The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-08-09

side wall. The ceiling and pillars are
painted pure white which contrasts
prettily with the green tinted walls and
oak panels and adds to the bright,
cheerful effect. Fourteen single tung-
stem lamps. of ESQ candle-power each,
light the store.
This store has been occupied since
March 1st of this year by the F. L.
Roquette Co.
At the rear of the building re-in-
forced concrete stairway winds from
the basement to the fifth floor. Height
in this part of the building is utilized
and instead of three there are here five
floors. The stairways both front and
back are fire proof.
8 The main part of the basement has
been leased with the first floor and is
reached from the store and no area
entrances from the street have been
put in, although provision has been
made for them if required at any time.
At the west end of the basement is the
large Elk kitchen with store room ad-
joining, q freight elevator and. across
TIE nal near theistairs- are toilets and.
dumb waiter running to the lodge and
upper floors. Care has been taken to
provide for dry basement by layer
of cinders several inches thick under
the concrete floor and by drain tile laid
outside around the entire building and
emptyine into the sewer. Sidewalk
prisms and prism glass under the win
dows Of the first floor shed fine light
throughout the basement.
The main entrance to the second
and third floors is OH First Avenue
West and is quite imposing with its
pillared effect and ''B. P. o. Elks'
above.
The vestibule is double one. pro-
tecting from cold and dust 1t has a
tiled floor and like the stairs. has a
high mottled marble wainscotine
above which the rough plaster walls are
finished a warm, light tan with deco
rative band of yellow near the wains-
coting. The vestibules are finely
lighted and three-way switch is a
convenience on the stairway. This form
of switch is also used on the stairs in
other parts of the building. At the
right in the vestibule is handy ticket
Office. provided with all the conven-
fences in the way of lights for both
seller and purchaser-a band of drops
throwing light on the shelf outside the
window. The elevator we'll is directly
in front of the entrance next the stairs.
An elevator will be installed later.
The entire second floor has been re-
served for EIkdom and is most beautiful
in all its finish aid appointments.
From tine open hall at the head of the
stairs one first catches glimpse of its
splendor though double doors and tram
som Of clear French art glass, gold
etched. and glass panels in the par
tition between this and the main cori-
dor.
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The entire floor is a symphony in
browns and tans, with touch of green
only in some of the rugs. The front
rooms are the semi-puDlic ones, where
ladies, whose husbands, fathers or
brothers are Of the Elk fraternity, and
out Of town Elks and their families
may read, rest and recuperate.
The ladies parlor and toilet rooms
occupy the northeast corner and are
reached through beautiful art glass
and gold doors. This parlor and the
reading room, occupying the southeast
corner. which connects with sliding
doors, are very cosy and homelike and
show the work Of the Alces Club in the
curtains pictures and arrangement.
Brown leather couches and easy chairs
furnish both rooms and the rugs and
draperies are in shades Of brown: "A
paino has been placed in the ladies'
room and 9 lsrge reading and writing
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