Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-11
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THE fashion autocrat has given out
that the hoop skirt is coming
into fashion again. l suppose he sends
out the word to see how it takes and
measures up the size of the monstrosity
he proposes to give US by the warmth
with which his suggestion is received.
The notices of it which have
come to hand, written by horrid men,
don't give much encouragement to the
notion. Probably a good many of them
remember the balloon like appendages
suspended from the waists of ladies of
twenty years ago, and they regard the
abandonment of the graceful feminine
garment of to-day for the old hoop
skirt as a big movement backward.
But, after all, the ladies themselves
are the final judges on this subject.
They have the knack of dressing SO as to
bring out their special charms, and can
are becoming, and if the autocrats of
Paris or London try to form a fashion
not pleasing to their aesthetic tastes
they will fail.
A BILL was introduced in the house
this week which proposes to restrict the
open season for quail, partridge and
woodcock to October and November.
Any restrictive measure is to be op-
posed, where it cannot be clearly shown
that direct good will come from it.
There is. however, much to be said
against November shooting. With cold
weather and particularly with deep
snow, birds are driven to certain pieces
of cover for refuge. Partridges of a
whole district may flock in one run, and
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play havoc with the birds. Many say
that if the anti-snaring laws would be
enforced there would be no need of
shortening the season. The game laws
in general are better observed now than
they used to be, but it isn't saying that
there are not a great many violations
Ask some of your friends who are good
Iivers or frequent entertainers, how
often they had quail since January 1.
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THE lawyers in Platt's block have
been enjoying good laugh at the ex-
pense of one of their number during
the past few days. 1t seems that GER
tain party had been defeated in case
recently tried. Judgment had been
rendered against him and his body at
tached. He was in immediate danger
of being taken to Jail and sought a GER
justice in the case, for advice. This
attorney waxed wroth when he heard
the circumstances and advised his client
to go to Jail and he would have him out
in an hour, and threatened with dire
punishment the lawyer who had dared
| to sign the paper committing him to
Jail. He even went so far as to brand
| the attorney who signed the paper as a
| fool. Just then he accidentally opened
/ the paper which he held in his hand and
discovered that he himself had signed
the order sending his client to Jail. AT
| once the whole scene changed and
rumor has it that the case is settled and
that several of the attorneys have been
smoking fragrant Cubas for week.
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The outlook for the building business
l next season wears a promising look
The several architects Of the city have
/ orders for many plans for tenement
blocks, residences and additions to fac
tory buildings.
THE cold weather makes a great deal
of extra work for railroad men. The
switches have to be sailed daily to keep
them from freezing. and the railroads
| have to put on extra track walkers, and
at the present time on every mile of the
roads are men who night and day are
carefully watching every inch of the
tracks. Regardless of storms or cold
they are on duty. The rails are full OF
frost and to prevent trains from run
ming over broken rails, which might
mean frightful accident, is the track
walkers business. The cold weather is
thus the means of throwing an add
tional safeguard around the lives Of
passengers. This practice will prob
ably be kept up until warm weather
comes in for good.
UNLESS l am mistaken there is a city
ordinance against obstructing side
walks, crosswalks and ordinary foot
paths. 1t is not enforced, at least so fal
as it pertains to crosswalks. The other
day I counted no less than three de-
livery wagons drawn up upon cross
walks on South Main street, just after
O'clock in the evening, when the streets
were crowded. 1t is bad enough to be
dry weather, but on the occasion in
Iquestion it was raining and the streets
were covered with mud and ice. Most
of the people who were disconnected
seemed to take it as a matter of course
but a few muttered curses were heard
The provocation was so great that the
recording angel may have overlooked
the sin. But what of the policeman
Three Unknown Men Killed by the Cars
JERSEY CITY Feb 11.-Three unknown
men were killed nv the cars here this