Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-23
AS YOU LIKE IT
Some Stray Leaves from a Reporters
 Note Book.

Note Book.
 While touring the north end the other day the board of public works stopped to have a look at the wind mill that has been pronounced a nuisance by some of the nelghpofs who have petitioned the city govern ment to have it abated. The thing was as mute as q bronze statute at rle time and one of the members remark ed that he did not see why any one should say that it was nuisance. "Oh," replied another, you see It IS like a Salvation Army meeting. It makes no noise when it ain't going. Sam Harris. manager for Terry Me Cavern the distinguished @ comedian, had an inspiration the other day down in Louisville. He bought 2.5oO copies each of the News and the Courier-Jour nal. took them to printing office ana had these words printed across the first page of each paper in red ink: "Extra, Terry McGovern will appear at the Avenue theater tomorrow 1n sThe Bowery After Dark" Newsboys were instructed to place the papers where they would do the most good The colonels in the publication offices are said to have freed their minds m energetic language when they heard of Harris's scheme.
 What a change has taken place among some of our neighbOrs during the past twenty-five or thirty years regarding the patron saint of Ireland and the kind of religion he taught the Irish fourteen or fifteen huhdreu years ago? It turns out now that all are willing to admit that St Patrick had a real existence and that the re- 1iCion he planted in Erin was the real thing. so good that the brightest minds of the present age make no bones of bearing testimony to us genuinenesS and cheerfullv recommend the tactics adopted by the apostle as well as his version of the word 10 those who are endeavoring to spread the light at the opening of the tWen- tieth century. Surely this is an age of enliehtment in religion as well as III other things.
 It is wonderful how soon small chil- dren catch on to the slang phrases or the day. and one wonders where they hear them. and how it is possible Tor them to commit such things to mem- ory. The ''As You Like It. man was a caller at a house the other day where IN was a discussion under way which seemed to interest only the two par ticipants Shortly thereafter one of them inquired after some article that had been close at hand a few minutes before. and which was the subject o1 discussion Anxious inquiries were made in general way, and no one seemed to he able to throw any light on the missing article. Just then the yonncaSt memler of the family con vu1sed those present. all except the dumbfourded narents. by remarking with her blandest smile. Search me-
 In the specialties at the Jacques last evening between the acts of the new comic opera Nell Gwynne." by the Wilbur opera company. pictures of the Boer war were shown. From the re ception with which they met one should judge the sympathy of the au dience was with the British forces iT that awful conflict. A picture of Ear Roberts was given wonderful and sur prising applause. while the long be 1eaguered general of famous Lady smith, Sir George White. one of tht most spectacular figures in the Boe war. was given rather cold recep tion X picture of the bloody field O Spion Kop was heartily applauded and the last. a picture of the most pa thetic figure in all the world, Oon Paul. was given only burst of ap Dlause. It was a singular display o feeling for an American audience wit messing the fall of one of the few re publics in the world. the death throe of a wonderful few thousands of pee pie. the blow of the mighty mailed ifs of the British empire and its numer ous colonies. all in wars array crush ing out the life of a nation. This dis play was brief, and while the enthusi asm was brief also, it was strong am emphatic. and one man asked hi neighbor What are the American pee pie coming to?'
 It rarely happens that Scotchn1al is mistaken for German but that i what happened to Commissioner Whit ing of the board of public works witt woman who moved into his neigh borhood recently. The stranger go talking to member of Mir Whiting family, and in the course of the cOnve1 sation the lady asked who was tha German man that boards there. Whe the commissioner heard this he ir duleed in hearty laugh. and said tha probably the woman knew his nation ality better than he does himself. NJ Whiting is large man, to be sure but he is a mere baby compared wit some of our real Germans. ex-Reprt sentative John l.. Sake. for eXamplt who got out of his seat in a trolle car the other day to make room fo four fair-sized young women who wer hanging on to the straps. at the sam time looking around to see if some ( the sterner sex would not find plac for them. After brief pause, NJ SaSe pulled himself from his seq and. remarked to the conductor as h walked out onto the platform. put a these ladies into that seat of mine. The conductor didn't have to bothe himself escorting the girls to the sea They had dropped into it before ti genial veteran of the Civil war ha gone two steps from the spot, and tf quartet appeared to have more rool than the person who had just vacate ;oci<