Arizona republican., 1909-03-05

SucceeQlnB afternoons. me seats or the stand rise in tiers toward the
 east wall, where large masses of tropical plants and flowers, rising to a height of forty-five feet, frame in the decorative vista at that end. The
 interval between the back of the
 stand and the railing of the second
 gallery is filled by a series of metal
 lie panels, serving as sounding boards.
 treated with a gold finish and en-
 bellished with garlands, festOOns and
 flowers in Keeping with the general plan of the decorations.
 Above the music stand a large
 trophy of American falgs is sus- pended from the valued ceiling over head. The front of the stand is fin
 ished with series of panels, the up-
 per one in each series being filled
 with a gold network, against which
 large Bourgainville plants from the
 Philippines are placed about, produc-
 ing at this point a light and trans
 parent effect of pale rosy purple and
 gold as a foreground to the orches-
 tra, and particularly to the uni
 formed bands occupying the central
 portion of the music-stand. The
 presidents box is the most ornate and very pleasing feature of the
 whole scheme, the box is located at
 the west end and projects about fif-
 teen feet into the hall at a lower level than the floor of the second
 gallery. with which it is connected by
 a flight of broad steps. This bal
 cony extends to the floor, and in or
 der to enhance it's architectural eff
 fa.x .of space occupied on the main floor
 the corners are cut off, forming an
 octagonal bay. This arrangement
 brings the presidential party into full
 view. The presidential box occupies
 the width of three sections of the ar cade, about thirty feet in extent, and depth has been made by opening the central one of the sections and drap-
 ing it so as to form a loggia. This loggia is lined with scarlet and is in directly lighted to produce a soft glow. The central opening with its arch and columns of gold is flanked by two broad-side curtains of rich fabric, and crossed overhead by a heavy lambrequin with bands of gold and gold fringe, the whole crowned by a trophy of American flags, with gold ball and eagle as its central feature.
 The illumination of the great ball. room is carried out on radically diff ferent lines from those followed hith- erto. Instead of embodying the lights in the floral decoration, following the structural lines of the cornice or arches, the principal groups of lights are placed with a view to securing the best general illumination falling equally upon the decorations and the guests. This result is secured by suspending from the valued ceiling eighteen large fixtures composed of hexagonal frames supporting clusters of 125 globular lamps of frosted glass. each lamp hnaging from a separate wire, and the whole arranged in a bowl-shaped mass. Each bulb hangs from a white rosette which reflects and softens the light. This mass of dropping lights is suspended by six gilded chains secured to a sturdy ring and heavy chain above, suspend ing the entire fixture from the vault ed ceiling. The scheme is a cluster of many small lamps with the effect of soft candle-light, and is strikingly beautiful and artistic. Supplementing this provision for general illumina- tion, half-octagon brackets, each with a cluster of twenty small lamps sus pended from it, suspended singly from it, are placed over each of the first story columns of the arcade. The supporting frames for these serve as receptacles for large blooming plants, the large branches of rambler roses, azaleas and yellow forcythia present the appearance of huge bou- Quets, and as there are a hundred or more of them extending around the four sides of the great interior, the effect is extremely pleasing, and at the same time give the needed strong color in the decoration of the arcade. From these points ferns, palm leaves, southern -climatis, with flowers inter extend across the interYen- ing panels. This decorative arrange ment is carried out against the cream -colored background within the arcade, forming a continuous treat ment around the entire hall, except at the presidents box, where more brill | iant cOlors are used in the floral | At the sides of the box are arranged masses of evergreens; it's base is created by rambler roses which extend freely over the rails ot the balcony, forming a marked con. trast in their freedom of growth with the more formal lines of festoons and wreaths that decorate the face of this