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

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Install in two or more accessible locations on each floor of auditorium, a hose reel, in recess with glass framed, easy opening door, the nozzle and hose to be connected, ready for use. A fire-curtain of thick and strongly woven asbestos cloth, running freely in iron guides, is usually required by law; but should it chance that the law does not require it in the reader's locality, its installation is nevertheless urgently recommended. The vent opening in roof of stage, automatic sprinkler system, fireproof and smokeproof cor- ridors and stairways and fireproof construction are all matters upon which volumes of informa- tion are available, and the writer will not en- deavor to go more deeply into the subject, feel- ing sure that the reader appreciates its im- portance, and will give it due consideration in planning, erecting and operating his theatre. Insurance There should be no necessity to call attention to the prime necessity of insuring a business against every hazard for which insurance may be had. Yet, in his travels, the writer finds many theatrical enterprises not so insured, and has known of many staggering losses occur- ring through inattention to this matter. 284