Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-24


especial point of attack was the
utter absence Of tho Galop. "Oh!
that was incNcusable," declared
not n few.
To such music. however, what
feet would not keep responsive
tine through any program. and
the dancers KEEP, It up right mer-
riy till the short hours which
near the dawn.
Refreshments were served dur
ing the evening i'm n temporary
hanqucting room, fitted up in two
OF the front stores, under the
management of George II. Robin
son. and all who went there weary
from the dance found il a place
of rcfrcshment indeed.
The affair throughout was one
cf the most brilliant and success
fully managed OF any ever wit
messed in our city. and reflects
great credit on those charged
with it's management, who were
as follows:
Committee OF arrangements
William II. lamar. James Crosby
II. II. Hayes. James II. Cameron,
W $. Holden. w. L. Marshall
Isaac 4. Pyle. James Crooks. J.
r. Mynish. \. winiscroft, j. V.
Christy. H. n. McIntire.
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Floor Alfred Cav
throp, William ID. Bayne, James
". Cameron. James crosby. Frank
r. Dandy, James Hawkins, Thom-
as Holt. William =. Springer.
Samuel Kemp. William W. Pusev.
Colonel II. Il. lIcislor. William l..
Smith
The Zine HniIding.
This BE- not the occasion for a
tull description of the whole Of tho
Immense new cdifiCe which will
not be completed for some months
set suffice Il to say that IL is a
magnificent building with = rich
~ ornate iron front. % feet on
Markot street, running through to
King street, q depth of 2il feet,
With four nm stores on Market
street, with rooms over them Co he
occupied hy the Board Of Trade
ana other organizations.
Tho exterior appearance OF the
huNdlng ie elegant and when com
plctcd II viii be- an enduring
monument Co tho knowledge and
Taste eft those fine ARTISTS IN iron
nud stone. Dixon a carson. OF
Va timorc. tho architects
Rack ~ this part of Tho build
ing, hut reached through a broad
entrance from NarFct rtroct. i-
Tho main hall containing tho new
Opera House. and over it tho
lodco rooms r1r tho various
Masonic organizations OF tho city.
She latter not yet completed. Work
in the Opera House has been
pushed forward with special urg-
cncy. every nerve being strained
10 finish u IN time for the holi-
DAYS, and its formal opening last
evening shows that ;he efforts
were successful. hay and night
tm week after v-cck. the worl, mon
have hocn busy on II and right
proud they arc Of their sue, cys.
The theatre Is really one of the
most beautiful and perfect I'm the
whole country. Its measurement
inside the walls Is lS3X75 feet. and
its height from floor to ceiling is
- feet.
The stage is IS feet deep and As
feet wide between the proscenium
boxes. of which fatter there arc
four very elegant ones.
The parquet contains $50 patent
sdrop chairs. and is surrounded by
a fine parquct circle, and over tho
\. latter end OF equal size with IL IL
gallery or dress circle. the whole
surrounded with an. ample lobby.
from which are numerous on
frances 10 the auditorium. The
seats numbering 1,4lS, exclusive of
the proscenium boxes. are, with
the exception Of tho iron framed
chairs on the parQuet, OF wal
nut, and all the seats are up
holstcred with maroon colored
leather.
The walls arc handsomely fres-
coed in panels. and the ceiling is
perfect triumph OF the frescoer's s
art. In the center is a field oc
blue ornamcnted with gilt stars.
and surrounding this is n larger
paneled circle containing rcpreser-
tations of the muses. who are to
preside over the varied entertain
mcnts OF which the new Opera
House is TO be the scene. In tho
front group are Melpomene and
Thalia, Goddesses OF Tragedy and
Comedy: on the right are Cal
Hope, Goddess cf Epic Poetry. and
Polypymnia. Goddess of Rhe-
toric; ON the lett stand Crania,
patroness OF Astronomy. and Clio,
Muse of History. while toward the
main entrance arc grouped Erato
and Terpsichorc. the latter OF
whom must have looked down
with delight on last nights per-
formance. The far-famed Kehr-
wieder brothers. S. of Philadelphia,
were the authors.
Curtain BY Russell Smith.
The stage scenery and drop cur
tain We're painted by the celebrat-
ed Russell Smith. OF Philadelphia,
and are, Of course. very fine, the
curtain especially being beautiful
u represents an Italian suburban
scene, In which city and countr,.
are beautifully mingled. The cur
tain Is 2s feet high by 40 wide
tCnfortunately. it could not be
shown last evening"
Beneath the stage are the usual
dressing rooms, star room, drou
room, (whence the ghosts GOMEZ
etc. and the whole auditorium
together with these rooms and the
Masonic rooms above are heated
by steam produced by boiler
beneath the King street pavement