Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-30
AS YOU LIKE IT.
Some Stray Leaves from a Reporters
 Note Book.

Note Book.
 The residents of Waterbury per
 haps do not realize the number of young men and women from this city
 that attend college until the holidays,
 when the college girls and rah, rah
 boys come home from school. There is certainly large student body in
 this city and notwithstanding all that
 has been said about their fads and fancies, the As You Like It man al
 ways has a feeling of pride when he watches them alighting from the trains and hnstling to their homes, tickled to death as 1t were to get
 away from the school routine, If only for week or ten days.
 The As You Like It Man heard a few remarks of citizen yesterday.
 who undoubtedly had been in the city
 court in the morning when couple of proprietors of wine emporiums
 were on trial for selling to minors.
 Tt indeed seemed amusing to me to- day" he declared. ito see q cOmmis- sioner of the board of safety defend ing one of the men arrested for sell ing to minors. One part of the po- lice force working to convict the fel low, but his superior there to defend him. Of course l suppose alrs fair in court proceedings. just as in love and war, but eliminating the question of right, it seemed most peculiar to
 me-" The As You Like It Man did
 not wait to hear more.
 That some of the foreigners who are in this country have little or no regard for law and fear the revolver feel the contents of the same, was demonstrated during the week Speaking of the subject one of the detectives of the local department, said it is alarming the manner in which some of the people in this city
 look on the police. Tt has reached such point" said the sleuth, that | it is just as well for detective or a policeman when chasing prisoner, to hit him with the first shot as it seems that firing in the air or tow ards the ground does not frighten the fugitive to any extent. Why, in
 New York if policeman pulls his gun, the crowd or fellow who is en- ldeavoring to escape justice looks on
 with awe, but not so in this city
 Since one who is being pursued or when a crowd is looking for trouble regard revolver of an officer with no fear. it is only natural for the lat ter to fire to hit when the warning conveyed by firing in the air is not needed"
 The As You Like Il man has heard
 of boys that have anXiously awaited the coming of the warm weather in
 order to go swimming, and in the
 past has not been surprised when it
 came to his ears that boys could be
 found who had taken their initial
 spring bath in April or May. But
 past records were shattered beyond recognition the past week when four boys in the eastern section of the city plunged in on Wednesday and came
 out of the stream none the worse for their experience. At least as yet their families have not had the need of an undertaken, although there
 was one in the vicinity when the
 urchins dived in to explore the body of the stream. thinking perhaps they might find little ice at the bottom
 of the ditch. There are d number of boys who as soon as the first warm day comes have strong desire to go swimming and, not realizing the dan
 ger of such at this time of the year, imagine that if they do it once with
 impunity they are perfectly safe when they repeat the experience There are very few boys who would
 have the nerve to learn whether
 the water was warm and the air cold" during March and it is good thing that they are few, as it is ex-
 tremely dangerous to begin this sport
 when winter is just passing.
 At this writing it apbears as though
 the Easter bonnet will reign supreme
 tomorrow as all indications point to
 good weather. If the day Is such an
 ideal one as yesterday. the sight seers
 of this city will without doubt wit
 ness more fashionable attire than
 they have in many years. The fad of
 appearing on Easter Sunday in ones
 finest. apparently is becoming more
 popular and very few can resist the
 temptation of being Il member of the
 swell soiree" on the first day after
 lent. The styles as usual are just as
 varied this year as ever. if not a trife
 more so. The number of millinery
 stores in town arc exhibiting va
 riety of hats that are making the young ladies think considerably be-
 fore they arc able to make q choice.