In Huntington, W. Va., resolutions were passed against kissing games at children's parties. Endorsed by the Parent-Teachers' Association and the County Medical Association, the resolutions declared that such games "might lead to worse" and are a "very low type of entertainment which for many reasons should be discontinued."

From Sing-Sing Prison, N. Y., it was announced that one Lester Gerstenburg (16), "youngest prisoner awaiting the electric chair", has mastered the art of checker playing. Gerstenburg, in solitary confinement, shouts his moves, records on his board the move the other prisoners shout to him. He is "checker champion of the death house."

In Horley, England, five circus elephants "farmed out for heavy work to keep their weight down", were poisoned with arsenic "by some miscreant." Three died.

In Philadelphia, one Mrs. Emma F. Ware functioned as a juryman, signed a verdict in a $150,000 damage suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad. Next day Mrs. Ware startled the U. S. District Court by stating she had "changed her mind." Said she: "I could not sleep last night because I believed I had voted the wrong way. I'm sorry, but I do not agree with the verdict!"