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Show HALF COMPLETED $5,000,000 THEATER IS SINKING. Moxlco City, July 6. The half completed com-pleted $5,000,000 national theater Is sinking. After nearly a year of quiet about the magnificent marble structure, struc-ture, a small army of men Is at work extending the foundations In an effort ef-fort to check the subsidence. Nearly four hundred tons of cement have been UBed -within the month In reinforcing tho foundation ot the southeast corner, cor-ner, which appears tovbc the weakest point and which has sunk nearly a foot. In tho mqantlm.e work on the interior 13 practically abandoned. With the exception, ex-ception, of the curtain, proscenium ach and the auditorium dome, thq rchenie of decoration Is still undecided. undecid-ed. Samples of flooring, columns and decorative effects are boing tried from time to time, Tho curtain, hearing an exquisltq view of Poppcatopetl and Txtaccihuatl, Is complete and in place. It is done in glass mosaic and is the work of a New York house, in whoBe studio It was vlowod and approved by many famous art critics. Tho auditorium dome Is a costly and beautiful example of art glass work. The proscenium arch, of mosaic, made in Budapest, is being reassembled re-assembled ?hd will soon be ready to be put In place. The stage has ben equipped with the most Improved machinery for moving the ctu tains and scenery. Tho theater has 600 square meters of floor space. The exterior Is finished with the exception of the domo and several bronze Btatues which remain to be placed. |