The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-21
POLL THEATRE HAVING PREMIER MONDAY
 | IS MOST MODERN IN EAST
lammoth Vaudeville House is the Last Word in Up-tO-Date Appointments For
 Comfort and Safety of Patrons

hundreds of safety appliances in the theatre. The emergency doors are fin ished in mahogany and beveled mir TOTS. each lead from the grand foyer into the inner orchestra foyer. Here are more than 1,200 seats, every one of which affords an uninterrupted view of the stage There are no posts to obstruct the view, the balconies be- ing built on the cantilever system. To parlor, handsomely finished in white marble and tile. The room furnishes every convenience to patrons. At the right is the entrance to the gentle mems smoking room and 1avatory, which are loca ted beneath the grand foyer The smoking room is handsome ly furnished in mission wood with da- venports, reclining chairs and tables. Up-to-date periodicals grace the tables The lavatories are handsome ly finished in marble and tile.
 The body of the house is patterned after the Century theatre, New York. in seating arrangement A replica of the seats used in that thea tre are on the main floor of the new Poli house. Two proscenium boxes are on either side of the house downstairs. The a1sles and approaches to the boxes are foyered covered with a heavy. wine.eolored with other fittings of the house. The walls throughout the house are wine colored silk tapestries. The tapestries NdAChCSS 1OI l1S OOASS d1S OO14O in red and gold.
 From the grand foyer is the grand staircase leading to the first balcony, an exact replica of the grand stair case in the Grand Opera House in Paris. This stairway opens on the balcony promenade, a spacious foyer ker furniture for the comfort of pa irons on promenade. Two handsome cathedral glass windows furnish na- tural light for the promenade, in ad- 1ifInn O 0Tti al icr11+ ,iSI7- ed by the semi-indirect system from handsome Roman basket electroliers..
 At the west end of the balcony promenade is a ladies' retiring room, handsomely furnished. At the east end is a staircase to the second balcony This staircase is used only as ex-
 The balcony chairs are the same as hose used in the orchestra except that l handsome leather upholstering is 1sed instead of plush The hangingS tnd wall draperfes in the balcony are the same as those in the lower part of the house..
 In the center of the balcony is the picture booth and it is considerable booth. Fireproof is it's first name It Is built of concrete and steel and the outer walls are covered with tapestry Within are the latest, devices in nov ng picture and other electrical effects,
 well a new idea for greater protec- tion against fire. The openings
 trough which pictures or t.spots'' are
 teel shutters. These shutters are
 aised when the machines are in use
 hould the temperature in the booth '5se above normal, the heat breaks a binding holding these shutters and hey are automatically lowered into place, sealing the booth.
 The second balcony is reached di- rectlyi by a staircase from the outer
 obby. The gods have a place fit
 or the gods in this balcony which,
 n a smaller way, carries out the beau les ana. comforts of the other yfk of the house.
 The decorating work on the ceilings Umberto Pastori, an Italian artist was brought here by MT Poli to do this part of the new theatre and he has done his work exceptionally well The greatest artistic work in the house $ on the mammoth sounding board above the stage. Here MT. Pastori of "Nymphe at Play, masterpiece | of Italian art of the Seventeenth Cen tury. The theme of "Nymphs at Play'' is carried out in the decora- 1 tive work throughout the house. | MT Pastori also painted the asbes- l tos curtain for the stage He has Cleopatra in oils and those who have | seen the work say it is magnificent.
 The theatre is heated by a new ven | tiIating system especially designed for | floor is an air chamber in which are l $500 feet of coil pipe. In winter these | coils are heated and the air which is forced into. the chamber by huge | blowers becomes warmed. It is then | forced through pipes through the floor | of the house into the auditorium Tn l the summer, the air will be cooled | by means of freezing processes in the | coil pipes, so that at all seasons ot
 the year, the theatre will be mosi comfortable
 | ~ Thermostat arrangements in the | house keep the temperature at a fix
 ed degree Should the house become l too warm. the heat is automatically
 shut off. Then should it become cold
 the therm ostat again turns on the
 heat as soon as the temperature falls | below the set po1nt
 The house will be vacuum cleaned
 twice daily, six powerful electric ma.
 chimes having been installed for thi:
 purpose. -@s s50
 Back stage, everything is in keep
 ing with the up-to-datenees of the front of the house. Seven interior
 sets" of scenery and four exterior