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Show mm so " Huge Buildings for Athletics Ath-letics and "Eats" on Former For-mer Imperial Property. By PARKE EROWN. ( Chicago Tribunes-ait I ike Tribune Cable, Copyright. COULKXZ, March 7. If ex-Kaiser Bill could come back and hog how the American Ameri-can soldiers tiro going to piny all over his front yard his rage probably would turn him into a wild hull. On the broad lawn of the Imperial schio.ss today workmen work-men an: pu Uing up two large sectional frame buildings. One on Lho north is to ho a restaurant that will feed between 1 'Hut and lijuu riK-u an hour. The other will b.i an uthietie hall, where liUOO men ran watch basketball games, boxing map-hes and similar contests. Each will lie a boon to mun on leave, but it cer-tainly cer-tainly dots hurt the appearance of the p;ilare and obstructs the view across the -anions from the kaiser's best parlor, it is the V. M. C. A. which is erecting I he tie signed structures for the specific purposes for which they are to be usen. The main wing of the restaurant Is 178 feet lung and sixty-live feet wide and will contain two cafeteria rooms capable of seal lag .r.."ij men at one time, it will have lis own bake shop, where cakes and pics will be a specialty. Between the two dining rooms is a hall running the length of the building, whom men can mine in out of the rain while waiting I'm- admitt lance. It is expected that the restaurant will bo in full operation by April 1. The athletic ath-letic hall cuvers the same ground and has the same dimensions, but the center seel ion of the roof is raised to provide clea ra nee for basketball. The lighting of both buildings Is brilliant bril-liant and the athletic hall is so arranged ar-ranged that all light can be concentrated squarely on the ring. The exterior wall is stained brown and the interior Is white, except overhead, where the timber tim-ber is wainscoted In brown. In the small wing of the restaurant building is a cafeteria canteen and in the small wing .if the athletic lockers are shower baths and accessories. At corps and division divi-sion points the Y. M. C. A. Is erecting fort y-nine other buildings of this type, each wiih its own stage for entertainment purposes. |