Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1935, Page 34

After Dark | Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places. By the Spectator. Trade Mark Registzred. U. 8. Patent Office.| ETTER get the old dinner| jacket pressed . . . better sew | some buttons on your vest.| . . . No, Lulus mot back in tewn. . . . But the boys who run night clubs are . . . and they are opening !helr haunts with fervor, and fury. «% . Every time a night club scribe yawns . . . and thinks of a downy couch . . . zip! Somebody shouts “the paint’s dry!” . . . And another night club bursts forth like an eager cpocus in the Spring. . . . Tonight tRere arises . . . the ashes of the most famous mid- njght address in town . . . No. 1 ‘Thomas circle . . . Matt Windsor's brand-new Volga Boatman . . . where Phoenix-like from | people who like sweet music . » . and a Shoreham soiree.. * % % X THE gentleman obviously didn’t be- lieve . . . in being a nice boy and minding hxs own business. . He wanted to dance with Paul, Habana head-waiter. . He wanted to climb Guy Scott's artificial palms. . He| wanted to annoy Moe Baer while Mr. Baer was already exceedingly har- assed by three radio programs. . . . He wanted to dance with any one. . So Paul decided the safest place for the chap was home . . . in bed. . . . But would he get his hat and leave? He would not. . . . He would throw his arms-up in the air and tRere are scads of murals that will| whoop gaily at the prospect of dancing Khock your hat off . . . where there will be a big Russian gypsy floor . music Violinist Michel Michael- off and orchestra o slan atmosphere that will warm your heart . . . ahd, no doubt, njenty of broscht +#. o or however you spell vegeta- hje soup with sour cteam ., . . Herr Windsor will do away with the parking bugaboo for ybu too . . . having an attendant cn hand .*. . to take your charabanc at the door when you arrive . . . and return it to you when you leave . . . el O AFTER Thursday comes + o ¥ believe it or not . . . Friday . . tomorrow . . . the day Johnny Slaugh- tear will flick his baton in the general direction of his band ... causing the band to swing into the Slaughter theme, “In a Boat Out to Sea” ... announcing to one and all that the Wardman Park’s Continental Room is apen for the season . .. There tomor- | ™w night you may lean back and watch one of the smoothest teams in the business of ball room dancing o . Woodruff and Struthers . . . There alsc you may listen to the Rays . . . who do things with an atcordion and a violin . . . and to Honey Davis and Lew Gates . . . who will sing into M. Slaughter’s favorite niérophone , . . > * x ok x UT two openings in a row don't T make a nervous breakdown . . . Saturday comes along the Madrillon - % . celebrating the return of football season, nut-brown October ale and floor shows from Broadway . . . Celebrating with a gala party in Honor of the first floor show of the Fall . . . which will go on at 8 p.m. . . Celebrating also . . . if luck is Wwith Leon Brusiloff . . . the first appearance of the Madrillon’s new singer . . . A gal who is to be chosen e . . 'tis hoped . Saturday aft- ernoon at a free-for-all audition . . . Starts at 3, gals . . . All you have to do is look nice behind a micro- phone and sing in one of those thrilly, ipdigo voices . , . | W * %k x 'HE mardi gras spirit has invaded even the Mayflower Lounge . . . ‘The Mayflower Lounge which does not give parties at the drop of a hat . . . but which now comes forth with the announcement that the impending arrival of frost to the pumpkin patch i3 about to be recognized . . . by a memorable Mayflower party . . . mem- dfable because you will see the folks You wanted to see . . . Probably even the people who said hello to Teddy | Iast week , . . such as Mrs. James Curtis, Mrs. William W. Howes and Mary Senate Howes . . . and a lot of others who came to gaze upon the Hewly-platformed band . . . and to listen to new guitarist, Jimmy Harris .. . Also spotted in their favorite | 1ooks last week, hiding from labor and | relaxing to Sidney's. music . . . were | @ov. James Curley of Massachusetts, §enn’ P. Fletcher, George Marshall . all in separate corners at sep- grate times. x * ¥ % | UDY VALLEE'S anniversary cele- . Dbration at the Shoreham was a success . from the minute Rudy arrived in m“n at noon . .. to be Besieged by autograph hounds . . . until he tooted the last tootle on- his favorite sax. . .. Came Eugene Vidal, who flew in from Philadelphia to be & guest of Mr. and Mrs. Royce Powell | o/ . . Came also George C. Pomeroy, Who piloted Rudy here when the hotel was opened five years ago, to join Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Horning. . . . Game also hordes and hordes of other heon Cocktail Hour \ upper Sidney’'s Music | 'HE'MAYFLOWER » ISTRICT 3000 LOURGE HOTEL 'MAYFLOWER tsms\\\fim\\\m\\\v DANCE SUNDAY 9:30 P.M. to 1:30 A.M. to the melodies of BOB D’ARCY’S ORCHESTRA Minimum Charge 3¢ Rumezs Are_ different, bountiful and NOW. during f| iohtiy, o 7-piece band Wednesdays b and Safurdays. Dancing every night. | Seafood @ A la Carte Meals OPEN DAILY A Phone Hillsi | GRITHITY BARMS FAMOU‘ FOR FOOD | | DINNERS SEAFOOD A LACARTE ) £ o 3 MI. FROM DIST. LINE {said he, . and a Rus- ¥ . 7 % g i 5 2 ® ON MARLBORO PIKE « with Paul . . . who still managed to remain suave and unruffied. . . . He would do anything but leave. . . . He would dance . . . which gave one walter a bright idea, . . . “Come” “I'll dance with you.” . Whereupon the man and the waiter tripped a merry polka across the foyer of the Club Habana . . . out the doors . . . neatly opened by another waiter , . . fox-trotted across the sidewalk . . . right into a waiting cab . and the gentleman who wanted to dance was half-way home | before he knew what happened to him, * % INOTE on *Filipino music tastes: Manuel Bofill and his Filipino quartet wandered about the Hi-Hat soliciting requests . . . Had the tables turned on them when one gent said, ‘Play your favorite tune.” . .. Where- upon the lads thought for a moment . then broke out with . . .not a hula-hula dance . . . not a jungle chant ... not a swingy tune from Tin Pan Alley . . . but Mr. Noel Coward's “I'll See You Again,” from Mr. Cow- ard’s “Bittersweet.” % ek 7OU may have your Thursday evening sewing circle . . . the lads and lassies who bounce about on local vaudeville boards will take Sunday evening at the Cotton Club . . . So will you if you want to see comedians made into stooges . . . or if you want to watch dancers watch other dancers ... or watch musicians listen to other musicians . . . Last Sunday came Block and Sully. Belle Baker. Lou Holtz, Little Jack Little, most of Little | Jack Little's crew and Caperton and Columbus . . . to look upon truckin' as she is trucked at Washington’s | Harlem spot . .. And have you come across the purist vet . . . who insists on calling it tru(‘klng" RECDM‘\JENDED in thr night club shows: Bert Granoff singing his own arrangement of “Cheek to Cheek” at the Habana . .. also Donna and Darrell at Mr. Scott's cantina . . . Evelyn Harlan, who does a clever song and dance number at the Lotus . . . Charel de Thomee, who has returned | to Maryland Club Gardens . . . sings in the most unusual voice you have ever heard . . , and plays classics on the piano with a classic touch . . .| - THE RUZIAN Opens for 4!’1 Seawn Friday, October 11 Reservations . . NA. 4141 TROPICAL BAMBAA ROAM RUTIC,BY WILLARD svur Cr‘"fill Dancing NUNAIRI -7 P. M. || P H lo Cllllnl WILLARD HOTEL ANNOUNCING FALL OPENING VINNER DANCE FRIDAY, OCT. 4 9 P.M. to 1:30 A.M. Minimum Charge, $1.00 NEW AMSTERDAM RESTAURANT AND GRILL 2701 14th St. N.W, 14th & Fairmont Sts, suburban joy spot % Carmen Spanish and Rhumba Dancer v Virginia Lee Acrobatic and Tap Dancer * .Limmy Staley adio Crooner Y Dolly Dare Blues Singer Dancing Saturday Niehts No c"er rm"fiol‘:"!" Saturday RALPH _GARREN'S FAMOUS DUDE RANCH ORCHESTRA ® Food @ Beers Wi THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, They Make Sweet Music Comedy as done by Edison and Louise, at La Paree . . . ditto anything as done by Marie Fowler at the same place. o B DDENDA: The Club Troika opens for the season October 11 ... a week from tomorrow. . .. The Heigh- Ho is practically a preview of what's going to happen next Winter . . . what with the debs and sub-debs flocking in with the one-big-happy- | family idea on their minds . . . what with their escorts cutting in on one another diligently what with every one providing every aspect of a mid = December party . . . every- thing but the re- ceiving line. . . . An unknown lass wrote a pri- vate set of lyrics for “The Gentleman Obviously Doesn't Believe” . . . for Ray Nelson to sing over at the Willard Bamboo Room . . . but got cold feet . grabbed her lyrics . . from there in a hurry sang the first syllable. . . . what she said in that song? nd went away . .. before Ray Where the Smart Set Congregates . . . {“ MAYFAIR Cafe of All Nations 13th & F Sts. LUNCHEONS COCKTAIL HOUR DINNERS Sparkling Entertainment Announces DANCING Every Night (Except Sunday and Monday) Music by Log Cabin Inn Orchestra ENTERTAINMENT BY MITZI Minimum Charge. %3¢ Except Sature 1.00 No Cover e St A Feie eer—Wines—Set-ups. Washington’s Smart SOCIAL EMBASSY, ‘PETE MACIAS’ INTIMATE SUPPER CLUB features THE TOWNSENDS Sophisticated Dance Team Pete Macias and His Orchestra with Marty Rubin and Jimmy Nichols featured vocalists. | Week Night Couvert $1.00 Saturdays - Holidays $1.50 Tap Room Opens at 12 Noon For Reservations Phone RAMON, NOrth 1231-1232 m;h% 1536 CONNECTICUT AVE. (Cocner of Q Street) ‘Wonder | OCTOBER 3, 1935, Leon Brusiloff have slapped each other with a figurative glove . . . and are rapiers solved: The Brusiloff music attracts «+ . OF Vice versa. ., . Of course they i: mits his department is the box | office attraction, NAPOL['\ NS 2649 CONN. AVE. Phone Col 8955 Wa-lnnuon 's Newest, Smartest French Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge ENTERTAINMENT COCKTAILS at the Ambassador . will burst forth . new niterie . like $30,000. * k¥ X NCE a few weeks back Pete Bon'u Emory Daugherty (at left) ] sat off in swings & baton in front of a bright crew of tunesmiths at La Paree; Matt Windsor (in the center) opens his new Club Volga Boatman, at No. 1 Thomas Circle, tonight, and John Slaughter (at right) will preside over the music menu when the continental room of the Wardman Park Hotel is opened tomorrow. Madrillon host, was very pessimistic . . | other war on the horizon. pessimistic . . all his own. ITEMS on Interior Decoration: The | | ~ orchestra 15 to be moved to the | other end of the floor at the Rainbow | Room . . . the dance floor is to be | lengthened . . . and there still will be | as many or more seats . . . Rumor has |1t that the various things being done The ‘Top's Off' the Carlton Bar « « o and out com most drinks you ever fasted. Also ‘as like i’ musio by a Sidney | Unit, Cover after 10 p.m. daily, 55c. Saturdays and Holidays, $1.10. PAUL, NAt. 2220 for Reservations HOTEL CARLTON' & J6TH AT K ST.M X! where soon . . The Ambassador, .. are to cost something | corner of his Castillian hacienda . . . talked of troubled events in Europe . all be- | | cause he could see nothing but an-| . . . But | now it seems Senor Borras was not . just anxious . .. for he has under way a private war , . . .+ . Seems Pete and Dinner Show. ....9:30 *% Supper Show....12:30 Dance Musie By Al Barkley's New Yorkers i Marlhoro DONNA and DARRELL Dance Stylists in Modern Interpretations MOE BAER And His Club Habena Orchestra Rhythmic Dance Music BERT GRANOFF Baritone De Luxe DINNER Daily, $1.50, including cover: Satur- days and Holidays, $2.00, including cover. 6:30 to 10 P.M. about to brandish figurative | . . all over the debate: Re- | more patrons than the Borras food || |are still friends . . . but each calmly | and Fresh Green Supplied by Our Local Dealers LOW PRICES SPECIAL BREAKFAST AND YOUR CHOICE MEATS 100% o Vegetables REFINED ATMOSPHERE MORNING PAPER____ DANCING'd From Noon. Cocktail Dascing Ste? (Sat. 4:30.5:30) (No Cover o Minmum Except Saturdey After 9. Mismn $100) Delicious 7 Course Dia Mua Die: Reom 3100 O the &P OTLIGHT * From Noon % t, fntimate, entertaining Washingten selects— DAVIS Try our Special Mixed Drinks Washington’s Only Completely Air-Conditioned Hotel Running ice water in every room 14th & K Sts. N. Ricbard S. Butler, Mgr. ZENA—GILRONE Ballroom Dance Team Sapper Dances . 10 to 2 a. m. 8 BUDDY RICH Dancer and Singer * MAXIM LOWE’S ORCHESTRA “Barnee” Directing DANCING 7:45 to 2 BROADWAY'’S Newest and Most Sensational featuring 10 of Earl Lindsay’s Loveliest Girls RAVEL & WHITTON ve and Modern Dancers *r\'rn\ HARLAN Fecentric_Dancen DEARRING & LI . e Danrl g to BILL STRICKLAND'S BAND JUDY ELLINGTON Capitolian’s Songstress LUNCH, 40e (Sat. 30¢) DINNER. 85 Sat. & Sun. 908 hiOTOS 142 & NEW YORK AVE. NW. Peter Borras, host, announces & floor show presentation Under the Direction of Leon Brausiloff Dinner Show at 8, Supper Show at 12 Continuous Entertalnment 10 P. M. to 2 A. M. EATURI Kryster Tap Mary Modernistic Dancer Billy Jenking dack Shast(er Tarch Singer Ray Donohue Dinner from $1.00 . No Couvert Charge Dancing 7 to 9 and 10 to 2 ¢, Leon Brusiloft and His Orchestrs Reservations, Call Martin, DI 4561 R IESWAMHR/MNII NI Wuhinxhn Bulldmg\ 15th & New~ York Ave, Experienced AdvertisersPrefer The Star