Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-04-11
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 Visitors to the casino theatre last week during the engagement of the Rose Hill company will remember the two Washburn sisters who figure promi- nently in the first part and do a song and dance act in the olio. Their speciality is the song of two newsboys and in presenting it two handsome gold medals are seen to flash upon their breasts. These medals were made from money thrown to the Misses Washburn while singing this song. It never fails to arouse enthuSias m and in the west. where people are more prodigal with their money than in this section, its rendition never fails to bring a shower of coins. In Albany, where the sisters played for a week. Governor Hills prI- vate secretary threw a horse shoe to them which they have since cleaned up and used as mascot. At several places visited the metallic shower was so severe that the stage hands had to pick up the Coins with brush and dust pan. In Philadelphia the newsboy song made an especial hit with the gallery gods Pocketbpoks, two golt rings and a bracelet were among the articles given the girls. On the last evening of their engagement crowd of newshoys and bnothacks numbering about 200, escort ed them to their hotel and the spokes- man, in bidding good bye said: If dere hadn't been sich gang he'd ask a kiss all round"
 The law in regard to licensing and muzzling dogs should be more strictly enforced than ever the coming summer. Almost every day lately we read of mad dog scares, and number of cases of hydrophobia are reported. As l write Joseph Smith, prominent citizen of South Hadley, across the river from Holy oke, lies strapped to his bed at his home, a victim of hydrophobia. No one care go near him without exceeding caution for fear of being bitten. The victim tries to bite himself, snaps at the bedclothes, and at anyone who goes near him. When exhausted by his rav- ings he has intervals of quiet. but even then the spasmodic twitching of his mouth and muscles indicate his suffer- ing condition. A week ago the victim was bitten by dog. which Was not sup posed to be mad.
 In discussions and articles on 1.-The Choice of a Profession, two of the most lucrative professions of all have gener- ally been forgotten. These are the professions of jockey and strong man" :" At festive meeting-viz., the annual dinner of the Jimcrack club in London "a former steward of the Jockey club said: Ceases now exist where jockey receives salary equal to that of sec retary of state, and jockeys even of the second rank receive, I think, payments which place them In position. from financial point of view, considerably ahead, may say, of the bulk of their employers" Besides these salaries tor retainers, as they are called) the jock cys receive the authorized and regular riding fees, and it is no exaggeration to say that at the present moment at least half a dozen of them are earning, in connection with their riding, in the shape of retainers, riding fees and pres ents, five thousand pounds year apiece, and in one or two cases even more. With reference to the earnings of ''strong men," Sandow is reported to have said, in connection with the com test in which he took part, that by his defeat he lost more than twenty thou sand dollars, the savings of only two years. If these two statements are facts, and there is no reason to doubt that they are, we need not wonder at the large number of would-be strong men" and jockeys.