Jack

At Astoria, L. I., an Italian was called to court by health officers for harboring his goat, Jack, in his cellar. Ordered to seek other pasturage, said the Italian: "Me no keepa da goat; me eata da goat!"

Moose

In Manhattan, thousands of Moose strolled about the island, in and out of Carnegie Hall particularly. They were holding their 36th annual Convention. Fifty "beautiful lady Moose" called on Acting Mayor Collins of New York with the compliments of 50 Mayors.

James J. Davis, U. S. Secretary of Labor, head of the Order (The Loyal Order of Moose) declared his and his brethren's common interest to be centred in the child life of the U. S. In 1906, when Mr. Davis joined as 247th member, the Moose were in debt. Today, over 600,000 members have accumulated assets of over $32,000,000.

Vagrant Goats

In Newark, N. J., citizens complained that 100 vagrant goats had taken possession of the freight-yard district, butted the residents, overturned swill buckets, eaten clotheslines, rosebushes, awnings. Police, five dog-catchers, two Health Department Inspectors, Humane Society Agents, a squad of detectives geared out with lassos and dog-nets, harried the herd of whiskered miscreants, caught nine.

"Small World"'

At Albany, N. Y., one Hector Sin- clair, of Eldorado, Kan., hurried into a second-hand bookstore. He had heard that the vendor possessed a copy of a work for which he had searched for over 50 years--the writings of the Jewish historian, Josephus. Hector paid $2.50, opened his book, beheld his own name on the flyleaf, recognized the volume as one he had lost in 1872.

Ethereal, Graceful

At Paris, Paul Poiret, famed dressmaker, declared modern male fashions "disgusting," "unmentionable," "like sausages," "like notaries," suggested for day wear in Summer "loose garments made of light materials which would feel as if they did not exist . . . trousers of an ethereal cut; for the evening, huge velvet capes that would fall into graceful folds."

Exeunt

In Budapest, one Martin Romler, barkeeper, tapped a barrel of beer, drew off two foaming steins. A customer drank one. He drank the other. A few seconds later, both simultaneously fell to the floor dead. In the barrel was discovered a drowned viper.