Barber-Shop Harmony. In Paterson. N.J., ten businessmen, tired of waiting their turn in their favorite barber's chair, bought the shop and hired the barber for their exclusive use.

Tracked. In Washington, the Treasury Department told how it caught up with David Fixman, a former railroad employe who obtained $843,000 worth of orders for nonexistent nylon hose; he was turned in by a prospective woman buyer who had no use for railroad men.

Suppressed Desire. In Chicago, Myron Morrison, 14, grabbed the controls of a runaway streetcar when the motorman fainted, shut off the power just as the car headed into a truck, shucked to his admiring passengers: "Shucks, I didn't even get a chance to ring the bell."

Time Flies. In Reading, Pa., William A. Nagle filed suit for divorce against Imogene Nagle, complaining that she deserted him on August 20, 1897.

Merry-Go-Round. In Saint John, New Brunswick, Alphonse Arsenault plunged, fully clothed, into roaring Reversing Falls, which nobody had ever survived, got caught in a huge whirlpool that spun him merry-go-round while he shouted "Whoops," two minutes later washed him ashore, still whooping, 100 yards downstream.

Dilly-Doily. In Bogota, N.J., sidewalk superintendents watched two steeple jacks climb 750 feet to repair the smokestacks of the Continental and Federal Paper Co., wondered as one of them began to embroider a doily while waiting for a fresh batch of cement, eventually discovered they were lady steeple jacks.

Benediction. In Windsor, Ontario, the Rev. Burton Robinson announced the last hymn of the Sunday morning service, Now the Day Is Over, Night is Drawing Nigh, slumped in the pulpit and died.

Taxation Representation. In Chewelah, Wash., Joe Sety, advised that he owed $45 income tax, wrote a check for that amount, sent it along with a note: "I don't know what this is all about as I employed aa expert to figure out my tax. However, it's all right, when you need more lemme know."

Hangar-on. In Phoenix, Ariz., 58-year-old Amateur Pilot James Taylor undershot the airport, but wiggled to a successful landing on the hangar roof.

Mistaken. In Penticton, British Columbia, Mrs. Amanda Pearl Yule, who ar ranged to have two teeth extracted while undergoing a tonsillectomy, extracted $5,200 damages after the misdirected dentist removed twelve uppers and one lower.

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