The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-02
Dancer Comes
To D. G. From
RodioCity
BY FRANCOIS

The luscious Dunya, fresh from
her featured peg on New York's
Radio City Music Hall program,
where she was costarred with her
present partner, Kolya, is making
1t easy for patrons Of Matt Wind
sor's Club Volga Boatman to I'M
derstand wherein lies her top
notch rating. Following the
identical routine which brought
blase New York audiences to
their feet, this pair glide over
the boards at this popular spot
in some of the smoothest rou-
tines seen in a Washington set
ting.
Dunya, queenly ruler Of the
Russian form of rhythmic ex-
preston, is ably assisted by Ania,
Natacha, Polia and Sonya, the
quintet forming = ballet Of
matchlesS beauty.
Convulsing audiences Is Q spe-
cialty with KanafSkaya and La
puchin, a scintillating comedy team
which does artistic work with q
skit entitled 1.-THE Deacon and the
Widow" Add to this the usual
high class work Of AccordioniSt
Windsor and the haunting con-
tralto, Anna Sublakova, and you
have a ticket hard to beat. We
wouldn't even mention Vladimir
Dilloff, the Volga Boatman'S baSso,
or the popular violiniSt, Michail
Michailloff, If it weren't for the
fact that they won't be ignored by
the applauding throngs who flock
to Mats.
Mary and Eddie Stamm, bosses
number one and two respectively
Of the Maryland Club Gardens,
captured for themselves a coun-
tess q fortnight ago, who has
been proving herself practically
indispensable around this perky
place. Countess Loney is the
name, sir, and Hungary her last
fixed address, sir. You'll know
her by the accent which SmackS
Of Magyar music. Just a little
social visit to the Gardens by
this capable lady proved q great
er temptation than she could
withstand. Intrigued with the
atmosphere and quite satisfied
that Mary and Eddie were the
same two charming persons she
knew when - Countess Loney
couldn't go.
You've noted her presence
there these past two weeks
we're sure you have. She's in
the night club game to stay, she
says, although this Is her first
venture in the field. You may
have seen her clipping the Gar
denS' hedges, or you may have
glimpsed her overseeing Chef
Russell's expert work on q broiled
pheasant. Chances are remote
that her trained fingers have
been observed feeling a bottle Of
cooling Burgundy. the act is
an aesthetic treat in itsef. Al
ready, thousands have tested the
unerring results Of her Judgment
in this delicate matter. Yes,
Jimmy Harris Is still holding
forth.
Page the 1.-the and liSSom La
Fons, m'lackey!
If it weren't that this ace Of
adagio teams Is at the moment
cavorting with q well-calculated
abandon at the Lotus mlackey
might somehow produce them.
AS it is. however, we see no other
solution than a trip LotuS-ward
where to the tantalizing strains
of Bill Strickland's band this
pair succeeds in approximating
an effortless melee Of motion.
Getting back to m1ackey again,
it occurs to us that but for the
situation noted above. the femi-
nine member Of this team might
easily be produced from q hat.
She is that petite.
Nor does this duo confine it.
self to the accepted form Of the
adagio. Turning from that role,
the pair puts on a novel concep-
ton of the much-abused Bowery
form Of tripping the light fan
tastic that has patrons Of this
downtown spot in a steady up
roar. Introducing the "Chal-
lenge Tap" the Hot Stomp"
and a variation Of the "Bugle
Rag" a clever tap-dance team
composed Of Ray, Gloria and Joyce,
vies with the ever-popular Judy
Ellington, who is the chic number