Poser

In Manhattan, Myrtle Miller, onetime artists' model, walked into a penny arcade, peeped into one of the undressed girl machines. There she saw herself in a number of poses. Forthwith she asked for an injunction. The court denied it.

Organist

In the Churchman appeared a classified advertisement:

"Organist--Mature, reverent, devotional results. Expert voice development and always on the key. . . ."

Slave

In Los Angeles, Calif., hulking, red-haired Frank Glaser offered himself for sale as a slave. Said he: "[I am] happy only under a master."

Skrocki

At Kansas City, Mo., Anthony C. Skrocki, 20, drove up to a police station, shouted: "Arrest me quick! I've just stolen this truck. I haven't had a thing to eat for three days and it must be about time to eat in there!" Anthony C. Skrocki was arrested.

Sleepy

At Plymouth, Wis., James Mullen of Pittsburgh, drank deep of stimulants, entered a post office, robbed it, fell into a coma there. He was arrested, but escaped. Federal authorities searching for him found him unconscious from drink in a Des Moines warehouse he had robbed.

Neighbor

At Alexandria, Egypt, a Mrs. Stock-Givan called on a new neighbor. As she entered the gate, a fierce looking wolfhound greeted her. She called out: "I'm afraid your dog is going to bite me!"

"I'm afraid he is!" answered the neighbor from her verandah. He did. Mrs. Stock-Givan scurried home.

Fright

At Canon City, Col., boys who thought Edgar Watson, 16, was gullible told him his girl wanted to see him in a vacant house of the neighborhood. Edgar Watson went there, found people who posed as the girl's angry parents, died of fright.

Moving

At Detroit, Russell Rodgers, moving man, was hailed into court by his wife, who charged that he frequently got drunk and beat her. The Court asked: "When do you get the whiskey?" Russell Rodgers replied: "Every day I work. When people move, they take stuff out of the cellar. They get most kind hearted and insist that you have a drink. You do it as a matter of courtesy."

Collateral

In Manhattan, Mrs. Catherine Walsh, having to work for her living, boarded her ten-year-old son out with a Mrs. Frank Heger. When Mrs. Walsh ran short of funds and could not pay $81 due her son's board, Mrs. Heger held the child as collateral. A court ruled children might not be used that way.

Hump

In Chicago, one Walter Lang was arrested because he stood so long watching a roost of pigeons belonging to a local fancier. He pleaded: "I'm just a hunchback. I never did anything wrong." Turning to show his hump, he dislodged one of the fancier's pigeons concealed under his coat. Walter Lang went to jail for 30 days.

Tail

At Aberdeen, Scotland, Scot Robert Bruce saw his barn on fire, rushed in to save his cows. As he went in for the last one, he was overcome by smoke, but saw the animal he was after dash by him in a panic. Hazily Robert Bruce reached up, grasped the animal's tail, was dragged in a hurry into the open.

Tonsils

At Morgantown, N. C., Charles Whitener Jr., 6, convicted of putting rocks in the way of a railroad train, causing a passenger car derailment and injury to four persons, was sentenced to have his tonsils and adenoids removed.

Umbrellas

In Memphis, Tenn., H. E. Mann was offered $10 to appear at a benefit show and lift a 600-lb. bull. He refused the $10, said he would do it for three second-hand umbrellas.

Insane

At Newport, Ky., Alexander Runyon, Federal prisoner on a car stealing charge, filed suits for three divorces at once, saying that he was insane when he contracted with the three wives.

Minister

At Atlanta, Ga., Rev. R. P. Doss, 77, retired minister, was haled into court for caning a neighbor because she had wanted to clean the entrance of his apartment.

Pickles

At Stapleton, Staten Island, N. Y., a Federal jury hearing Wu, Chinese laundryman, answer charges of illegal possession of alcohol. His answer: he had intended to pickle snakes as edibles. His fine: $200.

Irons

In Newark. N. J., John Yezerski, 40 and drunk, beat his aunt to death with a flatiron. Arrested, unrepentant, he shouted: "My aunt attacked me with an iron poker!"

Honorable

At Camden, N. J., Edward Holbaur was arraigned for deserting his wife, failing to support her. Said he: "I am in love with another woman, and I didn't think it would be honorable for me to spend my evenings with her and then go home to my wife."

The Judge said: "I can hardly help having a certain admiration for you."

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