The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-25
BY JULIA BLANSHARD

bI JULIA DIAN O0AhO
NEA Service Writer
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-All the
world, apparently, is catering to the
greatest American indoor sport
bridge.
Exhibited at the first national
contract and auction bridge expo
sition at the Grand Central Pal
ace was the largest collection of
gadgets, accessories, furnishings and
what-nots for bridge fans that ever
has been assembled in the name OF
single pastime.
Card holders appeared for use
on porcheS, in penthouseS or on
sands or boats or any other windy
place where zephyr might blow
away your ace just as you were win
ming.
Side by side with them were
aluminium cards that are non-tear
and baby card sets for a quiet little
game III lie Pulln1d0.
Also designed for travellers is the
new game, bridge solitaire, a little
continuance that automatically plays
against you, if you can't raise a
fourSome.
This has a button which you ma
nipulate for bids and then, when
the hands are laid down, they are
automatically played.
Buffet Top Fits Table
Brand new and very serviceable
is buffet top which fits down over
a bridge table to give you a larger
space on which to serve your lunch
con or refreshments. It is boon
to the perfect hostess who likes TO
play when she entertains the club.
This thirty-six-inch top, made of
washable fabric in lovely pastel
tones of green, blue or yellow, with
maple leaf design in self color to
enrich it, can be set up in the
kitchen complete with the tomato
surprise salad, hors d'oeuvres and
beverages and brought in with no
time wasted when playing is fin
ished. 1t sets on to any size card
table and is non-tip device.
Room for Eating
This is particularly designed to
please hostesseS who serve lunch
cons and those who number men
among their guests, for it gives
them room enough to be comfort
able while eating, in addition to
allowing the hostess to prepare in
advance.
New bridge tables come complete
with their tops all printed with
rules for playing.
Equally helpful are the, two prize
innovations, the scoring finger ring
and the pencil scorer. The former
is a little finger ring which helps
absent minded Or busy people to es-
innate their honor tricks in con-
tract, with the least amount of
trouble.
Good for Travelling
The pencil automatically figures
the score by neat trick of turn
ing the end of it this way or that.
For bridge fans who like to ex-
pertinent with hands given in news
papers there is a little vest pocket
card table which has its four sides
marked North, East, South and
West, and has little Sits into which
the cards fit.
1t folds up into a minimum OF
space and therefore is good for
travelling.
There are even contrivances to
help you out if you play with neigh
bors who have a way of peeking I
These are holders into which you
fit your card hand.
They have sides like binders on
which are written rules, regulations,
scoring. No one but yourself can
see the cards held in the center
portion.
Turn the Crank-Presto!
New, too, is the little dealer de-
signed by a couple Of engineers at
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology This is an automatic shut
fer and dealer-you merely turn
the crank and the dealer does the
rest!
The new little accessories for
catching ashes and holding glasses
are legion.
Some hook on to the edge of
tables and are removable, some are
built right on new tables and can
be swung under the table when not
in use.
There is even a new table with
little rounding sides by each player
to hold smokes and beverages.