Evening star., 1925-01-26
AUDITORIUM MADE
READY FOR OPERA
Workers Putting Last
Touches on Hall Before
Season Opens.

A crew of more than 12o men we're
busily engaged today in making
ready the new Washington Auditor
ium for its official opening tonight
with the Washington Opera Company
in Faust"
While the place was considerably
cIuttered up at noon with carpenters
and other workmen on the orchestra
moor, the balcony had been completed
ana groups of cleaners were fast put
ting on the finishing touches there
On tho orchestra floor chairs have
been affixed to the wooden floor over
ABOUT three-Quarters OF its area and
the foroe of IA men setting the chairs
had fully expected to have tho floor
ready for the audience.
Many Workers Busy.
In different parts of the building So
cleaners, 16 carpenters, IA dhair-
settlers and 2s men are working on the
stage settings and fixtures.
Although all the radiators have not
been attached to the heating system
throughout the big building, all those
on the main floor and some upstairs
were hot at noon, and it was prom
ised by Louis J. Fosse, general man
ager of the Auditorium. that by this
evening the great theater would be
comfortabl heated.
The only two entrances to be used
by the public in the first big gather
ing at the Auditorium, it was ex-
planned by Mr.. Fosse, will be the two
at the west end of the building on
the New York avenue and Z street
side. A ticket for any part of the
building will be good at these doors
For the convenience OF ticket holders
the f street door is closer for the
tickets marked left" and the New
York avenue door is closer for the
tickets marked right"
Seats for 6,342.
The Auditorium, under the arrange
ments of seats just being completed,
Will have seats for 6,342 persons
This, Mr.. Fosse said, is larger than
any other theatrical auditorium in the
world, including the New York Hip
podrome, which seats 5000 and the
Capital Theater, with little more than
5000.
To handle the crowd tonight there
will be door tenders, directors and
II ushers.
Special traffic regulations to be in
effect in the vicinity of the Washing
ton Auditorium for the opera presen-
tation are as follows:
Vehicles conveying persons who
are to enter the Auditorium by the r
street entrance Will move east on +
street from Twentieth street, stop
ping with right wheel to the curb.
Vehicles conveying persons who
are to enter the Auditorium by tho
New York avenue entrance viii move
west from Nineteenth street, stopping
| with right wheel to curb.
The street car stop on Nineteenth
street in front of the Auditorium will
be temporarily changed and street
cars Will stop before crossing +
street.
Parking of vehicles on Nineteenth
street between Z street and New
York avenue will be prohibited.
Parking on the south side of r
street from Nineteenth street west 10
| full length Of the Auditorium Build
| ing will be prohibited
Parking on the north side of New
York avenue from Nineteenth street
west to the full length of the Audi
torium Building will be prohibited
Forty de gree-angle parking
left rear wheel to the curb, will be
permitted on the south side of New
| York avenue between Nineteenth and
Twentieth streets.
Parking of vehicles on the north
side of E street between Eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets will be pro
| hibited'