The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-21
'Mongst Pleasant Persons
WHAT TO SAY TO-DAY.
Table Talk for BrOnidea During the
 m,h-al
By Q. 6. PARTRIDGE.


 Table Talk for Bronnides During the
 Three Meals.
 Rreahfast-Mittie May got excused from school so that she could go down and get her tlsh---The fountain was SO long in draining-They ought not to ravS rsaSy4f anhGunsso Hnew that Ginners Report would be bullish--I was so busy study- ing election figures that l had no tune to put on livery few people seem The papers ought to come out about it-Yes, see there is an item aoout
 Luncheon--I thought that wind would take me of my feet--It certain ly was embarrassing with so many men look ing-On Court Square there must have been a thousand men must get something ers 1e ~esr so crowded r,S couldn't get in-I think the fashions this year are sweetly pretty am so glad Mittie May bought a Merrow Widdy hat-Littie Johnalbert wanted to know why they din't have openings for him-Children can ask queer ques-
 pinner-I think the fuss that has been made over q few s litsie ISrU gon1 1or. nS.. mally for a few and was told tnat was too late--It seems to me tneIe ought to have been more system apon' ward like one of these contestants- She is probably kin to some. or those ewspaper men-I dare say sne ana Johnalbert got enough flsh 70 sloch s.,s oover-Two more rallies and then the finish-It is hard to say who VIII VII We'll, I am not going to lose mucn % sleep over it-I regard the campaisn @ issues as of the utmost importance
 Just A Habit.
 "If had had an excuse. reruaF Aeu ''. The Person with Peculiarities. should never have noticed It et aIl' But there l was at II o'clock m Lns early morning. fit as 2 ,a tloaie; cs anu door that l had teen entering every hisn' for more than a year. ~ ,.
 "Itscared me. I walked up the out side stairs-it is sort of an apaT 'naens M .,s house-and pulled my key as nave done every night for many months On the other side of the door. Tn ule darlx-for the light was not on-was man. tell you l was not exactIy frightened but rather surprised 10 see him there. He was just watching me. me I did not recognize him ana at As. I thought he was burglar. But nc was calm so I remained calm too.
 T must have piddled with the e Ren ' half dozen minutes, Then the man ,n on the other side said that he woulo be very glad if I would walk into tne house. At the same time he walkeo into me; there was nothing OSS oSn us. One of the double doors had been left open and there was l trying to open 1t. The other man smiled very pleasantly anl remarked that he was just going to catch an early train 1 said that had just caught one. went to bed. It shows you Wha' habit will do to a man."
 The Municipal Mascot.
 Nowhere else in Montgomery are there such fraternal fans as are tc be found in the City Hall. First oi all, of course, ia Mayor Teague who l for all that he doesn't like Sunday baseball is one of the most enthusias tic supporters the sport has. Ills private secretary, Henry w. Parrish | Jr.. likes it too and goes when the Mayor doesn't. MT. D. W. Crosland, of the Sanitary Department. MT. Castor Troy of the City Engineers Depart ment-nearly everybody in the shoI | likes the game.
 So when Jimmy Ryan came to tho Hall everybody was delighted. Jimmy Is a guinea pig, that was given into l the office of MT. Crosland by pr. Gas ton Greil. Jimmy has a handsome cage and is fed with large bolts oi dainties. He Is expected to fatten al the averages of the teamsters fatten to grow large with the percentage oi | the team.