Evening star., 1939-06-01


Once past that and it is practically
a cinch to put one word down after
another "a cinch whether the words
make sense or not. But sitting
here staring at the heat sizzling
up from Pennsylvania avenue does
not produce a first sentence. Nor
does reading a magazine. Nor does
dreamily wishing this office were a
boat rocked in lazy swell with a
salt breeze blowing. So the only
thing to do is start the weeks tour
of the towns cabaret life without a
first sentence and see what happens.
The only logical place to start, of
course, is with tonight, which GER
tainly is going to be busy one for
those nocturnal gadaboutS who can't
miss an opening or a party.
Long one of the towns favorite
summer haunts, the PoWhatan Roof
some II stories removed from the
broiling asphalt under foot. opens
for another season tonight. It's now
the Roof Garden of the Roger Smith
Hotel instead of the Powhatan Roof,
but it's on top of the same building
and the same cool breezes help make
life worth living. And to make life
worth dancing there will be music
by Stephen (never steve) LIE Sieur's
Orchestra, with fun by Tiny Meeker,
songs by Peggy Townsend, who has
stayed in there fighting and devel-
oped into mighty nice singer of
songs.
Out at the Wardman Park Hotel
the Metronome Room tonight be-
comes something entirely apart
from metronomeS-Some new
and something blue-a new motif
in the Antarctic mood, with snow
balls and those icy blues that make
you feel cooler. PenguinS seem to
keynote the whole idea-penguins
guarding the door, penguins scat
tered about the room, pengulins on
the bandstand. The penguins on
the bandstand are not real, of course,
but neither are any of the others,
so that isn't getting us any place
What We mean is the penguins on
the bandStand are an orchestra
called The Penguins. Penelope Ford
Is the penguin who sings.
Back downtown. the Ambassadors S
Hi-Hat is going to be full of festivity
for tonight marks birthday. Oscar,
the Hi-Hat'S host and manager.
celebrates his third year in the post
and the party is certain to be a hit
of something, for Oscar is a fellow
who has made many friends in those
three years.
Tomorrow night is the night
at the Lounge Riviera, the night
Fordyce Minnick has decided shall
be the one which marks the end of
winter and the beginning of summer
at the popular rendezvous at Hotel
2400. Pete MaciaS and the lads of
his orchestra promise to mark the
event with suitable ceremony and
galtety, feeling very happy about it
all in their new summer toggery
and that cabana effect that is their
bandstand. Very summery and by
the seaside-ish is Lounge Riviera,
with beach umbrellas and windows
from which you can look out at
bathing beauties. (They're no more
real than those Wardman Park
penguins, thought
"'' Among the 957 Cor however
many were in that throng) who
came to celebrate the opening of the
Shoreham Terrace: Secretary of
War and Mrs Harry H. Woodring
and COL and Mrs Robert Guggen-
helm, Senator and Mrs. D. Worth
Clark, Representative and Mrs. Dow
w. Harter, enjoying dancing OF
Frances Woods and Billy Bray from
the ringSide: Senator and Mrs
James E. Murray, Representative and
Mrs. Eugene Cox with daughter
Gene. Col and Mrs. John A. Ker-
man in party of half hundred
''' It's all over now this year for
the Russian Troika, but Helen Ham,
ilton promises she'll open earlier
than usual next fall. September Is
is the date she's considering now
and she promises that Lola and
Vanya, maybe some of the others
in the show, will return then.
49, Another time the Madrillon Is
lot of fun is when Carr and Don
and their orchestra break into q
college medley The other night
there was such enthusiasm they
couldn't stop until they'd covered
most of the East, the Big Ten and
some assorted other schools. (The
boys have to stand up when they
play Maryland. My Maryland" It's
rule on account of Carr and Don
graduated from there)
The Midnight Merry Co
Round Fine reports come in
anent the Threesome, the new Bert
Bernath- directed trio at the Carl
ton Bar for the cocktail hour
Marty Rubin is busy nightly now
singing at Tom ODonnells Griffith
Farms, out on the Marlboro pike
There's dancing Saturdays -. Song
stress Mildred Stanley is making NO
end of a hit singing with Larry
Welk's Orchestra at Glen Echo's
Spanish Garden ballroom The
Hi-Hat gets new music this month
this in the Hawaiian manner, start
ing June IL Aside to Mary La
Mari: Don't let this Three Little
Fishes" thing get you down; re-
member your diction. The other
night you sang The Cuckoo in the
Clock" and it sounded just like
fish talk'-"the too-too lima took
ted too-too" The Lotus has a
ow-stopper for the weeks head
liner. His name is Jay Jason ano
If you like impersonators you viii
find him a WOW. If you don't like
impersonators come on out and walk
around the block with us Cathe-
rine Fleming will make her singing
debut tomorrow night with Pete
Macias' Orchestra at the Lounge
Riviera if Pete has his way. She's
a local lass and those who have