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TREASURE ISLE COMBINGSBY CHRISTIE anrCHELLStars fell on Sul Jen Wednesday night when smiling Sam Maceo and his inevitable white carnation opened his orientally decorated, night club with th* throbbing rumbas, smooth waltzes and assdng-l«g fox truta o£ the poetic looking VhI Olman and his band.Wednesday night we saw nnrt mrt star newspaper men, bankers, politicians, beachcombers, lawyers and oilmen; but tha Venus {the brightest star In the heaven) of the assembled luminaries was Lila Carmen, singer extraordinary . . . with the figure of a “Miss Universe,1* Ow magnetic* vitality ol a dynamo, and the voice of a nightingale, Carmen. had the crowd spell bound with thfc first notea of Her opening number, “Broadway Rhythm’* . . . Shs would be singing encores till yet if the crowd had bod anything to do about it.FIRST MCI ITERS.iI Newspaper men are notorious first nlgbters and many were present Cor Sui Jen's opening. Mel Washburn, New Orleans Morning Tribune columnist, came down wilh a New Orleans delegation which included Mel Harder, columnist on the Times Picayune. W. L. Hells. Louisiana oil tycoon and George McQueen, former Galveston boy who has gone far in the entertainment world . . , Washburn devoted a whole column to the opening ... He said, “When Sam Macco takes the king's sceptre tonight as ruler or Texas night life, he’ll he bowing to a New Orleans delegation at the ringside of his Sul Jen supper club.Vic Emanuel and Bill Gardner, formerly with The News and now wilh the Houston Post were at a ringside table with their dates. Marian Williams and Ava Scnglemann - - • Howard Brooks, the sophisticated swindler, pulled a hlghbull out of a bag that the cruv/d thought contained only a golf ball, and gave it to Ava , . . She thought It was only water until she took a gulp .. .Other first nlghters: Joy Biering, Agnes Kelly, Harry Rasmussen, Doug Pickard, Katharine Rasmussen, W. A. Johnson Jr., Frances Buhmann, Johnnie Junker, Marguerite Srcchmnn, E. H. Thornton Jr.. £i*ke Burka, Bob Trunk, Elizabeth Wilson, Tummy Shaw, Knox PitLard and Buttons, the clever youngster and png* hoy from Holol Roosevelt in Mew Orleans who will do his chores at Sui Jen for the nexL few weeks.was so rough and the wind sc strong, the race had to be postponed.POLITICS.Now that political candidates are swinging earnestly into their campaign, handshakes, bockslapplng and black three for a nlekle cigars are becoming the rage. As the voice of the people, we would like to give a hint to candidates. There Is a growing group of young islanders who have pledged themselves to vote for the politicians who make the shortest speeches. FOR JUNE 10.Caught Larry Doyle. Etta May Kauffman, John Driscoll and Agnes Sullivan nlghtclubhing Friday night. Doyle, a big blund gentleman from New York, is directing the show, Galveston Gats,’’ and says the gals arc doing all the good and that a great show will be ready by June 10.TELLTALE.They tell us . , . Anthony Fer-titta has just returned from Louisiana and is ready to have a big season with a carnation at ulghi and a bathing wiit in the day lime . . . Brother Sam hitting the high spots with Lila . . . Many pay that big brother Frank taught them both all they know . . . Elizabeth Andrews’ boy friend Hal was supposed to catch a boat wilh his brother ... He caught ihe boat but his brother had to say good-by to too many girls and missed iL . . . Margaret Dubbins bought some snappy while shoes recently.BIG NEWS.Dog bitea men—no news. Man bites dog—news. Two and a hitlf year-old boy hi tea big German po^ lice dog - big news. And that Is what little blond John I .amnia did to a big police dog that kept barking at him. John got angry and bit the dog on the ear making him howl and run away. +----
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Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas, US
Mon, May 25, 1936
Page 5
Full Page
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