Evening star., 1949-09-15

ness that plies up on tnlS Depart
ment's desk is fairly constant.
whether or not the proprietor Is
around to ignore it. After several
weeks away from it. however, the
mail takes on something Of the
nature of communications cast up
on beaches in bottles. It doesn't
have any particular connection
with the immediate present, but
still 1t lies there awaiting atten-
ton.
Here, for instance is a note from
Dona Mason. who was quite a
success at the King Cole Room for
a couple of years and more re-
Gently was employed as CUSTOM
er magnet at the Colony Lounge.
Miss Mason is, or on August 80
was at the Monte Carlo Cafe Bar
In Pittsburgh. She was to follow
this engagement with q return to
the Flame Room in that Mime
apolis hotel (Radisson. probably 4,
we never can remember how to
spell. After that. Miss Mason
was to set out for Mexico City.
People in the show business lead
transient lives. so there's no telling
where on this itinerary Miss
Mason Is now. She was happy on
August 30, though all her local
friends will be glad to know
happy and in Pittsburgh.
y X X Il
And even earlier note comes
from Florian ZaBach to lie here
amid the debris on the desk. Mr..
ZaBach is easier to locate than
Miss Mason. His news was that
he was healed of all dog-bite and
has been held over again at the
Terrace Grill in the Hotel Muehle-
bach in Kansas City, where he'll
stay through October /. Since his
Mayflower Lounge opening Is
scheduled for October 10, this
gives the violinist a week to make
the journey. which is considerably
over par for such a well-worn
course as the one from Missouri
to Washington.
There is a communication from
Bob Knights boss, too. This Bob
Knight is the electric guitar-play-
ing bandleader and not the Bob
Knight who acts as a liaison be-
tween United States Steel and this
department, which is a mighty i'm
probable liaison job as such jobs
go. The Notwithstanding Mr..
Knights boss is the Hotel 2400.
where he plays in the Lounge
Riviera. Hotel 2400 invites us to
drop around tonight to attend the
fall reopening of the Lounge Riv-
iera.
1t is too late to reply to this
invitation. but We'll be there, all
right. Who would pass up the
chance to see the reopening of a
room that hasn't been closed?
There also is a note advising
us that newcomers to the show at
the Cross Roads on Tuesday are
Jerri Gallo, dancer, and Charlotte
Cheney. singer. It, the note, that
Is, doesn't say what Tuesday. It
adds that the Three Arnauts have
been held over.
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There is nothing like a televi-
sion set, incidentally, to keep a
vacationer from losing touch with
the After Dark scene. These
aforementioned Arnauts turned
up in the living room just the
other night. It's a lively turn they
do, just as funny in trio as 1t was
when they were duo back at the
Club Cairo, now deceased.
Herman Blunck, the Hotel Stat
ler's manager, turned up. too, on
Evalyn Tyner's top-notch video
session, with news Of the Embas-
sy Rooms coming season. Guy
Lombardo's name. Of course.
headed the list, Mr.. Lombardo
having arranged his life so hap
PLY that he can annually COM
bine an Embassy Room date with
the Presidents Cup Regatta.
Henry Kings Orchestra was an
other Mr.. Blunck mentioned for
the future. And among probable