Evening star., 1939-05-25
After Dark
Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places
Ry the Hhecf0for.
By the Spectator.
Trade Mark Registered U. 8. Patent once.

Notes on an old Troika menu,
now that summer is icumen in . :.
That supertall doorman, who has be-
come one of Washington's monu-
ments, has doffed his winter shake
for a lighter and cooler top piece
MiScha, the Russian Troika's head
waiter, reports he has worn out
two dinner jackets during the sea-
son, now looks forward cheerfully
to cleaning bills for white summer
toggery That midget skit In
the show, after going on since last
fall, still proves funny, especially
hilarious when the "midgets" defy
the law of gravity and kick both
feet high in the air atsonce
The cooling system (plus the show,
the shashlik, the Sasha Lukas mu-
sic) has recently lured in such
people as Iowa's Senator Gillette,
Louisiana's Representative Mouten,
Ecuador's Ambassador Alfaro, the
American Legion's Past National
Commander Harry Colmery.
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from Hotel 2400's Lounge Riviera
with a gay seasonal opening Mon
day night =. Pete Macias' orches-
ira, instead of following the usual
hot-weather practice of shrinkage,
grows larger by another musician;
and the room is to be done over
bit in a cooler mood to match the
conditioned air-"coOler" lights, a
gay beach umbrella or three or four,
a Swaying palm or two to shelter
the band and sundry other paci-
fiers for the hot-Weather blues.
The season also brings other
changes-moStly the move to the
open air What used to be the
Powhatan Roof, will now be the roof
garden of the Roger Smith Hotel,
has been redecorated and among
other things has new "easy-
glide" dance floor All set for its
opening next Thursday night. June
l, with Stephen LeSieur's OrcheS-
ira Wardman Parks Metro
nome room doesn't move outside,
but it closes down Monday to get
a new icy decor, involving snow
drifts and icicleS and the like, to
reopen next Thursday with new
orchestra replacing Paul Kahn . .
Maryland Club Gardens, that super
cool resort with the swimming pool
and its colored fountain to make
you feel little better about it all,
is set to open Saturday night .
And any day now should come word
from the Shoreham anent the move
from the Blue Room to the terrace
Judy Ellington, the lush
thrush who was practically chased
out of town a couple of years ago
by a few people who knew darn
well she could make good in New
York, got a rousing welcome from
her alma mater, the Lotus, on her
return to play the Capitol with
Charlie Barnet'S swingSters. Old
friends turned out to greet her and
cheer the rafters down; Judy sang,
especially that very special Elling-
ton version of 'Rockin' Chair"
Manager Dick Lam made table
groan under the weight of piles
of handsome Chinese food. A gay
affair, indeed.
-" A fine thing this. Carr
Van Sickler, in the middle of med
ley at the Madrillon, calls out, Lit
tie Sir Echo coming up, boys"
"Yeh,' growls Bass Fiddler Hugh
Barteman, dedicated to this guy
here. Little Sir Heckler..'" And
we hadn't said word. A single
word.
- Americana note Al
Norton's Bamboo Gardens Band
starts to play Diane" swinging the
old gal with mad abandon. "Whew,
whistles a Chinese waiter, what
a way to treat that tune
The Midnight Merry Go.
Round Pete Macias may add 6
gal singer to his Lounge Riviers
Orchestra. Already has his eye or
the one he wants Faces abou
town John Roosevelt in anc
out of the May1oWer Lounge while
here from Boston with his depart.
ment-store boss. Mary Senate
HoWes (who's using her nader
name) and her mother, Mrs. Will.
liam w. Howes, at the same May.
flower Lounge In the Shorehan
Blue Room: Attorney General Frank
Murphy, leaving early o.. the newly
appointed Argentine Minister to E.
Salvador, Senor Don Hector Chi
RADIO. and Sonora de Ghiraldo be.
ing feted by the Ell Salvadorar
Minister, Senor DR.. Don Hector
David Castro, and Sonora de Cas-
tro The Montmartre Noctambule
that popular Saturday night resort
with the very French atmosphere
closes for the summer after thi.
Saturday night . The Russian
Troika closes Sundays, as of right
now, will be open every week night
for some time to come, with it,
cool-air gadgets working like little
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