 Hitherto the halls had borne unmistakeable evidence of their origins , but the last vestiges of their old connections were now thrown aside , and they emerged in all the splendour of their new @-@ born glory . The highest efforts of the architect , the designer and the decorator were enlisted in their service , and the gaudy and tawdry music hall of the past gave way to the resplendent " theatre of varieties " of the present day , with its classic exterior of marble and freestone , its lavishly appointed auditorium and its elegant and luxurious foyers and promenades brilliantly illuminated by myriad electric lights 
