Evening star., 1939-06-15

Inc SaQQcSC 1ellOW we en-
countered last week was a dancer
in one of the night club shows. He
was looking on morosely while the
chorus in the revue went through
one its numbers. Wearily he shook
his head. THE fellow who staged
these routines," he finally allowed,
must be very happy man. He has
no imagination" Which is by
way of sneaking up behind another
point-this that Middle Westerners
who have taken more than passing
note of the local cabaret scene
should be pretty happy about some
thing they must have noticed. 1t Is
Chicago and not New York which
sends Washington night life its
outstanding dance ensembles. A
couple of months ago there were the
Frances Allis Dancers, who startled
poor. jaded ringsiders by adapting
the modern dance to a new atmos-
phere and thereby showing the jaded
ringsiders there were new and diff
ferent things for girls to do in night
club shows. Out of the corn belt
without any corn, ss it were. Now
out of Chicago to the Lotus has
come another group of attractive
and talented lassies, trained in the
modern dance, these the Six Graces,
and an apt name it Is. The gals
have routines that are novel and
spirited It's something that
should make Middle Westerners
mighty proud of Chicago, especially
when the shows New York has sent
down. lately haven't proved much
except that the midway of Grover
Whalen's shindig on the reclaimed
plains of Flushing must have alb
sorbed all the towns shapely dancers.
Encouraging people always
said that some day it was bound to
be. Now at last the department
is an influence. And on the walk
ing toy penguin industry, no less.
These toy penguin gadgets, you
know, were souvenirs of the reopen
ing Of the summer-styl Met
ronome Room at the Wardman Park
Hotel, which has penguins all over
the decor and The Penguins on the
bandstand. The Wardman sent a
penguin down here and it soon
became . boon companion, prompt
ing the report that no home should
be without one. So now the Ward
man finds 1t has to order slews of
extra penguins for those who
weren't on hand on opening night
and at the Metronome Room you
can get card emitting you to
one. All we have to say is that
the w. P. should be happy we
didn't advocate two penguins in
every pot, what with this power
we didn't know we had and still
suspect somebody Oike maybe the
Wardman ParD is kidding us about.
Anyhow no home now need be with
out its penguin.
- The Aloha Serenaders, whom
Monday brought to the Hi-Hat
for q pleansant change from furi-
Gus swing, are authentic in that
Hawaiian business. At least they
are authentic enough to have been
Hawaiians at the Royal Hawaiian
Club in San Francisco and the
Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu.
=" The Midnight Merry Go =
Round Arthur Treacher hasn't t
been exactly a stay-at-home during
this week at the Capitol. A couple
of nights ago he turned up at the
Lounge Riviera, Hotel 2400, there
to dance and sit quietly and listen
while young Margaret Fleming sang
her songs. A nice voice has this
pretty lass, and with some training
in the use of it she should 60 places.
The Madrillon also saw Mr.
Treacher, this the first night he
was In town Frances Woods
and Billy Bray have been held over
now for q third week to do their
dances at the Shoreham Terrace
Out at the Wardman Parks Met
ronome Room some one conducted
another survey, this one discovering
that Arlington Hall, the Naval
Academy and William and Mary
rank highest among the spots school
patronage Saturday night Is
the night polka and schottische
(we're sticking to that spelling until
somebody corrects u) dancers can
compete at the Lounge Riviera
Any visitors to town who are listen
ing should know there are three
places from which it is fine to view
Washington at night-an airplane,
the Monument and the roof garden
at the Roger Smith Hotel. In an
airplane or the Monument you do
not get music by Stephen LIE S1eur's
crew and songs by Peggy Townsend,
which sort of puts the Roger Smith
roof in the lead The Jack
Whartons Che's the chicken loaf fel-
low marked the 10th wedding an
niversary at the Bamboo Gardens
the other eve All we can re-
member is that any falling object,
no matter what the weight, falls
16 feet the firstsecond.
Anchor Room Lounge at the
Annapolis Hotel; no dancing, but
entertainment by Matt Windsor and
his accordion.
Bamboo Garden-Floor shows at
l, 7:3O and II, featuring AL Norton,
dancing to Norton music; minimum
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 is
entertainment by Pianist George
Berg and AL Simmons.
Checkerboard Room Lafayette
Hotel lounge, entertainment from 5
to and 10 to l.
Hamilton Hotel-Milton Davis and