Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
Mr.. and Mrs. ''Dick' Short
Hosts to Golfers Not AL
lowed to Speak During g
Play
By WILLIAM II. EVANS

HUSBANDS and wives were not on
IL speaking terms at the Whitcmarsh
Valley Country Club Thursday after
noon. The bachelors of the club and
the visitors noted the GOODNESS in the air
and marveled thereat. The younger ma
irons would not talk with their newly
welded husbands and married folks
known to have been happily welded for
twepty years or more We're not even
passing the time of the day, and while
they were not cutting each other dead
as they passed each other on the course,
there were no words of friendly greeting.
There Was a Reason
And the reason for it was that they
were playing the annual Husband and
Wife golf tournament as guests of Mr..
and David L. Short, and one of the
rules of the Taiscz Vous Tournament
as Dick Short named it, was that no
husband was permitted 10 speak to his
wife under the penalty Of stroke, and,
to make matters more cruel, the wives
were not allowed to talk to their hNs-
bands under a similar penalty.
In fact, there was only one couple on
the course who did talk to each other
and that was the host and his wife
Later on Mr. Short played in the tourns-
ment and Mrs. Short had to talk to
some one else
This Caddie Knew His French
Elsewhere are noted the conditions of
the TaiseZ Vous Tournament, which one
of the caddies literally translated as
the Shut Up tournament, but which
might more politely be termed the Keep
Quiet tournament, although somewhere
in France, before the war, when a
70 taie Ie'' IN r.
husband or children he and they knew
it meant shut un"
Some disgrunted bachelor who was
not asked Ito play when he saw the
conditions, remark "How can per-
is9n lose hole in medal play" where
upon husband came back with
nTaisez Vous." And he did
One younger matron had this to- say
after the tournament: THAT husband
of mine was perfectly dreadful. He
drove me out of bounds, he brasseyed
me into the wissahickon, he midroned
me into the long grass, he jiggered me
into traps and pits, and he putted me
all over the green's And the day be-
fore he played the course in 81"
What Male Brute Said
At the nineteenth hole the party
of the first part sad: MY wife
Is charming girl, but the chap who
said that IL il were not for the men
women would not play golf and IL it
were not for the women men would
play better golf said mouthful Why.
oh why, do women use brasseys out
of long grass? Why, when you send
your tee shot within a yard of a water
hazard. does friend wife plunk it into
the drink
Later in the evening when things
were normal and the men were smok-
ing long black cigars and the women
were peacefully knitting there We're fam
| ily reunions and the old basis of friend.
ship was re-established and things were
serene. the skies were still blue anc
sweet bells were in tune once more
But for while men were dancing Will
other wives and wives were tripping the
light fantistic with other husbands anS
awful deeds with wood and iron clubs
were being told and retold. But M
one listened for all had the same tai,
to tell But this did not last long
for women forgive easily and men arr
chivalrous and delightful buffe
luncheon and dance music and &
splendid host and a very charming
hostess will do wonders.
How II Originated
Three years ago Mr. Short. who /,
better known at Whitemarsh as Dicl
short. conceived the Husband and Wifi
| tournament as the means of bringing thu
men and women together, and 1t hal
been most successful The first tourna
ment was won by Mr.. and Mrs, C. NJ
| Butterworth.
Thirty-eight pairs were entered in tn
| match on Thursday and the great ma
iority Of these were wives and husband
as partners Married women who's
| husband do not play and single womel
were permitted TO invite other men, Sc
Iective drives were not used. the player
driving alternately. This was done be
cause of the differences In handicanl
u For instance. Mrs. DeminG h11 > Mt
hen<lcnp snd her husean1 n NJ m