Evening star., 1937-12-16
%ONIGHT'S the night long,
sleek charabancs will whip up
to the Carlton not so sleek


Il hacks will dribble up and
half the town, or at least as many of
them as can get in, will be on hand
to break a bottle over the prov of
the Cartons handsome new Shar-
Zad room where Decorator John
Koch has conjured up romantic
parcel of stars, moon and clouds above
a roof-top in Bagdad e. where new
murals by New York's Jack Lubin
adorn the walls !. 81. where, Peter Car
ter is reported to have remarked yes
terday after an inspection. lot of
romances are sure to bloom but
delicious where there's to be
music by Jules Duke dances by
Moya, for whom you can thank the
French Casino for closing -.
Faces and Places :. At the
Troika: Senator Berry sits at
ringside table and before the evening
is over at least two dozen Tennesseans
have paid him visits . Vincent
Lopez stops in to listen to Nick Hope
play ''Nola," is discovered by the
other customers, has to go up and
play bit of piano right in the
middle of the floor show =. Gang of
the horsey set up from Warrenton
Sally Appleton, Dorothy Mont
gomery, Filler Carl Dean, John Drake,
who averred as how if it got any
colder he'd be seen around town in
one of those fur-l lined Polar flight
suits and took the rest of the
crowd down to the car to prove he
had it right with him At the
HeighHo: Mitzi Mayfair several
nights with several people, including
the fellow on our right Mary
Lou Sarner in that amazing hat that
has jaunty feather in back and
goes up in front with a swoosh :.
Patty Parker and a big party of
friends Peter" McHarg, with
party of one friend Pete Macias
Ginning of war days with Eddie
Peabody, both of them old Navy boys
>. Barnee and handsome lass, on
the balcony, it being reported Barnee
is barred from the main floor -.
Steve Spingarn and crony Napier
Parlato, doing a double bachelor num-
ber at the ringside Burrus Will
liams returning to his old haunts,
taking over the piano at an inter-
mission for Park Avenue Fantasy"
and Alligator Crawl At the
Shoreham Blue room: Mrs. Gene
Tunney, requesting 'Rosalie," the
lovely Cole Porter tune from, of all
things, "Rosalie" Ensign and Mrs.
Edwin DENLY, jr., who were married
last spring, down from New London
for the holidays Senator McAdoo
and his charming wife, dining
= It's not the most cheerful news
of the week, but it's news that
Sonny Kendis is taking that bright
band of his back to New York soon,
probably after the holidays :. Maybe
back to the Stork Club, maybe to an
other spot, but still back to New
York -.
That was Howard Miner of
Boston, down here for radio work, who
stepped up to the microphone at the
Madrillon the other night =. won
much hearty applause for his singing
of "Old Man River" and Road to
Mandalay'' -.
Hi-Hat scene: At 1907 pm of
a recent evening Oscar is complaining
because people are spending all their
time and money Christmas shopping,
saving no time and money for Hi-Hat
eggnogs >. leers about the only one
third filled room At 1l:57 Oscar
looks longingly at our table and we
leave so he won't have to turn the
next party away -.
= = Hit tune Of few weeks from
now is going to be you're a Sweet
heart" from the flllum Of the same
name We'll bet, we will -.
Round Town on the Midnight
Merry Go Round: Sammy (Heigh-Ho
Pianist) Marks has written a new
tune called Come Back to Me-"
and he says if they don't come back
after they hear it they never will come
back Irving Berlin should lend
an ear to Johnny Shaw's new version
Of Blue Skies" as Helen Forrest sings
1t The Washington Civic Theater's
F. Cowles Strickland insists he's
found a piano player who would be
perfect in Sonny Kendis' Orchestra
. . Sonny, who plays piano, is still
thinking up the answer If there
are any movie scouts listening they're
recommended a look at Lynn Bourne,
swing songstress at the Cocoanut
Grove :. for she has talent the boys
in the glamour factories could develop
. maybe The Madrillon per-
forms fine service with q new wine