. Atlanta, yesterday, today and tomorrow. s instead of by steps. At the eastern end ofthe building is the organ loft, where is housed themagnificent $50,000 instrument. The building is also provided with a small con-vention hall, seventy-five by seventy-eight feet,with a twenty-nine-foot ceiling. Here smaller con-ventions and similar gatherings are held, the seat-ing capacity being about nine hundred. This hallwas ^christened on January 15, 1909, with a*possum supper to President Taft, who was theguest of the City on that date. Incidentally, Pres-ident Taft liked nothing better than a visit to
. Atlanta, yesterday, today and tomorrow. s instead of by steps. At the eastern end ofthe building is the organ loft, where is housed themagnificent $50,000 instrument. The building is also provided with a small con-vention hall, seventy-five by seventy-eight feet,with a twenty-nine-foot ceiling. Here smaller con-ventions and similar gatherings are held, the seat-ing capacity being about nine hundred. This hallwas ^christened on January 15, 1909, with a*possum supper to President Taft, who was theguest of the City on that date. Incidentally, Pres-ident Taft liked nothing better than a visit toGeorgia. He spent his vacation in this State upona number of occasions, and won many friends andadmirers by his affable manner and genial tem-perament. In financing the auditorium at a time of generaldepression, the committee encounterd numerousobstacles, but every difficulty was overcome be-cause of the unanimity with which the public spir-ited citizens of Atlanta wrought upon the is doubtful if there is another building any-. -::,»?.-., THE STAGE—NOW AND THEN 177 where in the country that represents so much inspaciousness, in permanency, in convenience andin architectural detail, and so little in financial out-lay. This result was due in part to the conditionsabove referred to, but another factor was repre-sented in the skill and intelligence displayed bythe building committee. This committee got fullvalue, ^*pressed down and running over, forevery dollar expended. It is a far cry, frem^this great auditorium to At-lantas first impqrtantTitmse of entertainment, butthe journey is not without iM^rest. Indeed, a merereference to the DeGive Theatre is enough to startthe old-time theatrical, patron upon a voyage ofdelightful *Ah, those were thedays! Names to conjure with appeared on theboards then—Joe Jefferson, Booth and Barrett,Sol Smith Russell, John T. Raymond, FannieDavenport, Sarah Bernhardt, Ezra Kendell, Rich-ard Mansfield, J. K. Emmett, Denma
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