The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-28
BY PAUL HARRISON

BY PAUL HARRISON
 Miami Beach, FAa.--Your core spondent has been dilatory about acquiring a fashionable Florida tan, but he has fine set of dark circles under his eyes. Night clubbing.
 Night-clubbing, done acadeini- cally, is an occupation involving constant vigilance and hence con siderable eye strain. For example, it is no trifling trick to tell one esta ablishment from another, once one is inside. Then there is the matter of distinguishing between millionaires and racketeers and gamblers. Frequently l have to whether l have seen it at the Ritz or in the lineup at New York po- lice headquarters.
 Other evening at "BeautifuP' Deauville, someone pointed out a man at an adjoining table and re- spectfully identified him as MT. Morgan, of New York" It was a Morgan, all right, but Swiftly Morgan, whose varied interests do not include international banking. Discernment Needed
 Another difficulty is discrimin- ating between society women and chorus girls. If Cecil X. knicker- l booker -Printwhistle rounds the gay spots with lady, l would be dolr to assume without investiga- ton that the lady is Mrs Cecil X. | Knickerb er-PrintWhistle. If meet a young woman who calls | herself Wanda Renesealler, l must not allow the name, the ermine, l the diamonds and the uppity micn to dispel my recollection of her as the third blonde from the left in the chorus at the Hotcha club. By now 1 have learned that so- cicty people usually can be identi- fled by their deep tans and the | crinkles at the corners of their eyes, The latter come from sitting on the decks of their yachts and suuinting through cocktail glasses at the bright waters of Biscayne Bay and Indian Creek; also from l trying to discern which horse is | ahead on the far turn at Hialeah. | Chorus girls are no strangers to yachts and race horses, but they never get in the sun:
 Wardrobe Problem
 l Certain features of the enter tainments hereabouts also prove
 trying on the eyes. After two op- portunities for diligent scutiny I still am unable to report whether or not the dancer. at Villa Venice
 wears anything at all. Nor am certain about Rosita Royce, a hire-
 ling of Mir Earl Carroll.
 | Most of the hesh-operas are cx- cellent fun; as good or better than
 Broadway spots are providing
 right now. Tariffs are no higher | than in New York; the f,o o d is superior; the places themselves re- furbished in luxury.
 Bill of Fair
 Going from the generous to the
 particular: Carols show at the
 Palm Island Club is mostly spec
 tacle. Thirty-six doll-like young lthings appear successively in gowns worth mentioning. There's a good deal Of solo and team dancing.
 which politely can be called exotic. lAiso there Is a parrot named John Tot which initiates stage people. He
 is about as capable as most pro
 fessional mimics and will he
 trained, I hope, to do a fan dance. Oh, yes-thc social hostess nt James J. Walker. .
 Barney Gallant's club, callei
 Ira's for the apparent reason that Il nobody named Ira is connected II with it, is my favoritc spot be- cause it offers the Yacht Club
 Boys with their amazing rcpertory
 of original songs, and Veloz and celebrated of dance teams. ,
 Villa Venice provides a great deal of color, nudity and bold
 good humor. The Embassy Clup, a veteran of Il years, and popu- lar,i has Enric Madriguera'S g music, l songs, Peter Higgins warblins, and Dario and Louis Brooks as
 dancers. At the Hollywood Coun- try Club the roof rolls back to admit the night (if clement), and
 the dance floor is partly glass, lighted from below. Very nice,
 Sophie Tucker sings, and there is a lot of dancing, notably by a riot
 ous little hoyden named Mana
 Olivette.
 Swanky Swank
 Il am very fond of Helen Morgan and Vincent Lopez, so I like Lucy Cotton Thomas Magraw's Beau tifuP' Deauvfile. (The quotation
 marks are mine.) It's a very pre-
 tentious -- in fact, rather grimly
 swanky-establ blishment with thick Icarpets and huge lounges and pools and cabanas. Miss Morgan, the
 sad hand-wringer and wistfu1 ker-
 chief-twister, has some new songs,
 but the customers never let her es-
 cape without "Why Was Born" land the immortal 'sBill."
 Your hollow-eyed correspondent
 has got around to a lot of other clubs, and will try to get around to mentioning some of them. I s.....s..se.:....,:..s.........:::.:....=sa