Evening star., 1939-12-28

OOVeTumeuC pay Gay. 6ut even WIN
the schnapps closet locked until
midnight there will be much hula
baloo to greet 1910. After this year
any new one would be greeted with
glee.
'' The Lounge Riviera is fling
ing q breakfast party in honor Of the
occasion, every one moving out into
Hotel 2400's dining room after fiesta
in the lounge dies down to q mere
typhoon. The Shoreham's Blue
room, which hasn't been open for
puolic merriment Of q Sunday ever,
will be now, with Barnee's orches-
ira and an augmented show for q
rousing time. The Russian Troika,
never dull on any Sunday, will
demonstrate this Sunday eve how
the Russians celebrate. Much gayety
will there be in both the main room
and the French room adjacent, with
Sasha Lukas, Lola and Vanya and
all the rest whacking out a rollick-
ing show. Madrillon. another place
which is lively Of Sundays, will be
livelier by far to greet this new
year. The Cartons Shar-Zad will
be open for the special occasion and
Eddy Brandt's Metronome room
crew will move over into the Ward
man Parks larger Continental room
for the night. And many another
rendezvous will contribute to the
din.
80 And for those who don't like
the cacaphony Of downtown
Washington New Year Eve there is
Marjory Hendricks Normandy
Farms. Here the annual fete will
be a quiet party by open f1replaces,
one of those warm-hearted, gay and
hangover-less affairs only Marjorie
Hendricks knows how to bring of
Should be just the antidote for
jaded eyes, ears and nerves.
= - Another new downtown rem
devious which should draw the at
tention of every one of the village s
wanderers in the night is that new
oyster and Airplane Cocktail spot
Tom ODonnell is opening. It's be-
hind the prov of that boat being
flung out into E street next to the
door through which pass the
worlds most talented girls-the
Earle Roxyettes," and it should be
ready by mid-January. Mr.. O'Don-
nell feels he has something different
in the decorative line; went down
into Southern Maryland, for in
stance, bought pair of l50-year-
old houses. that he might bring
back massive hand-hewn timbers.
- Carr Van Sickler, half Of the
Madrillon's bandleader the other
half is Don Shook, got the lads
in his orchestra out of bed at the
crack of dawn-12:30 pm. yester-
day-to feed them an fashioned
Southern breakfast. Also provided
one night club reporter the ride
of his life with Drummer Leon
Farber. across those snow-covered
highways from Virginia in a car
which couldn't be allowed to stop
or it wouldn't start again Lotus
has imported its best show in weeks
for the holiday season-and the
loudest finale. when every one in
the revue takes to playing a tune
with bells . Other notes on the
New Year Eve celebration: The
Gay Nineties, down on the Mount
Vernon highway will have a couple
Of dozen people in its augmented
show, which is a big one on ordi-
nary nights; the Del Rio Fiesta
room has imported a colossal floor
show direct from Broadway to be
enjoyed between regular dance
sessions from 9 pm. to am. on
both Saturday and Sunday nights"
Phyllis Usher, Metronome
rooms lush thrush, went home for
Christmas, almost didn't get back
in time. Home is Chicago If
you are going to be Cor were) in
Cartons Shar-Zad this afternoon
at cocktail hour you might see Cor
have seem all those little starlets
Louella Parsons is bringing to town
Whelan, Joy Hodges, June
Preisser, Jane Wyman, ct al-eyes
gllstening happily, thrilled to an
inner glow by Bill McCune's music.
You might not know why
Charlie Frankhauser, one of WASH
ington's top trumpet players, left
Gene Krupa's band, but we do.
Playing first trumpet with that
crew. Charlie had to sit right next
to Senor Krupa and the din was
terrific. He tried cotton in the
ear next to Gene, but that didn't
work. So he stuffed newspaper in
1t. What got him was neat in
fartioyo frnno eooki,o ioLr toto III.