The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-04-01

upon his own front porch OF n sum
mer e~vening. clad In his pajamas,
without being exposed TO the public
view. In addition to the new auto
matte heat and ventilation control.
By which the occupant may set the
temperature ~ his room wnere he
: pleases and keep Il 30. each floor VIII
be provided with vacuum cleaning
service. insuring absolute sanitation.
Not all the rooms will have private
bath. but an will have running water.
The elevator service will he a marked
convenience. Each room will have a
telephone.
1qne Club Rooms.
II Is the drst. or club floor. how
ever. that u most important. While
the Interior Of the building Just now
looks az FIRST glance as II Il has gone
through a high class earthquake, n
Herald reporter who went through
the buildiug yesterday under the
guidance % Secretary Frank stortz,
I was able to get a clear idea OF the in
terror lines as they viii De. In u
building of this size one OF the most
important features OF the remodeling
has been strength OF The walls and
floors and this has been attended TO
In the most thorOugh manner Set
upon deep concrete bases huge iron
columns extend from the foundation
20 the rod, with cross steel REIN
forcement a. every door. The walls
and floors u the building will be very
much stronger as rebuilt than they
ever were Before.
The north front Of the first floor
viii bee occupied by a reading and
writing room, occupying the space
used By the I'D buffet. The old plate
glass front yill give way 90 attractive
windows. opening onto a veranda,
with parapei wall, which viii extend
T, clear across the north front OF tho
building. raised some four feet ABOVE
the sidewalk line. giving privacy
without o%bstructing he view. a
huge %lounging room occupies the re-
maindcr OF the north front. save FOR
a small space set aside for a ladies'
rest room and dressing roo which
will be In the northeast corner. \
vast fireplace OF the back log variety
will occupy The middle OF the south
side OF the lounging room. which Is
TO be l%uxuriously furnished.
Al the right of the main entrance
on Fifth street will be the secretafy's
office. with circular desa and lobby
and q small private office behind the
desk. on the left OF The entrance Is
the elevator, while two main halls.
leading west and south reach the rest
OF the building. Tn present auditor
ium. with It's gallery removed and its
circular back wall squared. becomes
the club gymnasium and dancing
noor. II occupies all 81 the auditor
ium space. exclusive. Of course OF
the stage. II will De equipped with
an of the modern gymnasium traps
and its noor will De made Absolutely
perfect for athletics and for dancing.
The walls have been 80 arranged as
20 permit a mezzanine iiOor or gallery
at some future time Il y Is found de-
sirable. \ circular stairway Will lead
from the gymnasium into the base
ment where lockers. mpbiug rooms
and needle showers viii be Installed.
The idea uf the swimming pool was
abandoned b. the Elks hen the y
NJ. 6. 4. building with liz big swim
ming pool. was provided. II was
though that M big swimming pool
would meet the demandi Of Al0uqucr-
que and OF the Elks.
From the Firm street entrance the
] west nNll lfuuN INTO lut iNhNhlHn
room. writing room and ladies' rooms
on the west and into the gymnasium
on the right.
The south hall reaches first the bill
lard room, a long narrow room, de-
/ signed especially 90 meet the require
ments of the tables. Immediately be-
hind q is the cafe, occupying ,he
| southeast corner OF the building; big
aad light ard To be made the most at
.ltractiyc dining room iu Albuquerque,
Immediately west of the dining room
Is the Kitchen. the hall turning west
al tho dining room doors, and running
post the Eitchea into hrst the card
room, connected by an open WORK
partition with the bunet.
This. briefly, Is the new Elks cluh
house. 5s he carpenters now have 10
roughly outlined. Il b.. going Co he
big enough and swell enough, ana
comfortable and cunye 1icnt enough io
permit the use of a large variety OF
superlatiNcs. 10 is enough. perhaps
tu sa. that 10 is going 90 be % dandy.