Evening star., 1937-09-30

~ UTE a party IL was tIe
one tossed Tuesday night
to launch the towns newest
temple of chow mein and
floor shows from New York. the Bam-
boo Gardens d. q party that started
with some powerful potion probably
designed by the Spartans Of old to
give them their stamina, lasted
through a couple of brightly garbed
floor shows and much pleasant dance
music by Russ Cullen's lads until
those ". k. wee, small hours were yell
ing for help Virginia Macias
was there, having for the moment
crawled out from under the many
tasks attendent upon helping brother
Pete open the Heigh-Ho; so were
Marty Rubin and Irv Levick Of the
Heigh-Ho band and handsome Mrs.
: Levick and Leo, the suave charge
d'sffaires of the Macias manse on
Connecticut avenue . .. Lots of mu-
sic people turned up, too, to lend an
ear to this new band Russ leads and
to approve the Sidney Emusic
by Sidney Seidenmans, the Maurice
Kafkas. the Moe Baers and the
press was on hand, to gaze with ap-
proval that approached awe and
anna cement at the miraculous doings
of Henry Wong and Hugh Lang, the
powers behind the transformation of
the spot into modern, up-to-the-
minute sleek room, with pastel walls
and indirect lighting and nary a
trace of the La Paree that used to be
=. In that setting, with that bright,
spirited dance music, it can't miss
+. The only thing the boys have
8 forgotten is a lounge room out of
range for retiring into while the fell
low currently impersonating a master
of ceremonies is taking up time that
might be devoted to something else
More flash bulbs will pop
tonight :. more gayety will run
rampant, or whatever gayety does
when on the loose For tonight
the towns blades and their damsels
back to the after-dark scene Pete
Macias 'Heigh-Ho Also done over
from doornan to north room, with
lifting dance music that may become
the talk of the towns dancers, with
dances by Lunina and Lattanz, who
made their debut in this country at
Heigh-Ho's opening last year And
busy evening it will be for also
opening is the Raleigh's swank Pail
Mall Room with Washington's
Charlie Wright come back home, with
dance music by Sunny Kendis of
Stork Club fame. with hosts of diplo-
mats and other big-wigs expected to
be on hand.
And tomorrow night it's the
Shoreham's spanking new Blue Room,
risen where used to be the ball room
rearranged and done up In a color
that's likely to be the villages favorite
color Of the year Opening midst
much festivity, Gardner Moore i'm
porting from New York a gala gal
filled Janette Hackett revue, produced
especially for the Blue Rooms debut
;. with Barnee breaking out in a
fne rash Of new dance arrangements.
The Bamboo Gardens Tuesday
and now three openings in two nights
Saturday morning bids will be
opened from reputable undertakers.
NOW comes an en1lSSary from the
Mayfower Hotels Osgood Roberts.
dashing in the door in a lather to
bring tidings of the Mayfower
Lounges Fall opening. the years
champagne and orchids party" set
for a week from tomorrow.
Johnny Shaw felt pretty proud
of his lads the other night For
into the Madrillon for a snack of
arro1 con polio or some other tasty
item conlured up by the master mind
in Peter Borras' kitchen came Judy
Starr, she who used to brighten the
air waves from in front of Rudy
Vallees Band Lent an attentive
ear as Johnny whipped out with
"Vieni Vieni," the lifting item Rudy
introduced, then sent note to johnny
telling him "Rudy'd be proud of you."
Dance music by Paul Kain out
at the Wardman Parks Metronome
Room has lot of people turning a
merry polka -. and it's liked by such
people as dashing Capt. G. C. Prie,
new air attache at the British Embassy
-. and Agnes and Paul Doherty, niece
and nephew of Senator and Mrs.