with heavy
band of dark green with gold-stenciled de-
signs above the dado. The friezes and cell
ings follow the general style of decoration
Two large French mirrors in gilded frames
hang from the western wall in the first
floor parlors. Draperies of green plush vel
vet, with trimmings OF gold bullion cord,
overhang the windows
The upper parlors and balconies have been
treated in the same style as to colors and
designs No electric wires are anywhere
Visible as all the disfiguring holdings have
been removed and the wires imbedded be-
yond sight in the conduits in the walls and
floors.
The stage has been repaired with a new
floor and the dressing rooms have been
rendered additionally inviting to the artists.
The scenic investiture of the theater has
been supplemented by a beautiful olio drop
entitled placid Venice and by fancy
interior of white, blue and gold.