Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1935, Page 22

After Dark Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places. By the Spectator. Trade Maik Registered, U, d. Patent Offioe. brating “celebrity week” . . .| omething which might even result THE Shoreham has been cele- | party there every Monday night . . . what with a “who’s who” in every corner . . . and more names about than you can shake a stick at . . . Hollywood came in for its share of visitors— what with Director W. S. Van Dyke being wined and dined by Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt . . . and himself doing the same for those Shoreham headliners, Marion Wilkins and Jack Meyers, who happen to be old friends of . . then on Tuesday night “Lives of a Bengal Lancer” director, Henry Hathaway, plus Mrs., plus Bos- ton’s Hiller Innes, listened to Barnee's salubrious melodies in company with a newspaper sleuth . . . and who should be just around the corner but Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., and his young wife, the latter sporting a new diamond wrist-watch given her by Mamma Vanderbilt . . . so it goes « . . Who, now, was the dark-eyed Juliet, who sat on Senator Pat Mc- Carran's left at his New Deal cele- bration, also given in honor of Mrs. Pat McCarran’s birthday? . and wasn't that Amelia Earhart being entertained by Mr. and Mrs. ) Richard Roper in the “gardens” becoming a second sort of a 1925 F Street Club . . . with- out, however, & Laura Curtis or a mother to guide it. * * * Pete Macias gave a farewell party for Audrey Campbell and her gang at the Heigh-Ho Club Monday night . . . that was Lord and Lady Cobham in the Mayflower lounge Tuesday . . . the Di Gitanos “fly through the air” this week at the Heigh-Ho like nobody’s business , . . Hazel MacDonald, local artist, is partial to the Hi-Hat . . . The Dorsey Brothers and Bob Crosby are spending many an hour this week up at the popular Club Habana . . . dre Segovia sat in two places at the Madrillon last week . . . he didn't like his honor table, so he ran to a far corner . . . Pete Macias’ orchestra will move back to the Powhatan this Summer. —_— FIVE HURT IN BLAST IN CUSTOMS STRIKE Chief of Havana Port Police Is Monday night? o oo sure it was . . . and didn't Among Injured in Bomb Explosions. Ye Spectator al- most run smack into Senator and Mrs. Robert La ¥Follette, jr., and Senator and Mrs. James Byrnes . . . and why doesn’t the Shoreham come right down to brass tacks and call its nightly gatherings “Ye Senator’s Hop” . . . certainly the ballroom seethes with brains and senators . . . or you'll have it. . Watch for next week, starting Monday—Karin Karina . . old Berlin dancer . . feet and also for her hands . . Max Lowe saw her somewhere and almost fell dead at sight of her . .. she’s as good as that . .. she’s danced in every decent-sized capital city on the Continent . . . in plain language “she’s a wow.” ® * * Meredith Nicholson, diplomat and author, entertained Mrs. Nichol- son recently in the bamboo room of the Willard . . . He's our brand- new Minister to Venezuela in case you've forgotten. * ¢ * New Fad: Champagne cocktail | hour at the Carlton Sunday after- noon . . . bulged with Baltimore swankies over to see the Monte Carlo Ballet . . . between the matinee and evening per- formances Mr. and Mrs. De Ford, famed socialites, and Billy Baldwin, dapper Green Spring Valley Romeo, sipped their domestic champagne eagerly . . . while they discussed the ballet and awaited the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Massine . . . whb somehow never came, * Opening: A “Cafe of All Na- tions,” or rather the Mayfair Res- taurant, in the new Remington Rand Building, Thirteenth and F streets . . . decorated by Joseph Urban As- sociates . . . murals in the cocktail bar room being drawn to depict “life in the District of Columbia.” . . . In that case there should be drawings of Betsy Caswell en- tering the Heigh- Ho of a Monday night ... “Doggy” Waggaman walking up the | street with a cane and yellow gloves ... Nelson Bell in zero weather saun- tering along without a coat . . . Angelo Ratto eating spaghetti . . . Mrs. Adolph Torovsky walking in the Z0o . . . Marian Trumbull running from cocktail party to cocktail party, etc. . . . Creighton Peet playing bridge midst admiring dowagers . . . Baron Schell doing likewise . . . Helen Ward- man wearing a crown because she’s been voted “the best dressed woman in Washington.” + s » funcheon guest at the Casino | Russe: Mrs. Franklin Delano- Roose- velt. * * ¢« The Gingham Club (Childs to you) began in earnest last night with its “Masked Debuntantes” . . . at a preview staged there Tuesday night, a small dark delicately con- | structed “deb” warbled away at| “Solitude” . . . and got away with | murder . . . in a nice way. i * * * Latest night haunt to tickle | the Saturday evenjng ‘“carriage | trade”: The Cotton Club . . . famed for its dusky melodies and potent performers . . . all in a row there Saturday night sat Pete Macias, Bob Crosby, the Dorsey brothers, Barnee and Duke Ellington. i | ® + ¢ If you went to the Maryland Club Gardens Monday night you know | that yards of the “haute monde” were present . . . Betty and Emmons Smith, for instance, famed for their looks and wit . . . Natalie Pritchett, whose grin has at least two embassies on their ear . . . Baron and Baroness Pantz (know them?) . .. and others like Hugh Auchincless and Mrs. Wal- | lace Merriam . . . all of them having{ such a good time that dame rumor | has it they will fling a “dutch treat” | ALL FOR Rhythm!” Tommy Myles and his 12 Artists No_ Minimum or Cover Charge with SUPPER Served 10:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. Choice of Fried Chicken, Mignon, Chicken Chow Mein or Chop Suey, Bacon or Ham and Bacon ‘and Eggs with choice of 3 u!eublu, Hot Rolls, Tea, Coffee, Milk. E—2 ) iy é OTTON CLUB and U Sts. N. W .' Filet Aristoerat _of ashington’s C RTY RESERVATIONS . 18-year- | . famed for her Last Sunday the Carlton | | Webb, By the Associated Press. HAVANA, March 7.—Five men, in- cluding Chief of Port Police Oscar Hernandez, were injured yesterday as Havana customs inspectors went on = . A | strike to the accompaniment of ex- senators with brains, whichever way | . ploding bombs. Wildest confusion prevailed in the customs house, where three bombs vent off in rapid fire order. The striking inspectors, who were demanding the reinstatement of 39 discharged employes, were to be fol- lowed out, it was reported, by the em- ployes of three government depart- ments, treasury, eddcation and labor. The reports said the public employes would strike in sympathy with 300,000 striking students and teachers, whose movement has as one of its aims the overthrow of President Carlos Men- dieta’s government. D — FIRE TAKES TWO LIVES AND ROUTS 200 PERSONS Several in Apartment, Where Score Were Trapped Half Hour. Firemen Overcome By the Associated Press. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., March 7.— Two women died early today in a gen- eral alarm fire which swept the Hard- ing Apartments, opposite Bridgeport Hospital. Two hundred residents were driven into the street, several firemen were overcome and a score of persons were-| trapped on the third floor for 30 minutes. The two victims were carried from the third floor of the building at 2 o'clock this morning, clad in night clothing. They were pronounced dead upon admittance to Bridgeport Hos- pital. —_— CAUGHT AFTER 13 YEARS Fugitive Arrested—Figured in Pistol Battle. CHICAGO, March 7 (#).—Willlam 38, colored, who escaped authorities 13 years ago after Police Sergt. Fred Tapscott fired a bullett into the cylinder of Webb's pistol, knocking it from his hand, was in custody today. The 13-year search for him ended with his capture in his home. Webb escaped in 1922 by leaping from a train taking him to Pontiac Reforma- tory, a few days after the pistol fight with Sergt. Tapscott. Singer CHAREL DE THOMEE Is the singing star now appearing nightly at the Maryland Club Gardens. HOTEL CONTINENTAL Facing the beautiful Capitol Plasa BANQUETS | Complete AND Facilities in DINNER ( Frivate Rooms, DANCES 31.00 per person and up. BALL ROOM{ ,Awibe Call Nat. 1672, Ask for “Julius” Pains, eramps or callouses at the ball of the foot are sure signs of weak or fall- en arches. Our Foot Comfort Expert can ickly _determine condition of your feet and fis mwifitbewbr.sadl% Ldn that give you relief. Dr. Scholl’s Foot Comfort Dept, Fourth Floor JAYNE DI GITANO Is half of the famous dancing team known as Di Gitanos, which is cur- rently being featured at Pete Macias’ Heigh-Ho Club on Connecticut avenue. Who Is It? This lady is one of the “masked debutantes” currently making her debut with the new floor show at the Gingham Club. Her identity is sald to be a secret. PIERRETTE CONN. AVE. AT QUE For that BEFORE DINNER PICK-UP Join the Pierrette COCKTAIL CROWD ORIFIED FOLLIES aipLs In a s Puichysiacle of Surrounded § CAST OF l: . Dancing to BILL STRI $ “Capi ICKLAND’S Soeeial Luncheon, No CovER” CHARGS "ar - DUKE OF MIRANDA DIES Last Chief of Royal Household Accompanied Alfonso Into Exile. MADRID, March 7 (#).—The Duke of Miranda, last chief of former King Alfonso’s household, died yesterday following an operation for relief from a stomach disorder. ‘The duke accompanied Alfonso into exile following the Spanish revolution and worked with him and his majes- ty’s unofficial court in Fontainebleau. Recently, however, he was forced to give up this service because of his health. | The duke was a member of one of the most famous Spanish families. |He was the son of the Duchess of San Carlos and the brother of the Marquis de Santacruz. x | Buddy Harmon pxd .. and Sidney's other talented musicians play for dancing during the COCKTAIL HOUR and SUPPER in the.. Mayflower Lounge JOHN SLAUGHTER HIS BROADCASTING BAND SILVER GRJLL Conn. Ave. and Porter St. CL. 6900 SPECIAL WEEK DAY DINNER. ... Plate Dinner .. Dinner With Wine. Sunday Dinner ... Bridge Party Luncheons 50c and 75¢ Ball Room Available we suggest ation early. Floor Enterta Atter Mi . 0., THURSDAY, nental entertainment here, in the person of Aida Luciano, fresh from appearances at New York’s Spainish night clebs, who sings “Lamento Jitano,” “Te¢ Quero Dijiste” and other Spanish songs and does Spanish and Gypsy dancing. All the old favorites remaln, too—Lee Gould, Mischa Markoff, Felix Amstel and Emil Konevsky. * K K K Club Habana.—Renato and Rita are featured here in a smooth waltz and an admirable carioca; Susan Hall does tap and difficult acrobatic dancing; Lew Gates and Russ Cullen sing, and there’s music by Moe Baer’s Orchestra. * kK % Pilgrim Club—There’s life in this stockade, what with Marie Chrysler doing tap and modernistic routines; Jerry - O'Connor, Irish tenor late of Powell Crosley’s WLW, singing, and Al Weiner's Orchestra providing neat dance rhythms. * ok K K Madrillon.—3cott and Douglass, who danced here a few weeks ago, have been called back to the fold, not only by request, but by demand, according to host Pete Borras, Leor Brusiloff has a new accordionist, too, one Dick Bailey, of whom Leon is very proud. Jack Schaeffer and Ray Dona- hue also sing. ‘ ASINO RUSSE.—There’s 8 new ( : feature in the suave conti- * % x Shoreham.—In the show in the ball room are Marion Wilkins and Jack Meyers n a carioca, tango and waltz; Kathleen Howard, who sings and does soft shoe numbers; Edgar Robey and his musical saw, and Maxim Lowe’s Orchestra. Barnee also leads the Shoreham Orchestra in the lounge cafe for daily tango hour (4:30 to 7 pm.), where Polly Harper and Dick Hunnicutt “Sweethearts of Harmony,” are appearing this week. * % ¥ x Lotus.—Ten glorified Follies girls iare in the revue here, which features | De Sirio and Regar in an Indian| adagio and a comedy number; Henri- | etta Lorraine, who does high-kick | dances, and Delores Lackro and Helen O’Brien in rhythm tap routines. There | also is brilliant dansapation by Bill | Strickland's Capitolians, with Judy Ellington singing. * * % x Ramon's.—Sunday supper dancing is a feature every week at this Con- necticut avenue spot. * ¥ k% Clnb_i’Hiver.—Charel dc_Thomee, ACCENT ON YOUTH! ..in this bar mod- erne, where ezhila- rating concoctions are sipped in an atmosphere of ezx- otic beauty, festive gayety and scin: tillant company! MARCH 7, 1935. whose style of singing and playing the piano really is new ind different, still has the customers standing up and cheering his numbers. To com- plete the entertainment Lilyan Lor- raine, who once was with Tex Guinan's gang, does acrobatic dance routines; Charles Mayer sings, and Fred Trappe plays the accordion. Dance music is by the New Yorkers. * ok k% Heigh-Ho Club—The di Gitanos, Adam and Jane, who have danced at London’s Kit Kat Club, the Lido in Venice and at numerous ether spots in various corners of the world, are featured here in their fast, semi- adagio routines. Pete Maciag’ Or- chestra is the “music.” * k& Gingham Club.—Yesterday was this spot’s first birthday, which was cele- brated by inaugurating a new policy providing intimate and sophisticated | entertainment. Featured now are the Masked Debutantes, local girls who sing and whom you are supposed to try to identify, and the Three Stylists, fresh from New York popularity. There is Jimmy Santmeyer's Orches- tra, too. * Xk x Club Troika.—The Russian Gypsy show has a new member, Dancer Marion Venable. Ethel Pastor, Michel Michaeloff, Anna Sabukova, Boris Yourloff, Vladimir Diloff and Matt ‘Windsor remain. * % k% Mayflower Lounge.—This is a quiet, restful spot with music by Sidney and his orchestra. * ok ok % Willard Bambo Room.—There is music here by Johnny Slaughter’s Orchestra, with popular Ernestine Gardner and Fenton Froom singing songs you like to hear. . * K X K Hi-Hat.—The Paradise Islanders provide the musical background here, right now spending most ot their time | = Dinner and Supper llanei'ng' playing “Isle of Capri,” though they can and will play anything you choose to hear. P Club Carlton.—If you've never been here, don't brag about it. You can deposit yourself on soft cushions in a Jilfl' A SUGGESTION Whéa you 0y HIHAT she knows ow know. Lesve the gest to :‘. Tntillating atmosphere, smart :;‘l‘li.lml and the choicest food end Sinest driske in WA No Cover Charge at Any Time u l-uA COCKTAIL LOUNGE AMBASSADOR HOTE L NIEYOLIS CATETERA 10c-15¢ 8c-12¢ Sc Up Select Meats, Homemade Pies, Salads, AND YOUR ORE TH Charel de Thomee FAMOUS CONCERT PIANIST AL BARKLEY’S MUSIC “THE NEW YORKERS” 10-piece Orchestra. DANGEROUS RHYTHM Hillside 0600 MORNING POST Breakfast 7:30-9:30. Lunch 11:30-2:00. Dinner 4:30-8:00 C.F. HARPER 709 A NIGHT CLU OFFERS TS FAMOUS . HALF PORTIONS ' Kaleidoscope.—Hard-working show- folk, newspaper people and people you read about drop in after working hours, drawn either by the cuisine, the murals, the Singing Troubadours or something else, maybe. * x x % Oak Lounge—~The comfort and restful old English air of the Powha- tan Hotel's new cocktail room are making it a popular meeting place. x ko k¥ Randle Gardens.—There is dancing nightly to music by Ridgeley’s Holly- wood Serenaders. * * x X Swanee Ball Room.—Phil O'Brien ELEVEN EIGHTEEN Conreclieul lye. directs the Meyer Davis unit here for dancing every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday night, from 9:30 on. * X %k % Cotton Club—Washington’s Harlem stay-out-late spot has a sepia floor revue featuring Wade and Wade, boy and girl tap dance team; Frank Mc- Lennon, who sings and does dramatic monologues, and Dave Wallace, master of ceremonies, o Eulogy Lacks Medal. NORWALK, Conn. (#)—Was C. Ebbe Carlson’s face red! He had just concluded s eulogy to Leroy Downs, head of the American Legion Forty ami Eight, and reached into his pocket for a medal. He wriggled. “I am sorry, gentlemen,” he told his audience. *The gold medal of our esteem is at home on my dresser.” Down accepted on trust. “Magic” Silvered Doors of the New Club Habana —For that tropical interlude spend an evening in the sparkling, gay atmosphere of this swanky dinner and supper club, where every mo- ment is filled with care-free enjoyment, delectable food, faultless serve ice, suave dance music by Moe Baer and the Club Habana Orchestra. Table d’Hote Dinner Daily—$1.00 and $1.50 Satardays—$1.00 and $2.00. 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