Innovation. In Manhattan, officers of the Societe Culinaire Philanthropique,'an association of chefs, announced that, in view of the situation, the exhibits at this year's annual salon of culinary art would not include food.

So Far. ... In Kankakee, Ill., firemen rushed to put out a grass fire while the house in an adjoining lot burned down--it was just over the city line and thus out of bounds.

Day of Atonement. In Philadelphia, Julius Caesar explained to a judge that he had registered for the draft under two other names, in the desperate hope of avoiding wisecracks. He got a one-day prison sentence.

March of Science. In Berkeley, Calif., officials of the University of California herbarium announced that a combination of liquor and mushrooms can make a person sick.

Family Circles. In a Boston court, George C. Halkett testified that he had found his wife with another man but did nothing about it because the man was a lodge brother. In Chicago, Mrs. Jewel L. Maloney won a divorce after complaining that her husband had reneged on his promise to wash the dishes, make the beds, do the housecleaning. In San Francisco, Mrs. Margaret E. Dayton, who complained that her husband constantly made her eat venison, won a divorce on the ground of cruelty.

Clean Breast. In San Francisco, a theater manager took the public into his confidence (see cut).

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