Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-30
AS YOU LIKE IT.
Some Stray Leaves from Reporters
 Note Book.

| Happy Is the home where tho Wl1e | greets her husband with smile when he returns at the close of each days work and who has a smile and cheery word for him when he starts out in I the morning. Such home has far happier future than the one where there is nagging and where there are seldom smiles unless strangers are present. The little members of the household have far better heritage than those raised on cross words and frowns three times day and be- tween meals.
 Fellow was raising bees back in the foothill country" remarked
 Frank H. Short of Fresno. Plenty
 of sagebrush; sage makes clear, de-
 licious honey. Got in a row With
 a neighbor, shot his dog; said It's
 barking annoyed his queen bees. Neighbor waited a whole year to get
 even, ploughed up a big patch, l planted wild mustard; grew fine.
 Bees thick on mustard flowers. l Mustard makes bitter honey. Like to ruined the bee mans sales. Bee farmer came to me, wanted to sue
 for damages. What can 1 do?' he asked. Nothing" said. He has a right to grow mustard on his own land" Well" he said, "pll get some scheme to annoy him. So
 he got cornet; used to sit up from
 midnight till in the morning prae- ticing Wearing of the Green; Eel l low with the mustard was an Eng lishman; stood it for three weeks,
 went out with scythe and cut down all his mustard. They've been good friends ever since"
 There are no less than 100000 women in the United States to-day who earn their own living and one- third of all persons engaged in pro | fessional services are women. There are nineteen women who are trappers and guides, thirty-nine who are chemists or have something to do with assaying or metallurgy, while in detective work 270 are women. There are 34,579 women who are teachers of music and 1S,000 who are artists and teachers of art. Femi- nine school teachers and professors of learning number one-quarter of a million. There are 1000 telegraph operators, 1,150 women preachers, D. ! 900 women doctors, S8S journalists and several hundred women lawyers in the United States. Women au- thors number 2,725. The oldest bank CT in the world is a woman aged l05. Deborah Powers, senior partner in | the bank of D. Powers & Sons, Lam singburg, England. New Orleans has the finest woman orchestra in the world, while in a New England fac- tory women are employed as piano makers.
 The As You Like It Man does not take a spin in an automobile very often but when he does he quickly realizes why the drivers like to Init 1t up." To the average person mot bring loses half Its pleasure unless the car is sent whirring along at a rather fast clip. Especially is this so when there Is another machine a short distance ahead or not far in the rear. If 1t Is in the lead the oc- cupants of the rear car are never satisfied until 1t catches up with the first machine; if itself is in the lead there is always tendency to draw away from the one coming. Moreover it can be easily seen why person that rides often enjoys making the dust fly and driving the car to the limit. There Is not very much danger on straight and un- frequented road either; it Is on the curves and streets that are. much used that the danger lies. The car in which I was seated followed a machine driven by young man It will be mighty strange if he does not ditch" the machine before the summer is over. It may be rather thrilling to ride in a car that takes curves and goes over bumpers at a fyaway pace, but 1t is also rather risky.
 To an invalid or nervous person, who must of necessity lead an active and excitable life, the silence cure" is to be recommended. Sit, or better still, lie in a perfectly easy position with the muscles all relaxed. the eyes closed and the mind fixed on the most silent and remote place that you ever saw or can imagine-say the top of lofty mountain overlooking miles of forest. where the cry of bird would be startling-or to pie ture In fancy the boundless plains, the vast expanse of ocean, or any thing that suggests infinite power and unbroken stiffness. The mind gradually absorbs something of ns- lures strength and calm and makes a genuine and permanent gain h the effort to recover health. There Is hardly an invalid who would not re- alike benefit from the practice of go- ing into silence once or twice each day. But the thoughts must not be allowed to drift and meander help lessly about. This is an exhaustiig process. The secret is to keep ,he mind steadily upon the one subject that of stiffness and repose. If only for a brief time each day. Persevere in the practice and good results will follow.