Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1937, Page 26

After Dark Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places. By the Spectator. TradeMark Reststered. 0. 8. Patent Ofca. T may not seem fair to some of the other citizens who contribute brightly to the village night life to bring up the subject of Burrus Williams again, since his nimble fin- gers were extolled right ir this same spot just last week . . . But Burrus is considerable of a figure on the after- dark scene . . . .kke the Stork Club to New York . . . like autograph hounds and spotlights to a Holly- wood premiere . . . like Mussolini to Italy . . . he's there and can't be ignored . . . And Burrus does own a cocker that used to eat its own ears for breakfast when it was but a pup +..and things do happen to him ... as for instance the other night when he sat in the Mayflower Lounge re- galing the loungers with smart piano tunes, substituting for a whole or- chestra until Sidney's lads arrived, a task he does every eve . . . A waiter came up, said to Burrus, “The party's sober now” . . . Burrus said, “Fine” « . . the waiter returned a hit later, | again said “The party’s sober now” . . . Again Burrus replied, “That is | Just too lovely, but do I look like I| cared” . . . Twice more the waiter | returned with the same message . . .| and then it dawned . . . Somebody | had made a request, or was tryng | to make one . . vanted Burrus to play “The Party's Over Now" ... And that might have been all right, but no sooner did M. Williams return to the Heigh Ho than a waiter arrived | at his elbow . . . “The lady in the | corner,” he said, “wants to hear “When | My Steamboat Comes Sailing Home'” | ...P.S. The lady in the corner got | the one about “Dream Boat Sailing | Home” right away . .. ¢ * * Somebody named “A Reader” | writes in on the Mayflower Hotel's en- graved stationery to imply there have been moments here of lat. when this | department has become unutterably dull, not to mention terrible . . . whereupon Ye Spectator admits the | charge and offers to take “A Reader” | out on tour some p.m. and show just | how dull the night life of the town itself really is at times . .. But “A | Reader” is thanked for the warning. because the note is affectionately ! signec, “As ever” . . . and thanked, | too, for the reminder that words about the Madrilion have been lacking here for many a week . .. girls from Bryn Mawr . .. A promi- nent Senator saying if he takes a girl out he's doing encugh for her and he doesn’t have to kiss her . . . 50 let that be a warning . . . and there was that prominent citizen with the foreign name, behind a Shoreham potted palm, surreptitiously putting lipstick and eyebrow pencil on a bust of George ‘Washington . . . At the Wardman Park | Capitol Cocktail Lounge . . . Repre- sentative Leonard W. Schuetz, Rep- resentative Charles A. Halleck, Rep- resentative Dewey Short and Repre- sentative L. Le Roy Adair in their favorite corners all on the same eve- ning, proving there's something in the name Capitol . . . At the Carlton . . . Sande Williams led with his chin the other night, said he could play any college song mentioned . . . immedi- ately discovered alumni from Georgia Tech, Annapolis, Iowa, Southern Cali- fornia, Wisconsin and the University of Virginia . . . turned the Patio into a pep meeting. « » * Blues department: Judy Elling- ton, who went to Florida with Russ Morgan's Orchestra, is chanting her blues at the Cocoanut Grove these nights . . . Helen Malcolm is sirging blues at the Ambassador’s Hi-Hat Lounge . . . singing blues on account of her Saturday afternoon piano re- citals having become all request pro- grams . . . which would be all right except that the requests are leaning more and more toward the classics . .. She can play 'em, all right, but at the Hi-Hat she has a midget piano . . . finds herself continually reaching for an extra octave that never even was on the keyboard . . . And where's Marie Fowler? Tl EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C., THURSDAY, The sketch, “Love in the Ranks,” performed as part of the nightly floor show at the Club Troika, is a satire on the manner of a uniform with a maid. The participants pictured here are (left to right) Marusia Sava, Yasha Nikogossoff, Vania Orlik, Emil Wadimoff and (center) Lola Lolik. Supper Club Notes HOREHAM HOTEL—Avila and | Nile, continental dance stars, headline the floor entertain- | ment, and the others who con- | tribute are Leonidoff, the Russian troubadour, and Irene and Martha, in high-stepping acrobatics. Barnee leads the Maxim Lowe Orchestra. * ¥ ¥ x Club Troika—The atmosphere of old Russia fills the air here, and it's show is a bright novelty, the Theater | Intime, presented on a small stage at one end of the dance floor, and it's almost always pleasant entertainment. * x x x Wardman Park Hotel—The dance | music here is something to enjoy. It's | furnished by Arthur Warren, a lad | who's played for a lot of the smart folk | up New York way and who knows | his sharps and clefs. The decore of | a crowd almost every night and never does he find surcease from the prob- lems of finding favorite tables for steady customers. The Hawaiians pro- vide music throughout the evening, with much aid from Heien Malcolm, who sings, plays a mean piano. ® x ¥ X Hamilton Hotel — The Rainbow Room at Dick Butle:'s Fourteenth and K hostelry continues to be one of the more popular downtown dine-and- danceries, too. Music is by Milton Davis and his orchestra. * % ¥ % Macina’s—There's & new cocktail ® ¢ * 5o there was a visit to the | reflected in everybody in the place, Madrillon . . . which turned out to | from George, who greets you at the be an exceedingly happy one, what | door, right on back. The show is a with Frank McNey greeting us like gala Russian festivity, with songs by & long-lost brother . . . with Pete | Zinaida Niccolina, dances by Lolik and Borras sitting us down and setting | Orlik, more songs by Marusia Sava, | the room itself is exceedingly smooth, | lounge, with continuous music and too. In the modern neat, but not entertainment every night. gaudy, manner. * % * % rx = Cocoanut Grove—Frank McCormick, Pall Mall Room —The Raleigh's | the looniest master of ceremonies in out to show what kind of a host he | really is, as if at least half the town | didn't know already . . . It's good | to hear Russ Cullen sing again, after | these many weeks . . . and when he | steps up to the mike to go into a | session with some of the old-time hits | “All Alone,” “I'll Follow My Secret Heart,” “Why Was I Born? “Without a Song.” and some of the | others . . . he practically brings down the house . . . and exceedingly pleas- | ant are other things . . . the way Helen Forrest has with a song. f'rin- stance, especially when she's part of | & quartet with Russ, Johnnie Shaw | and Johnnie Raub . . . and the way | Elise Grignon sings sweetly for you | Tight at the table . . . and Johnnie | Shaw's Madrillon music doesn't need | any complimenting . . . The night | we were there a gang of musicians from Baltimore walked in, said they'd | heard of the music over there and wanted to give a listen . . . ® * ¢ Irene Juno, having made the | town Raleigh Pall Mall room con- scious, is off to Florida to lie on the ' sand and look at the stars ... | ® * ¢ The night club sketch they're’ talking about around the town is the “Love in the Ranks” done at the ‘Troika to show how & gal is won . . . It's been approved with pleasure by | the diplomatic set, in addition to all | the Senators and Representatives who | hold night sessions over shashlik . . . the diplomatic set including at various | times the Yugoslavian Minister and | the Rumanian Minister . . . ® * * Other names and places: At the Heigh-Ho . .. Mrs. James Roose- velt, Franklin Roosevelt, jr.; Hall Roosevelt . . . Margo Garrett tossing & party for her house guest ... Nancy Leiter was there . . . Mrs. Gordon | Luke (used to be Hester Anne Le | Fevre) with Bunny Makail . . . At the | 8horeham . . . Capt. T. E. B. Howe, air attache of the British Embassy, attached for the moment to the Banks | TONIGHT REGULAR $1.50 DINNER, $1.00 erved Till 9 P.M. Daneing from 7 to No Minimum or C RESTAURANT MADRILLON 15th and N. Y. Ave Wash. Bl DL AS&‘)“ WHERE TO DINE. THE De Luxe ing Room 507 Quincy St. NW. SPECIAL veal _home-cooked Course Roast Turkey Dinner. Family Style Served Thursday to Sunday. Inclusive. OTHER CHOICES Phone Adams 6315 > TEA dashing dagger dance by Yacha Nikogossoff, and Mischa Markoff is the master of ceremonies. Dance music is by Sasha Bartnovsky's Orchestra. * x k% Heigh-Ho Club—Pete Macias’ inti- mate and friendly rendezvous up at Connecticut and Q is a favorite of the top hat and white tie crowd. The room’s small and you almost have to know a cabinet officer to get a table on Saturday nights. Music is the smooth- est for miles around, furnished by Pete's own band, wiii songs by Marty Rubin and Jimmy Nichols. * ® X X Mayflower Lounge — You'll find & goodly portior of the social set at this | popular Connecticut avenue oasis, where there's dance music by Sidney's Orchestra. The lads are on hand afternoons until 7 and evenings after 10 pm. * % X % Club Velga Boatman—Matt Wind- sor's log-walled Russian rendezvous | draws a goodly crew of notables from Capitol Hill and a host of others out to relax from the day's labors. The Who Is MYRA? Come for afternoon tea or uphifting cocktails between the eet ality. who is in attendapce for character readings. You'll find it most intricuing to have “Myra’ peep inte vour past. present and future. Special Sunday Supper 6 to 8:30 P.M.. $1.00 20th and R Sts. Phone NOrth 8918 WASHINGTON SOCIETY favors Pete Macias’ @i@fl@i@ 1536 Connecticut Ave. For its Refined and So- Cuisine. 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There's a trio on hand afternoons to entertain at the Four- Thirty Club, where Frank McNey looks after things, and Russ Cullen sings both places. L La Paree—The Lorraines, well known for their Bolero, have been held over, and additions to the show include the Blonde Deceiver and a pair of smart dancers, the Costello Sisters. * K X K Mayfair—Jack Campbell and Leo Lisee are back together again and that means plenty of entertainment. ‘They're on hand at cocktail, dinner and supper time at the Cafe of All Nations. * k% % Casa Grande—Bert Motley's Or- chestra provides the dance music and every Wednesday night there’s a real, old-fashioned barn dance with a hill- billy band. This is the Dude Ranch, yeu know, out on the Baltimore pike. * k% % Boulevard Farms—Al Shea and his orchestra supply tunes for dancing GLaBININ Miles Beyond Silver Spring on a. 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