Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-22
As YOU LIKE IF
Some Stray Leaves From Reporters
 Note Book.

new and rather appropriate name TOT an automobile during the past week He was in store with some friends when he heard some persons speaking about automobiles. The conversation was at its height when he heard one man say that those ''knock-me-downs" were rather dangerous. That finished the discussion about the automobiles.
 Recently in one of the local schools a teacher was reading a story to her pupils. As she came across different words in the story she asked the chil- dren the meaning of them. No diffi- culty was experienced by the children in telling the meaning of the various words until the word psalmist was reached. It was several minutes after the teacher asked for the meaning of this word when one of the pupils raised his hand. There was a triumph ant look on his face as he said: "A psalmist is person who tells your for tune by reading your hand"
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 Many hope that the finance board will see the wisdom of deciding to pur- chase all school supplies for the chiI- dren. The plan of supplying some things and having the children furnish others causes a whole lot of confusion, and inasmuch as it is cheaper for the people to have the city do the buying than attend to it themselves it is hard to see what objection there can be to doing things that way. You cannot tell what children do with money and on this account most people prefer to pay for school supplies in taxes than have demands made upon them from day to day by children for things which they are not sure they need.
 "After a cable car conductor had passed me-" says writer in a Chicago paper. several times without asking for my fare, I touched his arm and gave him a nickel. A few minutes later as I left the car found him on the rear platform alone. Don't ever do that again he said If a conductor misses you don't hunt him up. He doesn't want you to do it. If miss a passenger-the chances are about even that no one will notice it except the fellow himself. But when he rushes up to pay fare have missed every body notices the fact that have been negligent, and if there is a t.spotter" aboard 1 lose my job. The next. time save your nickel; it may save my posi- tion.'"
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 Mayor Kilduff spoke encoura ging1y at the finance meeting Thursday night of the work of the evening schools He considered them wonderful help to all the people of the town and want ed to see them encouraged. MT Goss added that he should not hesitate to ya double the amount asked for that pur- pose if it were needed. He was of the opinion that the evening schools would be well attended this season for the reason that the prospect of working nights in the shops was not bright He also thought that the demand for new schools would be on the increase right along unless business should drop off in the factaries. If such a thing should happen he expected to see large de- crease in our school population.
 ls.: # The As You Like It man heard a good story the other day from a man who takes the offerings on Sundays in one of the local churches. He says that many women carry their loose change in funny places. Everybody knows that it isn't modish for wo- man to have a pocket in her dress. It would detract from it's appearance Consequently women have to find t some other means of carrying their small coins when going to church. ''They have it up their sleeves, in their handkerchiefs, in their prayer books and other convenient places.' y said this man. ssBut what takes away my breath" he continued Sis to see a woman put her hand in her mouth pull out a silver or copper coin and place it on the plate. It is practice that is not at all pleasing, but the wo- men do not seem to mind it. One day I was greatly surprised to see a woman put her hand to her ear and pull out silver coin. It reminded me of the Chinese. Tn my opinion some other way of carrying their loosH change than in their ears and mouth should be devised by women''
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 A number of Waterbury's felines lre laid up with 8 malady which com pletely incapacitates them from per forming active service and in conse- quence the town is at the mercy of rats and mice and unless the cats re- cover and get down to business soon the citizens will. have to look up some other way of protecting themselves from the advances of the rodents. It looks as if We might some day need the services of a ssPied Piper of flame lin,'' if the authorities would not be afraid to trifle with such a charmer. Anyway, rats and mice have things their own way in many places and most people have such a dread of bringing poison about the houses they will be getting worse each day. The cats have a disease which keeps them in bed a good deal, and when they do amble out they can hardly see daylight and spend all their time sneezing and wiping their eyes. A reader of the Democrat got mad at the rats the oth- CT day and decided to try some sort of poison. It was a powder and he mixed it with lard and meal and left 1t in the chicken coop, intending to take it out before the hens had a chance to see it in the morning But he slept until long after daylight and when he went out there was not bit of it in the pan. He was not sure whether the rats or the chickens got the dose, but it did not take him long +r find mt The QxnnrirnQT1f T1rOvo6