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Mid-Night Man About Chicago (Town) 
by T. R. Watson

TODAY IN CHICAGO:

A noise louder than any being made by Il Duce’s heavy artillery, is that being uttered at every meeting of an Ethiopian show person. . . . ”Don’t forget me in your column.” . . . True enough that the theatrical spirit has returned to the Windy City . . . but what do the cafe owners think? ..........”Phooney from me to you! . . . Must be a little touched in the head.”

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NIGHT CLUB SCENE:

The acknowledgement of a heavy butter and egg man’s entrance to a beautiful and spacious nite-club. . . . The quintessence headwaiter’s bow, almost touching the floor . . . the exotic dance tunes . . . the atmosphere:. . . . .perfumed cigarettes . . . staled cigarettes. . . reefers . . . the presentation of the best table to the ”would-be-big shot” . . . and his four-flushing companions . . . the dazzling floor show . . . the wisecracking comedian, ala Leonard Reed . . . doubling as master of ceremony . . . the over-joyed managers . . . the hurrahing bunch of merry-makers . . . the stewed ones . . . the unfortunate, who is unable to pay his check, which he has so willingly accumulated . . . the toss out . . . the young "used to be" golddiggers . . . their playing with old codgers . . . punching the buttons on their vest like hitting the cash register . . . these are the scenes you may witness in a modern night club be it . . . Chicago . . . New York . . . Los Angeles . . . Paris . . . Shanghai . . . no matter where you go it is all the same.

NIGHT CLUB REVIEW:

Night after night via fast cab, from cafe to cabaret . . . such is the regular routine of the ”MID-NIGHT MAN” about Chicago Town, sometimes referred to as the ”Thin Man” . . . At Panama . . . All Jimmy White ala Fred Astaire . . . Nadine Douglass doing a Ginger Rogers . . . Everybody doing someone other than themselves . . . MAE ALIX . . . Queen of Splits ....is Mae Alix. . . .Little moon—eyed Judy Crummie, who was moon-struck, singing the blues . . . Ray Nance in the music making doing a Ray Noble.

Now I check in at the De Lisa Gardens . . . Here Pauline Bryant reviving Lita Grey . . . Bobbie Love, the crooner, at his best... Geary Johnson the barker (M. C.) . . . Albert Ammons showing off his ivory tickling as Art Tatum listens . . . Down State street to the Annex. . . . Billy Mitchell ”King of the Night Clubs” prunes up his mouth and sings risque songs . . . over being the master of introducers . . . Clarence Weems, as a tragedian . . . Ruth Harris . . . a lovely soprano . . . Adios!

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A dash of alcoholic stimulant to steel me against the icy blast of winds which the city is noted . . . South to the Cabin Inn, the side-show of Chicago cabarets. . . . where the ”She-Males” imagine themselves to be all of Hollywood’s famous movie stars . . . A half five minutes of this carnival . . . then . . . GRAND TERRACE . . . more serious . . . more sophisticated . . . more sublime . . . Katherine Perry, who revives her “I Just Couldn’t Take It Baby" song . . . Louise ”Jotta” Cook . . . Mrs. Herbert Mills in private life . . . the original queen of hip tossers . . . the same old engine with
the stream-line chassis . . . air conditioned . . . Sammy Dyer, producer of the floor show, the man who mode the Regalettes famed the world over . . . Arthur Simpkins, the lyric tenor. . . Mellow Norton and Margo . . . one of the world’s finest dance teams . . . Pops and Louie . . . trucking and tucking all honors of the Revue . . . EARL HINES is really playing fine music these days . . . and a bevy of lovely chorines.

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GARFIELD, the REVIERA 
. . . Dave’s Place . . . Leonard Reed . . . the suntanned blonde producer and (MILTON BERLER) ... Ida Brown . . . olive-complexioned . . . singing . . . ”It's Over Because We’re Through” . . . Ruble Blakey with his Garbo’s wrapped in Suede . . . wearing a green tie. (cruising. colors) . . . CIRO’S . . . Walk in. . . a very blase lounge . . .  Billy Ward just the opposite . . . Winona Short . . . most charming singer of songs . . . out . . . A hurried breakfast . . . consisting of fine milk-fed chicken. . .at Strumm’s . . . Demi-tasse at my apartment . . . overlooking the Reviera . . . Pecking out this copy, I recommend the following . . . .
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