Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-27
AS YOU LIKE IT.
Some Stray Leaves from Reporters
 Note Book.

Note Book.
 The opening of the new vaudeville
 house in this city while more or less
 or an experiment. should make the citizens of this city realize that Wa
 terbury within short time should
 be able to support another theater.
 One house for legitimate seems to sufice at present but with two good vaudeville theaters, that is where good bills would be produced, the
 managers of both should be able to
 make money. Whether or not the
 new vaudeville house, which is to be
 run during the summer months, is a success, 1t makes Waterbur!ans feel
 how large. the city is really becom-
 ing.
 In these days of the popularity of
 fiat buildings q judicial construction
 of the distinction between flat and
 an apartment will be of interest. The
 question was brought before the su-
 preme court of New Jersey recently.
 The court says that a fat. or flat
 house is building consisting of
 more than one story, in which there
 are one or more suites of rooms on
 each floor, equipped for private house.
 keeping purposes. An apartment
 house is either building divided into
 separate suites of rooms intended for
 residence but commonly without fla
 cilities for cooking. It was con
 tended that the proper distinction
 depended upon the amount of rent
 which was paid. The court comedies
 the possibility of this, but holds that
 the payment of $40 month rent will
 not convert a flat into an apartment
 Since those who so dearly love to gaze upon the slightly Dandstand on the green have shed many buckets full of tears and wasted large quan- titles of good salt because of the an- that the dear old struct- ure is to be removed to Hamilton park, now let them cease mourning and rejoice. For there is some con- solation in the fact that on the green in New Haven there is a very pie turesque band stand and whenever these enthusiastis, who were wont to go into raptures when their eyes fell upon the band stand near Spoonville Promenade. are attacked with the blues, let them stretch their imagina- tion trifle and they will find them selves in the Elm City beholding the awe inspiring spectacle of band stand on the green, green grass.
 The As You Like It man hap pened to be in Wolcott one day re- gently and while conversing with one of the residents of the town who had resided there for two years, a stranger who was passing stopped to .alk with the fellow who had all tae earmarks of farmer. having come | rom Goshen. The stranger asked | he crop man a couple of questions md to the As You Like It man the an- 'wers, though short, contained a world of meaning. "Lived here all | 'our life?" said the stranger. "Not | let" was the reply. How often are born here?" was the next | question. "Only once," came from he lips of the wise rube and the tranger touched his steed with the whip and was gone. A faint smile vas seen to grace the countenance of he seed man.
 A teacher in one of the primary ,rades of a local school was asked me day during the past week what vas the meaning of the word carbon " one of her pupils who seemed to e somewhat brighter than the oth- rs. She was about to define the neaning of said word when she mo- iced youth in the back of the oom almost out of his seat, franti- ally waving his hand. She inquired fhat the trouble was and the boy 'hose face was beaming, declared hat he knew the meaning of the 'ord. Though taken somewhat by urprise to think that so young a cholar should be able to give a defi- ttion for carbon. nevertheless sne aid. Well. Johnnie. what do you now about the word carbon?" That's the place where they keep he trolleys." the youth replied. John 'as not asked to answer any more uestions for the remainder of the af- ,rnoon. +;
 The hammer. besides being a tool , f universal use. is probably the old ( st representative of mechanics pol kit. The hammer was original ' stone fastened to a handle with ] hongs. and 1t was as useful as a feapon as a tool. Hammers are rep esented on the monuments of Egypt wenty centuries befor. our era. hey greatly resemble the hammer ow in use save that there were no laws on the back for the extraction nails. Claw hammers were in- ented some time during the Elid- { le ages. Illuminated manuscripts the eleventh century represented lrpenters with claw hammers. Ham, lers are of all sizes. from the dainty lstruments used ny the jewe.er. 'hich weigh less than half an ource. . , the gigantic fifty-ton hammer of lipbuilding establishments. some of 'hich have n falling force of from Inety to 100 tons. Every trade has II s own hammer and its own way of sing. O Dog Catcher Higginson of Meri,len iggests that now that if is time to sr ,gister dogs. the selectmen provide (, ich owner of registered dogs with a rass tag of some attractive design a, Inf 0a.. t.a "a *1x.. I