Will

In Racine, Wis., Mrs. Margaret C. Hand willed $500 to her pet parrot.

Gun

Never point a gun at anyone unless you want to kill hun. "Unloaded" guns are always the ones that go off.--U. S. Folklore. In Washington, three weeks ago, Senator Harry Bartow Hawes of Missouri presented Speaker Nicholas Longworth with a revolver. It had once belonged to Bandit Jesse James and Speaker Longworth amused himself by pointing it at a newspaper photographer who took his picture. In Bay City, Mich., small Nathaniel Conklin saw the picture, showed it to his sister Dorothy, said. "I can do that too. Wait, I'll show you." Nathaniel Conklin then ran upstairs, got his father's rifle, pointed it at his sister, shot her dead.

Squeezer

In Lincoln, Neb., Grace Hartman sued Leo P. Wells for $10,200 damages, claiming that he had broken several ribs by squeezing her at a dance.

Grabber

In Manhattan, Joseph Penna. 34, six feet tall, tried to rob Mrs. Louise Hegeman, 61, five feet tall, who grabbed his necktie, held him till police arrived.

Injunction

In Chicago, Mrs. Filemena Toscanini asked for an injunction restraining Anthony Toscanini, her husband, from killing her.

Claim

In Mount Clemens, Mich., George Schwartz appeared in court to ask aid for his four children whom he claimed to be unable to support. "I'm sick, judge. I think I'm going to die," said he, whereupon he collapsed, died, was carried out of court. Quitter

In Los Angeles, Judge Walter Guerin awarded a divorce and alimony to one Mrs. Grace Miller. Mrs. Miller's complaint : her husband would fight with her, always "quit." Husband Miller's defense: "A man can't get anywhere fighting with a woman."

Thrift

In St. Louis, Michael Hirak, rent-free shack-dweller, who burned to death in a coal stove, was found to have amassed $20,000 by saving each month all but $1.35 of his salary of $102.70.

Engineer

In Moberly, Mo., a passenger train arrived 35 minutes late. Engineer D. W. McGinnis explained that he had stopped on the way, made all the passengers get out to help him find his glasses which had fallen beside the track.

Roberta Roberts

In York, Pa., Roberta Roberts killed herself because school authorities, when making out her diploma, had refused to substitute "Bobbie" for her first name.

Sanger Children

In Manhattan, arrested for illegal possession of three bottles of gin, Eugene Sanger stated that he was taking the gin home to his children.

Father

In Stalinibad, Russia, one Mashnun, 116, beggar, celebrated the birth of a boy to his 17th wife.

Centenarian

In Manhattan, Francisco Boggiamo, 100, when bowled over by an automobile, arose, touched his toes with his hands, went home to shovel snow off the walk.

Horses

Near Laramie, Wyo., James McCoy photographed three horses standing beside a fence. They had been frozen to death.

Killer

In Auburn, N. Y., Pasquale Camellera accidentally killed a woman when shooting at a man he disliked. Last week, waiting to be electrocuted at Sing Sing, Pasquale Camellera went on a hunger strike, spent his time sitting upright on a chair and waving his hands.

Towel

In Edmonton, Alta., Ruth Olsen, 27, died after an operation. Reason: A towel 16 in. x 26 in. was left inside her body.

Charge

In Yonkers, N. Y., Edward Wiley Jr. haled his father into court, charged him with talking and singing too much.

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