Hubby's Knees Too Sharp

Pennsylvania, 1914

Woman Tells Court That as a Sleeper He Is a Bunch of Corners and a Menace

Pittsburgh, Pa. Feb. 7. — Culbert A. Killingsworth, apparently as well rounded a husband as ever crowded into a suit of pajamas, sat in a court room here and heard himself referred to as the equivalent of a bedful of stilettos. His wife, Evelyn, after suffering for years the stings and arrows of outrageous elbows, asked a divorce on the grounds that as a sleeper her husband is a menace.

"His knees were like sabers, your honor," said Mrs. Killingsworth, "and I can show that I am covered with bruises that are almost as bad as knife wounds. My husband is a sharp, keen business man in many ways, but as a sleeper he is nothing but a succession of corners. I would rather sleep with a buzz saw."

Judge Moore remarked that there was no necessity of exhibiting the bruises. Mrs. Killingsworth said that she might make other charges, but she felt faint.