Evening journal., 1909-08-26
OPERA HOUSE A
new THEATRE
Finishing Touches Are Now
Being Made 10 the Exten-
SiVe Improvements
WILL REOPEN FOR
SEASON MONDAY

Repairs to the Grand Opera House
costing 5000, will be completed on Mon
day evening with, a program OF vaude-
OF labor. and practically a new theatre
will be opened for the season on Mon
day eevning with program Of vaude-
willie and moving pictures.
Having completed the decorations and
the stage furnishings. workmen today in
stalled the last OF the seats and have
now to lay the carpets. install a large
chandelier, clear the floors Of litter and
otherwise put finishing touches TO their
work
Virtually nothing but the four walls
are left Of the theatre familiar 20 pa
irons last season. New flooring on the
stage. auditorium and gallery. new seem
cry. curtains and dressing rooms. up-to-
date plumbing and an excellent eiectri-
cal equipment will make the playhouse
attractive for hundreds OF tneatre-
ers Two thousand electric lights will
illuminate the theatre 100 being in the
lobby alone.
The new color scheme Of the interior
Is light green and gold throughout The
seating plan has been entirely changed.
the center aisle and ..e side seats being
U tUAllIaAtQ anu Aut nthANk fhlhllAN III
creased by nearly one hundred.
The seats on the first floor are finely
upholstered and the design rs the latest.
y permitting the occupant to lean back and
rest comfortably. Seeking 10 maintain
the comfort OF patrons In every way
the management has also had the tiers
made further apart, and the continual
arising OF early comers TO permit late
ARRIVALS TO occupy seats will not be ne
eessary
The slope Of the floor is on a greater
incline than usual and insures per
feet view of the performers from al
parts of the aditorium.
Similar improvements have been car
ried to the gallery. which has beer
divided into balcony and gallery
Opera chairs will be placed in tn
balcony New benches have beei
placed in the gallery. being separates
from the chairs by a wide aisle an
a partition. The arrangement is sue
: that from all parts OF the gallery IN
? performers viii be continually In viey
-Four boxes have been built on eaC
side of the first floor and two larl
ones on the second. Numerous col
tractors from this and other cities ha
been altering the playhouse. A.
OF Reed and Brother Company, Of N
~ city did the carpenter work. T..
Horn. Of New York, was the architoc
The lobby has been remodelled an
j. redccorated. the color scheme conform
l. ing TO that Of the interior. Imitatio
It green marble panels the lobby, an
It circles OF electric lights have bee
g. placed IN the ceiling. A large electr
h sign representing. a flame has bee
D. hung over the entrance.
<, Leonard p. Cool. general manager q
y the Biiou Circuit Company. lessee q
z the house. and Isaac c. Pyle, repre-
" senting the Masonic Hall Compan,
l. which owns tho building, have bee
in charge of the improvements.
y Tho vaudeville and moving pictur
o plan Of last year will be continued
There win be five acts of good vaud'
VILE and two reels of moving picture
at each performance. and after MOI
day there will be three performance
- a day, one I'm the afternoon and tv
e i'm the evening The first floor sea-
% will be 20 cents. the balcony 10 cen
J. and the gallery 10 cents. An orchestl
Of six pieces win be maintained.