A long, long time ago Harlem was the favorite camping ground of the Mohawks and Algonquins . . . before the tepee fires each evening they made merry, with whoops and dances. . . . The woods about echoed to the stamp of Indian dances and young maidens were whirled about by the frolicking braves. . . . The older folk sat about watching the fun . . . and the pipe of peace was passed from chief to chief . . . Harlem was a playground, and woe to the tribe that made war . . .

Then came the Dutch settlers . . . wealthy patrons and burghers the Vanderbilts, Goulds, Goelets, Van Rensselaers, Van Cortlands and all their relatives. . . . On the broad flat plains of Harlem they made their homes and called it after their native city, ancient Haarlem in Holland. . . . In the broad grassy meadows they laid out their bowling greens . . . the kegs of ale and drums of Holland Gin and Kummel were set out . . . then in the cool of the afternoons they played ten-pins and held their country dances. . . . A lookout kept an eye peeled for any marauding redskins . . . but they were seldom molested . . . The Indians respected Harlem as the playground of all races.

During the last century Harlem, with its famous casinos, race tracks and concert halls was the playground of New York . . . Broadway was then in its infancy, a few theatres and hotels clusterd about the lower end of the town.

Its night clubs have grown more and more lavish, only to be climaxed by the Cotton Club, the Aristocrat of Harlem . . .

Celebrities from every land visit the Cotton Club when in New York. . . . Its fame has spread to every lend. . . . It is to N. Y. what Zelli's is to Paris, the Haus Vaterlands is to Berlin or the Kit-Kat Club to London. . . . Its entertainment has become a legend where pleasure seekers find their dreams fulfilled.

"Cotton Club Parade of 1932," the twenty first edition of Dan Healy's Cotton Club productions, marks the ninth anniversary of the Cotton Club, which first opened in 1923. Nine years is not a long span of time, but when a club is consistently successful for nine years it is marked an institution.

DAN HEALY, who chalks up twenty-one hit shows for the Cotton Club with "Cotton Club Parade of 1932." In addition to his skill as a successful producer, he's known as one of Broadway's fanciest tap dancers and is one of its favorite comedians. As a superlative master of ceremonies, he has probably introduced more celebrities to the public than any other man. Ziegfeld starred him—can you think of any superior stamp of success?

HAROLD ARLEN and TED KOEHLER have completed, in "Cotton Club Parade of 1932," their fifth show for the Cotton Club. They're the writers, you'll recall, of music and lyrics for the Nine Fifteen Revue, for the eighth edition of Earl Carroll's Vanities, and for the current tenth edition of the Vanities. For Cotton Club shows in the past they have written such outstanding hits as "Linda," "I Love a Parade," "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," "Kickin' the Gong Around," "Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day" and "You Gave Me Everything But Love." In "Cotton Club Parade" you'll thrill to "I've Got the World On a String" and "That's What I Hate About Love," two hits which will be bigger than the biggest.

EXCERPTS OF COMMENTS OF SOME
CELEBRITIES WHO HAVE VISITED
THE FAMOUS COTTON CLUB

LADY MOUNTBATTEN

"I shall tell all my
friends in London
about the Cotton
Club — it's the most
aristocratic cafe in
New York."

MAURICE CHEVALIER

"The most sophisti-
cated cafe in New
York — the Cotton
Club."

JASCHA HEIFITZ

"For superb entertain-
ment — always
the Cotton Club."

PAUL WHITEMAN

"Dan Healy's show, and Cab Calloway's music make the Cotton Club one of the few places one can visit repeatedly without being bored."

EDDIE CANTOR

"If I'm elected, I'll
have the inaugural
ball at the Cotton
Club."

BELLE BAKER

"I've been there dozens of times, and always get a real thrill out of going to the Cotton Club."

FANNIE BRICE

"The Cotton Club
—of course."

BABE RUTH

"The Cotton Club—
I went for fifteen
minutes and stayed
three hours."

Colonel Tom Pickering, who is so Southern he gargles with mint julep, helped us work out our Cotton Club menu. When we told him we wanted to have Southern fried or barbecued chicken, he gave us a damyanke look and said, "Suh, are you going to have Southern fried chicken, or Southern Southern fried chicken? I will, as a gesture of Southern hospitality, give you the great Pickering recipe which has been in the Pickering household since old Great-great-great Grandaddy Pickering first had George and Martha down to the house for Sunday spread." We borrowed the recipe not only for Southern fried and barbecued chicken, but for the old Colonel's fabulous barbecued baby spareribs. Try any of these dishes. You will see why Colonel Pickering prizes them so highly. We might add with great pride, incidentally, that the Colonel dines here nightly. He has to . . . We borrowed his chef.

YALE

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