Sanctuary. In Cheshire, Conn., a 22-year-old parole violator voluntarily returned to the Cheshire Reformatory, said he had stolen two automobiles in order to do so, added: "I was tired of the outside world."

Sea Dogs. In Manhattan. Lieutenant Charles Brantingham, podiatrist-chiropodist of the U.S. Naval Training School at Hunter College, said that of 2,000 WAVES examined, only 15% had normal feet.

When In Rome . . . In Chicago, police held Hillbilly Braden French for carrying a revolver in his belt. He explained that the folks back in Tennessee had told him Chicago was tough.

Sunday Special. In the Atlanta, Ga. Sunday Journal, a want ad wanted a strange mentality: "TYPIST-FILE CLERK, smart enough to be worth $135 a month, yet dumb enough to start for less."

Tuesday Special. In Mexico City, Virginia Henslee, society columnist of the Novedades' English page, gave expression to an old, local feeling: "In future, printable news from Cuernavaca will be carried in this column regularly on Tuesdays."

Sidetrack. In Philadelphia, James Ware, who took a summer job in 1894 as a railroad waiter, to help pay his way through medical school, got a 50-year service button from the railroad.

-Self-Insurance. In Seattle, Mrs. Alice Alfaro, a laundry worker, applied for and got a final divorce decree after keeping her interlocutory decree since February 1925. The reason for her delay, as explained by her lawyer: "She was fed up with marriage, but was afraid she might try it again if she were free."

The Chair. In Middleboro, Mass., 14-year-old Wayne Thomas went to the dentist for an extraction, sat down in the chair, died of fright.

Efficacy. In Sacramento. George Brandenburg sued the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for personal injury, got down on his knees in the courtroom and prayed while the jury deliberated, won a $5,000 judgment.

Embalming Fluid. In Boston, thieves robbed a tavern of 25 cases of liquor, removed their loot in a stolen hearse.

Post Haste. In Bracebridge. Ontario, Mrs. W. W. Kinsey had returned to her through the mails an undelivered business letter which her late husband, who died in 1917, had written in 1888 to a young woman living 20 miles away.

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