A Man's Heart. In Metz, France, Jean Rozaire, hospitalized for three months after his wife carved him with a scythe, asked the court to free her before her year's sentence is up because he doesn't know how to cook.

Off Day. In Milwaukee, George Hauf, arrested for drunkenness, was asked by police why he was riding a streetcar early Tuesday morning without any pants, explained that he thought it was Monday.

Home Fires. In Sydney, Australia, Walter John Henry Watson got a divorce from wife Jean Lillian when he testified that she poured alcohol over him while he slept, and put a match to him.

Slump. In El Paso, Police Chief W. C. Woolverton boasted: "This is the second peaceful weekend we have had without a murder."

The Company He Keeps. In Nashville, Judge Charles Gilbert advised a recurrent defendant, again brought into court after a razor brawl, to avoid trouble by staying out of bad company, was told: "I'd like to, judge, but I haven't got enough money to get a divorce."

Listening Audience. In Oroville, Calif., while alone at home listening to a radio program on painless childbirth, Mrs. Joyce Chapman gave unheralded and painless birth to her first child, a 3 Ib. 6 oz. boy.

Compensation. In Burbank, Calif., learning that her marriage was not legal, Mrs. La Verta Lucille Stockton sued R. C. Stockton for $25,000 in back pay for eight years' service as secretary, bookkeeper and housekeeper.

Member of the Wedding. In Minneapolis, Donald and Barbara Nelson, injured in an auto accident on their wedding night, brought damage suits totaling $15,000 against several defendants, including their driver, Best Man David Hastay.

Incidentals. In Haverhill, Mass., the Republican Bates-for-Congress Committee's financial report showed an expenditure of $7 for baby sitters.

Sorry, Wrong Number. In Odessa, Texas, a woman called at the census office to be counted because she was not on speaking terms with her next door neighbor, the enumerator. In Canton, Ohio, a man phoned the census office to correct the income figure he had given when interviewed at home, explained that he did not want his wife to know exactly how much he made. In St. Louis, the census director agreed to mail out forms to three spinster sisters who feared that the neighbors would talk if a male counter entered their home.

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