Show 4 STAGE DROP BURNS AS HOT SONG ENDS NEW YORK Feb 18 UP UP UP-Sophio Sophie Tucker original mamma had just finished singing The Last of the Mammas at the Palace theater nationally famous vaudeville vaude house last night when flames en eloped el eI the backdrop drove more than han 1700 patrons into Times square and resulted in injuries to four persons Amon Among the performers forced to flee was Bill Robinson veteran negro tap dancer presenting an act called Hot From Harlem 1 Girls in irs scanty stage attire fled to a nearby hoteL The blaze apparently was started by ay a short circuit In a floor lamp Stage hands rolled down the asbestos curtain but tho the flames spread and shot out over o the orchestra pit a |