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vr 25 oing Place BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1937 On the Valentine Card at Night Night Club Newsreel Around The Tabled with tCcdc "fviv Jv'sA V. Jy Gardner. BROADWAY OBSERVATION WARD THE TOWN TATTLERS comprise an odd (roup of members. One is Teddy King, a former vaudfvlllian who baton-eered a band at the S'l i i. 1 1 t'wi I .1 i iuu niiuuiMii.

uic ouvrr Dumper, mc uiu riMuui; nu tiuui ber of Texas Guinan enterprises. The second is Eddie Burston, a personable maestro who'll be remembered from the Riviera, Al Delmonicos and Feltmans. The third is Charles Costello, ex-Versailles, Zelli and Mori's maestro. The payoff is this: Thongh the Town Tattlers are all THE Bpoklyn Red Cross deserves congratulations for the manner in which it handled the flood relief ball In the Hotel St. George.

With only four days of preparation, the committee staged an excellent, fast-paced entertainment without the usual confusion found at such benefits. Harry D. Copp, backstage, had the entertainers waiting in line to take the stage as fast as they were presented by Everett Clark, who, incidentally, makes a remarkably good master of ceremonies. it was the entertainers from various fields who came to the aid of charity and made of the affair the success it was. Vic Hyde, for instance, disobeyed the ruling of Rudy Vallee, his sponsor, to play the benefit.

Hyde is the lad who has all the blase musicians of New York talking. His "one-man band" act is the sensation of the season. The lad just in from Niles, Mich. plays 21 Instruments and many of ttiem et the same time. Vallee wants Hyde to confine his activities to Mario's band-leaders they were hired to slnf, I understand, however, that Mano will spot them as his featured Mirador band sometime next week A brother of Nazimova, who towers over six feet, sings and waits on tables down at the Village Vanguard a Maxwell Bodenheim hideaway.

You'll recognize him readily by his brite green smock and durky Larry Maddi, the Place Elegante swingsir, and TiUle Grey, who was voted Miss Connecticut," are playing rotnantic-tac-toe Club Mirador until ha introduces him via his radio program and places him in the Paramount Theater, but when the committee asked Hyde to appear for benefit of the flood sufferers he drawled, "Well, if I can 1 do any good. I'll certainly be there. I hope Vallee doesn't mind, but it's 1 1' TIE oft-announced opening of a 57th St. club, the Vanity Fair, Is now rumored for March 12 headed by Reed Lawton Joaquin Goray, the Mexican Bing Crosby, opened at Zelli's last night. He was mildly terrific and will take this town by storm.

Joaquin is th same gentle ioo gooa a cause to pass up. Others gave unstintingly of their talents. Reed Lawton. the baritone: Joanne Alexandres, soprano: Vincent Sorrpv nrrtipstra director nnrl vin. man who steals the new Paramount picture, "Champagne Waltz" Jack Monroe waxes philosophical at the Balck Cat.

"No matter how high a mountain may be," the Village sage says, "the bottom is only a stone's linkst; little Jean McKenzie, eight-year-old dancer, and dozens of others. They all turned out, these entertainers, asking nothing for their hours of waiting backstage but to add their bit to a worthy cause. Are You Doing Yours? throw from the top! Oetjen's has gone in for a Gay '90 revue Mitzl Green, who will star In the new Rodgers-Hart opus, has been crowned Queen of the N. Y. State Outdoor Speed Skating Championships to be staged at the Laurel Country Club on Feb.

21. Which will give Mitzl ample opportunity to learn how to skate! Governor Lehman will donate the trophy Talking about "satchel-mouthed" Martha Raye trulr ani Betty Bruce it among the beautiful dancer! eldon, comedy danceH, are a f'JSI new feature at the Paradhe VV in the French Cauno toliei al the French iviMi Catino. (the female Joe E. Brown), a heckler in Ruby Foo's insisted she was born lucky. "Yeh," snapped back Al Goldman, "next thing you know you'll tell me she was born with a silver ladle In her mouth!" IT'S BEEN three and one-half years now that Bob Lee, singing poet, has been at the Wivel Restaurant, W.

54th and not once has the management been called upon to pay the $25 they promise to the first person to stump Lee with a question. Ask him any question you can think of and he replies instantly in rhyme and song. The other night he had a nifty retort to the question, "How many drops are there In a leak?" Bob is one of the faster wits in the business, and would like nothing better than to engage Milton Berle in a battle of wit. GUS EDWARDS, who had to go to Hollywood to get that long-awaited radio break, was tendered a testimonial dinner at the Trocadero last night. His co-guests of honor included his proto-guys Georgie Jessel.

Eddie Cantor and Walter Wlnchell not to mention Armida, and, according to report, Mickey Mouse Niela Goodelle, Rudy Vallee's most fj "1 jp. .4 Boss Sven Jorgensen tosses Lee a party tonight. "IP THERE IS such a thing as a Columnists 1 Guild," Eve Symington, society singer in Matter of Myttery it Carl Rotinl, magician and whote novelty act may he teen in the Hotel Artr Yorker'i Terrace Room, Bob Lee the Sert Room of the Waldorf, sweetly cooed the other night, "the chairman probably puts the question like this: All those In favor say Overheard in the Hickory House: "The longest way around is the shortest way home." "Hmm," hmmed an rarsdropper, "are you a philosopher?" "Nope, cab driver." George Hall, band leader, says: "Gowns without hooks draw plenty of eyes." But the quickie of the week happened at Larue's, where a Broadwayite commented: "I've had my car two years and haven't paid a cent for repairs." "So the cashier at your service stations told me," retorted Dorothy Hall. NOTES Gamma Nu, a sorority composed exclusively of female night club entertainers who are college graduates, was organized in the Hotel Piccadilly recently, with Harriet Brent, Hunter, "36, a singer at the Show Bar in Forest Hills, as president. Its purpose Is to elevate the morals and intelligence of night club entertainment Senorita Maclovia, new partner dancing with Candide at El Chico, Is a member of the Spanish ballet of the Metropolitan Opera Company Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra go into the Palm Room of the Hotel Commodore Feb.

19 "Al" Stewart, sportsman, aviator and former all-Amerlcan lootball star at Navy, has.purchased an interest In the Chesapeake House and has stepped into the role of managing director Good news for the young crowd: Ozzie Nelson stays at the Silver Grill of the Hotel Lexington through May 6, his third extension Press release says Patrician Kent, Hollywood motion picture actress, has become a singer in the floor show at Anselmo's Cafe merely to acquaint herself with the atmosphere of New York night life, since she Is soon to be a night club recent pash, keeps that schoolgirl figure by way of the Claridge gym Willie Farmer had his nose Robert Hand-Taylord Harry Richman'j sincerity in putting over that flood benefit at the Royal Palm Club la Miami Sunday night drew much more applause and earnest congratulations than his commutation flying trip between the continents Russia's attempt to break into the picture production business will cost close to $500,000,000 for the 1936-'37 period. (And still they're not doing a Russian business) Arthur Boran calls most of those complainlnj Broadwayites "whine merchants" NIGHT CLUB INVENTORY OF HY-LITES rpHE Heckler's Squelch Squadron: HENNY YOCNGMAN at the 1 Yacht Club JACK WHITE at the Club 18 JACK -WALDRON at the Hollywood EDDIE DAVIS My nomination for 52d most hilarious team of zanies, dee-lightful, dee-licious, dee-mented OSHINS LESSY at the Caliente With another bow to Uie youthful, zippy-go-lucky HALE SISTERS dance routines at the same establishment and still another to JOE HERBERT for his amazing take-off of Harry Richman In short the Caliente has all the earmarks of becoming one of the really hot spots on Lunacy Lane For the Suavest-Emcee nobody can top BERT FROHMAN at the Paradise or anywhere else Any more than anybody can top MILT BERLE for triggertorts The 7 MARA-VILLAS at the French Casino provide one of the most thrilling acts the Stem has ever seen a Clyde Beatty thrill without animals Whistler FRED LOWREY, with Lopez at the Astor, is the Tarzan or the night clubs, offering a forest musical background The bols-trous YANVEGO VOODOO DANCERS at Le Mirage PAUL SYDELL and his almost-human pup at the aPradise The TRAMP BAND at the Cotton Club They5re the outstanding novelties in a street of novelties But the real novelty would be a packed club on a Monday night CAB CALLOWAY-down-South-ln-Dlxie is still the hottest male-heatwave this side of Florida. For sizzling, exciting, temperature-tilting rhythms I give you the ivory-thumping, throat-warbling of Hollywood's next picture sexsation FRANCES FAYE at the Yacht Club. Nobody runs her a close or even a distant second For Torso Slinging Seances I prefer KALOAH at Herman Stark's club MAE BROWN at the Uproar and TERAH NOAH'S noabty nudes at the Greenwich Village Casinah JENYA POBEDINA'S art at the Russian Art is noteworthy as is BOB LEE'S uncanny memorizing feats at the Wivel Mardi Gras a Hit The velvet ropes, exclusive supper club's S. R.

O. sign, stamp the current Mardi Gras In the "61" Room of the Bossert as a huge success. The week of festivity opened Wednesday and will be concluded Tuesday evening, Feb. 9. The Mardi Gras program continues tonight with a Venetian Carnival scene.

The "61" decorations will be changed from that of the Paris Montmartre to the romantic settings Mario and Fiona, dunce team, mho have perfected their art on both tides of the Atlantic, have been moved from the Sert Room of the Waldorf-Attaria into the Empire Room. Julinnna, premier ballerina, pupil of Kobeleff and Matlova, headline! the current variety floor thote in the Italian Village of the St. George. of the picturesque Venice at Carnival time. Foffe'g Popular One of the popular dining rendez vous on Brooklyn Heights is Foffe's, New Rural Antics The Village Barn, rural night club, announces a sparkling new revue will be ushered In tomorrow night, headed by Larry McMahon, master of ceremonies, and featuring the Flying Whirlos, dance trio on roller 155 Montague St.

Since the en hostess in a film. "Motion picture people will stop at nothing to get atmosphere," says the release: or a press agent to get clippings like these. PAUL DE CHATELAINE, maitre d'hotel at the Roosevelt Grill, Is regarded as one of the nation's outstanding authorities on cuLsine. After spending six days of the week fulfilling his duties at the Roosevelt he goes for recreation to his manse In the suburbs and does all the cooking for the big Sunday Chatelaine dinner. MORE NOTES Lady Suzanne Wilkins, larging of the dining room, equipped with new fixtures and lounge bar The Queen of the Mardi Gras, one of the more popular members of the younger set, will be selected In a colorful ceremony on Monday evening when Mardi Gras Carnival time makes Its debut.

Twenty prizes will be awarded that evening. Favors, costumes and appropriate music In addition to the dancy strains of the regular "61" orchestra will add zest to the carnival series. skates. Including booths, It is attracting many new patrons. Foffe's is owned Prior to their engagement at the Barn, the Whirlos gained recognition abroad and played command by two well-known Brooklyn men, Alfred and John Foffe, who are Associates Honor School Executive Miss Evelyn Meyenberg, assistant principal of Public School 47, was honored at a testimonial tea by 40 teachers of her school yesterday at the Hotel St.

George. Miss Meyenberg was on sabbatical leave last semester. Guests of honor Included Miss Margaret McCooey, associate superintendent of schools, and Miss Catherine Bauer, assistant superintendent of schools, and Mi.ss Irene Scale, principal of the school. Aiding Miss Scale, wl.o was in charge of arrangemet.ts, were Florence Baker, Ida Bahr, Eleanor performances before the Royalty of Sunday evening there will be the usual dance music after dinner while carrying on In the fine traditions established by them abroad several VERNON RICKARD voice at the Sapphire Room la another gem Ditto JOSEPHINE HUSTON'S histronics at the Hollywood and ADA LEONARD'S sophisticated strip please at the same cafe. (No matter how sophisticated you slice it It's still a strip off the old block) YVETTE RUGEL'S priceless pipes at Bill's Gay 90's will be heard around the world RITA RENAUD at Bertolottis, BENNY GOODMAN at the Penasylvania, EMERY DEUTSCH at the Rainbow Room and TERRY GREEN'S terpisicorking capers at Al Jerry's spot also rate ace-Hy Mardi Gras revelers rest.

Europe. Appearing with them are Floria Vestoif, tap dancer who has been held over fo. an extended engagement of two weeks; Margie Clemens, singer; Mike Ballero, impersonator, and Tex Lewis and his Hill Billies alternating with Milt Mann's orchestra. wife of the famous explorer, Sir Hubert Wilkins, made her professional night club debut as a singer at Mon Paris last week She Is the former Suzanne Bennett, Shubcrt and Earl Carroll musical comedy star I.sham Jones' music at the Blue Room of the Hotel Lincoln is something worth lending an car to El Bolero in the Village celebrates its fifth anniversary this week with a new show called "The Curaracha Returns." Dimitri, genial host at Club Gaucho in the Village, who can usually be counted upon for a surprise feature or two each week, is this week presenting the Countess Lida Santelli, Italian opera star Many of the nightspots are donating percentages of the receipts to the with me And on the 18th a newcomer to New York goes into Leon Eddies to do a shakedown-dancing version of Simone Simon a lady who calls herself SALOME-SALOME. (Salome fun, huh kid?) That's this reporter's Night Club Inventory of Hy-Lites but a-s Harry Hcrschfield says, "Its Only One Mans Opinion!" And now jor years ago.

Refugees Tell the Story Marta's Spanish Restaurant has found a new occupation for the refugees of the civil war in Spain. All the waiters employed there are refugees of the war on the other side and are thrilling patrons with their eye-witness stories of the real what's what on the other side. Their tales of the monstrosities occurring some of that highly-publicized Florida Sunshine Crowds in the Forest Co'itinuing his policy of presenting new attractions each week, Hans Jaeger, veteran restaurateur and owner of the Black Forest Inn in fi hwaben Hall, 474 Knickerbocker will present a carnival dance and entertainment in the large ballroom of the building Sunday. The renowned Schwaben Hall has for many years been a popular German rendezvous, and experienced a rebirth and rejuvenation when Hans Jaeger took charge. Vast al Quinn, Josephine Wieman and Virginia Korn, Mayelioff, the Composer Eddie Mayehoff, whose orchestra is featured nightly for dinner and supper in the Hotel Wellington Grill, will introduce four new songs written by himself during his dance offerings throughout the following week.

Mayehoff, who sings and plays the piano with his dance orchestra, has written special music for personalities like Eve Symington, Lita Grey Chaplin, Marion Chase and others. $675 Check Theft Holds Probationer Paul King, 32, of 1019 E. 2d was held without bail for hearing there are the greatest thrill Marta's Red Cross flood relief fund. Among these Isham Jones are the Hollywood, Jimmie Kelly's, Murray's Restaurant opposite Radio City, the Stork Club and many others. To all of them we extend a robust round of applause.

GIVE to the American Red Cross for flood relief. Restaurant has offered to date. terations have been made to the building and the Black Forest Inn is now one of the gayest spots In LEONARD 'ADA that locality. Chop house that earned VY lis reputation on Kor-1" syth St. and tntn the East Forties recently.

Fine, solid (are, reasonably priced. Big political patronage. Luncheon Corktalls Dinner Late Suppr 501 East 4Dth St. M.dorado 5-15 IS iSiWtdumui Tku)tttfinAaiion. LENNIE HAYTON (JneL HU dsmtd.

tadlo Oiuktibut. Hans Jaeger Is In personal charge of Black Forest Inn. He has lived in Brooklyn for many years and Is one of the borough's best known proprietors of dining and RUFE DAVIS dancing spots. Miss Howe Sings Monday on a charge of grand larceny when he was arraigned yesterday before Magistrate Solomon in Felony Court. The complainant, Mrs.

Almiran-do Bianco of 470 69th charged that her husband, Angelo, now In a hospital, gave King a check for $675 to cash on Nov. 21. and that King never returned with the money, which the Biancos had obtained is a loan from a bank for repairs to their home. King was on probation after receiving a suspended sentence from Federal Judge Byers for forging a Government money order. his belief that any compulsory Inspection should start with new cars.

Need Better Teacher "We have go to turn out a better class of teacher for driver," the commissioner stated. "I am of the firm belief that we will have to set up rlged rules for teachers of learners, through legislation. If necessary, creating a special fitness group." President John Werring presided at the dinner. Other speakers were Frederick R. Sanborne, association By Side of the Sea New York University's Alma Mater Song, "The Palisades" will be featured in the College Series Presentations In the Ocean Terrace of the Half Moon Hotel, near Sea Gate, Coney Island, this week-end.

Marion Kaye, vivacious song stylist, will lead the varsity cheers of N. Y. U. and other colleges and sing popular "swing" numbers in the entertainment and dance program which Includes Ken Casey and his College Rhythm orchestra. I St Wr-P Dorothy Howe, 18, contralto of the stage and screen, has been signed to appear in the Delia Robbia Room of the Hotel Vanderbllt for dinner and supper nightly.

Miss Howe returned DINE and DANCE IN THE Atmosphere of Old Spain EL CHICO 10 OOVf ST rODX CH.I.M 2.4645 Harnett Attacks Ignorance of Auto Industry Ranks Special to The Eagle Garden City, Feb. 5. The principal trouble that Commissioner Charles A. Harnett, of the State Motor Vehicle Bureau, finds in the automobile industry is Ignorance, he told the 250 members of the Brooklyn and Long Island Automobile Dealer's Association who gathered at a dinner in the Garden City Hotel last night. "It's up to you and similar organizations to keep out the dealer who doesn't belong', the unscrupulous and dishonest dealer who gets in through the back door," he declared.

"We want to prevent the thing that is umair, but at the same time we must safeguard the man and woman who purchases and operates from Washington 'his week after appearing at the Raleigh Hotel for the Inaugural ceremonies. Eddie tot mm? Lane and his orchestra, who recently completed their fourth month at the Vanderbllt, will be heard with Miss Howe, besides furnishing the music for dinner and supper dances nightly. COVER CHARGE counsel, who explained the Robin-son-Patman act and the Feld-Crawford law; and Ralph Ebbert, association manager, who discussed pending legislation. The committee in charge of the affairs was headed by William B. Jones.

Citizens Democrats Plan Charity Ball The third annual charity ball of Smooths ssMssssssssssssssssWssssssssMBMHC Vj iVIlTn 1 Jt 30.OI0P.M. BRANDWYNNE ESSEX HOUSE Circle 7-0300 (Dinner, $1.75) Supper. II 41 414 1 I urn IFeod I JUaVsMjV A I 1 treat1 10:10 jffj ij'jlj1''' HO COVER ns.x.. GRILL. Opp.

Penn Station. Dinner and Supper RAY O'HARA cover charge anywhere. VJUYCIIIUI V.IIIIIUII Dancing. Ni 4o the Citizens' Democratic Club of Queens Village Js scheduled for next Friday at the Community Gardens Ballroom, 215-32 Jamaica, Queens Village. Proceeds will be used to aid the work of the Citizens Civic and Welfare Committee of Queens County.

Former Deputy Sheriff John H. Crawford is chairman of this group and executive member of the other. a n.otor vehicle," lie said. Speaking of the agitation for compulsory inspection of motor vehicles, the commissioner stated frankly that he did not know what his bureau was going to do about it. On the basis of the lact that between five and six percent of accidents are due to defective mechanism, he declared LOIUBnilDO BLUE ROOM.

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Also Broolilyn'i moit beaulilul rendezvous lor dining and dancing. Here amid modern aurroundings jrou can dine and dance and enjoy (he lame peerleis service and line food so popular in llie days when Mother and Dad stepped out. Excellent Facilities for Banquets, Weddings and All Social Functions. OI SPECIALTY SEA FOOD-STEAKS and CHOPS FINEST WINES and LIQUORS Smart Society Dances Nightly lo Ann'iiat's t'invniost Orclii'stnis in Manhattan's I. ratlins: lltttrls ETdTEK'S SIZZLING HAMBURGER PLATTER, Veq.

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