Evening star., 1938-09-15
Y WHATEVER it may mean to
n I the future OF humanity,


~ the future OF humanity,
w Variety, the theater's news
paper, reports that the
customers at the New Yorker Hotels
dance spot voted l0-to-l preference
for sweet music over swing music.
So the next band to play there will
be Tommy Dorsey's outfit, which sort
Of swings. Maybe somebody like Al
Spiel Of Johnny Shaw's crew at the
Madrillon will explain 1t all, he hav-
ing Just returned from New York
vacation" where he spent his time
listening to all the swing = guy could
listen to. Anyhow, the headline on
the Variety story reads Take It
and Like 1t" which Is like that old
sag-"Comes the revolution you'll eat
strawberries and cream" But don't
like strawberries and cream" yeah!
Well, comes the revolution you'll eat
strawberries and cream and like It,"
Much more important at the
moment, Of course, than any sweet
swing argument Onto which we can't
drag the Shoreham's Barnee any
more) Is this weeks opening. The
weeks opening, as you probably know,
involves one Of the towns best after
dark rendezvous, the Carlton Hotels
Shar-Zad, which will be open again
come tomorrow night. with dance
music by Sande Williams and his
crew. songs by Dale Sherman. Both
have been there before, have won
many friends there before.
-. That show at the Bamboo Gardens
Is = bit Of all right, with some OF the
neatest tap dancing you ever saw by
Mary Jane Brown and comedy
Apache dance by Marguerite and
Bouchet that's 50 funny 1t takes the
customers five minutes more or less to
realize It's comedy Johnny
Madrillon) Shaw says he knows why
Buddy Harmon of the Mayfower crew
u Dragging Of his golf in the sos. It's
because Buddy gets tired and quits
At the end Of the NTH hole .
Should be quite \ spot when Fordyce
Minnick gets through with his plans
for the new room at 24OO Sixteenth
street. To be decorated by Eslie De
Wolfe and to be a lot Of other things.
about which more later Oscar Of
the Hi Hat has had himself another
Idea. This Is for you football fans
who would rather stay indoors, with
tumbler close at hand and We DOM
mean an acrobat. Anyhow the Hi
Hats radio, every Saturday afternoon,
will bring you one of the big pigskin
contests The Shar-Zad, Incl
dentally, will not be only q night club
this year, the Cartons Frank Swadley
having decided cocktail dancing from
to 7 every evening will be q fine
thing, too.
Anchor Room-Lounge ut the An
napolis Hotel; no dancing, but enter
tAinment.
Bamboo Gardens-Floor shows at
l. 1880 and IL pm; dancing to Emory
Daugherty's music; minimum charge
Brooke Johns Old Barn-Suburban
resort out Georgia avenue. just beyond
Ncrbeck. Dancing nightly except Mon
days. entertainment by Brooke Johns.
Checkerboard Ro0m-La Fayette
Hotels lounge; entertainment from S
to Z and from 10 to /.
Griffith Farm Taverns-Plantation
style dinners featured at the resort on
the Marlboro pike. Orchestra for
dancing Saturday night.
Hamilton Hotel-Milton Davis and
the orchestra play for dancing in the
Rainbow Room from until 7 and
from 10 to l.
Hay-Adams House-Dinner music
nightly by Laroy Hendrick at the
Hammond organ.
Hi-Hat Lounse-At the Ambassador
Hotel; entertainment nightly by Hill
Billy" Dick Roger and the String
Swingsters. Songs by Angie Rodante.
Lotus-shows, featuring several acts
and . chorus. at l, 7:3O and 1890
pm; dancing to Bill Strickland's Cap
itolians; minimum charge.
Heigh-He Taproom-A bright sum-