Evening star., 1942-03-19
After Dark
News and Comment of the Night Clubs.
BY the Spectator.

The day that honors the saint who
chased the snakes from Erin has
come and gone. AL that remains IN
night spots which saw fit to mark
the anniversary-name one that
didn't-are the echoes Of happy
laughter and faint green haze OF
memory sprinkled in retrospect,
with one or two rather noteworthy
visions.
There was the Metronome Room,
for example. Quietly overheard on
the st. Patrick proposition went
Layton Bailey, Kay Griffith, Prls-
ella Naecker. Marian Garsla ana
those others vitally interested in the
welfare of Metronome patrons. In
their various capacities the above
mentioned parties made certain
that guest parties should have an
abundance of Irish jigs and jingles,
shamrock and draped greenery and
even little clay pipes to clench
Gaelic fashion between the teeth.
Miss Griffith had to 60 and re1ute
predictions by wearing very white
dress; but even that was all rlgnt,
for she had a green sprig OF gladlon
in her hair.
Best of all, though, was the per-
sonal appearance of Jimmy Durante
and his manager, Eddie jackson,
both of which irrepressible charac-
ters would be welcome anywhere
and under any circumstances. IL
was a recital the boys had up their
sleeves, Jimmy at the piano ana
Eddie before the microphone. Emil
nentlv unsuited to the occasion, the
program embraced You Mace Me
love You" and "T'hereN Be Some
Changes Made" which, with Mr.. u.
rasping his own vocal counterpolnt
to supplement Mr.. Us efforts Ger
tainly acquired a rare new beauty.
And then. at recitals close there
was Jimmy scuttling from table TO
table enlivening peoples jaded lives.
Across the street in the Blue
Room. enterprisingly, re-dubbed
Green Room" for night, the cele-
bration proceeded apace except 1or
the presence of battery OF four
working photographers which llneo
the back wall busily laying down
barrage of flash bulb explosions.
That Of course provided no obstacle
to Baritone Hugh wellington Mar
tyn who went right ahead with Bar
nee's men with his lineup OF Gaelic
melody and a few military special
ties thrown In for luck.
While downtown in the Lotus
there existed a paradox for three
shows Buddy Shaner and Bill
Stricklands band did their level best
to remind customers that st. Pat
rick's Day was here; and for three
shows, with equal determination, a
.sombreroed dancing line did all
they could to establish a Mexican
mood.
Mexico, Eire-what's the dif1er-
ence so long as the public is happy.
To look at Roberta, you would
hardly think she is the starkly un-
inhibited type. However,
Earlier in the week the young lady
decided to make intermisslon pleas
ant by slipping a so-called pouSse-
cafe, fancy brandy concoctlon
which literally burns, in the sense
of setting a-fire. She held match
to it as instructed by the recipe. no
results. A whispered instruction to
headwaiter Teddy, and that august
individual appeared with a Sterno
stove borrowed from a convenient
chafing dish. Still no response from
the stubborn liqeuer.
Then bright gleam OF inspiration
entered Robertas eye and Teddy
was summoned for a second con-
sultation.
The closing tableau finds Roberta
still seated at the same table, but
with the pousse-cafe pushed aside
and a wiener dangled toasting over
the little canned-heat furnace.
Cute? Diabolically mad.
X + X
Added in passing, this same chan
teause of the Mayfower is singing
LIlSSS udyo d SoHS1Ao VSAoAoAA ~
a somewhat unsuperlative song-"A
Zoot Suit" While Mr.. H. c. Gard
ner does the same with IF. D. R.
Jones" which he presents as the text
of a fireside chat might be read.
No longer a secret is it that Penny
Fords inspiration for her reSounding
offerings to the boogie- -woogie muse.
1t is Mary Lou Williams generally
conceded the best Of feminine
boogie- -woogists Ell Patio's Miss Ford,
furthermore, gets this inspiration
strictly from records. a procedure
known horrifyingly as playing by
ear.
Bobby Day and his orchestra
reach the Victory Room tonight for
q three-day stand. to be followed
Immediately by Tony Pastor for
four nights duration. Mr.. Day is
the lad who is adept with the elec-
trio steel guitar on which he leads
one of those rare unblatant dance
versions of the Moonlight Sonata"
his theme tune. Singing with the
Day outfit are the Moonlighters-
Connie June and Ray. An appetiz-
ing musical menu, to pluck phrase
off the cob.
X
The Louisiana announces engage
ment of a songstress Marylynn
Pinnix, who is a beautiful war
bier" promises the Louisiana.
Whether Manager J. T. Richards
still plans to acquire the services