Americana

MANNERS & MORALS

P: A Chicago company put up pickles in 20 flavors of liquor (nonalcoholic). Those who liked their pickles straight could down them and taste bourbon, brandy, rum or Scotch. For mixed-picklers, there were Manhattans, Martinis and Daiquiris.

P: The National Father's Day Committee named 79-year-old William Gasper Peter of Beech Creek, Pa. the father of the largest family of 1949: he has 18 children, 80 grandchildren. Said Peter, who is not too old to work as a log splitter: "I hit the wedge hard because that is a way of blowing off steam."

P: In Las Vegas, Nev., which advertises "Fun in the Sun" for tourists, a tribe of New Mexican Jemez Indians put on a rain dance. Next day the rains came.

P: Chicago advertising men, sincere dressers all, proposed leaving off the wearing of ties any time from June 1 to Labor Day "whenever the spirit moves and . . . the' weather insists."

P: The increasing skimpiness of swim suits has created a doctor's dilemma, Dr. Milo Brooks told the California Medical Association : the profession is undecided where to make vaccinations without leaving visible scars.

P: Mrs. Mary Alves was excused from jury duty in White Plains, N.Y. when she told the court that although she was getting $3 a day in court, it was costing her $5 at home for a baby sitter.

P: Twelve-year-old Jackie Lillie of Kinsman, Ohio sold his sorrel pony, Cocoa, to pay for his mother's funeral. At a horse sale in Jamestown, Pa., buyers returned Cocoa to Jackie with an extra $190.

P: The American Hobby Federation reported that stamp collecting is still the favorite U.S. indoor hobby. Others, in order of popularity: collecting American glassware, woodworking, modelmaking, dolls, autographs, coins, creative painting.

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