This week, Rev. Herman Hegger will open Europe’s first organized haven for ex-priests, because says he: “A priest who wants to break with the Roman Catholic Church is helpless.”

“A priest who wants to break with the Roman Catholic Church is helpless,” says the Rev. Herman Johannes Hegger, 46, a minister in the Calvinist Church of The Netherlands. “He needs somebody, just for the simple things in life, because he is actually left on the street without a penny…

The slot-doorbell, introduced into the Netherlands but a short time ago, has swiftly become a best seller. Instead of ringing the house bell one drops a Dutch cent into the slot and it goes “Bong!”

A slot-doorbell—that was what frugal Dutch huisfrouwen were having carpenters install last week beside their furiously polished brass doorknobs.

The slot-doorbell, introduced into The Netherlands but a short time ago, has swiftly become a best seller. Instead of ringing the house bell one drops a Dutch cent* into the slot…