Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-20
AS YOU LIKE IF
some Stray Leaves From a Reporters
 Note Book

rocal ScnoolS a teacher was giving her class a lesson in regard to the imports and exports of this country. Now the teacner wore pretty waist which was made of a material which is imported 1nto the United States from a foreign country. In order to bring the lesson nome to the children tire teacher told tnem that her waist was made of a material which was imported and then asked the children what it was. The question was no sooner asked when one of the pupils replied: Cheese cloth' After the roars of laughter had subsided the teacher re- marked that she hoped that it was made of better material thau cheese cloth.
 It must cost the school teachers a good deal of time to collect Christmas presents for the pupils in the primary grades. Ali of them want something to take home for Christmas and if they should be disappointed somebody would get killed. The articles con- Sist chiefly in samples of the children's own work, which, of course, serves Just as well as something better; any thing at all, so long as they are not sent away empty-handed. It is anus Ing to note how much the youngsters think of these things. They are worth more in their eyes than articles will be few years hence that will cost a neat sum of money. One little fellow took home a prize consisting of an advertising card issued by an in- surance company with a few touches put on by the teacher, and he was so much taken up with it he insisted upon having it framed. Every teacher eX- periences trouble in getting pupils in the primary grades interested in school work, and no doubt this is the reason why boards Of education feel in duty bound to pay a teacher well who pos sesses that faculty. It is easy for teacher to show good results in the higher grades. but it is another mat ter to take hold of a roomful of cfil- dren between five and six years old and make much headway. To accom- pi1sh anything in such position one must necessarily have special training for the work and possess an unlimited amount of patience.
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 Waterbury people were very much amused in reading an article in the Democrat of Thursday of this week taken from the New York Telegraph showing. that Sullivan and KeIliher. the two Irish comedians who were brought up with a short turn in Wa ferbury q few weeks ago never set foot on Irish soil and that both were Hebrews instead of Irish as they claimed. Suliivan's name is Bern heimer and Kelliher is the son of a z man named Marks. The fellow who claimed to be Sullivan all the way from the charming town of Mallow in Cork had no resemblance to the average Celt. and many who met him here said so. but he told such a straightforward appearing story it was hard to doubt it. All his people were patriots and for Kelliher's old man he was spoken Of as though he might have been one of the '48 men He was reported as being so intensely patriot 1c that he got his Irish up when, he saw his son making a. laughing stock of his nationality. on the stage and Threatened to disown the youngster unless he cut out that piece. Doesn't it seem that old Marks must have laughed himself sore if he ever got his eye on that item? There is a pret- ty good Irish comedian here this week and while he isn't Irish he dces not A11eAhC el DetQ ShOiL SlL d ISl4I of. a certain phase of Irish character. But he isn't in it with the real stuff Pat Rooney would make more sport for an audience in ten minutes than a ship load of these counterfeit Irish men could turn out in a generation.
 
 Some of the girls are in a quandary to know how to get enough money to buy Christmas presents for their fel- lows and not let their parents or guardians know that they uesd it for this purpose. They are resortfng to all sorts of schemes to fool the old folks, some of them going so far as to have experts change the amounts writ tBn on their envelopes. It is hard to know what to say about this. It would seem that good girl whoworks right along and turns her money over to her parents sllould have few dol lars for herself at Christmas. She might want to give one of her shop mates some token of esteem and if she invested 9 dollar or two in pres ent for a young fellow with whom she might like to go housekeeping there wouldn't be anything wrong in 1t. either. It isn't fair to tie a girls hands so that if she wants a dollar she Is OD1lSeQ 10 resort. to dtI kinds of trickery to get it. On the other hand it should be remembered that it is hard for parents to see young women throwing away good money for nothing, as the old folks say. while there is urgent demands for it in She home. Of course there is no quest ion about the older heads knowing what is best, but after all. it looks as if it would be well not to be too close listed about these things. You can't put old heads on young shoulders and while it is hard to give money to pur- chase articles that can be done with cue, still it is better to do it than force them to steal it for girls will you wnow, when driven to it.
 Talking about stage Irishmen re- minds me of an incident that occurred in Irving hall several years ago when the late Father Duggan was giving a. fair to raise funds to continue work