Evening star., 1937-10-14
Asst Summer . lad popped into

ton IN the South, bearing an
~ odd tale . a tale about how
the boys and gals down in the Caro-
linas were won't to dress up of an
evening in all their flnery, but sans
shoes, and go through mad contor-
tons at tn nearest dance hall a
yarn that caused considerable laugh
ter, couple of raised eyebrows. but
no particular excitement For none
Of the listeners to the story knew, nor
did the tale-bearer himself know. how
momentous was the news he bore
and by being better artist than he
Is reporter, the lad Just missed be-
ing the first to bring back tidings of
the greatest dance craze to sweep the
country since lass named Lucille LIE
Sueur was passing the time between
dreams that some day she would be
screen star named Joan Crawford by
winning cups for her prowess at some
thing called the Charleston So
amazed was this chap by the spectacle
OF presumably rieht-minded citizens
dancing barefooted that he forgot to
learn that they had name for the
dance so he couldn't warn the
peoples to the North that the Big
Apple was on the way Nor was
there anything portentous in the air
at the very tag end Of the Summer
of 1887, when the news drifted in that
the invader had arrived at the south
ern portals of the city. was encamped
Just outside the walls It didn't
even look serious when few gals
whose evening gowns are originals and
not copies, and a few lads, who look
at home in white-tie-an visited Bou-
levsrd Farms, were won over by the
enemy =. Smugly we all paid little
attention knew not what was in store
-. Then one night it popped up at,
Of all places. the Shoreham the
youngsters whipping into the Big Ap-
Pile, while Older and saner heads. at
tempting to hold out for an old-fash-
ioned square dance, soon discovered
their squa dance. popped up with
modern steps, was the Big Apple &. .
Quick like anything it spread to the
Wardman Park. and Paul Kahn found
himself besieeed by vigorous young
things shouting for vigorous Big Apple
n
that this terpsichorean invader from
the South had taken over the swank-
lest Of the swank. the Rlittering
Rainbow Room =. E. And Johnny Shaw
At the Madrilon stopped in mid tango
practically, whipped out faster, louder
music, Drummer AL Spiel began shout
ing Truck to the left" and such
Then last Saturday came the final
blow for from Marty Rubin's tenor
tonsils tame the call and the Big
Apple appeared at Pete Macias' Heigh-
Ho Club with even Patsy Parker
among the Applers and maybe
Margaret Turner also a group of
Paltimore's finest everybody 1t
seemed but Audrey Sieber. who ap-
peared content to dance the normal
manner u. . The Big Apple is here |
and there's no getting around it
II you can't do 1t. your Aunt Minnie !
can teach you how
The s. R. O. sign has been
busy these first Fall days Tuesday |
" was busted off to let people know |
that Mrs. Helen Hamilton's Russian
Club Troika was starting off its season |
with CAV party. with songs by Vera |
Veraea, who can make a harp do !
anything she wants it to do, more songs |
hv Mischa Markoff. dances by Lolk |
and Orlik. dance music by Sasha Bart
novsky, and good time was had !
by all -. All being about Ave more
people than you would have believed |
n int kA
-. and Friday night the Mayflower
lounge was the spot that was packed |
-. packed with a whole host of the |
towns somebodies. on hand To see
that the season was started of in |
proper style at the years champagne
and orchids" party :. on hand also
to welcome to town q lass who can
do things to song. Claire Willis. and |
to hope that she stays about awhile
Sonny Kendis. the Stork Clubs
contribution to local dancers in gen.
eral and the Raleigh's Pail Mall Room
In particular. seems to have become
tool in the hands OF certain citizens
whose ideas of humor better their
discretion There was that Incl
dent Saturday night when Sonny was
talked into playing chinatown, MY
Chinatown" and Night Over Shang-
hal" the moment a representative of
the Land of the Rising Sun walked
into the Pail Mall Room Zone
chap connected with the affair has
limited to us darkly that he intends to
picket any columnists named Harlan
Miller as soon az he looks in the die
tionsry and finds out that ribald
means what he thinks it doesl And
Sonny was put In the middle again
Just yesterday noon, when a whole raft
of Princeton Clubbers were on one side
OF the room lunching quietly and
four fine fellows on the other side
OF the room called to him after he I
had played a bunch of Princeton
tunes. saying: We can have no IA
voritism here. Let's have a couple of
our school songs" Sure" said Son.
ny, what's the school?" "Cornell!"
the four chorused.
Openings tonight:
Matt Windsor's Club Voea Boat
man. with a brand-new show feat,r-
Ing Russian character dances by va