Show I 1 EDDIE THE AD MAN COME PAS D OUR ADS SEAU Sr WV mr VER IWO amus LOSY A MOM ACT O tuf EM IM AW OLD PAIR wa ud ADS DOW do A fl L 3 0 1132 1932 western newspaper union CHURCH IS TO BE ATHEIST THEATER shows will soon eoon take the place of sermons in the great cathedral of st isaac in leningrad once one of the most fashionable and luau luxurious alous of all russian churches it Is to be a playhouse for the irreligious and its first production will be the cathedral of st isaac a satire on the life of the saint after whom the basilica Is named the announcement of the change la Is made by pravda it will be the first time in soviet history we are told that a church has been converted into an atheist theater the great cathedral was designed hy by a french architect richard de montferrand and was finished in after 89 39 years of labor ralph IV barnes moscow correspondent tells us in the new york herald tribune built in the shape of a huge cross and crowned by an enormous glided gilded dome feet high it Is made chiefly of finnish red granite and marble the main entrances form four porticos modeled on the pantheon at rome the church cost and Is famous both for its rich interior decorations and for its impressive facade cade literary digest |