Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-07-16

L. Rapp, used as their model the
historic Opera Hall of the Palace
of Versailles near Paris. The hall
was built during the years 1753-1770
by order of Louis XIV. The Bara-
boo Memorial Theater has been
carried out in smaller size and sim
liar artistic detail. 1t has a seat
ing capacity of $50.
The circular entrance lobby has
side walls of ivory toned traver
tine marble extending up to freize
carved in high relief, a copy of
Della Robbia's choir boy panel in
the Cathedral at Florence which is
now preserved in the Museum Of
Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence.
The elliptical auditorium is form
ed by great carved and gilded Cor
inthian clumns supporting a dome
like ceiling decorated with early
French paintings. At half the height
of the columns, a series of gold
trimmed and deep crimson uphol-
stored boxes extend around the ell
lipse in mezzanine fashion. The
low boxes impart the charm of
French opera, reminiscent of the
dignity and pomp of the sixteenth
century.
The velvet-draped dOOrways be-
tween columns add color accents to
the auditorium. These doorways,
augmented by eight exits, make.
possible the emptying of the theatre
in three minutes. A many taper
ed chandelier in the center of the
dome carries out further the idea
of sixteenth-century luxury repre-
scented in brilliant scenes lit with
many candles. Shaded lamps, ser
wing as plaques along the wall, and
lanterns hanging over boxes cast
a soft glow on the carvings and
murals
The foyers surrounding the col
onnade have side walls paneled
in silk damasks and brocades and
enhanced with carefully selected
furniture. Diyans, interspersed
with console tables, bronze stand
ard torches, and wall hangings con
trast effectively with the more Sc
we're treatment of the auditorium
proper.
John and Charles Ringing now
manage the theater. Their local
representative c. L. Roser, regu-
larry runs we'll selected moving
picture ATTRACTIONS which country
and small town residents come
many miles to see. Baraboo is
the theatrical center for country
people who drive n regularly for
an evenings entertainment, espe-
cially when Mrs. Fiske, Lionel Bar
rymore, or some other well-knOwn
actor or musical comedy star ap-
pears in a special attraction.
Players who generally appear only
in large city theaters are doubtless
delighted with this qnHIsS1pfa7ll u Main Il a.
Street auditorium. In the first
week of May, Margaret Anglin and
William Faversham. appeared in
Foot Loose. a4
Eleven benefit performances
have been given in this theater
since last August in behalf of such
organizations as the American LIE
gion and the Grand Army of the
Republic. At present local and
rural children are selling tickets
at a 15-cent commission to earn
money for "a county fair grounds,
Since the management spends
money lavishly for repair and equip
ment and charges popular prices,
the theater is not money-making
enterprise. 1t usually manages,
however, to pay expenses.
In supporting the theater the
Ringing brothers have been public
spirited in giving country and small
town jewellers a taste of metropo'it-
an gayety and beauty. Baraboo is a
striking exception to the usual woe
fully shirks it's duty to provide
amusements for eager young peo-
pie who need the stimulation of
fine and lovely things in order to
exert their best efforts in life.