New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-25
HE NEW PALACE THEATRE
MUSIC Hall in Broadway Opened
Yesterday Afternoon.

ne Falacc Theatre OF New York" TO
! eNe us full name a il appears on the
programme. opened its doors TO the CITY
yesterday afternoon with an elaborate
DILL The house itself is not only the
,''es'' IL Is also most luxurious music
nan with seating capacity OF I 500. and
wat Is OF wider interest. with the ca
pacity Of seating this vast number com
! lortably and spaciously. whether in the
S"HerN or tho orchestra. In the dccora-
uon OF the house 4 great deal of marble
mas peen tastefully used, particularly in the
Z P"' uuonS OF the partcrrc boxes. The color
Scheihe Is reStful. with an all-pervading
erect OF pearl gray. notable feature Of
the house is the projection of the can't
IeVer balcony with its semi-circlc Of
boxes. which reaches far ont over the
orchestra toward the stage There is n
rooihy promenade. and every modern idea
Tor the convenience Of patrons has been
introduced. The Palace is a distinct addi-
uon to New York'S handsome places Of
entertainment
~ Is the aNoWel purpose Of the manage
mont 20 follow as much as possible the
example Of the London music halls I'm the
performances TO be given. The bill opens
| therefore with the Palace Girls from the
London Palace Theatre. a dancing and
singing act with d novel setting Of seen
cry outlined in black on purely white
Backgrounds. The black-trmmed white
costumes Of the twelve dancers carry ont
the idea. the result being a decidedly
novel and pleasing effect
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is Leo Falls and Austen lIurGon's parody
ON the Nicuncso waltz craze. The tter-
nal Walt" Nj Fall has succeeded I'm
writing a very catchy one. indeed. and
tho management has furnished am cla5-
crate setting a la Maxim. with lots OF
pretty women in colorful dresses. plenty
of snowy Austrian uniforms. and Of
course plenty Of dancing. The operetta IN
little was received with uprcarious dp-
proval IL Will 20 still better when the
dialogue in its first part has been consid-
erably cut down IN the cast are cyril
Chadwick Mabel Borra and George
O'Den. whose light tenor. with its well
controlled falsetto. fits very well indeed
in Niennese opcretta.
Another feature Of tho hill Is la Napier
kowska a slender classic dancer who
gives that version of the dance Of "A
greater or lesser number OF wells known
in the Orient as the dance OF the bee.
\ comedy by George Ade. Speaking to
Father" IS not altogether George AIDE at
his best: ON the other hand a. specimen
of vaudeville condensed comedy it com
parcs favorably with the average.
An interesting debut wa that Of ly
Meyer. the woll-knovn caricouist The
public took him to its heart-him. his
charcoal and color drawings, his enter
tanning talk. and his unexpected demon
stration Of mis- gifts OF impersonation.
. The oytimist' he observed, makes
lemonade of the lemons the world hands
h!In'-this apropos of his division of man
kind into the fast. the slow. the sad
and the glad" Others on the bill are Ota
Gygi. a yioiiuist Of the Spanish court Ed
Wynn and company and an interpolated
quartet OF tight-wire performers, VINO 90
some graceful things and one of them-a
woman-some foolhardy one.