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Show IBM AOUIICEO With tk fall or of tk Snaday dot-tat dot-tat tew la tho Mitt te(Ulstar rt-1U7, rt-1U7, knooancanrat ni Bad that work wUI to hofaa TtUua tb Mxt ft wmkj m tb M aoJllTaa Cooaldtn tfcaatn, thb "Empress," to b cracted oo Mala stmt Jut ibnt First Bouti stmt. A UHtgnm was rsoslTsd thla moraine mora-ine 7 Jodf' O. W. Powors, local rop-ranlatly rop-ranlatly of tb tboatricri concsrn, statlag (bat Architect l Do Cams win arrtv la tb city azt wsk with tb aUaa aad (poclflcatioaa sad will call for bids inuBoilatoly. Tha aouso will cost a boot tlOO.000 aad will b amonc tha most beautiful ia the west. Most of the mosrj will be sneat oa tb iaterisr, the exterior being in the rear of other buildings, sad therefore not requiring any decoration deco-ration and only enough xitense to mak it aubatantial and fireproof. Judg Power said this morning that tb new playhouse will b ready for opening probably by next eaeoa, and bait Lake will then' be able to ee th regular ahows of the bullivan & Consi- dieeetrewt, The entrance to the new theatra will be through the store low occupied by th Jensen Jewelry company. The entrance en-trance will he twenty feet wide and will rua up a gentle incline for a dis-tsnce dis-tsnce of eighty feet, th inner end of the passage being eight feet above the atreet end. Th hallway will be beautifully beauti-fully decorated with panels ami coves and attraetiv pendant chandeliers. The entrance will open into a rotunda ro-tunda of considerable width and one storr high. This will be covered with leaded art -glass and arranged for the ventilation of the entrance way. Behind Be-hind thia rotunda will be the theatre S roper, which will be 175 feet long aud 2 feet wide. Seating Capacity 1700. Leaving the rotunda the way leads into the foyer of the bottom floor. To the right oa thia first floor will be an inclined plan leading to the balcony. To the left will be emergency atairs. Beneath the plane leading to the bnl-cony bnl-cony will be the gentlemen' smoking room, th music room and a fan room. O the mezzanine floor aear the balcony bal-cony will b tlio ladies' dressing room. The" balcony in to the front of the second sec-ond floor and the gallery to the rear, much th aame aa in the Orphenm theatre, the-atre, in front of the- balcony will be Inge, each with a seating capacity of five persona. These will be the choice seata of the theatre. The balcony and gallery will scat 8011 persons, the low-er low-er floor 90. On esch side of the stag will. be-, six boxes, each arating six persona. These will be reached by in-clinea. in-clinea. The stsge at the eurtain Willi he thirty six feet aeroa, and twentv-seven twentv-seven feet high. The stsg will be eighty two feet by thjrtv. three feet, in the rear of the stage will he the dressing dress-ing rooms, twelve in number, nil provided pro-vided with outside light and with shower baths and automatic sprinklers for use in case of fire. A big- atirink-ler atirink-ler will be provided over the atage. The theatre will be thoroughly fireproof, there being no wod in its construction construc-tion excepting the stage floor, which requires woocf The floor will all be of cement, the door aad window I sills of copper and the seata of steel. The framework of th building will be of steel. loom fox Tonr Kb. An interesting feature will be the wide epare between the row ef sel. Three feet will he allowed, which will enable persona to get to seats without causing other persona te rise. At the back of the main floor la a plat glass partitina shutting off the seata from the fover nd therefore mnking it impoeeibW for persona eater-iag eater-iag th theatre to dieturb tba people in th seata whils the performance is going oa. The aisles of to ban will II be foar feet wide. On Ihe northeast mm, a lh k..:u ing will be a concrete etark running AU , feet into the air. Freeh air wilF he drawa down through this bv fans in n cement room in the basement and from thia room will be distributed bv duete throughout the house. A aot her faa system will exhaust the foul air from th house, making it possible to change tb air ia the hone every three min-utea. min-utea. Ia winter the air in the ducts will be warmed and in the summer it will be cooled. To Hot "Indirect" Light. The ligbtiag will be bv the "ia direct'' ytem, which will exclude all Urge chandeliers and will consist of light hidden from view aad throwing out a strong light. Bpeeinl arrangements hav been made for the acoustic effects. By eliminating panels and coves ia the main auditorium and by a new arrangement arrange-ment of th proscenium arch, making it a sounding board, it ia declared it will be possible te bear a well in the bock of the theatre oa well a ia rant. |