The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-03-29
These Machines Can Be Bought
at
Red Cross Pharmacy
THEATRE
OPENED
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the house. In this manner foul ar IS
constantly being expelled from the
building by the suction fans, and ffesh
air replacing it through the mushrooms,
The mezzanine floor breaks the elimb
to the extensive balcony and affords
comfort with two rest and toilet apart
ments, finished attractively with mir
rors. At this point also may be found
the managers office. Mezzanlne hoors
are rarely found in theatres outside OF
the large cities, but in conformity with
the design for comfort and beauty MIR.
Black saw fit to equip this new strnc-
ture with a spacious m%ezzanlne Moor,
which, with the stairs and lobby, Is
covered with cork carpeting, for noise
less walking and cushion like treads.
The stairs leading to the balcony
from the spacious lobby (and by the
way the lobby is an unusually large
one, permitting a vast crowd to wait
between shows in a cool dry place IN
summer, and a warm place in winter,
are five feet wide in accordance with
the most strict fire laws in the United
States. The balcony, with its 600 seats,
has three exits, II a fire escape on the
southern part of Lie building leading
to Main street. Here in the balcony. of
course. is the machine booth, construct
ed of steel and asbestos and known as
a No. 3 booth, which is approved by all
fire underwriters. IL has a capacity for
four machines, three Simplex machines
and a dissolying "stereopticon machine,
all OF which are in place and ready for
use.
The front part OF the building and
the theatre proper would. in Ease OF
fire, be entirely separated by a brick
wall which extends from the basement
to the uppermost part of the building,
Fire from the lobby would be unable
to creep into the theatre as this wall
and the ire.proof metal doors would
prevent such.
On the main floor are 500 seats, max
Ing a total for the entire house about
/ 400. These are arranged on uniform
are lines on a floor rising to a level nj
the entrance that is IS inches higher
than the stage.
The stage opening is 81 feet high,
20 feet wide and 20 feet deep; in other
words. it is practically as large as the
stage in the Barre opera house, the
opera house opening being smaller but
deeper by three feet. However, the
manager feels il j. large enough TO &C
commodste any troup that might come
through Barre, having, besides a stage
and all electrical fixtures, four large
dressing rooms. The stage scenery for
last evening was a revelation OF a
grand palace scene, painted by Thomas
Higgins OF Boston. who for the past
two months has devoted his entire time
painting this scenery and decorating
the theatre with classical painted
panels.
The theatre opened last evening at
g o'clock and che first performance be
gan with an organ overture by Mr.
Henderson. Alfred ). Black. president
of the Black New England Theates,
Inc, arrived in the city yesterday 10 be
present al the opening, and was there
last evening with city officials, all of
whom were invited to attend The tea
ture picture was Lying Lips and. in
accordance with the policy ~ the thea
tire, was shown only yesterday.
There was a large attendance at each
of the two performances and many eN
pr%essions Of pleasure over the accom-
modatious were heard.
other theatres in the state owned
controlled by Mr.. Black are the
strand and Grand theatres in Rutland,
the Princess and Auditorium in Brat
tlehoro. theatres in Mortified. Rich
ford. the opera house and Hammond
hall in Ludlow. Blacks theatre in Fair
Haven. Other theatres are in Utica, y.
~; New Haven. Conn; Chelsea, Quin-
Lawrence. Lowell. Rockland. Hyde
Park and Others in Massachusetts, tho
aires az Westerly. pawtucket and Are
tic in Rhode Island; houses IN Concord
and Dover. ~ H., and in Maine al Ban
gor, Wateryilie. Bath. Rocklaud, Houl
ton, Waldoboro. Fort Kent, Van
Buren, and other towns.