Miscellany, Jan. 27, 1947

Earmarked. In Rome, Italy, Romano Pandolfi, sick & tired of being teased about his big ears, grabbed a razor, trimmed them down to pint size.

Bare Minimum. In San Francisco, professional models asked 50ยข an hour more for posing naked than for posing "draped," explained: "Just tradition. It's really more comfortable without clothes."

Bird Call. In Hamburg, Germany, Elsa Zawada wandered into the zoo, suddenly heard a voice.calling, "Zawada, Zawada," looked into a cage, saw the parrot she had lost in 1944.

Frontal Attack. In Spartanburg, R. C. Wyatt, 79, sore because Waitress Bessie Meheles...

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