Barbs and Banter on Nightspot Taxes and Social Roles
Walter C. Parkes muses on entertainment quality in night spots and questions the rationale of an amusement tax. The piece riffs on the bachelor guest list, inviting homemakers to sympathize with uneven social expectations and domestic drudgery.
Safety Play in Bridge Turns Into an Unsafety Play
A bridge lesson explains how a common safety play can backfire. South leads trumps to test West and East cues, but overcautious defense exposes South to multiple bad outcomes. The article notes the many alternate defenses and warns even expert play can misfire.
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