Publicly Humiliated

At Manchester, Iowa, one Charles Rann, a newspaperman, stood on a street corner. Hard by, a water-main burst, deluging Rann's trousers, driving him home in confusion. Rann brought suit for $10,000 damages against the City of Manchester, the Bryant Paving Co., and others. Said he: "I was publicly humiliated."

"Tough Liz"

At White Plains, N. Y., one Dorothy Milliken MacNab sought to separate herself

from John Dunsmure McNab, her husband. Mrs. MacNab said she stuck to Mr. MacNab even when he struck her, called her "Tough Mag," "Tough Liz." When he called her "Shanty Irish," she pawned her jewels, left him, brought action, charged "cruelty."

Jealous

At Baltimore, a Negress rode with her husband in a trolley, flung herself angrily upon another Negress beside whom her husband sat. The attacker was fined $16.45 for disorderly conduct.

Murder

At Suffern, N. Y., Clara McKeath-on, 21, was sentenced to eight years in Auburn Prison for shooting and killing Lawrence Hawkshaw, 15, her opponent in a crap game.

A Party

At Lille, France, one Bernard Verey gave a party for his wife, their 19 children, 356 relatives; lamented the absence of 574 other relatives. The late Claude Bernard, who married 239 years ago, was toasted by his posterity as ancestor of these 951.