Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-11-29
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happening to be in New Britain the
otner evening dropped into the armory
to see game Of polo between the Nax
Brltalns and Waterbury's old team, the
present Bridgeports. The sluggine
match was over, and while passing ont
some one tapped me on the shoulder and
the next moment found myself shak-
ing hands with travelling man, who
LLormeriy made Waterbury his home,
but whose acquaintance I had never
formed, although knowing him by
sight, as the phrase goes. This little in
cldent is only one of many that daily
occur. Strangers at home become old
acquaintance abroad. There seems to
be fellow feeling that makes its ap-
pearance at that time, If at no other,
and the friendship thus evidenced il
carried with them to their homes, often
to the mutual advantage of both.
Speaking of stockings" said a well
known dry goods dealer the other day,
81 think Waterbury is the greatest
stocking market, considering its siz =
that there is in the United States. It is
fact that walking up and down hill
wears out the heels of stockings quicker
than anything else. I have known
ladies to buy no less than two dozen
pairs of stockings during single year,
from my store, and as for children,
they seem to wear pair out every
week. Walking up and down hill as
anyone will notice grinds holes in the
heels of stockings and drives the toes
through the front.
'Take my advice and when you get a
prescription put up. at a drug store,
never ask the price," said friend to me
the other day"
'Why not" asked.
| because the clerk will size you I'D, as
the boys say, guess how much money
you have got and charge you your pile"
"What would you advise"
"Just this. When the urbane COM
| FOUNDER of medicine hands fourth your
prescription, look wise and lay down a
quarter. Now the chances are that the
drugs in the preparation did not cost
| even dime. He will look at the quar-
ter, study minute, and then make up
his mind he has been foolish enough to
sell you the same dose at some time
past, and the chances are that he will
| take the quarter and not say word. Lay
down half dollar, however, and it will
be just the same-no change. Try it
and see."
sat among the mothers at the Art
Institute the other morning and listened
to Miss Harrison, the high priestess of
kindergarten doctrines, lecture on play
and the influence it exercises over the
after life of the child. She said:
''The more heartily child plays the
more vigorously the man works. Drudg-
cry is work of any kind in which the
heart takes no part.
''Work heartily done is always success
full financially, intellectually, and
spiritually. Seek ye first the kingdom
of Heaven and all things shall be added
unto you The kingdom of Heaven, In
this case, is that harmony which comes
when the hands do what the head and
heart desire. The right kind of quiet,
serene infancy leads into the right kind
of vivid childhood. The mother can aid
her child by holding up to him a higher
idea of the play than he has himself
conceived of. The best mother is she |
who remembers the play of her own
childhood and thereby becomes a. play
mate with her child.
you can prepare your children for
the right kind of parenthood by helping
them to play with sufficient heartiness
to impress the play upon them. Let the /
children do the work of building their /
train of cars, but you give them an idea |
by waving your handkerchief to the /
lady who has gone aboard or by inquir- |
ing of the conductor if he is going to /
New York. All the great thinkers of |
the world-Aristotle, Luther, etc.-have |
dwelt upon the Importance of childish |
play, and Schiller says: "A deep mean
ing often lies in childish play, but it re-
manned for Froebel to show how educa. |
ton begins with play"
To illustrate how easily the mother |
can give ideas to the child Miss Harri- |
son told the story of a young Chicago |
matron who is the mother of four
year-old girl. The child recently visited |
her grandmother and heard the story of |
Cinderella. On returning home she ex-
claimed: Now, mamma, let us play.
You be Cinderella and I'll be the step
mother" Her mother assented, and |
seating herself assumed a very SORROW
full expression.
'You are not going to that ball." said
the child in her harshest tone. "You
must stay home and clean up your
ashes"
The mothers expression grew sadder
as in broken voice she replied: ''Ah,
if only could go somewhere, instead of
having always to work in ashes" The
child caught the idea that she was play
ing pdLU LA OH houSAU 10 l
marked: 81 don't want to be step
mother. I'll be the fairy Godmother,"
and waving her wand in the air said:
You shall go to the ball. Here is your
carriage"
After the mothers had joined in a
song about the brown leaves of autumn,
the lecturer took up some autumn leaves
and showed how the child could be in
troduced to the mysteries of science.
The dried brown leaves seem dead, but
nature never dies, only changes for
awhile, and a glance at the twig from
which the brown leaves have fallen will |
discover the tiny green buds which will
be the leaves of the coming snring.-
Trade in CASTOR Teeth.
A medical statistician estimates that