Evening star., 1940-04-18
After Dark
Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places
By the Spectator.
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Several (two, to be exact) new
musical aggregations have turned up
in town since Ye Spectators last re-
port on the state of the Nation as
viewed from a table in the far corner,
please.
And had the table been in the
far corner last Friday night, the re-
port on Les Brown, who has brought
his crew to the Wardman Park S
Metronome room, might be more CO.
herent. AS 1t turned out the table
was right in front OF the again.
enlarged bandstand, on that side on
which were ensconced three fellows
with trumpets and three fellows with
trombones, firing-point-blank. This
was all right, except sometimes these
six lads would stand up, brace them
selves and-wham! The jitterbugs
and swing addicts, who were not
sitting at the table in the very
mouths of the cannon of the brass
section, seemed very happy with Les
Browns proceedings. Some Utter
bugs down at the far end of the
room seemed especially happy. Any,
one at the far end of the room would
have been happier.
The report on the other music
makers, the trio known as the Three
Freshmen, who have replaced Eddie
Mayehoff at the Cafe Caprice, must
needs be briefer, for the inspection
of them was briefer. Let it be said
that they sing much more than pass
ing well, both singly and together;
that they can make neat rhythms
for the dancers; that they have
some special after midnight ditties;
that we do not think they are fresh
men at all.
''' = Waits and strays Most
interested spectator while Marion
Wilkins was doing her dances at
Helen Hamilton's Club Troika always
was Vanya Orlik, who can dance a
little bit himself. Most jealous
spectator while Vanya was doing
his dances was the young lass who
dances too and bitterly resented
the fact that any one in the world
has the easy sense of balance that
Vanya has Asking who in addi-
ton to Carr and Don of the Madril-
Ion plays II Walk With Music" got
results. Russ Cullen sings it
handsomely at the Pail Mall room of
the Raleigh. Burrus Williams looks
up and tosses it right in our teeth
when we enter La Sale Versailles
-. Bill Slocum, WJSV publicist, sits
in ODonnells, brooding over steak
sandwich. II can't figure it out" he
says. 'The National Symphony folds
and we get mobbed with requests
to Glenn Miller broadcasts. It's q
commentary, that's what it is; a
commentary on something" Charles
DAILY calms him by reminding him Of
the announcer on one of those late
recorded programs, who the other
evening announced a half hour of
classical music, then played a group
of entirely different selections, re-
ceiving not one phone call from an
irate listener.
49, Party tonight That 'Fete
du Poisson d'Avril," to be held at
Normandy Farms, this being, no
matter what the name leads you to
believe, just party fashioned after
the traditional welcoming of April's
fish by the French peasants. Should
be quite an affair if all goes as
Marjory Hendricks has it planned.
There will be fishing for all, yes
fishing, right in the middle of that
gay dining room and there will be a
lot OF. entertainment, with "The
Three Little Fishes" done in French
as the evenings theme song.
Festivity at the Troika: A
well-known White House corre-
spondent, an Hawaiian lei about
his neck, stands while Dina Larina
sings that toast, gulps his drink in
royal Russian style, crashes the glass
gallantly on the table. -.
= ., The lads in George Duffy's
orchestra, some one has noticed,
wear uniforms with the same color
scheme as those of the Shar-Zad
walters. George goes white-tie every
night that he may be distinguished
from the rest. White-tie-and did
not work out so well one recent
night, however, for certain visiting
prince, whose name we democratic
cally seem to have forgotten. He
stood, cleaning and immaculate in
the Shoreham Blue room doorway,
awaiting attention. In rushed q
pair of not-so-blue- -blooded would
be customers, asked the gentleman