The vaudeville theatre, building, operation, management (1918)

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and color wheels, as listed in "Electrical Stage Equipment." Decoration It may be considered that the design of the theatre involves also the scheme of decoration adopted, and the author submits a few general color schemes that are known to be not only in good taste and effective, but to "wear well." Color schemes and method or working: The combination of ivory, gray and old-rose, properly balanced, makes a warm, cheerful in- terior. Ceiling surfaces may be laid in in grays with ornamental parts in glazed ivory, certain panels and ornaments to be picked out in gold, metal leaf or bronze, and the recessed parts in old-rose. Mural decorations should be used in appropriate locations, the subjects being his- torical or allegorical, but in any case in har- mony with the purpose of the theatre. This work is done first upon muslin canvas with oil paints, and then applied to the surfaces, and should be executed by experienced mural painters. The modern practice of finishing walls is to cover them with fabric, either silk or damask, though paper may be used. Canvas may be 66