Evening star., 1945-09-11

with TOUR American beauties.
Not so Admiral Rufus Il. Rose
who advanced to the position evac-
uated by McAuliff. The admiral
didn't seem particularly interested
in the roses, but settled for Hide
garde's more personal demonstration
Of patriotism.
Il never said Nuts to anybody
he smiled.
That's quite all right. admiral
Hildegarde responded. I'VE all have
different ways of saying It,"
It's easy to see why Hildegarde is
particularly fond of admirals, It
gives her the opportunity to pop her
favorite stock question.
You'll have to forgive me-" she
apologized, but I can never tell II
an admiral is rear or vice"
I'm BOTH. Admiral Rose laughed
The Spectator has come to the
conclusion that Hildegarde knows
more than she pretends to about
rank. To date she has lured out OF
the audience into the Embassy
Room spotlight two four-star gen.
erals, four two-star generals, one
British general, three vice admirkls
and two rear admirals. Nothing un.
der two stars! Not bad for a three
week campaign.
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We don't intend to take up any
moral issues. The Spectator simply
wishes to embellish a point made
here once before. To be exact. wher
comedian by the name of Hal
Thornton held over for many
weeks at Connecticut avenue bis
tro on the questionable strength ot
his back room" brand of humor.
There's comic at the Trade
Winds this week who gets as many
If not more, laughs than Mr.. Thorn
ton collected during an evening
Like Mr.. Thornton, Allan King dons
a tropical helmet and to dramatic
beat. of jungle drums goes into ex-
actly the same monologue.
"Heat-heat-heat," he murmurs
wildly.
"Heat-heat-heat, ever onward
never stopping"
In the midst of this operatic tab
loid Mr.. King suddenly tosses his
helmet upon the ground and casu-
ally announces. "Joke!"
At which point the joke is told
and the zany proceeding begins all
over again. This kept up the other
evening until the Trade Winds ALL
dience reached near state of con-
vulsion. We are happy to add, how
ever, that there Is a difference be-
tween the jokes used by the two
comedians.
Why haven't you heard Of Allan
before? He was graduated only re-
Gently from Brooklyn Boys High
and has been doing professional en-
tertaining for all of five months
Although~he planned to make foot
ball his career, Allan says he wor-
SHIPPED the theater and theatrica,
people for as long as he can re-
member.
When I was injured in football,
he explained, the most natura
thing in the world for me to try wa.
show business. I've always had q
! phenomenal memory for gags OF
dialogue, no matter how long or in.
volved, especially movie dialogue"
Allan generously offered to quote
some movie dialogue at random
That is, dialogue from any movie
but Reap the Wild Wind" or Tor.
tilla Flat" He decided this wouldnr
be fair test of his ability since ht
saw both movies is times. It seem.
Milton Berle was on stage and each
time Allan went back to see hi
favorite comedian, he sat through
the double feature.
Some one should wise up the Chi
nese-at least the gentlemen wht
run the China Clipper.
After all, boys, most of the better
known night club establishments il
town admit some of their shows Il
be better than others. Even place
such as the Del Rio and Troika. I
only the China Clipper would per
haps shake it's collectively confused
heads and say, so sorry, maybe yol
like next weeks show better" In
stead the gentlemen get hot unde
their honorable collars and refus
to even try and understand why VI
didn't like particular show.
1t would appear the new methot
of insuring themselves against un
favorable press notices is to bar tn
press altogether. Atleast the othe
evening was the first time in tn
Spectators life that any bistro ha
been that crowded. There WASH
even standing room behind a potte,
plant, or SO we were informed
Where the larger parties of thre