Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-06
HEARD IN PASSING.

gaSolene, says the AnS0nla SentlneI.
 which means that both are automo-
 bilizing their political forces.
 When the children of a family are named "Arabella,' ''Gwendolin, :"
 Rupert" etc, it is a good sign the
 mothers favorite reading is not the
 Bible.-Atehinson Globe. If a girl can play a little, sing
 little. and read little French, it is
 an indication that she is finished"
 No one knows exactly what that
 means, but it is something her father
 paid great deal for at a private
 boarding school.-New Haven Union.
 Remember that the fleet would burn
 the coal just the same whether on the
 trip around the world or not, so don't
 say anything about that part Of the
 expenditure. Coaling fleet is like
 feeding the individual-it is necessary
 whether in action or not.-Middle-
 town Press.
 The largest speech ever delivered in congress weighs nineteen pounds. That is, the stack of typewritten copy which the senate official reporters sent down to Senator La Follette's room representing his filibuster talk weighed that. It was sent to the speechmaker for revision before ap- bearing in the record. - AIeriden Journal.
 Little time or worry may be wasted over the statement that Mir Bryan is for Senator CulbersOn of Texas if he falls to capture the nomination for himself. If Mir Bryan can control the nomination at all, he will take 1t for himself. If he can't control it, it goes without saying that he won't be asked to name his second. But perliaps the intimation that he has a second choice is suggestlve.-New Haven Register.
 If Mir Ryan contributed S20,00o to the Nebraska campaign in 1901, with out NIT Byran's knowledge or consent, it's the richest joke ever perpetrated by the malefactors. They can hardly contain themselves over the hum0r of the situation. If it harnesses Bryan, he can comfort himself with the thought that Harrlman's contribution to tine republicans of New York was affected through Mr Rooseyelt's direct sOlicita- | tion.-Springfield Republican.
 It doesn't look as though anybody i had succeeded in throwing q scare" | into the ranks of the trust builders | when one is created in the state of | Delaware with a capital of billion | dollars, and with power to do about ! everything except issue money and | build railroads. That Bay state gas trust looks just about like the right | thing upon which to use a great big | club while it is still in the formative ! state. and before 1t gets strong enough 10 laugh at clubs.-New London Tcle- graph.
 There will be cantcens at and about | the great party conventions this year and no effort has been made to forbid l them. At Denver the milk in the %. aoanut will be kept on snow brought | every day from the snc---Iine on tlie | nearby mountains. while at Chicago t will be cooled in cold storage ellam- bers loaned by the packers. for q con sideratlon. There will be no special privileges sold inside the convention | halls. but outside there will be ail tLa uxuries of the season available at | short notice and reasonable terms. | There will be no need of the delegates | aking their canteens with them ua- less they may need them In trinslt.- Bridgeport Standard.
 The facility with which blind men find their way about the city is illus trated in ono Of the largest restau- -ants of the city. Every aOonday two
 lind men come to the place and 1 stand near tiIe door until the head guides them tO a table The blind men. of course. cannot read the menu. and instead UF having 1t read to them they state the amount they wish tO spend for lunch and allow the waitress to make the selection for them. 1t first her choice of Iuacheons was often unsatisfactory. but from their frequent visits the young woman has gradually learned their likes and iislikes until she now rarely orders d luncheon which Is not io their tastes. Another detail whieh is carefully looked after hy the waitress fs lhat -he pepper. salt and other tahis sc 'rssgries are always in the same rsla- live positions 0n tile table. so that fita blind men have no troubIe in selecting f Lhem--Philadelphia RecuriI-