Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-15
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Some Stray Leaves from Reporters
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reasons from children why their parents were opposed to vaccination. One little girl remarked: My father is opposed to vaccination. He does not think it is any good. My grandmother was vaccinated three times, but in the end she died from smallpox
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 There was a disappointed man at the Harlem Opera house the other night, says a friend of the As You Like It Man. Mrs Patrick Campbell had been playing one of her degenerate plays and the polite audience of fiat dwellers had applauded perfunctorily. When the performance was over, one motherly looking woman remarked to her spouse as he searched beneath the seat for his overshoes: well, now, Pa, are you sorry you came?" 'Oh," replied Pa patiently, ''don't make much difference one way or the other. Only I was in hopes-from her name, you know, Mrs 'Patrick'-that it would be g good old Irish play"
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 Female help was never so hard to get in this city It is with only the greatest difficulty that one can get servant to suit, or in fact, any kind of servant at all The employment agencies, as usual, report to have all kinds and classes of female help on hand, but call to any of them would show otherwise. The free employment agency, maintained by the state, where one would expect to find help ill plenty, and in fact where there is al- ways the best kind to be had, finds some difficulty in procuring servants for the numerous requests. What the cause is no one seems to knows, but the demand for female help was never so large.
 One of the best things told at the Elks' banquet Thursday night was Harry Durant's recital of his defeat in the race for senator. Harry" is a capital talker and adapts himself quickly to circumstances. 'You know said he, i've republicans-I mean this one.' pointing to himself as he looked around the banquet table, flor I see no more of us here-generally rely upon the fifth ward for our support, where there are about 900 democrats to p republicans. Well, 1 got the nomination for senator and of course wanted to be elected so I made daily visits to the fifth. 1 laid my wires and built my fences Every visit promised me about 9 more votes and l often lay awake nights figuring up how many 1 would get On the evening before election I figured I ought to have about 1900 democratic votes, where there were only 900in the ward. I was also on the ticket for justice of the peace where I was sure of election because all on the tickets are elected. So on the election night l hied myself down to the fifth to see the count and I found I had 21 pas ters on democratic ballots-and every d-d one of them on the justice of the peace ticket"
 Before the evening school opens again the board of education ought to have the lights in the drawing class room regulated or adjusted to suit the studies carried on there. An hour and half is the time allotted for the eve ming school, but the drawing class. during the term just closed, seldom benefited to that extent, except in the opening studies when the subject could be studied in any kind of light. Paper shades had to be made by the pupils and teacher and adjusted to suit each lesson every night. When the term was in full swing and the class had become divided into yerious parts then came the difficulty with the lights Considerable time was lost in arrang- ing them to suit the different studies The lights for the life class would often throw the painters into gloom, or perhaps enyelop the class in still life in shower of light that was any thing but pleasing to the students. And so the difficulty went on night after iOl1f fOls Iierl1f hot one subject would not suit another sub- ject. and much valuable time had to be lost i'll arranging them It would seem that as the board of educat10 al- lows night school it would make prop CT arrangements for the pupils to profit by it.
 Those who have had the smallpox have their troubles now as well as those who think they are in daily danger of catching it. The one who has had it answers a thousand ques- tions every day, and much to the sur prise of his questioners because his face is not like a stone quarry, and there are no external evidence of his passing through the disease. Of all the tiresome things, the necessity of being obliged every day to answer the same questions that you answered yes terday, the day before and several days before that, and will have to answer ''inquiring friends" as long as the prevailing scare exists, that is the most tiresome of all tiresome things. And when you think you have allayed your questioner's curiosity and con vinced him that further questioning is absolutely unnecessary, instead of giving you his sympathy, he says "Ah gwan, don't believe you" It is al most impossible to convince the ordin- ary person that unless your face is like a potato pit. you haven't had the smallpox. On the other side of the ocean nothing is thought of the disease, for they know how to handle it. and the physicians are not always ready and anxious to create a scare. But anyhow, the people here ought not to be so afraid of it; they are not so handsome.
 Just at this time when the smallpox scare is hurting business q good way to check it and wipe it out is to prac tice right living and be scrupulously clean. Here are a few pointers on what to eat, and the condition the body should be kept in If infectious disease is in the vicinity it should be remembered that pure blood contains bodies that will combat disease germs.