Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-21
AS YOU LIKE IT
Some Stray Leaves from a Reporters
 Note Book.

Note Book
 That was an unkind rub Commits sioner Whiting gave his friend, Mir Blakeslee, at the meeting of the board of public works d short time ago. When the communication submitted by the engineer relative to the propOs- ed improvements at the junction of Bank and Grand street were being discussed, Mir Whiting said he was very much in favor of the work. still there were some doubts i'll his mind as to whether it ought to be done, De- cause he thought it a scheme of Alder man Blakeslee to deprive the Salvation army of place to hold open air meet ings. MT BIakeslee indignantly denied the imputatiOn and told the cOmmis- sioner that he ought to be travelling with DOckstader instead of working in factory.
 Arm in arm with the shirtwaist man the girl with the short sleeves IS becoming a familiar type of the sum mer season The short sleeve girl IS not so prominent in the city during the earlier part of the summer as she is during the waning weeks of the sea son. The new style sleeve has met with the greatest popularity among the girls with the pretty, gracetui arms. but it is viewed with equal dis favor by the girls whose arms are not so plump and Shapely. The girl who has been spending the summer at the seaShOre loves to expose to the pubic gaze her tanned arms. and so does her sister who has not basSed in the rays of the sun at the shore for so long q time. But q tanned arm does not al- ways signify, however. that girl has been spending her vacation at the shore. She may have permitted the rays of the sun to have spOrted about her arms for one or two hours Tor q few days in her own back yard. But the short sleeve is extremely popular. This fact cannot be denied by any person whose business has required q trip or two about town during the past two weeks Some girls favor the short sleeve for the sake of cOnven- tiOnaIity. others for the sake of con- fort: some because they are vain enough to inform the public that they have been sporting at the beach. while others. who have not been there. would give the people the impression that they have
 'sThey all forgot themselves" said a reporter to one of the aldermen m city hall Thursday, when tine vast as sembiage cheered Father SlOcum's patriotic remarks on Washington Lincoln and Mckinley. No, they didn't. replied Alderman White rather sharply. .'tIey knew what they were doing. and you can bet the applause was not out of dfsreSpect to the dead president but rather am expression or approval of the sentiments uttered by the speaker and an emphatic protest against teachings contrary to the laws of this country" You did we'll. Father" remarked another prominent citizen as he reached Father SlOcum his hand well" answered the cler- gymau. mOdestly. as he turned 10 walk away. eft was just as I felt, anyway" There can be no doubt about that" remarked Alderman Cal Ian. ..NO man could talk that way unless he meant what he was saying. Near the main entrance to the hall, while the crowd was struggling to get out into the world. very agreeable Protestant gentleman met q friend whom he supposed was a devOut Catholic. and stopped tO tell him about Father SIOcum's great triumph. After he had praised the speaker in the highest terms ne Cuucluueu III IlilS fashion: But you hear him so often probably you would not have taken much notice of his speech had you been on the inside" .'I never heard Father SIOcum,'' replied the so-called Catholic. although I'm in that parish since he came here" ''Is that sOE" inquired the Protestant gentleman. looking at his friend with as much curiosity as if he had horns. Well, then. by the great good Master you ought to be ashamed to tell it. I'm a Protestant and I'd almost turn Catholic for the sake of listening to that manE' This is the best answer that could be given to q question put to the As You Like II man last night, that is. How can there be bad cfti- zens among the people who listen to the preachings of such men as Father SlOcum2 A large number of sO-called Catholics and PrOtestants. too. never hear the counsel of the priest or min fster. and as a rule critics upon the work of the preacher belong in this class.