Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-26
AS YOU LIKE IT
Some Stray Leaves from Reporters
 Note Book

Note Book
 The As You Like It man has no re- epect for men, no matter what their rank or profession, who give false re- ports concerning questions of public | interest to their friend, the reporter. so that the reports may agree upon | their side of the case. The As You Like It man has heard of one or two l such cases during the past week
  The As You Like It man read a short t he ago about a coming meet ing of the Yale Criminal club in New Haven. This club is composed or their collegiate days at Old Eli The | newspaper story was the first fntima- ion that the As You Like It man had of the existence of such a club Since reading the story he is wondering ] whether the meeting will be public | and the names of the members Will be given to the papers. Ii so, there may be some surprises in store TOT some parents whose sons were for merly students at Yale. He is also wondering whether the. names of any former Waterbury students would ap- pear in the list.
 The question of children and what their future will be is one that ever occupies the anxious attention or parents. Many children never have a fair start in life because they lack the constitution to battle with their cir cumstances. There are hundreds of thousands of children who, while not being actually starved to death. are rendered weak throughout their whole IAx- ain fo1 in cIIif ifal h lfl manner while they are growing. and by not laying the foundation of q fu ture in their bones. their teeth: their brains and their blood. Be sure and give your children rye bread and good coarse oatmeal to help make their bones and teeth good and strong. All children suffer insensibly just in pro- portion in which their diet is of white bread They suffer in the smallness of their bones and consequently stunt ed growth: they suffer in the infirm quality-the softness-of their bones; and they suffer ill their teeth, which, lacking the hardness they ought to possess, fall sooner prey to decay. Adults also suffer. because Nature does not find in the blood those ma terials she requires for repairing and rebuilding the tissues and structures wasted by laDOf ana eXerclSe. The woman to be pitied this season, says one who knows. is the fair one with too much figure. The modistes have come to dread her, for not only is she impossible to fit.but she objects to standing. She drinks a deal of water, puffs and makes herself red in the face telling you how little she
 
 not of air. and if the fat woman were put upon the diet of her slim neighbor for a month her flesh might melt away. If you care to live long and be be happy. breathe deeply through your nostrils, wear no tight or uncomfort- able clothing. keep the skin active by baths and friction. use no spicy or hot condiments, eat only fruit when the appetite is dull, drink warm water to enable the organs to perform their nat ural tasks, masticate your food thor oughly before swallowing it, spend part of your day in muscular work, part in study, the rest in doing some thing for your fellows. Young girls had better blush unseen as good daughters and good sisters than gain all the fame imagineable as bright takers and great beauties without any homely talent s'Homely'' means be- longing to the home. As home is the place where love and charity should abide. so the talents that belong to it it are best worth possessing
 The origin of the Katy-did song is thus described by one who seems to know: One moonlight night the mid night orchestra was giving a concert. Miss Cricket sang a solo. Mir and Mrs Nightingale sang a duet and Mir Owl delighted the company by rehearsal of his famous song. .Who. Who-o. Who-oo.' But the principal feature of the evening was yet to come. It was to be a chorus. All who could sing were to take part Prof Whip-poor- will had spent so much time in drilling his singers that he felt sure of their success. When all was ready he was so excited he forgot to tell Lady Green Wing not to sing too loud. As the pro- lessor mounted the stand all waited in breathless silence for him to lift his baton, which was the signal for them to start. Lady Green Wing, who is near-sighted. imagined sne saw the pro- lessor lift the baton and at once began to sing at the top of her voice. sWho did that?" cried the professor, in a great rage. "Katy did" answered Mrs Green Wing Katy didn't,' put in her husband before the professor could reply "Silence," shouted MT Whip poor-will. Everyone was silent while Lady Green Wing and her husband trembled to think of the punishment which would be inflicted upon them for spelling the concert. Lady Green Wing said the professor, you told me q lie. Katy Cricket did not sing the false note, but you yourself. For this you will not be able to sing anoth- CT song in all your life save Katy did and your husband will sing his answer, Katy didn't"