Evening star., 1940-01-11

/ some OF the tOnler cabaretS. The
former, for instance. contributed
Mary Brian, Mitzi Green, Johnny
Mercer and sundry other folk to
the merriment at Hotel 2400's
Lounge Riviera all of them
seeming very happy with the Pete
Macias music and the Adele Van
songs Miss Green especially
happy when the Macias crew
whipped into "The Lady Is a
Tramp" which she helped make
hit The jackson Day affair
brought Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin d.
Roosevelt, jr., into the Mayhower
Lounge, along with the James
CromWells Also the Chip"
Roberts, Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Edison, Mrs. Jock Whitney,
the newly appointed Supreme Court
Justice, Frank Murphy And
night later it was the Shar-Zad
of the Carlton Hotel where many
of these same folk turned up to
listen to Bill McCune's staccato
rhythms Mr.. Murphy joining
Mrs. Whitney and Count PotOcki,
after having hosted the Cromwells
at dinner in the Carlton dining
room And Saturday night it
was the inaugural of the Fight
Infantile Paralysis Drive which
helped Shar-Zad business, Mary
Pickford, Dorothy Thompson, Basil
O'Connor, former law partner of
the President, and Keith Morgan
dropping in after Mrs. Roosevelt's
dinner.
Note found atop the piano
used by Eddie Whitesel and his
tuneful Rhythmaires at the Cafe
Caprice:
do you mind If come over and
sing quietly?- (Signed Susan B.
Anthony"
The Midnight Merry Co
Round Hank Sember, of the
Broadway Hank SemberS, in town
to tell the drama desks about one
of the Nationals forthcoming at
fractions. startled the daylights out
Of Ethel Fistere a recent eve. Miss
Fistere wasn't sure but what she
was dealing with madman when
she approached Mr.. S., tried to talk
him into joining one of the Pail
Mall Room dance interludes Il
can't" he hisSed There's some one
here don't want to see me" Since
he was sitting then in plain view of
the ringside, Miss Fistere went
away without further argument
-. Cafe Caprice's Eddie Whitesel
says he has no trouble at all keep
ing up with the hit tunes these
days. Any one 80 years old, he
claims, can remember everything
new" that's being clamored for.
-. Favorites with Metronome Room
dancers are Perry Dring, Trumpeter
Red" Borland and SaXist George
Macdonald of Eddy Brandt's Or
chestra; they're comedians always
ready to clown any number.
-" How to make a night club
reporter wish he'd taken up good
trade: Lead him into the cocktail
room where two lassies, part of a
large party in the corner, sit quietly
smoking long, fat cigars Cap
sule criticism of the week: "And
they look so PLEASED with them
selves when they finish a song!
.. Treat for connoisseurs of the
dance: Any of those routines per-
formed by Manno and Strafford
headhners of the new Lotus show
Good listening: Don Shook S
arrangement for two pianos Of Ami
tras Dance" or Mary La Mari S
chanting of Darn That Dream
at the Madrillon Pete Macias
and his Lounge Riviera crew whip
ping off any of the oldies you
haven't heard in years . Phyllis
tMetronome Room Usher singing
that rangy Memories of You"
Stage Whisper (One) in the Night:
You'd better bring me a foun-
tain pen now so 1 can write you
a check while l can still sign my
name" Those who should know
say it's true, that Dick Koons
Mayflower Lounge orchestra leader
is engaged to Dolores Ziegfeld, niece
of Flo, and an instructor at the
Ice Palace. Dick accepts congratu-
lations, but refuses to affirm OF
deny the report and it shouldn't t
be hard to guess what that means.