The Washington times., 1935-02-02
SideIights

The weather, however did not
detract from the Presidents ball
Wednesday night at the Shore
ham. Your correspondent took this
in with a view of chatting with
some Of the talent that was i'm.
ported. However, it seems six or
seven hundred other people had
the same idea. The only star I
could get near was Joe Penner,
and when "OsSie" Roberts, of May.
flower fame, introduced him, he
kept walking, evidently in a hurry,
and it was not until the duck man
got by that I realized who he was.
This last representative Of the
press arrived before the Presiden.
tial party, and the taxi driver
thought was in it, as 1t landed
at the wrong door. Had to march
down the aisle which was flanked
by Marines, etc. One Of life's en-
baraSsing moments.
The greatest thrill and attrac-
tien Of the evening to my mind
was Miss Anne Johnson, little
infantile paralysis victim who
sang. Besides having a nice
voice, she is very attractive and
has a divine sense Of humor. The
funniest incident observed was
the Marine Band cutting in on
Rubinoff's violin solo, especially
after hearing how much prepara-
ton he had made for his Rus
. sian song.
The most Inundated were the
actors who stayed around and
: were supposed to go on and do
their stuff but were cut from the
program due to its unusual length
.. Most serious was Gloomy
Gus" Kay, Times copy boy who
dropped in for a few minutes
from coasting to give the firemen
in the main ballroom little ad-
vice on handling crowds. Best
1nuSic-there was no best, it was
all above PAL. And waltzes were
the most popular tunes which ex.
plains but one thing-older peo-
pie were most prevalent. How.
ever, Sidney did come through
with ''AntS in My Pants"
The evening ended officially at
- q. m, but your correspondent
was lured into sitting with a
party Of Texans which included
Bill Boyd and Jack Blaylock, oil
men, and pretty Gail Lee, who
is dancing at the Shoreham this
week. Even Hail, also from
Texas, did the Turing and before
I left in the wee hours, Texas
had adopted me for no good
reason. other than a bit Of
Scotch. Was amazed to learn
that the Lone Star State was so
compact-everyone in the party
was related.
GOSSIP p
Letters during the week brought
mail from Bill Strickland in
Florida cruising in the Ever
glades; Archie Hawk, who is
knocking them dizzy at the Club
Mayfair in Boston in supite Of
sub-zero weather: Mary Chrysler
in Philadelphia, who claims
dancing in the Latimer Club is
like hoofing on a dime after
being at the Lotus, and Tommy
Kearns, Eddie Peabody's man.
aser, who says the Midwest is a
bit boring after New York and
Washington, especially when you
miss someone a lot.
When the Cansinos arrived at
rehearsal for their present en-
gagement at Heigh-Ho, they
fought nightly against even
practicing the routine that they
perform to Ravels "Bolero."
"The people have grown tired Of
it. Pete," explained Tony to Mr..
Macias.
But that they were wrong was
proven Monday night when the
crowd wasn't satisfied till they had
done it Gas their fourth encore) .
It does not seem as if this dance
will ever be forgotten, principally
OCCoASC VI 4'S 4JUA4A4AS SNRPACN Wy
the castinetS.
Even 80, Tory and Catalina have
been hard at work preparing new
ToutineS.
Clyde Shilling and Joseph Geyer,
? two Of Hi.Hat's veteran mixolo-
giSts, have turned out something
unique for particular followers of
the hhationary art. They have
produced a frozen glass custa, they
call it, that won't defroSt when 1t
strikes rotmat room temperature
or comes in contact with the hui
man hand. What appears to be
merely a frost is really a white sub.
stance, the ingredients Of which
they are keeping secret, which
forms ring around the top Of
the glass.
This white ring does not drip
or run and what is more it is
very tasty. You will find the
"cruSta" with all of Hi.Hat's
punches and juleps.
Reversed
Guests Of the Club Troika
may have wondered who the
guest was last week trying to
play Maestro Matt Windsor's
accordion but without much sue.
4. cess. It was Phil Baker who ua c