Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1937, Page 41

TH SUNDAY STAR WASHINGT! - FOREGNNEWSEN TOSEECORDMATON British Authorities Allow 100 Inside Abbey for Great Spectacle. LONDON, May 8 (N.AN.A).—An honest attempt is being made by the British authorities to meet the great demands of newspapers all over the world for their correspondents to re- ceive seats in Westminster Abbey to see adequately and report the coro- nation of King George and Queen Elizabeth. The record of past royal functions in this country is not conspicuous for help given by the authorities to newspaper men, but this time it would seem as if the British government is awake to the immense importance of facilitating the work of the press as far as possible. ‘The handling of press accommoda- tions in the abbey is being worked through a joint coronation press committee, which was formed some months ago and on which represent- atives of all constituted newspaper bodies in London were invited to serve. The Association of American Correspondents, the Foreign Press Associagion, the Institute of Journal- ists, the National Union of Journale ists, the Newspaper Proprietors’ Asso- ciation and other bodies, including represertatives of press photographers, have representatives on the com- mittee. Two Dozen Americans. The committee is in direct and constant touch with the earl mar- shal, the Duke of Norfolk, who has sole administration in the ordering of the coronation ceremony. After much discussion it was finally de- cided to allot 100 seats in the abbey to foreign correspondents, including about two dozen to Americans. This is far more than was expected, be- cause the abbey, which is not a large, spacious building, will be crammed to the last inch. More than 7,000 persons will be admitted to the abbey for the coro- nation, and they will sit there for 8ix to eight hours hefore, during and after the long ceremony. Enormous tiers of seats have been built right up to the roof, and the press seats have been tucked away in the tri- forium, somewhere near the high al- tar but, alas, not all of them over- looking it. It may safely be said that many mewspaper men will not see much of the ceremony. This fact has been Tecognized to the extent of permit- ting reporters who are to attend the coronation to be present at the final dress rehearsal May 10, when more convenient seats will be given them. The committee has done its work 80 well that there is no complaint on the manner in which the seats Will be allotted. Dispatching Messages. The next puzzle was to devise the best way for the reporters to pass out their messages for dispatch abroad. The system decided upon provides for a number of silent-footed mbs- sengers to stand behind the press seats and take the messages unob- trusively from the correspondents, Wwho themselves will not be allowed to move, since they might disturb the atmosphere of the abbey. Just outside the abbey 31 so-called eabinets have been erected by the general post office, and within them have been placed 2 call offices, 8 exchange lines, 19 private wires and 1 direct circut to the central telegraph office. Individual papers or associa- tions can hire one of the boxes, from | which a telephone line would be run | directly to its office and be perma- | nently kept open. It is also possible | for several correspondents to club to- | gether to have an exclusive line on | which to call'up their several offices, but which would not be available to eny one else. Finally there are also Just ordinary call boxes for use as required. The direct circuit to the general telegraph office is for high- speed work by government teleg- TS. In addition to these varied lines, there also will be pneumatic tubes connecting the abbey with the vari- ous cable companies, 50 that mes- | sages sent through the tubes can be | put on the cable at the companies” offices. (Copsright, 1937, by the North American | Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) —_— “HOMEMADE” GARDEN CONTEST SCHEDULED Prizes for Michigan Park Dis- plays to Be Awarded in October, J. J. Hurley Announces. A contest to determine the most attractive ‘homemade” garden in Michigan Park opens this week, with all residents eligible, according to an announcement by John J. Hurley, president of the Michigan Park Citi- zens' Association. ‘While plans are not yet concluded, Hurley states that three cash prizes will be awarded for three first places and that 10 “honorable mentions” will be given. There will be two Jjudges chosen from experts at the Department of Agriculture, who will decide on the plotting of the gar- den, individual flower specimens and neatness of appearance. Four tours by the judges, conducted through the neighborhood by John F. Hillyard, who is in charge of the contest, will be made during different seasons of the year. The first, which will be made soon, is for Spring flowers, followed later by Midsummer and TFall flower garden appraisals. Prizes will be distributed at the first meeting of next season, in Oc- tober, o “& MEETS JUNE 5 Federation Plans Holding Only One More Session. ‘The Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions, which has been meeting bi- monthly during this year, will not meet Saturday night and will hold its next and final meeting of the season on June 5 President Thomas Ellis Lodge announced yesterday. This is in accordance with the con- stitution, which provides for only one meeting a month in October, Novem- ber and December; two meetings monthly in January, February, March and April, and only one meeting in May and June, at which time the Bummer recess is taken. Prinoess Rides Jumper. Princess Elizabeth of England s becoming an expert horseback rider and has just had her first lesson in Jumping. A O Winniqg Contract b BY THE FOUR ACES. (David Burnstine. Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby. Howard Schenken. world's leading t eam-of-four, inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence.) General Entertainment. UR recent article on party bridge has brought us a num- ber of requests for a descrip- tion of how to run a party where the object is not serfous bridge at all, but rather general entertain- ment for the guests. Recently Miss Elsa Maxwell, famous the world over for her novel perties of all sorts, came to us with the same problem, where- upon we fell back on an idea first thought of by Mrs. Allan Lehman of New York and used by her several years ago. The idea, which was greatly elab- orated upon by Miss Maxwell and our- selves, was to provide penalties for all violations of good manners at the card table. At the party, as worked out by Miss Maxwell, the guests were pro- vided with stage money and the fol- lowing list of penalties: Groaning Grimacing Gloating _ Cackling Chortling _ Guffawing - Complaining maewan Arguing with partner. Arguing with opponent Arguing with referee Hitting referee Profane language: With a smile No smile _ This Is $2.00 1.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 4.00 1.00 6.00 9.00 1.00 .10 1.00 6.00 V5 square f 2“1,;‘ of ice @ eet of shelf space: 1.00 2.00 20.00 8.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 1.00 2.00 Analysis, Analysis, Analysis, excessive. . Analysis by kibitzer. Upsetting drink Undue hesitancy - Card-slapping . Misdealing - Not knowing yor Excessive reviewing of bid- ding .- 4.00 Other offenses - 1.00 On looking over the list it will be found that wholesome laughter is not penalized, but offensive forms of laughter, such as chortling, cackling and guffawing is. Then it will be noted that many of the penalties were intended to catch those pests who spoil the game of bridge by failure to pay attention. For example, not knowing you have dealt and excessive review- ing of the bidding are both on the list. INALLY, while experts may like to analyze hands after they have played them, at a card party one likes to play a hand and go on to the next. Hence, excessive analysis was penalized more heavily than anything else, The players were divided into tables of five or six, and the game played was cut-in bridge, those players who were cut out acting as referees. At the end of the evening two prizes were glven, a first prize for the player who had incurred the least amount of penalties and a booby prize for the player who had incurred the greatest smount. There are numerous possible varia- tions of this game. For instance, in your own penalty list you might select the mannerisms of any of your guests, particularly if they may be objection- able from a bridge standpoint. We know a great many players who like to deal the cards way up in the afr, 80 that it is hard for the other players at the table not to see half the cards that are dealt. That might be penalized. Other players, when dummy, like to get up from the table and either wander around the room or, what is worse, stand behind their partner’s chair, etc. Instead of using stage money, you may reduce the fines to nominal amounts, collect them and use the money 8o collected for any desired purpose, such as refreshments. WHAT bridge players will fall for from time to time is a con- tinuous source of amazement to us. For instance, we recently saw a play which is almost unbelievable. The contract was seven spades. Declarer held the K 8 76 5 4 of trumps and dummy the A J 2. There were no conceivable losing tricks in the off suits, so declarer’s whole problem was to avoid losing a trick in trumps. The logical play would, of course, be to lay down the king from his own hand and, if both opponents followed, lead a low trump, retaining the priv- ilege of finessing on the second round if he so desired. But this particular declarer had a different idea—his first lead was a low trump to dummy'’s ace. C The 10 fell on his left and the nine on his right. He now led the jack of trumps from dummy. The three-spot dropped and after dep thought he finessed, whereupon the queen made. When asked why he did it, declarer said he thought the player to his right was trying to fool him! It will be noted that if the player to his right held the queen-9 and a small trump, he would have made a sure trump trick by the simple process of dropping the three-spot on the first lead. But declarer overlooked that. Incidentally, while the preceding is & terrible example, we have many times aseen declarers complain of tough luck in a somewhat similar ait- uation. In this instance dummy holds the ace-jack-small of trump and de- clarer 7 to the king-nothing. The careless player leads the ace from dummy and now it is disclosed that declarer’s left-hand opponent held the queen 10 9, and a trick must be lost; whereas, had the declarer stme ply played the king from his own hand first, he would then have been able to finesse for the queen. Of course, if the player to his right held the 3 to the queen-10, nothing ocould have been done. But the win- ning player should take advantage of every opportunity, instead of letting even one go begging. (Copyright, 1937.) 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