Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-25
AS you LIKE IT
Some Stray Leaves From a Reporters
Note Book.

some stray Leaves from hepOItei , |
Note Book.
Many and amusing are the excuses
which the local truant officer receives
from truants whom he captures upon
the street at times when they should
be at school. The other day he met
a little boy on the street during
school hours, and when he asked him
why he wasn't ut school the child re-
piled, My father was married about
a month ago, but 1 didn't hear any
thing about it until to-day and so l
went down to tell my GRANDMOTHER
about it"
The using of names of well known
local people by vaudeville actors at
Jacques opera house in connection
with the rendition of their jokes is
not at all pleasing to many people. es-
pecially to the persons who are made
the victims of the supposed funny re
marks. During the past week the
name of well known resident of this
city was used by one of the actors in
a little speech which he had prepared
for the occasion. The mans son hap
pened to be there on tie first light
that his fathers name was mentioned
and he was not at all pleased with the
idea that his family name should be
used as means of furnishing amuse-
ment to the public. The next day he
protested to the management with the
result that the mention of the mans
name was eliminated thereafter. Some
persons like such publicity or notori-
ETY., but the majority of people are
not fond of having themselves adver-
tised by actors.
The ugly advertising signboard with
It's gaudy paint is deservedly unpopu-
lar, and many a community cries out
against it. but generally in vain. For
few dollars the land owner permits
the advertiser to paint the whole side
of his barn with a sign, or to erect in
his field a board of gigantic proper
tons, wherein are set forth the won
derful qualities of some nostrum. That
these things mar the landscape and
amount to a positive nuisance is pretty
generally accepted, but the barn own
er or the land owner has rights, they
say, with which the aesthetic must not
interfere. Dead walls in cities the
windows of vacant stores and unoccu-
pied corner lots are placarded often
sively. Boards of aldermen and boards
OF trustees could do a good deal to
suppress this nuisance if they really
undertook it, but too frequently they
hesitate and let it go. In Prussia the
laws are verv stringent on this subject
The authorities have the right to de-
eide what is regarded as a nuisance.
and having reached that decision, no
time IS lost in removing what is OBJ
jectionable. Other European countries
pay much more intelligent attention to
this sort of thing than is accorded it
IN the United States. This is one of
the matters in which the new world
may well take pattern of the old.
lr was amusing to see Teddy Big
gerstaH escort the republican candi-
oates for representatives before the
convention last night. The other day
Ieddy stood on the steps of the city
nan building in Toronto and denounced
the trolley system of Waterbury with
such Vehemence that what he said
reached the ears Of everybody in Wa
terbury, and fearing that people might
think he was talking for the fun of if
while in Canada, Teddy strolled home
and repeated what he had said in To-
ronto at the corner of. the green in
the factory, at the club houses and in
the newspapers, and no one dared saw
MN nay, because all knew that what
ne had said was as true as if he had
repeated something from the Great
Book. Teddy wanted public officials
that had bartered away the DeonIa,s
rights in the matter of street fran
chises relegated to the rear and the
otner fellows put to the front Where
the joke comes in now is that prob.
ABLY there is not public man in Wa
terbury who has done more to heir
the trolley company to get what if has
from the city than the Hon Mr. Cross
and yet Teddy considers him the right
man in the right place Teddy tells
the public that he wants to FIGHT tbe
trolley company in the interest of the
poor man and yet he seeks to put men
IN power who stand convicted of fine
crimes he inveighs against and raised
his hand in opposition to men who
have always taken the peoples side
of such questionsi Personally MI
Cross is charming gentleman, bui
politically he is one of those mer
whom Teddy cannot crow about
Mind YOU. this must not be understood
as implying that Mr. Cross is am
worse than his party. The point w.
: want to make is that Mr. Cross is ONT
of our public officials who assisted TIL,
trolley company to "rob'' the city. Nj
Biggerstaff is on record with th,
statement that this conduct was :
great detriment to public interests. i
he meant what he said in Toronto Wha
does he mean now?