Evening star., 1939-03-23
After Dark
Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places
By the Spectator
o. g. Patent once
By the Stectafo,


Trade Mark Register
All is not lost, men. Hitler can
dance right over to Russia's front
door, the world can 60 mad, but
Washington keeps its head. Here
life is stable. Proudly the Carlton
Hotel reports that Tuesday night
there was not a single man in mutt
in the Shar-Zad and the white ties
outnumbered the black. Even Benny
Goodman kept the code, did not
mar beautiful record.
The Russian Troika. where
Sasha Lukas' lads are always whip
ping out with "The Eyes of Texas"
for another of Senator Connally's
friends, has become almost walk
ing who's who in the Government
and out. There was Representative
Edith Nourse Rogers, who's in, feting
a raft of Republican bigwigs; there
was Frank Albertson, who's out of
the Government, relaxing after per-
sonal appearances at the Capitol;
there were. to be greeted at various
times by Mischa, Senator Thomas,
Robert jackson, Senator Clyde Reed,
Representative Sirovich, Representa-
tive Woodrum, Representative
Bridges, Gen. r. c. Marshall, jr.,
Elliott Roosevelt (another cheerer
for Eyes of Texas~ and DR.. Alber-
tint, the sugar fellow And there
was Ray Helgeson, the ace news
hawk who thrilled Helen Hamilton
by writing in Troika's autograph
book: washington has a Monument
and Helen Hamilton's Troika.'
=" Don Shook of the Madrillon
has been having trouble ever since
he got out of the University of
Maryland because there is in town
a Don Shook not of the Madrillon.
It's made more difficult because both
have an avid interest in philately.
So when Don Shook spoke recently
In Baltimore on the subject of stamp
collecting a group of friends of the
Madrillon's Don went down to see
how expert their pal had become.
It was, of course, the wrong Mr..
Shook. The climax came the other
night at the Madrillon. Don was
just wandering out to rest at an
orchestra intermission when he was
stopped by guest.
Say" the fellow asked, "how do
you like your new saxophone?"
IT like it fine" said Don. 'Why?"
''Well," the lad answering bit
plaintively, people are always ask
ing me and I wanted to know what
to tell them. My name is Don
Shook"
Among the pirates at the
Pirates Den are portrait painter,
q professional golfer and a tomb
stone carver. And the lad in charge
of the bottle-throwing gallery writes
both words and music to those
songs he sings-those songs like
'Nooseneck Nina, the Hangman's
Mate" tender ditty. Bob Rinaldi,
the fellow who does that amazing
sleight-of- hand wizardry with cards,
is a portrait caricaturist, too. And
Capn Don Dickerman himself does
the sketches for the Pirates Den
ads. From an artistic standpoint
the place is practically self-support-
ing. Except for soda.
80" That accordion Eddie Whitesel
plays at the Roger Smiths Cafe
Caprice is the very latest thing in
accordions, with all sorts of strange
gadgets inside it, to get effects no
other accordion in town can get.
The lass who asked for "Zigeuner"
liked the effects the other night -. L.
Hotel 2400 is planning on buying a
bright new S. r. o. sign, business
being very much S. r. o. since Pete
Macias and his music-makers took
up their stand at the Lounge Riviera
). The Madrillon has many big
things under way for the celebration
of Cherry Blossom time, part of
which will involve the Blossom
Time" music, more of which you will
learn later Those talented
Frances Allis Girls at the Lotus
have added to the show dashing
Russian number out of their roper
toire of top-notch dances that are
different Note to Marty Rubin
and Charlie Bates: That dis
tinguished looking fellow with the
iron-gray hair and the Harris tweeds
in the Wardman Lounge Tuesday
afternoon was DR.. George Edward
Gatlin, the celebrated English lee
turer-author- traveller. He was only
listening to you part of the time,
other times expounding earnestly
on his pet subject, the European
Situation, to an admiring companion
who found his British accent fas-
cinating.
- The Mayfair is in line for
fourth birthday congratulations
before very long.
''' Don't know what in the world
he did about it, but a spy found
on Bill Strickland's bandstand at
the Lotus this note: please play
Wedding of the Winds" The
Latins take over the Shoreham
blue room these days, to hear
their favorite music played by
Joaquin Garcia ana MS marlmba
ensemble. Among them have been
Senor DR.. Vincente Valdes Rodriguez,
counselor of the Cuban Embassy,
and DR.. Oscar Diaz Albertini; the
former naval attache of the Bra
lillian Embassy, Lieut.. Comdr. Paul
Ries, and Nine. Ries, and his sue
cessor in Washington, Lieut.. Comdr.
Olave de Araujo, and Nine. Araujo
-. Little Skipper" the new Nick
Kenny tune you are hearing on
your radio, is favorite of the Bilt-
more Boys at the Shar-zad, and is
destined for hitdom, says Don Tay-
1or The Dance Cocktails, in
their fourth and final week at the
Bamboo Gardens, are repeating
their popular fan number E.
Barnee wants it known that those