Show COMFORT OF ACTORS IS REMEMBERED BACKSTAGE Inviting Dressing Rooms Provided for Every Performer 1 If any chorus girl comes to Pantages I theatre in Salt t L Lake ake k with a grouch she will be bo minus something when the she loaves leaves She will have something out of her system The old barnstorming days das are gone I for good It se seems ms Theatre managers no longer devote their entire attention S to their patrons and forget their h help lp- lp I ers At least Alexander Pantages does I not I In the old days days I I am told told the tha hams and harnesses beat it from one one- barn to another carrying their other collar in their pocket and ironing their handkerchiefs handKerchiefs handkerchiefs hand- hand Kerchiefs on the car window The star stare rode e in the tho ono one seagoing hack in the village and took the bridal suite suile atthe at atthe atthe the local hostelry with only one shingle shingle shin shin- gle le herself between and heaven The i rest roosted where opportunity found them At the theatre the ba come come comedian dl dian n quarreled with the queen of ot the burlesque regarding the use of ot the theatre towel They hung their hats hatson hatson on the tile floor and s stood tood stood on ona ono foot while I removing their unmentionables using Il a fly 1 as a Japanese screen If It there was any dressing room the star tool loot it and then wished she They stood it cheerfully bemuse because they had to The system stem was bad and no ono one knew any better It is surprising surprising- that shows of ot an any kind could have been beon produced under OiO conditions It t ia is rc that they survived at all Frequently they did get so rotten that the villagers villagers vil vil- lagers met them with an an assortment of local produce which it has been whispered sometimes proved a welcome addition to the menu Even in the big cities the gilt and gold old and glitter was all placed out in front where the patrons could see To 10 save money after that extravagance ever in th the back was scrimped Sometimes they busted wide open on scenery but the very last thing they ever consider considered J was their players and their well en being being- That is changing now in m alt all the well regulated theatres of tho the country countr and especially e is it true of the Imposing string of ot new theatres that Alexander AlexanderI Pantages is erecting all over the I United States Since the Salt Lake Pantages theatre is the tho newest of ot the famil family and declared to be the last word wordIn In Jn theatre construction the quarters for fer the actors become a a. matter of absorbing absorbing absorbing ab ab- interest The he actors actors' quarters in the new theatre theatre thea thea- tre tro aro in a gre great t lighted brilliantly hall under the stage with all the comforts of ot the most mo modern ern hotel There Ther are fourteen dressing rooms and each on one of them is a cozy boudoir with conveniences that stars of ot old could not have in their wildest dreams Contrast the electric curling iron on the neat dressing table and the electric switch in the tho wall wali glowing red or dark to indicate current with the smokey lamp chimney of other days clays or the little gas stoves of tho the less modern theatres That is only ono one of the thoughtful thou little conveniences of this I new domain for the suffering long I j folk of the land of In each zoom loom is a a. lavatory of hot and cold water beautifully finished A bl big mirror is fixed in the wall surrounded surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded by five mirror lights and there thoro is one center light lis-ht With a few feminine touches the place becomes an attractive e little litto bower fit for any fastidious fastidious fastidious fas fas- feature favorite At either end of oC the long long- corridor arc are shower baths ono one for the men and one for tho the women women These are so ingeniously ingeniously ingeni ingeni- ingeniously devised that the tho hot and coldwater cold coldwater coldwater water can bo he brought down upon each head to lh the slightest st change I of ot temperature with the tho slightest st touch At one end is a a. special room for cho chorus chorus chorus rus girls larger than tho the rest wit with wilh h three complete sets of all the convenIences conven conven- provided in the smaller rooms so arranged that a considerable number num num- ber her at or individuals all in the same place plat at once need not discommode them them- selves I Aside from the comforts provided for tor forthe fo r the actors in this wonderful 0 hotel the orchestra members are given given en a large room for themselves t to o which they may retire when somo some monologist monologist mon mon- tries hies to talk himself to death deat h overhead They frequently play ha a quick hand at cards as I know an and andI d I tables are provided for that purpose e. e lounging furniture i is I provided for them for a brief briet respite There are still other wonders i in n this world such as th tho 0 room where globes used on the stage stag c mabe may be colored They are dipped lik lika like o a a. sheep and a l. l fleece as white as sno snow w may come out red blue or green or an another any wy y other color There is a general storeroom storeroom storeroom store store- room and the room containing th the house dimmer an elaborate electrical electric al alof contrivance which brings tho glow of ot brilliance to the myriad lights of ot th the e auditorium where the great body of ot the audience sits facing the stage or can in a trice soften it to twilight twili-ht tt or bring to practical darkness This s dimmer is controlled h by the man at th the e stage switchboard but is operated operate ed d separ separately tey from the stage dimmer r which is something something- else again It has been forgotten to add tha that t I another part of this equip th ment consists of a bell running to each h tt dressing room from the stage switch board Tho The important individual a at t this this' board summons tho players with wit an imperious ring rin- when due for hi his s i cue If you break brcak your leg an and cant can't st t answer the bell they show but they will take tae may you ou stop ston out an and th tho d ed e I shoot hoot you As AI a part of ot the general genera fire equipment of the tho house there i is Is' s a 3 sprinkler system under the I stage well as a above o c If an anything thing sh shout should a as d sd s start down clown there the tho place would flooded b bo e I j |