RURAL COMMUNITY BUILDINGS. 23 
wide, beautifully arched. The building contains the following 
rooms : 
1. An auditorium 45 by 50 feet, comprising two wings, with 
movable doors. This contains 400 movable opera chairs and a 
piano. At the front is a stage 18 by 30 feet, with two sets of scenery, 
8 flies, moving-picture curtain, one front and one rear curtain, with 
24 electric lights above and 48 footlights. 
2. A kitchen 14 by 24 feet, containing coal and gas ranges, four 
cupboards, and kitchen and table equipment sufficient to feed 130 
people at one time. 
3. A women's dressing room, with fireplace and couch. 
4. A men's dressing room. 
5. Four toilets. 
6. An office 12 by 13 feet, containing a stove, tables, desks, 90 feet 
of bookshelves with encyclopedias, historical works, etc., and a safe. 
7. A balcony in the rear of the auditorium seats 30 people and 
contains a moving-picture booth with a picture machine, the prop- 
erty of the public schools. In the arcades are 30 rustic chairs. 
The site of 29 acres and the building, including light, heat, and 
water installations and furnishings to the value of $1,000, were 
presented to the public by a local resident. Her son furnished funds 
for the ground reclamation. Another woman, a resident, furnished 
the playground apparatus. The local woman's club gave furniture 
to the value of $850. 
The following are the expenses from April 1, 1916, to April 1, 1917: 
Gas $8. 70 
Electricity 42. 35 
Telephone 55. 57 
Repairs 23. 70 
Wood and coal. 60. 00 
Insurance 145. 16 
Taxes 72. 97 
Salary of playground teacher 900. 00 
Salary of one janitor 900. 00 
Total current expenses 2, 208. 45 
Permanent improvements 97. 75 
Total 2, 306. 20 
The woman's club pays all expenses except the salaries of the 
playground teacher and the janitor, which are paid by the donor of 
the building, and receives all income. In one recent year it raised 
$1,600 and expended it all on maintenance and upkeep of grounds. 
It raises money from entertainments, an annual May fete, harvest 
dances, dues, and rentals. 
The building and grounds are owned by a legal corporation called 
the Tamalpais Centre, organized primarily for the purpose of holding 
