Judge

In Los Angeles, Judge Guy F. Bush heard John LeGrand plead guilty to a charge of grand theft. One day, while the trial was going on, the prisoner's wife came to plead for her husband. "The first time I saw Mrs. LeGrand in my chambers," said Judge Bush, "I had a peculiar feeling that our future destinies were strangely intermingled." Judge Bush sentenced LeGrand to two years in jail. Four months later Judge Bush called Convict LeGrand before him, reduced his sentence to six months. On that day Mrs. LeGrand filed suit for divorce. When her divorce was granted, Judge Bush and Mrs. LeGrand went to Mexico and married. The Grand Jury and the Bar Association immediately began separate investigations. Distressed, last fortnight Judge Bush resigned. The Grand Jury and the Bar Association continued their investigations.

Meshie

In Baldwin, L. I., Dr. Henry Cushier Raven, associate curator of Manhattan's Museum of Natural History, offered for sale Meshie Mungkut, 5-year-old chimpanzee. No ordinary chimp is Meshie. Four years ago Dr. Raven brought her from the jungles of West Africa to live in his Long Island home. As playmate to the young Ravens, Meshie soon learned the routine of civilization. Today she weighs 70 lb., is 3 ft. high, has the mind of a 12-year-old, will never be much wiser. Like any well-reared girl Meshie brushes her teeth and showers when she gets up. Then she eats a morning breakfast of bananas & cream, using a spoon and holding the tin dish between her leg-paws. For luncheon and dinner she prefers veal, chicken, steak, refuses lamb, pork or fish. Affectionate, she likes to pick choice bits from her dish, offer them to Dr. Raven. Nights she sleeps in a cage. Her daily chore is to help with the sweeping. Meshie lavishes her greatest affection on Mary, aged 2. Until lately, when Meshie's strength became dangerous, she played with Mary, coddled her, fed her milk from a bottle (see cut). Biggest reward for good behavior that Meshie can get is to ride in an open car or an elevator. At home she likes to scoot around on her kiddy-car. Since maturity, Meshie has become temperamental: on being scolded she sulks, will pay no attention to blandishments. When pleased she giggles; when excited she screams. To prospective buyers last week Dr. Raven issued one warning: when she is crossed, it takes four hefty men to put Meshie in her cage.

Job

In Anadarko, Okla., Forrest Hudgins tried to beat himself to death with a hammer, failed, gasped: "That's the hardest job I ever tried."

Paupers

In Washington County, Ohio, three years ago J. W. Yerian, 61, and John Hupp, 69, onetime oil-riggers, went to the poorhouse to live. Last summer their Superintendent smiled indulgently when they cackled of oil in the back yard, gave them permission to drill. From grinning neighbors they borrowed drill and engine. Fuel they had none till they discovered and worked a seam of coal on the grounds. Three weeks of drilling and they struck oil--30 barrels a day. Last week Superintendent and neighbors grinned no more when Yerian & Hupp turned down $10,000 for the well, organized Pauper Oil Co. Said Yerian to Hupp: "I don't care how much oil we strike. I'm going to stay here as long as they let me."

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