Evening star., 1939-02-02

going back to the legitimate tneater,
danced the neatest ever OF rumbas
with his charge who became the
belle of the ball, Andrea Leeds .
Where the Bill Hills and the Ralph
Bellamys got well acquainted, he by
dancing with Mrs. B. rumba after
the Leeds Washer pattern, she by
chatting with Mr. B. of cabbages
and kings and cinematic things
Where every one had much
fun looking upon that dashing new
Troika show.
The lads in Johnny Shaw's
band at the Madrillon really can
swing when they take a notion. They
swung Pianist Carr Van Sickler
clear off the bandstand the other
night. Just got to rockin' in the
groove and Carr rocked so far back
he did not rock forward again, but
instead lit on the back of his face
on the floor.
Ringside at the Shoreham
Blue Room: Senator and Mrs. Nor
ris Sheppard dining with Mrs. Ja-
cob Leander Loose :. Senator Rob-
ert F. Wagner Senator Tom
Connally :. Senator Elmer Thom-
as, getting into the gay mood of the
new dance business that seems to be
gaining favor throughout the land,
the Chestnut Tree . Representa-
tive Dick Kleburg, watching and en-
joying the dancing of Caperton and
Columbus, who always find an en-
thusiastic audience here.
1t probably is time for that
further report on the Lounge Ri
viera, at Hotel Twenty-Four Hun
dred, which has long been promised.
In addition to its atmosphere, which
is very fine, it offers the happiest of
happy mediums in its entertain
ment. If you must ever have some
thing going on you will find dance
music by the Swing Sophisticates
and entertainment between dances
by Pianist Don Shook and Song
stress June Bartlett. And if you
prefer your own conversation to en-
tertainment, that is all right, too,
because none of the doings by any
of these people will batter your ear
drums in. That is happy medium.
p" The Midnight Merry CO.
Round There were big doings at
the Raleigh Hotel again last night,
another of those famed Hunt din
ners being held in the Pail Mall
room Lou Martel, the pert young
chanteuse with the Biltmore Boys
in the Cartons Shar-Zad room,
was heard the other night by an
executive whose company sponsors
a radio program. And the next time
that program was on the air Lou
Martel was the featured singer on
it {. If what we hear is true. the
songstress now at the famed Rain
bow Room in New York is WASH
ington's Kitty Simons by another
name. We said the Rainbow Room
And while on the subject of
radio, which is one of the subjects
we skipped across back there a bit,
no one on the air has such enthu-
siastic support as does Paul Kahn
from the Metronome room inhabi-
tants, who cheer Justify every time
they hear his theme song being
broadcast . If Cap'n Don Dicker-
man will let us know, we will let
you know about the opening date
of the Pirates Den :. Wardell and
Dade have been held over at the
Lotus, and fine dance team they
are Louis Meyer, head bar
tender of the Carlton, is in the new
est March of Time, but he's another
of those movie stars too busy to see
himself on the screen.
Anchor Room-Lounge at the An
napolis Hotel; no dancing but en-
tertainment by Matt Windsor and
his accordion.
Bamboo Gardens-Floor shows at
1, 1880 and IL. featuring AL Norton;
dancing to the Norton music; mini
mum charge.
Brown Derby-A mad spot, out on
Connecticut avenue, where anything
is likely to happen. No dancing, for
there's no room for it, but there's
entertainment by Pianist George
Berg and AL Simmons.
Cafe Caprice-The cocktail lounge
at the Roger Smith Hotel, with
entertainment by Peggy Townsend
Marco Rosales and Jack Kerr from
to Z and 10 to 2.
CheckerbOard Room LAFAYETTE