"TIME Brings All Things"

Elephant

Fortnight ago, the small-time circus of onetime cinema Cowboy Jack Hoxie. played Independence, Mo. Among the menagerie was a 57-year-old female performing elephant named Mena, ballyhooed as the "Largest Female Pachyderm in Captivity." Cowboy Hoxie decided that Mena, her trainer, and his pinto pony were costing too much money. He gave Trainer Cooper $10 and proceeded on his way. The $10 bought elephant, horse and man one meal. Ingenious Trainer Cooper decided to start a circus of his own, set up on a vacant lot on U. S. Route 24, put Mena through her paces. Townspeople brought tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, hay. But Mena, growing impatient with her freedom, broke loose, lumbered off. Trainer Cooper, careening after her on his pinto pony and chased by screaming children, finally caught, her. After three more days of free meals in exchange for free shows. Mena's owner sent for them, booked them into the Indiana State Fair.

Nudists

In the Santa Cruz, Calif, hills, George Spray called a convention of nudists at his Elysium Foundation. Three hundred and ninety appeared. Rival Nudist James F. Curl, who had called his convention for two weeks later, belittled Nudist Spray's convention, saying that some of the delegates had been seen wearing pants. Sneered he, "A nudist wearing pants is no nudist at all. He should be shaken from orthodox ranks."

Scornfully replied Nudist Spray, ''They're just sore because our meeting precedes theirs by two weeks. I didn't invite Curl here anyway. I am going to organize the Western Nudists' Alliance. We'll have more people here than Curl will have at six of his conventions."

Widow

In Revere, Mass., Mrs. Paul Hahn, 61, is sitting in a trailer making candlewick bedspreads, waiting for her husband to return. She married him last Christmas. Last fortnight he unhooked the auto from the trailer, disappeared.

Love

In Manhattan, John Koppelmeyer, 72, insisted to a magistrate that he loved his wife despite the fact that he had thrown a bottle at her head when he arrived home drunk. Inquired the magistrate, "How can you balance love with throwing a bottle at her?"

Glibly answered Mr. Koppelmeyer: "It was an empty bottle."

Bullet

Out of the neck of one Edward Simpson, Massachusetts police doctors last week dug evidence which may convict him of murdering a policeman. The evidence: a bullet from a brother policeman's gun.

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