Show TROUSERS POCKETS I What Would Our Statesman Do if Their Garments Were Pocketless f I Do you prefer side or slant or top I I pockets in your trousers I dont care Im sure All I want is pockets that I can get my hands into This was the conversation I overheard over-heard the other day between a tailor and his customer and I was reminded of it an hour later as I looked down upon the floor of the Senate chamber and watched our grave and reverend lawmakers going through their work writes a Washington correspondent I In the middle aisle carrying on a triangular tri-angular debate were Senator Proctor and Senator Gorman each with his I left hand in his trousers pocket ajid I Senator Allison with both hands similarly I simi-larly incased They were presently I i joined by Senator Brice who had his I right hand pocketed while Senator Lihdsay strode from the Democratic Democratc I over to the Republican side with both his hands In his pockets almost running I run-ning into Senator Lodge who was carrying I car-rying his in the same way I coud not help thinking of the old story of Daniel Webster and the button but-ton on his jacket which he used to twirl while making his besb recitations in schools I is said that k little girl who had long stood next toi him in his I spelling class and who wai ambitious to pass him contrived one day to snip off his button and at the iiext recitation I recita-tion when Daniel felt for it and found it missing he was so overcame that he missed the word put to him and his clever rival went to the head of the class Suppose some malicious person bent on destroying the comfort and dignity of the Senate shotIdcontrive to have the trousers pockets of all the Senators sewed up over night what would become of American pratory and legislation the next day 7 t rator |