Evening star., 1938-01-20

nave tnAt white Christmas afte
and and it certainly Woult
L have been only fair if Primo,
Mogul had told us about the weather
80 We could have been prepared
Could have gotten out the skid chains
for aid in negotiating the pavement
from taxis to the entrances of the
towns various bistros without falling
into our beard :. If he'd only dropped
. hint that night when he sat calmly
in the Shoreham lounge and called
OF those E. S. P. cards one after
another. correctly naming "a out OF
IS twice in a row while We hid
them under a napkin, behind press
agent and everywhere else 50 he
couldn't even see the backs of them
V. could see only the hair at the
back Of our neck standing right up
straight.
go Friends Of Sonny Kendis should
know that Sonny sends his regards
-. via various emissaries, including
the Carlton Hotels Frank Swadley
and 4 couple Of epistles carried by
Mr.. Farley's best, reporting lots OF
Washingtonians dropping in at New
York's Glass Hat to give a listen to
the music they miss.
- Wonder If Prince Mogul startled
Mrs. George Sutherland (wife of the
retiring Supreme Court justice), or
her daughter, or Senator George Rat
cliffe, or Mrs. Royal S. Copeland, or
Mrs. Prev Savoy (shes Senator Town.
sends daughter Lyla) as much as he
startled the Shorehams r. B.
for he startled her quite so much the
night Of that Sonia Henie party that
she left certain scribe's coat and
hat locked in her Office, so he had to
scramble all over town unprotected
from pneumonia germs.
-" Look at that" says one Of the
behnd-the-scenes gentlemen At the
Russian Troika. They get a new
singer and the first night they make
Q scrubwoman of her" The new
singer, being handsome, titan -tressed
Assila Dorian, just in this country TO,
i've weeks on her first visit, fresh from
triumphs at Paris Scheherazade
and for the record it should be re-
ported the scrubwoman business Is
Just part Of one of the floor show skits
And speaking Of Scheherazade
that was Jimmy Cromwell In the
Cartoons Shaz-Zad room Tuesday
ejuhf NTH thu DoLo,%.,
mayhap plotting some OF his tax views
IN the same lush atmosphere that
brought forth all that was best of the
rhumba and the tango In that party
which included Graciela, Marta and
Rebeca Trucco, charming daughters
Of the Ambassador from Chile: Olga
Patterson, guests OF Senor Fernando
1llanese Benitez Of the Chilean En-
bassy, along with such diplomatic
notables as Senor Roberto Mendoza,
Senor Francisco Palomo, Dr. Fernando
Sacasa and Paul de Medina.
Notes and Half Notes: Russ
(Bamboo Gardens) Cullen's version
OF Down With Love-" as arranged
by Charlie Frankhauser, is what is
known as the nuts" And so is
Johnny (Madrillon) Shaw's rendition
Of Whistle While You Work." one
Of the bright and lifting items from Mr.
Dsney's Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs" =. The Three Ms at the
Hi-Hat report they've been singing
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" for the
last six years >. And never realized
It was q hit, boys?
80 They're still talking about that
certain day at the Mayf1ower Lounge
That day neither Presidential
Secretary Marvin Mc1ntrye, Fred
Storm nor Senator" Bill Pan Ameri-
CAM McEvoy showed up }. and the
boys are betting 1t doesn't happen
again.
= Names and Places q. At the
Wardman Park: Dennys and Helen
Anderson Of London, nieces Of the
chairman of the board Of the Bank of
Manhattan, Stephen j. Baker, stop
ping in Washington for a few days
and guests of honor at a supper party
in the Metronome Room Fay
Frederick Of Seattle and Katharine
Hosch Of Gainesville, Ga. house guests
OF Miss Annabel Matthews, former
member of the Board OF Tax Appeals,
feted at another party Mr.. and
Mrs. William Barron Kerkam, jr., with
another couple, enjoying the mad an
tics Of the Paul Kain crew At
the Shoreham Blue room: The Dip
lomatic set represented at various
times by the Czechoslovakian Minister
and Nine. Hurban .. the Bulgarian
Minister and Nine. Naoumoff i.
DR.. and Mrs. Vladimir Palic, Mr.. and
Mrs. Otakar Kabelac Of the Czecho-
slovakian legation i. The hill" rep
resented by Senator and Mrs. Bridges
-. Senator Herring and friends E.
Senator and Mrs. McAdoo Rep
Eesentative Walter Chandler .