Evening star., 1939-12-07

0IlOkcS 1OI Dill MCCuuSS OIOdQCdSt
from the Cartoons Shar r-Zad last
night. If you'd like to hear what
Aud Lang Syne" can become under
the influence Of a Ted Hustled swing
arrangement, Bill will be playing 1t
again this afternoon. The dance
floor at the Hotel Roger Smiths
Cafe Caprice has been enlarged,
Eddie Whitesel and the Rhythmaires
having put the terpsichorean urge
into lot Of feet.
IL The Lassies Who Make MI
crophone's Happy. Very fine
listening is that version Of "Yearn-
ing" sung by Mary LeMarr at the
Madrillon, with a trio of lads from
Carr Van Sickler and Don Shocks
orchestra chanting background a
Ia T. Dorsey. :. Billie Bailey Of the
Mayflower Lounge Is doing now the
ditties that will be hits when "Gul-
liver's Travels" is released during the
holidays. :. Adele Van, who
brightens up the corner where the
Lounge Riviera is, does handsomely
indeed by that when Love
Beckoned," proving an Ethel
Norman tune can be sweet as well
as hot. .. Helen Forrest, one time
Madrillon songstress who practically
turned this department into q press
agent, has left what used to be Artie
Shaw's band to sing with Benny
Goodman's Orchestra. Judy
Ellington, once of the Lotus, has
left Charlie Barnet's crew to join
Tommy Reynolds, after almost being
hired by Woody Herman. And
another thing we never would have
known If we hadn't read this weeks
Variety, Is that the key In, which a
lass sings is an important thing con-
sidered when a band changes vocal
lists. New gal has to sing in the same
key as the old one or 1t means a lot
of new high-priced arrangements.
Complicated life, this is, every
| where.
Pirates Den is about to give
up all the excitement and become as
quiet as possible in that unique at
mosphere, which, of course, it is
going to keep. But after New Year
Eve the brig will be locked, the
fiercer pirates will be shipped of to
some far part of the globe, calm
entertainment will replace the hull
abaloo of the pirate roll call and
even the most timid lass can feel
safe from browbeating at the hands
of an escort. No longer, fella, can
you threaten the girl friend with
hanging, for after January the
pirates just are not going to hang
anybody. George Smith has q
new trio at the Hour Glass and
feels It's an outfit with which he
can make some music you will like.
II don't think we'll be quite like
Adrian Rollini," he admits on the
way to an afternoon rehearsal, "but
come over and give us listen"
The name of that hauntingly lovely
selection Sasha Lukas has added to
his violin interlude in the Russian
Troika show is "Dicitencello Vuie." "
That is the name of it unless Mischa,
the Troika headwaiter, can't spell
and if Mischa can't spell it's the
first thing he can't do. Anyhow it
means Tell Her of My Love-"
''' One Of your favorite walters
was looking very, very detected. did
you know" he finally asked sadly,
that it is against the law to give q
man q Mickey Finn" He walked
away awhile and then came back.
Life used to be all right" he said.
Get one of these Objectionable mo-
rons and 1t was easy to send him
home In hurry. But I hear it is
against the law. I fixed this fellow,
though. just gave him a cham
pagne cocktail that will have him
nauseated until tomorrow night.
Finger-snapper!'