Evening star., 1942-03-07
After Dark
News and Comment of the Night Clubs.
BY the Spectator.
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Leave it to youth to meet an
emergency with resourcefulness and
ingenuity. Even in night club.
A bunch of them showed up at
one of the better-knoWn hotel spots
earlier this week for a round of
cokes before leaving for a large
dance at the country club. 1t was
not until they had all become seated
about a table that they noticed with
dismay shortage of manpower
among them. Being sensitive set
of kids that could never tolerate a
lone out-of- town girl in their midst
they put their heads together and
| commenced devising. With the re-
suit that a young waiter in the room
found himself an invited guest OF
the party just as soon AS he had
completed his required elght-a day.
But the group was cautious be-
fore it decided on this step. Con-
firmation of the lads background
and breeding in general had first to
be secured from such sources as the
maitre d. and members of the gang
who were acquainted with him in
his official capacity.
AS footnote, it was quite touch
ing, the deferential manner in which
the johnny-come-lately was served
by his fellow professionals in other
clubs which the happy young wan
derers toured in the course of the
night.
June Howard. the songstreSs who,
by our Uoth, looks like something
out of a recent Powers Model edi-
ton, had decidedly empty hour
or two Immediately following her
arrival in town.
She relates of her glowing sendoff
from the wide open spaces around
Los Angeles by friends and family
who turned out in force to fill the
air with flowers and bon voyages.
and headed for the Cosmos Room
and Joe Study she felt this was a
harbinger of nice things to come.
This was not to be, though-not
during those first tentative steps on
Washington soil. Where, in short,
was the reception committee? Or
specifically, where was Study?
Mr.. Study, it develops, was undeni-
ably at the airport and for more
than an hour. Whether he was busy
catching maps or whether the air
port announcer was remiss hasn't
been determined.
At any rate, June found her way
to the Carlton by the simple ex-
pedient of the taxicab, and Joe
came tumbling after out of breath
and apologetic.
Yet peace reigns in the Cosmos
Room.
Nell Talmadge, who endeavors to
keep the press posted on the affairs
of the Lounge Riviera, notifies that
while remodeling of the place def
nitely is slated to begin by the first
part of next month. no one is quite
sure what shape the alterations will
take
Pete Macias. however, is happily
circulating rumors these days from
the shadows of the saXophones by
one end of the band stand. Behind
this hand Pete whispers that the
ceilings of both present rooms will
be made to conform, for a higher or
lower effect he doesn't know; that
the color design will be ocean-blue
ard white as in oysters; that there
will be an extensive crescent shaped
bar occupying the space of most of
the north wall: that Riviera will be
rechristened Club 240O' for appro-
pirate reasons; and that dancers
will kindly step into the ballroom
for their pleasure once the work on
Riviera has begun.
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And further word is received from
the Louisiana, which. despite what