Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-21
AS YOU LIgE II
Some Stray Leaves lrom L Reporters

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State Entomologist w. E. Britton
sends out this warning to those who
would save the elm trees: Adult
beetles are now alternating in the
towers of public buildings, belfries OF
churches, and attics Of dwellings-ln
fact, in any building where they can
find protection. These beetles are
now in a dormant, condition, but VIII
beacon. active in March and april, hy-
Ing to the elms as soon as the leaves
appear, and beginning anew their de
predations. The beetle should not be
confounded with the two-spotted red
lady beetle that hibernates in similar
places, and which is beneficial m
sect BY cleaning out all such places
and destroying the beetles during the
next month much can be accomplished
toward preventing injury to the elm
trees next summer.
Il discovered some time ago." says
Professor w. III. Lynch, principal of
the school in Mountain Grove, Mo,
that no textbook Is equal to the news
papers as a means of disseminating
actual and up-to-date knowledge in
the school room. Textbooks teach
only a theory of the world and it's
facts, the newspapers tell the real
drama of life in its varied forms. Ey-
cry Friday morning | have my pupils
devote time to reading newspapers.
Each pupil has a different journal.
Each pupil reads but one article. At a
given signal the papers are folded up
and each pupil tells the story he has
been reading in his own words. This
plan has many advantages, not the
least of which is that it enables the
teachers to get an insight into the nat
uraI bent of each pupils mind"
IF your lips you would save from
slips, five things observe with care,
of whom you speak. to whom you
speak, and how and when and where"
Good sound advice is contained in
those few lines. If the advice was
more often needed many persons
would be saved considerable annoy
ances, the result of making bad
breaks. The AS You Like 1t Man was
one of group of persons who We're
discussing n little business a short
time ago. Near the end of the dis
cussion one of the party left and inn
mediately another remarked: Let
him go to - Imagine his cOnsterna-
ton when he looked around and saw
standing beside him brother of the
person who was the subject of his I'M
complimentary remark. In speaking
about slips the As You Like 1t Man
smiled somewhat at one made by a To-
cal reporter short time ago. In
writing about social event the scribe
included the names of two local
priests in the list of the guests who
were accompanied by their wives and
lady friends. Such slips will occur
now and then.
Speaking of the growth of newspa
per advertising, a trade journal says:
"A century ago all London appren-
fices and journeymen stood before the
doors of the shops in which they were.
employed, calling out their wares and
inviting passersby to enter at the top
of their voices. So active and fierce
was the competition between the en-
ployes of the several shops that oft
times they came to blows which
ceased only after many contestants
were knocked out. and the police had
u.
dates practically from the appearance
of the newspaper. 1t has grown I'M
til to-day it is recognized as by far the
most effective as well as economic
form of advertising. 1t is by no means
the only method, but it certainly
stands easily first among all the meth
DDS that are known. Competition in
creases with possibilities of finding
customers The newspapers offer the
trade of the world to those who have
goods to sell. Some use the newspa-
pers more and some use them less than
others. But they are open to every
body engaged in lawful trade. Wheth-
err used or not OF whether any form of
advertising be employed, 1t is the gen.
eral concensus of opinion that adver
Using always has been the greatest
known lever for increase OF trade
Much has been said and written on
the strike situation in Waterbury by
people in all walks of life, but it seems
to be generally admitted that the Rev.
DIR Davenport struck closer to the
source of the evil than anybody else
when he said that he could not see why
unions of laborers were not precisely
as legitimate as unions Of capitalists,
adding that the one had occasioned
the other Inasmuch as capital pre-
ceded labor in getting together, the
reverend gentleman's view Of the case
was tantamount to charging capital
as being the aggressor, timid as we are
told it is, while labor. with all it's re-
puted pugnacious tendencies, was sim
ply acting on the defensive. To be
sure, there was nothing new in this
statement, but coming from an nnex-
pected quarter it occasioned more than
ordinary comment, as the reverend
gentleman himself has since learned.
1t was q pity that DR. Davenport felt
called upon to say something later on
which looked like a qualification of
the wholesome independence and en-
Inently fair disposition he displayed
Ia his first public utterance on this
question But the eloquent preacher
said enough to show that his heart is