Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 210, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 January 1935 — Page 12

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Welcoming New Year at White House Described by Architect-Magician President Roosevelt an Interested Spectator, J. Elder Blackledge Recalls; Eighty-four Guests Attend. BY BEATRICE BL'RGAN Times Homan * Pa gt Editor J ELDER BLACKLEDGE. architect and modern magician has returned . from Washington with the delightful memory of having seen the New Year in with President Roosevelt and his family, gathered in the President's study. Before Mr Blackledge went to New York and Philadelphia shortly after Christmas on a lecture trip, he received the invitation of the Whin House to entertain its guests on New Year's Eve. Mr. Blarkkrigr was acquainted with the Roosevelt hospitality, for he had been a guest at a reception last May, and he accepted the invitation

with a sense of gratification. The party was given in honor of friends of President and Mrs. Roosevelt's sons and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. James Roosevelt. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, and Franklin Roosevelt Jr. Eignty-four of their friends had come from all parts of the country to attend the dinner and entertainment following. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt had arranged to come from Chicago by plane, but weather conditions prevented their arrival, and the party continued without them. Mr. Blackledge at all times during the party was impressed with the genuine interest of President and Mrs. Roosevelt in the happenings of the party. “The President was alert and interested at all times,” Mr. Blackledge recalled as we chatted about his trip. "Despite the formality’ of the procedure, the President and

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Mrs Roosevelt's attitude made one feel that there was nothing to be awed about.” Mr. Blarkledge explained ttiat at the entrance, guests, of course, presented their cards, were shown their places on the dining-room chart and were ushered to the Crystal room where they quickly gathered in groups. •'The guests moved quietly down the hallway after the announcement

of the arrival of President and Mrs Roosevelt, who entered with their son. James Roosevelt. At the Ushaped table, the President sat on the outside of the table with his mother to nis right and Mrs. Roosevelt directly across from him on the inside of the table. “Gleaming new china and silver services were used with antique pieces, burnished softly in dimmed tones,” Mr. Blackledge recalled. The party moved back to the crystal room after the dinner and sat in chairs arranged in a circle. After exhibition dancing and music. James Roosevelt introduced Mr. Blackledge with the words that "it had always been a mystery to me how architects knew how to get buildings together, and here was a man who could not only do that but could mystify one with his acts of conjury.” t President Interested Mrs. Roosevelt had been moving about among the guests, and when it came time for Mr. Black!edge's entertainment, she sat close beside him. For twenty-five minutes he entertained the party with pure ! sleight-of-hand tricks, adapted to emphasize the idea of dexterity, j These tricks made the guests alert; and eager for more entertainment. The President watched closely, and frequently after some particularly ] intricate trick he removed his glasses and polished them thoughtfully. One trick involved the use of cards and a cigaret case, and the President neld the case during the process of the trick. The President's eyes twinkled, as he watched Mr. Blackledge. When Mr. Blackledge went to get the case, the President had substituted his own; Mr. Blackledge’s wits were sharp, too, and he said, "I will be delighted to accept your case in exchange for my own.” j The President laughed and returned the magician's case to him. While guests danced. Mrs. Roosevelt invited Mr. Blackledge to remain with the family to see the new year in. As if by signal, guests left shortly after 11. Drink to New Year Mr. Blackledge went to the Presi- j dent's study in the Oval room, I where Mrs. Roosevelt. Mr. and Mrs. James Roosevelt and young Mrs. Roosevelts sister. Miss Barbara Cushing, Boston; the President's mother and two of his secretaries sat together and chatted about a variety of subjects, quite like any other family. The President knew a great deal about magician's tricks. Mr. Blackledge learned in their conversation. “Just before midnight an orchestra in the hallway played Auld Lang Syne* and the party stood up to drink to the New Year,” Mr. Blackledge recalled. “After that the Pres-! idem reminisced of New Years spent in other lands; his mother recalled some of his youthful escapades. Shortly afterward I sensed by the attentions of the secretary to the President, that it was time to leave. I left, feeling humble and awed that I had greeted the New Year in the presence of the Presidents family circle.” THETA SIGMA PHI ALUMSAE TO MEET Supper and manuscript meeting of alumnae of Theta Sigma Phi Sorority will be held Tuesday. Supper will be served at 7 at The Cottage. 729 N. Pennsylvania-st, followed by a meeting at the home of Miss Hildred Funk. 45 Spink-Arms Ann*x. at 7:30. Reservations are to be made with Miss Funk by MonGay. Officers Installed Joint installation of officers of Major Robert Anderson Post No. 369 and Women's Relief Corps No. 44 was held Wednesday at Ft. Friendly. James Clark is commander of the post and Elizabeth Helms, corps president.

Daily Recipe CHOCOLATE FUDGE 2 cups sugar 1-S teaspoon salt 1 cup irradiated evaporated milk 2 squares bitter chocolate 2 tablespoons butter 1-2 teaspoon vanilla i-2 cup pecans C.iok sugar. salt, shaved cho*>late and milk slowly until ugar dissolves, then rapidly to soft ball stage. 236 degrees. stirring constantly. Remove from fire. cool. Add butter. vanilla and pecans. Beat until crystalline, turn onto buttered plate and mark into squares, or knead until soft and plastic. Yield: l l * pounds.

Mrs. Hitz Heads Public Nursing Group of City At the annual luncheon meeting of the Public Health Nursing Association yesterday in the Claypool. Mrs. Benjamin D. Hitz was elected president; Mrs. James C. Todd, second vice president, and Miss Julia Walk, corresponding secretary. Directors chosen for the term 1935-33 are Mesdames Louis Burekhardt. Alexander G. Cavins. Frederick R. Kautz, E. Vernon Hahn. Othniel Hitch, Charles F. Neu, B. F. Terrell and W. W. Thornton. Mrs. Kautz, retiring president, presided at the meeting. Mrs. O. N. Torian was chairman of the nominating committee, also composed of Mrs. O. N. Ebert and Miss Julia Harrison Moore. Entertainment began with a song. "Here Comes tie Nurse.” words by Helen Whittingham, as the staff nurses marched in. in uniform. Miss Hazel Johnson gave a brief demonstration of the nurse’s bag. A skit. “A RoundTable Conference,” was presented by Mrs. Ruby R. Timmerman, educational supervisor, and five staff nurses, Reba Beale. Josephine Brown. Mary M. Hastings. Genevieve Lowe and Helen Whittingham. In the year's report. Miss Bcatx*ice Short, superintendent, said that 8078 more free visits were made than in 1933. There was an increase in the number of acutely sick persons and those suffering from communicable diseases. More than three times as many visits were made to placarded cases as in the previous year. A total of 74.856 vis.ts were made to 10.335 persons. ALUMNAE TO DINE WITH MISS BOOTH Business meeting and dinner are scheduled for 6:30 tonight at the home of Miss Mabel Booth by Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Xi Delta sorority. Mrs. K. G. Baker. Misses Reeta Clark and Nolle Coats will assist Miss Booth. Following dinner, the business meeting will be hold with Mrs. R. L. McKay presiding. Officers will be elected for the coming year. BRIDGE WINNERS LIST ANNOUNCED Winners in the Woman's Contract Club of Indianapolis play yesterday at the Indianapolis Athletic Club were: Section 1. north and south. Mrs. Martin Scott and Mrs. H. D Ellis; east and west, Mrs. Hal T. Bonham and Mrs. Alex Metzger, and Section 2. north and south, Mrs. Elmer Ittenbach and Mrs. W. A. Cooper, and east and west. Mrs. L. J. Blackmore and Mrs. Elmer Holtgren. Miss Klinefelter Weds Mr. and Mrs. Jacob E. Klinefelter announce the marriage of their daughter. Miss Irma Klinefelter, to Don Bailey on Jan. 5 in Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey are at ; home at 925 Chestnut-st, Columbus.

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- Photo bv At res Photo-Reflex. Miss Mary Beatrice Whiteman Ore-act play, "The Tie That Binds.” will be presented by Miss Mary Beatrice Whiteman, dramatic reader, at an Expression Club meeting at 2 Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Lloyd C. Litten, 1309 E. lOth-st. Mrs. Glenethel Thursh will sing a group of songs. Mrs. William Brower Ward is club president.

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Three-quarter coats * to V dark skirts. The tunic j Buffet supper will be serv< j bers of Kappa Chapter. Epsilon, national honorary sorority, at a meeting at 6: day night at the home of Basil Fausset, 333 Hamptoi The hostess committee Miss Violet Albers, chairm; , Misses Helen Louise Titus , Pruitt and Ruth Otte. assisi , Mrs. Walter E. Trcanor ranged a musical program temporary Russian compos will read a paper on the sub 1 open discussion of current l events will follow the music ! . bers. \ The program will include > & \ "Sarcasme” " T . ??!\ ra B “Marchen F Minor’’ ,■*, “Toccate” Piano Trio ...... Boris Yiat

STATE DAY PARTY OF SORORITY SET Mrs. Richard Lennox was chosen general chairman of state day celebration of Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority to be held in April at a meeting last night of the sorority alumnae at the home of Miss Julia Miller, 718 E. Morris-st. Other chairmen include Mrs. E. B. Lamb, reservationus; Mrs. Robert Shultz, dance, and Mrs. Walter Dearing. luncheon. Arrangements were made for a bridge party to be held March 16 at Ayres auditorium. Assisting Miss Kathryn Snow, chairman, will be Misses Elizabeth Smith. Louise Berndt, Thelma Haworth and Mrs. Grady Cline.

ALUMNAE TO ATTENQ ROSE DINNER

The rose dinner of Delta Sigma Epsilon Alumnae Club will be held tonight in the gold room of the Marott. Miss Kathryn Heath, chairman of arrangements, has been assisted by Miss Effie Willey. Miss Carolyn Ackmann will be toastmaster and is chairman of the entertainment committee. Her assistants are Mrs. Frank Ody and Mrs. William Paden. A program will be presented bypupils of Adelaide Conte, Alice Cooper and Hanna Beck, all of the Irvington School of Music. The program will be as follows: The Second Minuet.” junior vocal class and Alice A. Hite; clown tap dance.. Billy Butler; Alice in Wonderland.'' Lucy Hollingsworth: ballet dance, Betty Ann Florack; Spanish serenader. Chester McLaughlin; military dance. Beverly hull; echoes from "Jennv Lind. Mary E Colter, and Dutch dance. Beverly Hull and Be*ty Ann Florack.

Personals

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crain and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wilkinson were to sail from New York todayon the Stratendam for a SoUvii American cruise. Mrs. John T. Bruce and Mr. and Mrs. Eber Reser and son Lawrence are spending this month in Homestead Fla. Before returning to Indianapolis they will visit in KeyWest and Cuba. Mrs. Stella C. King left this morning to attend the Culbertson national convention in Chicago. Mrs. King is manager of the SpinkArms bridge studio. D. *4. R. Meet Mrs. Albert Holman, 1412 Shan-non-av, was hostess for a meeting of the Irvington Daughters of the American Revolution held yesterday. Mrs. A. N. Stevens read a paper on • The Work of the D. A. R. at Ellis Island.’’

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Three-quarter coats will limit bright colors to tunic blouses over dark skirts. The tunic frock, below, has a straight black skirt and a tunic of gold wool, highlighted with vari-colored sash.

Mrs. Fausset to Entertain Kappa Chapter Buffet supper will be served members of Kappa Chapter. Mu Phi Epsilon, national honorary musical sorority, at a meeting at 6:30 Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. C. Basil Fausset, 333 Hampton-dr. The hostess committee includes Miss Violet Albers, chairman, with Misses Helen Louise Titus, Mable Pruitt and Ruth Otte, assistants. Mrs. Walter E. Treanor has arranged a musical program of contemporary Russian composers and will read a paper on the subject. An open discussion of current music events will follow the musical numbers. The program will include: "Der Enterich” A. Goedicke “Reigenlied” A. Goedicke Miss Ruth Wagener. soprano. “Sarcasme'' ProkeflefF “Marchen F Minor” Medtner “Toccate” Prokofieff Miss Mary Gottman pianist. Piano Trio Boris Liatoschinskv Miss Imogene Pierson, pianist; Mrs. Treanor. violinist, and Mrs. Saul Bernat, ’cellist. Officers Begin Duties Miss Dolly Whetstine was installed as president of Chi Delta Chi Sorority recently, and oter officers taking the oath of office included Mrs. Harold Andres, vice president; Miss Melba Taylor, recording secretary; Miss Lydia Rose Reece, corresponding secretary, and Miss Faye McComiskey, treasurer. Miss Ruth Stewart was appointed warden; Miss Frieda Collman, chaplain, and Mrs. Alfred Eggert, pledge captain. Skating Party Set Senior students of St. John Academy will hold an annual skating party Friday, Jan. 18, at Riverside Rink with the class officers in charge, Rose Boland, Ellen Fitzgerald, Helen Allison and Bernice Shover. Committees include Marie Kiefer and Florence Murphy; tick- | ets; Gertrude Koers, Gertrude Leimgruber, Lucille Scheurer and Mary Creeden, advertising.

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Feminist of Turkey to Speak Miss Selma Ekrem Will Be Heard Tomorrow at Luncheon. Mrs. C. W. Foltz will introduce Turkey's leading feminist. Miss Selma Ekrem at the luncheon tomorrow at the Columbia Club following the Town Hall talk at 11 on “From Eastern Harem to Western Freedom.” Mrs. William Edwin Gavin will be hostess for a discussion luncheon, and also seated at the speakers’ table will be Misses Edith Alex* ander, Clara Gilbert and Blanche Shaw; Mesdames A. H. Steinbrecker. Elsie C. Brant, Demarchus C. Brown, J. I. Holcomb, Jessie Holcomb Strickland and Samuel Lewis Shank. Others will be Mesdames Ernest Krutzsch, John D. Shaw, William C. Kern, Wilbur C. Johnson, John J. Cooper. Harry E. Barnard and James I. Gavin. Miss Ekrem, author of “Unveiled,” came from Turkey in 1933 to represent her country at the National j Council of Women in Chicago, and ! has spent the winters of each succeeding year lecturing in America.

Manners and Morals BY JANE JORDAN

What's your obsession? Let Jane Jordan help you dispense with it! Put your troubles in a letter today! Dear Jane Jordan—l am a boy 19 years old. I would- like to know how to keep from being self-con-scious. I blush very easily when in the company of either boys or girls. I quit school because I couldn't get up to recite without blushing. It has become an obsession now, so much so that I practically prefer death to living. BENNY. Answer: You don’t have to stop breathing to end blushing. A bet-

ter understanding j of why you blush may lead to some f corrective ideas. | Pathological blush- | ing is said to arise an internal conflict in a person who wishes both to be modest and to jbe noticed. The blush serves two purposes. On the one hand, it is an exaggeration o f normal feelings of

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modesty and shame; on the other, it is an involuntary method of attracting attention to a person who has repressed strong exhibitionist tendencies. Clothes serve the same contradictory functions of modesty and display. They are modest in that they cover the body, and exhibitionistic in that they show it off. They are a great compromise between two conflicting motives and have been called by Flugel, “a perpetual blush upon the surface of humanity.” Concentrate on the things which you do best, and learn to do them so well that you attract the attention of your fellows. Your gain in self-confidence will lessen your feeling of shame in being observed, and legitimate recognition will lessen your secret exhibitionistic needs. At present both desires are cut of proportion or else you would not feel that the continuance of life was such a burden. Probably it will take some time for you to straighten yourself out, but don’t give up.

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Miss Elsie Bahn Delta Sigma Chi Sorority will sponsor a supper and dance at the Foodcraft Shop at 7 Tuesday. Miss Elsie Bahn is chairman, and will be assisted by Mrs. Louise Jones, Mrs. Florence Edmondson and Miss Betty Miller.

Theta Zcta Chi Elects Miss Angela McGlinchy is the new president of Theta Zeta Chi Sorority. Other officers are Misses Renee Brooks, vice-president; Mary Kull, secretary, and Dorothy Welch, treasurer.

Dear Jane Jordan: I'll be 21 soon and am very much in love with a man almost six years older than I am. When I first met him I thought I was still in love with another boy who lives in another state. When he came here again for the summer I went around with him, but discovered I lover the older man best. So before the boy went home I told him I loved somebody else. He cried and went on so that I was terribly sorry for him and was almost sick with worry. He's found some other girl to love now, and I'm glad for him. Now I can feel the change in my older man friend. He was never the same after the first boy was here. He never tells me he loves me any more. Before the first boy friend came to see me, the man I love now even asked me to marry him. Os course I couldn’t at the time, but now I almost wish I had. I'm so puzzled and heartbroken at his changed attitude. We don’t have a phone and I call’ him up when we go together. I always had to make the first move. I knew he wouldn't dream of coming out to the house, and as I couldn't bear it, I'd call him up. I don’t think I can put up with it; much longer. I have my pride. I have a feeling he's in love with a! girl he has known for years, but he | never says anything about her. I j think you’ll tell me to give him up, but can I? No. LOVESICK W. Answer: Perhaps your boy friend is one of those men who can’t remain interested in a girl he is sure of. Lots of men enjoy stepping in between a pair of lovers until they succeed in taking the girl away from the other man. Then the game loses its zest. If he has done this several times before, you may be sure that his performance is compulsory and that he will be likely to continue it to the end of the chapter. The causes fpr such behavior are deeply seated in infantile fixations. An enlightened girl would not bother with such a man. tt a b Dear Jane Jordan: Where can I find a list of what movies are suitable for children to see? Answer: In the “Parent’s Magazine” which is published monthly and sold on most news stands. PARTY TENDERED TO RECENT BRIDE Mrs. Carl C. Tape, formerly Miss Nina M. Layne, attended a dinnerbridge party and shower Wednesday at the Blue Berry Muffin tearoom as a guest of employes of the L. M. Brown Abstract Cos. Blue and silver appointments were used.

CITY FOLK ACTIVE IN FLORIDA

By l imes Special MIAMI BEACH. Fla., Jan. 11. Indianapolis residents vacationing here enter into the informal social activities of luncheons, receptions and pridge parties. Mrs. Lucius M. Wamwright entertained Tuesday at the Panacast with a bridge party and yesterday she was hostess for a group of friends at luncheon. Mrs. H. A. Boomer was among the guests at luncheon Tuesday at the Bath Club and Mr. and Mrs. John G. McKay, formerly of Indianapolis, were luncheon hosts to Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Richards, South Orange, N. J. | Assisting Dr. and Mrs. Frank Foxworthy at their Park-av home atl the recent reception honoring Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Foxworthy, I were Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Millikan and Miss Sara Jane Millikan. SOCIAL SERVICE GROUP TO MEET Mrs. Roscoe Conkle, chairman of the social service section of the J Municipal Gardens Woman's Department Club will be in charge of a meeting to be held at 11 Monday' at the clubhouse. Covered dish j luncheon will follow. Mrs. E. V- Meirer. hostess, will be assisted by Mesdames E. A. Dills. T. T. Evans, H. p. Willwerth, Lat! Gatewood and Mattie Glenn. Mrs. j Holmer Trotter and Mrs. W. R. Kel- 1 ley will present a musical program, j Mrs. W. H. Hodgson, chairman of hospitality, will be assisted by Mrs. William Jones and Mrs. Frank Wood. Mrs. Robert Shank will preside. Club Members Meet Mrs. Maude Jones entertained members of the Happy Hollow Club at her home, 458 N. Randolph-st today at a covered-dish luncheon, meeting. Mrs. George Stevenson presided and 10 members were present, 1

Prisoner Fares Better in Some Ways Than Free Man Who Respects Law; Case of Convict Released After 22 Years Reveals Paradox in Which Poverty Outside Walls Plays Part. BY HELEN WELSHIMER NLA Service Stall Writer WHEN an Italian, imprisoned for murder 22 years ago. was released recently from one of the Western penitentiaries, he walked out a decidedly wiser man. He now speaks three languages fluently and correctly, plays the piano and the violin, has a trade, and understands the rudiments of the subjects which comprise the main volumes in the most used books of knowledge. Thanks to prison, he is ready to enter on a fuller, richer life than he otherwise would have, in all probability. He is is big enough to admit it.

In fact, if he didn't possess that bigness he never would have reaped the reward of freedom. From all directions dissenting cries are arising, of course. Listen to them. Is it justice that a prisoner be given food, shelter, an education, and leisure for cultural advantages while men who have violated no law starve for these things, you ask? A man who has taken a life profiting more than he who has obeyed the letter of the law? Wouldn't it be well for all men to go to prison in order to promote their self improvement, the cry goes on? If the prisoners are pampered, and sturdy citizens go homelsss, where is there any justice anyway? The arguments are numerous. We grant all of them. But the prisoner's song contains a few stanzas that aren’t so bad, either. Men who are isolated bdeause of

a crime are given a stigma of punishment at once, a stiema that you couldn't hire an upright man. outside of prison, to exchange for an angel's tongue that spoke seven languages and a golden harp to play all day long. tt tt tt tt tt tt Constructive Aid Given 1 CERTAINLY we wish that all of the world might have the freedom and equality of privileges which our near-sighted forefathers believed possible when they drew up the Constitution of the United States. But life is never equal. It is a compromise. And since some men must go to prison, why shouldn’t they be encouraged to train themselves to bring something of fineness and richness into the world in which they shall presently live again? Nature itself is constructive. Everything which seemingly disappears has anew birth. The harvest is gathered in the autumn but the seeds begin to grow with spring. The life force is a reaching, growing one. And so is the soul force. It is far better to give a human being who never had a chance, one who took the wrong turn in the road or one who may have had a warped viewpoint, a clear, concise vision of helpfulness than to press the imprint of his wrongness deeper into him. If he is man enough to respond to constructive aid, he is mart enough to lament his misdeeds. We don’t need to spend half as much time as we do worrying about the moat in our orother’s eye. a tt a a a a Viewed From Another Angle 1 HERE is another point, too. Maybe thousands of prisoners do not avail themselves of the opportunities presented to them. Maybe a very vew accept opportunities worthily, you say. Very well. But if it were your father, brother or husband who came back, a worthy, honor-* able citizen, whom you were proud to introduce to life again, isn’t ths cost worth while? If one man is reconstructed and a dozen are not, the effort is successful, highly successful. We are our brothers’ keepers. We can’t make them study, but we can give them the chance. There is a girl, too, in the picture of the Italian prisoner who killed his man, unmeaningly, in a hot-headed moment so long ago, when ha was very young and very new to America. The girl was coming to the new land to marry the boy soon. But she didn't come when he went to jail. For more than 20 years she and the man have corresponded. They've watched each other's growth. Now he has gone home to marry her. We hope that they haven't- grown apart. The yardstick of the years grows straighter. and we wish devoutly that they will measure up to each other's requirements. The prisoner has be p n a good citizen—within walls—and he deserves to be congratulated and made happy!

Contract Bridge

Today’s Contract Problem By v’hat two methods can South make six no trump on this hand, with an opening lead of the six of clubs? What opening lead will defeat the contract? w AA K J VKQ 9 2 ♦J7 4 3 A K Q A*72* <5 5 3 ¥76 w cVJIOS ♦ Q 10 g 5 4 * J 10 7 6 Dealer + 4 2 L UMI * f A 5 3 A Q 10 9 4 ¥ A 3 AAB 6 2 AA 9 8 Solution in next- issue. 4

Solution to Previous Contract Problem BY W. E. M’KENNEY Secretary American Bridge League THE element of luck is supposed to be eliminated in duplicate bridge, because all pairs play the same hands, through the medium of duplicate boards passed from table to table; but I contend there is still some element of luck in every duplicate hand. I have always ranked Ed Hymes, New York, as one of the finest of the younger players and still, in the national championships, he is unable to reach the top rung. He's a keen student of the game and can tell you in a flash whether the odds are in favor of a certain play winning or losing, but he does get some bad breaks. However, if his opponents slip in the least you can depend on him to make the maximum of his momentary advantage. Here's a hand which he played in the recent mixed

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Mrs. John Paul Ragsdale is chairman of arrangements for the state convention of the American Legion Auxiliary, to be held here in August. Mrs. Ragsdale is a member of Bruce P. Robison unit of which she has been president, and is president of the Twelfth District Council,

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pair championship event in Nev? York. a a a 'T'HE three of clubs opening was -*- quite favorable, as it permitted North to make his singleton queen. In spite of this, the outlook was not very hopeful. North decided to make the best of things and finessed the jack ol hearts immediately. For lack of anything else to do, he returned the seven of diamonds and played the jack, losing to East’s ace. At this point the contract would have been defeated automatically had the ten of diamonds been returned. East decided instead to come back with the king of clubs, which declarer ducked, winning the next club lead with the ace. Things now were beginning to look up a little. North had kept all his spades, so he led the queen of this suit out of dummy, West covered with the king, and North won with the ace. He continued with the jack a low one in succession. East won with the ten and could now cash his jack of clubs for the fourth trick, but instead of this he decided there was still some chance to set the contract and led back the ten of diamonds. North proceeded to win with the king and laid down his two good spades. Poor East suddenly found himself squeezed and was forced to discard either his good club of hia heart protection. He finally decided on the latter and North spread the hand for four no trump Needless to say, no other NorthSouth pair had the same result on the board. • Copyright. 1935 NEA Service. Inc.)

A Day’s Menu Breakfast — Pears, cereal, cream, tomato sandwiches, milk coffee. ’ Luncheon — Open cottage cheese sandwiches. apple meringue fruit punch. * Dinner — Mixed grill of lamb kidney chops with crisp broiled bacon and eggplant, creamed kohi-rabi, cress and radish salad with French dressing, chilled rice pudding, milk, coffee.

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