The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE.

By DOLt4l DALhl MPtsE.
 SN NANDORAS BOX with all of it
 IO lavish wealth of beautiful thing J( seems to have sprung open at thu
 touch of magic hand and trans formed the home of the Starr Piano com. pany into a veritable fairyland--over. night.
 Just a few weeks ago Conly yesterday ii seems) the painters and carpenters and mechanics and decorators were giving the nrst glance over the big building oc- cuped by this popular music house, and before you could say Jack Robinson, ' To! the trick was turned
 From the handsome show windows at the entrance of the Starr Piano company, always artistcally decorated, on through every crack and crevice anu corner of the big store the mezzanine, the various de- partments, all show that whatever q lay- ish expenditure of money can purchase has been employed in the beautifying oi the various floors and a most royal achievement has been credited to this bg music emporium
 Floors as highly polished and as bright ly burnished as the mirror in My Lady's Boudoir' cover the ground" or general floor of the Starr Piano company with it's high ceilings and graceful panelings. The tones which greet the eye are in soft pastel "gray-browns a monotone, as it were the woodwork of snowy white the walls in the pastel colors with an entre deaux of exquisite design, each panel containing a musical emblem wrought in the shades of gold, browns and grays, makes truly beautiful "scenic setting"
 The handsome colonial staircase in white and mahogany shades, even the elevator in white and aluminium, bears l. +sx.+s. vhich has so beautifully transformed the surroundings of this big and influen- tial institution of which Birmingham is so justly proud
 touch of foreign color is given the tastefully conceived decoration by the bright green carpeting here and there which traverses the highly polished floors in long narrow strips; while the desk fur nishings in light brown oak, the pianos, photographs and player pianos, gracefully displayed, each in a different exquisite wood. form a harmonious note in the beautiful setting.
 From the main entrance one is asked to visit the newly equipped demonstration rooms," where phonographs and play CT pianos are in use from early morn to dewey eve. There are four rooms, two of which are used for photograph demon strations and two for the player piano. These are enclosed in heavy French plate glass; the snowy white woodwork forming the setting. Hanging baskets of flowers orchids and valley lilies, hyacinths and Rambler roses, boxwood ferns and stately palms-add beauty to the already beauti- ful surroundings. Comfortable chairs. beautiful tables, an adequate system of lighting and cooling" process by cleo tricity for all that has to be done is merely to push the button and the room is brilliantly lighted and the breezes from the overhead fans make one forget that there ever existed anything like mere heat all form a part of the up-to-date ensemble.
 Just on the outside of the handsome demonstration rooms are the files for the Bennett records and the player piano rolls; hundreds and hundreds of each are systematically and neatly housed here and everything in perfect order, for that is one of the slogans of this big in- stitution.
 Across the hallway one is invited to glimpse the Directors Room," also brightly lighted and "cooled," where handsome oak tables and chairs are ar ranged, and the "big bosses talk things over and make additional plans for the growing and efficient piano house bear ing the name of Starr Piano company.
 And then one wends ones way to the noezzanine, where the lower floor demon plate glass effects, flower decorated and beautifully equipped. duplicate is also made here of the files for Bennett" rec ords and piano player rolls, while just in front of the demonstration rooms is the Lounge" where luxurious divans and ccmfortab ble chairs with handsome Starr phonographs abound, and an hour of