Sitters

In Baltimore raged a flagpole sitting craze for children. One "Azey" Foreman, 14, claimed a junior championship with a record of 10 days, 10 hr., 10 min., 10 sec. Soon rivals appeared. In a few days, 21 poles bore young perchers, applauded, tended, pointed out by ambitious parents. Unambitious parents had to watch their young to keep them from sneaking up telephone poles. Developments were rapid.

P: The City of Baltimore announced sitters would need a $1 permit, poles would have to be approved by city engineers.

P: Ugly rumors spread that Sitter William Wentworth, 12, came down at night. His indignant family defended his honor. Their pastor preached beneath the pole while neighbors sang hymns.

P: One "Buddy" Warner, 20 months old, was placed by his mother in a box atop a seven-foot pole. For him was claimed the infant record. Time: one hour.

P: Baltimore's Mayor Broening went the rounds, congratulated the sitters, told them: "Stamina and grit are essential in the great struggle of life."

P: One Charles Ruppert, father of a sitter, said: "My boy is sunburned and the exposure to fresh air will benefit him. I want him to make a real record and I've promised a reward of 50-c- a day for each day over 20 he stays aloft."

Superintendent

In Yonkers, Louis Hanley, as superintendent of the Westchester County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, reformed many an erring husband. Last week he was arrested for deserting his wife and two children.

Cure

In Santa Cruz, Calif., one Amandus J. Paulsen, paralysed in legs and hands, cut his throat, lay in a tub full of water, turned on the gas. He was found and taken to a hospital, awoke to find he had recovered from his paralysis.

Shirt

In Shenandoah, Iowa, Dwight Nichols drove a golf ball which struck a tree, alighted in the shirt pocket of another player.

Gust

In Manhattan, one Angelina del Vescovo, six, sat watching her aunt iron. A gust of wind blew a piece of paper in the window against the iron where it ignited, then into the child's lap. She died of burns.

Fowl

In Shadyville, Ohio, one William Baker was arrested for chicken-stealing. A dressed chicken, discovered in his cistern, was taken in evidence. To preserve it for a September grand jury, the fowl was sent to an undertaker, embalmed.