Tail

MISCELLANY "Time brings all things."

In Manhattan, Colyumist Elsie McCormick of the World told last week of a practicable use for live eels, also for umbrella covers. Procedure: place the eel in the umbrella cover, attach the umbrella cover to the rear of a Mephistopheles costume, go to a fancy dress ball.

Spray

In Atlanta, one Walter Dorsey, Negro chicken thief, explained his technique to the judge: "I just sprays 'em with chloroform. Then stand back and wait. In about five minutes they flop off the roost and are ready for my sack."

Skins

In Chicago, one William Hoke, Negro, confessed in court last week that he had placed banana skins on the premises of 45 companies, slipped on them, collected damages. His sentence: six months.

Scared

In Washington, a Mrs. Mates posed last week for press photographers with her son, Henry Mates. He. aged five, was bald as an egg. She said that a fox-terrier puppy had jumped at him, scared him. Within six hours all his hair dropped out.

Recess

In Singleton, England, the school bell rang for recess. The fat boy, aged six, was jammed in his desk, could not rise. When the village carpenter had sawed the desk off him, recess was almost gone.