Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-24

Formal opening of the new quarters
of The Evening Star Club was fitting
ly and deliberately celebrated last
night in the clubs commodious rooms
in The Star building. This morning the
reporter assigned to cover" ;he aus
picious event was given at least
half dozen suggestions as to how 10
write the story. And. strang to say.
they did not come from the city edi-
tor. but from Shorty" the office boy.
and his colleagues. BILL" who pilots
one of the high-speed lifts in the
new Star building, and a fellow re-
porter.
Pill" admonished the reporter that
if he failed to mention the traditional
Star family" spirit that pervaded the
affair he was destined to be scalped.
Shorty" said not to leave out the
eats" while the fellow reporters is
sued the confidential warning that If
a certain female tambourine player of
Il troupe OF musicians appearing at the
Cosmos Theater was not "played-up
in the story he would write a personal
letter to the actress, commencing her
for the part she played in the program
of entertainment.
Therefore. the writer is literally
up tree
Taking Bills" advice, mention is
first to be made of The Star family"
It's an immense family. and no one
can vouch for this statement any
better than the chef" in the Star
restaurant. who prepared an appetite
ing buffet supper for the crowd. For
the benefit of those who have not heard
of The Star family" we now public
entire personnel of this newspaper.
from the proprietors. who were present,
down to shorty the, diminutive
office boy And the family was at
the housewarming in its entirety.
Fine Program Given.
1t would, indeed. be difficult to
chronicle the salient features of the
houSewarming. In the vernacular of
the dramatic critic everything on
the program, which started shortly
after 8 o'clock and continued until
midnight. was a headliner. The only
thing the program lacked was
ference" THE Soldiers Bonus and
divers subjects by silver-tongued
orators But it was announced at the
outset of the affair by c. Fred Cook.
illustrious, president of The Evening
Star Club. that speeches of any kind
were taboo.
The program Of entertainment doled
out to The Star family" included
sional and home talent" as Col.
Cook described 1t. and a radio phone
per. Through the courtesy of Roland
s. Robbins manager of Ketth's. and
Julian Brylawski, manager OF the
Cosmos Theater. who loaned" the
rent bills. much of tho success of the
housewarming Is due.
Every entertainer, professional
and amateur, was forced to repeat
his respective offering. SO vociferous
was the plaudits OF The Star family"
was an honorary member Of the
club, John A. Heydler. president OF
the National League OF Base Ball
Clubs and q former member OF the
composing room staf Of Tho Star,
who was given special permission to
Mountain Landis. according to a
telegram road by President Cook.
Tho latter also read q wire message
from Low Doclsstader, also g. former
employe Of Tho Star and now famous
in the vaudeville world as q naonolo-
Etst, expressing Lows regret at his
inability to reach Washington from
San Francisco In time for the house.
warming, and offering "love and
kissseS' to Henry Hanford.
Police Nabs OmeiaL
MrA Julian Brylawski. wife of the
manager Of the Cosmos Theater.
several striking changes Of costume,
she displayed marked professional
ability. When she first walked on
the stage she was pursued by one
Of tho most prominent Of The Stars
ofioials. bltssfully forgetting busi-
ness worries, but the strong arm of
law and order. in the person OF
Roger Gray, a. former member OF the
New York police force. dressed in his
uniform, surrept tiously gave the
would-be "vamp" the hook: SergL
Gray, who is playing in The Traffic
Cop at the Cosmos Theater this
week, gave comedy monologue,
following Mrs Brylawskis act
Miss Marion Harris, g. headliner at
keith's this week. In character1stlc
to such an extent that she had the
entire audience alternately weeping
and laughing. Miss Harris, who has
the reputation of being one or the
best singers of darby songs on the
stage, offered several Of her original
song hits and was forced time after
time to answer encores.
Williams and Wolfus also one OF
Keith's attractions this week, kept
hte large audience in hilarious up
Williams avaricious desire for the
spotlight" kept !. Prtdgeon, star
pbotos rapher and director general of
lighting. constantly on the move.
Tempest and Watson Please.
Miss Marion Tempest and her side
kick" Bobby Watson. VINO likewise
contribute to TIE success OF the cur
rent bill at Keith's. were responsible
for the wave of laughter which swept
out of the windows on the eighth
floor of The Star building about 1880
o'clock. Miss Tempests charming
personality and originality of songs
greatly enhanced the act. Bobby
Watson, however. was the recipient
of goodly share Of the applause
which greeted this act with. his rep
ertoire of jokes.
THE Carnival of Venice" presented
by Mile. Donatella. at the Cosmos
this week. furnished the setting Tor
the ta,nbourine girl aforementioned.
The cast of this offering was COM
posed of four piano accordion!sts,
harp guitarist. a steel string guitar
ist, clarinetist and the lady with
the tambourine. all beautifully cos
tuned. They played eXperty selec-
lions from opera to ragti'ne. while
the tambourine girl performed re-
marKabIe acrobatic, Jazz stunts with