Miscellany: Women

In Detroit, Mich., Frank Kurtz, 72, read Schopenhauer on women, then vituperated and chased about the house Mrs. Frank Kurtz, 57. Said she in court: Schopenhauer was no fit reading for a 72-year-old husband. Said he: "There are as many ways to the heart of a woman as there are women in the world."

Wake

In Nashville, Tenn., seven Negresses started to hold a wake over a corpse. They knelt simultaneously to pray. The floor gave way; all seven and the corpse fell to the ground. They sued owners of the house for...

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