Evening star., 1936-12-16
SANTA TO ATTEND
TOY BALL FRIDAY
Shoreham's Gala Benefit to
Feature Galaxy of Stars
of Stage and Screen.

Claus himself will combine to soften
sorrow Friday night at the Shoreham
Christmas toy ball, where there won't
be any cover charge If you bring a new
article Of clothing or a new toy to
donate to the destitute through The
Star-Warner Bros IN. 3. C. Christmas
campaign.
Walter Huston Of both stage and
screen fame, who is playing at the
National Theater this week, will be
one of the notables present.
Eddie Peabody, whose banjo playing
is known to all the world, will be
master Of ceremonies.
Barnee, known to all who have ever
come to Washington, will be host.
District Commissioner Melvin c.
Hazen will be guest of honor.
Saint Nick 10 BE There.
And Santa Claus himself is taking
time of from his seasonal duties to
be present at his first night club party
to indorse a campaign that wants to
assist him in seeing that there shall
be no forgotten child in Washington
this Christmas.
Red and silver will be the colors Of
the night as the Shoreham ball room
rallies to the aid of the needy All
the spectacular floor show will be
broadcast over Station WRC from
lO:30 pm. until the partyS over
The radio program will begin with
Santa Claus arrival at Washington
Hoover Airport at 1890 pm, in an
American Airlines plane. There he
will be met by Maj. Ernest w. Brown,
superintendent of the Metropolitan
Police Department, who will personally
accompany the patron saint of
Christmas to the Shoreham. escorted
BY motorcycle police sounding sirens.
They will ride in a car provided by
oscar Coolican, head of the Packard
Washington Motor Car Co.
Radio listeners may follow Santa's
wind-swept whiskers up Connecticut
avenue. as we'll as those on the streets.
AT the Shoreham Santa will be pre-
sented the keys Of the city and say
few words about his routine activ-
tiles on behalf of poor children. as
well as The StarWarner Bros.-N. B. c.
campaign at the Nations Capital.
Program of Rare Merit.
Perhaps never before in the city has
program Of entertainment been more
imposing. Headlining the show at the
toy ball will be Eddie Peabody. who
has prepared a program including
two numbers that were sensational
hits with New York audiences al
Radio City Music Hall, Eddie's last
engagement.
Eddie has played many times in
Washington before. and it is no secret
that he is great favorite at the
White House. He made a triumphant
tour Of Europe a few years ago and
was acclaimed wherever he went. 1t
is said he can do more with a banjo
than a lot Of people could 90 with
symphony orchestra. Be that as it
may, Eddie plays anything from
Rhapsody in Blue" to Hold That
Tiger" on his banjo.
other headliners on the toy ball
program are the Randalls. Marion and
Martinez, who will be see in a pro-
gram of native dances from Rio de
Janeiro and Hanava, having lust come
from the latter city for the Shore
ham engagement.
Old in point of favoritism. but very
Young in years, are the Bonners, a
charming and engaging young couple
who endeared themselves to WASH
| ingtonians during a four-month en-
/ gagement at the Shoreham last year,
both because of their excellent voices
and their personal beauty. Carl and
Leone Bonner, still in their early
! twenties went to New York about four
years ago to capitalize on the nice
things folks said about their voices.
They had both sung in the church
choir back home in st. Paul.
! Sings Bell Song" From "Lakme."
I They have taken lessons in voice
culture, have had the thrill of seeing
their names on Broadway, and have
appeared with Ginger Rogers at the
/ Texas Centennial. since Leone can sing
F, G and A above high with ease,
and in addition to a full repertoire
of popular songs, sings the Bell Song
from "Lakme" Carl has sung Canio
in "Pagliacci" with the Twin Cities
Opera and has appeared in an Eng
lish version of Faust" They will have
a very special program of Washing
tons favorite tunes to offer at the
Christmas top ball at the Shoreham
Friday night.
The Randalls have danced their
way, literally, around the world, hav-
ing recently completed two world
tours, dancing in II different coun-
tries and travelling across 100000 miles
of water. They have appeared By
special request before the Duke and
Duchess of York-now King and
Queen of England-when all were III
Sydney. Australia. They were pre-
Sented to the Duke after the per
formance and he told them ne had
asked to see them again as he had
enjoyed their dancing previously at
the Kit-Kat Club in London.
Barnee has written a song for the
campaign that will be sung for the
first time at the Shoreham Friday
night. He has dedicated it to all the
children of Washington.
In addition, stars of the Warner
Bros Earle Theater stage show that
opens the same day will perform at
the Shoreham party.
Shoreham personnel say that reser-
vations for large parties are coming
in already and that they are prepar-
ing a spot in the lobby where kindly
Washingtonians may leave gifts for
the poor-shoes, garments of all sorts,
sleds, bicycles, dolls, and gifts for
young men and women older than II
years.