Evening star., 1939-08-17

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other lad who frequents several of
the after dark haunts of the village.
He's always felt pretty flattered by
it all when orchestra leaders noted
his presence by playing his favorite
ditties without being asked. But
now he is saddened because he has
found that orchestra leaders do not
always remember. They remember
from week to week maybe, but not
for long. he is sure. The other eve
he found himself in a cocktail
lounge where the piano player was
a chap who'd led an orchestra which
played his favorite music with gusto
a couple of seasons ago. He sent
word up that he'd like to hear one
of the tunes. Sorry, was the reply
the waiter brought back, but the
pianist can't play it without the
music. He tried again, with a num-
Der the lad had played often. He
doesn't know it, was the walters
message this time So our hero tried
once more. Say" the pianist
wanted to know of the patient
waiter this time, who's asking
for all this stuff anyhow?
But life has its compensa-
tions and there is a bright ex-
perience to make up for disillusion-
ment. There is Grace, the blond
cigarette girl at the Madrilon. The
other night she was distinctly over
heard to say "Yes, that is she"
Not Yeah. that's her." but Yes,
that is She"
1t Never Happened Before
Note A somewhat beWildered
soldier-and we know because we
heard him-picked a passer-by at
random the other afternoon to ask
how and when he could get to
Manassas. And the chap told him,
even unto the times buses left.
And we've been wondering ever
since If the fellow knows all the
bus schedules there are or If this
was just demonstration that the
long arm of coincidence as as long
as the Hollywood movie makers try
to prove.
If the heat is getting you,
just remember there will be an
other fall Going out on a limb,
eh?-EdD. All set to flee to the
mountains and get away from the
humidity, Carlton Manager Frank
Swadley took time out from pack
ing his other shirt to fling over his
shoulder the solemn pronouncement
that a definite opening date has
been set for the Shar-Zad. Friday,
September Is, is the night and that
isn't so far away as you thought
before you looked at the calendar
Penny Ford, Metronome Rooms
songstress won a raft of new ad-
mirers a recent eve. All members
of party from New York, who liked
very much her arrangement of
"Shortin' Bread" The lads in
the Madrillon crew Of Carr Van
Sickler and Don Shook do some
neat tricks to aid and abet Lou
Frances singing of stay in My
Arms, Cinderella" That's a tune. If
you like to know how your music
rates, which has topped Wishing" in
sheet music sales and now stands
fourth in that department The
Lounge Riviera, at Hotel 2400. has
become heir to that old Heigh-Ho
spirit, since Pete Macias and his
crew have been there. Everybody
turns up there late. It's great fun
to watch deb look down her nose
at the chorus girl at the next table,
who is looking down her nose at the
deb at the next table Russell
Conn, manager of the Ambassador,
is a firm believer in that adage,
Don't change a success" So there's
being no rederorating done at the
Hi-Hat, which is always spanking
full of people, though it may be
enlarged if need be some time in the