Great Expectations. In Caravaggio, Italy, after being robbed of 130,000 lire ($208), Mrs. Giacomina Cerutti received an envelope containing 5,000 lire ($8) and an unsigned note: "Dear Madam, it is I who stole your purse. Be assured you will get your money back . . . Will send you 5,000 lire ($8) monthly."

Party Discipline. In East Berlin, when ninth-grade Teacher Wolfgang Triebel accused his class of turning in identical essays, the class spokesman declared heatedly that they had not copied from one another but had "worked collectively."

Mama's Boy. In Fairmont, Minn., while celebrating Mrs. Carl Kraft's 100th birthday, her 60-year-old son told friends : "When she gets my breakfast for me that's fine, and as long as she insists on doing her own housecleaning I'll let her, but when she tries to iron for more than an hour and a half, I put my foot down."

The Flesh Is Weak. In Minneapolis, while the Rev. Arley Bragg of the Central Free Church spoke on "Bad Hearts and Poor Eyes," the Rev. Richard Clearwaters of the Fourth Baptist Church spoke on "Hanging Hands and Weak Knees."

Seasonal Planning. In New London, Conn., after Mrs. Francis M. Laraway complained to the court that Mr. Laraway was a model husband on weekdays but abusive, quarrelsome and a drinker on weekends, the judge sentenced him to jail from Friday night to Sunday night for the next three months.

The Word. In Chicago, after ex-G.I. James C. Mazza had received disability payments for seven years for a service injury which made him mute, he broke his silence to tell Veterans Administration officials that he was improving, was forthwith turned over to the Justice Department.

Realignment. In Albuquerque, Mrs. Mary Jean Gonzales asked the district court to set aside her six-year-old divorce because: 1) her husband had not told her that he filed it, 2) she signed a divorce-suit paper thinking she was filing a wife-beating complaint, and 3) she and her husband had since become reconciled and had three children.

Protective Custody. In Milwaukee, Burglar Robert Jahn went out on a job, sprained his ankle jumping in an office building window, cut his wrist breaking a glass door, telephoned police for help.

Matter of Privacy. In London, the borough of Lambeth council voted to close down their two $23,800 community laundries, commented sadly: "People don't want to wash their clothes in front of their neighbors."

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