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FOR MANAGERS AND OPERATORS 669
ceptionally wide experience is found, not good practice to place operating room construction and equipment in the hands of the operator. He may be a most excellent operator, but his experience is most likely limited to what he has observed in a comparatively small number of theatres.
There are now available a few really competent projection engineers, and I would by all means advise that architects' plans be submitted to one of these men and that they be requested to suggest changes, both in the operating room location and its plans, which suggestions the architect shall be, if necessary, compelled to incorporate into his plans. Remember that the income of your theatre will depend very largely on the result on its screen. Why place that result more or less at the mercy of an architect who, however learned he may be along other lines, knows little or nothing about practical projection? Such a course can but result in the hampering of the work of your operator and the injury to greater or less extent of the picture on your screen.
It would also be an act of wisdom to consult a projection engineer who has no manufacturing connections concerning projection apparatus. You or your operator may know something about a few of the hundreds of different kinds of apparatus, but it is the projection engineer's business to have a comprehensive knowledge of them all.
A FEW DOLLARS INVESTED IN EXPERT KNOWLEDGE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY IN THE END, AND AS A GENERAL PROPOSITION THE RETURN WILL BE A THOUSANDFOLD.
Airdomes
During the summer months, particularly in the south, airdomes or open air theatres are very popular, and they are justly popular, too, because they contribute to the the amusement of the people under the best possible conditions as to fresh air, etc. In the past, however, airdome construction has been altogether too crude. In many of the smaller towns it has consisted merely of an open lot with a high fence around it, seats set directly on the ground, a little saw-off "coop" containing one projector, and the cheapest possible kind of screen.
In New York City the law requires, among other things, that airdomes must be floored, either with wood or cement, and that the chairs be fastened thereto. This is an excellent rule to be followed. If it pays to do a thing at all it pays to do it right. A dirt floor is by no means satisfactory, par