The sun., 1919-03-11
BLONDES RUN RIOT
IN PALACE THEATRE
Exception Is Frances White.
Who Also Is Farcwelling
at Riverside.

The Palace Theatre bill ran mostly TO
blondes yesterday-girls with curls like
wood shavings. Practically the only
brunette effect was contributed by
Frances White. and at that she had in
William Rock a partner who. while not
exactly chemical blonde. had had his
hair bleached by the aging process.
II must not be supposed, however, that
this act stood out on the bill by reason
of Miss WEite's dark hair. with its auto
mobile gloss and streamline finish.
Though the lifting dancing Of this pair
was one Of the strong features OF their
turn, Rock and White we're much more
than a footnote TO the programme.
They had several comedy passages
that evoked continuous laughter from
an audience which. in view OF this being
the teams farewell engagement. had
come prepared to shed tears IL necessary.
But little Miss White was the only one
in the house called upon TO use a hand
kerchief which she did when she
appeared in her best stage Bingham
gown and. az a preliminary to singing
"Guzzinta." used the wipe" fastened to
her silk rompers and detled anybody in
the house to stop her.
Evidently in order to get little pre-
llminary training for their appearance
in a London revue the pair of stars
presented their Scotch sketch. with will
lam Rock all logged our IN a Highland
costume and q pound note, exhibiting
the representative Scotch virtues, which
means that considerable humor was
drawn from a penny. Miss White. at
tired as an Edinburgh street gamin.
sang OF being "a puir Scotch lass!e' in
a way that caused motherly bodies in the
audience to make affcC:ionate Clucking
noises
In addition they presented shlmmy
vabble, a coiored accompanst who kept
time with a syncopatcd wagging of the
head, their Chinese scene. and an enter
tanning bit by Rock as the old boy OF
SO who feared no woman but was afraid
to go to bed. Miss White In her dances,
as usual, appeared as sure footed as a
goat.
Another act that raised considerable
dust was the performance OF the United
States Navy Jazz Band from the Bos-
ton yard, fresh from its triumphs at
breaking up the atmosphere Of London.
Paris and home with its irregular
rhythms. The playing Of these twenty
five musicians was very much like prize
flghting-the more IT continued the
wilder It got Starting sedately vita
Won Suppes Light Cavalry Overture, 4"
their performance wound up IN an orgy
of jazz in which the players tossed in
struments, chairs and piano stool into
the air. Afterward the town crer OF
the Palace, who is also the prophet OF
Jazz, was discovered in ecstatic Mysteries.
his only regret being that the band
hadn't made It's performance perfect by
heaving the piano out into the audience.
Marie Nordstrom. ably assisted by an
encourage OF hats. presented Let's Pre-
tend" In which she does one Of her most
diverting caricatures. that OF the Naude-
Vile soubrette who would have been
forced into unconditional surrender as a
player if the war hadn't given her a
chance TO become famous dixie linden
burg) by Raging martial airs.
Hc-acc Wright and Renee Dietrich.
newly returned from helping the boys
smile away the miles 10 victory, bring
back a couple OF real voices TO the two a
day. making one realize what one misses
when hearing a singer vocalize his nose.
Rock and White. by using relay OF
automobiles, are able to keep abreast OF
the times In the Riverside also In the
Colonial another member OF the White
family who has thsrame OF George in
front OF him and four dancing beauties
behind him, is able TO take the pole at
the starting post and hold it to the finish.
In tho Columbia Theatre Cheer up
America" patriotic revue by VIII II,
Smith Of ZIP. Zip, Yaphank' fame, al
most roconciled one TO July l.