European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Maggy of Fol lows the Lead for the 195051 season with lots of feathers and Here Are four of her new designs for daytime and evening this top ruffs an Offeh shoulder White Satin evening gown flounced to a below lady another evening sex in Black velvet this with huge Collar Muff in Black Ostrich below a Muff and Cape of Beaver with luxurious hem buttoned panels sex fended from below k n o c k o u a Gray Velve dress with Ted Wool Ove Coal trimmed in soft and Flat Gray fur by Josephine Culbertson today Declarer lost i grand slam contract by failing Ujj use the Best percentage North North South 4a j9 j 10 3 2 4a64 a q 10 vq86 4 q 10 5 2 875 n w e s 4642 4 j87 6431 4kq1085 4k 9 3 South 34 4 n t 74 Weil Pasi pass vim the bidding North East int pass 4 4 pass 54 pass pass pass North South were using the Blackwood convention in Iti pure form South Fourno Trump bid asked for norths and norths five Spade reply showed three since South himself had All font there was no Point in tip bidding five no Trump he Haply had to decide whether Wjk should conservatively con Tad for a Small or take a Chance on the grand slam being the speculative Type of went All out West opened his top Clasi South Drew discarded a Diamond on Dummy thud cashed one High heart to see whether the Queen would and then went to Dummy with Diamond and took heart it and South then had to listen to a lecture from his partner for not a Vitta stopped at the Small it is True that the lower Klaffl contract would have been More but if South had played the hand to the Best advantage he probably would have faced i smiling the Best line of play in have combined Thrett separate South ban Lari on the heart finesse whereas he should have proceeded As follows win the first trick with the club draw Cash the Ace and King of theft Lead the club Jack to the Queen and discard the Low heart not the Diamond on Dummy now Lead the heart a Etc if East started with xxx to hearts the Queen now and of course South setting up the ten in he also ruffs the third if East plays Low thus also sur feeding if West had As was the this Lias of takes an original a a of West whereas the straight finesse would lose to that combination Courtesy of King r Syndicate the stars and stripes