Evening star., 1938-03-10

now by these presents. and be-
cause it says so on the card, that the
Melody Clubs melody will be supplied
by one Wingy Minnone. who made
name for his band at New York's
Hickory House and whose tunes are
what the boys call plenty hep" Oh
yes, the new club is at No. / Thomas
Circle. an address not exactly unknown
to the towns nasty stay-outs.
Johnny (Madrillon) Shaw has
stopped borrowing cigarettes-one at
time. Got one of those holders, so
now he has to bum two fags; one for
filter and the other to smoke.
Then there was the returning
vacationist, who couldn't do a thing
: when he got back to town until he'd
paid visit to Helen Hamiltons Rus
sian Troika for spot of shashlik, for
look at that show, the likes Of which
you won't find, with those gay skits,
Durwood Bowersox's sweet violin,
Mischa Markoff's S robust Cossack songs,
George Kirsoffs slick doings with
daggers and all the rest. And there
another time were Senator and Mrs
Gillette. And Sunday night Califor-
MAS next governor, or at least the
chap a lot Of people will tell you will
be Californias next governor. J. F. T.
O'Connor, with M. H. Bois-Smith of
the movie town out on the West Coast.
Nice it was. too, to get back and find
the Heigh-Ho Club still right there
and still going strong. Though We
can't tell you much Of what's been 60
ing on there. If that is one Of the
things that's been keeping you awake
nights; for there was little matter
Of toasted crackers and cheese, which
turn out to be very fine at an early
hour in the morning; then there was
little matter of arguing with Pete
and Virginia Macias over which tune
from Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs' is the best. an argument that
ended by agreement that Snow
White" and everything about it is
marvellous. And anyhow. so engrossed
did We get in that corner of the North
room with Pete and Virginia that we
never even thought to look out in the
main room to see who was there.
- John Hamilton, Republican Ma
tional Committee chairman, is very
much about town these days Scouts
report him dancing just about every
night at the Shoreham Blue room.
entertaining or being entertained by
some Republican bigwig or other: the
Blue room being one of his pet haunts.
perhaps because the Shoreham is
where he lives: the Hamilton apart
ment being in the same spot, but on
different floor, as that of Represent
ative Bruce Barton, reported being
groomed for presidential candidacy, If
that coincidence means anything Also
seen at the Carlton has been Mr..
Hamilton. there in the dining room
where John L. Lewis has rubbed ei-
bows with capital: Mr.. Hamilton sit
ting at the table right next to the
one where sat Catherine Connor, Dem
ocratic national committeewoman from
Kentucky; and no political bombshells
were tossed.
Incidental Intelligence: You
haven't heard THE Old Apple Tree in
the Orchard" until you've heard Dick
Roger do 1t up at the Hit-Hat, accom-
panied by string quartet installed in
hurry a couple of weeks ago when
other entertainers failed to arrive,
and who then turned out to be so
popular with the customers they've
just stayed and stayed :. Swingaroo
of the week is Johnny Shaw's version
OF Martha" at the Madrillon, and
we want no complaints from other
bands about that statement, because
other bands do not have Helen For
rest to sing Martha" even II they
play 1t :. Senator Arthur H, Vanden.