The Washington times., 1935-09-28
Bits of News
From Night
Clubs

OIuDS
What a party Guy Scott gave
Thursday night for his friends
and members of the press at
Club Habana. Everyone seemed
to have a swell time, some too
swell. Frank Swanee is no
more. This popular master Of
ceremonies at La Paree has
gone back to his Washington
name of Joe Murphy. Dorothy
Neville who finished a two
weeks engagement at Maryland
Club Gardens last week stayed
over an extra week. There is a
rumor of a flying romance. ).
Adelaide Moffett m S S e d her
first Heigh-Ho opening Wednes-
day night but she called from
New York and talked for As min
utes to her friends who were
there. The new Earl Lindsay
show opening at the Lotus Mon
day will be the daringest one
yet. Here's hoping Michel
Michaeloff who will conduct the
orchestra at the new Club Volga
Boatman gets a haircut before
Thursday. But he says there's
no chance, nothing doing, it is
bad luck.
The ShOreham Is all hipped
up about Rudy Valee coming.
Tuesday. They expect to en-
largen the ballroom to hold the
crowds. Pete Macias at his Op-
ening Wednesday received con-
gratulatOry wires from all lead
ing bandmasters in the country.
And Oracle Barrie sent one. E.
The Dude Ranch is really hit
ting its stride these cool nights
.Beaming Bill Levy is still be-
moaning the loss of that $500.
Who would not be? Harriet
has now returned to the May
flower Lounge. Flowers vel
coined her back and you might
have seen her wearing two large
orchids the other night, sent by
an unknown admirer.
Toby TaUern is a n11rUeIouS
place to eat. There is so much
honey atmosphere. Still 10ait-
ing for definite neWS of the op-
e11ing of the new Hi-HGt. Mil
ton DGOis OF the Hamilton
RGinbow Room found time to
drop in on Heigh-Ho the other
night. So did Bill Strickland,
John Slaughter and Al Norton
Nv tch for a definite an
nouncement of the opening OF
the cocktain room of the VolgG
BoGtmdn. ANY day no10. John
Slaughter is incidentally ready
to suing October Fourth at his
11eW post at W1rdm1n PGrE...
Do not miss the dance team
that opened at bGnG last
night. Donna and Darrell are
the last 1Dord.
Celebrity night at the Cotton
Club every Sunday is becoming
the real thing Judy Ellington
and Marjorie King, both now at
the Lotus, will sing tonight at
Hecht Co. party Jim Walter
escorted six girls to the pre-open-
ing of Club Habana and caused
many a heart to flutter jim
my Santmyer is pounding away
on a piano in the Wizards Bam-
boo Room which by the way has
not lost any of it's prestige.
College night was reinaugurated
at La Paree last night with a
great deal of success Pete Ma
cias in hs opening broadcast
Wednesday introduced a new ar
rangement of his theme song
"When Twilight Shadows Fall"
Spot entertainment is in or
der for Wardman Park when it
opens.
Marie Fowler is still romano
ing. Let's hope that she has
more nerve with her "beSt" than
she does when it comes to sing
ing without a mike What liq-
uor salesman treated many Of
the towns maeStrOS to a grand
party late Wednesday night?..
Timmy Miles is really getting
letters of congratulations on his
weekly broadcasts from the Cot
ton Club. Dick KOOnS, Lotus
pianist, is rOmancing Honey
ChansOn in a small way.
Grace Miller, another Lindsay
beauty is disguised with these
Washington men, but Mickey
Mason is not. At least that is
what Jimmy Bright, Habana vO-
calist hopes. Mrs. Daugherty is
a constant admirer Of her hus-
bands baton W Gliding and
rightly should be. Frank NC
Ney of the Hi-Hat is torn be-
tween three strifes, the present,
the future and the corner dag
Onal from his cOcktain Lounge.
A name band is trying to land
q Job in a Washington night
spot. They haze tho coGst-to-
coast hook-upS a week if they
land a Job. But it looks hope
less October first 1Uiu see the
opening of the GreenDGy Inn