Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-19
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 Yawning Is not at all times an indi cation of a feeling of laziness. More frequently it is an evidence that cer' tain muscles have been oyerstra1Aed and require rest Medical men aver that a yawn Is natures demand for rest Some people think they only Aawn because they are sleepy. But this is not so. You yawn because you are tired. You may be sleepy also, our that is not the real cause of V'ur yawning. You are sleepy because you are tired and you yawn because you are tired. Don't try to suppress 1t De cause you think 1t is impolite to yawn. Put your hand over your mouth If you want to but let the yawn come. And If you are where you can stretch at the same time that you yawn, just stretch and yawn. This Is natures way or stretching and relaxing the muscles.
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 After the advocates of better ob- servance of the Sabbath have put stop to Sunday baseball and other wicked acts of that sort it Is hoped they will devote a little attention to the sma1l offenses and wipe them out too. More damage has been done to the morals of the community through statements made in the divorce mill during the past half year than ever occurred on the baseball field or at the soda fountain. and yet nobody 'has raised his voice against it. great deal has been heard regarding the scenes enacted in the police court. but ft should be remembered that what ona hears and sees in the city court fs not in it. so to speak, with the fine touches of the superior court when smart divorce case is on and the limbs of the law get to calling things by their right names. But too much should not he expected of the reform CT. He cannot rid the city of every evil if complains of with one stroke. Give him show. Let him coop the baseball crank and then perhaps he will get the hiplock on those who are keeping the divorce mill in operation.
 "Sive mo the names of about five very poor families before Christmas" !" said a man of some means to report CT the other day. ''T'm going to spend few dollars in almSgiving and don't want to give anything to peo- pla who are able to help themselves" This is what worries many well dis posed persons They want to assist deserving folks. but have no use whatever for the professional beRcar or the lazy. shiftless man or woman who refuses to earn his or her own living. This principle is all right. hut 1t can be carried to extremes. Let Ils forget all about the weak points of our neighhor's character at this season and try and make even the wrecks of society feel that the Savior died for them as well as for others and that it Is their privilege to return to HiIn my. day they choose. It Is a oGesti ,n if We are right in being too severe Nirh thu crI:ns ones. esnenta"y at il'is time. Anyway. it would seem 1l;at people who ire blessed with good cornmCn sense and means beyond their own needs can well afford to extend a lit tle charity both in word and in deed to all Gods crea atures during the ob- servance of the nativity Of the Prince of Peace.
 ---T don't know whether Tom Kelly fayors high or low rate of taxation, but should judge by the way he talk cd and winked his off eve when com menting upon levy of forty-six and half mills on the dollar. that he is not throwing his hat in the air over it. "You see," said the baker, "we are all more or less slaves to custom. We are constantly clamoring for better clothes for ourselves and our families, more delicacies on the table, prlrer water, better streets and sidewalks. and in consequence our living expenses are on the increase. Years ago people never mistrusted that disease germs awaited them at every turn of the road. Now we see them in the spring wells. the fresh milk, and the peskv things threaten us in the air we breathe. We want everything analyz- cd before we use it. It is so with all most everything else. Some may in- quire how folks got along when they didn't bother their heads about such things, but you cannot afford to delve into those questions. The manners and customs of the human family are changing rapidly and municipalities like private cor0orations, that want to keep abreast Of the procession cannot do business on the systems fin vogue half a century or more ago. Of course there is such thing as going too fast and settling yourself in shape that you cannot travel any further without un- dergoing repairs, but I'm not sure whether even that is as bad as letting the wheels of progress rust for want of proper care and exercise"