Miscellany: Raffle

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In Indianapolis, E. Paul ("Teddy") Lewis, 21, onetime sailor and mechanic, distributed handbills bearing his picture, announcing "AMERICA'S BRIDEGROOM GIVEN AWAY FREE." During a cross-country vaudeville tour, E. Paul Lewis will offer free chances on himself to girls and women "between the ages of 16 and 50, of sound mind, good moral character and eligible to marry.'' At the end of a year he will draw his bride's name out of a hat, present her with himself and $5,000 which he hopes to earn on his tour. If he refuses to marry the winner he will pay her the $5,000 as damages, give additional profits to charity. E. Paul Lewis prepared for matrimony by leaving home, changing his name, studying voice culture. Said he: "I have just as much chance of getting a suitable wife by drawing her name from a hat as I do in courting some particular girl."

Lottery

In Paris, France a Government clerk named Chazarin sued his wife for "connubial fraud," asserted that he had purchased a ticket in the national lottery for $6, won a $3,000 prize, discovered that frugal Mme Chazarin had sold his ticket to a baker for $3.

Turkey

In Manhattan, Bert Nevins, 24, was charged with cruelty to animals when a turkey was found in his hotel room strapped to roller skates.

Ghosts

In Barcelona, Spain police arrested the husband and mother-in-law of the late Amelia Sangino, charged that Amelia Sangino, ailing, had been frightened to death when her mother-in-law dressed up as a ghost, hovered about her bed while her husband moaned in a room overhead.