Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-15
AS YOU LIKE IT
Some Stray Leaves From a Reporters
Note Book.

some stray Leaves HT0m ISepNh lSL .
Note Book.
Story writer's must be careful and
not take those still in the flesh as their
subjects particularly when their coln-
ments are not of complimentary cnar-
acter. There was shipWreck story,
THE ReckleSsness of ENVY, In Tue
April Munsey's Magazine, Which polo,
among other things, how the coward
skipper" was the first to get ashore py
the breeches buoy, much to the disgust
of the heroic life savers NOW captain
Axel Simonson Of the Norwegian snip
naogry saws the story was based on
+he wreck of his craft, and he didn't
get ashore first by any means. He has
brought suit for $4,000 against the
Munsey company, alleging that the
story holds him up to the world as
coward.
Nobody would think of going into
dry goods store, clothing house or gro
cery and ask something for nothing
but many think nothing of stepping
intn a shoe department and calling Tor
q pair of shoe strings and walk OF with
them Just as if they were kept to DE
given out gratis to everybody. An
agent for a big shoe manufacturing
concern was talking about this matter
not long since and remarked thaf ne
knew of no business, men who give
away more for nothing than the snoe
distributors do. He thought there was
no reason why laces should be thrown
AWAY when tJhe tag falls of the enus
of them ana stated that If people would
dip the ends of the strings in bottle
of mucflage and then let them dry be-
fore using they never would know the
loss of the tags. ~ u
None Of the manufa curing concerns
As looking for trouble, but all of them
are making preparations to meet 1t
when it comes. It is said that the
clock shop has had an eye to business
in this line and managed to nave as
much of a certain class OF work aheau
as will enable it to run" during the
present strike without causing any
trouble whatever. The other shops
are working with the same end In view
and many claim that before next win
ter is over some strange and unexpect-
ed happenings will occur In half a doz-
en- or more of Waterbury's big plants.
There is going to be something doing
this winter unless all signs of the
funny remark man made in one of
the prominent club rooms last night
about the little snarl at the clock shop?
Somebody asked how it was going to
come out and was answered by a man
who ought to know that Mr. Wade had
taken the bit in his own teeth this time
and that it would be a stiff proposition
to make him let go. Wonder what did
he mean?
This is the feast of the assumption,
a holiday of obligation in the Catholic
church. Masses were celebrated at
800 7:30 and o'clock. In the old
world it is one Of the greatest festal
and feast days of the year. Nobody
works and no matter where you turn
there is excitement galore. In, the ru-
raj districts the festivities are con1n-
ed principally to dances on the green
hillsides or at the crossroads and the
amount of sport that can be had at
such gatherings cannot be fully appre-
ciated by people who have not taken
part in them. An American who was
touring in Ireland some time ago was
heldup at a dance on the roadside and /
although he was not much of hand
at the business he was induced to
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well he stopped long enough to get left
for his train, but he didn't care about
that. He got enough real enjoyment
out of that afternoons program to
more than compensate him for the in
convenience he was put to in finding
place to spend the night in a town
which Arthur Young once termed the
Smost execrable hole in Ireland" But
this was many years ago. and if the
author Of that lfbelous statement could
get peepsat the town to-day he would
want to have the remark eliminated
from his writings. Lady day as the
10Th of August is commonly termed
across the water is something like our
own Fourth of July and all the boys
and girls look forward to it's recur-
genee with happy anticipation.