BRIGHTER BRIDGE TABLES!

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21471, 20 April 1933, Page 3

BRIGHTER BRIDGE TABLES!

Green baize on tho bridge table is giving way to American cloth —American cloth with a shell pattern stretched over a padded lining which provides just enough "givo" to mako tho gathering up of tho cards a simple matter. So now it will not matter if one's husband docs upset his coll'ce during tho after-dinner game, or score with a leaky fountain pen which spatters ink broadcast. The stains will wipe oil' with a damp cloth. These tables allow for an almost limitless variety of colour schemes, for tho legs are usually painted in a contrasting shade. And, of course, you can havo the usual baize tables in colour, appearing in reds, browns, and emerald greens —the last-named with scarlet legs. A now way of clipping the legs when the table has been set up makes it possible to dispense with the usual contraptions, and at tho same timo makes the smallest table so firm that a man can sit on it quite ■ safely. And if the bridge tablo has to act as a dining-tablo as well, even that can be simply managed. Square tables with pedestal logs have revorsiblo tops—merely a square of baize-lined wood which is lifted oil', turned over, and dropped into place. In tho pedestal beneath is a small cupboard to hold tho cards and scorers.