Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-10
PUTNAM

Manager Lavid A. Smith. of the
Bradley theatre, announced Saturday
morning thai he has made plans for
remodcling the interior Of the play
house during the coming summer, and
that when the changes that are in
contemplation have been made Put
nam will have one of the finest thea
tres in Come ct!cut.
Manager Smith and his son, Hyde,
who recently was discharged from the
service after serving more than a
year and half, are going tn New York
the coming week to mako purchases of
draperieS and fixtures and other ma
terialS that will be required in carry
ing out the Improvement processes.
They will also place an c-,ier for a
symphonic organ. This instrument
will place tte Bradiey's music on a
par with what is given in many of
the largest picture theatres in the
country and will be used with the
house Orchestra.
The charges that are planned in
clUdo the hanging of tie stage with
Ozark garnet velvet draper:eS and a
velvet drop. The auditorium. will be
given elaborate decorative attention
and special lighting system will be
installed.
Out in the lobby many changes will
be made. Those already G,;cided up
on include entire new decorations. the
hanging of all panels with velvet and
goldfringed draperies. artistic adver-
Using panels for announcing coming
attractions and a new cluster lighting
system. II is possible also that the
entire lobby floor viii be laid in tile
Of attractive design. but ibis has not
been definitely decided.
AS the changes to be made will re-
Quire considerable time. the theatre
will he closed for a period. including
Chautauqua week.
Manager Smith is determined that
the theatre viii rank in appointments
| and service with the best of the hous-
| es IN the smaller cities of New Eng
! land. so that will be n rea! pleasure
| for patrons to come to an entertain
ment where the surroundings win be
! such as to merit their appreciation
| from every rcint of consideration,
| Putnana's Boy Scouts opensd an &C
! tive campaign on Saturday morning
| to raise. through the medium of a Tag
| day, $500 fund that viii be the basic
! of carrying out many plans which
| they have formulated for the year
| 1919.
| Covering the city's avenues Of in
gress and egress, they were on the job
| early Saturday morning. and the fine
spirit in which they were received by
about everyone Of whom they solicited
and the generous way in which con-
| tributions came rolling in quickly
! convinced them that their days work
would be very successful, rs it was
Final returns were not available Sat
urday evening, but the optimistic ones
were confident that they hll gone E
long way toward gettins: tire $500 they
were working for.
AS early as II a. m : n1uber o
the boys who were working in the bus
buttons totailing as much as 81
each. and they were still gong strong
With the best part Of the day ahead Q
them.
Quarters. f;:snes and some half dol
lars came from many pockets TO he'll
tic scouts. ar occasionally they so
:, more generous gift, While thu
boys We're covering the city. other
were at wor!, in Ponlfret. PARTS of tn
town of Thompson an doti1er places II
this vicinity.
laid out fer Scout week. Some Of TIL
money obtained in Saturdays driv
will go into q fund that viii help de
tray the expense Of camp week mex
summer but every doilar tf it will b
ased so to contribute toward tn
Lphuiiding of the boys. physically an
mentally. in a way that Will pay BIZ
dividends to the generation of Amer
!. cans that will know the scouts o
. ,od2y as the men OF tomorrow.
shout the streets Of Putnan1 Sat
Gfday afternoon one heard :oucll dis
cnsslon among mill operatives of tn
4S-nour week that becomes effectix
today in some mills in this vicinity. J