Miscellany, May 26, 1947

Ballet Oop! In Paris, balletomanes were treated to an unprogrammed novelty when Dancer Michel Rayne leaped up in an entrechat, came gracefully down, kept right on down through a prematurely opened trap door.

Charge Account. In Little Rock, Ark., a local drunk who had spent many a night in the cooler, because he couldn't post bond, walked into the police station cold sober and proposed that he deposit $10 for contingencies.

Thorough. In Ventura County, Calif., James Tobias, 26, not only broke out of jail—he provided for travel expenses by relieving the hoosegow safe of $1,000.

Precaution. In Goose Creek, Tex., a harried mother...

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