The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-18
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NIGHT CLUB

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NIGHT CLUE
Islands Of celebs surrounded by
JOY polloi The off-key elatter
81 plates and ho-hum Of CONVERSE
ton hruiSing the boggie-woo i
Browsing from table to table, COLI
ySllnists searching for paragraphs.
Casting pearls before swine, ha, ha
Dowagers curdled with age
cruising In like battleships that have
1ust been launched Bores an
chored at tables waiting for the
check to be picked up Nibbling
on q &de-dish Of hope, flops sitting
alone twiddling their thoughts :.
Pretty gals wrapped In tight gowns
that put every curve In italics.
DrImks riveted to the bar making
private tragedies public The
faces Of wolves Starched with atten-
ton, undressing and frisking other
Fellows gals with their eyes.
In secluded corners, lovers Jug
cling happiness at the tip Of their
hearts BiggieS draped across
chairs acting as If they were thrones
Movie stars making entrances
like q parade Of one-walking over
an invisible carpet Of stares :.
Members Of the Nfted-punky set
greeting each other with snubdued
expressions Cigaret gals who
are lovelier than many of the famed
hAarVkRar, @1a,,vad Ahn,va NNro,,hIo
makers trying to create bonfire
Of scandal by rubbing two ugly
whispers together THE mono
logue Of . visiting Hollywood pro-
Queer punctuated by the expressive
eyebrows Of his listeners.
Secrets hushed around on a table.
to-table network Divorced cou-
pies with their new sweethearts
grimly trying to ignore each other.
Just one Of the many little human
dramas on public display A
mans willpower being withered by
the wilepower Of charmer at the
next table =. Tiny fogs Of cigaret
stretching their long, twisted fin
gers toward the ceiling Young
dancers keeping time with the music
while their heartbeats are in tune
with each other DebutanteS
attempting to appear grown up; and
grown-upS desperately trying to
clutch the disappearing tail of their
youth FIirtations continually
going on-with Stares making reck-
I less remarks to each ohter :.
Members Of the Bore Hundred who
live in their personal, perfumed
worlds. The Sandpaper Of current
events never scratches their we'll
manicured spirits.
Fountains Of laughter Springing
up from this and that table :.
A Masterpiece strolling through the
room with rippleS Of beauty, bait
ing everybody's orbS Societyites
who brag about their ancestors but
act as If they were the sap of their
family tree Shrewd Wall Street.
ers have the wool pulled over their
eyes by women VINO know very little
but are wise enough to fool anybody
in pants The rainbow of vari-
Gus Mixers lining the bars. So pretty
and so deadly >. The healthieSt
looking member of any spot: The
dOorman, who is out in the fresh
air Expert rhurnba twirlers
floating across the floor with pow
der-puff dainttness -. Naughty So
phisticates holding their dignity In
neutral as they survey the night
club scene like something they
wouldn't touch with their hands.
The atmosphere saturated with
babble rising from every table i
Thespians who insist they desire
privacy but wrap themselves in q
huff II the photog doesn't aim a
flash-bulb at them Actresses
who glamor for attention across the
footlights but seem plain and tired
across the table - when they can't
edit their faces with grease-paint
Veteran night clubbers envying
the full bloom enthusiasm Of those
making their first visit to a joynt
The jubilee Of good humor and
good manners displayed by hatcheck
gals i. i. A table sitter leaping for
ward with another grain Of gossip
rs the conversation starts to faint.
Hams assuming dramatic poses as
II they were playing the star role
ut q coronation =. Playboys living
In fairyland Of dollar signs. They
dedicate their lives TO q good time,
but their antics prevent people
around them from enjoying them
selves The best part Of a joynt
visit: When you leave It and the
brisk wind brushes the yawns out
Ut your system Hands corseted
with jewelry sparkling with the
rainbow eyes Of diamonds Table |
sitters gulping down coffee as an
antidote to the numbtng fingers Of
ennui roaming through their bodies
u. Big names coming in with their |
Churns-like a bomber escorted by
lighters BeautifoolS anxious to |
crab frame and fortune Soiling their
regulations and loScing something
That Is worth more than fame and
4ortune: self-respect.
Night club inhabitants worrying |
about their health, but they won't |
change their out-of-joint life to
improve It Celeb hunters who
make Q hobby Of collecting hellos
from the famous Actors giving |
their best performance trying to at
tract attention by exhibiting their !