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After Dark
Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places.
By the Spectator.
Trad* Mark Registered. O. 8. Patent Ode*.
ONE of the local satyrs who i;
inclined to brood at lab
hours queried us the othe
day about the lives of th<
people who play in night club orches
tras. He was worried about theii
amusements, wondering what possibl;
would be the diversions of peopl<
who sleep all day and tootle or fiddle
all night.
Not knowing the answer to thal
one we set out disguised as an in
quiring reporter the other night anc
wound up talking to Burrus William!
of Heigh Ho. famed pianist of the
town’s swankiest club intime. Mr
Williams, young, talented, married
godfather to one spaniel pup, con
fided that in his off hours he give:
piano lessons (in' the morning), but
steadfastly refuses to stage-manage
recitals for his infant pupils; wait!
for Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
to come back to town, which to him
ts just like anticipating Christmas day;
reads Clarence Day at 4 a m. in the
morning, a tall, chill glass at his bed
side: works at the paternal problem!
Inherent to all guardians of puppies
Hereafter we shall always carrj
etched in our mind that picture.of a
night cry player taking his relaxation—
the busman’s
holiday teaching
youth how to
grow up and be
come popular at
neigu no, wait
ing for Mr. Lunt ,
to appear in the ;
role of Santa
Claus, whilst Miss N
Fontanne swoops
about the stage i
tilth that free- ;
wheeling walk of f
hers; rending the I
Cl 11 (Ur unnuuie,
.with shrieks of BBB*
gaiety over Clar
ence Day's preposterous wit, and in
termittently assuming the role oi
canine nurse.
* * * *
• * * In his discourse on the lattei
pursuit Mr. Williams incidental^
raised a question dear to the hearts
Of spaniel owners. He revealed thai
his wife had discovered their spanie
was nibbling its own ears in th(
process of getting at food and thai
at present one of the domestic duties
was holding up Michael’s ears (thai
would be the pup), during lunch
eon, preventing the poor pooch
from getting hair in the ham
burger. He wondered what should
be done about this situation, as there
was always a chance that in a domes
tic crisis no one would be on hand tc
support the ears and Michael, becom
ing fond of the taste, might disfigure
himself.
A helpful and handsome lass ai
hand offered the perfect solution
Said Abercrombie and Fitch are now
selling moustache cups for cockers
constructed to keep pendants suspend
ed in midair while the little brutes
' munch away complacently.
* * * *
• • * Billy Hill, the song-writing
man, dropped into Club Habana th(
other night and completely surrounded
by Moe Baer, an interviewer taking i
day off, and sundry other persons
obliged by singing one of his own dit
ties from the bandstand. Being there
after subjected to a volley of praise
he said ’’nerts” to all this, settled
down to minimizing his exploits as
composer of “Last Round Up.” “Old
Spinning Wheel,” Wagon Wheels,"
•'Lights Out,” etc.
“I'm am merely a citizen with a
racket, from which I try to make a
living,” said Mr. Hill earnestly.
“Once I tried to sell ‘The Last Round
Up,’ and ‘Old Spinning Wheel’ all in
one package for $50 to a phonograph
company. So they threw me out.”
His eulogists still could not be per
suaded to cease firing.
“Well, I will admit one thing,” said
Mr. Hill. “I was at one time the best
darned bus boy in New York. If
you'll get me a tray right now I’ll
carry more dishes out of here in 5
minutes than any one in the place!”
Shows you where song writers get
their ideas—the "Last Round Up”
having germinated in the mind of a
dish rustler.
* * * *
• * * Anecdote of the week concerns
a dance team that opened an engage
ment at a certain local giggle gallery,
; arriving at the spot to be greeted as
old pals by the doorman, manager,
head-waiter and hat-check girl. They
were flustered no end.
"What’s all this?” said they. "Every
body knows us.”
"Sure,” said the band leader. “You
remember the last time you played
here.”
“No,” said the male member of the
team. The baton-waver named dates.
“Well I’ll be-” said the hoofer.
“I surely will be.”
Seems the pair had been on a high
tear at the time and didn’t even recall
there was a town named Washington.
* * * *
* • * Jotted on the scratch pad:
Prize for the week's best amateur
dancing goes to blond Elinor Ryan
and Brazilian Decio de Moura, whose
■ tangos actually were applauded at
Heigh Ho t’ other night. Senor Moura
works with a monocle in the eye, never
hobbling the gadget a flicker even In
j the fanciest twirls.
With the snow' too far gone for ski
I ing and the ground too slushy for fox
; hunting, the Jack Hinckleys came up
from Warrenton to seek sport at Heigh
Ho last week. So did the Emmons
i Smiths, who could win a matched pair
class in any show.
A gent in tails and a lady in ermine
lent a Bernarr MacFadden touch to
the Shoreham ball room recently by
ordering two big, — -
rosy red apples
1 for dessert. Ate
em, too. P V
Next week we |V^
unveil R u t h i e x
Bernard's b r i 1 - _)
liant compilation _1
ofsenatorial *
tastes in vitamins v.
A, B and Z. V"
Strong men
I suatuicu tauie uuuia, *uung women
grabbed menus and stepped on weaker
I women in the rush for autographs the
other night when Tito Guizar visited
j the Madrillon, sang a few choruses,
i signed his way out. Peter Borras dis
eoved afterward that everything but
the chandeliers had been autographed.
Emily Davis, Joan Scott-Williams,
John Merriam, Dorothy Howe and sis
ter, Mrs. Charles Carroll, went to Volga
' Boatman last week, but missed the
| great evening when certain congres
I sional gentlemen from Iowa insisted
that the band play “Iowa, Iowa That’s
Where the Tall Corn Gows” at the be
ginning of each dance group.
The new Club Amsterdam finds its
Friday amateur nights producing mob
scenes. The winners eventually get on
a 20-State radio hook-up.
The Troika claims to be one of the
few Russian places in history to admit
: that there is not an erstwhile imperial
nobleman or prince on the staff.
--•
SHIP COMMISSIONED
The first 1,850-ton destroyer to be
completed, the Phelps, was commis
sioned yesterday at the Boston, M. ss.
Navy Yard. The Navy Department
announced that after tests and trials
she will come to Washington for in
spection early April.
Commanding the Phelps is Comdr.
Albert H. Rooks, who served at the
Naval Academy as secretary of the
Academic Board and aide in 1933.
Continental Dance Stars
NADIA AND NATACHA,
At present on leave from the Poklne Ballet, contribute character dances to
the nightly floor shows at the Club Volga Boatman at 1 Thomas Circle.
Supper Club Notes
EIGH-HO CLUB-jMarya and
Martyn remain at Pete Ma
cias' swank and intimate ren
dezvous, dancing right on into
their third week. Marty Rubin and
Jimmy Nichols do the singing of va
rious songs and Pete's own orches
tra makes bright dance rhythms.
There's music in the downstairs tap
room every Sunday from 11 p.m. until
2 a.m.
. * * * *
Mayflower Hotel—There’s dance mu
sic every afternoon until 7 and evening
after 10 by Sidney's Orchestra, and the !
place is as pleasant as it is popular,
and vice versa. Drums by Buddy Har
mon, violin by Harold Veo and songs
by Sid Cowen are the musical features.
* * * *
Club Habana—Susan Hall, pert j
dancer about town, is the current j
headliner of the twice-nightly en
tertainment here. Also there's Bert
Granoff, the chap who is forced to
do more encores per performance
than any tenor in captivity. Music is
by Moe Baer and it's a topping ex- ;
ample of modern "swing.” Songs
are by Russ Cullen and Phil Dia
mond.
* * * *
Club Troika—Claudia Capelova, con
tinental dancing star, is the new
est bright spot in Mme. Helen Ham
ilton’s Russian floor shows. The
others, who remain, are Karavaieft,
Marusia Sava, Ethel Pastor and Paul
ine Achmatova and the dance music
is by Sasha Bartnovsky and his mod
ern-music-minded Tziganes.
* * * *
Madrillon — Marion Weeks, who
stayed In town when the "Blossom
Time” company closed after Its week
at the National, Is the current star
of the floor entertainment, singing all
the hits from the operetta. Music
Is by Leon Bruslloff and there is
much singing of the kind you like
by Drummer Jimmy Bright. -
* * * *
Shoreham—Eleanor and Seymour
Royce, British dance stylists, remain
to dance their "Streamline” and
"Stepping Out in Mayfair” every
night in the ball room. Fay Moss,
modernistic dancer, and the Bonners
contribute to the divertissement and
the orchestra is batoned by Barnee.
Prince Mogul still is mystifying the
town every afternoon and evening in
the cocktail lounge.
* * * *
Club Volga Boatman—Consuelo
Gonzales continues to headline the
continental floor show, which also
presents Nadia and Natacha, char
acter dancers on leave from the Fo
kine Ballett; Vladimir Dilofl, Rus
sian basso; Val Romanoff, whirlwind
dancer; Michel Michaeloff, violinist
and orchestra leader; Anna Sablu
kova and the Russian Gypsy Cho
rus and Owner-Accordionist-Master
of Ceremonies Matt Windsor himself.
* * * *
Maryland Club Gardens—Charel de
Thomee, the chap with the most un
usual voice in many a moon, who
never makes an appearance without
singing as many numbers as his throat
will stand, has returned here from
Paris. Sharing the spotlight is Portia
C. Portar, the only American girl
who really knows how to throw the
bull, who does Mexican character
dances. (Portia dances, not the bull.)
■ —. —
Music is by Jimmy Harris and his
orchestra.
* * * *
Hl-Hat—Frank McNey gave more
evidence he knows how to keep his
domain and himself popular last week,
guiding the Paradise Islanders into an
almost endless string of Dixieland
ditties and songs of the South at first
sight of a group of North Carolina’*
prominent political people. He’ll do
the same for you 11 he knows what
you want.
* * * *
Lotus—The new Earl Lindsay Revue,
for which A1 Norton puts down hi*
bass fiddle and goes to work as master
(Continued on Page B-14, Column 4.)
No Cover or
Minimum
Except Saturday
Minimum, $1.50
DINNER from $1.00
FLOOR SHOW ««„
Continuous Entertainment
^ 10 to 2 v
Dancing 7 to 9 and 10 to 2
TO
Leon Brusiloff
And His Orchestrjt
Restaurant
Madrillon
J Washington Bldg.
15 A H '_ ,
★
for BEVERAGES ...
for DANCING ...
for Sidney's Music ...
for LUNCHEON ..,
for SUPPER
For Reservations, Call
Teddy at District3000
mMIFliOUIER liOURGE
HOTEL MAYFLOWER
Presenting
3 FLOOR SHOWS
Dally—1:00—7:45 P. M.—MI4al|M
EMORY DAUGHERTY
and hit orchestra with
Hart* Eowler, Vocaliat
LUNCHEON. S3*
(Sat.. 45c)
DINNER. 10*
Nrrer a Cor*r Chart*
i
I
NAPOLEON’S
2649 CONN. AVE.
Phone Col. 8955
Washington’s Newest,
Smartest
French Restaurant
and Cocktail Lounge
ENTERTAINMENT
!
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★ DINE* DRINK*
NO COVER OR MINIMUM
AT ANY TIME
DINNER DANCES
» P.M. to 1 A.M.
Every Everting Including Sunday
CLUB AMSTERDAM
Cocktail Lounge
New
Amsterdam
Grill
2701 14th St.
N.W.
(Corner of Fairmont)
Columbia 7100
VOLGA
BOATMAN .
NO. 1 THOMAS CIRCLE
De Luxe $1.50**™ Entertain
*1 ment and Dancing
Dinner . . * , to 3 a.m.
25 Russian-Gypsy Entertainer*
Saturday Luncheon. 05c
Dancing 12 to :i P.M.
BRIDGE Equipment. Entertainment,
supervision by expert authority.
COCKTAIL LOUNGE each Tu**rf
Thurs. and Bat. afternoon
Phone “LouU.” NA. 0232
FREE PARKING.. . I
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TatikbtleM
Special Luncheon, 55c
Served Noon to 2 P.M.
De Luxe 7-Course Dinner, $1
Served 6 to 9 PM.
A ,
DANCE
SUNDAY
10 P.M. to 2 A.M.
Sidney Preient*
| RUDY SCHRAMM |
and His Orchestra
Minimum Chant. SI.ill)
| DINNERS 50c, 75c, $1.00 p
Sea Food a Specialty
RAMONS
l.'Ml Conn. Ave. ^
Pierrette
CONN. AVE. AT QUE
For that
BEFORE-DINNER PICK-UP
Join the Pierrette
COCKTAIL CROWD
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• •
DINNER .t $1.50 and $2 from
6:30 .. .REVUES by fine European
artists. 8:30 and 12 .. . DANCING
from 7:30 to $ , • . LUNCHEON on
Saturday. C5e ... SUNDAYS open
as usual .. . Phone NA. 4141 .. ,
NO COVER weekdays or Sundays.
I DANCING I
i NO MINIMUM I
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$ REFINED ATMOSPHERE $
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1 McREYNOLDS CAFETERIA j
^ 709 18th St. N.W. C. F. HARPER ^
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I' Charel de Thomee's
j ALL STAR
\/ihlg±iLS
Countess Lony
|f Hungarian Stage Screen Star
Carol Vance
• ; Sophisticated Diseuse
'}■ Portia C. Porter
|| Premiere Mexican Dancer
JIMMY HARRIS
and his orchestra featuring
H FRAN TRAPPE & RAY BECK
4 * Eleanor and Bermonr Bare* • Carl and Lease Banner
M British Danea Stylists Harmony Vocalizing
i I * Fay Moss
/ Modernistic Dancer
MOVIE NIGHT
Friday, Feb. 28
Metiea Pictures Win *e
Taken—Showing of Cello
phane Movie Fashion*.
Dnwra DANCING 7:4* to 10
P. M. Special Dinner I1.7S—
including supper cover. Satur
dap. 92.00 — including supper
•over.
dancing m p. m.
ir, *• * A. M. Supper cover. ISe.
*nd 8eturdap, il.io.
Midnight supper show.
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|
The seat is just a bit deeper, the back a little higher,
i the arms broad and low . . . small things all of them,
I but this infinite care of detail is the thing that marks
this as BETTER furniture. SAGLESS construction!
New decorators’ colors in genuine Mohair covers or
combination covers that use leatherette (washable)
arms and piping for contrast. Sofa and chair, Febru
, ary Sale Price-$129
Modern Chair at right, extra, $12.95
I A Few Examples of the Many Values! I
II Bedroom Suites
| Suite’
| F?bruarf|ad,eMpartBed R°°m S^
I Xfeiff. R»™ up,F^
rSyS$e£>d Room G">»P>*.
1 seaj'ssa
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Bluing Boom
Suites
5-pc. Solid Oak Dinette Spf
ary Sale Price _ et F?bru
teLion0tadbleakFeb?uary laVe Pri^'
ssasafstfS'saSB
CeSur?ms"yR00m#e'j;t'!'El'rt^nth
Price __ February Sale
10-pc. Console Style Dinimr
GrouP- February Sale-Price .249.00
^/?</ Many Others
Beds and Bedding
Studio Couches, open to twin or dou
ble beds. Plaid or plain coverings.
February Sale Price_24.95
Front-opener Studio Couches, with
friezette coverings. February Sale
Price_29.95
Lift-up, Bed-Height Studio Couches,
plain or figured materials. February
Sale Price_34.95
Innerspring Mattresses, roll-edge,
ventilated sides; all sizes. February
Sale Price_14.95
Innerspring Mattresses, high-grade
inner unit, quilted sides, handles for
turning and ventilators. February
Sale Price_24.95
Innerspring Mattresses, custom-built,
quilted sides; all sizes. February
Sale Price__19.95
And Many Others
Living Room
Suites
2-pc. Kroehler Living Room Suites,
modern style, February Sale Price. 3
79.00
2-pc. London Club Mohair Frieze
covered living room suite, February '
Sale Price_99.00
2-pc. Modern Streamline Suite, striped
mohair covering, February Sale ijj
Price_129.00 ■
2-pc. London Club Style Living Room
Suite, down-filled cushions, February
Sale Price_169.00
2-pc. Modern Streamline Suite, with
curley mohair covering, February
Sale Price_179.00 ^
2-pc. Kroehler Living Room Suite,
with curly mohair covering, Febru- ,
ary Sale Price_199.00
2*pc. Modern Living Room Suite with
Kinkimo covering, February Sale
Price_219.00 j
/
And Many Others
Occasional Pieces
Lounge Chairs, pillow-back style. i
February Sale Price-19.75
Lounge Chairs, four styles. Febru
ary Sale Price-25.00 i
Barrel-back Lounge Chairs, choice of
4 coverings. February Sale Price,
29.75
Large, Low Refreshment Table, glass
inset top. February Sale Price, 6.79 i
Grand Rapids, Genuine Mahogany
Coffee Table. February Sale Price,
7.47
Grand Rapids, Genuine Mahogany
End Table. February Sale Price, 7.47
4-drawer Governor Winthrop Secre
tary-Desk. February Sale Price, 29.75
Carved, Solid Walnut Mirror-top Re
freshment Table. February Sale \
Price_14.95
Glass-top Modern Style Refreshment
Table, oval or round type. February
Sale Price_ 19.95
Duncan Phyfe Drop-leaf Table. Feb
ruary Sale Price-15.95
Modern Table-top Desk with 5 draw
ers and shelves for books. February
Sale Price_39.75
And Many Others
If Palais Royal—Fourth Floor |
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