The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-19
ATLANTA NEWEST THEATRE 'HOWARD'
 ARTISTIC TRIUMPH
New Theatre Is Monument to Drama as Well as to Enter
 price of Citizens

An expression of art in the form Of the beautiful and spacious theatre, the
 Howard, represents Atlanta's latest
 monument to the drama.
 The building is located in the space
 between the Grand theatre and the Ara gon hotel. It is building so perfectly expressive of appropriateness that it gives the impression that every man con cerred had become an artist in his par
 ticular contribution to the whole.
 A capacity crowd at the opening on
 last Monday night was high tribute to the theatre and it's builders, and an eX
 pression of the city's appreciation and approval of the beautiful structure, and
 the enterprisee from general view point
 The Howard as building is a genu-
 inely substantial structure, a building
 that seems to be built to stay and out
 last in a race with time. The same note
 of confidence struck in the exterior ap-
 Hearance is again struck in the interior
 which is absolutely fireproof through
 out and has 2 exits. The theatre is entered between a row of columns placed
 in the vestibule of the lobby. The en-
 trance to the lobby is made facing a grand stairway. which with two others
 at the sides of each door give an inn pression of great spaciousness and arch itectural scone. a-
 DECORATIVE SCHEME The interior of the building in the thea tre proper is built with a studied sim plicity. In this scheme of simplicity nothing is allowed to interfere, the boxes
 balconies, ,loggia and other details being brought out as a part of the decorative
 scheme. This architectural simplicity along with the wide range of decorative effect carries the eye from studied plain ness to a burst of glory The entire style is done in the BaroQue period of the renaissance. The boxes are B in number and dazzlingly decorative. The seats are handsomely upholstered, and large enough to prevent crowding. LID above the audience is an inner dome so decorated as to suggest all or the exquisite shades of moonlight as II would come, an afterglow of the setting sun in the outer dn-ue The onter da,ne is decorated in amber and gold lights softened by design of figures and fso" CTS of white. The design of these two domes was drawn from the Nliia Madama famous among. students anu
 lovers of the Italian renaissance. battery of lights concealed in the ceiling above the stage produces the
 final effect in the marvellous blending |'of light and color So important is thls lighting effect that it is to be super vised by no less important person li''''
 Enrico Leide, the director of the art oe- artnnent of the etheatre who WI direct the modifying shades of light and color
 as conscientiously as he will direct ms
 orchestra Aside from artistic beauty
 there is an arrangement in the ceiiing of the theatre that is made to cnahse the air in the building completely every six minutes during the summer and every three minutes in winter.
 SUNKEN PLATFORM Then down to the stage, before which there is a sunl<en platform for the or
 chestra of 30 pieces. The stage is butt
 to accommodate either vaudeville or drama. It has a drop curtain of gold and main curtain of purple velvet \ moving picture screen is arranged at the back of the stage, pictures of the highest
 order to be one of the chief features or inc house. Around this main frame for the picture is a setting of studied beauty The organ is built at one side. and will