The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-16
PALMA HAS NEW DANCE
Mile Dozas' Novel Per-
Torrance at Last
Nights Stag.

They had a stag at the Palma Clnb las I
night-the first OF the s~eason-and it was
q success. The cIuumen and their
friends crowded the amusement hall
with a throng that ran over into the
hall and parlurs. They crowded III early,
and while they patiently waited for the
exercises to begin they fell TO admiriag
the little cottage al each side of the
stage ana wondering what 1t was for.
Inc appearance OF CDairma i Fields. OF
the Entertainment COMMITTEE, wi q his
"tne text on the programme" WAS u
signal for generous applause, when was
Kept up during the entirs svenin &.
lhe program ne was u good one and
met with the appreciation of every one
present. Mr.. Fields, Mr.. Herbert Rice
and the other members of the Entertain
ment Committee deserve ali the pleasant
Things that were said of them last evsn-
Ing by the delightful audience.
Captain" Ella Wessuer, whom our
grandfathers recall as the best male i'm
personator OF their day. There ars very
few That can equal her now In thar line,
and her acling of the Young Swell out
Tor an evening WAS so natural that many
OF the memDsrs i'm me lately adj ,urnel
TO "Joe Lear's" thirst cure.
II had been whispered around among
VIC ! tuSu VIAL tusre WAS GOtuR TO u6
Fetching skirt dancers on tbs proxra mme
and mysterious and vague hInts of the
Mid = ny were rife. consequently when
Mr.. Eields announced The next on the
progra !. me Ia Mam'seIle Dozas, Spanish
dancer" q subdued murmur OF eager
expectation ran through tae room. Tue
orchestra" truck u cnord on the ri Ano
and Mile, Dozax bouudsd on to the Stage.
She was somewhat disappointing aud a
plain spoken gentleman in tue rsar of the
room remarked that she was TOO
beefy." She seemed to be abnormally
developed about The knees, AMI there
was a restrained motion in her joints
which suggested iuflaniatary rneuma>
tism5 She daucsd a few steps and then
dove Into the cottage at the left Of the
stage. She r~eappeared almost i'm
me'iiately ln another and more abbrc-
Waited costume. 1t Was noticed tina the
swelling about her knees had materially
decreased. and there was much more sup
pleness in her movements. she shed her
costume thus three or four times until she
got down alalost to what Senator Pfsfer
calls first principles and appeared
clothed in little else than hee naLive
niodesty aud an American ha2 All
traces OF inf inmarory rnsum ttism Ia d
disa ppeared from her jpiots aud she
danced 10 the tune of Yankee Doodle''
III a manner that left little to be desired
save more of it.
Mile. DoZas was Enthusiastically APP
plauded ana made q decided hit. It Is
said she can come agaiu.
Andy Lewis gave several funny chars
aoter sketches and Mr.. and Mrs. Gleasoa
materially added to the snioymsnt Of
the evening. Weston and Heruert, one
OF wnom is an attractive youag lady, but
which one Mr.. Fields didn'5 say, ap-
peared in an entertaining musical sketch.
They played several Instruments and ex-
tracted pleasing music from all sorts Of
queer looking objects. Miss Sophie
Jensen. q pretty girl with a pleasant
voice. sang several OF the serio ionic dit-
ties OF the day in a manner which highly
delighted the younger members oil the
club,