Evening star., 1944-08-03
After Dark
News and Comment of the Night Clubs
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A newspapermAn around town Is
forever more an admirer Of tne tim-
ling Of the Statler hotel.
Az OF yesterday morning, he woke
up, reached for 1 cup Of black co0ee,
took sip, and started telling his
wife what 4 very charming and
beautiful woman she Is.
@And there Ii only one nav In
|you," the wife said with that kind
lot bitter-sweetness which bel0ngs
to the happily married and lies be-
|yond the experience Of spinsterl,
widows, and the as yet Ineligible fdf
|matrimony among the females Of
the species.
"And what Is that9" the husband
asked, lighting = cigarette In the
manner Of an actor In Z Noel Cow
ard bedroom scene.
"This matteer Of Hildegarde," said
the wife. "I have missed her where
ever / have been. And, Of course,
wherever she has been. In New
York, Washington, London, Paris.
That makes 1t an international gap
In my education, Q more tragic one
in view of the fact that I have
listened to you rave about her Ike
an intoxicated claque ever since we
were married. You will have to do
something about this appearance Of
Hildegarde in Washington"
The husband said he would, posi-
lively he would, call the Statler the
very minute he got to his ofice.
And, Just to make doubly sure
that he did, the top letter on the
pile on his desk was from Charles
E. Perkins of the Statler asking the
man and his wife to come there
to dinner and to hear Hildegarde's
performance Saturday night.
No invitation ever was accepted
with more alacrity.
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Washington's admiration for Hill
degarde became the apparently
boundless thing it is when she made
her first appearance here several
years ago at an hid-champagne
opening of the Mayhower lounge.
It was q large, opulently dressed,
distinguished and sophisticated au-
dience that night and there were
many In 1t who held the thereto
fore sound conviction that no one
woman, or man, in entertainment
could do what Hildegarde did.
one-woman show that lasted for
one hour and Is minutes, turned
into q kind of wonderful frenzy that
could have gone on all night except
that Hildegarde, herself, ran out Of
energy. *%
There Is new little business
within the old established big busi-
ness which is the Restaurant Mad
rillon. Dixie, that pert, ubiquitous
blond OF the flash bulbs, with her
Army Signal Corps husband, Pete,
has acquired halt interest In the
Madrillon photographers concession
from Adolph, former waiter turned
night club photographer. Dixie, q
go-getting, pint-sized business
woman who holds the city record
for the number of camera clicks per
night, is always on the lookout for
new sales angles and had one
handed to her gratis the other
evening.
A Latin-American diplomat, sum-
moned for special mission, needed
Identification photos In q hurry.
Dixie and Pete went into . huddle
In the dark room and the man from
South America got the handsomest
picture Of his career for his oMlcial
papers. Maybe this type Of work
will turn into q profitable side line
for the towns ring-side specialists.
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Vocalist Sharon Terry with Paul
Kain's Glen Echo band Is native
lof Washington with ambitions to-
ward the stage. There's nothing
new about this except that Miss
Terry already boasts Of considerable
stage experience. The ride along
the Potomac these August nights
to the ballroom is as much q cool
er-od-er as the air-conditioning