The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-28
HUNDREDS VIEW
NEW PLAYHOUSE
The Empress Throws Open Its
Doors to the General
Public.
VISITORS AST0NISHED
AT BEAUTY OF PLACE
Interior Decorations Are Being
Done in Ivory and
Gold.

Several hundred people took advan-
tage OF the opportunity Offered by Lee
for the su
the new Empress theater before the dec
orators had completely hidden the mas
siye 81, steel and cement work from view with
the several guides, whom Mr.. DeCamp
had placed at the service OF the public,
We're kept busy escor,lnS the 1pen,eys,d
ton which prevails and explaining in de-
tall the many new and intricate features
of the absolutely nreproof construction;
Though all the visitors expressed ad =
miratlon at the lsrgeness OF the building
and tho apparent beauty which will char
acterize the interior when the building
frankly admitted that they were surprised
that there was theater being con-
structed on the Empress site. All evi-
on Is hidden by the three-story office
building behind which the theater proper
Is being built.
Opening on Main street at the south
end OF the EldredRe building. the lobby
OF the house with Its stucco columns and
heavy ceiling beams will be decorated In
sands of small electric lights so placed
that the spectacle presented at night
should be rnarvelously beautiful.
Incline to Balcony.
AS one passes into the auditorium
proper a wide. gradual incline Is found
This Incline takes the place Of stairs,
on the main balcony floor. will be a
ladies' retiring room luxurlousiy i aur-
nished and fitted; On the principal floor
after one leaves the dome room. he finds
himself In a splendid sixteen foot foyer
extending the entire width Of the house.
From this foyer on the northwest cor
ner will be arranged another ladies', par
lor. To the right OF the foyer viii be
located the gcntlemen's smoking room.
The interior decorations will be done
out. OF The lighting system and the eiec-
trical fixtures wifi be the best and most
artistic obtainable.
The main floor OF the theater will he
chairs. while. the balcony, will contain
500. A striking and welcome feature
OF the seating arrangements will be
between the rows OF seats. which will
be several inches wider than is GUS
tomary.
of the house. constructed of steel and
concrete. A perfect view will be afford
ed from every seat in the theater and
across the front OF the balcony twelve
these boxes should be the most pleasant
In the house.
The ventilating system. OF which yes
terday's visitors got an excellent idea be-
cause its Installation Is now going on,
will be the only one OF its kind In the
city. and but few OF even the recently
constructed theaters In the east are
equipped with so complete and modern a
plant. Through a stack in the roof fresh
air will be drawn into a big room called
the fan room. by suction. The air Will
then be purified by altering It through
water, and through ducts and the medium
Of another fan. the air will be distributed
to every portion of the house. In hot
weather the air. after passing through
the publication process. will be drawn
through a cooling chamber and will cool.
as In the winter II will heat. every nook
In the theater-
The Empress theater will be formally
opened on Sunday evening. October l. and
thereafter there will be presented three
performances daily. every day In the
year.