The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-29
NEW THEATER IS
TO BE COMPLETE
IN ALL DETAILS
Kinmel Has Neglected No Import
ant Feature in Order to
Make 1t Faultless

Work on Kimmel's New Theatcr
will begin within the next two weeks
as soon as the contract has been
awarded, and pushed TO completion
in order that the theater may be
opened to the public some inme dur,
ing March.
The plans and specifications pro-
vide for the construction Of almost
an entire new building as the front
and rear walls are to be RACED The.
two side walls are TO be taken down
to the top OF the present second story
The front will be an elaborate and
ornate elevation OF brown roughfaeed
brick and panellad white concrete
The rear walls will be constructed.
/ one at the extreme END of the tive
lots and the other to divide the au-
ditorium from the stage.
Scenery Fireproof.
The scenery will be treproofeG
while the curtain will be Of steel,
the whole to be raised and lowered
from a loft Ger the stavge, instead Of
being rolled up
The interior decorations are mag
nifcent. the side walls to be deco
rated with five pilasters on a side.
The interior is'to be done in oil in
a delicate she'll pink for the side
| blending at the coves n the ceiling
to an egg-shell white, the trimmings
for the cornices are TO be in gold
The panels will he painted with
NEUROLOGICAL scenery by Chicago
artist.
Lobby To Be Ornate
The lobby win be done in the same
elaborate scale except for the marble
on the sides. The flooring in the
lobby vii be OF interfering rubber
tile In varigated colors
The seating capacity OF the lower
floor will be ATS persons and the
balcony 275 making $50 all told
The heating will be amply proivid-
ed tor in a steam plant under the
stage. with no piping visible in the
auditorium. The radiators win be
| located on the sides, front and rear
Welt Ventilated,
The sanitation Of this theater Is
/ carefully looked after There vii
be two "a inch exhaust fans with
capacity Of 80 600 cubic air per min
ute. In addition there will be in
stalled three large ozone airiders
which will proy;da pure air during
the cold months, when it g absolute
| iy necessary to keep the rear and
front doors closed. The theater viii
be cooled. in summer, by twenty-five
1S-ineh fans
The mechanical equipment will
consist Of two Powers No 6 Camera
graphs. There will be double dis
soling diaphram discover and a spot
lamp. The two projecting machines
viii be motor driven in accordance
with the new and revised Under
writers rules. The booth will b
double walled Of No. steel the spac
Of an inch intervening between the
steel walls to be filled with an as
hestos cement.
The cost OF the theater when com
pleted viii exceed 100000.
Provided for Emergency
Mr. Kimmel on the eve Of bis dc
parture for ST, Louis on bushes.
matter connected with the erection
OF the new theater yesterday said
that, in having the plans drawn for
the theater he provided for any con-
dition whatsoever and that he woula
be governed entirely by conditions
at all times. The theater is to be
constructed and equipped so that he
could operate Il as a moving picture
show, first class vaudeville HOUSE.
or book the moderate sized road
shows that the shuberts wuld place
, on the road next season. AS yet he
had not fully decided upon the kind
or form Of amusement with which he
, would open the house | will have
I settled definitely by the time the
theater is finished and will then
conduct an extensive campaign o,
> advertising SO that every man, VIC
man and child in Southern Illinois
Western Kentucky. Southwestern
Missouri and Northern Arkansas viii
know every detail in connection with
the class and character Of amusement
: to be seen at the new theater. bus
first will endeayor to ascertain
. just what the majority wants. This
can and will learn through the
medium of circular letters addresses
to them individually.
Mrs A. r. Tabor, of Crider, Mo,
had haan trnuhIed with aipk hnn "a