Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-20
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Some Stray Leaves From Reporters
 Note Book.

Some Stray Leaves From Reporters
 Note Book.
 Apnles are harmless for children to eat between meals, we are accustomed to think and. in fact, they are of inesti- mable value to us all. The phosphorlc acid of the apple promotes sleep, disin fects the mouth is a helper of the Kid navs obyiates indigestion, and is one of the best known preyentives of throat diseases.
 Recently a teacher in one of the local schools was explaining the suD- ject of statues to her class. Alter speaking on the subject for some time she asked if any of her pupils knew of any public statue in Waterbury. h. stantly a little boy in a rear seat raised his hand. and being called upon by his teacher, said in loud, clear voice, so every pupil could hear him: "The Car rie Nation statue by the green" Roars of laughter followed, the teacher her self joining i'll.
 A story is told of Mime Calves visit to her dressmaker in Paris. While she was discussing her costumes with the head of the establishment a couturiere hesitatingly entered the room and ap- preached her. She came on behalf of herself and her fellow workers to beg q great favor. Would Mime Calve sing them a song? It was much to ask, but though they worked for her hardly any of them had ever had chance of hear- ing her beautiful voice. At once the great singer consented. She went into the work room and, having satisfied herself that no unauthorized persons were present, she delighted her audi ence of work girls with two exquisite songs On leaving she was accorded an ovation which for heartiness proba- bly, rivaled any which she had received during the course of her brilliant ca reer.
 After forty-two years of hotel life Henry Clay Barnabee, the veteran opera singer, has decided to pass the remainder of his youth" housekeep- ing. He estimates that he has spent at least $20S,000 in the time. bare average of S100 week. and now he IS enjoying the luxuries of fine apart ment house in Riverside Drive, sur rounded by his household gods and comforts undrenmt of in his hotel ex- perience at trifie under the figure he has been called to pay hitherto. So l strongly does the novelty of housekeep- ing appeal to him that he travels every midnight from Manhattan Beach, where he is playing, arriving home at 2 o'clock in the morning. With the persistency of an insurance canvasser he has argued ''home, sweet homev with his partner, w IT. Macdonald until in sheer desperation it is expect l ed the latter will forsake hotel living and set up house for the first time since the Bostonians were organized. Statistics published by Dr George J. Engelmann in the Journal of the Amer ican Medical Association shows that the number of births in American fam lilies has been steadily declining since l6OO, and is now rapidly approaching the statistical level of France. Dr En l gelmann's observations are based upon l,1O0 cases in private and dispensary practice in St Louis, and the study of 2,O3S cases from the genealogical rec ords of Massachusetts. Among the la- boring classes he finds that PIP per cent of American born married women are childless, and among fthe so-calledl Higher class 2S.6l pep cent.3c The axerzs 1 age number of children born to each woman is small and has been steadily l growing smaller. At the present time among the laboring classes of St Louis l at any rate it has fallen to slightly over two, and among other Americans 1t is only Is. Another investigator in
 Massachusetts, taking the census of lS90 as q basis, estimates that among
 merican born women in that state 20,2 per cent are chlldless Among the foreign born married women the por-
 ton childless IS only 11.U2 per cent.