Miscellany, Oct. 1, 1956

Age of Dissent. In Westport, Conn., 62 junior members of the Westport Woman's Club resigned in protest after a regulation was passed barring junior membership to anyone over 35.

This Way to Egress. In Fredericton, N.B., the Daily Gleaner printed an ad for the Bill Lynch Shows, a carnival, touting "An Extra Added Attraction, a close-up view of that strangest of all living creatures—the Two Legged Man."

The Tender Trap. In Reno, lacking 50¢ of the $10 he needed to bail out his wife, who was jailed on a drunkenness charge, Marvin Wheeler light-fingered...

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