The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-23
By FRANCOIS

BY FRANCOIS
These balmy evenings get us
somehow. Get us to wondering
what to do with ourselves. Get
us to wondering what other peo-
Pile are doing with themselves
while we are wondering what to
do with ourselves. They also get
us to wondering why we refer to
ourselves as ourselves" when
really we are only me. But I'VE"
am, I suppose, and I'VE" I'll
continue to be. It's nice being a
crowd, anyway.
But getting back to the balmy
evening business, lest you have
felt that same sense of futility
we have just referred to, may we
suggest you repair to almost any
one Of q lot Of places erected
expressly for the purpose Of dis
polling that sort Of thing. You
couldn't possibly do them all in a
night without defeating the pur-
pose for which you started out.
AS we understand it, an eve
ming spent at a night club is an
evening spent in one or several
of many pursuits. For utter re-
Taxation we go here, for side
splitting laughter. we go there
and for sheer thrill we go some
place else.
Let's take River Bend. for in
stance. Or rather, you take River
Bend-we've already taken it, liked
it immensely and are now passing
on the tip. Out there on the Mt.
Vernon Highway, Guy Zepp is
being hard put to the task of find
ing enough room each night for the
patrons who literally storm his
doors for the privilege of listening
to Dave McWilliamS' Orchestra
under the personal guidance of
George Stein. This poppy and
novel band has recently rear
ranged a flock Of the so-called
odd" numbers to suit their fancy
and the fact that the requests for
these unique arrangements pile up
each night proves, we say, that
they are suiting the fancy Of the
paying guests, which after all, Is
the fancy that must be suited.
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This department promised last
Wednesday that the approaching
Tuesday would see the doors Of
the Cocoanut Grove flung wide
for the first time. This depart
ment also promised to take a
personal hand in opening the
Cocoanut Grove should the man
agement let us down. This de-
partment has before it a printed
announcement to the effect that
this newest of night clubs will
positively open its doors on Tues
day next. We intend to produce
same in court or something in
the event a postponement is in
order at the last minute.
The possibility that we will
have to resort to so daStardly q
move seems remote, however, since
there simply couldn't be anything
left on which another postpone
ment could be based.
So, barring earthquakes and
typhoons, we'll be seeing most Of
you at Fifth and K SITS. N. W., at
eight next Tuesday eve.
Cocoanut Grove promises to
take care Of 600 of us, anyway.
Sandwiched in between Alexan.
dria and River Bend on the same
highway, you'll find Murray Gold
berg'S new and improved Stone
Villa. Provisions have been made
this year for $50 patrons, which
is considerably more than could
be admitted last year to this an
nually popular spot. Stone Villa
opens tonight for the season with
Vic Whartselrs Snappy four-piece
orchestra in action and, according
to Murray, in plenty of action.
With only weeks interval be-
fore his opening at the Swank
Rainbow Room in New York city,
Lester Cole and his cowboy choir
will open Monday at the Shore
ham for a five-day stay. Lester,
whose boys are described as good
looking and packing plenty of
zest, possesses the unique distinc-
ton of being a native Texan. This
makes him probably the only