Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1949 — Page 21

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To Mexico little explanation. Here's what happened. - The hand was ' | played in a recent tournament and although East was the Betty Sutherlin | dealer, South promptly opened the bidding out of turn with one: N Becomes Bride

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SUIDAY, DEC. 18, 1949 Capital Capers— :

| Washington Society Flopping Back Into Bathtub Hooch Era

Tootsie Comes to the Fore as Dowagers Fill Their Hearts With Misty Memories By ELISE MORROW WASHINGTON, Dec. 17—The highest strata of Washington society is retreating into the John Held Jr.,

bathtub gin, Scott Fitzgerald era with persistent nostalgia.

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The tournament director was called and ruled that the bidding! should revert to the proper player (East) and that South's partner. | was barred from participating in the entire auction. “OE Roch are on a trip to Mexico| East then bid one heart. South overcailed with-one spade on Mis following their marriage at 7 Py | three-card suit and Kept on bidding spades all the way up to thé: yesterday in the Zion Evangelical three range. . Netrg 0

and Reformed Church. . West might have bid four hearts over the three spade bid (&¥ The bride was. Miss Betty Mar-| you see, four hearts could have been made), but he wasn't quite sure cella Sutherlin, daughter of Mrs. what was going on. | East dealer, ™ Elmer Sutherlin, 2002 Park Ave. After all, South had opened the | past-West vulnerable.

The bridegroom is the son of Mr. bidding with a club when he NORTH V wd A The, only difference, according to Meyer Davis, the soclety and Mrs. George H. Roch, New thought he was the dealer, and 8-J 109782 we i musician and sociologist, is that the chichi set doesn’t get as drunk Augusta. {had then bid spades three times. H-8 54 Ta as it used to, and the necklines of evening dresses are lower. The Rev. Frederick R. Daries What a hand he must, have—| DJ 8 he , Davis, a bouncy success story in officiated. Mrs. Charles Sutherlin, probably at least 1 lack Sars C—Q 9 Ww" Ty ro his middle fifties, has played for the {matron of honor, wore slate blue West was altoid a ut i yi id WEST EAST I "..% same level of Washington parties for slipper satin. She had a white four hearts he Tight frive South) 7g a - : + 30 years, and the line he gets most {fur headband and a matching te J po |H-9 6 2 H-A KJ 10158 b a : tired of hearing is, “Meyer? Oh, I've |muff topped with dark red C03 w op decided to take the P= AQ1076D-K382 ve known him all my life.” camellias. " course. When the O—1 8 4 O—53 : : Davis said he had a slightly creepy The bridesmaids, Miss Dorothy | conserva hve By | ced alll SOUTH a feeling several nights ago when he Steinmetz and Miss Phyllis Whet- | three-api od She Taped Fs. S~A 86 she + played for the Dancing Class, the most stine, were in dawning blue. round, o ny ih he Ry a> rel H—Q Ly ; exclusive social group in the capital, The bride's blush pink gown |, a8 d the ace of heats lh : D-948 # Dowagers for whom he had played was of slipper satin and Venetian, (FH00 | ruffed. with the six of! C-AKJ1082 4 when they were debutantes came lace. The marquiset yoke was, eC a |The bidding: : ral around requesting the same songs they edged with the lace. And the SPX os. South could not afford to Fast ~ South ~ West North requested 25 years ago. <8 : hooped lace skirt was covered) ow ou the ace and another 1H 18 2D Pass The hit of the evening, which the oy 4 {with a scalloped satin overskirt. | AOE IE point Det that 2H 28 Pass Pass rE War em ta he pre. in |The satin overskirt fell into 3 would leave him entirely devoid 3H 3s All Pass

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———— - Ee Robert E. Lee.” This was requested on veil. The bride ©f trumps and the opponents this result and East was fit to be not only by the dowagers, but also by padi tori orchids tied with|could cash another heart and two tied. Te demanded to know how » the pretty young visitor of the week, silver ribbon. ’ {diamonds to defeat the contract. South could contract for nine blond Sharman Douglas, daughter of Paul Reiss was the best man, Therefore at the third trick he tricks with a three-card trump Elise Morrow our ambassador to (Great Britain and while the ushers were BSylvan|led the deuce of clubs to dummy’s suit. hg Mrs. Douglas. Hendricks, W. Lafavette, and queen. The last heart was led] South replied that he figured Miss Douglas, who wore an ankle-length beige evening drees, |Gerald V. Roch, brother of the Off the board and ruffed with the he was fixed on the hand anyway also requested a samba, but during the whole evening, there were bridegroom. eight of spades in the closed by reason of the penalty for his only four sambas, three rumbas, and three waltzes. The reception was in the church. hand. {unfortunate bid out of turn. He Most of the dancing, which | TT For her wedding trip the bride] Next South cashed the ace of therefore decided to bid in a8 lasted from 11 p. m. to 3 a. m,, | York; a few of the more pre- chose a brown irridescent gabar-|spades, entered dummy with the unorthodox manner to confuse his was to such ancient tunes as | sentable official people—this is dine suit with brown and white nine of clubs and led. the jack opponents, u 34 “Bye, Bye, Blackbird,” “I'm | a strata of society so high accessories. The couple will live{of spades. As the king and queen] West was moved to remar Just Wild About Harry” (no | that it hardly recognizes most in Lafayette where Mr, Roch is|fell together, the contract was sadly that if this was the k political significance), “Alex- | ©f the important political fig- attending Purdue University. made. The defenders took two of result he could expect when his ander’s Ragtime Band,” “But- | ures In Washington, and the The bride attended Indiana diamond tricks but then the opponents were p yg ton Up Your Overcoat” “Four | DeSt extra men, plus lots fi i "3 oa University. {dummy was down to all trumps. would much prefer just to waive Leaf Clover’—plus a few con- cafe society down from New P ; be rr ————————— South got a very finé score for all penalties in the future. ik, Ei cessions to. the passage of time, York. City. : : N b H | a yy such as “The Lady Is a Tramp” | , The late Secretary of De- | Mesdames Charles C. Binkley, Ralph O. Queisser, Robert H. Greely and’ Adelaide Ransburg ew erry- ens ey “TS lock: BALCONY BOOKSHOP: and songs from the Cole Porter | fénse James V. Forrestal and | go 0 040 the Christmas tree in the Meridian Hills Country Club. The tree will be the central mo- w ddi D 4 S $ ‘e : AE. musical of, the Thirties, "“Any- | Nis wife used to attend these | tif for the club's holiday events. e Ing are oe veil thing Goes.” oo | dances regularly, and. thee. TI1TOT pt i . — pees —— Times Special The juke box era has hardly Hiring preclaenial Assistant and Pi Add L : T A ft Ch ! 1 Ti FLINT, Mich, Dec. 17 MF, rs. Clark Clifford also Vv | touched these high altitudes of | up from time to time, but few | inata s Latin Iouch to rissmas i ime And rs. Ad Newberry reaching {ALE BleLy as Three piines wi ich ory in public life make the (Continued From Page 17) mariachi music on his gui- and Mesdames Carl, Glenn marriage of their daughter, Bar-| Bi I OSS er Sem | Derg On peri, yestes | JOOS Muti nd who Seve. BL aise their ag rey (ai i ane chute rain,” “Lucky Old Sun” an into the past evidenced by the com embers. . © : : ’ : gg “Ghost - Riders *y the Posy dancing of the Charleston and These include Damaris and ident. Other officers are Miss Brown are going to Mexico |G. Ensley, 253 W. Epler Ave, In-| - “Society doesn’t know they | the selection of tunes, there Priscilla Jiminez, Puerto Mary Elizabeth Thumma, City. dianapolis. exist,” he says. However, “Don’t | Was one marked difference be- Rico, who have been in Indi- vice-president; George H. Mrs. Morris L. Johnston The wedding will at 7300 Hi Cry. Joe” enjoys considerable | tween this dance and similar | anapolis a year working at Wagner, treasurer, and Miss and children, Jessie, 4, and |p, m. Jan, 15 in the First Pres popularity. occasions of the Twenties—the the Eli Lily Co.; Mrs, Todd Mary Anne Gavonay, seécre- Bobby, 9, are sailing Jan. 26 byterian Church here: Miss New- 7 High S of Evenin decolletages of - the -ladies. “It Stoops. who came from Gua- tary, : = —on the Uriiguay's Carnival = [berry is a graduate of Flint Jun, or igh Spot sling used to be the plunging hip- | dalajara to join her husband; Other Hoosiers showing Cruise. They'll be on their ljor Collegh and js atuintens: m-" The high spot of this ele. | line.” one dancer remarked | Pedro de la Cruz, Puerto Rjco increasing interest in Latin Way to Buenos Adves:te jen ig da ege. gant evening, and the greatest | Now it's the plunging neck- | and Mr. and Mrs. Faustino America - aren ARIE Winter | MT FOlETON,.... ace sam ET - : : : success, was the - Charleston, me a rp 5 bo] Riceo. alpor of GRANNIES TRE pRilises «through thE “Earibe Mr. Johnston —is acting Wheaton College Club frat mia htm sre 4 « ve all the Eg oi SO 35 AR San 4 to Ton & “thi ER Sov Both thé" Bfoops and the bean and to 8. A. president of Armco Inter- 3 a (i eR Se won TB *t SANE Ie Riceos are now in Guadala- Charles Weiser is sailing Sets Yule Luncheon Tate dan cers—members of the danc- | 10 feet higher ihan the -dane- jara spending Christmas with Jan. 21 on the Mauretania national Steel Company The annual Christmas luncheon I ar and Yel OT oF Riau gM... qrenestra their ae relatives. to Havana and through the there. The family, which has |of the Indiana Wheaton College y ; At the first meeting of the West Indies. Mr. and Mrs. been living in Argentina for [Club will be held Dec. 28 in the Rey hich ean Bdihing to L + N Ci club Donald H. Krueger and Louis Marks will leave Feb. three years, came back this |Indianapolis Athletic Club. Miss except maybe a Biddle of Phil- | arges urse ass his mother, Mrs. Elmer R. 11 on the Mauretania for a fall to the States for a visit. Constance Hurd, a sophomors in adelphia. | WASHINGTON — Schools of Krueger, showed colored trip down to Curacao and Mrs. Johnston and the |the college, will give a report on They included Mrs. Robert [Nursing in the U. 8. admitted 43,-| movies of South America. The Panama. children are spending Christ- [campus activities. Low Bacon, who is a prominent |612 first-year students this year,! Stoops have also showed Also planning West Indies’ mas with Mrs. Johnston's Guests will be girls who are ————— hostess here and widow of the [the largest class in any peace-| movies and Mr. Ricco has cruises are Mr. and Mrs, mother, Mrs. Louise late Congressman

planning to attend Wheaton next! ~~ trom New time year. i entertained the members with fall, . =

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