Evening star., 1937-10-28


Sattiday night white-tied spooks
will take over Pete Macias' HeighHo,
Cossack goblins will come larruping
up the steps of Club Troika astride
ehostly steeds, witches with lor-
gnettes will brew kettle of fun at the
Mayfiower Lounge, at the Shoreffam
spooks will Big Apple double-time to
two bands, at the Wardman Parks
Metronome Room, at the Madrillon
and all over town the Halloween spirit
will hang high, at the Bamboo Gardens
and the Lotus there1l probably be
snti-Japanese goblins all over the
place, and at the Hi-Hat the spooks
will arrive and the fun will begin at
8 o'clock instead of 10, for an extra
hour ahead of that deadline =.
Twill be an evening :. and If there
are any visitors to town listening,
know We that Washington celebrates
Halloween with the same madness with
which other cities mark only New
Year Eve.
. Prize of the week, or perhaps
any other week, for the new night
club endurance record goes to the
couple who arrived at the Madrillon
for lunch the other day . finally
left after 3 the next morning.
. - And the prize of the week for
something or other goes to Sasha
Bartnovsky at the TOika, who, in the
small hours of recent morning, sur
prised a news lad right out of his
shoes by complying with request,
playing Ravels "Bolero' with piano,
drums and violin, the only instru-
Ynents in the orchestra at the moment
Ye Spectator also awards the
palm to the slightly under-the-weath-
er chap at the Madrillon a couple of
nights ago 1t was early in the
evening on one of the nights Johnny
Shaw and the lads have their broad
cast and Sidney was leading a
crew on the stand to fill in for half
an hour Our hero asked Sidney
would he play tune for him Sid
ney would. but when he played
couple of prior requests first, the lad
became indignant He approached
the bandStand "LiSSen,' he an
nounced sternly to Sidney and to
Bobby Simpson. who also had come
down from the Maytiower, this fine
way to treat me. guess you don't
know who 1 am. When 1 walk into
the Mayfiower Lounge they play that
tune right away as soon AS they see
mel! Sidney of the Mayti0wer
Is still trying to think up the answer
to that one.
- 1t was an impromptu musical
evening at the Heigh-Ho few dawn
ings back night that was des-
tined to be different from the very
moment Pete Macias stepped up to
the bandstand to chase Sammy Marks
away and join the boys in dishing
out dance tunes And then the
place suddenly was filled with singers,
popping in the door and blooming in
all the corners :. Nelia Goodelle was
prevailed upon to chant merry roun-
delay, accompanying herself at the
piano after trying the celeste, finding
l.
the Mayflower's nice Claire Willis was
finally convinced there were plenty of
accompanies about the place and that
the band could follow her even If they
didn't know her special arrangements,
and another lifting ballad was sung
One OF the Keller sisters was
there, too, but allowed as how she
couldn't sing note without the other
Keller sister, who was not there
So somebody dragged the Pail Mall
Rooms Sonny Kendis (alSo known as
Konny Sends and Kenny Sondis) to
the piano for one of those marvellous
interpretations. this one including a
couple of sly passes at the nearby
celeste right in the middle OF piano
solo This all happened the same
night Decio de Moura had few of
the spectators looking on in awe and
admiration as he rhumbaed and tam
COED with Audrey Sieber, rhumbaed
and tangoed with that monacle firm
in place.
4" Note to Harlan Miller: 1t was
brunette, not blond, that fellow
wanted to telephone across the
Raleigh's Pail Mall room E. And he
would have done it had he been
assured of support in case the lassie's
escort became aroused.
Faces in places At the
Shoreham: The Chinese Ambassador,
the Cuban Ambassador, Senor Pedro
Martinez Fraga; Air Commodore T. E.
B. Howe of the British Embassy,
Group Capt. G. c. Pirie and Mrs.
Pirie of the British Embassy, Capt.
A. L. B. Mark WardlaW and Mrs.
Mark -Wardlaw of the British Embassy.
Herr Richard Paulg of the German
Embassy, Decio de Moura Of the
Brizilian Embassy All spotted by
crony who decided to show Ye Specta-
tor when he raised an eyebrow at the
report the Blue Room was the center
Of diplomatic doings after dark
And another night came that fabu-
lously wealthy and famed Princes
Chennajsmmanni of Mysore, India -.
At the Raleigh: Mobile Benedetto
CapomaZza, secretary of the Italian
Embassy, in the Pail Mall room
Manvallette Sullivan in handsome
fall suit, also at the Pail Mall, for
= fruit punch with Leo Rice, jr.
-. . At the Wardman Park: Otakar
Kabelac, First Secretary of the
Czechoslovakian Legation, with his
bride (she used to be Helen Gertrude
Eberhand, married recently in Czecho-
slovakia) . Mr. and Mrs. John F.
eeitz of Hollywood, he being here to
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