Miscellany, Mar. 23, 1959

Out for a Pin? In Abilene, Texas, police saw a car being driven backwards several blocks, stopped three Hardin-Simmons University coeds who said they had borrowed a boy friend's car, had driven it much farther than they had planned to. were now driving it in reverse to back some of the mileage off the speedometer.

Robin's Eggs. In Nottingham, England, retired Coldstream Guards Major A.M.G. Beattie swells his income by selling acorns from Sherwood Forest, mostly to U.S golf clubs, schools, agricultural colleges and longbow-struck little boys.

The Art of Politics. In Indianapolis, freshman...

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