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

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laid on and painted in imitation of silk, or the walls may simply be finished up in oil paints, flat or glazed. Mouldings and friezes should be painted in the same tones as ceilings, but in darker tints. Standards in the ivory, gray and old-rose scheme should be bronzed and glazed with an- tique finish; seats upholstered with either gray or old-rose, draperies a deep old-rose or dark rich red, carpets gray, exit doors bronzed and antiqued. Here follows a list of other tried (not ex- perimental or theoretical) combinations: Drab, old-ivory and gold; wall coverings, painted surfaces or panels on walls in a rich gold tone, friezes drab, woodwork ivory en- amel, draperies moss green, standards ivory, seats moss green, carpets a deeper green. Cream, russet and gold; walls russet, wood- work glazed deep russet, draperies old-blue, standards deep russet, seats blue leather, car- pets brown. Various tones of gold make a rich-looking house; metal leaf should be in- variably used, not bronze. With mural decora- tions in deep colors, this scheme creates an Oriental effect. Pearl gray, royal purple and gold; walls royal purple, draperies deep purple with gold 67