WEDNESDAY ".,J\IORNING .JUNE 14, 1911.

I tF-atnre in its correct value' The l1nt~~. both horizontal and \ erUcal. are

',contlnuou..ft. the walls runnlnJi; up to ~ meEt the· ceUlng In one grdcetul f sweep Three tremt:ndous arches spJ.n • I the house, rising from tho ~o~r.

'I worked .:rut in 1vory -~- 1tt1 Id~l1 !j~Il;,", 1 ('If gold. and a rose garland I..' ft't.' c l that I fs C'barmtn2_ These mf'f't I n tl!rpt>

I domes in th-e ceiling, a cent€'T one O1 l\d

, lwC\ ams.lIer ~ de dl'\mt."!: , aU or Ii.h.nl-'

.o~~~~~~~~~~~~ num lear. a. ne' ... • and mo&t etrec'l\U treatment. especially under the con-• I cealed lighting. A series or panel, in

I I fretwork. tinted in deep h'ory. f':epa.r-

~~~~~~~~~~ ate theBe. Enough gold leaf Is u"ed In the!e to make thfl'm e-ffec tlve. bl:t not ga.udy Over 1he boxes are hand­some shell etIects with center IMn cls, and over the arch of the st.a~"" IS a large group In bas-rellef. and ;:...,;0 Masques and other na.tural decora­ttve features are frequent, but ne\ .. : obtrush'e . Tlle arch ot the strl;::C frame 18 ot the same charact(·r.

I worked out mostly in gold, but wlth a relle! In the same shades or old

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... L\.rt Details in and Upon the X e"\,t Orpheulll, structure .... hICh, III Its combination of beauty. modernity and practical utility, is a representative t ... entieth century

American edifice.

Architcct's Dream. mOniOUS to the last degree color is merehr hint('cj, ..Lnd Is 'lot I scheme oC Mr Landsburgh is har-, rose " nd gend'armc blue. but this

~ OJ\IE WONDERS A T The lO"~er story of the bUIlding is (orced upon 0ne Th e lJe x front cor~ " of marbl e and granite. severely Plain. , r c" pond!ng with the arch. and 011

U NEW ORPHEUl\{. ~~r~leotn.OffA:ht~en~~~ !~~e-~~k~t fspr~~ g~~rot~he~. ~~~e~~~: c~l~rh!~ :~U:fr~~I~ lobbl' to the offlccs. with two eleva- of cool. Itg-Ilt IldintJne~5. Inost grilc4

• . tors in bronze grills, and at the north ful In 1:1 :8 WHrn1 f'lima.le SlJ"PERB CO\!BT:'{ o\TIO:,{ OF & RT end IS the lobby to the gallery. Each 'rho ':1.1.1\,(''' In tho, 'lrch I. In t;,o

- 4 ~. ~.a.. . .... - IOf these runs through to the open blue, d~cp ..1nd handsome The ~l..&r AXD GEXER..-\L 'UTILITY. court at each side of the bUilding, taln I", Ir. uld rose, and th'c drop ~Ul'

and the south one runs through to lain i! very handsome. a paintIng by - • lhe alley ln the r ear d. cele hrated New York art l st. 111

HarmonIc Construction of House The m a r-quee o ... ·E" r the main theater harmonious consonance with the entrance Is in wrou~ht bronze, most whole All th e lIghting nxture, .Lr", graceful in sweep of d esign. and high-I in heavy bronze. and CSPE-C)') lly ly ornanlental. two immense wrought wrought, and very h[tndsOlllel~ Iron lamps are used on the bUllding treated The carpets In the alsh!' and front above the entrance. and two boxes are of similar tone, Clnd 'the bronze Hlumi nated display fram es at s eals a!"e upholst e red to co, I L~ J lO.Hl

aOO 116 Decorations-Strange Com .. binations and N cw Lighting Ef­fcc,,-];'our Panels in Ba~e ReHer Highest Type 01 Art in the 'Vest.

the lobby entrance complete the ex- LIGHT1:<IG.

tc~~~ buildIng stands on a lot 122x Th e lIghting of the new Orphe llln IS " Then the time came that the new 150 feet . to a tweh'e-foot alley in the a story In Itself. The SYSlem. ot

Orpheum 't\as more than a dream and rear T he theater auditorium is 100 course, IS wholly electrIC',11 dnd IS so yet not a r eali ty. it lJrought upon the I ff>flt wI1c h y 70 fC'ct deep, and its extensive that, for the only case on arch.tect the proble m of Indicating to I' al'erage hel!;ht Is 70 teet The stage record. the supply company has put In the pubhc that b e hmd a purch~ com- ~o; 3~x110 (eet . the s t eel gndlron Is a. direc t InstallatIOn from its m~1ll mer<~ial bU1lding \'\'as to be placed a iO f eet abo\e the stage. and the distribution syste m, at a cost of $35,­gorgeous theater The dlfllculties were proscenium arch Is 40 feet wide by 000

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38 T~~:t s~;~~tu re IS of c onc rete and E ve o ' hght I n the house 18 first I i The Jin es o( the facade were n eces· steel throu,:;hout, so a bsolutely fire controlled ft'om an Imnlense s""ltch I BRTil y determ med by the stores and I proof t h a t it 15 Indestrucllb le. It Is board, one of th e largest e\er made. 10ffi.,:c5 t.o v e l..VBt2t.lnl!U uy the com-I thoroughly protected b}' a complete on the sta~e 'rhl& 1s so arrang-e1

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m e rclal ' struc ture. , .. hICh curtains the automa.tic fi re (>xtJngulsher system, that more than 7000 combinations v( auditorlum proper from the street. and all the hand auxiliarIes that can li~hts may be made from 1t- n 1

It was constantl y b~~ bearIng this dual be concE:hed It has tWenty-two ex- pr ced t' d b B tai uhn lts The only wood In the house \s e en e num er, do t C~ Ifl nature of the lnllldlng ]n mlnd. and the fto onng, a m e re protectlon over tungsten lights. th e latest form mad .~ . a careful and artIstic conception or the soUd con c rete base, and the tnm- are used ~Aclusn .. c ly, and so powe rf u l bot h, that th e wonderful success now ml~~ ":)[ the seats IS the Illumination on the std.ge that . an act uality '\a5 achIeve d DECORATIONS it has been fo u nd necessary to In- '

ArtistIC g~oupln~ and careful seJec- ,\Vah a commendable deSire to a\old stall the Sd.me s} s tcm in all dresbing- ; lion or detaI ls W4.~ th e first reqUi SIte all o'\-crexccss In d ecoratton, and rooms. that actors may make up by it. I The use of co lor for the first time especially to get away (rom the usual othe rwise they wou ld look ghastly on

I here was anoth e r feature 6ouJ;ht In "~m;;erbread" typJcal of the ordInary th e stage itself A11 the vari-co1ored I this dlreCtlO n A facad e In the tt\' Je ligh ts use d in the stage 'work are ot of the mod e rn Renaissance '\~·as theater, the Orph E;>um has gone in for bl e\\. n ~lass 1n th ~l r true colors. In· selected, and m at glazed tile and tap- a plainn ess In Its embellishment that stea d of being m e r t::ly dipped , thus do I es t!")," brIck of c rea m l\'ere selected is at the same time mcst gratifyIng not change hu e with the heat as

as the prIncIpal materlals. Wlth ~~l~r~~~tt~:~!f~! a I~l:~~~n:fof~~t: g!,';.~~~ °J~:~t~O jJh:;~f!~~~ f~~:d!~~S ~~ them were h lended p oly<,hrome tcrra ducd tInts Instead o! flashiness. well as the fO'lt :l nd house hghts cotta. the first time In the West t hat there is a subdu.:-d effect or richness Th e auditorium prope r Jb lI~htcd by thJs rnater'al was utJlJzed. And, too, and elegance. The atmosphere is not a concealed s~stem , soft ann pleasIng more colors \\(" r e sccu!'ed a t one bllrn- theatrI C but homelIke. cosy a nd com- to the (,~ f>, and re-stful a~ wf'll In Ing than <W r!..~ 1"\ pr before attempted fortable. RiCh. not gaudy. Is the idea the domes and penetrations of th e 1 Th ese color~ are permanent, noth ing of the ~·h olc scheme, and 1t5 success 1s c ei lings Sire artfully concealed lamps can change or fade them A h ighly , manifes t to one ~ho compares the and r~ r,ectoT8, finO. UI1::f; work IS es- ' o rnate and serr~ t('d cornice tops the I A'cneral /? ffcc t With that seen in most pec1all y pleasi ng In Its llghtlng up of faca Lle. and brea ks the skyline )n ' pia) houses i the a lurninum dome-so whl~h glow most E'fTf>ctl\' C manner Below. the : h·ory. burnished bronze and gold, I softly ;tnll gne n sky-like effec t These first top story lS peculiarly deSigned as I' wJth old rose and gend'arme blue.] are the main source of light in th e to wmdo,,"s, gn Ing a. festive etrect . . are the only tones employed in the auditorium, though UndE'T the baJ­stln below. g-rt:Ctt ar·; h es nre seen to I df'corath'e scheme. They are blended ! cQn1~s and hl)xes And in llaneIs o n their rise from th e hase, each arch Out. 1 m()st skllfull} and delighttul1y. There ' front a rc ground gl o bes that 5t hprj ~ hned In polychrome. Numerous ex~ 115 no dash , no o,\crplay of hues. no ! mild radlanc~ ove r all In th e lob by I amples of th e same Vo/ ork are uspd obstruslvc colo r plan It Is all hormo- ! are I<l. rge wrou~ht bronzp c h a.ndeliers I for ke~~("lnr:s nf the arches, and C!m- 1 nlous, bpRutit'ul, restful t of m ost ' u nlQue dC's\l::n. "i1kh wIt h the b e llishment '3 here and there All i Tho old rose is employed fOf the T COfnlce groups o f Jights. gIve It bru-l cornices. spantlrc!s, keys and fri ezes I SIde wal1s throughout the house; de('Op I Hance, 0, er each rxlt h, a panel or are worked out In cOMonancp, t he 1 at the base line. and shadtn~ oft' 1nt.." ornamental ~ ork t':'lth a rf>d exit light color b$?JnJ;:' ::1 pplled ltberally but not : mello'n'er tints as it a.scends, The : cpntpf IHgn o\·erpow('rin~ I~ . and the d isUn r-tl\e : clI?lUn;;5 under t~le balconies and boxe8 ; Th~ ("tC"ri n r o f thE" bu ildmg Willi ~hara(' tp. T n( the struc turA 1~ ar':-' :! !'- ' -tiP )n I \,"I T ). w lth tra(,ln~ !n H!!e !'! ~~:i::":-:'i!.:i':tc: :!":. ~ :-:; .... o; ! ':~,"i':~ e!~,t"':-= 1 ent t\t a glnn C' e I the hl ne a.nrl rose, In ~anel ~rrect. hilt : il1umlOation y .. t s e l"n In th is part or P()~~l ll! .\ thp hfghpst type nr th p ' rif"\ 010 uttprly or the usual hldl.:0 1PI the c(,u ntry ~ e\'pr~l thn\l<:;dnd tllng4

:tTt to bp found In the \Vest o:Irp 1hp I c;t(>n('ll 'Poork_ The rea.r ~'Hl1Ft f.tr·'! in f't~n ! :!!!1;:' '' b .... I'1~ lJ '-Nl, r'!l" ,c:fnl; fr('m I 1 fnur pant>}<:I; In u:ts·r(>lJ~! on the (rlint i \,htt-.! marhlp The pi1~ers are 111 ! twent:, -fh.:o to 100 ';\A tt8 f'ach . The I l of the bUII d.I ng, ea(,h being typi cal or I\nr~. '\\tth gold caplta.a. Thf'l :1OX marqul'(' IS IIIl .min fll l'd with lamps or : \ a lu) p\ llIt'. In On t o r Its ph;HJPS Thf.~~"' , d rapt' n pc; .t r~ In blu p• with old ro., ..: a smd il l r <.a iltH. r m t)s t &l'lluctheb i • rO!..!f pa.noPlc; wpr~ m odele d ho,- Do- . HI ~rt tht>m of! E.a1!,s to the EOtA.P'c; ~\hO't · thf' I }l"n..tu\, ,!:r.,. sixty tnrchps I r mingO) ~f f) r ~. ;tr_ l'mlr:.ent Sp.JniRh I' bo"(f"~ .t nd Inge:! (\r~ in brass, poJl8h~1 '('o r 100 \\att ll=1m; lc; Thf'.-r- o;;:p,~ m to .

r.;c u~ptl)r [ 1 " 1"-1 "" .... \\ Y <l rk. v.ho b"'~,lm D Hut It I ~. JT( tlH) mai n ;!Ultltnrtum i f'he<l 0 \ . r thi' 1<1("1:101 1 ('\ half) (It . J:low- ' A'reat l). mt1 r , -. tt"'d In :\Ir L:i.ndsburgh fI ! pnrtl o n of the hnU6E:: that the whoJ~ m;iC r tt di tt ll< " \~ !l !C'h r",a.rht:'s do~." and I

1 td'{url~ ill .::l ~ ~.;~:;. lher~b:.· m :jSl l' . ! ~I'lp:nr l~ m(1st oeautlIul. Ther~ it had I mak('H ~n ," \\ nnl ·· i or n J ~e brHltant I n ~ dram:.. COn1 (> uy and the dnnce. In I Lpf'n very happy There Is n:l old- ! th e p ,1nr- '<., IIr" l l r th ·" c orniei' r1. r f' ~Ixt\ , s('m l-c l~ ~!., ~ ct thoiOUghl; :Il o th'rn I f.t :,id"n; d pr.-.~: ,cn !urn arch o r so und- InnrC' Idlb l" \\ l )H'r. l ll::;nt up til ", p ""r ~ E;'uhle. th p t\\ (, heing mosl dchs,:-htfIJlI .. 1n,; board. n o dual conlposltinn o! tnc : and \'\md,, \\ I.( .t nd Il~'un lit thl~ nalcon:, i

blend4>d in tho one ne-ure. Th& hand C"t-tJln& but a conU'luouslv ha.rmnnh"~fi' H'1~ ,..( t'-l,. thlrd ~~or ... ;Irl' SU'V~f'nl , "r th4! true rlru.t •• In evidence I t!eail'n 80 thl)r~u&'hlY tied to,;-eth4!:' that J hun()rl,d b!'IlII~lnt lamp! wh!C'h lllu- I

tllroughout Ihll work, and '.h .. colol 1 each element la In It. place IUld e .... ll! ml~.at~ :he b,~e <,[ the building. i