Miscellany, Jul. 4, 1949

Petty Cash. In Seattle, when Mrs. Enar Glad pointed out to an armed robber that there was only $5 in the office and therefore "it's hardly worth your time," he agreed and left her office.

Change of Pace. In Missoula, Mont., a student veteran advertised in the Montana State University newspaper: "For Sale: Excellent courting car . . . Owner now needs baby carriage . . ."

Sip. In San Antonio, a woman fined $25 for drunkenness indignantly denied the charge: all she had had, she averred, was a fifth of whisky and eight beers....

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