£>tovp of tJe Hubttorium T HE present May Music Festival, which is the first in a projected series which promise to become an established feature in the esthetic life of the South, acquires a special interest from the fact that it marks the formal opening of the two hundred and fifty thousand dollar auditorium-armory which Atlanta justly regards as one of the chief jeweis of her civic crown. Its completion brings to a successful consummation one of the most ambitious enterprises ever undertaken by an American city and it Stands to-day as a memorial of patriotic citizenship, indomitable energy and as an outpost of future development. To the visitor who sits in the midst of its ample area, where comfort and commodiousness have happily combined, Atlanta may say, in the language of Sir Christopher Wren’s epitaph around the dorne of St. Paul’s: n If you would see her monument, look around you!" Not only in size and seating capacity, but in all the accessories which could find a place in such a structure- it ranks among the great auditoriums of the country. Indeed, in the number of its points of excellence it is regarded as an architectural triumph which ranks second to none in the United States. While the project was yet in its formative state a delegation of experts was sent to study all the celebrated auditorium buildings in the United States. The best feature of each was appropriated and the plan evolved was the mature fruit of their observation, concentrating under one roof all the superior features for which other buildings of this character are distinguished. Utility and quiet elegance are combined in the great building which Stands at the corner of Courtland Avenue and Gilmer Street, in the very heart of the city. on a lot two hundred by three hundred feet in size. The larger