Evening star., 1940-01-18
After Dark
Smart People, Smart Things, Smart Places

Smart People, Smart
By the !
Trade Mark Register,
Hello" says a voice inside the
telephone. This is Prince Mogul.
How have you been?" Look in your
little crystal ball and find out in
stead of asking questions or are you
slipping?" he is told. Then sud-
denly realization Of something
dawns. It is quite a shock. Where" !"
we finally manage to ask in a
hoarse, suspicious whisper. "are
you calling from?" Prom the
Shoreham. L start there Monday
Where did you think I was calling
from?" We decline to answer that
and begin to stutter wildly about
stories in the newspapers Not
long after he left here a year and
a half or so ago the wires carried
reports of Prince Mogul's sudden
end in an auto crash. "A gross
exaggeration, not to mention a mis-
representation" says the voice in
the phone. LAS nearly as I can
discover it was some one using my
name, this fellow who tried to race
a train and lost. It was not I. Come
on out for a spot of tea one after
noon and I'll prove it."
This had just better not be an
other one of AL Mogul's tricks,
that's what.
- 1mpulsive people, these Rus
slams. Take Sasha Bolshikoff, for
instance. He came to town Sum-
day with the Cossack Choir. hap
pily touring the country. Sunday
night, with some other members
of the troupe. NJ Bolshikoff found
himself at Helen Hamilton's Rus
sian Troika. found indeed Mrs.
Hamilton talking with him. 1T is
a shame you have to continue this
road tour" she was saying. Why
SOP" asked Mr.. Bolshikoff. Because
if you did not have to continue the
tour" Mrs. Hamilton went on, II
would like to have you here at
Troika." So right now Sasha
Bolshikoff is rehearsing a pair of
new skits with Lola Lolik and Mara
Beleinskaya and will have them
ready for staging in a few days.
And Mrs. Hamilton is ever so
happy over having added another
accomplished artist to the roster
of Troika entertainers.
That fellow hiding behind
long white beard and one of the
canvas trees at L'Escargot's Sale
Versailles has been seeing quite
lot this week. He could tell you, for
instance, of the visit Tuesday night
of Prince Felix of Austria, brother
Of Crown Prince Otto and heir ap-
parent to the Hapsburg throne :.
Then there was the party a few
nights before, attended by most of
the Argentine Embassy staff :.
And there have been scads of other
well-known folk, including a quorum
OF this years debutante list :.
Felicia Lloyd. for instance, who has
become a Conga fan, under the
tutelage of Jean Cathon. s.,
One way to keep the growing
interest of all the populace in sun
dry sports from interfering with
night club business is to combine
the two. The increasing badminton
craze, while it may not have had
such an effect here, has done hor-
rible things in other parts of the
land-Hollywood. for instance-to
the nerves of people who operate
after dark rendezvous. So Max
Lowe sat down in his Office out at
the Shoreham Hotel, found it was
only a short step from table tennis,
came forth with a pair of badmin-
ton experts as headliners of the
Shoreham Blue Room show. Off,
hand you might think badminton
match out of place in a floor show,
but that would be before you had
seen Ken Davidson and Hugh
Forgie. These boys even continue
to fascinate Barnee, who should be,
if he isn't, jaded by this time and
unexcited by any entertainers.
The Presidents Birthday Ball,
which is set for a week from
next Tuesday, as you probably know
well enough without being told
again, is starting to get lot of
people excited. One of them is
Eddy Brandt, who will move his
orchestra from the Wardman Parks
Metronome Room to the large ball
room that night to face his initial
Birthday Ball. Eddy makes his first
contribution tonight on a special
program publicizing the P. B. B.
over VOL. taking the three lads
who comprise his Rhythm Boys
down for a bit of musical fun with
Adele Van, Lounge Rivieras song
stress. and Matt Windsor, the
Anchor Rooms accordionist.
- Adelita Varela, the Madril-
Ions singer of songs Spanish, is
sort Of wondering if the fates are
looking out for her as they should.
She came back to work last night
after an attack of bronchitis and
every second request she got was
for "Estrellita," which is mighty
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