The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-08-31

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1t can be stated without fear OF
successful contradiction that there
is not in the northwest a structure
more admirably adapted to- the pur.
pose for which it was designed than
the Orpheum theater building, erect.
ed on Second avenue East, between
Superior and First street by 6. G
Hartley, and now booked and leased
by the Orpheum circuit.
The edifice is so perfect and com
plete in every detail that. 1T would
require one possessed Of more ar
tlstic skill than an ordinary newspaper
editor to adequately describe it, or
do justice to. it's varied appointments
The building is absolutely fireproo1
with adequate means of egress and
ingress on all four sides. Its frontage
on Second avenue East is 600 feet;
its depth at right angles with the
frontage line is 1913 feet. and its
height 70 feet. It has seating ca
pacity for 1900 people, and its 81 fire
exits are so located and arranged
that were the theater crowded to its
fullest capacity it could on a mo-
ment's notice be emptied in the most
orderly manner, and without pre-
cipitation or crowding. There is not
a post in the auditorium to obstruct
the view or interfere with the patrons
freedom of action. a.. x
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
matically when the : temperature
reached 120 degrees. The stage. is
33x54 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 distinctly
from every seat in the theater.
To further minister to the comfort
and convenience Of its patrons this
theater has private dressing rooms
for ladies, and lounging rooms for
men and women, as well as smoking
rooms for men. In short, this the
alter in the entirely Of its appoint
ments in up-to-date in every partic-
,ular, and not one bit behind the
most pretentious structures in the
greatest Of our metropolitan cities.
The Orpheum is also one of the
few theaters' in the northwest, Or in
the entire country, that can boast
of an art gallery. More than 40
original paintings and copies Of old
masters are contained in the artistic
ally lighted corridors. The gallery is
free to patrons of the theater at any
time, and to the lover of beautiful
paintings is in itself worth the adj
mission price charged to the theater.
The Orpheum circuit, now the
lessee, comprises % theaters, and
books about 80 more. In addition
to these, the Western Managers as
ISOLATION, which is controlled by the
same men, books more than 600 small
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. school Of instruction for
Orpheum acts. Foreign booking Of
fees are maintained by the Orpheum
circuit management in London, Eng,
for the purpose OF booking high grade
European sacts. 49, :s.:z- 81
The supervision and management
of the circuit is entrusted to NJ.
Meyerfield IT,, as president with Of
fees in San Francisco and Martin Beck
as managing director with his offices
In New York. All acts for, the cir
cult are booked and the orpheum
tleater at Duluth. gets the same acts
that are played: In San Francisco, Los
Angeles. Portland and the larger cities
on the circuit: The house lisa credit
to ourscity, and tt.is with great pleas.
uresthat The Labor World takes this
occasion to give publicity to that very
pleasusa ble fact. s: sss 81 IS,