Miscellany, Oct. 27, 1941

Surprise. In St. Louis a man stripped for a physician, bared an abdominal tattoo reading: “Hello Doctor.”

Defeat. In Salem, Ore., eight years after he bought his uniform as State Police Superintendent, Charles P. Pray gave it away, explained: “I just couldn’t adjust myself to wearing it.”

Rubadub Trouble. In Manhattan a man fought his wife’s separate maintenance suit with the charge that she drummed on the table with her fingers.

Spade Aid. In Memphis, local grave diggers organized, joined the C.I.O. canners and packers union.

Limbitations. In an Oregon forest, a legless woman went out hunting in a wheel chair, bagged a deer with one shot. In Cincinnati, a speaker at the convention of the Association of Limb Manufacturers of America backed off the platform and broke his leg.

Chip Quip. In Denver, the State director of revenue refused to put the Colorado state emblem, a buffalo, on new tax tokens for fear they would be called buffalo chips.

Tact Act. In Westport, Conn., an entomologist urged in the interests of amity that the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) be called “pop.”

Mail Tale. In Washington, D.C., somebody stole a mailman’s cart, delivered all his letters for him. In Boise, Idaho, a mailman listened to his portable radio as he walked his route. In Lynn, Mass., a mailman delivered a post card addressed to “Harry Baker and Robert See, Telephone Manhole, corner of Oxford and Washington St.”

Court Retort. In a Baton Rouge court a low-voiced witness was urged to speak up. He smiled brightly: “Hello, Judge.”

Retribution. In Yonkers, N.Y., when a parked truck rolled down a grade, knocked a house askew, jarred its foundation, jarred three people out of bed, the driver got a parking ticket.

Names. In Mobile, a marriage license was issued to Gibbie Irene Vice and to Harry Lee Boggus.

Poodle-Over. In wool-starved France appeared sweaters made of poodle hair—four poodles to a pullover.

Kid Pro Quo. At an East St. Louis school while members of the Parent-Teacher Association discussed “Children in a Changing World” some children stole the adults’ lunch and locked them in the building.