The Kents Do It, London Does It, You'll Soon Be Doing It, Too—The Palais Glide

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 27, 16 December 1938, Page 9

The Kents Do It, London Does It, You'll Soon Be Doing It, Too—The Palais Glide

was much more popular with fashionable hostesses than the Walk. It was called the Palais Glide, and it had a great deal more dignity-and was much less rough on the furniture-than the Lambeth Walk. , The Palais Glide was assured of popularity when the Duke and Duchess of Kent did it one night at the ultra-smart Quaglino’s, haunt of Royalty and London’s aristocracy. And it had the advantage over the Lambeth Walk that it can be done to many tunes, including ‘‘John Brown’s Body"’ and ** John Peel." It wasn’t long before most of London was doing it; the Palais Glide erossed the Atlantie and was soon the rage in New York. Today it is being done everywhere and is even seen on odd oceasions in New Zealand ballrooms. But the National Commercial Broadcasting Service wants to see it done in EVERY ballroom, and the ‘‘Record"’ is lending its co-operation in launching the Palais Glide in New Zealand. In Wellington, Southern College is putting listeners through their paces over 2Z4B, while Mildred Harris and Murray Carroll are demonstrating the Glide at Wellington’s Majestic Cabaret with the popular Sammy Lee and his band lending noble support. S OON after the Lambeth Walk made its sensational debut in London another dance came along that