Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-12
AS YOU LIKE IT.
Some Stray Leaves From a Reporters
 Note Book.


 In South London a barber, in order
 to get ahead of his competitors, is giv-
 ing away cigar with every shave.
 The London Daily Mail says: "So
 keen is the competition among bar
 bers in South London that pracu-
 tioner in Walworth road yesterday an
 nounced that in furture he will shave
 for three halfpence and throw in the
 best two-penny cigar for nothing"
 ! A young married couple, who are residents of Naugatuck, but are well
 known in this city, attended Poli's the ater on Wednesday night to witness the performance of 'The Pretty Sister of Jose," in which Maude Adams is starring. But to their disappointment they saw only two acts. During the intermission between the second and third acts Mir - received word that his baby had become Ill and was caus- ing much worry and trouble. He, Of course, informed his wife of the dlsa- greeable message, with the result that both left the theater at once and took 8 car for Naugatuck. A bachelor friend of the As You Like It man, in telling him of the incident, remarked that 1t was an example of one of tue many joys of married life.
 Tn Marseilles the nuns who were expelled from the hospitals and SUD- planted by lay nurses have had glorious revenge, says the London Times. The doctors and the patients protested against their expulsion, but in vain. The word of command Aad gone forth from the government, and the sisters were compelled to leave the institutions where they were so highly esteemed for their self -sacrific- ing attention to the sick. The lay nurses did not prove satisfactory. ' After short experience their ser vices were dispensed with, and an ap- . neal was made to the sisters to come back and take their places once more , in the hospitals As they went out, so they have returned-gently and un- ostentatiously. Thus do they show ! their forgiving spirit. This patience of theirs is, after all, irresistible. For time they may be scoffed at, 1beled, sent adrift form their conyents, but there is in human nature, however I constituted. that which makes 1t ad- I fnire virtue and devotion to the inter- i ests of humanity and the power or I enduring wrong without complaint The members of certain club In l this city which consists of young men, . ranging from the ages Of IS to 2l years, have been the principals in discussion which started about week ago and is still on. The discus sion was started one night during the past week when one member remark ed that certain cigar, which another member was smoking was an awful I ly good cigar" A dispute as to the i correctness of the expression "aw- i fully good'' immediately arose I Three members declared that the ex- ! pression was proper, while the jor 1 ity said 1t was wrong. The ground ' taken by those who held that the ex-
 pression was wrong was that the I meaning of the words ''awful' andl \ "good" were in direct contrast to each i other; that "awful' was used in the ' sense Of awe or dread. The trio . who stood in favor of its correctness I declared that 1t was sometimes used ! in the sense Of Every" Finally sev- eral bets were made and 1t was decid- ed to leave the settlement of the ques- J tion to certain teacher. who is said y to have used the expression. The \ teacher was asked for his opinion
 and he immediately replied that the
 expression was correct The young
 men paid their bets, but were not
 satisfied with the decision. They
 sought the opinions of four teachers
 tn the High school. Here. also, was
 found a difference of opinion. Two
 teachers said the expression was cor
 rect while two said it was incorrect
 The opinions of a number of other
 persons were asked with the same re
 suit about half thought 1t right, the
 other half considered it wrong Fiji
 nally the dictionaries were referred to. I
 One stated that the expression was proper in colloquial use while another
 said that lawfully" in n slang sense.
 meant "very' or "e0cessive" But
 the members are not agreed upon the
 correctnes or the incorrectness of
 the expression, and the prospects for
 their agreeing arc not bright If
 schoo1 teachers disagree upon 1t, it is
 not remarkable that young men of
 less learning should disagree.