The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-06-12
DECORATIVE:
WORK DONE \ ST.
LOUIS COLISEUM
Walls Painted White TO Pro.
vide More Light and Blunt
ing and Flags Confined to
Carefully Studied Scheme.

UI'SltruilNI campaign ~ I''N WIN
william u TAFT. Republican nominee.
spoke there At that time the 'nll-
scum was not completed Fifteen
thousand persons crowded INTO ia"
structure Ton that opening
The coliseum was built iu 100
1905 at - cost of S33G,Ouu. A. Hr.
ranged fuf the Democrats national
%.ouNcntlou 1t viii seat approximately
10000 persons. rms seating rupac,t,
b. obtained CAS- follows
on the platform are SIG seats. Ia
the section Tor daily new spSpcr cor
respondents and press associations AZ"
-. scdts.
sections set apart for the editors
u D'tu"oratl, weekly papers ~ Nil
~uuu aud Illinois viii a,cumuIodttr
-3N mon, persons.
seats Nll be provided for l.u,'
d,legHt"s and IA, sam, number ul al.
tcruatcs. though there m1y Dee some
slight change iu these figures iu ,u-'
som. tate. send extra Delegate wltt
a fractional vote
In the boxes are seating d.rumu'.
dntions Tor $40 300 the ttcu, balcony
..JHl ana In th" balcony 900
TN. matos q total of ISIS Extra
>etas placed wherever possible
throughout the binding brings the
total seating capacity Goo about lo.o'"
IN, buildirg is So designed that
there - room ON the arena loor oni,
for thc dclesat,s t%itcruutc- and the
dahl, and wc,SI> newspaper men
Tho coliseum ,s an uctagou ooue.l-
cfabl, narrowed Jt one end Dos e dit
aguuul sId, vail Tn, greatest length
Of the building ls from north tu south
aud l;s narrowed dimension from east
e. west has been rallied ~ Tor th'
platform and press sections The plat
form i~ fortN feet Wide aud imm"-
diatols back ct the speakers taud
and the Tables fut %tcllor~ and clerks a
platform extending rises to the rear
ui TIA. upper balcony THIS extension
contains seats for 5l1 persons Thc,,
seats wcro distributed hy the national
.umu,ittco. aud CO.. ucmncr- oi the
committee und tho.r immediate par
tics az to occupy most OF them
Around IA, arena Flood ga thrc"
slides It, th" boxes. which tr" rec
served tur special, invited guests
party leaders of prominence, dirlu-
mats. ot,
Tiat part uf tho puhlir Nhi,h is me-,
Fortunate enough iu htN" platform
90 uuN seats ls tu Dee accommodated
iu the arena balcony. Whi.h rises iIu.
m,d,atvly uum the boxes. .ud 100 the
balcony. which corresponds tu the s",-
! uud gtIl"rs 900 most puhli, halls
TN, total number of .-at~ available
lur Ga, public thrrcforo b.. a.dHi ana
th, distribution Of pari.ui these i- AL
| lotlod =. the - Louis yummittr.
which raised IN, 500. 600 convention
fund
ON th, Yves, sidc uf IA" Coliseum.
back of M, speakers platform, are
the WORK rooms tor ia" press nssncia-
tiuu~ and the telegraph companies.
| N thi- space, as originally planned,
proved too narrow tu, accommodate
the prcas associations. an "ight-fuut
p~us-ug-WIN through TINS section wa
"%baup0u"d and hN order of the mayor
an alley IN the rear Of the Coliseum
was vacated and covered with an avn
inE. TINS SERVES a. q p~nssigoway \
! ~pa.agcVaN under the platform leads
from the press SECTIONS un the arena
floor tu IN, Wurh and tolc-rpph room
iu the rear
ON the north side cot be uuildinr
the Washington VENUE sId,-is a
larg" emergency hospital on the south
side aIe the rooms Of IN, pcmucratI,
national committee. and ON the east
oT jefferson sd" i> th"
of the scrgeant-at-arme aud IA, Dou-
vcnttun pustoftco.
The decorations Of IA, coliseum
were designed by Edward G. Dillmuu
ui ~. Louis In order To- obtain as
much daylight a. possible the walls "l
the coliseum have been painted
white" 70 get b fan borofit of this
reflection % was necessary to oNludc
decoration from the walls. Tho dec
oiatinus, accordinal>. have been
placed around the front of the balcony
aud boxes and ON the supporting col.
uIuns that run arouud the building.
Plaster relief usdalliuuH OF WASH
nrtun Jefferson. Jackson, cleveland
ana Wilson, each I 10y 8 feet. are
placed ~ the supporting columns
clear aruuud the building. and each
medallion BE- surrounded by American
flags. The columns are covered with
bunting, and the boxes are hung with
the natl mai culors. To improve The
ughp trflcctiou, siN Thousand yards ct
white muslin rover the getting. except
tor "a strip down the enter which l.
huns In the national coiors Alto
gothor 80, 600 yards ~ bunting were
used IA the decoration ut IA. rouy-n-
tiuu hail aud Goo To 100 American
flaps Tho platform. OF course. rs
drapcd with bunting and ilag~.
III" Western Union Telegraph ,om-
PAM has q cable Of roo wires into tho
Coliseum and the Postal Telegraph
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