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FOR MANAGERS AND OPERATORS 415
The points to be carefully considered in the erection of an airdome are: (a) The shutting off of the view of the screen as much as possible from the windows of adjoining tenement houses, since too good a view of the screen from such windows frequently operates to materially reduce the box office receipts. Not only will the occupants of the flats see the show without paying an admission, but they will cordially invite their neighbors to go to the theater by their window route, (b) The location of the shading of the screen in such manner that it will not be materially effected by moonlight; also in such position that it will receive the benefit of darkness at the earliest possible hour. In this connection, it must be considered that it will very likely be from 20 minutes to one-half hour later, before a picture can be projected on a screen which faces the west, than on one which faces the east.
In order to protect the screen from the effects of moonlight it should be covered by a hood, and protected by flaring wings on either side, both the hood and the wings being not less than ten feet wide, and painted a dead black. This will serve to make the picture much sharper and brighter, and the black should be brought in so as to outline the picture, and so that the picture will lap over on the black outline by two or three inches, sides, top and bottom; (see page 338). A careful observance of this latter will very greatly improve the projection in airdomes. Inasmuch as the audience at an airdome seldom or never sits higher than the screen, the hood need not slope upward much. Perhaps three feet in ten, certainly not more than that. The wings should flare out at an agle of about 60 degrees.
The airdome should be either cemented or floored with lumber, since the dirt floor is by no means satisfactory, particularly to ladies wearing white skirts. The cinder floor is an improvement, but the only right thing (if it pays to do a thing at all, it pays to do it right) is either cement or lumber for flooring.
An effective scheme for airdome work is to have a space back of the regular seating, in which are placed tables for the serving of soft drinks, ice cream, etcetera.
The seats of an airdome should be of a character which, while comfortable, still will not be seriously affected by the weather, since they will of necessity be exposed both to rain and sunshine A carefully made settee is perhaps best; that is to say, a settee made of lumber and divided into seat divisions 20 inches wide. Such a bench can be made by a competent carpenter, but it should be made of slats and formed on the contour of an opera chair. The seats, whatever their character, should be firmly fastened to the floor.