Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-01
AS YOU LIKE IT
Some Stray Leaves from a Reporters
 Note Book.

said a prominent New Yorker who spends a good share of his time in Waterbury, to a reporter yesterday. "What christeningT inquired the newspaper man. why" answered the Yorker with a smile, don't you know Waterbury had a little sun this morn ingr' He said that owing to the cloudy weather the thing had worked like charm in New York and that he found no trouble in getting the people of this town to bite at 1t.
 Waterbury has been asked to exhibit views of it's parks at the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo and the whole matter has been turned over to com mittee consisting of Mayor Kilduf and City Engineer Cairns. What a swath Stanley park, that little patch of earth at the junction of East Main and Cole street, will cut at the exposition! There'n be nothing like it on the grounds. Of course the green, Union square, Hamilton park and the vast tract of land in South Brooklyn donat- ed to the city by Messrs Singleton, Camp and Rasmussen will be photo graphed too and sent to the big show, but none of them will attract the same amount of attention as Stanley park.
 If was the unbearable weather of last July and August which gave the shirt waist an established place in the male wardrobe, writes a friend of the As You Like It man. Heretofore the shirt waist has been the exclusive pos session of the summer girl. But with the thermometer standing at 100, it is idle to argue about conventions and copying feminine fashions. Comfort rules. But the shirt waist man of last summer had troubles of his own, and many of them He was the center of attraction wherever he went, and there were some places where he was not allowed to go at all. But now, since the shirt waist has been ap- proved by the government, manufac- turers are hard atiwork remedying it's defects. Many new shirt waists are already on the market which are sure to appeal to the man who plans to go cOatless this summer.
 "Churches do not advertise as they should" said the Rev Dwight B. Mar win of Asbury Park, N. J., in recent sermon Twenty-Five years ago sim pie announcement in the local paper was considered sufficient by most business men. To-day the successful merchant feels 1t incumbent to take more space and advertise more care fully and attractively, yet the church has not changed, but still retains the custom of former years and contents itself with brief statements of ser vices in the column of church notices &r.x, In the matter of advertising alone, the children of this world are wiser than the children of light Churches that spend money In advertising not only in the daily papers but through various methods employed in business, are making themselves known and reach Ing the people"
 What a humane thing it is to see the driver of a cart horse unhitch the animal at noon and let him feed out Of the wagon, instead of leaving him In the traces. 1t looks like a disposi- tion to give the horse a good rest. The animal takes more comfort out of his dinner in this way than he does when 1t is thrown him in a tub on the ground, and he feels the weight of the vehicle while he Is doing his chewing. Every driver should have enough con- sideration for the horse he follows to see that his is made as comfortable as possible during the noon hour. What would a teamster say if he were obliged to eat his dinner in the ditch where he works and hold a pickaNe or shovel in his hand at the same time The boss who would compel man to do that would be called a tyrant, but 1t is a question if he could be said to have a colder heart than the fellow who is too lazy to take his horse from under the cart at the dinner hour.
 The scribe that reported the finding of a box containing the bones of a dead cat in the Whittemore lot at the corner of Bank and Grand streets, did not investigate the case fully, else he would have noticed sufficient evidence that the owner of the bones did not meet death by drowning in the well, as stated in the article but died of nat ural causes. The As You Like 1t man looked at the box and discovered the following inscription on the lid: Lit tie Primrose, died June 20, aged 10 months. Cause of death, indigestion Fond good-byeI We won't forget youI" This puts a different face on the thing and clears up any doubts that might have existed In the minds of the authorities regarding the man ner in which the cat passed out of this world By the way, I think l ought to add that the box and its contents are over ground yet and in the interest of good sanitation. if not out of respect to the feline family. they should be re inferred or taken to H. M- Rigney's crematory and converted into ashes
 
 There is a vast difference in the kind of treatment accorded people by the men who officiate at the banking in stftutions about town have had many very foreible reminders of this but I think the one witnessed during the present week was as good an il lustration of this sever came under my personal notice. A man enterd ont of the banks and requested to have z check cashed. ''Why don't you have 1t eashed where you use itF' asked thu man behind the desk. ''I want to pa! several small bills with it," replied th' bearer of the check, who by the way i: one of Waterbury's wealthy citizens ''my taxes for instance" .We don'1 care about that" answered the bank official with a scowl which prompted the man on the outside to back out o1