Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1935, Page 36

After Dark Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places. By the S Tra of a signal, burners will be lighted under the samovars, and the Russian Club Troika will operr for its fourth season . . . with Russian atmosphere . . . Russian cuisine (including plenty of bouef a la Stroganoff), and Russian enter- < tainment, head- lined by Ethel Pastor, pop ular Troika songbird, and Karavaiefl, who is supposed to be one of the best Russian Y dancers there is. ... Other people OMORROW night Mme. Helen Hamilton will give some sort who will gayety will be Valentinora, donna; Denna Larena, who is “some- thing,” if what people are saying is | true; Vladimir Diloff, basso, and Sasha Bartnovsky, who will lead the orchestra and who used to be with Harry Horlick's Gypsies. ® * + The Lotus was up to its ears| in local night club people Sunday night ... Came Jimmy (Club Habana) Bright . . . came Ralph (also Habana) contribute to the gypsy| prima | pectator. de Mark Registered. U. 5. Patent Ofce.| Emelie, Rainbow Room’s blond seller of cigarettes, celebrated a birthday last Friday . . . insists it's the last |one . . . Stay-up-too-lates at Club | Habana the other night had an im- promptu floor show done for them by “Mousie” Gar- ner, vaudeville buffoon, ex-Ted Healy stooge and brother of Frank Garner of Bill (Lotus) Strick- land’s Capitolians . . . “Mousie’s” take-off on Jol- son doing a mammy number is the dizziest ever . . . There's stil another opening on the books . . . Due next Wednesday is the Ambassador, at the Ambassador Hotel . . . Very neat, it will be, too . . . all done in suave tan leather and | indirect lighting . . . Guy and Mrs. Scott went to the races Tuesday . . . Chme back smiling . . . Audrey Seiber has become one of Club Habana's habitues . . . which is a break for the Club Habana . . . * =+ The Shoreham ball room has an informal fashion parade almost any imost requests for, anyway | Hawkins, to eat noodles . . . Came Jimmy (Bamboo Room) Santmyer to play stooge and permit himself to be whirled gayly in a dizzy spin by the lassies of the skating act . . . Came Lew (Wardman Park Continental Room) Gates . .. Came also the Club Habana's nifty dance team, Donna and Darrel, who approved the Lotus floor show, particularly little Marjorie Bar- ret . .. who later journeyed up to the Cotton Club . . . too late to see Wil- bur Hall of the Fox's Hall and Den- nison contribute to the floor show . . . but just in time to catch Bert Granoff in full song in the middle of the floor . ..and who remained to wax en- thusiastic over the subtle and effort- less dancing of the Cotton Club’s Bill Bailey. * * * At the opening of the Ward- man Park’s Continental Room the dance team was performing . . . Johnny Slaughter stepped up to the microphone . . . “Somebody just sent me a note saying, ‘for goodness sake, said Johnny. “I thought every one knew. It's Wood- ruff and a-a-a—" Mr. Slaughter looked surprised . breat and concentrated . . . “——and Struthers!” with a grin of triumph and a sigh of relief. ¢ * * Fall is here . . . The Mayflower | last night had another incomparable Mayflower party to make it official « . . Social registerites, theater folk &nd newspaper people rubbed elbows « . . had corsages and boutonnieres pinned on them by Harriet watched Enters and Borgia, brought by Pete (Heigh-Ho) Macias, dance and made them dance again . . . Listened to Bert Granoff, brought by Guy (Club Habana) Scott, sing and made him sing again . . . and again . . . saw Sidney himself lead the orchestra and listened to him make a violin sing . . . and lent an ear when Harpist Antonio Bove demon- strated how nimbly his fingers could Jump from “Top Hat” to “Liebe- straum” . . . There was a parodv of Cole Porter's “A Picture of Me With- out You” too . . . taking innocent newspaper gentlemen for a merry ride . . . In fact there was ‘everything to make a party a party . .. Last week, before the Mayflower's fiesta . . . or even during it if you had locked, you might have seen Jounging in the lounge or tripping Jaunty polkas Lady Furness, Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt and Mrs. Benjamin Thaw; the popular Ted Clarks, Everett Saunders, Luis Gur- dian, Costa Rican minisier of for- eign relations; Judge Bert Fish, United States Minister to Egypt, with Judge Pierre Crabittes, who came all the way from Cairo, Egypt, to listen to the Sidney music, and Count Alberto Marchetti, Italian Minister to Mexico. * * * The artist who decorated the Volga Boatman explains his murals ‘e . . They are on the Russian primi- tive style . . . to gain the proper at- mosphere o conviviality . . . and there is no attempt to be acamedic . . . Only four colors are used, red, yellow, blue and green . . . which are the #only colors used in early Russian peasant art . . . The mural back of the bandstand is a depiction of the same legend from which came Stra- vinsky’s “Firebird.” * * * “I'm in the Mood for Love” #till is the most popular tune of the day, according to the Filipinos at the . That’s what they get the 5t 7 P SUP! 0 P. M. "Till Closing Music by WILLARD SYMPHONAIRS No Cover Clurge at Any Time at this suburban joy spot % Marguerite and Bonchette Versatile dancers de luze % Jimmy Staley Radio Crooner % Dolly Dare Blues Singer No_Cover Ci Except rday and Holidays RALPH GARREN'S FAMOUS DUDE RANCH ORCHESTRA ©® Food ©® Beers ¢ Wines No _Hard Liquor d “Bring Your Own” Boulevard d Md. Univ. .. He took a deep | Then— | he announced | Garvey Laing, Mary Murray Hume, | night . . . Vieing for honors recently | have been Mrs. J. E. Cammack, in | gold sequins, with gold circlet in her hair, and looking for all the world | like the story-book princess the | knight in armor saved from the | dragon . . . Mrs. William P. Burns, in | something wine-red and metal . . . | Mrs. Alice Nibley Smoot, all done up in turquoise blue .. . and Mrs. Gwendolyn Brownlee, truly a sight to see in a smart white and silver evening coat . . . Judge Fish, bachelor diplomat and | Minister to Egypt, had himself en- tertained at the Shoreham last week, too . . . Khalil Bey of the Egyptian Legation being responsible for it all... $ 2 . . Enters and Hooray | Borgia are back at Pete Macias’ hang- out, creating the encore record of the year, when they opened Tuesday, by | being forced to do a whole half-dozen | dances before any one in the place | would let them rest . . . When they | were at the Heigh-Ho last year they averaged five numbers per appearance. * ¢« * Among those gazing upon them the other eve were Mrs. Douglas Mrs. Campbell Pritchett . . . and even young Eleanor Roosevelt with, be- lieve it or not, Jock McLean . .. Mrs. Laing and Miss Hume spent much of the time being all agog over the dance to be given October 19 at the | Old Rixey Manor in Cherrydale . . . | the two of them being on the Invita- | tion Committee along with Marjorie Sigsbee Small, Ellen Wilson Howe | and Joseph McKay McGammon. = * * A goodly part of the town's | population will journey down War- renton way tomorrow and Saturday . . . on account those will be the | nights of the Warrenton Horse Show | dances, to be held in Fauquier Recrea- | tion Center, | * * * Opened yesterday: The Wil- |lard Corner, Harry Somerville's new | “conversation room” at his Hotel ‘Willard . . . all done in blue and cream | and venetian blinds and indirect | lighting . . . and swarmed yesterday | afternoon by hordes of good people | who oh-ed and ah-ed at the glory of | it all. | GRANDCHILDREN WIN AUTO DEATH DAMAGES ;First Award of Kind, $4,250, Granted by Jury to Two Dependents. Said to be the first time the grand- children of a man killed in an auto- mobile have been permitted by the local courts to recover for his death, a District Supreme Court jury has returnred a $4.250 verdict in favor of the heirs of John McHugh of Phila- delphia. McHugh was killed April 23, 1933, when struck by the automobile of Aloysius D. “O’'Donnell, 3824 Garfield street. The victim's grandchildren, John McHugh, 2nd, a theological stu- dent, and his 20-year-old sister, were represented by Attorneys Harry T. Whelan and William B. O'Connell. They contended the grandchildren were dependent on McHugh and should be compensated by O'Donnell for his death, SPECIAL BREAKFAST AND YOUR MORNING PAPER 709 18th St. N.W. HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO! D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 193 Featured at Three After Dark Haunts Dena Larena, the attractive lady in the center, is billed as the “Exotic Russian Nightingale” and will be one of the stars of the floor show when the Club Troika opens tomorrow; Marguerite and Bonchette (at left) are dancing this week at the Dude Ranch, rustic spot on the Baltimore Pike, and Donna and Darrel (at right), smart dance team have just completed two weeks at the Club Habana, making their last appearance tonight. Supper Club Notes LUB HABANA—Saldino and Fairchild arrive tomorrow to do the ball room dances which are featured in the three nightly entertainment interludes. Bert Granoff remains, of course, sing- ing as many encores as his throat will take every time he steps up to the “mike,” and Moe Baer makes smooth and swingy dance rhythm, staying on the stand until 3. Russ Cullen and Jimmy Bright do the song numbers with the orchestra. There's breakfast, too, served between 2 and 4 am. EEE N Continental Room—Johnny Slaugh- ter leads the orchestra and Lew Gates and Honey Davis sing songs that do things to you. Maurice and Lucienne dance every night, filling in for Wood- ruff and Struthers because James Struthers pulled something loose open- ing night and has been unable to per- form since. This is in the Wardman Park Hotel. * ok Xk % Rainbow Room—Music is by & neat five-piece Meyer Davis unit, led from the piano by Milton Davis. The lad up in front with the fiddle is Bert Bernath, Hamilton Hotel is the loca- tion, * ok ok % Shoreham Hotel—Marguerita Pa- dula, known for the last two years as the Rudy Vallee songbird, does modern songs, accompanied in some of them by her pet Peke; Ames and Revere do musical comedy dances; Frieda Sulli- van contributes fast acrobatic special- ties and Leroy Kiser sings in the nightly floor shows. Music is by Maxim { Lowe’s Orchestra, with Barnee waving the baton. ) * ok ok % Heigh-Ho Club—There’s big news here. Enters and Borgia have re- turned, and Enters and Borgia are perhaps the most encored dancers the Heigh-Ho has ever known. Pete Macias and his gang make the music, with Marty Rubin and Jimmy Nichols handling the singing assignments. * x x % Lotus—There’s a new set of princl- pals performing this week with the attractive Earl Lindsey line, led by Norman and Rhea, who do a sophis- ticated “Cobra Tango,” which they adapted from a number done by Veloz and Yolande in the movies. The other newcomer is Paul Belt, tap dancer, E DANCE SUNDAY 9:30 P.M. to 1:30 AM. to the melodies of BOB D’ARCY’S ORCHESTRA Minimum Charge, 3¢ Rumuzs S S SRR R R S 1341 Conn. Av (8 CHOICE MEATS | and Fresh Green Vegetables Supplied by Our Local Dealers LOW PRICES REFINED ATMOSPHERE McREYNOLDS CAFETERIA C. F. HARPER and the La Benton Trio, exciting skating act, has been held over. Al Norton, of course, is the master of ceremonies. Judy Ellington sings and Marjarie Barret of the chorus cone tributes a pair of bright specialties. Dance music is by Bill Strickland’s| Capitolians, x x X ¥ Club Troika—This popular Russian rendezvous opens for its fourth season tomorrow night. The entertainment will be on the Russian gypsy motiff | and will be done by Karavaieff, knock- out Russian dancer; Ethel Pastor, popular from the Troika's last season; Vladimir Diloff, basso; Valentinora, | noted Russian prima donna, and Dena | Larena. The orchestra will be led by | Sasha Bartnovsky. * Xk x X Mayflower—Sidney's Orchestra sup- plies the music; Buddy, Harmon and Sid Cowen sing hit tunes, and Harpist | Anthony Bove plays anything from the classics to Tin Pan Alley's latest. * ¥ x ¥ Volga Boatman—The two nightly floor shows, at 8:30 and midnight, have a Russian gypsy chorus of 15. ‘The principals are Michel Michon, Clava Larinova and Alexander Bal- shakoff, Anthony Gorloff and Proprie- tor Matt Windsor himself. The orch- estra is led by Michel Michaeloff, who has a way with a violin. * X ¥ % Maryland Club Gardens—The floor entertainment is done by the Three Harmonics, radio singers; Beti Molina, tap dancer; Yvonne and Philipe, dance stylists: Fran Trappe, accordion- ist, and Luzak and his violin. * % % x Hi-Hat—You're bound to see some NAPOLEON'S 2649 CONN. AVE. Phone Col. 8955 . Washington’s Newest, Smartest French Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge ENTERTAINMENT appetizing now that there is a tang of Autumn in the air. Specializing in Seafood and a la carte dishes. Dancing | niohtly “to " Hawatian ~orchestra— Wednesday and Saturday nights to Pl @ i-piece band. OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY Phone Hillside 0112 | GRITRITH BARAS | | FAMOUS§ FOR FOOD | ! DINNERS SEAFOOD A LACARTE ) i 3 MI. FROM DIST. LINE = one you know at this popular meet- ing spot. Incidental music is by Manuel Bofill and his Filipino quartet, who do any request. R Mayfair—George Mark, singer, and Bill Abernethy, pianist, contribute in- formal, table-to-table entertaining, with the help of Mary Jo Hamilton. X v Willard Bamboo Room—Music is served up by the Willard Symphonairs, under the guidance of Pianist Jimmy Santmyer. Ray Nelson sings songs of young love. * ok ¥ % Club Carlton—Smart people will surround you and there's a back- ground of suave music by a Sidney unit, for cocktail hour or a restful evening. * ok K o La Paree—The headliner of this week’s show is Lou Fink, a comedian, who is supposed to be one of the dizziest seen recently in a local night spot. Otlgers on the bill are Lane and Carroll, eccentric dance duo; Eddie Andrews and Company, and Joe Murphy. master of ceremonies. Marie Fowler and Ray Beck are the featured sirngers and the music is by Emory Daugherty’s Ochestra. * x % X Cotton Club—Bill Bailey, who tap dances smoothly and with the great- est of ease, and who is hailed as Bill Robinson’s closest rival, is the new star of “Truckin’ to Town.” . Anise MUSIC For All Occasions pariies, dances, card parties, tea dansantes, afternoon parties, formals, fraternity proms supplied with the finest, most distinctive COLORED ORCHESTRAS. ARTISTS, ENTERTAINERS. SMALL COMBINA- TION BANDS. 15-PIECE ORCHESTRAS Whatever your entertainment needs consult Halloween Amusement Enterprises, Inc. Masonic Building 1000 You St. N.W. Potomac 2! THE DRINKS tantalize your palate THE ‘OPEN' BAR tompts your eye ‘SIDNEY’ MUSIC TEASES YOUR EAR AHOTEL CARLTONS ARLTON RIGTH AT K ST. & 9 ~ L4 ® ON MARLBORO PIKE. gy THE 3 HARMONICS Badio's Happiness Girls BETI MOLINA Tepe and More Tape YVONNE AND PHILIPE Donse Moderne - FRAN TRAPPE and Ais dccordion LUZAK end is Violin AL BARKLEY and Me NEW YORKERS PETE MACIAS Presents Supper Dancing Nightly Floor Entertainment with MARJORIE ENTERS . and PHILLIPE BORGIA Sophisticated Dance Team and Pete’s own talented gang Tap Room Open at 12 Noon Call Ramon, NO. 1231, 1232 | and Alland, Vivian Brown, Roscoe Dyla, Gypsy West and Sid Sisko also contributz and Tommy Myles and his 15 composers make merry music. * % * x Ramon's—Bob Dunnington, pianist, and Bob d'Arcy violinist, entertain every night from 9:3¢ p.m. to 1 am, and there is supper dancing Sunday (See SUPPER CLUB NOTES, Page 17) TOMORROW NIGHT and Every FRIOAY! Log Cabin Inn Four N on Georgi ond Silver d Spring, Ave. Extended DANCING Every Night (Except Sunday and Monday) Music by Log Cabin Inn Orchestra ENTERTAINMENT BY MITZI Rustic Atmosphere—Open Fireplace Minimum Charge. T3¢ Except Saturday, $1.00 No Cover Charge at An: Beer—Wines—Set-ul DIHI CLUB]HABANA M) ORGHESTRA Entertaln you nightly at the Smart Club Habana as well as Donna and Darrell, Dance Team—and &s a featured vo- calist—Bert Granoff through courtesy of Warner Bros. Earle Theater. Dinner 6:30 To 10 P. M. 215 ily. Including Cover. S0 4025 “na Holidavs, 3200, Including Cover. 0 Cover after 10 9. m. S5c daily. Saturdays and Aolidays, $1.10 Eleven- Eightoon Conn. Avense Reservations, PAUL NAt. W O the &POTLIGHT % From Noon % Eacept Saturdey g B st e B JLLL A L RESERVATIONS— EDDY rx‘om Special District 2580 ! T Miked Drinks Washington's Only Completely Air-Conditioned Hotel Running ice water in every room 14th & K Sts. N.W. Richard S. Butler. Msr. The Best Entertainment 7 Buy in Town! \ G NEVVE Presented 3 Times Daily 4 10 of Earl Lindsay’s Loveliest Girls % NORMAN & RHEA Tango, Tiger Fug and Harlem Strut % MARJORIE BABRET Violin Dance % PAUL BELT Wings and Bhythm % LA BENTON SISTERS Novelty skating Trio % AL NORTON Master of Ceremonies BILL STRICKLAND'S BAND With Judy Ellington Lunch 40¢ Dinner 85¢ (sat. 45¢) (Sat. & Sun. “The Rostasnant of Disliseclion LOTUS .14tk & NEW YORK AVE.NW. 90¢c) Dinner Dances 7:45 to 10 pecial Dinner $1.76 cluding, Marovaiita. Padil Marguerita Padula Musical Comedy Star Courtesy of Rudy Vallee * Ames and Revere Baliroom Dancers * Freida Sullivan Acrobatic Dancer * MAXIN LOWE'S ORCHESTRA “Barnee” Directing DANCING 7:45 to 2 »ver. sSaturdays cover mot included. Supper Dances 10 to 2 GALA % REOPENING » paley O at 7P. M. KARAVAEFF FEATURING World's Greatest VALENTINOVA Russian Dancer Russian Prima Doana ETHEL PASTOR DENA LARINA Soprano Singer VLADIMIR DILOFF JOHNNY BLUE Besso N. B. C. . Accordionist SASCHA BARTNOVSKY §-piece Orchestra PURVEYORS TO CLUB TROIKA Uline Tee Co. Jsmes Callas & Bros. For Reservations Call George at NA. 4141 Washington Beef and Lanbardt Sea“Food Co. & Provision Co.