Evening star., 1940-07-25
After Dark
Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places
By the Sbecfaf,


More" " Fools Rush In" "The Near
ness Of You." I'm Stepping Out
With a Memory" You're Lonely
and I'm Lonely" 1.-THE Breeze and
l." where Was II" "All This, and
Heaven Too.' 1.-THE Fable of the
Rose" april Played the Fiddle" !"
"Its Lovely Day Tomorrow"
''Polkadots and Moonbeams." We
like to think the time interval is
just right for the boys to have
waxed romantic over their pianos
in the springtime with songs that
are reaching the peak of their pop
ularity now, a couple of months
later.
- Anyhow it's one way to start
a column and that first dash Is
the toughest hurdle of them all.
.. Several years back more
sedate ringsiders at Pete Macias'
High-Ho Club were amazed one
eve to see a whole raft of the
towns young dancing gaily without
shoes. 1t became no end Of fad,
even adopted occasionally by some
of the younger Roosevelts If we
remember correctly. But that was
nothing. That, at least, was COM
Portable as long as no splinters
were encountered. But that same
Pete Macias, got one of the shocks
of life almost Injured to shocks by
now, when he looked up from his
Lounge Riviera piano to see a dane
ing couple who had traded shoes.
She lost in his brogans, he mincing
on her high heels. they even tried
the conga. OF course, it has been
hot these last few days.
- Madrillon scene:
Dinner guest scans the menu,
finally asks the waiter: "How's
this bonita steak?" Fine" SAYS
the waiter. That is very good
bonita. I caught it myself" And
he pulls from his pocket snapshot
of himself with several mammoth
fish to prove 1t.
80 Dialogue and monologue:
rs that the new Hi-Hat singer
sitting over there?" "Yes, but she's
standing up"
Look at those silly people," says
Marcia Harris. the Lotus toe-tap
expert, dancing when they don't
have to-" Marcia has just, at this
point, finished a matinee after re-
hearsing until that morning.)
"Mousie" Garner and his trio
Drank Flanagan and Sammy Rich
ardson) opened Monday at the May
fair Cafe of All CD Nations, he be-
ing besieged by an autograph seeker
Cd Immediately after his first num-
Der. "Mousie," comic of no mean
ability. was no end happy about
it until heckler growled that may
be the lass thought shed better get
the autograph in a hurry while he
still worked there Science, or
something, marches on: Hugh
Barteman, bass player and guitarist
with Carr and Don's Orchestra at
the Madrillon, carves sea bass scales
into guitar picks. So now you know
what to do with all those old sea
bass scales around the house
The Bill uotus) Stricklands are,
as that rumor maintains, separated: +:
until Mrs. S. returns September
from her North Carolina vacation
-. Note to that band playing God
Bless America" as a dance tune:
It's a copyright violation and would
make Irving Berlin very unhappy if
he heard about it d.. St. Clair and
Day must have set a record at the
Shoreham Terrace by this time.
They just stay on and on and are
still there Paul Kain's engage
ment at Glen Echo's Spanish Gar
den Ballroom has been so much
more successful than the parks
former name" band policy that the
management has started dickering
already for his return, with Adele
Van, in 1941.
''' Note to Ralph Ingersoll:
Somehow we're glad you didn't over
hear the girl we overheard at the
Lounge Riviera the other eve. Have
you seen that new New York news
paper?" she gushed. 1T hasn't a
BIT of advertising and it's got a lot
Of pictures and things. It's called
P. S."