Evening star., 1937-10-07

wv openings Of the Heigh- -Ho.
the Shoreham Blue room,
the Raleighs Pail Mall room. the
bamboo Gardens, the fireworks are
popping anew and two more first
nights are at hand for sturdy night
club stay-outs Tomorrow there's
the years champagne and orchids
opening" title which means to all
Eadabouts that the Mayflower Lounge
splendor and welcome new season
Of midnight merriment :. . There'll be
Autumnal decorations all about to
warn you almost Halloween, the spot
viii be transformed for the night into
miniature chrysanthemum show,
there'n be orchids for every lass and
the champagne will flow about Teddy's
Imported for the occasion will be
tfdes up and down Hains Point
Imported for the occasion will be
6ociety Dancers Pierce and Roland,
fresh from Summer in the open
atop the st. Moritz in New York
Imported not only for the occasion but
to stay awhile will be Claire Willis,
known as the lifting linguist of song"
"a whole mouthful by which to be
known, for she sings not only in
good, old United States, but in French,
Spanish, Italian and even Hawaiian
-. And that's not all . sFor Helen
Hamilton finally has broken down,
emerged from the ivory tower where
she has been hiding all Summer, come
forth to announce the opening of the
Club Troika, when the gong sounds
Tuesday night >. The ShaShlik will
hang high atop its flaming daggers,
rich old Russia will come to life and
there will be brand new gay Musco-
vite floor show with Mischa
Markoff back to be master of cere-
monies, with Lolik and Orlik back to
dance, with new headliner named
Vera Veraga on hand to sing in any
language you can name and to play
the harp so magniflcently that Grand
Musician Sasha Bartnovsky will 60
Into ecstasies over her with no urging
-. The week end, starting tomorrow
and lasting until Tuesday, is going
to be fun and plenty.
Those were gay affairs last
week, those night club debuts At
Heigh-Ho week ago tonight you
could have found half the town, it
seemed, squeezed into that room and
Il u-t, 10 IF
Bettina Belmont was there. under a
hunk of silver fox that would have
had any gal jealous . . Christine
Eckengren danced many times with
Bud Watson, who left his Roadside
Theater villains mustachios at home
=. Ruth Dove sat in celebrity corner
with Peggy Gibbins, Brother Henry
Gibbins and Forrest Tancer . And
If you had looked on from the bal
cony vantage point occupied late by
Audrey Sieber and you could have seen
Helen Fish, Billy Sims. Loring Black.
Mrs. Gordon Luke, Patsy Parker, Kitty
Fuqua, Humphrey Daniels, Madge
Carter, Peter" McHarg. Rebecca
Trucco. Nancy Brereton, Frank VOL
pert, Lucy Sharpe and what seemed
like thousands Of others That
same balcony vantage point also was
the best spot in the house for watch
ing those exciting dances by Lunina
and Lattanz :. And earlier in the
evening it was fun down at the Ra-
leigh's Pail Mall room where a
whole raft OF the villages diplomatic
set came to welcome back to Wash
ington Charlie Wright, who was in
troduced by that same Audrey Sieber
who is up on the balcony few lines
back, who made no little success Of
his homecoming party . And
there at the Pail Mall room was dis
covered some sweet and tricky dance
music, played in the mood that's a
hit with New Yorks cafe society by
Sonny Kendis, very pleasant lad
who will whip out anything you want,
even II 1t is Melody in F" in fox
trot time And the next night it's
the shoreham's Blue Room where
q canny decorator has made that big
room a warm and intimate place
where a bright girl revue was ap-
proved by host of people in
cluding Audrey (Here She Is Again)
Sieber with Decio de Moura of the
Brazilian Embassy and others
approving have been Demetrios Sicili-
amos, the Greek Minister; DR.. Meme
eek Of the Czecho-Slovakian Lega-
$ion; Frank Walker, former treasurer
Of the Democratic National Commit
tee, more people whose names are
news than you could shake a stick at
-. If you 90 about shaking sticks at
people 80.
Round Town on the Midnight
Merry Go-Round: If only Johnny
Sfaws dreams came true :. Swears
he woke up in the middle Of the night
= couple OF mornings back full of the
belief re had swell yarn for Ye
Spectator :. All about how Charlie
Wright had come to the Madrillon,
bringing with him Mrs Roosevelt,
and the two of them had a swell time
-. But 1t was only dream e. Not
. pipe dream, however, was handsome
Stella Clawson, who is both one of the
featured players In Babes in Arms"
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