Evening star., 1939-06-22
After Dark
Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places

Things, Smart Places
J Ibectafor.
ed y. s. Patent Office.
time rendezvous for Washington in
wolves famous address and a
famous name-an address as famous
as 2020 Massachusetts, avenue and
a name as famous as Evalyn Nc
Leans. The rumor also says it will
be the swenkest, lah-de-dahest spot
the town has ever seen, if it isn't
all just rumor.
Advice to the love-lorn from
Glen Echo Park: when boy meets
girl these glorious June days, if he
Is wise he will take her to glorious
Glen Echo Park, and probably meet
the rest of the family -" Uh huh.
We can see boys meeting girls all
over town and Immediately DASH
ing to the nearest place where they
are likely to meet the rest of the
family. Uh huh . That easy-to-
look-at Penelope Ford, who sings at
the Wardman Parks penguin
roost, the Metronome room, has a
fresh gardenia in her hair every
night and it is not sent by IAN
unknown admirer" All, but the
beauty of a flower pales beside
yours, Penelope, said he gallantly
A fellow weaves between the
tables at the air-cooled Hi-Hat on
one OF those 95 degree days, The
hat-check girl watches his progress
until he finally makes the door the
third try, then turns. grinning
Wlckedly "Hah," she shouts glee-
fully, wait until he hits that hot
air."
'@ That same hot air, which
was last Saturdays, lasted far into
the night and sent the roof garden
OF the Roger Smith Hotel the big
gest crowd it has had this season,
and maybe last season, too, for that
matter. 1t was packed to the para
pets with smart people who knew
where there would be breeze if
there was one anywhere in town.
:. Into the Hamilton Hotels ever
popular Rainbow Room and there's
a hat-check girl remembered from
another OF the village inns. What
are you doing here?" We ask. I'm
up from the minors" she replies. Il
didn't see this many people in a
month where was" she adds, look
ing about the R. r. . Peggy
Townsend is afraid the court must
know too much about her affairs
now and then. When she faced
those traffic charges the other morn
ing her total fortune amounted to
$40. The court wanted just SIG.
Hey, fellers. those songs by
Carlos and Ramon at the Madrillon
will get her in mood. They're just
down from New York, entertaining
at cocktail time and evenings be-
tween dances and such soft, roman
tic troubadoring you haven't heard
IN many moon. . Griffith Farms
is now ODonnell's Farms, it being
operated, you know, by Tom ODon-
nell, the sea food papa of E street.
The Roger Smiths cocktail
lounge, the Cafe Caprice, has a
special item called the Scarlet
O'Hara"-its~ guaranteed to give
you a Southern draWl. Artie
Humes, the trumpeter with Pete
Macias' Orchestra at the Lounge
Riviera of Hotel 240O, is unhappy
again about the tunes some people
request. On his way to work the
other eve he was listening to the
radio, heard new ditty played "for
the first time on or off the air"
He'd hardly got his trumpet warm
that same night before lassie was
dancing by, asking if the Macias
crew would please play the tune.
1t was a mistake to sit
down too close to that outfit billed
as the towns cooperative orches-
ira. For no sooner did we sit dowr
than did we hear one saxophonisl
! growing bitterly at another over his
/ phrasing; and as soon as he was
finished a trumpet player stood ur
and began to complain to the bass
player about the chords he was hit.
ting. Cooperative. huh? Wit
of the week: THE Woolford Dachs.
hunt, who catches diversified frank
furters tossed two chats what il
says him by performing partner
in the Terrace (Shoreham) show
doesn't feel bit canabilistic (ano
that, no doubt. means cannibalistic)
.. Think Twice Before You &C
West Young Man Note: A group o1
Texas coWgirls, in shiny red blouses
and Texas pants, stop off at the
Ambassador on their way to the
Worlds Fair. A bell boy is gather
ing up luggage. Here, take my bag
too," calls one of the gals from
atop a bus, lightly tossing the valise
toward him. "Okay," he says, think.
ing to catch it as lightly. 1t almost
knocks him down. "Jayhoozus," he
screams. They got muscles like
men,"
- The champion Monday night
tango dancer of the Lounge Riviera
wishes to challenge right now to a
schottische playoff the fellow who
made him enter the competition
then entered himself and won the
champagne with waltz. The
champion Monday night tango
dancer of the Lounge Riviera also
wishes to point out to the champion
Monday night waltz artist that any