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...contract bridge, a player inevitably supplies his partner with information as to the cards he holds by the way in which he bids. Systems-such as the Vanderbilt convention, the various methods of Lenz, Work, Whitehead, et. al.-are codified kicks under the table, designed to make bidding reveal as much information as possible. There are now so many different systems, i.e., codes of giving information, that bridge players, to avoid dispute though not confusion, are compelled to preface their sittings with protracted conferences to determine which code...
Divorced. Lois Long ("Lipstick" of the New Yorker); from Curtis Arnoux Peters (Cartoonist Peter Arno); in a cross-complaint to the suit her husband filed last month (TIME, May 25); in Reno. Charge: cruelty. Said Cartoonist Arno: "Well, I won't cartoon this incident. . . , That Vanderbilt thing is closed as far as I am concerned...
eccentric, kinky-haired socialite, unsuccessful journalist, geographical author (Park Avenue, Palm Beach, Reno), called in the newspaper reporters. He told them that he had seen Cartoonist Peter Arno of The New Yorker kissing Mrs. Vanderbilt, that he had just caught Arno bringing Mrs. Vanderbilt home, had chased him with a revolver (Vanderbilt is an honorary Nevada State Policeman), tried to kill him. Later Mr. Vanderbilt's attorney modified the story, said that his client had gone after Mr. Arno but had thought better of it, returned home. There, he said, he discovered that his gun had been unloaded...
...Arno appeared at the office of the Reno Chief of Police, said that if Mr. Vanderbilt had chased him the night before he had not noticed it, but he complained that Mr. Vanderbilt had telephoned that he was going to get a gunman to kill him. Advised the Police Chief: "You look big enough to take care of yourself. If anyone's bothering you, go punch...
Upshot: Mr. Vanderbilt sued his wife for divorce; threatened to sue Mr. Arno for alienating her affections. Mr. Arno, who is in Reno to get a divorce from Lois Long ("Lipstick" of The New Yorker), meditated a suit against Mr. Vanderbilt for slander...