Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1937, Page 34

Dark After Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places. By the Spectator. outs of the village wili sit, peering over their iced coffee and their orange soda pop with sur- prised expressions, sniffing occasionally with the left eyebrow raised in ques- tion, gradually getting used to the quaint perfume of fresh air. ... For this week end the town's after-sun- down purlieus come out in the open with & vim...and following the lead of Matt Windsor, who opened his Club Volga Boatman Roof a couple of weeks ago, the Powhatan Hotel people have enticed Pete Macias to leave his houseboat down the Potomac for a certain number of hours every evening, again to guide the soft rhythms of his Heigh-Ho Orchestra at the Powhatan Roof, starting tomor- row night. . . . Tomorrow, too, Mary- land Club Gardens moves lock, stock and barrel, as somebody used to say, out to that pleasant terrace overlook- ing the soft, cool waters of the pool. .«. And come Saturday the Shore- ham’s Robert takes that guest book that reads like a Washington Who's Who, and all his crew out to the flower-bedecked terrace overlooking Rock Creek Park, where cool breezes float up from the trees below and all is pleasantly relaxing ... COMEB now that time of the year when the jaded stay- ® ¢ ¢ Helen Greene, who sings songs the way they should be sung up at Y - the Hi-Hat, likes A5 to go fshing . . . onaccount of when she goes fishing she can get off all alone middle of a river =2 and yodel ... a ‘:‘of) sport she loves . but wouldn't dare practice at close quarters . , . she % ** Getting back Gardens (we never would have left but for Helen), you'll find all sorts of evidence of a new regime at Mrs. Stamm’s popular alfresco spot this year . . . what with the Troika's George on hand to look after things. .. And with those needle showers, mas- sage tables and other paraphernalia available for working frayed nerves back to supple smoothness . .. and with Harold Collins about day and night to give lessons in fencing, swim- ming, reducing and whatnot . - Scientific physical culture he calls it . . . but he can call it anything he wants, since he's given fencing les- Headliner ROBERTA JONAY, Dancer, comes to the Shore- ham Saturday to headline the new floor show which will celebrate the opening of the terrace overlooking Rock Creek Park. Ellis’ Special Lobster Dinner $1.25 Special Sea Food Luncheon “Your Favorite Drinks” —~ to Maryland Club | - -|Paul Whiteman's crew sat in for a | Park's Metronome the other night, | Wirgman, | France, Egypt and various other spots | best tan in town (she's repotted to | | have brought it back from Florida {+ .. And are they planning to snap | circulation? | here; not next week, but right now | strolled into a local night spot with | the manager on his way to fill it . . . Trade Mark Registered, U. 8. Patent Office. sons to Doug Fairbanks, Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan (the English musical comedy star), Gertrude Lawrence, Eric Ven Stroheim and other stage and screen celebrities. * ¢ * Mrs. Natalie Campbell Pritchett and Eugene Vidal, whose romance has been much publicized in the public prints here of late, are frequent tete- a-tete diners at the Shoreham . . . the Shoreham where Lillian Gish came recently with her mother, made much of the view overlooking the terrace, with its pink and red roses climbing about and its other vari-colored floral adornments . . . the view that's liked also by the Marquis de Veyrac, who admires it from the cocktail porch . . . There was a real Texas reunion one recent dinner hour at the Shoreham . . . when Jesse Jones and Singer Henri Therrien got together . . . Henri having sung early in his career at Sr. Jones’ Rice Hotel down Texas way .. and the others in the party, in case you wondered and even if you don't, were Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Bucky Harrls, Host George Marshall and Mrs. Marshall. * * * Portrait of a typewriter wearing smoked glasses (magnifying at that): Publicity from one of the local cab- arets says there's a lass who does an acrobatic dance “which has won her much fame from coast to coast” . . . Coast-to-coast fame it's won her, eh? So she works for four pounds and three shillings a week as a chorus girl. * * * It looked for a moment as though it was going to be one of the loveliest yarns of the week , . . When Rubye “I- was-tested for Scarlett” Zioncheck and Alexander Woollcott stepped from the same elevator into the Carlton Hotel lobby . . . But they spoke not, seemed not to recognize one another, alas were not together. * ¢ * Inspired by Johnny (Madrillon) Shaw's rapid-fire shifting from music to swing, Katherine Riegel has writ- ten a poem, which music lovers ought to read but can't on account of there isn't enough room, praising sweet tunes, denouncing making weird noises with fiddles, saxophones and whatnot - . « Maybe the piece's greatest liter- ary achievement is rhyming Madrillon with chameleon . . . If you can do that, Miss Riegel, you can find a rhyme for orange . .. Swing enthu- siasts had their innings Sunday night at the Madrillon, though, when Al Golladero and Charlie Teagarden of couple of sessions to show what amaz- ing things could be done with a clarinet and a trumpet . . . with Rutt (Heigh-Ho) Hawn and wife looking on in amazed admiration. ¢ * * Anis Azar of the Egyptian Le- gation was out at the Wardman giving a listen to Jimmy Santmeyer’s music . . . So was pretty blond Polly back from a jaunt to| . and Kitty Fuqua, sporting the and not raised it domestically) . . . And what were all those Life candid- camera clickers doing about the place? olly, the cigarette lass, for national THE EVENING Outdoor Resort Offers a Cool V STAR,. WASHINGTON, D. C., sta The al fresco terrace at Maryland Club Gardens, where there’s dancing nightly, is at the right, overlooking the cool waters of the swimming pool in the center. * ¢ * Matt Windsor is a busy citizen | | up at the Volga Boatman Roof these | | warm nights, what with a whole raft | of the town's citizens taking to dining | under the stars . .. People like Sena- tor Herring . . . or Mr. and Mrs. | Llewellyn Luce, entertaining friends | from New York . .. or the Japanese Ambassador and friends . . . He's so0 | busy, in fact, he has a rocky tlmei trying to eat . . . and last night it took him 47 minutes to finish one cup of frozen consomme . . . It's swim- time, not in the Robies, but right | .. . and Maryland Club Gardens’ pool | opens Saturday, Wardman Park’s pool | Sunday . . . Well-known diplomat a pair of business cronies the other eve. . . . Waiter took the order, passed “Champagne?” asked the manager . “Naw,” the waiter answered, “‘orangeade. No blonds, no cham- Delicious Fried Chicken and Tenderloin Steak Dinners DANCING 9 PM to 1 AM. No Cover Charge Beer and Fine Wln? OUT GEORGIA AVE. EXTENDED 1¢ MILE BEYOND NORBECK Reservations, Ashton 47-J and 42-F-5| ] PEMBERTON HOUSE = 6620 WISC. AVE. @ Located om historic Civil War Site in Bethesda Sunday Dinners 75¢, $1.00, $1.25 From Noon Till 9 P.M. Week-Day Luncheons 12to 3 P.M. Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Pemberton, Proprietors g BRADLEY 368 RUSSIAN ROOF GARDEN s Supper Club Notes rien is the floor show headliner and other attractions are the smart adagio dances done by the Karre Le Baron Trio. Dance mu- sic is by Barnee and the Maxim Lowe Orchestra. SHOEEHAM HOTEL—Henri Ther- * ¥k % Volga Boatman Roof—Matt Wind- sor himself is the featured enter- tainer in the nightly floor shows, with other bright entertainment in the Muscovite open by Singer Anna Sablu- kova, by Dancers Zina Larina and TONIGHT REGULAR $1.50 DINNER, $1.00 Served Till 9 P. Dancing from 7 to 1 No Minimum er Cover BESTAURANT MADRILLON 15th and N. Y. Ave. Wash. Bldg. DL 4561 HOTEL HAMILTON 14%&K DI-2580 213 LY\ A eils SEA SRILLE 1207 E SE NW. CHICKEN or STEAK DINNER $1.00 Service in s rustie setting es AMATEUR NIGHT EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT CASH PRIZES Alexandris en the HIGHWA N HIG] ' 4 ALEX, 2683-W-2 NO COVER CHARGE Alexander Bolshakoff and by the 8YPsy chorus. * ok K ox Madrillon—Dance music in the modern manner and an atmosphere that's just right keep this one of the most popular stops on the after-dark route. Columbis CAPITAL COCKTAIL | LouNGE Afternoons and Evenings the music and there are songs the way you like them by Helen Forrest. The Four-Thirty Club, with Frank McNey, is popular at cocktail hour, too. * ok Kk % Wardman Park Hotel — Jimmy Johnny Shaw's Orchestra is| Santmeyer, well known for the music For dancing this Summer . . . JIMMY SANTMYER'S popular orchestra has opened the sea- son at Wardman . . . where weather is fresh and dry, as well as cool . . . made for danc- ing! Try it on your company this evening. WARDMAN PARK HOTEL Connecticut Avenue at Woodley Rood Q # 13 %fiflm ofymm? FRIDAY NIGHT, May 28 » Join the Capital’s famous personalities where it is cool—lofty—starlit . . OF FUN! Superb dance floor, delicious food and drink. . LOTS D [ 4 PETE MACIAS and his orchestra-artists in Swing, Non-Swing and Rhumba Hot music on a cool ROOF! DINNER DE LUXE opening night, $2.00 Dinner de luxe week nights, $1.75 Cover charge week nights. 53¢ Saturdays and Opening. $1.10 Reservations: MPO PENNSYLVANIA AVE. at 18th St. Elevator Direct to the Roof MARLBORO PIKL NO COVER CHARGE FOR DINERS—EVER Phone Not Open Sun WHATAN “Geor NAtionsl 2740 ROOF 14 This is a ROGER SMITH Hotel OPEN TOMORROW The Terrace e LUNCHEON from (1:30-65¢ o DINNER from 6:99-§1.25 ¢ DANCING Until 2:00 * TWO SHOWS Nightly under the personal direction of Capt. GEORGE. NEW at Maryland Club Gardens: RUSSIAN STEAM BATHS. Hydro-The and reducing classes—Call | > Phy 1 H s, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1937. he’s provided at various spots about town, is the leader of the new orches- tra here, a John Slaughter unit. The Metronome Room is slated to remain open all Summer. ; * X ok x Hamilton Hotel—The Rainbow Room is a favorite with a goodly number of the town'd citizens who get about after nightfall. The atmosphere is right and the music is right. Music by Milton Davis and his orchestra, with songs by Ginger Lee, Lou Behr- man and Bert Bernath. * kX % Mayflower Hotel—This continues one of the town's favorite before and after dark rendezvous. There’s music by Sidney’s Orchestra afternoons until 7 and evenings after 10. * % x x Hi-Hat Lounge—There's a new singer here, Helen Greene, who knows how to put a tear in a song. She's present at cocktail hour, too, starting things off in the afternoon with a half-hour of piano music at 4:30 o'clock. New entertainment, in ad- dition to Miss Greene, is provided by the Three Ms, who turn out & whole hatful of music every evening. * Xk kX% Raleith Hotel—The sleek-mirrored and cleverly lighted Pall Mall room continues to draw a share of the discriminating wanderers in the night. Music is by R:y Benson's Orchestra. * X X Lotus—Brett and Young headline the new floor revue, high lighting their contribution to the fun with a whirl- wind dance that's a knockout. Others are Singer Evelyn Knight, Dancer Mickey O'Day, Rodney and Gould and the Ida Thorne Girls. Al Norton is the master of ceremonies and Bill Strickland's Capitolians provide the music. * o ok X Cocoanut Grove—Eddie Daniels is the top performer in the current edi-| COMPLETE BROADWAY tion of the floor show, handling the master of ceremonies chore and lead- ing the new orchestra, & sweet-tuned outfit. Singer Libby Frazier is on hand, too. ° x * ¥ % La Paree—"“Maytime Prolics” is the title of the show, presented three times | daily. Headliners are Dancers Rolando | and Verdetti and there's other enter- | tainment by Rudolph and Banks. Al Bakol's Orchestra provides the dance | music. x £ X % Boulevard Farms—There's dancing every night, including Sundays, with music by Phil Loria’s Orchestra. * Kk & Casa Grande—Bert Moley and his orchestra are on hand for nightly dancing. * ok x X Uptown—There’s a new cocktail lounge here, which just opened yester- day. It's just across Connecticut ave- nue from the theater of the same | name. * % X X Brooke Johns’ Old Barn—There's dancing every evening from 9 until 1| at this popular spot out Georgia avenue beyond Norbeck. : REVUES DAILY 1:00 S 7:30 ¥ 11:30 Featuring BRETT & YOUNG uccesses in New York nite spots. Dancing te BILL STRICKLAND and His CAPITOLIANS Never a Cover Charge LUNCH Saturday 50e DINNER ______ Saturday W ons 14th and New York - 90c y, $1 Loc Cagin Inn 4 Miles Beyond Silver Spring om Ga. Ave. extended (Wheatom) Huge Log-Burning Fireplace Choice Beer and Wine Never a Cover Speeial Dinners Served Dally Phone Kensington 176 “Delightful Garden Dining” Masterpieces of Southern Chefmanship Myrah and Loren: WE WELCOME CHARGE ACCOUNTS R Harris ... o, JEWELERS - SHVERSMITHS - DIANOND MERCHANTS 1101 F St NW. Est. 1874 Phone DI. 0916 Fair and Cooler at Jelleff's—Every Selling Floor is Air-Conditioned! 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