The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-04
BY PAUL HARRISON

BY PAUL HARRISON
 Miami, Fla - People who knew Greenwich Village during W hat now is recalled at its heydey will remember Don Dickerman, who conducted the County Fair, Blue Horse and assorted other night club ventures in Bohemia.
 found him here the other eve ming in an establishment called the Pirates Den. He Is Captain Don Dickcrman now, and reminds me of Richard Halliburton or David Binney Putnam, or both. Very swashbuckling in full priate regalia, and rules over a crew of pirate walters, musicians, enter taincrs and piratical females who check your hat and sell cighfets labeled "Cofiin Nails"
 Everything Is gay and noisy and nautical, with many cry of "Avast there!" and Look alive, you blooming swabs" There is a pirate roli-cali and, so help ne, a pirate cheer. The place is full of pirate relics, with so me fine items of blunderbuses, boarding bikes, sabres, old maps, chests and bronze cannon.
 Iron Jawed Pirates
 The customers seem to love Y. and soon are yo-ho-ing altl Captain Kidding each other nt il great rate. For some reason your correspondent was tossed into tho brig, where he heaved empty bot ties at three cast-iron pirates with clay pipes in the mouths. 1 I.n .i.ytb IIt | tie and won my release. Waite Hoyt, the pitcher, SC had been tncarcerated that eve ming, but won a parole with twD | throws.
 Treasure Haunts
 or Cnp'n Dickcrman is soma- thing Of m authority on pirate lore, having been seeking treasure on Cocos island, Cape Cod and Cuba since he failed 10 find very much in Greenwich Village, So he has organized treasure hunting club named--yOu guessed it--"The Pieces of Eight"
 There's an imposing list oi members: W. K. Vanderbilt, ex. | plorer of many reputed buccan. eer haunt hereabout: Dr WillialE Beebe, the bnthysphere natural. fist; Clifford Cole, whose coconui Grove estate embraces an old Di- rate ship hideaway, and who actu- ally has unearthed gold, silver, bones and relics. s. c. F. Smith, another member, is a direct de- scendant of Ricardo ei Rojo | (Richard the Red). And A. Hy- att Verrtii, the author, Is. one Of the few who has retrieved doub- | looms and such from sunken Spanish ghlleon.
 l Cap'n Dickerman said could go with him next day on Il treas ure hunt in a cove near here, but 1 figured my odds would be better at the race track. Both cxpedi- tions were fruitless. I won noth- ing more than glimpse of Al Ca pone's brothers, and the informn- ton that Max Baer will make nn- other movie.
 Fortune in Rhythm
 Talking to Frank Veloz at the Beach Chbana club, I learned some things ] hadn't heard about Americn's foremost dance team. He and Yolanda were kid sweet |
 York when they began winning Iamateur dance contests. Then E. A. Rolfe hired them to appear in chop suey palace. The salarty was a fabulous $l20 per week, 50 they got married.
 Then came a Shubeft show, the St Regis Roof, Ziegfeld, Havana, London, the Central Park Casino. And last summer in Chicago their wage was $s,000 il week. Veioz Is very matter of fact about their business Says much of their pop uIarity is due 10 their simplicity of routines 7- spectators like 10 think that they almost could do the steps of Veloz and Yolanda. | Another trick of showmansbip Is keeping close together under il single spotlight. This keeps h 6 customers attention from stray ing between two performers. When patrons chat gudibly during the net, Voiez signals tho orches- tra and 1t fades almost to silence, guests and stilling their tpiis. thus embarrassing the ga by
 Each new dance the. team ev0iyes is performed for movie camera, and then the film is run bae k, ward on a screen, This disclosea awkward breaks in continuity of motion which otherwise wouldn't be noticed.
 Yoianda has $4O,000 worth Of clothes, but isn't an extravagant wife. She earns them. Sometimes costuming can be done at n pro- fit. A few years ago, for one dress, the couple bought 3700 er-
 mine tails, at about IS cents each. They still have the tails---several auitcases fuii--nad each is worth 40 cents today
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