Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-30
AUSPTCIOUS
OPENING
City's New House of AmuSe-
ment Opened Thursday
Afternoon.
A BIG CROWD WASPRESENT.
"A Real Gem Of Beauty and a
Joy For Coming
Years.
A BIG CROWD WASPRESENT.

While the mantle of night hung
over the earth, but working like g
Trojan in the glare of electric lights
until after the still hour Of past mid
night, the man from Louisville who
was putting down the tile floor Of
the entrance to the Rex Theatre,
put up the symbolic 80" in front
of the building and sou hit sleep and
rest at his boarding place Tuesday
morning.
And thus was the last barrier to
the new temple of amusement done
away with, ready for swinging
wide the doors to an eager throng
Wednesday afternoon of one of the
pretriest moving picture show build
ings in this end of Kentucky. The
projectors and builders of The
Place for Pleasure and Profit" is
gem Of beauty and will be joy for
the coming years.
The Rex Company is receiving con-
CALCULATIONS on every hand for what
it has accomplished and everybody
wishes il unbounded success. And
it will have il. 1t may be classed as
one of the institutions of the city. 1t
lis fixture. Being in touch with
the leading moving picture makers
of the United States, and controlled
by men who know what good pic
lures are, the public can rest assured
that no Objectionable pieces will be
presented. And right here it is well
to say that there is widespread pro-
test against the immoral tone of a
large per cent of the pictures used
in many of the towns and cities of
the entire country, and if we are
able to read the signs. crusade
against them is already imminent.
J We are glad to say that local ar
chitects, Waller & Brodie, drew the
plans and made out the specifications
| for the owner of the building. They
had carte blanche to carry out their
ideas as to what the building should
be, both as to arrangement and dec.
GRAFTON. and they have royalty sue
ceeded in furnishing something thai
is the admiration of all and firmly
establishes their reputation as high
class architects.
When the doors were opened Il
the public for the first time Thurs
day for the two O'Clock matinee. the
eager throng resembled a Grove
around the ticket wagon Of circus
The first picture thrown on thu
canvas was a two-reeler. entitled III
Old Tennessee" and it captivateC
the crowd at the first glimpse. Their
followed three other reels. ION tn,
Trail. ""An Even Break" and Leah
the Forsaken."
IF c. A. Stoker. who handled thu
machine, is an adept at the business
and everything went through will
regularity and splendid effect. Their
was. of course. some apprehension Al
to the operation of the machine dur
ing the evening. but this was sooI
allayed and there was none of thu
glimmer that is so annoying as wei
, as Injurious to the sight of some
people.
The music was just simply splen
! did. Miss Susan Moss. one of tn
, most accomplished pianists in tn
/, city. presided at the Jesse Frencl
instrument. while Mr.. Jack Nutal
kept up the racket" with the drum
sticks and the several attachment
now in general use il. moving pietur
: shows. The beautifully lighted au
/ ditorium. with the multi-shade'
y globes and floral arrangements
e made the place look like dreamland
!. II was great. grand, glorious AM
r gorgeous to behold. Everybody wa