Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
After Dark
News and Comment of the Night Clubs
Ely the Spectator.
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reliable: A local restauranteur who
is quite familiar with INSIDE Sweden
having lived there for many wears
among the etter-informed circles
The fact that the source wishes its
name withheld only adds a proper
touch of mystery to laffaire Scan
dinavian night clubs
To get on with this trea tise OF
disillusionment, the Swedes believe
in appointing their night haunts
most elegantly. The places are tidy
bright and modernistic, much more
so according to our informant}
than the average American cocktail
dispensary. They are, in short, Just
like the typical Swedish home OF
street scene. Tastes in musical en-
tertainment Overwhelmingly favor
the waltz, the gallop and the sort OF
one-step commonly associated with
London's Mayfair district. Swing
jazz and kindred musical hybrids
are sneered upon No orchestra in
Stockholm, for example. has YET
dared to play this variety of Ameri-
cana. Special entertainment used
to come from Paris, before the Nazis
started messing around.
Behavior in Swedish night clubs
is restrained to degree which must
seem painful to free spirits of the
New World. The Swedish party will
enter place quietly, quietly con-
verse at its table. respond to the
entertainment with utmost calm
When. royalty or other figures OF
note happen to visit place lesser
eyes scrupulously refrain from
peering. This, to the Swedes. would
be breach Of the privacy due all
good democrats whether of royal
birth or not. And every one has,
Withal, an enjoyable time.
Yes, even In Swedish night clubs
if there must be night clubs in civ
ilized Sweden-a moral seems indi-
Gated for our own American after
dark civilization.
A lady with an alI-male orchestra
and not Ina Ray Hutton-is slated
next for Herb Sachs Del Rio. Edith
Lorand is the name, and in the
event you are not acquainted with
1t. 1t is the same that has appeared
on more than 1000 photograph re-
cordings circulated over the entire
world. Advance notices, which come
printed on folder in the shape OF a
violin miss Lorand is a violinist)
emphasize that she has toured all OF
Continental Europe, England, Can
ada and the United States, stirring
critics to rave over her music. Gypsy
music is Miss Lorand's first love. but
she plays a dance tune that flames"
according to a scribe in Chicago.
Naturally, In the Del Rio, Miss
Lorand will concentrate on the
dance music.
Should sound pretty interesting
to the average night club Jade. The
Lorand organization arrives Monday.
That's Host Moses who Invites
you to make Hotel Burlington your
downtown headquarters for good
food, delicious cocktails and a place
to meet your friends"
That's what it says here in the
Dickens Room newsletter.
Visible through the panes OF the
pilot room (the lobby of the An
napolis Hotels Anchor Room. Won
landlubbers are clouds and ocean
after all these weeks. The seascape
rounds out the shipboard fittings OF
the room, which was very astute of
the management.
Add Oceanic Notes:
Between the Madrillon and the
King Cole Room in the course of
this departments weekly beat. We
happened to fall into step behind
couple of WAVES. In the course
OF this short cruise through Lafay-
cite Park 1t was noted (a) that the
two young ladies maintained stride
IN perfect unison, 90 that their
snappy salutes to an Army ma jor
and an Army lieutenant were an
swered on one hand by a half
hearted raising Of the hand and
an apologize grin, and on the other
by a pair of eyes which remained
glued to the ground.
The parade was otherwise I'M
eventful when we left 1t to dive
into the King Cole.
After daybreak, the musicians OF
the Mayfower Lounge effect a
radical turnabout. Almost without
exception they cast aside their
trumpets, fiddles and other after
dark paraphernaia and become
absorbed IN the art of welding. riv-
citing and other essential handicraft
Sometimes the boys bring their
textbooks to the music stands In
the lounge, to study during spare
moments. Such az, for example,
the bass player the other day who
may have been seen porting over
the Sheet Metal Workers Manuel
or something.
The closed-eyes, inspired type Of
singer is perfectly demonstrated by
Robert Murray. baritone Of The
Stables. And never are Mr., Muir
rays eyes more closed, his inspira-
ton more intense than in his pre-
sentation of When the Saints
Come Marching In" which is from
Green Pastures" in which Mr.
Murray performed for the original