Evening star., 1935-10-10

who will contribute to the gypsy
gayety will be Valentinora, prima
donna; Denna Larena, who is some
thing" if what people are saying is
true; Vladimir Diloff, basso, and
Sasha Bartnovsky, who will lead the
orchestra and who used to be with
Harry Horlick's Gypsies.
The Lotus was up to its ears
in local night club people Sunday
night -. Came Jimmy (Club Habana)
Bright came Ralph (also Habana)
Hawkins, to eat noodles Came
Jimmy Bamboo Room Santmyer to
play stooge and permit himself to be
whirled gayly in a dizzy spin by the
lassies of the skating act . Came
Lew (Wardman Park Continental
Room) Gates . Came also the Club
Habana's nifty dance team, Donna and
Darrell who approved the Lotus floor
show, particularly little Marjorie Bar
ret :. who later journeyed up to the
Cotton Club too late to see Will
bur Hall of the Fox's Hall and Den
nison contribute to the floor show e.
but Just in time to catch Bert Granoff
in full song in the middle of the floor
-. and who remained to wax en-
thusiastic over the subtle and effort
less dancing of the Cotton Clubs Bill
Bailey.
y \ At the opening of the Ward
man Parks Continental Room the
dance team was performing .
Johnny Slaughter stepped up to the
microphone Somebody just sent
me a note saying, for goodness sake,
tell who they are " said Johnny. Il
thought every one knew. It's Wood
ruff and a-a-a-" Mr.. Slaughter
looked surprised He took a deep
breat and concentrated Then
and Struthers!" he announced
with grin of triumph and a sigh
Of relief.
So Fall is here :. The Mayflower
last night had another Incompatible
Mayflower party to make it official
. Social registerites, theater folk
and newspaper people rubbed elbows
. had corSageS and boutonniereS
pinned on them by Harriet q.
watched Enters and Borgia, brought
by Pete (Heigh-Ho) Macias, dance
and made them dance again .
Listened to Bert Granoff, brought by
Guy (Club Habana) Scott, sing and
made him sing again {. and again
saw Sidney himself lead the
orchestra and listened to him make
a violin sing . and lent an ear
when Harpist Antonio Bove Demon
strated how nimbly his fingers could
jump from Top Hat" to "Liebe-
straum" :. There was a parody Of
Cole Porter's "A Picture of Me With
out You" too taking innocent
newspaper gentlemen for a merry
ride E. In fact there was everything
to make party party :.
Last week, before the Mayf1ower's
fiesta or even during it if you
had looked, you might have seen
lounging in the lounge or tripping
jaunty polkas Lady Furness. Mrs.
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt and Mrs
Benjamin Thaw; the popular Ted
Clarks, Everett Saunders, Luis Cur
dian, Costa Rican minister of for
eign relations; Judge Bert Fish,
United States Minister to Egypt, with
Judge Pierre Crabittes, who came all
the way from Cairo, Egypt, to listen
to the Sidney music, and Count
Alberto Marchetti, Italian Minister
to Mexico.
The artist who decorated the
Volga Boatman explains his murals
=. They are on the Russian primi-
tive style to gain the proper at
1nosphere conviviality and there
is no attempt to be acamedic E.
Only four colors are used, red, yellow,
blue and green which are the
sonly colors used in early Russian
peasant art The mural back of
the bandstand is a depletion of the
same legend from which came Stra-
vinsky's "Firebird."
I'm in the Mood for Love"
still is the most popular tune of the
day. according to the Filipinos at the
Hi-Hat That's what they get the