Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-31
as YOU LIKE IT
Some Stray Leaves From Reporters Note Book.

Some Stray Leaves From a Reporter's s
 Note Book.
 Is it, possible for a man to work day and night with no time for J sleep? That is what a friend of mine says he has been doing for sew leral years past and that his health never was better. He gets a chance to close his eyes now and then for a few minutes and after one of these mods" he Is as good as new. It is hard to believe this, but as the mans neighbors know that he goes to his work day and night they see no req son to doubt it.
 As an illustration as to how little some people think of cerht1ng ex- }penses was given in the presence of the As You Like It Man this week when a woman called upon the own CT of the flat she occupies and told him she wanted her parlor newly pa. pered. The landlord wanted to know what was the matter with the paper, ] adding that 1t was not over half a Year since it was papered, The lady hesitated for a moment and replied that 1t made her nervous to be con stantly looking at the same figure and besides her sister-in-law had a very nice pattern of wall paper and she wanted something like it, The aston ished landlord acted as if he felt like giving the aesthetic tenant the bounce, but he was 8 diplomatic fel- loww and got out of 1t by telling her that he would think the matter over and let her know later
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 Making out the annual estimates reminds one of the old saw, everyone for himself and the devil take the hindmost. It looks like game of grab with the different departments, each losing no opportunity to create a feeling In favor of an increase in funds and nobody paying any atten. ton to what the people can afford to have After all it is well that the board of finance has the power. to curb heads of departments and com missioners. If this was not so every piece of property in this city now in the hands of people of moderate means would soon belong to others because the rate of taxation would be so high that one would need a big in- come to keep up with the procession A man who has something to do with molding public opinion said to-day that he believed we have too many working people with small equities in homes and that Waterbury never would be what he wished to see 1t until they had grown weary hanging on and were forced to let go. FOrtu- uately for the good of the community very few citizens entertain this no. ton, but things are drifting in that direction and in consequence it is harder to get q man of moderate means to buy home today than 1t vas twenty years ago
 
 A North Main street tailor had pc culiar experience last week. Among his patrons is a banker who lives on West Main street. The tailor not only makes, remakes and cleans clothing, put also delivers them. and being an excellent workman he has about all he can swing into every day in the week, He was in hurry to get the order out for the banker, and when he had it ready. he put aside the fiatfron md "goosee and started to change his own clothes before calling unon the
 
 fight until he reached for his necktie which he supposed was with his col lar, but he couldn't find it. He turned everything In the shop upside down, hut the tie was nowhere in sight, and finally he decided to make the trip without it. When rang the door bell lady answereJ the call. and as she reached for the parcel the tailor noticed that she scarcely could keep from laughing. He wondered what 1t meant and thought of the incident aH the way back to the shop. He wore q soft hat with dent in the top ana when he got back to the shop and re- moved the hat. still guessing why the lady had laughed. his eyes rested on the tie. nestltng in the hollow Of his hat. with the ends hanging down the side Then he realized how ridic- ulous he must have appeared. and has since been in quandary to know what the lady thought of him.