The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1911-01-05
HALLlREADY
FOR KNIGHTS
OF COLUMBUS
Lodge Will Take Posses
sion of Their New
Home January 1.
From Fridays DaII.

From Fridays DaIIs
The knights of Columbus will move
into their splendid new hall over the
PrCthero- -McGinnis garage the first of
the new year. At least the contractor
has bet box of good cigars with one
of the officers of the lodge that their
home will be ready for occupancy jan
uary l and the members of the lodge
expect to have everything in place by
the middle of next week.
The last finishing ouches are now
being added to the hall, which is one
of the most complete in the state and
fine addition to the city's beauties. AS
one enters the building and ascends
the stairs he encounters the ticket of
flee at the head of the landing with
the large main hall at the right and
the cloak and reception rooms at the
left. The cloak room is so arranged
that wraps may be called for at the
same time from both the dance hall
and the reception room, thus facilitat-
ing the departure of guests after
ball. The reception rooms, one for the
ladies and another for the gentlemen,
will be fitted up in cozy way with
rocking chairs and library tables, and
a large mirror reaching almost from
the floor TO the ceiling adOrnS the
ladies' room. The furniture for the
rooms is of fumed oak but built in Eng
lish mission style and of massive con-
structiOn.
The Lodge Room Proper.
The room designed to be used for
lodge meetin and similar gatherings
is located at the left of the entrance
and III the front of the building. This
room is 36 by 81 feet in size and will
be handsomely furnished. The polish
ed floors will be laid with runners or
strips of Brussels velvet.
Adjoining the reception room is
paraphernalia room for the use of 9TH
er lodges or persons who may wish to
use the hall at any time. There is also a
store room where already 200 COLLAPSE
bic chairs are stored awaiting use in
the dance or banquet hall. There is
also commodiouS kitchen where a
ten burner gas stove with warming
aOvens will be installed. A hosting
apparatus at the rear of the building
will facilitate the bringing into the
building pianos and other heavy arti-
cles.
The Dance and Banquet Hall.
The room to be used for dancing pur-
poses is unusually large, 443 by 50 feet
and ought to accommodate many,
many couples without crowding. The
musicians platform is at the south
end of the hall and is commodious.
There is room beneath it to stow away,
when not in use, dozen large tables
and a canvas covering. The latter is
of IA ounce duck and is intended to cov-
or the entire floor when there are large
nublic gatherings other than dances.
The ventilating facilities Uf the hail
are excellent, tHeIo oSLHS ~ "luuo"S
and other means of atfording change
of air. A particularly unusual feature
about the knights of Columbus hall is
the fact that here dancer may step to
she phone in his dancing pumps and
order an auto and then without leav-
ING the building and exposing himself,
enter same, as there is an inside en-
trance to the Prothero-McGinnis
garage below. The latter firm are ev-
en- now making arrangements to Sc
cure an 8 passenger taxicab to accom-
modate their patrons.
Hall Decorated ArtisticalIy.
Much credit for the artistic beauty
of the hall is due the decorating firm,
composed of Fred Burdick and Mar
shall johnson, the adoption OF whose
color scheme has resulted In tine eff
feet. The tinting In the outside hall
is terra Gotta, graduating into tur.