Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-27
AS YOU LIKE IT.

AS XOU LIKE IF.
 Some Stray Leaves from Reporters
 Note Book.
 The Soane museum in England contains a. cork model of the Coli scum. This was probably acquired by Sir John Soane chiefly because cork is difficult to cut. Mir Clouston tells in The Burlington story con- nected with 1t. The late keeper. MT Birch, was showing party of Ameri- can visitors over the museum and mentioned that this was made in cork" That is curious" said one of the ladies. We are just going to visit some friends there.' T mean. madam" he explained, "that this model was made out of cork" That is still more curious" she replied. Our friends live just little way out of Cork"
 Eddie Foy, besides being re- nowned as comedian, is celebrated in Larchmont, his home, for the num- Der and precocity of his children. A few days ago his third, boy of z, wanted to go down to New York city to a matinee with his father. He pleaded hard and clung to the pa ternal coat tails so consistently that Foy nearly lost his train. No, you can't go to-day" said the funny man, finally breaking away and sprinting for the station. "Boo-hoo!" cried young Foy after his father. and then, brightening up, he shouted: Well, anyway, give my regards to Broad way!' George M. Conan sent the youngster bicycle next day.
 Plans now under way at New York will make it unnecessary for business men to depend upon private stenog- raphers or typewriters. Central type writing exchanges. to which letters can be dictated over the telephone circuit and returned for signature in a few minutes, are to be established In large office buildings and hotels. Such a scheme has been made practi- cal by means of the telegraphone, which not only makes 2 perfect re- production of the human voice, but also records everything that passes over the ordinary telephone. These records are stored upon thin steel wire or disc and can be reproduced an indefinite number of times or re- moved when there is no further use for them.
 After Mark Twain had spoken for half an hour or more at one of his lectures years ago, says the Boston Record, he concluded to take a brief rest. and without word of explana- ton he stopped talking and sat down. do. After a while some one more bold than the rest got up, strode down the aisle and went out. Some one else followed, and in few min utes the hall was empty. Very good lecture. Mir Clemens" said a local dignitary. who was trying to be po- lite. You mean the first half of it," was the reply. "The second half has not been delivered" Not deliv- ered!" almost shrieked the local dig nitary. "No," said Twain. his com posture not in the least disturbed, while the usual merry twinkle was seen in his eye. but we have the money for the whole. and l don't see why we need to worry if they only take half"
 It pays to have q man like Prosi- dent Mellen come to town once In a while and say things in his own way without fearing he may tread upon corns. Mir Mellen trim med the whole of them from Presl- dent Roosevelt down. and as con sequence the. republican papers all over the state are up in arms against him. but it is not at all likely that the railroad magnate cares what tl'ey say Tn any case. 1t was refreshing to hear him lay it onto the big guns of the z. Q. D. about their efforts to heat their way on the road and then kick up a rumpus because the com pany didn't provide them better nc- commodation. Why one would judge by the way President Mellen pitched into the tlisturbers and fault finders that in order to give them the kind of treatment they need when they board cars the coaches would have to he provided with an army of phy- slciaus and trained nurses to look af- ter them, or an officer should be on guard with a patrol wagon outside and hurry the rnscals on to the near est police station. The latter Is the usual way of dealing with people who want to ride at the company's expense and the offenders aimed at in the address delivered In Waterbury have reason to he thankful that they escaped without more notoriety than