The Washington times., 1936-03-25
ShorehomGoes
TotheCircus
And How!
BY FRANCOIS

scOpic magic with its new non
sense. .as rOIIicking and de-
Iightful as Alice and her look
ing glass. as diversified as the
bellies lettres Of Colonel Dexter
FeIlowes Of Ringing fame.
Silk ties and siren shoulders
cleaned in the spotlights at Mon
days opening Of Hamid's Circus
=. the Ambassador Of Turkey and
Mime. Ertegun applauded the
clowns and the tUlmblers. .gor-
geous Jane Maitland, on the eve
of marriage, watched the ele-
plants with eager eyes. .Barnee
and the orchestra lads paraded in
what looked like Graustark uni
forms. Mrs. Jacob Lea nder
Loose and q large party get kick
out Of Pallenberg'S bears. j. F.
r. O'Connor, currency boss for
Uncle Sam, was in gala mood, en-
joyed everything. the clowns
were in top form. DR.. William M.
Mann, maitre d'hotel for the Zoo,
was all eyes when the animals
traded tricks for sugar Jumps. :.
with DR.. Mann were Melvin Hill
dreth, Americas greatest circus
fan and expert, John E. Graf, Of
the National Museum and M. w.
Sterling, king-pin ethnologist. :.
the elephants behaved with hum
BILE gentility, didn't snort or cough
approved everything including
the press table.
The old, old classical connotd-
tion, /. e., epicureGn delight, still
holds as far as the t0orld lotus is
concerned reStGurG1ticGIly
speaking, the Lotus is the hGuen
of enjoyment Bert NGgle and
Company stay on, tDith "Felir the
Cat" cGrUing patterns tn feline de-
sign that stir mind, eye neaD
routineS, 1et0 attire as your luxury
moods SHIFT gears {. take your
choice, Theodore and Company,
the SGmet Sisters, Kay and Dean,
Al Norton or Bill StricklGnd's
CGpitoltG7rS tDedving rhythm to
tickle your nervous toes Jane
Whitney takes the Doc1l spots in
Judy Ellington'S absence she
makes sad songs IoueIy and gay
ones exciting yes, n'I1dS, the
Lotus IS in full tlotOer.
Sidney, Of the Mayflower Or
cheStra, in q sports suit embroid.
cred with dragons, poppies and
war lords coat-of-arms, may or
may not be the next sensation {.
a genteel old Chinese lady of quail
ity and a lover of the arts has just
passed on bequeathing him an
arm-load of Chinese instruments
(see cut wandering around some
where on this page) which he in
tends to introduce to Lounge
habitueS on state occasions and
in proper Oriental attire one
Cathayan bagpipe was played by
ConfuciuS the afternoon Marco
Polo blew in for tea it would
be difficult to expe-t even q Chi
nese snare-drum to swell the
charm Of the Mayflower Lounge
.. surrounded by soft lights and
sweet music, were recently seen
the William McAvoys, the Stanley
Reids, Marguerite LELAND of the
White House, the Gothamites,
Gene Buck and his wife, Senator
Robert Wagner, DR.. Jacinto Fom.
bona-Pachano of the Venezuelan
Legation and the Sonora, Rep.
Mary Norton Of the House District
Committee ). wait'l they hear
Sidney take the high notes on
his Manchu bassoon 1. . clowning
aside, Sidney thanks Commander
William B. Young, just out Of
China, for the instruments.
Paul HaakOn made heads
swim when he walked into
Heigh-HO the dancing sensa-
ti0n from the Beatrice Lille
show was almost too good to be
true. when his identity had
been verified and it was Simulta-
neOuSly discovered that Andrew
Kelley, the distinguished drama
editor, was also o guest, Heigh-
Hos fame bounced like the stock
market. yet over all glistened
the glamOr of Illiana, the sing
ing star, who stays for q third
week. After Pete MaciaS rec0v.
cred from the HaakOn arrival,
he remembered some Of his sum-
mer plans. he goes back to the
POwhatan Hotel Roof, where the
Macias tempOs have made sum-
mer endurable, and the cuisine
is excellent &. . the tap room con-
tinueS a thriving infOrmality.
Then fame and distinction
strutted down the Avenue and
Buddy Rogers strolled into Helen
Hamilton's Russian Troika. "a
lady Of mystery and a Congress
man accompanied. even the lat
ter was one of the great un.
knowns. the Rogers appetite was
appeaSed, he bowed to the guests,
talked with the gypsy souvenir
girl, fingered until the fire bell
tolled 2 in the morning. eyes
popped, tongues wagged, the
sweet young things sighed. Mr..
Rogers kept on eating roquefort
cheese, drinking beer. K a a.
vaeff, Troika's nc, was pleased