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Show 00 CRYSTAL PALACE TO DISAPPEAR Is'ew York, June 24. London's crystal crys-tal palace, wnich for more than a half century has been England's great Bhow place, is about to meet the fate of New York's Madison Square Garden. Gar-den. It is advertised for sale in announcements an-nouncements which are being sent to real estate firms and wealthy men in this country as well as, Great Britain, Bri-tain, The announcement is qualified with the statement that "it ia earnestly earnest-ly hoped that some ono may come forward and save the Crystal Palace for the people." Whether some American millionaire i& expected to take up Oils philanthropy philan-thropy is not stated. The property includes in-cludes about 20 acres, valued at $7,000,000. a Like Madison Square Garden, the palaco has not been a "financial success suc-cess In recent years. Its inaccessibility inaccessi-bility has prevented It being used for many populnr entertainments while the growth of new amusements centers cen-ters has withdrawn much of the old-time old-time patronage. 200 |