Hazards in Paradise. In Honolulu, beside a footpath in the grounds of lolani Palace, a sign warns: "Slippery Walk When Flowers Fall."

Sweetness & Light Fingers. In Los Angeles, a little old lady bustled up to S. J. Jelalian, threw her arms around him, cried: "You're the image of my long-lost son!", apologized for losing control, hurried away with Jelalian's billfold.

Fraternite. In Annonay, France, after Postman Louis Gagnaire died, a suitcase full of undelivered tax notices was found in his room.

Bad Brakes. In Minnesota, eager Salesman Kenton Hicks, hearing of a deal he could close 126 miles away in Brainerd, rented a car, left Minneapolis at floorboard speed, was arrested in Robbinsdale, then St. Cloud, then Little Falls (each time for doing 100 m.p.h.), did not get to Brainerd.

9-Gauge. In St. John, Kans., Cindy Hobson, 9, asked to name the year's four seasons on a test paper, wrote: "Duck, deer, quail and pheasant."

Age After Duty. In Rochester, Ward-will and Herbert Benzing, 74 and 76, gathered to celebrate brother Joseph's goth birthday, postponed the party until evening because brother Albert, 86, could not take the day off from work.

Donnybrook Estates. In Alexandria, La., six house wreckers showed up at the home of Paul Davis, removed half the roof, most of the upper story and the front porch before Davis arrived and told them that they were tearing down the wrong house.

Gun for Hire. In Glen Burnie, Md., Loren Staples, 4, watched film funnies on TV for a while, then hurried off to a bedroom, climbed a chair, got daddy's pistol and, returning to the TV show, pumped a .38-caliber slug into the set.

Ceiling Limited. In Arlington, Va., a first-grader entering the Washington Post's "Favorite Teacher" essay contest was full of praise for his Miss Davis, added with an eye on next year: "I wish she was smart enough to teach second grade, too."

Dramaliturgy. In Baltimore, the Rev. George F. Packard, illustrating a sermon, produced a rubber-band-propelled model rocket (decorated with orange fins and the word "Soul"), created an illusion of blast-off by dropping Dry Ice in water at the moment of launching, sent the missile to the ceiling of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, cried: "Confirmation launches us into the flight of life, and the fuel is Holy Communion."

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