Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1935, Page 24

After Smart People, Smart Dark Things, Smart Places. By the Spectator. Trade Mark Registered, U. B. Patent Office. HE UNIVERSITY CLUB is stepping out . . . tomorrow afterncon it will formally launch its new cocktail lcunge with a shindig of vast pro- portions . . night,” so the oracles say, there will be service not only for the learned members but for their wives and todoughnuts that Lewis Lof- ton Moneyway, eminent short story maestro, whose classes in his Nineteenth street “chalet are attended by such further wits as the Theodore s Cooks (Mrs. Nee i+ 3 Helen Fetter) / and a hand- \; picked bunch of literateurs (not members of the Thursday Night Lit- erary Club) will dish out cheer to those cronies who each season pick | the club’s excellent Thursday night entertainments . . . thither should g0 possibly members of the Harvard Club, who lunch at the club Satur- days . . . and other well-educated hombres who know the difference between Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Sullivan . . . a pastime which is furrowing many a brow this week in Ye Cherry Blossom village. ® * * That svelte lady with the very swell profile dining and wining | last evening at the Club Habana was Lita Grey Chaplin . . . whose house in Hollywood, occupied last Summer by William Powell, has one of the best darn swimming pools in existence. * * ¢ A popular lady has arrived from Los Angeles with a diamond that will give the Hope diamond a run for its money any day ... Ye| Spectator saw it blinking at him all the way across the large Shoreham ball Toom the ya) other night . . . - whither he had ¢ — gone in search of < 2 another Harriet (Mayflower cig- arette girl) . . and found none e . . but the diamond, Chris- topher ¢ Colum- bus! ...it belongs to Mrs. Wal- . “from noon to mid-|. . ter P. Story and she and her husband are Shorehaming for a bit in that same atmosphere which also harbors grief over the imminent de- parture of the Benjamin Barthclows . He has been assistant general counsel of the Treasury Department and is now heading for New York .+ . Mrs. B. B, is a knockout. * ¢ * Where you are apt to see the following: Monday for lungh, Carter Barron at Macinas . . . Wed- nesday for dinner, Mabelle Jennings at Macinas . . . Thursday night for late supper, Kay Hill at the Madrillon . . . Monday afternoon at 6, Major O'Brien, corner table, Mayflower Lounge . . . 1 o'clock, p.m., for breakfast, Hardie Meakin, Washing- ton Tap Room ... Monday night after the theater, Sol Rosenblatt, the Heigh-ho . . . Monday night after the theater, Murray Hume, either Mayflower, Heigh-Ho, Hi-Hat, Carl- ton, Club Habana, Pilgrim Club or Liggetts . . . Wednesday for lunch, Elizabeth Hitz, Childs . . . Tuesday, 5 o'clock, at Pierettes, Eleanor Roose~ velt, Gertrude Webb, Audrey Camp- bell, Helen Wardman, Julie Dell Zimmerman (now known as the “Princess of Wales”), “Ma” Willlams, Mrs. Kenna Elkins and Mrs. Joseph Leiter, * ¢ ¢ Innovation: at the Club Pil- grim, starting next Monday, single evenings will be devoted to single Government departments (minus cover charge, or something like that) .. . thus Monday night: Agricultural night, etc., etc,, etc. , . . or maybe it isn't Agriculture . . . but it's something equally or almost as good. * * *» Best song of the week: “Denis, the Menace of Venice” (which doesn't | refer to Denis Smith-Bingham, one- time diplomat, now Cunard line hustler) . . . is sung “enchantingly” | by Consuelo Flowerton at the Heigh- Ho. * * * Headline: According to the Hosiery Code Authorities, which met yesterday at the Shoreham, Garbo wears size 10 stockings and & 7 AAA shoe. e University to Cost $21,250,000. Hyderabad, India, is to have a uni- versity costing $21,250,000, which is intended to be a world center of Mos- lem and Indian culture. Supper Club Notes LUB HABANA.—A trio known as the “Ohioans” happened on the scene here just as & song and dance team canceled an engagement. They scored and they stayed. Tudel and Jean have been held over again and there's music by Moe Baer's Habaneers, with Russ Cullen and Lew Gates singing. X K K K Shoreham.—De Angelo and Porter, featuring a new Viennese waltz, head- line the special holiday floor show here. Also there are Faye and Welling- ton, in musical comedy dance numbers; Conchita Morena, who does Spanish and Portuguese routines; Talbart, master of ceremonies; Griffo, known as “the Man of Many Noises,” and Maxim Loe’s Orchestra, Barnee di- recting. It's tango hour in the lounge cafe every day from 4:30 to 7 p.m. * * kX Madrillon.—Scott and Douglas, with & waltz routine to “Merry Widow” airs and other specialties, head the revue here, and there is Betty Lou, who tap dances. Music by Leon Brusiloff, with certain songs by Jack Schaeffer and Ross Del Roy. * x x *x Club PHiver—Maryland Club Gar- dens has captured the current local night club sensation Charel de Thomee, who imitates Lucienne Boyer singing “parlez Mol d’Amour” and answers encores uniil his throat gives out. Ginger Dewlow, blues singing mistress of ceremonies; Rosalie Roy, tap dancer; Charles Mayer, baritone; Fran Trapp, accordionist, and the New| Yorkers Orchestra are others who en- tertain. | * kK * | Heigh-Ho Club.—Consuelo Flower- | ton, who sings gayly and insouciantly about algebra and the “menacé of Venice” and things, vies for honors here with Minovich and his eloquent violin. * ¥ X X Pilgrim Club.—Ruthania and Mal- colm, who include a grand bit of mayhem in waltz time among their routines, are slated to remain until Saturday, and there’s a new blues songstress who knows how to chant the blues—Beth Miller. Al Weiner leads the revivified Pilgrim Club Or- chestra. *x x Xk X Club Troika—It’s as Russian as Moscow here and there's a real Rus- sian floor show done by real Russians. The orchestra is led by Matt Windsor, who also does many things with an accordion, and there is Michel Michaeloff and his violin. * k ok x Casino Russe—This is another au- thentic Russian spot, with samovars, candlelight and open fireplaces. Lee Gould, who sings and does dramatic sketches; Mischa Markoff, who sings Russian airs with a certain gusto, and the orchestra, led by Felix Amstel, provide the entertainment. * % % * Mayflower Lounge—The 10th an- niversary of the Mayflower has the lounge all agog, with Sidney’s Or- chestra, augmented for the occasion, featuring popular tunes of a decade back. PR ‘Willard Bamboo Room.—Here you may have your choice of sitting on soft cushions and listening to Ernes- tine Gardner and Fenton Froom sing or dancing to music by Johnny Slaughter’s Orchestra. * k k% Casa Rita—It's a gay room and there's dance music by Jimmy Sant- meyer’s Orchestra, with the lyrics by Mary Jo Hamilton and Sammy Rich- ardson. * x x % Club Cariton.—You can relax in this restful atmosphere and there is s soft musical background by the Continental Ensemble. * % X X Hi-Hat—The Paradise Islanders, Gordon St. Chad’s Hawalians, pro- vide most of the entertainment here, with impromptu bits now and then by stars from downtown stages. * * X X Lounge—A comfortable Eng- Kaleidoscope.—This is just across the Taft Bridge and the cuisine is famous. The Singing Troubadors en- tertain. “Earl Lindsay’s Beautiful Steppers.” Bill Strickland’s Capitolians provide the music, Al Norton is master of ceremonies and Judy Ellington sings. * koK K Randle Gardens.—There is dancing | nightly here to the rhythm of Ridge- ley's Hollywood Serenaders. * k k% | leads the Meyer Davis unit which plays for dancing here every Wednes- day, Saturday and Sunday night. | Starting time is 9:30 o'clock. Blues Singer GINGER DEWLOW Not only sings songs nightly at the Maryland Club Gardens, but she acts as mistress of ceremonies there, too. Swanee Ball Room.—Phil O'Brien | Open Feb. 22nd— BURT®S SEMI-ANNUAL SALI ILADIES SHOES THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Dancing Stars at Shoreham DE@ANGELO AND PORTER, Popular dance team, are currently being featured on the program which the Shoreham presents twice nightly to late supper patrons. OWNERS OF NIGHT CLUB HELD IN MAJOR’S DEATH Three Accused of Manslaughter. Army Officer Died After Ejec- tion From Resort. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, February 21.—| Three proprietors of the Cairo Club, | now defunct night resort, were held | to the Superior Court yesterday on| manslaughter charges in the death of Maj. Charles W. Ross, Army officer. Against protests of their counsel that no crime had been proved, Municipal | Judge Alden Ames crdered Clem Ga- | viati, Joe Vanessi and Sam Ehrlich | to face trial for allegedly causing Maj. | Ross’ death in ejecting him from their club. Their bail was raised from $1,000 to $2,500. Testimony was given at a coroner’s | inquest that Maj. Ross died of a heart affliction, but Army officer com- | panions testified the club prepriswrs" had beat him and hurled him down- stairs. BRITONS CHALLENGE U. S. BRIDGE WINNERS $25,000 Match Offered in Cable on Outcome of Sims-Cul- bertson Test.a By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 21.—Ely Culbertson has received a cablegram from two Britons offering to play the winners of the forthcoming Sims- Culbertson match for $25,000. Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson are to play Mr. and Mrs. P. Hal Sims 150 rub- bers next month in a test of systems. The challenge was cabled by H. In- gram and S. Hughes, who were mem- bers of a British team defeated by a Culbertson quartet a few months ago in a match for a cup donated by Charles M. Schwab. B ——— HOLMAN DAY SUCCUMBS Noted for His Maine Woods and Down East. Novels. MILL VALLEY, Calif,, February 21 (A).—Holman Day, 69, author known for his Maine woods and Down East novels, is dead. He succumbed after an extended illness. Besides numerous novels, including “The Fight Begins” and “Clothes Make the Pirate,” he was the author of several books of verse and numer- ous magazine stories. . 30 to 2 IMIENS SHOES formerly 63%012.5° SHOE CO E F St af 14Th. + P~ Open Feb. 22nd, 8:30 A Manager R. L. POLLIO, Well-known manager of the May- flower Hotel, is also responsible for the redecorating of the lounge in honor of the hotel's tenth an- niversary. Civil War Officer Dies. SAPULPA, Okla., February 21 (P). —Sam Brown, a chief of the Euchee Indians since 1867, and a captain in the Union forces during the Civil War, died last night at the home of his only surviving son, 8. Brown, jr. Brown did not know his exact age but his son said he probably was more than 100 years old. 1109 F NEW GOTHAM STRIKE THREAT DISSIPATED —_— International Union of Building Service En.lployu Backs Manhattan Head. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 21.—The threat of a general strike of building service employes in Manhattan all but faded last night as members of the International Union voted con- fidence in James J. Bambrick, presi- dent of the Manhattan local, and his agreement with Mayor F. H. La Guardia and arbitrators. Meantime, the deadline for a threatened strike in the Bronx was pushed back to 2 p.m.-today. Louis Cooper, president of the Bronx local, | with a knife as he was preparing to | empowered by that group to call a strike, said he would defer it until a conference with Borough President James F. Lyons this morning. ‘The Bronx union seeks an agree- ment on an eight-hour day, six-day week and wages of from $25 to $35. Marine Dies in China. PEIPING, China, February 21 (#).— Corpl. Alvin Rainey of Fort Worth, Tex,, member of the United States| Marine Legation guard here, died to- day of pneumonia. He was 28 years old, and is survived by an aunt, Mrs. Lou Morton of Wakahachie, Tex. HOTEL CONTINENTAL Facing the beautiful Capitol Plaza BANQUETS ete AND Compk Facilities DANCES and up. BALL ROOM { (iinees. Call Nat. 1672, Ask for “Julius” J HADEINGN BAMBOO ROOM JOHN SLAUGHTER AND HIS BROADCASTING BAND PIERRETTE CONN. AVE. AT QUE For that BEFORE DINNER PICK-UP Join the Pierrette COCKTAIL CROWD 4-HOUR SALE! FROM NINE UNTIL ONE O’'CLOCK GEORGE WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY We're going to cram an entire day of intensive selling into 4 short hours! An annual event—when we group all odds and ends, and short lots for immediate clear- ance at the year’s lowest prices! DRESS ES §995 Originally $7.95 and $10.95 Street and Sport Dresses in cri Prints—solid colors and combi s, acetates and other fabrics. All sizes e misses and women 12 to 48. DRESS Originally $10.95 to 32950 JACKET SUITS, printed crepes | in all the high shades. Street and busine: Sizes 12 to 48, DRESS s and wools. [ J ons in_ silks— for ES$[9 ations frocks. and coml ES $0)9% Originally $16.95 to $39.50 Also JACKET SUITS, including all i Printed and women and extra 3 r mit n crepe: triple sheers; chiffons and sports wool; sizes 12 to 50. Choice of Our Remaining Fur Trimmed Coats $19 Positively No Exchanges or Made to The Friendly Shop BRESLAU Sweaters Blouses & Skirts| Blouses in organ- dies, crepes, satin, etc.; skirt in wools, wool crepes and tweeds; all sizes. $l9.5 SPRING SUITS Sell for $19.95 and $29.50 New Spring woolen two-piece 1109 F Street THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1935. KENTUCKIAN GETS THREE YEARS FOR KILLING WIFE Child, 9, Supports Father's Plea of Self-Defense as Only Witness to Struggle. By the Assoclatéd Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky, February 21.— Chgrged with murdering his wife by slashing her throat with a razor, Everett O. Simmons, 30, last night was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to three years' imprison- ment. Simmons’ 9-year-old daughter, Opal Lee, was the only witness to the fatal struggle in her parents’ bed room. As a witness for ,the prosecution, her testimony supported her father’s plea of self-defense. Describing an unhappy married life, Simmons said his wife lunged at him shave, and he “sliced her.” DITINCTIVELY DIFFERENT Where smart sophisti- cates gather to relax, drink and be merry. Music that charms! Concoctions that thrill! Environment that enchants! Supper Dancing Nightly at the Really Smart Place Floor Entertainment After Midnight 1536 Connecticut A: NS JUST A SUGGESTION When HI-HAT she knows hy::,,nyl.uvn the rest to the illating atmosphere, smart en- cintllacof 1 the choico: food i Goec drinks in town. No Cover Charge at Any Time u uA COCKTAIL LOUNGE AMBASSADOR HOTE L from Russian cuisine with after 6:30 and luncheon. DANCING through dinner and supper to Matt Windsor's music REVUES Ghree times nightly in the Russian Gypsy manner NO COVER weele ndays, Sol oSN 28 Sntory 1011 Conn. Ave. Reservations NA. 4148 T GARDENS Just East of Penna. Ave. Bridge Dancing Every Night to Ridgeley’s Hollywood Serenaders THE BAND WASHINGTON IS TALKING ABOUT BEER—WINE—GOOD FOOD at Any Tim: all Line, 8327 TRIUMPH! Charel de Thomee Internationally Famous Concert Pianist at MARYILAND CLUB /afl/eflf Marlboro Pike Phone Hillside 0600 One Mile Beyond District Line Featuring: EARL LINDSAY'S., ™% 10 GORGEOUS STEPPERS and a cast of 16 entertainers % FREDERICO & BARBARA © % BILL STRICKLAND'S * DANCE BAND Geo. Washington's Birthday Special Matinee 1 P. M. Holiday Special Eonehson 29C 1% : Including Dancin, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES For the First Time A Nite Club offers you a complete evening of entertainment without couvert or minimum charge. Beginning gk The PILGRIMS’ CLUB DESIGNATES: No. 1 Thomas Circle Monday: Agricultural and Justice Tuesday: Navy and Interior Orchestra Two Shows Nightly 10 and 1 Wednesday: State and Commerce Thursday: Post Office and War Friday: Treasury and Labor EXAMPLE Monday Nite Any Employe from Agricultural and Justice Depart- ments will be entitled to the above offer upon proper means of identification, For Further Information Phone Natl. 2930 Si, Senor! Dancing to the Club Habana orchestra, Moe Baer, conductor . . . intimate entertainment .. . ° savory temptations of a well-balanced menu . . . a carefully chosen wine list . . . beverage con- coctions by expert dispensers . . . service with unstinting efforts to please, THAT'S Clfder Conmecticut Gve. Reservations NAw 2221 Dinner Dances 7:45t0 10 Special Disser SLTS —including supper .o r. Baturday's ‘oot included. DE ANGELO G PORTER Tango Dancers & FAYE Supper Dances & 10to2a. m WELLINGTON Sweethearts of the Dance GRIFFO The Man of Many Voices MAXIM LOWE'S ORCHESTRA I j i CONNECTICUT AVENUE AT CALVERT j