The labor world., 1910-12-31
ORPHEUM THEATER.
Second Avenue East between Supe-
riOr Street and First Street.

1t can be stated without fear of
successful contradiction that there is
not in the north west a structure
more admirably adapted to the pur-
pose for which it was designed than
the Orpheum theater building,
erected on Second avenue east, be-
tween Superior and First. street by
G. G. Hartley, and now booked and
leased by the Orpheum circuit
The edifice is so perfect and COM
p1ete in every detail that it would
require one possessed of more artistic
Skill than an ordinary newspaper edi-
tor to adequately describe it, or do
justice to its varied appointments.
The building is absolutely fire proof
with adequate means of egress and in
gress on all four sides. Its frontage
on Second, avenue east is 900 feet; its
depth at right angles with the 'front.'
age line is 1928 feet, and it's height
70 feet. 1t has seating capacity for
1,600 people, and it's 27 fire exits
are so located and arranged that were
the theater crowed to it fullest ca
paclty 1t could on moments notice
be emptied i'll the most orderly man.
ner' and without precipitation or
croWding. There is not a post in the
auditorium to obstruct the view or
Interfere with the, patrons freedom
of action.
This is one of the: few. theaters
where standing room is. never boast
fully at a premium for there is no
provision for standing room. The
arrangement of the seats precludes it,
and their occupants are never dis
turbed by patrons of the "standing
room" Many of the seats are
equipped with ACQUISITIONS for the
convenience of deaf people or those
partly: so. Another Indication of the
forethought of the builder is the fact
that this theater is provided with a
steel fire curtain which works auto
matlcally when the temperature
! reaches l2O degrees. The stage is
SS by 81 feet and the proscenium
| arch is 80 feet wide and 26 feet high
The acoustics properties of the au-
! ditorium are. as ideally perfect as
human ingenuity could devise, and
all of the stage can be seen distinct
ly from every seat in the theater.
To further minister to the comfort
theater has private dressing rooms
for ladies, and lounging rooms for
! men and women, as we'll as smokin,
| rooms for men. In short this
theater in the entirely of it's appoint
| ments is up to date in every parti-
cular, and not one whit behind the
most Dretentious structures in the
greatest of our metropolitan cities.
The Orpheum circuit, now the
lessee, comprises twenty eight thea
| ters and books about thirty more
In addition to these, the Western
! Managers association. which is con-
! trolled by the same men, books more
! than 900 smaller theaters The best
| acts from these are advanced to the
Orpheum when their merit is assured.
! This immense subsidiary circuit thus
| serves as a feeder for the Orpheum
! circuit as we'll as a school of in
struction for Orpheum acts. FOREIGN
booking offices are maintained by
the Orpheum circuit management in
| London. England for the purpose
| of booking high grade European acts.
The supervision and management
of the circuit is entrusted to H.
Meyerfeld tr., as president with Of
fees in San Francisco and Martin
| Beck as general manager with his
offices in New Yok. All acts for the
I circuit are booked and the Orpheum
| theater at Duluth gets the same acts