Evening star., 1944-12-28
New Year Eve
Revues P| tanned
AT Night Spots
Many to Feature
Special Shows and
Elaborate Dinners

Elaborate Dinners
With New Year eve falling on
Sunday, indications are that Dis
trict residents will celebrate mainly
by holding parties at home or by
dropping into a night club to dance
and see revue or just going to the
movies. Special events also are be-
ing planned by several organiza-
tons.
The public serving of liquor is
forbidden on Sunday in the Dis
trict and with certain exceptions
IN nearby counties.
To make up for the Sunday taboo
on serving liquor and setups in no.
tells and night spots, many such es-
adjustments have scheduled special
entertainment and elaborate din
nerS.
In a further effort to make the
best of things the night clubs anc
hotels have ordered extra stocks OF
light wines and beer which they will
be permitted to serve from l pm
to midnight Sunday. Champagne Is
out.
Managers Are Warned.
One thing is certain. Anybody
who expects to bring their own
liquor In a public gathering place
Is going to have hard and secret
Job downing it, because hotel and
night club managers have been
warned by the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board that they face revo-
cation or suspension of liquor
licenses if they permit any open
drinking of hard liquor in their
places Sunday. 1t will be legally
impossible, of course, to buy whisky
or similar drinks in hotels, night
clubs or liquor stores.
Last year we had a tough time
enforcing the law with only three
inspectors" an ABC official said,
but this year we have 10 inspectors
and the police are going to lend a
hand. They will all be on watch
in case anybody has any ideas in
mind"
The official explained that while
ABC regulations do not apply to
"private parties" either in hotel
rooms or in private chambers in
night clubs, no employe can be in
strumental in supplying any liquor
or accessories" to brighten the
festivities.
With the exception of certain
country clubs, which have special
permission to sell hard drinks on
Sundays, no liquor can be bought
or served in the nearby counties of
Maryland or Virginia.
Country Club Plans.
Plans of country clubs where
many merrymakers will spend New
Year eve vary with their location.
Most of them expect capacity
crowds except the clubs that can be
reached only by private cars. These
clubs expect the gas shortage will
cut de#n the crowds.
At the Army-Navy Country Club
In Arlington, Va, about 1000 guests
are expected for a 10 pm to 4 am.
dinner dance. They will have to
bring their own liquor, including
vermouth for mixing Martins, but
the club can serve "setups."
Kenwood, Manor, Columbia and
Chevy Chase Country Clubs all ex-
pect to serve liquor The Prince
Georges Golf and Country Club
said it couldn't serve liquor until
after midnight but guests will be
permitted to bring their own re-
freshments, with the club providing
the "setups."
District night clubs have sched-
uled New Year eve prices from 50
to about $40 a person, with the
average tariff around IS. These
rates are much lower than in New
York where many Washingtonians
are expected to 60 and where maxi
NUNS are reported as high as $36 a
person.
"Double-header" parties, including
full-course meal and dancing to
hot rumba bands, will feature
many local night club programs,
and favors and makers will
be thrown in for good measure in
most cases. For many of the big
hotels things will be just about the
same as on an ordinary Sunday,
with nothing special scheduled.
Rainbow Room Rented.
Neither the Statler nor the May
flower has had any increase in
reservations for rooms for private
parties, although all reservations
have been filled for the Statler's
Embassy Room, where light wines
and beer will be served. The HAM
ilton Hotel has rented its Rainbow
Room to private club, which will
run its own party and supply the
service.
One form of entertainment won't
be affected by the Sunday dry law.
The Earle, Metropolitan, Capitol,
Columbia, Palace, Keith's and the
Pix and number of the neighbor-
hood theaters will have midnight
shows on New Year eve. The Ma
tional Theater will open a new play
earlier in the evening.
The police expect less business
this year because of the ban on
serving alcoholic beverages on Sum-
day, but between 300 and 400 extra
bluecoats and plain -clothesmen will
be assigned to New Year eve duty
just the same.
Rejecting the quieter side of fes-
tivities will be a New Year recep-
ton from to pm Sunday at
the headquarters of the Union Vet
Grams of the Civil War, 2015 Mas
sachusetts avenue NV, Mrs. Mary
Kerr, president, and other officers
will be in the receiving line.
Oldest Inhabitants to Meet.
John Clagett Proctor, vice presi-
dent and acting president of the As
societion of Oldest Inhabitants, will
review outstanding local and ma
tional events of 1914 at the New
Year meeting of the association.