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Show In tills act Mr. Robinson makes cx-1 'cecdlriKly quick changes. The bill ns presented last niRht will bet seen throughout the remainder of the week, and the new hill will bo I resented each succeeding Monday Lijiht. . The Lyceum is on the Pantages circuit, cir-cuit, with Ed Flsncr. the booltlns Fgent. located at Seattle. During the course 01 the bill last ovcnlnp Manager Llpplncott appeared before the curtain and In a very clever clev-er little speech welcomed the people to the new Lyceum. He promised them the very best vaudeville acts to be had. and his remarks were generously gen-erously applauded. LYCEONI THEATRE opens f or season: After a period of three months, during dur-ing which Ume builders and artisans have brought a marvelous Hansfor-matlon, Hansfor-matlon, the doors of the Lyceum theatre the-atre on. Twenty-llfth street were again thrown open to the public last night but It was a new and' magnlfick-nt Lyceum which seemed to greet the patron 3 of the popujar playhouse last evening. And tho demonstrations of the public pub-lic approval and Interest which marked mark-ed the re-opening of the Lyceum was one which would seem to indicate that the past success of this vaudeville house will he repeated on a larger scale. The capacity of the theatre was inadequate to accomodate the hundreds who desired to be irst nlchters" at the new theatre. The announcement of the opening of the Lyceum brought Joy to the hundreds hun-dreds who had spent delightful evenings eve-nings at the old theatre and long before be-fore the box office window had linen openel a long line of people had formed form-ed In fron'. of the- brlU'antly lighted entrance. The doors were thrown open almost a half hour before the schedule time and at ten minutes to eight otlock there was not a vacant seat on either floor. Still several hundred people sought admittance and after every available Inch of standing room space was filled Manager Llpplncott was forced to announce an-nounce to those outside that they must wait until the second show at 9:lo Few theatres have ever been given a more enthusiastic welcome than that which was gcn the new Lyceum by the public last nisht. Comfort and safety rather than luxury lux-ury and show have been the watchwords watch-words In the plan and construction of the new Lyceum Although no ex-pence ex-pence has been spared to make the theatre as safe as possible and provide pro-vide for the every need and comfort of the patrons, no gaudlness or unnecessary un-necessary equipment, either !n decorations decora-tions or furnishings are apparent. Entrance to the ground floor Is made through two wide apertures at either side of the box oilier and on a level with the sidewalk, there being no steps and only a sll-'hl incline These entrances open Into a wide aerimvav extending entlrelv across the rear of the house and partitioned off from tho last row of seats by a substantial iron railing. , From tho rear of the house the floor makes an easy, gradual incline to tin stage and wide aisles extend from directly In front of the entrances to the orchestra pit. In addition to thse aisles there Is a wide oprn space directly di-rectly across the center of the house and offering an unobstriK ted passageway passage-way to another exit on tho east. At each side of tho stage and directly at the end of the main aisles aro exits for use in case of fire or panic, thus giving tho ground floor of the theatre five exits, three of which are six feet in width. Entrance to the balcony is gained from the outside by means of wid." stairways on each side ol the building. build-ing. Tho operating r"ui for the motion mo-tion pictures la situated in the center of the house at the rear of the balcony bal-cony and Is constructed in compliance with the underwriters' regulations and the state laws. The theatre will seat almost 7"n people, the ground floor having a capacity ca-pacity of Im mid the balcony 22S. The entire lowei floor is equipped with comfortable opera chairs and the bal cony wilh folding chairs secured in such a manner thai they cannot be dislodged or the rows moved about. All seats on the main floor aie rc-ferved rc-ferved on the fifteen and twenty-cent scale, while the general admission to the balcony Is ten cents. A pleasing feat .ire of the new Lyceum Ly-ceum '.s the Interior decoration, which Is plain but none the less neat and altiai live. For a distance ( f four feet above the floor the vails are stained a light green and above this to the ceiling border the wall Is tinted in a shade of salmon which is pleading to the eye The roiling of the auditorium Muted a still lighter shi'le of lemon yclljw. Especially attention has been given to the lighting and the ceiling of the auditorium is studded with four clusters of Tungsten iamps. The stage, which is fully equipped for handling the Ingest, vaudeville acts, hat, an opening ol 2 1 feet and Is iilso 21 feet in depth. There is a spacious fly loft equipped with new ('iop.-', and in fact every piece of scenery scen-ery is new and all has been n rimer- ly painted with a fire proof solution. The lighting of the stage rould net be more perfect, I here being more than 2U0 available liginn. Throughout Uk entire Iiousp every precaution has been taken to Salopian! Salo-pian! Ihe patrons; every door swings oil her in or out, oven exit is properly proper-ly marked with a red lluht, and in laei no detail which tends toward t alcty has been omit led. The new Lyceum was financed by Ihe Maule Vstale. ami the plans and l-peci fica tlons were drawn by Architect Arch-itect Kber F. Tiers. The building is a monument to the ability and good Judgment of this young man and his Ideas were very successlully carried out by Contractor L M. Mead. The complete house stall' of Ihe mw Lyceum Is as follows. I. It. Nuckols. proprietor; C. V. Llpplncott, manager; Louise Eruber-fav, Eruber-fav, cashier; licit Syphers, it ate man ager and song illusl fitor; Charles Cole, electrician. Ceorge . Kcklund, leader of oichestra; Fred Scaler, ('rums For the opening bill the management manage-ment presented four very creditable nudeille acts, together with luoMou pictiirc-3 and lliusl rated songs. Music was furnished by a three-piece orchestra, orches-tra, which was composed of talented musicians. The opening number on the bill, following a comedy mot ion picture subject, was Jack Huh. the Hebrew ihaniclcr Impersonator, who styles himself "not a liar but a story teller." His songs and comic monologue served serv-ed to put the large audience iu an exceedingly good humor. "13abe" Mason and LMIth McC'laire are two clever girls, K, and 17 years of age. Their specialty is singing, ar.d both p.isxc.ss well cultivated and pleasiug voices. Hcrt Syphers is again singing the illustrated songs and his appearame last night was greeted with hearty r. pplause. He lnj;s "Wln-n a Hoy From Old New Hampshire Loves a Girl From Tennessee." Huso, the Australian two headed policeman, po-liceman, is a guessing proposition, und It requires careful observation to determine which head is real and v hich Is wood. The leature act of the bill Is a Bowery Uit by Trlxeda and Koblnson, and their How of up-io-the-iniuule slang made a decided hit. |