Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 October 1950 — Page 10
PAGE 10 . Canasta— Haste Makes Minnie Lose Repeatedly
“Desire to Meld “Brings Her Defeat
~ By OSWALD JAGQBY MINNIE the Melder plays cangéta every afternoon and most evenings. She has good card sense al ought to be a Very successful. player. Instead Minnie loses consistently at the game. As you may gather from her nickname Minnie’s trouble les in the fact that she is always in too mijch of a hurry about melding. $he plays every hand for a quick out. In order to go out she fif§t must have a canasta; in order to have a canasta she first mjzst have a base, and in order {4 have a base she first must meid. Bo Minnie melds, “The discard pile means little or nothing to Minnie, If she gets al chance to take it, she will do so. Pérticularly if it gives her a chgiple of new nelds. But, as for deliberately playing for it; Heaveff “Torbid! —
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will hold its annual convention next week-end are (left fo right] Mrs.
MINNIE WELL, never discard Phi Theta Delta Sorority will grand secretary, Eta, Indian from three or four-of a kind; that hold Hs annual convention li ) i ’ > eld. | ! fie ’ would be breaking up a m Oct. 14 and 15 in Ft. Wayne. Mrs, Robert Reed, treasurer, Occasionally she will go. so far h ; to split a pair. That is, when The sessions are scheduled for Theta, Ft. Wayne; Miss Marion as the Van Ogden Hotel there. David, chaplain, Epsilon, Chi-
she doesn’t have a singleton in| hér hand. :Minnte's idea of a perfect result | ig to go out before the opponents héve melded. As a result she makes lots of small profits but nbver scores a really big hand. ‘Hold-up Hary plays just about] ab often as Minnie; and just a
cago; Miss Betty Pohl historian, Iota, Cleveland, and Miss Mary Dale, sergeant at arms, Gamma, Ft. Wayne.
Dinner Dance Planned Registration will be at 1 p. m. Oct. 14. There will be an afternoon meeting followed by a
“Ten chapters, five of which are from Indianapolis, will participate <Qfficers presiding will include Mr¥. William Petticord, grand president, Zeta, Indianapolis; Miss Rositand Dewitt, vice president, Alpha, Indianapolis; Mrs. Verne Reynolds,
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Phi Theta Deltas to Hold | Fg Se
We,
| on the go, leay-
Boning up on things to do and places to see in Ft. Wayne, where Phi Theta Delta Sorority
William Petticord, grand pres-
ident, and Mesdames Keith Cox, Harold Pflum and Charles M. Thomas, delegates from Zeta Chapter.
banquet and formal dance, SBunday, Oct. 15, a breakfast followed by a Grand Council election is scheduled.
The sorority is a business and
professional group with charity | projects as its goal. Each chap- |
ter supports its own individual charity, At convention all combine to turn over their individual sums’to the hostess chapter to support a worthy charity of its choice,
liffle more unsuccessfully. The reason is that Harry practically néver melds at all.
Blackwood on Bridge— -
in ae ion me Player Warned Against Excess Excitement
from his own hand. He does not want to reduce th& number of cards in his hand. Harry waits ufitil he can get the discard pile. | 1f he never gets the discard pile
he-will still be waiting. Remember, partner does not have as much as 40 per cent of
Over Good Hand in No Trump Bidding
IF YOUR PARTNER opens a Blackwood one no trump, not of hearts was set up for the |vulnerable; don't get too excited just because you have a good hand. game-going trick.
Even with all of Mr. Masters’|
Harry Cautious the high cards. iN HARRY does get the If Mr, Masters had been vulnerable in today's deal he might high cards, this’ hand had to {ls he is in seventh heaven, He Well have starteif thinking about & slam after Mr. Dale opened one be played. right to make nine Pl and no trump. He had about 40 per| ————— tricks. If Mr. Dale had tried to|
melds as little as he can starts to play for a big hand with plenty of natural canastas. Incidentally, this particular line of South SII
leent of the high cards himself. contract, The four was played But he knew the combined total from dummy and Mr. Abel's —— eee | U@EN fell to the ace. Now, Mr. three spade
| {Dale could count
play is fine, but unioriunaiely Neither side vulnerable, tricks, four diamonds and one TY SAI I 2 rODe. NORTH club eight tricks in all. He meld if the opponents are not go- ur. Nupters [Sede] to develop one more; a ou. But Harry continues to Hed ‘2 ‘ . held up even after it would be D—KQJ3 Odds Good for Tricks obvious to a chimpanzee that the BR Q i | “FIRST, HE looked at clubs. offer side was ready to go out WEST Q 2 EAST [The odds were 3 to 1 against - and leave him holding the bag. | M M k Mr. Abel finding Mr. Abel with both the! Therefore, although Harry oec- tt D op Mr. king and jack. Therefors the cationally makes an enormous 832 8-Q65 {odds for developing an extra club score, he loses because he ix con- H—A Q 6 H-88175 |trick before spades could be set tinually being caught with lots of D-886352 D—8 4 against him were very good | unmelded cards and unmade ca- C—K J 94 indeed. nastas. SOUTH But Mr. Dale found a way to! . A Mr. Dale {make his ninth trick that inMr. Jacohy is unable to an- 8A J 8 volved no risk at all. At the gwer individual questions on H—K 10 8 | second trick he simply led the eanasta from readers. How- D—A 10 7 |king of hearts. ‘Mr. Meek won| ever; he will include the most C—-8 763 | with the ace-and led a second
frequently asked questions in The bidding: pade. Dummy’'s king won this his column. | SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST) | Spag and the jack of hearts was 1 NT Pass 3 NT All Pass played.
lof the two hands was less than 80 Danger Sideste ed i Group Names {per cent-—not enough os a ns { a DALE Pp the jack, | C | Mr. Meek led the trey of spades his last stopper, but by this time ommittees
{against the final three no trump he was out of danger. The 10 “Wil Be Hosters Junior Civic “Committees for the coming] Lists Schedule
year have been appointed for the | auxiliary to the Boys’ Club Asso-| Hansel and Gretel First of Plays
ciation of Indianapolis by Mrs. | The Junior Civie Theater
Frank Fairchild, president. They are Mrs, W. L. Howell, ‘hai ‘ WC. ' Si fan, Mesdames (LC. Duck {announces its 1050-51 season's {schedule. Hansel and Gretel will be presented Nov. 24-26; Marco
G. M. Halverson and E. D, Ber-| gen, ways and means; Mrs. D. V, Polo, Dec. 26-30; Radio Rescue, Feb. 23.25, and The Twelve
Kennedy, chairman, and Mrs. H. L. Martin, publicity, and Mrs. R. E. Hueber, chairman, Mesdames ¢. 8. Wheeler; GM. Halverson Dancing Princesses, Apr. 27-29. and Leland Crawford, member- At 10 a. m. Saturday morning workshop groups of all ages will register at the theater. The _lelasses will be open free of charge
ship, Next Meeting Set ito all holders of junior civie theaiter season tickets,
Mrs. O. J. Feucht, chairman, Mrs. V. C, Macnabb and Mrs. | ain, Sushce; Mis i pus, | ‘On following Saturdays T to Pinnell, chairman, Mesdames C.| 10: Jaaralds a, eet By oe E. Lee, H. R. Blackburn, Harri-| |relok; ie or Ding high gon Riteljorg and Henry Todd, meat at 11 oclotk. an 8 English Avenue Club, and Mrs.| {school age students will meet at J. J. Cole, chairman, Lauter Club. | 7 p.m, Wednesdays, Tryout Dates Tryouts will be open to all children in’ Indianapolis, regard-
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Mrs. Gordon Thompson, chair man, Meésdames O. J. Feucht, 1. A. Bruhn and Max Spoerri and
Miss Helen" Coffey, = telephone; whet 0 Mrs. Machabb, chairman, Nobles- igas Sy mete ay peiong ville Camp, &nd Mrs. Martin, : ' year K. P n Tryout dates for the plays also
are announced. Hansel and Gretel tryouts will be Oct. 17-18 in the theater. Marco Polo tryouts are scheduled Nov. 14-15; Radio Rescue are set Jan. 16-17, and The {Twelve Princesses, Mar. 13-14. | Mrs. John G. Kinghan is chairman of the Junior Civic Theater advisory committee. Her assist. ants include Mesdamea Horace N. Roberts, John C., Drewry, Owen C, {Pohimann, Arden C. Eichsteadt, ‘Harry Hebbard and John C. Rickley. :
The next meeting will be Oct. 25 in the home of Mrs. Bruhn, 4520 N. Pennsylvania St, i
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Son's “Family
|His Business, Not Mother's
In-Law Should Hush
About Wife's Faults By RUTH MILLETT WRITES A mother-in-law, who feels she . knows best: “Could you write somthing about these young wives who dre always
ing their children with babysitters, and neglecting their housework to have a good time? “My son is married to that kind of girl. She goes Millett out with her friends several afternoons a week, leaving my grandson with a baby-sitter. She doesn’t seem to take any pride in how her house looks or what
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tablg. “When 1 told my son he ought to put his foot down, he just laughed and said he wasn’t complaining. So far as he's concerned she can do no wrong.” . » »
THEN WHAT are you worrying about? It's really not your concern, you know. Remember your grandson is another woman's son, and.she has a right to decide how he will be brought up. Also your son woman's husband, and is satisfied with his marriage, that is all that is necessary. If his wife can do no wrong go far as he is concerned, there is no point in your #inding fault with her, You may be perfectly right in thinking that your son's wife
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develop a club trick he would | have been set. finesse, Mr. Abel would have won| and returned a spade,
a cook or housekeeper as she might be, and so on. But make it a private opinfon. Don’t point out her flaws to your son, or let her know that you disapprove of her. Stick to a hands-off policy, and the very things you think
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rected in time, ‘If they are not, then keep right on sticking by that handsoff policy. It's your son's life, his wife and fils child. Let him take care of all"three.
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Popular With Celebrities. .
is a wonderful dish helped make famous the Restaurant ficlafani in New Orleans. It is one of the favorite eating places of New Orleans and guests there have included outstanding opera stars; baseball celebrities and ‘other notables from all over the wor
Sclafani Parts With Prize Recipe By GAYNOR MADDOX
“METROPOLITAN Spaghetti” that has
orld. Sclafani himselr, better known “Pete,” not only greets his
guests at the door but also manages to spend a great deal of time
This is the third of six. special articles on macaroni, spaghetti and egg noodles.
Don’t despair if your new rug sheds the first time it is
Distribute wear to get longer with sweeper or vacuum. This
linens.
Turn fluff is actually made of shear-
ings, left in the rug from the cut-| ting of loops after it was woven. a The difficulty should end after al
narrow hem at the top. This will short time.
keep the heaviest wear from com-
{ing always in the same place, Alternate folds when
peaches, chérries
ironing {sheets and cases or when putting them through the mangle. Heavy, pressure at the folds, always in! the same spot, tends to weaken Ann Smith of Hammond is the
'the fibers of the fabric.
Water on Stains
Fruit stains, such as those from| and médel room settings in the de[plums should be sponged imme- sign center of the mart. The patdiately with cold water before (terns were selected last May by a dry. If traces still remain, treat! distinguished Jury of Awards the spot with glycerin or soapless trom throughout the country. Miss | shampoo. Rinse again with cool Smith is studying at the Art In-
|Alice-Ann Smith Wins Competition
Times Spesial CHICAGO, Oct. 3—Miss Alice-
first prize winner in a design exhibit here in the Merchandise Mart. Her fabric, “Mosaic,” won the contest. It is shown in contemporary
stitute here,
cleaned | large heavy
in his kitchen making savory sduces and seeing that the spaghatti .is fresh-cooked. He has {given us one of his prize recipes, {which appears below.
8 = METROPOLITAN SPAGHETTI
Two tablespoons salt, four
quarts boiling water, one pound thin spaghetti, two medium onions —gliced thin two ¢loves garlic, also sliced thin, salad or cooking oil, two eightounce cans tomato sauce, one cup water, one-half teaspoon salt, onehalf teaspoon tabasco, grated cheddar cheese,
one-half cup
Add salt to rapidly boiling
water. Gradually add spaghetti as water continues to boil. Cook until tender, Drain in colander. In
skillet, heat oil. Add onions and garlic. Simmer
{until lightly brown. Add remaining ingredients (except cheese),
and simmer five minutes. Mix
sauce with cooked spaghetti and allow to stand two or three minutes for flavors to blend. Sprinkle {with grated cheese. Serve imme{diately for six to eight.
Thursday's Menu BREAKFAST: Stewed dried apricots and prunes, scrambled eggs, whole-wheat toast, butter or fortified margarine, coffee, milk. LUNCHEON: Tomato soup, crackers, tana fish and celery sandwiches, canned plums, tea, milk. ’ DINNER: Metropolitan spaghetti, buttered peas, tossed green silad, French dressing, baked apples stuffed with nuts, coffee, milk.
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