Evening star., 1937-03-25

Until KirSof opened the box, pulled
out the constructor "Whooeee!
Jayhoozus!' screamed the ringsider
Four feet in the air he leapt
and when he came to standstill he
was off in a corner with his back
to the wall Frank says you could
look at his face and see his brain
working as he gave serious thought
to this matter, finally figured out this
thing was fake .. So back to the
table he came, sat down Then
Tania and her snake danced close
by, the reptile looked at the befud-
died ringsider, winked its left eye,
iabbed out its tongue "Karoust,
he screamed again, and again leapt
into the air. 1T is real!'
Almost there was riot at
Club Troika the other night :.
Almost, but not quite, and everything
remained calm Fellow OIL IN one
corner was thought to be unsheathing
a spear to hurl into battle, but he
turned out to be merely waiter serv-
ing an order of shashlik . 1t all
came about this way -. Nick Hope
concluded his Musical Trip Around
the World" in the floor show by
squeezing Anchors Aweigh" out OF
his accordion to represent the United
States ("Anchors Aweigh," not
the accordion, was supposed to repre-
sent the United States) =. "Hey,"
1oec OF toh1o hU tho fnNr
How about 'Dixie'?" Nick
obliged . Then Next" called
a robust voice from the adjoining
table, has got to be Marching
Through Georgia. Mischa Mar
koff thought it was personal insult
because he halls from Georgia
Russian branch But nothing came
of all this on account of the Minister
of Greece, Demetrios Sicilianos, was
on hand at table up front and
soothing air of nearby diplomacy
spread calm over everything Mr..
Sicilianos was there as the guest Of
George C. Vournas as were Will
liam Heles, Representative Mouten,
Mr.. and Mrs. Briggs and others :.
and much pleased he was by hearing
Sasha Bartnovsky's Orchestra burst
right out with native Greek tangos
You'd think that up at Heigh
Ho, where every night Pete Macias
plays host to a flock of the towns
white tie and tiara wearers, there'd
be a few observant pipple But
you would not have thought thusly
couple of nights ago -. For Burrus
Williams finished his fill-in hour at
the Mayflower Lounge, doffed his
multi and donned the dinner jacket,
dashed to Heigh Ho Hours he
played piano in the band g.. Hours
it was before somebody discovered
Burrus' tootsies still were wrapped in
the brown shoes he'd worn with the
business suit and he'd forgotten to
change >. Wouldn't tell on Burrus
this way, only he brought 1t on him.
self with pun Such pun
Asked him the other night if he'd
play that Null Cahrd tune. "Ziegeuner"
. Huh" said he. "You mean
'zigeuner be Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight Telling on him
isn't enough :. He should be keel
hauled from Pete Macias' house boats
small boat 80.
Shaw-Shaw (Wini Shaw to
you) has been seeing bit of the town
uynia1, &c Fro -,
cause this gives the town a chance
to see ShaW-Sbaw She was seen
supplng and dancing out at the Shore
ham ball room few evenings ago
and last night, unless the well-laid
plans OF certain scribes went far, far
astray, Wini had herself much fun
taking in the Pail Mall room at the
Raleigh -. lending a darned good
looking ear to the Eddie Elkins music,
which is back, hurrah! .. . and maybe
grooming soft Hawaiian lullaby to
herself =. Not yet, though has she
been reported at the Hi-Hat to listen
to the native Honolulu not-cha
Ye Spectator wandered into the Carl
tons Ell Patio just before the OPEN
Ing hour, found Sande Williams all
alone on the bandstand, banging the
piano for dear life-but loud II
am playing The Blue Banube' for
Representative Tinkham," Sande
answered the raised eyebrows i
THAT is very fine" we said, glancing
meaningly about the empty room
1t wasn't open yet -. Remember?
THAT is very fine indeed. Maybe you
ought to be humored, but just where
IS this Representative Tinkham, for
whom you are playing The Blue
Danube?'" "Oh," said Sande,
'.he's out In the lobby" Repre-