Evening journal., 1915-05-08

this organ alone will be a far larger
undertaking than any similar one
projected in Wilmington heretofore"
AS an illustration of the constant
thought for the convenience and com
fort of patrons, in making up plans
the entrance to the balcony floor and
orchestra will be made from the same
level. IL will he unnecessary to
descend or climb steps 10 reach
either the orchestra floor or the bal
cony. This has been arranged by
utilizing the slope between King and
Market streets. The arrangement is
the same as for the Forrest Theatre
in Philadelphia. The street is level
midway between the orchestra and
balcony floors. To enter the balcony
il will be necessary only to walk up
a slight incline. while TO reach the
orchestra one has only to walk down
a similar gently sloping inclinie.
The entrance to and interior of the
theatre will be as handsome as the ar
chitects and builders can make il. The
predominating ornamental work will
be Alaska marble, one of the newest
vein marbles used i'm recent palatial
buildings such as the Finance Build
ing in Philadelphia. Steel and con-
crete will be used exclusively m the
interior. making IL fireprOof. The bal
cOny will be suspended from steel
cantilevers. A feature OF the balcony
will be its bowl shape, which makes
every seat a good seat from which
every part OF the stage is visible.
! While the interior color scheme has
not been positively decided upon il
will probably be a battleship grey in a
relief shade.
! VIII Seat 1000 People.
Another feature looking toward the
: convenience and utmost safety Is the
arrangement for handling the 1000
people entering and leaving the the
atre. The entrance. which will be
thirty feet wide and finished in white
marble is to be in the center OF the
Market street frontage The lines OF
!. the entrance will converge slightly TO-
ward the doors The corridors and in
clined walks leading TO the interior
4 will be sufficiently broad to prevent
possible congestion. All the exits from
the theatre. FIVE in number. open on
/ Fifth street In this manner by hav-
ing crowds enter by one entrance
only and leave by five exits emptyinf
on another street. doorway jams. SO
common. now at motion picture and
vaudeville theatres. will he eliminated
The stage of the theatre will be 6,
by As feet and so elevated that witt
the pitch of both balcony and orches
ira floors everything happening dur
ing the performance can be seen with
out interference from heads in row.
in front There will be several ante
rooms for various purposes fankini
beth balcony and orchestra floors. o.
each of these floors there will be tw,
rest rooms-one for men and one To-
women. These rooms will be fittel
out in handsome Vermont marble ant
/ furnished with tapestry hangings an
! costly furniture so that il will be
{ place OF rest welcomed by tired wo
I men shoppers.
Concealed in the walls surroundin
e the theatre viii be a perfect net
r work of pipes. which will be par
e of the wonderful cold air. ventilatins
ice water and vacuum cleaning sys
Y TENS. Steady currents of fresh al
g win be pumped into the auditorium
= through these pipes. there will b
S streams of ice water for patron.
s while daily the theatre will be thor
I oughly cleaned and renovated b