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Young Malcolm was levied two quid For the terrible thing that he did, But one M.P.'s quibble Was "What's good for Dame Sybil Must be good for each Sark invalid." Dame Sybil disdained his appeals, Only she could have motorized wheels. Her parliament said Sure To her droit du seigneur, No matter how other folk feels. ∙∙∙ With classic British nonchalance. Actor James Mason, 53. and his estranged wife Pamela, 44, launched a laconic legal battle in a Santa Monica court to divvy up the spoils of their marriage. Pamela demanded an allowance of $14,165 a month alimony and child support for the couple's precocious daughter Portland, 13, and son Alexander, 6; Mason agreed to shell out a temporary $7.000. Even with all that dough at stake, it was stiff upper lips all round. As the hearing was going on. Pamela was charmingly interviewing James on a pretaped TV show. "One should be able to talk to someone to whom one has been married for 22 years," sniffed Pamela. Added James: "We're just plain folks, me and my family." ∙∙∙
A few words of financial wisdom from multimillionaire Arkansas Farmer Winthrop Rockefeller, 50, uttered to the London press on how to watch the dimes in hopes that the dollars will take care of themselves: "Never overtip."
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The pack of eight Alsatian hounds that guard the 1,000-acre Sutton Place estate near London of Last Billionaire Jean Paul Getty, 69. normally content themselves with 3 Ibs. of horsemeat apiece each day. spiced with an occasional hunk of prowler. Notices about the property warn: "Danger. Guard Dog—Keep Away. This dog is trained to treat all strangers as enemies. Do not touch." All of which is unsettling enough without one of Getty's pets hopping the fence into someone else's land. As Getty and a few friends were out for a stroll, one of the dogs, named Max, took off after a calf grazing in the field of Farmer A. H. Tilley, grabbed the animal by the throat and took a hefty bite. Said Getty, fined $14 for permitting his hound to "worry a calf": "Max always was a bit of a hunter."