Miscellany, Jan. 31, 1955

The Word. In Fort Worth, Mrs. M. E. Johnson complained to the city council that her tavern business was suffering from a plague of divinity students who clustered so thickly outside her door preaching sidewalk sermons that prospective customers had to elbow their way to the bar.

Still, Small Voice. In Milwaukee, sentenced to two years for stealing a jacket and toweling, Gerald F. Russell admitted that he had no use for either, explained lamely: "I guess every person has a little larceny in his heart." Dial Tone. In Pacific Beach, Calif., telephone repairmen uncrossed the wires leading into the home...

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