Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-28
AS YOU LIKE IT.
Some Stray Leaves From a Reporter's
 Note Book.

as feeling hurried. When in the early morning the days affairs press one's attention beforehand, and there comes the wonder how in the world every thing Is to be accomplished, when ev- cry interruption Is received impa- tiently, and the clock is watched in distress as the moments fiit past, then the mind tires the body. We are wrong to drive ourselves with whip and spur in this way Each of us is promised strength for the day, and we must not wear ourselves out by crowding two days task into one. If we only keep cool and calm, not allowing ourselves to be dustered, we shall be less wearied when we have reached the eventide.
 Not tenth part of the millions of collars sold in this country each year are made of linen. Our housewives hardly know what genuine linen is, unless they take trip abroad .and use their cajolery with the custom in- spector on returning. With lis the pride of the wife is her silver. Tn Europe, and especially Ireland, the housewife's pride is her linen. We have tried to equal the Irish linen, and failed. They have failed, too, In Scotland, England, Germany, and Russia. It is said there is something in the Irish climate, but I doubt it. Another argument is that the super forlty lies in Irish flax, but most of the Irish linen nowadays is made from fax grown in Russia.
 James Byers, for many years resident of this city. who went to his old home in Ireland about five years ago, is back again in Waterbury, and thinks he will spend the rest of his life in this country. Things are some better in Ireland, he says, at present than they were when he first left there about forty years ago, but even at that one who has lived here very long gets tired of 1t and longs for the freedom and opportunities that are the common property of all in the United States. In his rambles through the old world, MT Byers met HuitO c iVW pCOplc WiIA WuOlu uO worked at Brown & Bros and Bene- dict & Burnham's years ago, notably Peter Reilly, Big Peter" as he was familiarly known to his friends ir this city. He Is now farming in his native Cavan and likes 1t.
 What is the name of the roadway running directly north of the prop erty of Joseph T. Graham on Bald win street, easterly to River street? As matter of fact 1t has no official name because it never was accepted by the city, but 1t is known as Gal win street, not Galivan, as the city directory has it, and boasts of several very neat houses. There Is another street of the same name running from Wall street easterly to Holohan av- enue. Both were named for the same man. the late John Calvin of Union street, father of Mrs Patrick Holohan who formerly owned the land through which the streets run. Tn the work of eliminating doubles in street names now going under the direction of the board of public works one of the streets will have to be given an- other name. Which shall 1t be? That will depend largely on how the abut- ing property owners look at it. The one opening onto Baldwin street is the older and evidently that name will be retained there if the property owners so desire. But in any case. the directory should not have Calvin and Galivan streets. In the first place they sound too much alike and result in lot of confusion and be- sides Galivan Is simply a mistake in spelllng.-It should be Calvin.
 Senator Tillman of South Carolina once violated law, for the adoption of which he was so outspoken, but escaped punishment. About five years ago the legislature of South Carolina enacted law compelling the railroads in the state to provide separate coaches for the white and colored races. Shortly after its en- actment, state fair was held at Columbia. at which Senator Tillman was a visitor. Realizing that the night train would be crowded I de- cided to return home from the fair on the noon train." says Mir Tillman in relating the incident. "I got my grip and went to the depot and found every seat occupied in the white cars and throng in the passageway. Not liking to stand up for the distance of sixty miles, I began to perambulate along from one car to another. Final ly got to perfectly empty coach with no one in 1t except two darkies. I quietly and very modestly ensconced myself in one of the seats. The car I was in was as good as any of the others had passed through but was marked "colored" and was set apart under the law for colored people. had no right there, but thought If behaved myself my colored fellow citizens will not object After a while several colored men came into the car. among them a bright. copper colored fellow-citizen of mine, who took a seat opposite me and began conversing. I know you. sir began my colored friend. I went to Bene- dict college while you were governor Senator Tillman replied that he hoped he had never heard anything bad about him, to which the colored man added: No. we colored people like you. Some of us, though. make a terrible racket about some things you have said. Your bark is worse than your bite" Finally" says MT Till man. the colored fellow, with a gleam of humor. which simply con- vulsed me afterwards. although did not relish it right on. said: Gov