Evening star., 1939-01-05

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Imperial Guard, former member
of the Moscow Art Theater, but is
also, as many have discovered,
general fount of wisdom as well. He
is fellow who knows the answers
if you ask him the questions. If the
orchestra plays some vaguely familiar
tune from some little known opera
and leases your memory, for in
stance, Mischa is the lad who can
name it for you. If practically any
thing else comes up in your dinner
table discussion, Mischa can help you
out. From long experience, it seems,
in fact, that the odds are about 95
to in favor of Mischa satisfyingly
answering any question that bobs
up over your borscht or shashlik.
So, for the record, it should be noted
that one rambling dinner table con-
versation at the Troika the other
night produced two questions to
which Mischa did not know the
answers. For the record the ques-
tions were Cd What is the next SEN
tence after "All Gaul is divided into
three parts?" and CD What did they
call those people in England and
Russia who used to cut peoples
faces so they looked like they always
were laughing or something? Twice
Mischa did not know. And somehow
the answers do not seem quite so
important now.
- All you citizens who like to
keep in touch with how orchestra
leaders go about leading the Or
chestras they lead should make
note of this one. Johnny Shaw
turned to his crew on the Madrillon
bandstand last night, said "Okay,
boys, play that 'Da-de-d -da dad
de-da- a-da-'-whatever the name of
it is"
= The people who operate the
spots with the more elaborate floor
shows are giving you fine New Year
presents to start off 1899. The
Shoreham's blue room, for instance,
has become one of those never-a-
dull-moment resorts. what with
Jose Dominguez and his rumba eX-
perts filling in when Barnee and
his lads take a rest after some toe
tickling rhythms. The show has
La Trianita. who just the other night
was a White House entertainer and
whose tricky Spanish dances are
well-enough known that you do not
need to be told again that they are
good; Earl Lawrence, whose songs
make him a welcome return visitor;
Billie O'Brien and Her Boy Friends,
who do some vigorous dancing, and
Connie Randall. who sings both
sweetly and swingingly and who
should stay around awhile.
-" Bamboo Gardens has started
the New Year in the grand manner,
bringing back for Al Norton to
introduce, the original Cocktail
Shakers, who couple of years ago
(as our time flies) became one of
the best lines ever to appear in a
local cabaret. All We can say now
is that they are better than they
were then.
-" Shadows Cast Before:
First coming event is the one that
takes place tonight, the Tropical
Night at the Roger Smith Hotels
Cafe Caprice. Featured will be a
masked lass who will Hula dance
upon the bar without kicking over
single bottle) and there will be
songs by Marco Rosales. more songs
by Peggy Townsend (who, for the
benefit of those who got later
editions than the first one last
Thursday, has licked laryngitis).
Next coming event is tomorrow
night, when the Biltmore Boys be-
gin their engagement at the Carlton
Hotels very fine Shar-Zad room.
Sande Williams (the lucky stiff
having booked his band into a place
called Miami, Florida. It's practi-
cally too good for him. But back to
these Biltmore Boys-they're sup
posed to be one of the best enter
tanning bands in the country and
what's more, they have lass named
Lou Martel with them and she is
supposed to be one of the best
looking lassies in the country, in
addition to being able to sing song
as it should be sung.
January 10 (Which will be next
Tuesday night Mary de Sibour
makes her professional debut as a
singer, riding the wave of Mario di
Polo's rhythms at the Raleigh
Hotels Pail Mall room. She is not
a "debutante songstress," being Mrs
Henri de Sibour, being also