Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1935, Page 28

Afier Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places. By the Spectator. Trade Msrk Registered, U. 8 Patent Office. WHAT does & symphony orchestra | conductor do when he has grown | warm working, while others grew cool | lounging on the banks of the Po- tomac? . . . goes to the Powhatan, a roof, not a river . . . lounges himself in blue polo shirt and tweed coat (and all the rest, don't worry) looks coolly down upon the city which is, musicallyandoth- erwise, at his feet . . . thus ye spec- ) tator glimpsed Dr. Hans Kindler the other eve, sur- rounded by musicians, all grinning sardonically at the performance of “La Boheme,” by Harry Foster, the one-man band. Less critical guests, who have screamed for “West Virginia Hills” regularly for years and years, sat up *and took notice as Marty Rubin launched & new version, accompanied by a jew's-harp, fiddle, guitar, mouth- organ and ocherina . . . with side- lights by the son of a well-known writer, amusing himself by carrying Ramon around the roof . . . by Buck Newsom and Al Strange, ball play- | ers, who gave the crowd a chance to watch two very large boys playing hookey after curfew . . . by a mys- terious gent who sends Emily, the cigarette girl, long series of unsigned corsages, roses, gardenias, everything but a name. G The Shoreham’s bar in the lounge cafe has come out into the open . . . cleverly masked when all bartenders had to work secret alchemy, 'tis now resplendent with mirrors, bottles, shiny glasses and shiny bald heads of gents who have been dealing ‘em over the hardwood for 30 years or more | . . . on Shoreham's breezy terrace Ruthania and Malcolm are currently featured in equally gusty dances . . . Howard Montgomery rattles off some | Tnovelty hoofing, other acts fill the in- tervals between Maxim Lowe's dance music. And speaking of the “what'll-it-be” | fraternity, Sebastian, up at Club Ha- bana on the Arlington roof, has a | concoction he dotes upon so dearly that he calls it his “little creole” . . . maybe because it speaks several lan- guages . . . the first arranger in Moe Baer's band is named Alongi . . . the | Supper Club Notes and there are smart, toe- teasing dance tunes by Moe Baer and his orchestra. Russ Cullen and Jimmy Bright are the featured singers along with the dance music. | You'll like, too, the hardwood floor | and the Sky Bar. | ks | Shoreham.—Ruthania & Malcolm have scored a huge success and remain to entertain on the cool terrace witfi their smooth tangoes and clever dance | burlesques. Howard Montgomery, nov- | elty and tap dancer, still is on hand, | too. Music is by Maxim Lowe’s Or- | chestra, led by Barnee. ok Maryland Club Gardens.—Tomorrow Gracie Barrie, a popular young lady who gets things out of songs the writers never put in them, opens here. Other entertainment is furnished by Enriqueta, Spanish prima donna, and Yvonne & Phillippe, suave dance | team. There's a new singer, too, one Billie Taylor, who is featured in duets with Charley Mayer, the club’s popular master of ceremonies. G Madrillon.—Dance music is done | neatly by Leon Brusiloff and his| Brusiloffians, who play until 2 am. in the pleasantly air-cooled downtown restaurant. Jack Schaeffer, Ray Donahue and Ross Del Roy divide the | singing assignments. | Powhatan Roof.—The Heigh-Ho's breeze-swept Summer home has, of | course, Pete Macias and his trusty | gang to make smooth rhythm for | dancing. The singing is done by | Marty Rubin. Wand-Waver LUB HABANA.—It actually is | ‘ cool up on the Arlington Roof RED PYLE, ‘Who got his name from the top of his head, leads the orchestra at Irvin Tavern, dne of the town’s | order to sing ditties to the pipple ... | to town for a week and is held over | week, heard Judy Ellington sing | around trees, has written, asking for Dark secord arranger is not, however, Ashorty . . . he is tagged Charlie Frankhouser and specializes in brasses large and small. * % X % Everybody thought the Dude Ranch was required by law to stop all dancing at midnight . . . everybody, that is, except the scores who have been shaking a foot there until 2 a.m. nightly . . . Milton Barret says the answer is there never was any such law. . . just & rumor . . . like the ru- mor that it must have been Helen Morgan's step-niece, twice removed, who climbed up on the piano at the Mayfair t'other day and, at the gentle age of 5, asked to be shoved around the room on the rolling Steinway in was a whooping success. . . . TR Gracie Barrle, who usually comcs for a month at the Earle, opers her first local night club engagement to- morrow at Maryland Club Gar- dens . . . she has played some of New York's better nighteries, its revues and big-time variety houses . . . Jolly Coburn sat at the Lotus early this “Solitude,” could hear nothing for long minutes after she finished, so thunderous was the applause . . . inci- dentally, both Jolly Coburn and Jolly (Mrs. Moe, Club Habana) Baer were actually christened with that mon- niker, did not acquire it by nickname . . . Leon Brusiloff put aside his brevets as maestro at the Madrillon, con- ducted a Marine Reserve Band at the opening of the P Street Bridge last week . . . a lieutenant in the Marine Re- serve, Leon leaves August 4 for 15 days’ duty at Quantico . . . & radio singer out in the wilds of crooners grow V% ‘Wisconsin, 0. where permission to use “A Date With You,” written by Lew Davie of the Lotus Band . .. Peter Fritz was born on the | Rhine, found plenty of water, but not | enough beer gardens to suit him when he came to Washington . . . therefore opened one of his own out at his| Log Cabin Inn on Georgia avenue extended. Mayfair—Joe Murphy and Jack Reynolds entertain informally and ex- ceedingly well. There will be a brand- new open bar open Monday which will be something to see if it lives up to advance reports. X kX X Hi-Hat—The Paradise Islanders, who are as hard tp stump with = request &s any one you can find around town, continue to sing any- thing called for. * x % X Mayflower Lounge.—Sidney’s Or- chestra makes the music here, and a very high quality of music it is, too, what with Buddy Harmon bang- ing away at his drums and other things going on. * x ¥ X Lotus.—Al Norton, writer of many clever skits, beater of much bass and master of ceremonies, introduces Rahda, who does authentic Hawaiian dancing and a gypsy number; Joan Zappa, toe dancer; Marion and Bea, acrobatic dancing sister team, and the Bernays, who do a Continental and 2 Bolero. Judy Ellington sings and stays popular and Bill Strickland and the Capitolians are the “music.” E ko La Paree—Eddie Brown presides Intimate Luncheon or Elaborate Dinner —vyou'll enjoy your meal in ' the “country estate” environment of The Farrot _Gar- den, The Parrot is famous for its food and master- mixed cocktails. 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Singing at Dude Ranch Dick Bae and Dolly Dare, the young couple sketched above, are warbling away singly and in pairs nightly at the Dude Ranch, one of the cool Summer spots on the outskirts of Washington. over the orchestra which, supplies dance tunes here during the Summer. | * x * x | Griffith Farms.—This is out on the | Marlboro pike just three miles beyond the District line, and there’s & cool | terrace for dining. A quartet of ver- satile Hawaiians, who can sing in four or five languages, entertain (you may dance if you like), and there’s a seven- piece orchestra Saturdays. o Dude Ranch.—Sitty Bowman, ex- | ponent of that branch of the terpsi- chorean art known as ‘“‘movement” as a mountain retreat ° Vacation Plans are forgotten here ° Dancing to Sidney's Music during the Cocktail Hour and after 10 p. m. 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There is an orchestra on hand Tuesday and Saturday nights. * kK X Chevy Chase Lake.—Lee Field and his cohorts waft highly approved dance tunes onto the breezes at this alfresco spot. Singing of songs in the correct manner is done by Miss Leigh Windham, who hails from Ala- bama -and who is popular. * x ¥ X Irvin Tavern.—Red Pyle supervises the making of sweet and hot syn- copation at this popular E street night spot. * k¥ % Spanish Garden Ball Room.—Music by Dave McWilllams’ Orchestra, di- rected by Phil O'Brien, will lure you onto the dance floor here. Location:" Glen Echo Amusement Park. CEER Brooke Johns' Old Barn—Brooke Johns’ Band supplies the music for nightly dancing and the fried chicken has a reputation. * x ¥ % Potomac River Line.—Bernie Jarboe and his Nighthawks make merry on the nightly “moonlight” cruises, which are popular with the heat-sufferers. 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