Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-26

dance halls have any voice in the matter the barn dance Is likely to be short lived. This dance, which is nothing more than gallop around the hall. is very hard on floors and conducive to wearing them out quickly. Tn buildings where tho dance hall is on an upper floor the whole place seems to shake when q large crowd is doing the barn break down. The dance may be good for training purposes and perhaps is all right in worn out shack but should have no place on good dance floor.
 A bright girl in a large school ap- piled to her teacher for leave to be absent half day, on plea that her mother had received telegram which stated that company was on the way. Its my fathers half sis ter and her three boys," said the pu- pill, anxiously. "and mother doesn't see how she can do without me be- cause those boys always act so dreadfully." The teacher referred her to the printed list of reasons which justified absence, and asked if her case came under any of them. T think 1t might come under the head, Miss Rules," said the girl, pointing, as she spoke, to the words Domestic affiiction."
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 The great mistake that most peo- pie make to-day is eating more food than their system can possibly re- quire. When the days are hot and humid and we have every excuse for banking instead of feeding the in- ternal fires, the less We eat of heavy and stimulating vlands the better able We shall be to enjoy life. As the longing for food is materially decreased during the warm months the ideal hot weather dish Is the viand that appeals to the eye as well as the palate. For tempting breakfast dish, set before each member of the family an individual service of some one of the light and cooling cereals, made especially at- tractive by the addition of fresh fruit. At luncheon good salad Is always tempting.
 There is little doubt but the acci- dent to one of the players will have big effect upon the Crosby high football team this season-if in fact 1t is not the cause of the eleven dis banding. No matter how large amount of sand is in the makeup of the players they are bound to be a little less aggressive when they think of the injury that fell to the lot of their promising halfback. Boys will read about players being injured at football but they are not much impressed until one of their own squad is knocked out. The accident during the week was the first of the season in this vicinity and coming so early will without any question keep many young men of amateur teams out of the game for time at least.
 We are now informed by those gentlemen who are in a position to know that flowers see and to lim- ited extent think. We have known this for some time. There was. that famous case of the man planting a cucumber seed in California. Before he got back to the house the vine had overtaken him, climbed up his back and was dropping cucumbers into his pocket. Then, has any one eyer watched gourd grow? It be- hayes in manner that fills us with fear for our laurels. It stretches out toward the thing 1t wants, obviously having seen it. Then, when 1t has quite decided on the shortest route, 1t curls tightly the tendrils it will not need, but keeps stretched to the utmost the that it has plans for. All of which shows, as matter of course, that plants think.
 The As You Like It Man wonders if it Is something akin to local pride that causes the people of this city to take such an interest in the game in which the New York Na- tional league team is participating. that the team Is running a great race with Chicago and Pitts burg, the fight in the American league is just as close and more teams have chance for the cham pionship. But it is the New York team that the people are watching. The telephone rings and somebody wants the New York score. The crowd in front of the bulletin board is evidently waiting for the New York result for as soon as it comes, the crowd for the most part moves on. It is undoubtedly because of the fact that New York in a way is so close to Waterbury that the enthu- siasts of this city keep their eye on men. The same might be true if the New York Americans were in the chase for the pennant- but they're not. The American league may be followed more closely in the west but the National league seems to be the leader in the east when the first three teams are punched.
 The Middle West has found new use for the straw and corn cobs which heretofore 1t was necessary to burn in order to get them out of the way. At Beatrice, Neb, a plant was put in operation which manu- factures Illuminating gas from straw. corn cobs and things of that sort. The gas is sold to the residents for $1 a thousand feet, which is S7 less a. thousand feet than the price for coal gas by company In the same city. Ton for ton more gas was produced from the vege- Ia hI, matter than eouId ba produced