He Wouldn't Eat Wife's Mouldy Pie

1920

Boston, Mass. — George D. Zwicker of East Boston testified in the East Cambridge Divorce Court that his wife, Mrs. Mary Zwicker of Cambridge, slapped his face when he refused to eat a mouldy apple pie which she placed in front of him. He told the court that his wife locked him out of the house, and when he tried to get in by forcing the door of the basement, she struck him on the hand with a hatchet and inflicted three cuts. He showed the scars to the judge. He is bringing the suit for divorce on the grounds of cruel and abusive treatment.


Urge Medics Study the "Lounge Lizard"

The idiosyncrasies of tickle toes, shimmy shakers and the hearts of jazz band masters will be delved into by future medics, according to plans outlined by Dr. Charles R. Bardeen, dean of medicine of the University of Wisconsin.

Lounge lizards and other living oddities of wider fields offer greater scope for scientific study than human cadavers, Dr. Bardeen told the congress on medical education in Chicago.

Dr. Bardeen suggested that all clinics be equipped with an assortment of live models and that these be used in study as comparisons with dead bodies.

—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, March 20, 1920, page 1.