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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1955
Page
7
The text presents a collage of clues referencing famous authors and works, numbers, phrases, and partial crossword style hints. It reads as a garbled page of a puzzle column with scattered terms like Little Women The Sheik Rubaiyat and Shakespeare Verona, plus various stray definitions and misprinted fragments.
Oswald Jacoby recounts a ghost story about a bridge hand that led to a seven spades misplay. The tale centers on a doubled seven spades, a no trump slam, and partner’s rigid bidding principles, with a moral on timing and temperament at the table. Also notes Jefferson Jackson Day dinner plans with Sen Sparkman as speaker and a 1952 Vice Presidency era reference.
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