Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1922, Page 9

i Ees THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 14, 1922-PART- L 1 " 9 LOFTY SIMPLICITY KEYNOTE 'OF PLANS FOR AUDITORIUM " Architects’ Blueprints Call for Structure That Will Rival Famous Build- ings of World. After years of fruitless planning and evaporating hopes, Washington today receives concrete and definite plans for the civic auditorfum and convention hall long sought to the vacant niche of the city's scheme of public buildings. Chairman Rebert N. Harper of the building committee of the Washing- ton Auditorium Corporation yesterday received the preliminary dotails of the structural plan from architects. who have already laid down a vas: amount of preliminary work. Hc made them public last nighz. From the architects' drawings of the building as a whole, an idea may be concelved from first glance which places the auditorium of Washington not only on the nlane with American public buildings as far as accommo- dations go, but also well in the fore- front of public buildings hroughout the world, the famed structures ol centinental Europe included. Simplicity with elegance is the key- note of the architecture. CITIZENS PETITION FOR TAX HEARING Mount Pleasant Association Addresses Letter to President of Senate. Desiring tomeet the contention that Congress has not been formally noti- fled of opposition of local civic bodies to the proposed tax changes for the District of Columbia, the Mount Pleasant Citizens' Association last night adopted a “petition' to the gov- ernment for redress of grievance: signed by the officers and members of the association, to be presented to the Senate by a special committee. ‘The petition petitions the Senate “for leave to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and citizens to appear before the proper commit- tee of the Senate for the purpose of stating their objections to the pro- posed _ legisiation, ‘“together with such suggestions as may appear fair and reasonable.” It further asks that action on the pending bill be deferred until the citizens and taxpayers have been glven a fair hearing on the subject. The petition, addressed to the presi- dent of the Senate, expresses the “surprise, disappointment and re- gret” at the action of the House and the proposed action of the Senate in including “legislation affecting all taxpayers of the District without op- portunity to those who must pay in- creased taxes to be heard.” Called Manifestly Unfair. . The association points out that the action contemplated by the Senate “is manifestly unfair, not only in the natural effect thereof, but by reason of the legislative procedure thus far Tollowed.” The petition will be presented to the Senate by a special committee, composed of William Hemry White, C. F. Consaul and F. G. Coldren. The committee will urge Congress to recognize the _$5.000,000 surplus credited to the District as a means for relief from the taxation plan. At the meeting, which was held In the Johnson-Powell School, Maj. Robert Young .was - unanimously elected president of the asociation for the ensuing year, succeeding Col. lljam Edgar Rogers, who was pald tribute for his services. Other officers elected were "H. C. Russell, vioce president; Charles F. Consaul, secretary; A. J. Harding, treasuref, and William Henry White and J. S. Caldwell. 7 Would Better Zoo Entrance. The committee on parks and park- ings of which Mr, Coldren is chair- man, was authorized to work for the development of the ground just south of the Harvard street entrance to the Zoological Park 'in accardance with plans of Col. Sherrlll's office. A sum of money was appropriated for the purpose of employing 2 land- scape artist to draw plans for the beautification of the proposed public school on Newton street. Appropria: tions also were made to the Macfar land memorial fund and to the John son-Powell Community Center. Col. Rogers was elected chajrman of. a committee to .arange for a “citizenship” celebration on July 4. Attention was called by several members to the frequent depreda- tlons said to have been committed on the lawns and premises of residents in that section by boys of the nelgh- borhood. W. F. Bancroft- was ap- pointed chairman of a “vigilance co mittee.” Col. Rogers adjourned_the meeting until the fall meeting. Refreshments were served by the ladies of the as- sociation. HERE’S -WHY HOUSE CAN’T REACH RENT ACT Unmlmoui Consent c.lcn(iu. Dirt Farmer on Reserve Board and Other Things Intervene. In view of the fact that House leaders refused special consideration for the bill to continue the Rent Com- misslorf on the grounds that the time of the House is engaged too far in advance, there are many who are anxjous to know what is coming up. The tentative program as arranged by House Leader Mondell 1s as fol- lows: Conference reports will be consid- + ered from time to time as they are ready and opportunity offers. Tomorrow — Unanimous consent} eslapcar. - Suspension of 'the ruies. Tuesday—Naval scrapping bill. ‘Wednesday—Naval scrapping bill. Thursday—-River and harbor ai thorization Bill. Friday—War claimg! Unfinished below. , or one of the bills indicated Saturday—Unfinished busfness, if in H. tional bank: L. 2 from Natienal Banking Association; S. 3263, appointment of “dirt” farmer to Federal Reserve Board. All le jation from agriculture committee. Senators, who believe that the rent extension should be put through be- fore the present law expires on mid- night, May 21, are bending their en ergles to bring about action in the House_ this weel Already there have been several informal confer- ences with House leaders, and it is expected that others' will be held to- morrow. T0 ADMINISTER HILL ESTATE. ST. PAUL, Minn., May 13.—George Flannery, president of the North- western Trust Company of St. Paul, today was named by Probate Judge Howard Wheeler to be administrator of the $15,000,000 estate of Mrs. Mary . HNl, widow of the late James J. Hill, she empire builder. This will be | marked by the absence of ruperficial and superfluous ornamentation. , But nothing will be sacrificed t> the detri- ment of the welfare of those *vho may enter the auditorfum. Tt will be fire- proof throughout. Thorough lests will be made from time to time during its construction to insure safely in every detail. Covers Triangle Block. The building, which will be located at 19th and E strects, with New York avenue flanking one side of a tri- angular block, will have a frontage of 243 feet on the New York avenue side. On 19th street, the frontage will be 104 feet, and on E street, 229 feet. All of the supporting parts of the bullding will be steel. The steel frame wlill be erected complete before any of the wafls, floors or roof will be installed, and to insure detailed. per- fection the architects have secured the services of an expert engineer from Pittsburgh, Pa., who will co- operate with their own engineers on structural alignment. Elliott Woods, architect of the United States Capitol, and Louls A. Simon, assistant supervising archi- {tect of the Treasury, will pass on structural clements of 'the auditorium, it was announced last night. i Both these experts were profession- al advisers to the jury of award in Ithe competition for _arehitects, in which the firm of Milburn & Heister were successful competitors. Exhibit Hall Planned. The ground floor will contain an exhibit hall, 152 feet wide and 18% feet in length. It will open on the three street fronts, making it con- venient for exhibts of all types, one enthusiastic member stating that any sort of an exposition from locomo- tives to a dog show will be assured of accommodation. As a matter of fact, it is_believed the space would permit a locomotive to be run into the exhibit hall without any damage, if such a requirement arose. It 1S assured also that anything which can be packed into a freight car will be accommodated in the exhibit hall. About the hall will be grouped rooms for smaller exhibits, as well as committee rooms, telegraph offices, rooms for correspondents, the entrance {lobbies and a large kitchen and store- room so that the exhibit hall can be utilized for large banquets. i The central feature of the building will be the auditorium on the main floor, which is to have a seating capacity of at least 6.000, including I seats in the balcony. This will place the auditorfum in a position to ac- commodate many more persons than any other building ' in Washington. Memorial Continental Hall, which was used for the limitation of arms | conference, has an auditorium which |is well filied to accommodate a bit more than a third that number. Not only the main auditorium will be available for concerts. lectures and conventions, but also flanking and adjoining rooms. which will run seating capacity up a thousand addi- tional. Entrance Lobbles Wide. The entrance to the auditorium will be from both the New York avenue and the E street sides, through wide entrance lobbles, opening into a foyer thirty-five feet in width and seventy feet long. From this foyer entrants may pass to reception rooms, check- ing rooms and other auxiliary com- partments. . Entering the auditorium, one will face a massive stage, with a pro- scenfum, semi-circular in shape to in- sure) good acoustics, _sixty feet in width. The stage curtain opening w be forty feet wide, and on each side of the proscenium will be grouped the boxes. On one side of the stage will be rooms for high officials, speakers and artists, with connecting recep- tion rooms. The corresponding rooms on the other side may be used for organizations, societies and clubs. That's only the main floor. Walk up the wide statrcase to the mez- zanine floor and one reaches an’as- sembly hall having a seating capacity of 300. One turns around and walks into another room with a seating ca- paclty of 200, and on roaming about a bit finds three other roems for use of smaller meetings or groups. Also nearby are found boardrooms, a committee room and a dressing room. 26 Balcony Boxes. Aside from the stage, the second floor is to be utllized for seats. Around the balcony rall will be grouped twenty-six boxes. On this floor also will be rooms of picture machines, spotlights and stored arti- cles. On each side of the stage space ‘on the floor will also be dressing and reception rooms for artists, as well as dressing rooms for principals and choruses. Above those boxes on each side of the proscenium will be space reserved for organs. Echo chambers in the rear of the auditorium and the pro- scenlum will be treated in a lace-pat- tern effect for the emission of sound. ‘When the committee was discuss- ing the large seating capacity the question, as usual, arose, “Suppose there might occur an emergency, when the bullding would have to be emptied speedlly?” Immediately the committee got busy on plans for such a necessity. And when the archi- l l LITT makes a specialty of Paint- ¥ ing, Paperhanging or Uphol- stering. You will get the kind of workmanship you want. - 1325 14th St. 1224-5 PliItCfl., Inc., 3 o™ Geo. Sport Oxfords for Kiddies $2.50 Smoked ‘elk-with tan trimmings . (as illus-/ trated), in sizes from 814 to 2. Very smart, very grown-up, and very specially priced - at $2.50. | THE AVENUE AT NINTH 1 Y T it BS I ! I Jii i Mk b S tects' plans came through it was found that they had been so drawn up that numerous exits on the street front, in addition to the main stair- waye, would allow the complete de- sertion of the place in a space ,of a| few minutes. It did not stop here. however. The plans also Include the | placement of six fire towers available | from every part of the bullding. Perfect View of Stage. With all these arrangements, how- ever, every seat, in the vast audito- rium will allow the auditor a perfeot THE FLOOR PLAN FOR THE AUDITORIUM. one of the latest systems evolved. With a view to safety in fireproof- ing, as well as substantlality in con- struction, all of the supporting parts of the building will be steel, and the steel frame will be. erected complete ycfore any of the wallg or floors or the roof will be installed. This frame is to be the subject of the afore-men- tioned tests, so that in event any non- harmonic points are discovered they may be corrected before any further steps have been taken along conatruc- tion linef. To faciiitate construction it is the announced intention of the plarners view of the stage, and, in addition, the illumination of the auditorium will be -tapestry now, because this WING CHAIRS SLIP COVERS AND DRAPERIES $50 OVERSTUFFED DIRECT FROM FACTORY AT REDUCED PRICES ALSeL il L | THIS 3-PIECE SUITE, *159.50 This massive 3-plece overstuffed suite covered in either tapestry or velour. Spring edge, spring cushions, spring backs and arms. These suites ordinarily sell for $300 and $400. Select your own design and your offer does not last long. $24.50 UNITED UPHOLSTERY CO. Washington’s Biggest Manufacturers of Upholstered Furniture 911 7th St. NW - _PHONE MAIN 3419 THE SEATING CAPACITY WILL BE 6,000. to let the contract for structural steel ! similar to granite. $195 OVERSTUFFED SUITE 3 pieces; leatherette, tapestry or velour..... I M SR Y st ol look on cempleti be finished in At ite. angular block bounded by 10th street, E street and New York avenue. The it 1 site 1x dingonnlly mcross from the ““;_:,",f”‘f"}lf_“:"!- R ) Intertor " Department _ bullding, and |, F4C0 0000, o i W beenin contains 30,037 wquare feet. SULOL tha Smou of i subaaind AUDITORIUMGETS FLOOD OF PLEDGES| l Committee’s Butfetin Points | to Value of Plan as Invest-_ | ment and Service. i Subscriptions and pledges for the $500,000 Washington auditorium are already being received in large quanti-! tles by the committee in charge, it was | apnounced yesterday. Officlal statistics on this line,are expected to be made public next week. Under the thairmanship of Robert N. Harper, with Charles J. Columbus as secretary and C. J. Gockeler treasurer, the committee has issued a prospectus- | bulletin, which points out several sali- | ent features of the financial scheme for building the auditorium, : | The first point emphasized” is that | subscription does not mean contribu- tion, nor a donation to charity. It is an investment. “We expect to have both bonds and | stock listed on our local exchange,” says the bulletin. , “You are, therefore, asked to invest in ‘something whicn will {have a real marketable value behind it.” Appeals to Business Sense. This is the point which, according to members of the committee, appeals to the business men and investors in the city who desire to aid Washington to obtaine an auditorium comparing fa- | vorably with large public buildings in | The will ! similar to gran- It will bé erected on the tr mortgage upon the entire propert: { | framework before contracts for any other part of the work are awarded. By this method it is expected that the steel frame~ will be in place when other contracts are let, so that the| work can proceed without delay. Architects expect to complete the drawings for the steel frame within the next two weeks, so that the actual work can be started at an early date. - 1 All floors, walls, partitions and; other constructive elements of the building are to be of fireproof con- struction. The exterior is to be fi ished with an aggregate material N 22 W $12500 - REPAIRING RE-UPHOLSTERING AND REFINISHING | demar, Opal W The remaining half will be represen ed by the stock of the company. The ground, bullding, furniture and fix- tures will represent a cost of more than half a million_dollars, and the MRS. GILBERT SPEAKS. Pen Women’s League Head Gives 3 bond issue, uccording to present plans, will not exceed $275,000. The payments on all subscriptions, moreover, will extend over a period Address at University Club. *“We are anxious to advance and spread American literature and{of six months. arts,” declared Mrs. Louis N. Gilbert| The convention hall, it is pointed (Grace Duffie Boyland), national|ut, will, therefore, list itself among the business assets rather than among the non-self-supporting orna- ments of the city. Ld president of the American Pen Wom- en's League, in an address at the University Club, which was attend- ed by a number of prominent mem- bers of the league and_ University Club last night. Mrs. Gilbert said that the Pen Women's League wasof revenue under the present plans. asking the publishers to co-operate | These include grand operas, theatri- | with them {n determining what sort | cals, concerts, shows of various kinds, | f literature and books the public|lectures, motion pictures and some ‘wanted. permanent tenants. | Mre. Harry Atwood Colman, first| Still another point that is being vice president of the league, spoke|driven home appears in the following Many Revenue Sources. To back up this point, the commit- tee points to several principal sources of its founders and development|quotation: from, fifty members twenty-five years | “No matter how good a man may #g0 'to its present membership of [be, no matter how pure a life he| 2,000 | may live, he is not necessarily a good | The other speakers of the evening | citizen unless he d somethi were Helen Rowland, Margaret Wid- s oes ng v | worth while for the community in K ‘hiteley and Mrs. Theo- | which he lives." dore Tiller, District president. “Ten Points for Good Washington- Mrs. Luther E. Gregory sang a'ians” which are being sptead verbally number of her own compositions, | by the committee members, are as fol- among whickh were “Little Patch of | Jows: | Land'” and “A Little Child's Garden.” | | Claude Bennett, chairman of the en- | Ten Sharp Points. “First—The question is not so much | tertainment committee of the Uni-| versity Club, acted as toastmaster. | qpether a business man can afford to | I, | €0 in® a profect and assist financially assachusetts' 22,000 saleswomen |as whether he can justify staying out | e been granted @ minimum pay of |and ndt lending a helping hand. a week. | " “Second—the members of the trade | h. 314 NOW flash on as trime {eather- Patent i€ Tan calf- 5850 Patent leather, turn / sole, military heel. $10.75 o You'll .ulwnys find “Something New;' at our Stocking Shops 1318 G St. | bring up a specified amount of spon; Sandals : with 7 Open-Work l'uon’ s Screen White kidskin, pat- ent leather, black calf- “City Chub Shof” bodies have voted time and time again in_favor of an auditorium. “Third—This is no one man's move- ment. “Fourth—When business is dull the wise business man advertises, When busipees s slow, something should be done to improve ' it. “Fifth—Every real man worthy of being looked upon as a good citizen should do something for the community which is helpful. p “Sixth—The citizen who mever sup- ports the general welfare of his com- munity is a poor citizen Indeed. “Seventh—If you do not help, don'i nock. “Eighth—If you do not approve, show the remedy. “Ninth—Of little advantage to his community s the man who uses crit CiSIMS against a community enterpris. as an excuse for not helping it. “Tenth—Action Is what eounts. There is no need for a man to devote too much time i preaching to others.” Estimate of Recelpts. For those who wish figures as well as facts a table based on estimated receipts and expenses has been com- piled. The gross receipts, according to this table, giving 170 days rental for conventions and other meetingsa of a general character, six days of grand opera, forty days for concerts, and the same time for motion picture entertainments, as well as thirty days for the exhibition hall and and thirty evenings for balls, the- atricals and _athletic events, would amount to $90,000. A number of other ftems included, and after each, the approximate amount of revenue expected is checked. Then the expenses are listed. These include taxes, insurance, coal, electric- ity. janitor, watchman, fireman, ush- ers, "a superintendent and spectal help, as well as water rent, Interest on $250,000 bonds end a miscellaneous expense list of $1500. The total ex- penses thus figured would be $3,950. Deducting 6 per cent dividend on $250.000 in stock, the surplus would amount to $36,030, after the first ! year's operation. Tablet to Show Names. To keep the names of those making the enterprise possible for the gen- erations to come, a bronze tablet will be erected in the auditorium lobby on which the names of the subscribers to the stock and bonds of_the auditorium will be listed. For those seeking to make Wash- ington the convention city of the country, the auditorium plan is held out as one of the surest roads to this goal. The circular states, along this 1 Millions of dollars will be left here annually to be distributed among the local people, benefiting every one either directly or indirect- ly. This is a great opportunity for the business interests of Washing- ton. No cittzen should be without a substantial interest in this enter- prise. 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