Miscellany, may 12, 1952

Bold Front. In Manhattan, Mildred Felder attracted the attention of a policeman who thought her unusually busty, was found to be concealing inside her sweater 76 policy slips with approximately 839 numbers plays.

Familiar Manner. In Indianapolis, Store Clerk Mrs. Hazel Allen was robbed three times in two weeks by the same man, protested: “He walks in here like he owned the place.”

Stacked. In Syracuse, N.Y., Mrs. Charles Bookman, suing for annulment, told a judge that her husband made her play blackjack with him for her house money, and won from her because he played with a marked deck.

Unfinished Business. In Gayville, S. Dak., burglars broke into the Olson Liquor Store and carted away most of its stock, but left 21 full bottles on the porch of a house two blocks away with a note: “We’re intoxicated.”

After All … In Sunderland, England, a 25-year-old housewife arrested for hitting her husband with an ax, gave her name to police: Patience Brown.

Affair of State. In Washington, Durham County, England, Schoolmaster Joseph Battle mailed a letter to the secretary of the local Road Safety Committee a block away, got the letter back two months later by way of the Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

Lessons I to 6. In Giessen, Germany, Firemen R. Bornschein, Werner Schepp and Helmut Glund were sentenced to four months for arson after admitting that they set fire to six straw piles “to show the new fire chief what it means to be a fireman.”

Naturally. In Memphis, police arrested a 41-year-old woman for strolling on the street in nothing but powder and lipstick, suggested that she dress, were haughtily told: “I’ve got nothing to hide.”

Small Voice. In Melbourne, Australia, the State Electricity Commission received a check of £2 IDS. ($7), presumably from a bureaucrat, with the note: “Conscience money—loafing on the job.”

As You Were. In Mexico, N.Y., the Independent carried the personal ad: “George, please come home, the children need you, the lawn will need mowing soon and the garden needs a worm like you. Mabel, your loving wife.”

Lesser Evil. In Youngstown, Ohio, Nurse Gwendolyn Owens, 24, ignored the railroad brakeman’s red lantern, drove on until she crashed into a train, later explained: “I didn’t want to stop in that neighborhood after dark.”