MISCELLANY

High Tea. In Detroit, Charles Willoughby and Jasper Manier got 90 days in jail for selling to Mrs. William Young, for $10, two whiskey bottles full of cold tea.

Safe & Sound. In Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jimmy Larsen, 12, popped a small whistle into his mouth to keep it from covetous playmates, startled the neighborhood by tooting with each breath until the whistle was extracted from his larynx.

Manna. In Oklahoma City, police spent a day counting a haul of seized whiskey, broke 158 pints, which leaked through the floor to eager collectors in the jail below.

Pshaw. In Texas, a WASP, flying a ferry route, got so hot even at high altitude that she stripped to the waist, hung the garments on a peg, lost them to the wind, radioed Waco for help, was met at the field by a ground crew with averted eyes and a WAC bearing a shirt.

The Distinction. In the Fairmont, W. Va. Times, a help-wanted ad ran: "Girl or lady for housekeeper, not over 35 years. To stay nights."

Heart & Head. In Cambridge, Mass., one Charles E. Holden filled out the first half of a marriage-license questionnaire, was stumped when he tried to remember the name of his bride-to-be. He finally explained to the clerk, "I must have a poor memory," went home to find out.

Pedal Extremity. In Oakland, Calif., Mrs. Very Perry won a divorce on the ground that her husband, Joaquin, to keep her from running around at night, soaked her shoes in water, put them in the oven to bake and shrink.

Hot Tips. In Philadelphia's summer heat, Detective Sergeant Clarence Ferguson arrested two bookmakers who were operating a telephone switchboard--in the nude.

Brooklyn Bonfire. In Brooklyn, 18-year-old Joe Raia siphoned gas from his father's car to put into the car of his 17-year-old friend, Izzio Frangale. Some of the gas spilled. The boys lit a match to see how much they had lost, promptly sent up in flames the gasoline, garage, two cars and an adjoining house.

Buster. In Brookline, Mass., the late Lawyer Woodbury Rand left $40,000 to his pet alley-cat Buster. To his housekeeper he left Buster's comb, brush, harness and an extra $40,000 to provide for the cat's additional comfort. To nine outraged relatives he left nothing. Reason: ". . . their contemptuous attitude and cruelty to my cat."

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