The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-20
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS
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NeW xOrk, Jan. 1U ~-Opera VS. JaEz? Ask Angelo Palange about his preference and while he will warbie Q bar from Aida" with joy in his voice, he will tell you that ragtirne pays better.
 signor Palange has just open ed a new, big restaurant, the Pal- ladiunl, off Broadway, where the music is derived from the hot rooms of Tin Pay Alley. Such iotables as Eddie Cantor, Gloria Vanderbilt and Jimmie Donahue were there to wax enthusiastic the evening his cabaret opened.
 And yet, signor Plange is more familiar with the choruses from "Pagliacci" than he is with the refrain of "Wahoo", the Tiu- sic that goes round and around. As a matter of fact, 1t was on these same premises, back in the days when the Palladium was Q staid opera house (sans two-by- two tables and split.bottle ginger ale) that signor Palange pursued his career as an assistant opera irnpressario.
 He was in league with Fortune Gallo then, helping to compete with the Metropolitan by present. ing classic operas ct popular prices. These grew none too pro. fitable aS the engagement wore on. One evening, signor Palange conspired with the maestro to sneak in 6 jazz tune, for the sake of variety. Signal Gallo would not permit the sacrilege and stormed against 1t. And 1t was then that the good Signor Pal. ange turned and made 0 prophecy, c grim prediction that some day this theater would ring with hot. cha and smoking tunes instead of an aria from Carmen"
 His ciairvoyance came true soon afterward when Billy Rose chucked out the rows of seats, the operatic scores and liberttos and brought in the Casino de Farce, which, at the time, was the hottest show in town, and which is now defunct. At last the place has fallen into the possess ion of signor Palange, whose favorite music is Puccinis but whose customers. tastes run to swing-tii1ie. f'.
 HOrse Christening
 The season for Christening the ponies Is now on for the new racing season. And among the new entries in nomenclature I note the following: Sophie Tuck. CT, Major Bowes two year olds), Addis Ababa Co colt), Jaw Break CT (by Chicle and etalagrnite out of Qrotto), Colonel Julian, No Dice (who has Porter as Q sire) |, and Q Ally named Rye Beach, Even the theater has been loots ed for Q horses name this year. one of the ponies in the Whitney stables is called An, Wildernessl Fighting Lady
 Claudia Cranston's new book, "sky Gypsy, may establish the Authoress as our new Adventure Girl, now that Joan Lowell has been silent for some time. For "eky Gypsy" is Claudias auto. Biographical account of her long flight through the air with the greatest of ease. She is said to be the first woman to have covered 260,0O0 mile sby plane over the Gar. ibbean, South and Central Aineri- ca, Mexico and the Anason jungle. She is also the first white woman snyone hereabouts knows of, ever | to witness the Voodoo rites in the interior cf Haiti.'
 A vivacious, young lady with . daring curiosity, the Bcrivefiing Miss Cranston will continue her adventures even after "eky oyp- by" has gone to press. Her next travel book will be about Japan, When in town, she is preBsed into the social whirigig and is Q popu- far miss with tho young local set Pretty and petite, she is but five fet tall and wears her dark haiS in pert bob. "A