Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-03
AS YOU LIKE IT
Some Stray Leaves from a Reporters
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 Rearding a December weather re- is at 90, can't drive the precipitation from a persons brow, as the follow ing incident will show: Mrs Figgitt had brought down some old news papers from the garret to put on the cupboard shelves. Going through the library she accidentally dropped one Oh the floor. Later in the day Mir Figgitt came in and picked it up for the morn- ing paper. The first thing his eye fell on was the following advertisement: ''WANTED-Able-bo men to shov- el snow off the pavements; wages $1-5O to $2.O0 per day" MT Figgitt almost swallowed his cigar and grasped the chair arms for support. He looked at the thermometer on the wall, which stood at 90 degrees. Then he looked at the date line of the news paper. It was December IA, 1900.
 The following ''bull'' is related in The Green Bag: Sergeant Kelly of the Irish bar in the early years of the nineteenth century used to indulge in a picturesque elOquence, racy of the soil, but unfortunately he would sometimes forget the line of argument and would always fall back on the word therefore" which generally led his mind back to what he intended saying. Sometimes, however. the eff feet was almost disastrous. One time he had been complimenting the jury, assuring them that they were men of extraordinary intelligence. and then branched off into statement of the case. With a wave of his hand ana a smile on his face he proceeded ''This is so clear a case gentlemen, that I am convinced you felt 1t so the very moment I stated it. I would pay men of intelligence a poor com pliment to dwell on it for a minute, therefore I shall proceed to explain it to you as minutely as possible"
 How to make the. home cool in summer is told by a woman writer in a woman's journal in the following language: Of course the windows must be properly shaded with blinds or awnings and also. well screened. All the heavy hangings should be re- moved, and when possible the carpets should be taken up or covered with linen Cool colors, such as white. gray, light greens and blues should take the place of the warmer colorS. Thin white muslin curtains soften the light. The house should be well aired and stunned at least once q day. The early morning is the best for this. Open all the windows ano blinds and let the sun and air pour through the house. About 9 o'clock close the blinds and all the windows except two or three down stairs and two or three upstairs. In the open windows place wet grass screens, or cover the regular screens with wet HnV1 hn ernn 6n T1 open all the windows and blinds. A skylight or window should be kept open night and day in the attic, eS- cept, of course, when it rains. The cellar windows should be open only at night. If they are not closed dur ing the heat of the day the warm, moisture laden air enters the cellar and condenses on walls, pipes, metals, etc. and in a few days will make it so damp as to be an unsuitable place for keeping food"
 The members of the fair sex are as a rule said to be very timid, and what a commotion and uproar will the ap- pearance of a little. tiny, harmless mouse cause among a gathering of young ladies, and even among older women. A friend of the As You Like It man had q peculiar experience the other day, which tends to show the timidity of the fair sex. He was sauntering along. Bank street with a friend one fine morning. when pretty young lady stopnpned and requested in her most charming manner, which is one of the characteristics of women, if he would be so kind as to post let ter for her in the letter box, which was at the edge of the sidewalk. Of course the young man assented. For what young man could deny such a re- quest from fair young lady? Think ing that the cover of the letter box was unusually hard to pull down and that it had resisted the efforts of the young lady he boldly went forth and exerting all his strength he grasped the cover of the box and gave it a mighty pull It came down in a manner so easy that it surprised the young man, who then remarked to the young lady that ii must have been difficult to open the box. "Oh, no, that was not the reason. was afraid of that horse that was standing nearby" The young man al most suffered stroke of paralysis or hearing the reply.