Evening star., 1947-03-18

a subtle cndnSe Is SIduuahS eoAl
ing over the pattern Of the towns
night life. For all we know, it may
be full of all sorts of significance.
But, significant or not, the fact Is
that Friday night is becoming the
big night of the week in the After
Dark haunts. That, rather than
Saturday night, seems now the eve
when great hordes of people get a
communal urge to breathe smoke,
talk back to masters Of ceremonies
and deaden their cosmic aches and
pains by generous applications OF
alcohol. Night club owners still may
complain about earlier nights in the
week, but on Friday nights business
and the customers are roaring.
There are several factors contrib
uting to this change IN the night
when all you-know-what breaks
loose in the bistros. The major one
perhaps is the local liquor law,
which cuts a man off at midnight
on Saturday. but lets him load until
Fam. Friday night. Now, with the
, five-day week a rather general
thing, night club habitueS are turn
ing to the night with the later clos
ing hour. Now they can sit around
their plush lined saloons of Friday
night, soaking up culture and other
things as late as can be. then still
J have 43 hours to recover before fac
ing labor again.
This, you see, is full of signifl-
cance.1 A man who makes Friday
his night on the town can use Sat-
urday for curing the condition that
results. BY Sunday he is in fair
shape, with nothing to cure but the
results of the cure. He can tolerate
the children and he may even speak
politely to his wife. BY Monday he
feels tolerable and has decided not
to give 1t up after all. He goes off
to work with his eye clear and
bounce in his step, looking forward
to Friday night. That Saturday
midnight closing may give anguish
to the nightclub owners, but it also
may eventually do away with Blue
Monday.
It Is another well-balanced show
that has been staged at the Club
Cairo, with Johnny Desmond and
the Crosby Sisters featured. Johnny
you probably know, has been max
mig quite name for himself here
of late by way of radio and record
ings. An earlier name he made for
himself was "the CT Sinatra," a
title bestowed by the late Glenn
Miller when Sgt. Desmond was
singing with Maj. MillerS Army Air
Forces Band. That gives you an
idea of his style. He follows the
pattern laid down by frankie. OF
all those who do SO, however, Mr..
Desmond ranks among the more
agreeable. He's nice looking lad
and sings pleasantly such popular
tunes of the day ("Anniversary
Song" etc. as cause impressionable
young women to gurgle softly with
glee.
The antics of the Crosby Sisters
are as complete a contrast in mood
to the Desmond dulcet murmurings
as almost anything could be. The
Crosby Sisters sing, too, but they
are louder and often funny. Their
humor is as broad as, well, Iowa and
as full of what Iowa is famous for
corn, that is. Most of it comes off
well. though. The new show also
has Winton and Diane, nimble tapl
dance team, and the Hollywood
Models" several of whom seem al
most happy as they go through their
showgirl PAGES.
Opening tonight: Jackie Miles a
literate comedian and one of the
funnier men operating in the caba-
rets today, at Paul Young's Romany
Room.
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One Of the things you may not
have known about the current song
hit, "Managua, Nicaragua" is that
the lyrics are the work of a local lad,
AL Gamse. He Is now, of course, a
former Washingtonian, having left
here some 10 years ago to attack Tin
Pan Alley, spurred by the manner
in which his hometown had re-
sponded to the original shows he had
written for benefits. A few years
after his assault on the music world