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\ (MATT WINDSOR \ Presents Songstress Anna Saklnkora a Glarla Kateraa Russian Singing Star LUNCHEON • COCKTAILS DINNER • SUPPER A lNO cover no minimum if IMBMMI111 L >•> l*EHS«\ P Elsworlh 4 r &. Fairchild ■ I Bill Ames a LPal Prochnik f Bon Lamont , Roger Kay J ORCHESTRA SO CAHAKKT TAX j WO MINIMUM ot ony time in the CRYSTAL ROOM pretenting concert mutic by The Troika Trio i Haying tor Dinner & Supper 1 After Dark News and Comment of the Night Clubs. By the Spectator. Trad* Mark Retiatered D. 8. Patent OBre Once in • great while a discovery of unheralded talent Is made In the labyrinth of after dark wanderings —as welcome as pay dirt in a gold mine and sometimes as rare. Such a discovery was made not so long ago at Ciro's. There was a sudden joining of feminine voice with the piano, r clear, true soprano which rang out powerfully over the babble of voices afid hushed every one In the room. The source of the voice was finally traced- to a slim, dark young girl sitting at a secluded table with her mother. The girl, who proved to be as charming as she was attrac tive. is Virginia Winters. There are two very good reasons for her ama teur standing. She is only 14 years old, and is very busy at the moment attending Taft Junior High School. It has never seemed practical to take singing lessons, because she intends to be a nurse a little later. So, as she said, she just sings whenever she feels like it. And what better reason could there be for singing? ****«. It is a little hard to find the formula for Maraget Phelan's popu larity at the Trade Winds. She has none of the usual qualifications—no sultry glance, no throaty tone, no Hattie Carnegie gow-n. To be spe 'PallMalfltwm BERT BERNATH snd his orchestrs. from 8:30 No corer «h»r*e. t cific, she looks like nothing more than a high school girl singing at her own commencement exercises. Her voice departs completely from the accepted pattern, being of light opera timbre, a soprano oi very good quality. In her white bouffant gown, she could not have looked like anything but a healthy small town girl if she had tried. One sug gestion to Miss Phelan for the re moval of the last detraction from her style is that she forget any les sons she has had in histrionics and concentrate on simple and unaf fected singing, which she can do very well. Rov Douglas has worked out' a very commendable ventriloquist pat ter, with a number of situations which have not been seen before. If you have a fondness for the routine which does not quite come off, for the romantic interlude which somehow' will not jell, in spite of the most violent efforts of both parties to succeed, you will enjoy Barrett and Smith, dancers who open the Trade Winds show'. * * * * Sam Wong, owner of the recently inaugurated China Clipper, has come to realize that night club owmers are definitely not of the privileged class. He started bravely out some weeks ago, engaging an orchestra for the Cabin Room, the upstairs portion of his club, going ahead with plans to open the following week. One thing followed the other—such things as priorities and labor shortage—and one week followed another, with his orchestra profiting while cooling its heels. Finally Sam emerged more or less triumphant with the opening of the Cabin Room. The down stairs portion had to wait until almost a w-eek later for its open ing. Sam's orchestra. A1 Mason and his men, seems to be a particular METER DAVIS MUSIC Under Direction ROY KYSER and His Orchestra •KIM DINNER lli COCKTAIL HOUR. MUCINS STARTS AT • ----’ " .... PUBENT8 NEW SHOW GYPSY REVUE ★ * * For Dancing ORIGINAL BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA ★ 44 Cocktail Hour ile( 4 4 4 Phone RE. 5970 4 4 4 Connecticut Avo. _ at M _ "4Kmcm mo^mm AT^moAcmmtNT ECHO »# pAWtEf BALLROOM Ladies o cktleuem 34c 34c . INCLUDES FED. TAX J/l l”""*' ill11 i .ii ■ ■■ l■^■,||„ ... ROUTE it STREETCARS IN 40 1 MINUTES TO OLEN ECHO FREE :? TRANSFERS FROM OTHER LINES • NO. C 2} MIN AUTO. MASS. AV. L-.:«■ :-•■■■ - - ■ | H HHHR Vn^UBY FOO’S ■ Presents the Most R Beautiful Room MT in Washington y^E W'%!& iF NEW SHOW! JR. featuring QU ★ Margaret Phelan 44 The Texas Nixhtinxale trU ★ Roy Douglas *3H The Different Ventriloquist »Jb ★ Leticia T| Esotic Ballet Dancer Vl * Barrett and Smith lops in Terpsichore y^ ★ JERRY RODIS AND 'Vl HIS ORCHESTRA \X NO CABARET TAX DURING DINNER ft? FROM 6 ta 0 P.M | 728 13th St. N.W. i ^^IA. 2294 ... 2nd Floor J A PICKPOCKET—Who makes you like it is Dr. Giovani, who opened his engagement in the Embassy Room of the Statler last night. drawing card for the srevice crowd, who sometimes represent a 100 per cent attendance as they swing out with great devotion to the Mason band. * * * * Jerry King does some very nice things of his own composition on the Solovox in the Anchor Room of the Annapolis. His arrangement of “None but the Lonely Heart’’ is particularly good. * * * * Tonight the Club 400 will choose a grand winner from the survivors of its weekly amateur singing con tests, with the auditions starting at 10 o'clock. * * * * Current talent at the Lotus runs largely to the terpischore. There are Edwards and Argela, dance satirists; June Hammond, tap dancer, and, of course, the eight “Lotusettes.” Count Maurice produces any re quested drink from one cocktail shaker—a talent which should be put to good use in these times. Captives' Relatives to Meet A meeting of the Japanese Pris oners of War Relatives’ Association will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Central Branch of the YMCA, 1738 o street N.W. The group will hold an election for a chairman. Mrs. Philip Fleming of the Ameri can Red Cross will speak on con ditions in the Japanese camps. \V /hereTo Go ^jlfcMiat To Do WASHINGTON WELCOMES YOU. Dance revue featuring Patricia Bowman, sponsored by The Star, Jewish Community Center, 8:15 o'clock tonight. BIRD WALK. National Capital Parks: Walk through Rock Creek Park, meet at Sip!MUi$B street and Kalmia road N.W« 7:80 a.m. tomorrow. *•'••••. DANCE. N«* Jersey State Society spring dance, Stafler Hotel, 10 o’clock to night. DINNER. Civitan honor key dinner, May flower Hotel. 7 o’clock tonight. Members and guests only. EXHIBIT. Textile and costume exhibit from Metropolitan and Brooklyn Mu seums, embassies and private col lections, United States War Center, 1720 I street N.W., noon to 6 p.m. daily. \ LECTURES. “British Commonwealth of Na tions.” by Stephen Holmes, Jewish Community Center, 8:30 o’clock to night. “Life in Russia," by Princess Nina Toumanova, to the Associated Women Students of Catholic Uni versity, in McMahon Hall Audito rium, 5 pm. tomorrow. Student body only. MUSIC. Recorded Music Association. Li brary of Congress, 7:45 o’clock to night. Sinfonietta, Corcoran Gallery, 8:15 o’clock tonight. Gallery opens af 7 WORLD IN WASHINGTON. “Evening in the Ukraine,” pre sented by American Ukrainian So ciety of Washington. Scott’s Hotel ballroom. 8:30 o’clock tonight. FOR SERVICEMEN. Stage Dor Canteen. Belasco The ater, tonight: Cal Gilford’s Orches tra. Starboard Band from Naval Air Station, Sasha Lucas and Gay ety Theater acts. Officers’ dance. Officers’ Service Club. Burlington Hotel, 8:30 o'clock tonight. Social dance instruction class, Langley Junior High School, 7:30 o'clock tonight. Servicemen may obtain additional information on other activities by calling the United Nations Center, National 3900, or any of the fol lowing USO numbers: Executive 0428, Republic 1527, National 0614, National 3431, or, for colored serv icemen, Decatur 5664. I 16,000 Donated Blood Here Last Month District Red Cross blood dona tions broke previous records last month, the number of individual donors exceeding 16,000 in the local chapter's March report. Of the total. 9,845 reported to the fixed center, and the others gave blood to mobile units, the figures disclosed. In the Home Service Unit, 4.617 applications for service were re ceived, reflecting an increase of 44 per cent over the previous month. Cases open in March numbered 7,357, and of these 5,700 were acted on. Financial aid was required in 515 cases, involving an expenditure of $12,775.11. First-aid certification showed an increase over the preceding month, with 40 classes completing instruc tion and 703 certificates issued. The Canteen Corps served 40,541 persons, the Chapter House Can teen had an attendance of 8,444 and the Blood Donor Center served re freshments to 13,578 donors. Five hospitals were served by 38 dietitian's aides. Twenty-seven new nurses’ aides completed instruction and were assigned to duty, and 713 served in 15 hospitals. 12 clinics and 3 agencies. In the home nursing, Gray Lady corps and home service volunteer corps, 142 servicewomen completed classwork. One class of 9 Gray Ladies craipleted instruc tion at the Home for Incurables and 12 hospitals were served by 376 Gray Ladies in all. A motor mechanic's course, was completed by 15 graduates, 103 per sons were certified in first aid. and 45 persons were certified in water safety. ■ Club to Hear Walsh The Massachusetts State Legisla tive Club will hear Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts, discuss price control as it affects the Fed eral worker at a meeting In room 3106 South Agriculture Building at 8:15 o’clock tonight. Donald Mur ray of the United Federal Worker* of America will speak on wage legislation. ✓ -1 Still blended with choice fully-aged tobaccos! there’s no wartime lose of taste or flavor in Raleigh Cigarettes... because Raleighs laid in ample supplies of the finest field-ripened tobaccos. NOW FULLY-AGED AND MELLOWED, these brighter, more golden tobaccos bring you a genuine pre-war pleasure smoke... y without harsh irritants . . . without loss of taste. 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