I (finally!) found some rules for bridge with five suits! The rules are summarized in the TIME magazine article Super-Bridge, which appeared on March 7, 1938!
In brief:
Super-Bridge (Five-suited Bridge)
By: Walther Marseille
Players: 4
Deal: 16 cards to each player. One card is left over, and may be swapped with another card by the declarer if desired, but only before play begins.
Bidding: Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades, Stars (or whatever), No Trump
Play: As normal, but with 16 tricks.
Book: 8 tricks
Points for tricks over book: Clubs & Diamonds, 20; Hearts & Spades, 25; Stars, 30; No Trump, 40.
Game points: 120
Possible Slams: Little slam (14 tricks), Grand Slam (15 tricks), Super-Slam (16 tricks)
I don't know how well the game plays (having not yet played it), but I'm somewhat wary of the point values. It might be better to combine Stars & No Trump. Also, leaving the game points at 100 would, at least, make for a faster game, though whether or not this is desirable is questionable.
The article mentions that this variant eliminates the possibility of a single-suit hand (since there are 16 cards in each hand and only 13 cards in a suit), which could be desirable, although such occurances are rare anyway.
"The true criterion of the practical, therefore, is not whether the latter can keep intact the wrong or foolish; rather is it whether the scheme has vitality enough to leave the stagnant waters of the old, and build, as well as sustain, new life." -- Emma Goldman
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