Show ilAT T CON CONVENTION I HALL SC N O Of 6 FiUTY AUTY Perfect Order Prevails in All the Auditorium i Appointments i iI I Those who gained early admission to the convention hall found tho interior a scene of simple beauty an and order A A. Amore more snore fitting or moro more completely equipped place of mooting could hardly bo imagined Twelve thousand scats seats iu in serried ranks fill every overy available inch of space save ac for sufficient t aisles s and entrances entrances en en- trances yet yel there thero is no appearance of crowding and none of that suggestion of temporary makeshift unsafely that so often marks marL the place of great conven The Thc aisles and platform were carpeted with strong matting of plain and tasteful colors an and the thc steps and rails dividing i di ling off tho the reservations for delc delegates alternates press representatives i tives and spectators gave vo the thc impression of permanence in tho the safety There is just dec decoration ration enough to beautify without ut interfering with ample amplo am am- plo light bight and aDd ventilation Broad bands of color red white and amid blue veil tho the front of tho the galleries c which extend around tho the hall looped up up-nt up at nt intervals with Ted red ros rosettes midway between the steel girders which hi h arch across the tho hall ball supporting the tho roof and above the gallery gal 31 ler lery a similar strip is draped raped upon large e. e gilt five pointed stars At the ends of each arch aro are groups i of bi big flags At cither end of the hall hail an immense with twelve feet spread of wings surmounts surmounts sur sur- mounts mO a mass of flags Old Glory dominates the tho scene There Thero is ample light from windows and skylights hh an and should sessions extend beyond the daylight daylight day day- light great rent clu clusters of arc li lights insure ample illumination i n. n Exits Exit aro arc numerous and plainly marked ed edD and D from tho center contor of each section of seats scats a pas passageway or tunnel leads out Olt J- J Every cry precaution for quick egress D in case of 01 emergency has hils been provided and Dud for those UIO e to lo whom time the oc oe occasion oc- oc casion is on one of hard bard work ami ancl quick communication tho the f facilities aro are fi seem om omin in l ideal Practical men meu planned the thc emonts of assembly h- h halls for pages at doorkeepers messengers messen gers gors or and ushers there thero art are rows of or telephones telephones tele tele- phon phones l and largo large spaces set aside for forthe or ortho tho the army of tell telegraphers of the Wc Western West tern t- t ern era Union and Postal Telegraph com coin panie There are committee rooms room offices office reception rooms smoking rooms and amid u n cosy 09 tastefully decorated orated retiring room for forthe the ladies Indies There is also nn an emergency hospital full fully equipped with nith two wards operating ope rut rating ul tables invalid chairs two women and nd four femur men nurses and a staff of for Lou t. t ty eight eight physicians Most of ot the thc physicians physicians are arn mer merely ly honorary members of the time hospital staff but tile tho they arc all subject sub sub- j ct to call in case case of of need As AB to tho the organization of or tho the medical staff stan which is i under tho direction tion of ot Dr Lit George e C. C Hunt chief of thic th ho rity city health depart depart- departments department's ment's ments ambulance service each ench section of the hall is provi provided ed with a n doctor two or orderlies and u-md a n stretcher By means mean of an au electric light s si signal lenal above the speakers speaker's stand tand a a physician aJl ann may bo ho O called at any time roll from the floor Hoar of f the convention con to tho the hospital even Aven thou though h tho the noise noise of 01 the tho moment mi might ht prevent pro tho limo leather lUU lunged announcer m making himself heard beard |