Evening star., 1945-01-09

| Talk about your postman's holi-
days! Hildegarde had two days off
last week, so what did she do
hoped train to Washington and
spent one of the two evenings at a
ringside table in the Embassy Room.
Hide said it was the first time
for her on the other side of the
Statler footlights.
1t was from Hildegarte's dinner
partner that we learned the Statler
story of the week, for he spent a
good portion of the evening telling
her about the two millionth CT to
pass through the portals of the
Stage Door Canteen.
| 1t seems the lad turned out to be
a 22-year-old paratrooper with
enough ribbons and citations to
sink battleship The singers
dinner partner decided this was the
place to step in. Having seen to it
that Paratrooper Pete Spanovic
was kissed by the prettiest girls
available, he told Pete to pick out
one of them and take her to the
Embassy Room as his guest.
Now Pete, remember, had been
torpedoed and rescued at sea, had
witnessed the Battle of Midway,
even received personal citation
from Admiral Nimitz, but nothing
left him quite so wide-eyed as the
Embassy Room terrain. Next day
he called his kind host to thank
him for the evening.
And did you like the steak din
ner?" he was asked
Dinner" Pete stammered, why
l guess I forgot to order it."
But didn't you have anything to
eat all EVENING"" his host inquired.
"Oh, sure" Pete said, ION my way
and bought ham sandwich and
cup of coffee"
The Spectator has met more pru-
dent gentlemen but certainly none
any braver. One week accompanist
to Sinatra, the next to Crosby
that was the role Organist Art Hi
nett happened to play on his NBC
show last spring. The two competi-
tors for Americas Groom conscious
applause had an Equal chance to
give vent to their vocal talents on
these occasions to Arts background
harmony.
you never know what to expect
on this job" the Neptune Room
musician said, "the way things look
now / wouldn't be at all surprised
to find myself accompanying Law
renee Tibbett to Don't Fence Me
| In"
| Regardless of whatever else Eddie
Jane Poindexter has-she has a good
publicity agent.
| One lone large poinsettia arrived
last week in the mail, leaving us
with the conclusion that some one
was sending tardy holiday greetings.
| The following day. however, the
Spectator saw the wind blowing from
a different direction (to be more
exact right from some publicity
agents hideouD for there in the
dark of night he had dispatched
through the mails similar envelope
to us only this time 1t contained a
piece of sheet music entitled "Poin-
ciana."
Now you'll never guess what ar
| rived in our Office the third day.
The Spectator found Eddie Jane
Poindexter on his desk. OF course,
not in person, because the Madrillon
singer is too busy during the day
with her job at the Navy Depart
ment. The caption under Eddie s
picture informed us that Eddie would
be smiling at us from the Sunday
Stars magazine cover Of This
| Week"
1t did, too!
The Spectator got his first lesson
on the magic harp the other evening
at the Trade Winds. Anybody with
the idea that it's a snap to manipu-
late those wires should try it for
himself sometime.
First of all We would warn you
that little previous muscle work is
good experience for any one con-
templating taking up the instru-
ment. Delicately toned wires on an
all-metal base that must be lugged
from place to place weigh in the
neighborhood of IS pounds. and
without amplification they simply
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